Desert Sunflower

"My name is Jie Geng, I'm twenty-five years old, my Martial Soul is the Shadow Lion, I'm a level 54 Battle Soul Master, I never lie, and everyone who knows me gives me an honest and reliable evaluation..."

"Cough!"

"Your Majesty, I was wrong, but I really didn't lie to you!"

In the desert, a white tire knelt on the ground, kowtowing and apologizing to Xiao Lin.

"Your voice is loud and clear, and it doesn't sound like you're admitting your mistake."

Xiao Lin, intending to tease him, said in a feigned impatient tone.

"Your Majesty, this is what I was born with; I am truly an honest man!"

"Honest people never call themselves honest, so why did you come to me?"

"Your Majesty dared to venture into the Great Wasteland. I thought you were powerful but a bit naive, so I wanted to team up with you to dig for treasure."

"I think you're trying to fool me, aren't you?"

"I wouldn't dare! Your Majesty! I'm truly an honest man, I never lie."

Xiao Lin's intimidation had its effect; Jie Geng had already suppressed her ulterior motives.

Seeing that Jie Geng was being obedient, Xiao Lin stopped making things difficult for her.

"Tell me, what exactly is going on here, and what about this treasure you mentioned?"

Xiao Lin asked casually, his gaze fixed on the vast desert river ahead.

When Xiao Lin observed the desert river before him from the sky, he saw that it stretched as far as the eye could see, with countless sands flowing forward endlessly.

Given this unusual situation, and with no locals around, Xiao Lin really couldn't act rashly.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, you don't know this, do you?"

Hearing that Xiao Lin's tone was no longer serious, Jie Geng immediately stood up and became his guide.

"Your Majesty, this is the Quicksand River, also known as the Desert Sunflower. At the far western end of this 800-mile-long river of yellow sand is a huge circular Quicksand formation, which, if viewed on a map, resembles a sunflower."

"This place is dangerous. Once, a group of people were searching for something nearby. Many Soul Emperor- level experts accidentally fell into the Quicksand River and were eventually carried westward by the sand, sinking into the Quicksand River."

"Those Soul Emperor are exactly the group of people who sold the map to Your Majesty."

As Jie Geng finished speaking, Xiao Lin narrowed his eyes. "How do you know those people are the ones who sold me the map?"

"Your Majesty, do you think those people can hide what they're looking for from us locals?"

Jie Geng raised the corners of her mouth, her face full of disdain.

"In fact, even without Your Majesty's map, there are quite a few of us here searching for something, and we're almost at the location on your map."

As soon as Jie Geng finished speaking, Xiao Lin frowned.

Auction House?

As if knowing what Xiao Lin was thinking, Jie Geng continued.

"Your Majesty, don't feel like you've been deceived. In fact, it's good that you've been deceived."

"The place on your map is the key location of the treasure. Without a correct map, it would take at least hundreds of people three years to find it."

"That doesn't matter. What treasure are you talking about?"

Xiao Lin interrupted Jie Geng and turned his attention to the treasure.

"Your Majesty, the treasure you are looking for is the Soul Tool from the Great Wilderness Ancient Kingdom, isn't it? That's the treasure I'm talking about."

As Jie Geng finished speaking, a hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Lin's eyes. This woman was quite intelligent.

"To be honest, I was there when those people were digging for Soul Tool. My Shadow Lion Martial Soul gave me perfect stealth ability, and I witnessed the situation firsthand."

Next, Jie Geng explained in detail what had happened.

One night, Jie Geng used her Martial Soul's Soul Skill to hide in the shadows and discovered that the group of people at the Auction House had unearthed dozens of Soul Tool weapons.

Unfortunately, the other weapons crumbled the moment they were taken out.

Only that one weapon, because of its superior quality, withstood the ravages of time.

It was at that time that the group of people at the Auction House, driven by greed, began to dig deeper and deeper into the Quicksand River. Then, without warning, several Soul Emperor experts were swept into the terrifying Quicksand.

"The treasure I'm talking about and what Your Majesty wants are the same thing, but Your Majesty's map location is actually just a switch to get to the treasure location."

"Your Majesty, if you take a closer look at the map, you'll see that the location is right beside this Quicksand River."

"But in fact, based on my observation, this location is actually inside the Quicksand River."

"In other words, to find the treasure and the switch, we must enter this Quicksand River."

Jie Geng spoke eloquently, her face radiating confidence, much like a highly educated intellectual.

However, there is a loophole in Jie Geng's words.

How did she know that there was a switch in this Quicksand River?

She never went inside.

Even Soul Emperor level experts would only die if they went in; she, a Soul King, had no way to escape death.

Soon, Xiao Lin voiced his question.

"Your Majesty is indeed Your Majesty, easily getting to the heart of the matter. In reality, this is just my speculation."

"I suspect that the real treasure map of this Great Wilderness Ancient Kingdom is in the center of the Desert Sunflower, and the starting point of this Quicksand River is where the switch to control the Quicksand River is located."

"Your argument lacks a sound supporting evidence."

Xiao Lin shook his head.

"Who said there isn't?"

Upon hearing Xiao Lin's words, Jie Geng became anxious and immediately shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, look closely at the map. Isn't the center of the Desert Sunflower the center of the Great Wasteland? Is this a coincidence?"

"Even so, why is the switch located here, 800 miles away?"

Xiao Lin shook his head again. Although he might not be able to find the treasure on the map, he wouldn't believe the Void treasure location that Jie Geng mentioned.

"I don't know about that, anyway..."

Jie Geng was stunned by Xiao Lin's question. She couldn't very well say it was just a feeling.

"Xiao Lin, what this woman said might be true."

Just then, the Fire Dragon King spoke calmly within Xiao Lin's Consciousness Space.

Before Xiao Lin could ask a question, he gave his reasons.

"I can sense that all the spiritual energy here is flowing towards this Quicksand River, which means that there is a lot of spiritual energy in the center of that sunflower."

"What's wrong now?" Xiao Lin asked back.

"This means that this sunflower center may have a large amount of something similar to the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow of the Extremely North Land."

The Ice Dragon King responded calmly, and after receiving the Ice Dragon King's explanation, Xiao Lin instantly understood.

That Desert Sunflower is the "Soul Core" of this Great Wasteland. Even without the Mountain Dragon King fossil he wanted, and even without the Soul Tool ruins of the Great Wilderness Ancient Kingdom, that place is still worth exploring.

"Alright, anyway, it's good to go and take a look."

Xiao Lin convinced himself that, in addition to the two reasons mentioned above, there was another reason.

If the Mountain Dragon King were to transform into a continent, it should spread outwards. The center of this sunflower is precisely the center of the Great Wasteland.

Perhaps the Mountain Dragon King's Remains are located below.

Without saying a word, Xiao Lin headed straight for the location on the map.