"When we discovered them, they were already like this. We speculate that it was the rogue immortal who ambushed us who did this," Jiao Jiu said, his gaze shifting from the corpses on the ground, his face hidden behind a sheep-headed mask.

"After learning about your situation, Jiao San and I also rushed to our respective destinations. As expected, all those who had infiltrated beforehand had disappeared without exception," Jiao San said in a deep voice.

"Along the way, apart from some cities being deserted, supposedly due to pilgrimages to the Holy City, we didn't find anything else unusual. As for the pilgrimage, our investigation results are similar to Jiao Jiu's team – it's likely a way for Gongshu Hong to gather the power of faith," Jiao Ba, the monkey-faced member, said after a moment of consideration.

"Have you noticed that among these pilgrims, some so-called devout believers are said to be chosen and will not return to their original cities after the pilgrimage?" Han Li suddenly asked.

"There is indeed such a thing, said to be relocated to more prosperous cities. It may just be a means for Gongshu Hong to strengthen the faith of his followers… Speaking of which, Jiao San and I were not ambushed. It seems this person was wary of our Unstable Alliance from the start. The accuracy of the information the alliance obtained earlier is also worth questioning," Jiao Ba said, shifting the topic slightly dismissively.

"Indeed, the other party may have already grasped some of our movements, deliberately setting up a trap with false information to lure us. They just underestimated our strength. Regardless of the others, Gongshu Hong will definitely not be in the six or seven places mentioned before. It's more likely he's in the so-called Holy City, Red Moon City. Why don't we go there and take a look, maybe we'll find something," Jiao Jiu suggested with a wry smile.

"Speaking of this, Red Moon Island has twenty-eight states, and it seems each state has a city called Red Moon City," Jiao Ba said, shaking his head.

"Is that true?" Jiao Jiu asked, slightly stunned.

"In the map we obtained earlier, although there was a place called Red Moon City, we inadvertently discovered that the so-called Red Moon City was in a different location when we passed through a certain city. At first, we didn't pay too much attention to it, but later we found that this was not the case. Although we only passed through a few states, we deliberately noticed that each state had a Red Moon City," Jiao Ba said, waving his sleeve, and five jade slips flew to Han Li, Jiao San, and the other three.

After Han Li and the others caught the jade slips, they released their divine senses into them.

The maps in the jade slips had many more markings than the ones they had received before. In addition to the Red Moon City from before, a Red Moon City was also marked in several other states.

Each state was vast, and if high-level cultivators deliberately concealed this, ordinary people and even low-level cultivators would not be able to discover this.

"The cities on the island only sell maps of a certain area. There are never any maps of the entire island for sale. It seems that Gongshu Hong is doing this intentionally. And the cultivators under him should have been placed under some kind of special restriction, so they cannot reveal this matter, otherwise their souls will explode and die. Even the map we obtained before was deliberately leaked to us by the other party," Jiao Jiu nodded, slowly said.

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

After all, based on the clues they had so far, the whereabouts of their target, Gongshu Hong, had become a mystery, which was indeed quite troublesome.

Han Li suddenly seemed to think of something, placing the jade slip he had just put down on his forehead again, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

"Now that we have no other clues, let's start investigating those Red Moon Cities. Everyone act together and investigate those Red Moon Cities one by one," Jiao San suddenly said.

"Jiao San, are you not coming with us?" Jiao Jiu was taken aback.

"I'll act alone. If you find anything, just send me a message," Jiao San looked at everyone, then a flash of red light emanated from his body, and he shot into the sky without concealing his aura, flying towards a certain direction.

"It seems Jiao San plans to openly look for Gongshu Hong. Let's do as he says. This is Lan Province, and the Red Moon City here isn't too far away," Jiao Ba coughed lightly, saying this.

The others immediately changed their appearances, left the courtyard, and mixed into the crowd, heading towards the city gates.

"Everyone, please wait for me for a moment. I have some trivial matters that will take up some of your time," Han Li suddenly said as they passed by a street.

After saying this, without waiting for a response from the others, he quickly walked into a shop selling various books by the roadside.

The others were slightly stunned, but after looking at each other, they didn't say much.

Not long after, Han Li came out with several books in his hand, which seemed to be about the island's geographical environment.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Han Li nodded to the others and put the books away in front of them.

The group quickly left Dragon Lake City and arrived at a secluded place, then used their respective methods to fly into the sky.

Jiao Jiu once again summoned the blue crystal flying boat he had used before, carrying Jiao Sixteen, whose vital energy had not fully recovered, and Han Li, which surprised Jiao Ba and the others.

