The people who joined the exploration team all flew onto the flying boat.
In addition to the twenty rogue cultivators who joined the exploration team, five Tribulation Stage and thirty Soul Transformation Stage cultivators under the command of Celestial Immortal Yu Tong also boarded the flying boat.
Once on the flying boat, Su Han saw three Earth Immortals surrounding the central cabin of the flying boat. Su Han could also sense the aura of a Celestial Immortal inside the cabin.
Su Han knew that Celestial Immortal Yu Tong must be in the central cabin.
An Earth Immortal scanned the surroundings and asked, "Are all personnel accounted for?"
The Tribulation Stage cultivator who was originally at the registration desk quickly replied, "My lord, all personnel are here."
The Earth Immortal said, "Depart! Song Ne, when the flying boat departs, you will give the registered rogue cultivators a good briefing on the precautions."
The Tribulation Stage cultivator nodded repeatedly and said, "I'll do it right away."
After the flying boat began to fly, Song Ne started to speak, "Rogue cultivators of the exploration team, as you've just heard, my name is Song Ne. Once we reach the secret realm, do not disperse. Follow the main group to explore within the secret realm. Alright, now I will issue each of you a top-grade spirit stone. Alright, come and collect your top-grade spirit stones one by one."
The Soul Transformation Stage rogue cultivators went to collect the top-grade spirit stones one by one. Su Han and Daoist Yi Hong went to collect one top-grade spirit stone each. After receiving them, they had to feign expressions of great joy, even though Su Han possessed many top-grade spirit stones.
The flying boat was very fast, much faster than the flight speed of Soul Transformation Stage cultivators. Su Han estimated that its speed had already reached the flight speed of an Earth Immortal.
The flying boat soon flew out of the continent and into a vast ocean.
After flying for about two hours, the flying boat landed on an island in the ocean. Many flying boats and magical treasures had already gathered above the island. Those flying boats and magical treasures all emanated the aura of Celestial Immortals. It was clear that these Celestial Immortals had arrived here by flying boat to gather.
These magical flying boats were about thirty meters long, like a ship. They had formations on the bottom to enable them to fly, and some formations were also inscribed inside the flying boats. If the external formations were destroyed, the internal formations could still function.
The Celestial Immortals on the other flying boats were also inside their cabins and did not show themselves.
An Earth Immortal on Celestial Immortal Yu Tong's magical flying boat spoke towards the center of the flying boat, "Celestial Immortal Yu Tong, we have arrived at the island where the passage is located."
No sound came from the cabin, only a faint directional spiritual念 was transmitted. This spiritual念 conveyed only a short word. Su Han guessed it was just a simple "En."
The Celestial Immortals present could already sense each other's auras internally, yet they still went through this charade. Su Han felt a bit helpless about it.
Su Han scanned his surroundings. There were already twenty magical flying boats present. The announcement stated that thirty Celestial Immortals were recruiting personnel. So, there were still ten magical flying boats that had not yet arrived.
These magical flying boats waited quietly there. No Celestial Immortal came out to inquire why the other Celestial Immortals had not arrived. After all, according to the intelligence, the passage would open at the appointed time. If they were late, they would not be able to enter the secret realm. Other Celestial Immortals naturally hoped that the other Celestial Immortals would not come to snatch opportunities with them.
Below these magical flying boats, there were many rogue cultivators at or above the Tribulation Stage. The Tribulation Stage rogue cultivators were in groups. Besides the Tribulation Stage, there were also a small number of Earth Immortals. Some of these rogue Earth Immortals even brought several Tribulation Stage cultivators with them.
The reason for so many Tribulation Stage cultivators here was that the danger during Tribulation was very high. Many cultivators who feared death were constantly suppressing their cultivation. Some were unable to sense the Tribulation Stage cultivation for a long time. Others had failed Tribulation multiple times and thus remained at the Tribulation Stage cultivation.
At this moment, an Earth Immortal flew alone to the island.
Upon seeing this Earth Immortal fly over, a Celestial Immortal on a magical flying boat remotely called out, "Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin, why don't you join our exploration team?"
A Celestial Immortal on another magical flying boat also said, "Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin, join my exploration team instead."
Following that, several other Celestial Immortals also wanted to recruit Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin.
It turned out that this Earth Immortal's name was Jing Hongjin.
Su Han secretly thought, "It seems this Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin has some skill. The other Earth Immortals were not recruited, but this Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin is being recruited by so many people."
Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin cupped his hands towards the magical flying boats in the sky and said, "Thank you all for your kind offers, but I prefer to be free and unfettered."
While Su Han and Daoist Yi Hong were wondering about Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin's background,
A Soul Transformation Stage Earth Immortal next to them said, "That is Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin. He has always been a loner, and his strength is considered formidable among Earth Immortals. Because Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin is a loner, he has no backing, no master, or any sect. That's why many Celestial Immortals want to recruit him."
Su Han understood. The masters or grandmasters of some other rogue Earth Immortals might be Celestial Immortals, or they might have received guidance from a Celestial Immortal. Therefore, other Celestial Immortals did not want to recruit them, as reaching the Earth Immortal stage required many opportunities.
Since Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin had no background, it proved his background was clean. Therefore, the Celestial Immortals present were eager to recruit him.
After Earth Immortal Jing Hongjin refused, the Celestial Immortals stopped recruiting. Even if they couldn't recruit him, it was good that others couldn't recruit him either.
After waiting here for half an hour, the remaining ten magical flying boats also arrived.
Among the thirty magical flying boats, some had two Celestial Immortals, while most had only one.
The thirty magical flying boats thus circled and stopped there.
Just then, new magical flying boats appeared. There were quite a few of them, up to forty magical flying boats. Su Han could sense the aura of Celestial Immortals on these magical flying boats. On three of the magical flying boats, there were even three auras whose strength Su Han could not sense. Clearly, these were the auras of Golden Immortals.
"Hahahaha, Celestial Immortals of Yongnian Star. How can we be absent from the early opening of the Bai Heyu Comet Secret Realm!"
"That's right, the Bai Heyu Comet Secret Realm belongs to everyone. How can the Celestial Immortals of Yongnian Star hoard it all for themselves?"
The speakers were at the Celestial Immortal realm. It was obvious from their words that these Celestial Immortals came from other planets.