Chapter 685 - 268: The Wang Family Is Informed, A Chance Encounter with Master Yunya (4)

Chapter 685: Chapter 268: The Wang Family Is Informed, A Chance Encounter with Master Yunya (4)

"Who told you to chime in!"

Master Yunya chided, pretending to give him a harsh glare.

Then he turned back with a smile. "Xiao, I’ve already told you, today’s information is on me."

"Besides, this is for internal use. There’s no market price for something like this. Please, just take it."

Xiao Chen nodded and said earnestly, "This is indeed very important to me, so I won’t turn it down."

"I’ll remember this kindness."

’He doesn’t realize how crucial this information is, but it’s still a huge help. I’ll have to remember this favor.’

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries.

Xiao Chen then took his leave so as not to disturb Master Yunya with his sect duties.

’Come to think of it, I just heard him mention the eastern side and the Outer Sea.’

’Strange, what exactly happened in the east?’

’From the sound of it, they’ve already taken all the intelligence from the last two years, and now they’re even starting to go through intel from before that.’

Xiao Chen didn’t really care about anything else; for now, he didn’t have the power to, either.

However, the new relic was located to the southeast.

Strictly speaking, that area could also be considered part of the Outer Sea.

’I really hope it’s not affected by whatever is going on.’

Xiao Chen was still counting on finding a Nascent Soul Spiritual Object in the relic, like the Nine Orifice Clear Jade.

Whether he’d actually find one was still up in the air, but it was something to hope for.

At least his chances of finding a Nascent Soul Spiritual Object were higher in the new relic. It was much more reliable than running around blindly and trusting to luck.

After leaving Cangming Tower, Xiao Chen found an inn.

He then opened the box and began examining the nautical charts.

"Whoa, this is so detailed!"

As he began to flip through them, Xiao Chen finally understood just how vast the difference was between the public version and the one for internal use.

Not only did it mark every island currently known to the Cangming Immortal Sect,

for some of the more famous islands, or those located in strategic areas,

it even used separate charts to record their topography and Five Elements affinities, with suggestions for setting up arrays provided in small print below.

Even within the nearest three hundred thousand li,

even every single reef that could serve as a temporary stopping point was clearly marked.

You could say that once Xiao Chen finished studying these nautical charts and completely memorized them,

he would know the area better than a local cultivator who was born and raised in the southwest.

After all, an ordinary Loose Cultivator relying solely on their own experience could never gain such a clear understanding.

Thanks to such detailed nautical charts,

Xiao Chen easily locked onto two suspicious locations.

One was located seven hundred seventy thousand li to the southwest, and the other, farther away, was one million five hundred ninety thousand li to the south.

"Uh..."

Xiao Chen calculated the distances. ’If I go to the farther location, time might be a bit tight.’

’What’s next? Should I hunt the Dragon Turtle first, or look for the source of the Evil Qi?’

’If I hunt the Dragon Turtle, I won’t have enough time afterward and will have to head straight for the new relic.’

’But if I do that, I’ll have to wait around at the relic for a whole month for nothing.’

’Hmm, looking at the charts, the total travel distance is definitely shorter if I look for the Evil Qi first.’

Xiao Chen did the math. "Then I’ll just postpone hunting the Dragon Turtle again."

’Hss... why does it feel like I’ve already postponed this a few times now?’

’Whatever, that’s not important.’

’After I’m done with the new relic, I can just take care of it on the way back.’

After carefully memorizing the route he needed to take, Xiao Chen put away the nautical charts and headed straight for the first suspicious location.