On the map, not only the mountain but the surrounding terrain closely resembled the Azure Mountain Region.
The Nine-Headed Bird held the map and compared it with the landscape again and again.
He had found the map in a Great Jin Treasure Vault fraught with danger. Several of his bodies had died retrieving it.
"This map was drawn by a Great Jin Official. It shouldn't be wrong."
The Nine-Headed Bird stared at Azure Mountain, his gaze traveling from its summit to its foot.
He was eighty percent certain.
The entrance to the Fire Cloud Secret Realm lay beneath Azure Mountain!
If Azure Mountain had no owner, he could investigate it right now. But it had an owner—and one he thoroughly disliked.
"As master of Azure Mountain, Li Chang'an has operated here for years. He probably discovered the Fire Cloud Secret Realm long ago. No wonder he's grown so quickly. He clearly has only a Low-grade Spirit Root, yet he cultivates as fast as someone with a Heavenly Spiritual Root."
The Nine-Headed Bird's eyes flickered as everything he knew about Li Chang'an surfaced in his mind.
If Li Chang'an had indeed found the Fire Cloud Secret Realm, many of the strange things about him would make sense.
His astonishing wealth, for instance!
Earlier.
At the Auction.
The Nine-Headed Bird and everyone else had thought Li Chang'an's wealth came from the support of the Spirit Transformation cultivator behind him.
Now, there was a more reasonable explanation.
"The vast quantities of Fire Cloud Crystal in the Fire Cloud Secret Realm alone are worth more than anyone can estimate. Add the dozen or so smaller Secret Realms connected to it—each a world rich in resources—and together they form an immense storehouse of riches."
Just thinking of the resources recorded in ancient texts set the