Han Li stood on the spirit boat, glanced at the river near Dragon Lake City below, then sat down cross-legged, took out the books, and began to read them carefully.

Jiao Sixteen was a little strange about Han Li's actions, but didn't pay attention to it, focusing on recovering his strength.

Han Li quickly finished reading the books, and after a moment of thought, he took out the jade slip that Jiao Ba had given him earlier and delved his divine sense into it.

The sky gradually darkened, and stars appeared in the sky.

The group of seven flew for most of the day, stopping their escape in front of a large city.

This city was Red Moon City of Lan Province, which was extremely large, far larger than Dragon Lake City. A river hundreds of feet wide meandered through the city.

The entire city was shrouded in a huge blue restriction, with ripples of shimmering light rising from it from time to time, which was quite mysterious. Only a blurred outline of the city could be seen through the blue light.

However, at the entrances of the four city gates in the east, west, south, and north, the blue light restriction left four gaps for people to enter and exit.

Some cultivators wearing Blood Moon blue robes guarded the four city gates, checking the people entering and exiting.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the famous Thousand Light Illusionary Wave Restriction. This restriction has average defense capabilities, but is extremely sensitive to divine sense," Jiao Ba muttered to himself, looking at the blue restriction.

"If this is so heavily guarded, could this be the Red Moon Island's lair?" Jiao Twenty-one, who was behind Jiao Ba, asked with a gleam in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the other people lit up.

"Whether it is or not, let's go in and take a look first. Everyone, pay more attention and try to restrain your divine sense, don't touch the formation restriction," Jiao Ba said in a deep voice.

Hearing Jiao Ba's commanding tone, a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in Jiao Jiu's eyes, but he didn't say anything.

The seven landed in a secluded place outside the city and mixed into the crowd entering the city.

Although there were also Nascent Soul stage cultivators guarding the city gates, they naturally couldn't see through Han Li and the others' disguises, and the seven entered the city smoothly.

The ground in the city was paved with wide bluestone slabs, clean and tidy. Shops lined both sides of the streets, and it looked very prosperous.

Two wide avenues connected the four city gates, dividing the entire city into four parts. In the center of the city was a very large square, with a huge statue erected in the center.

The city was currently overcrowded. The giant square in the center was densely packed with people, and the streets were also the same, with at least several million people.

At this moment, everyone looked respectful and worshiped the statue in the center of the square. The entire city was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

"This is…" Han Li was taken aback when he saw the scene in the city.

The others were also somewhat surprised, but they soon understood.

This scene was probably the so-called pilgrimage.

Han Li's eyes flashed with blue light as he looked around, his brow furrowed.

Although there were many people in the city, most of them were mortals without magic power. Although there were also cultivators, they were all low-level cultivators in the Qi Refining and Core Formation stages.

There were also some cultivators in Blood Moon blue robes in the city, but their cultivation was not high, similar to those guarding the gates, all only at the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stage, not even a Void Refinement cultivator.

This didn't seem like the place they were looking for.

The others had obviously noticed this as well at this moment, their faces slightly sinking.

"Regardless, let's thoroughly investigate this city first, maybe we can find some clues," Jiao Ba said.

Upon hearing this, the others nodded. After a brief discussion, they finally decided to split up.

The city was too large, and it wasn't good for everyone to use their divine sense on a large scale. Moreover, since everyone was in the city, even if there were any enemies lurking here, they would be able to support each other in time.

With the discussion settled, everyone quickly separated.

Han Li walked along a street, his eyes flashing with blue light, exploring everything around him.

His figure became ethereal at the moment, blending in with the surrounding environment.

The people on the street were quietly worshiping, and it was a little conspicuous to walk around alone, so he simply cast a spell to hide his figure.

After a moment, Han Li appeared in front of a shop on the street, a shop selling books.

The entire city was currently on a pilgrimage, so although these shops were open to welcome guests, there were no customers inside. Only a middle-aged shopkeeper was guarding the shop.

Han Li's figure flickered and flew in, then walked out after a moment.

He didn't delay any longer and seriously explored all parts of the city.

This Red Moon City wasn't small. It took half a day for the seven to explore all parts of the city and gather in a secluded place in the city.

Unfortunately, none of them had any abnormal findings.

This Red Moon City seemed to be just an ordinary large city, without any special features.

"It seems this isn't where Red Moon Island's lair is located. Since that's the case, we don't need to continue wasting time here…" Jiao Ba said.

"Friend Jiao Ba, wait a moment, there's something strange underground," a voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Jiao Ba's words. It was Jiao Twenty-five.

He was currently half-squatting on the ground, and circles of yellow ripples visible to the naked eye emanated from his body, submerging into the ground.