Heavenly Flame Map

"Hey, Eldest Brother, you're here to buy maps, right? Then you've come to the right place. Our Cartography Pavilion has maps of every location in the Black Corner Region. We definitely have the map you want."

The moment Xiao Ming entered the Cartography Pavilion and began looking over its layout, a voluptuous woman dressed in revealing clothes that covered only her vital areas walked toward him. As she swayed her body, her ample charms were on full display.

Yet she seemed utterly unconcerned by this. Noticing Xiao Ming's gaze upon her, she instead exaggerated the sway of her hips.

When she reached Xiao Ming, she continued with a coquettish smile, "Eldest Brother, which place do you need a map of? Just tell me, and I'll help you find it. There are so many maps here that it would be hard for you to find one on your own."

As she spoke, she did not forget to display her figure without changing expression.

Although this woman's clothes were exceptionally revealing, several other women in the Cartography Pavilion wore the same style. It was obvious that this was a uniform.

All of them had low Dou Qi Cultivation, only around the level of a One Star Dou Zhe.

They were likely maids arranged by the Cartography Pavilion to receive customers. More accurately, they were sales guides.

As for such people, not to mention that Xiao Ming was only eight years old, even if he had been old enough, he Would Not Have been interested.

Just Now, this Female Guide had thought she had Attracted his attention, but Xiao Ming had merely been checking whether she posed any danger to him.

After all, there was a saying in the Black Corner Region: be wary of any woman who could survive here.

After these days of experience, Xiao Ming had found that saying to be very reasonable.

Thus, whenever he saw a woman, Xiao Ming would become wary.

Now, seeing that she was only striking seductive poses without any unusual actions,

Xiao Ming slightly lowered his guard and said in a disguised hoarse voice, "That's right. I'm here to buy a map. Do you have a map of the Black Region Great Plains?"

"Hehehe, I told you that you came to the right place. As everyone knows, the Black Region Great Plains stretch as far as the eye can see, and Black Windstorms that blot out the sky and cover the earth appear From Time To Time. Ordinary maps are Naturally Is useless there; only the most finely made maps are effective. And in Black Mark City, only our Cartography Pavilion has the most detailed maps. No other shop can compare to us. Those merchants on the Black Region Great Plains all carry one of our maps."

Seeing that the Black-robed Person Before Her Eyes did nothing but ask dry questions, the sales guide realized that he had no interest in her. She cursed inwardly, though she continued introducing the maps with a cheerful smile.

Although the person Before Her Eyes was not interested in her, preventing her from earning some extra money, he was still a Fat Sheep.

One Must Know, the Cartography Pavilion's maps were not cheap.

"Oh? Bring me the finest map in your shop."

Xiao Ming gave no response to the woman's praise of her own maps and disparagement of other shops.

This shop's maps might be good, but other shops' maps were Not Necessarily inferior.

She was probably saying this only to raise the price.

Upon hearing Xiao Ming's request, the sales guide's smile widened. She told him to wait by the counter, then left.

A short while later, she returned to the counter with a white map in her hands.

"Here, this is the detailed map of the Black Region Great Plains that you wanted."

Taking the map from her hands, Xiao Ming slowly spread it open on the counter before him. Various routes crisscrossed the map, with small dots of different colors marked across it.

Some places also had special notes written in tiny characters.

Xiao Ming nodded in satisfaction. "This map is indeed very well made. I'll buy it. How much?"

"This map costs four thousand Gold Coin," the woman To The Side said with a smile.

"Four thousand Gold Coin? Isn't that a little overpriced?" Xiao Ming's lips twitched beneath his black robe.

Four thousand Gold Coin for one map—calling it overpriced was already polite.

This was robbery.

However, while Xiao Ming thought so, the maid opposite him did not. After all, they sold their goods at clearly marked prices.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming Turned His Head toward the nearest shelf and saw that the maps there were all priced extremely high. Not a single one cost less than one thousand Gold Coin.

Xiao Ming was speechless.

