"Caizhu was accepted as a disciple by the Immortal Master of Mount Putuo. I thought it would take a long time before she would have the opportunity to come here, but I didn't expect that she would come now." Shen Luo said with a sigh as he recalled what happened back then.
"Good boy, you give me a pearl hairpin as a gift when we meet again after a long time? Since he is a cultivator, you must give him a magical weapon as a gift, right?" Bai Xiaotian patted his shoulder and said.
"What's important is the thought, not the value of the gift. Besides, I don't know what kind of cultivation technique Caizhu is practicing now. Even if I want to give her a magical weapon, it has to be something that suits her." Shen Luo grinned and said.
As he was talking, he finally picked out a plum blossom hairpin with quite delicate workmanship. After paying for it, he put it in a delicate wooden box and put it away.
"It was said before that Mount Putuo would send disciples to pick up the participants, but I don't know where exactly they are?" Shen Luo asked after standing up.
"Putuo Mountain is an overseas fairy mountain in the South China Sea. After all, it is actually an island of considerable size. There are 18 affiliated small islands around it. In the past, people were guided on the Xingzi Island, and I think this year will be no different." Bai Xiaotian said after a brief thought.
"In that case, let's go directly to Xingzi Island first." Shen Luo said.
Bai Xiaotian nodded, and the two of them immediately came to a sparsely populated beach. They each controlled a flying sword, transformed into two rainbow lights, and flew away one after the other.
It is midsummer now, the sky is cloudless and blue, and a gentle breeze blows over the sea, rippling the water.
Shen Luo and his companion flew for hundreds of miles, passing many large and small islands and reefs along the way, but they still did not see any trace of Mount Putuo.
"Xiaotian, the direction you are leading is correct, right? Why can't we see the shadow of Mount Putuo?" Shen Luo asked suspiciously as he looked at the vast sea in front of him.
"Putuo Mountain is an important Buddhist site after all. It's the place where Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced. How could it be found so easily? Do you remember the Eighteen Islands I told you about before? That is also a formation itself, guarding outside the main island, and can form a concealing formation. Those who don't know the way in can only walk around the island and cannot enter." Bai Xiaotian said with a smile.
"After saying so much, do you have any way to find the location of the sect?" Shen Luo asked.
"Of course. The temple gave me a token before I came here. With this thing to guide me, how could I not find it?" Bai Xiaotian said, raising his arms.
There was a red silk thread tied around his wrist, with a fish-shaped token in its mouth. The thread was floating against the wind, with its tail pointing to the southwest and swaying slightly.
No matter how Bai Xiaotian moved his arms, the tail of the floating fish-shaped token always pointed in that direction and refused to change.
"Why do you have this token, but the Imperial Master and others didn't give it to me?" Shen Luo asked in surprise.
"Our Shenghua Temple and Putuo Mountain both belong to Buddhism, so our relationship is much closer than your Tang Dynasty government." Bai Xiaotian rolled his eyes at him, as if it was a matter of course.
"That's right... Haha, lead the way." Shen Luo smiled and nodded after hearing that.
"Okay." Bai Xiaotian responded and continued to fly in the direction indicated by the talisman.