"I was wondering how these shops could stay open in such a chaotic environment. They all make profits like robbers when selling things, so of course they can stay open."

If the Cartography Pavilion dared to sell things like this, the other shops were probably no different. They all sold goods at inflated prices, or the Cartography Pavilion would have gone bankrupt long ago.

To Be Honest, Xiao Ming had not spent no money in the Black Corner Region. He had passed through Many People places like Green Rock Town.

Others also sold things at inflated prices, but not by much.

This was the first time he had encountered a place as crooked as this.

"Um, do you still want this map? If you think it's too expensive, we have simpler maps for you to choose from, but they may be of limited use in the Black Region Great Plains."

"I'll take this one."

There was no helping it. The price was clearly listed, and the Dou Qi Continent had no price control laws.

If he wanted it and could not snatch it by force, he could only pay.

Fortunately, Xiao Ming was not particularly poor. Four thousand Gold Coin did not hurt him much.

His earlier objection had merely been because he did not want to be taken for a fool.

Fine, it's a little expensive. As long as this map can help me, that's enough.

With that thought, a black bag appeared in Xiao Ming's hands.

He shook it, and the bag produced the sound of metal clashing together.

"Count it."

The sales guide Took Over the bag from Xiao Ming's hands and counted the coins in front of him.

Soon, she raised her head and said with a beaming smile, "Exactly four thousand Gold Coin."

After she finished counting, Xiao Ming stored the map in his Na Ring, stood up, and prepared to leave.

Who Knew, this sales guide called out, "Eldest Brother, Don't leave! Besides maps of the Black Corner Region, our Cartography Pavilion also has other precious maps, such as Strong Practitioner's Cave Maps, Rare Medicinal Herb Maps, Secret Realm Maps, and even Heavenly Flame Maps. I wonder if you're interested?"

"You said Heavenly Flame Maps?"

Xiao Ming stopped in his tracks, Turned His Head back in surprise, ignored the other maps, and asked directly.

"Heavenly Flame Maps? Ah, yes, Heavenly Flame Maps."

"Do you know what Heavenly Flames are?"

"Uh, Heavenly Flames... they're... they're Heavenly Flames." As If Xiao Ming's question had stunned her, the sales guide Replied hesitantly, looking like a student caught by a teacher after sleeping through class.

What the hell? She did not even know what Heavenly Flames were, yet she was talking about Heavenly Flame Maps.

Was she messing with him?

He had thought there would be an unexpected windfall, but this was all there was.

Xiao Ming shook his head, turned around, and took a step to leave.

The sales guide felt somewhat wronged. Her purpose in stopping Xiao Ming had actually been to promote the Cartography Pavilion's various Fragmented Maps.

There were many such incomplete maps on the Dou Qi Continent. Countless examples existed of people finding a genuine map by chance, following it to obtain treasures left behind by powerful practitioners, or acquiring Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and Soaring Into The Sky.

It was precisely because there were so many successful examples.

That even though such maps had countless fakes, Many People were still willing to spend large sums on incomplete maps, In Hopes Of one day obtaining a powerful practitioner's inheritance themselves.

Besides that, there were also many Rare Medicinal Herb Maps and Ore Maps. Because the locations of certain expensive medicinal herbs and ore caves had complicated environments, many Magical Beasts, and grave dangers, maps of those places were generally expensive and sold well.

As a map seller, the Cartography Pavilion Naturally Is had such maps as well. Of course, the maps it sold were Not Necessarily genuine, though they sold them as genuine.

The reason she had called Xiao Ming back was simply to sell him these maps. Who Knew, his question had stumped her.

She Truly Has did not know much about what Heavenly Flames were, but the Cartography Pavilion Truly Has Heavenly Flame Maps.

Feeling as though a huge pile of Gold Coin was slipping away, she hurriedly called out to Xiao Ming again.

Thanks to Please Don't Delete the Book, Okay? for the 2,000 Point Coin reward. Thanks to pittem for the Monthly Pass.