Fragment Map Secured (Please Follow and Vote Monthly)

The blazing sun hung high in the sky, pouring down endless rays of light.

Standing atop the cliff, Gu Yi clearly saw a protruding rock ledge below. It was covered in loose stones and wild, twisted trees, and behind them, he could vaguely make out a pitch-black cave.

"This should be the place!" Gu Yi's eyes flashed as he immediately tied the rope around a thick tree beside him.

With a tap of his toes, Gu Yi leaped straight off the cliff. Using the rope's support, he unleashed the Wind-Following Steps, bounding repeatedly across the sheer cliff face as he shot toward the twisted trees.

Hiss—

Just as Gu Yi was about to reach the trees, a piercing hiss rang out. A snake-like magical beast nearly identical in color to the rocks lunged at him.

Gu Yi's gaze sharpened. He thrust his spear with his right hand, striking after yet gaining the initiative, piercing through the magical beast's body first.

The snake-like magical beast howled in pain, its ferocity intensifying. Rather than being frightened back by Gu Yi's attack, it opened its bloody maw and continued pouncing toward him.

Gu Yi frowned. There were too few places for him to brace himself against on the cliff face, greatly restricting his strength.

In contrast, this snake-like magical beast had lived on sheer cliffs for years and was long accustomed to this terrain. Its strength was no weaker than that of a five-star Dou Practitioner, making it far stronger than Gu Yi.

I need to get onto that protruding ledge as quickly as possible.

The thought flashed through Gu Yi's mind. His spear swept out again, blocking the magical beast's gaping maw while his feet continued shifting across the cliff face, leaping straight toward the cave.

Before long, Gu Yi landed on the rock ledge, finally able to unleash his full strength.

Buzz—

Two dazzling purple soul rings emerged beneath Gu Yi's feet, circling his body without pause.

Blood Ignition!

A scarlet glow appeared on Gu Yi's face. Burning a portion of his Soul Power and ordinary blood, he felt his strength double in an instant.

His spear danced through the air, producing several spear blossoms in a blink. They accurately stabbed into the magical beast's body, with one strike landing precisely on its vital point.

The snake-like magical beast immediately shrieked in agony, no longer able to cling to the cliff face. Its body crashed heavily into the bottomless abyss below.

After dealing with the magical beast, Gu Yi finally had the chance to examine the area around the cave.

The cave entrance was densely covered in rocks, vines, and twisted trees. Gu Yi swept out his spear once more, unleashing Sweeping Through Thousands, sending the rubble and vines tumbling off the cliff.

Looking at the dark cave, Gu Yi took several Moonlight Stones from his robe. He had bought them in Qingshan Town, and they were much more convenient and useful than ordinary tinderboxes.

The cold light dispersed the darkness around him as Gu Yi slowly and cautiously entered the cave.

Though Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian had encountered no danger in this cave in the original story, that had been years later.

As for now, no one could say whether magical beasts might be lurking inside.

However, Gu Yi had clearly worried too much. He walked through the cave passage for more than ten minutes without finding any magical beasts or traps.

A stone door giving off a faint yellow glow now stood before him.

Gu Yi stepped forward and touched the stone door. Combining what he remembered from the plot, he soon found a small protrusion beneath it.

With a light press of his finger, the mechanism inside the stone door began to operate. Amid a series of creaks, the door gradually rose.

Gu Yi stepped through the doorway, and the view before him suddenly opened up.

This was a huge stone chamber. A Moonlight Stone was embedded in the wall, and at the center of the chamber stood a chair occupied by a withered skeleton.

Before the chair was a rather spacious bluestone table, upon which three locked stone boxes had been neatly placed.

In three corners of the stone chamber were piles of glittering gold coins, gemstones, jewelry, and other valuables, numbering no less than several hundred thousand.

The remaining corner held a small flower bed, where all kinds of plants and flowers grew, giving off a rich medicinal fragrance.

These were high-grade medicinal herbs from the Dou Qi Continent. Every single plant was extremely valuable, and together, they were worth far more than the gold coins in the other three corners.

After sweeping his gaze over the stone chamber, Gu Yi revealed a satisfied smile.

The treasures in this stone chamber were enough to greatly increase Gu Yi's fortune in one go.

Gu Yi walked straight toward the skeleton on the chair and grabbed its hand. Three black keys hung there, corresponding to the three stone boxes on the bluestone table.

But Gu Yi's attention was no longer on the keys.

With a hard pull, he tore the skeleton's arm off directly. Through the broken end, he could see a small, ancient scroll tucked within the gaps in the bones.

Gu Yi's eyes turned fervent. He unrolled the scroll and took out a yellowed piece of parchment made from some unknown material.

Looking closely, he saw irregular patterns drawn across the parchment, with a lotus-shaped design depicted in one corner.

"Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map!" Gu Yi could not suppress the smile on his lips.

Source Energy increased by 500 points

Seeing the increase in Source Energy on the panel, Gu Yi was not particularly surprised.

After all, this fragment map was still only a fragment map. It pointed toward clues concerning the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame, but for now, it had little effect on the plot and could not increase his strength.

At present, its impact on the plot was even less than that of the other treasures in the cave.

The fragment map would truly come into play in the Demonic Flame Space of the Central Plains.

Gu Yi guessed that only once all the fragment maps had been gathered and fused into one, summoning the remnant soul of the Purifying Lotus Demonic Saint and completely subduing the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame, would he gain an enormous amount of Source Energy at once.

By then, Gu Yi might receive a million Source Energy points in one go—or perhaps even more!

This was a long-term mission.

Gu Yi casually put the incomplete map into his Spatial Storage Ring—he had bought it at the Mittel Auction House during his days in Wutan City, spending nearly a hundred thousand gold coins.

On the Dou Qi Continent and the Nine Heavens Continent, spatial storage equipment such as storage rings existed.

However, unlike on the Dou Qi Continent, where spatial rings could be bought with gold and silver, the Nine Heavens Continent required large quantities of Origin Stones. Ordinary Spirit Martial Realm cultivators simply could not afford them.

Thus, although Gu Yi was the disciple of the Divine Archer Liu Canglan, he had not been able to buy a spatial ring in over a year.

As for the Douluo Continent, ordinary storage Soul Tools were not particularly expensive, but they were scarce and only occasionally appeared at auctions in major cities.

After all, unlike the Sun Moon Continent across the sea, Soul Tool technology on the Douluo Continent had long since been lost. No one could make them anymore, and the Soul Tools on the Douluo Continent were all unearthed through archaeology.

So during his more than two years in Nuoding City, aside from the belt-type storage Soul Tool at Tang San's waist, Gu Yi had never seen another storage Soul Tool.

It was only after arriving on the Dou Qi Continent that Gu Yi bought a low-grade Spatial Storage Ring.

The ring's internal space was not large, merely six cubic meters, but it was more than enough to hold all the treasures in the cave.

Besides, Gu Yi also had the Myriad Worlds Gate and could move the treasures to First Line Sky.

With a sweep of his hand, all the gold, silver, and treasures piled in one corner vanished into the Spatial Storage Ring.

As for the various medicinal herbs in the other corner, Gu Yi did not pick them. Instead, he transplanted them roots, soil, and all beside his residence in First Line Sky.

Gu Yi dug out a small medicinal garden on the spot.

These high-grade medicinal herbs grew by absorbing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.

Although they had been transplanted into another world, they did not immediately wither and die. Only their branches, leaves, flowers, and the like appeared somewhat wilted.

This discovery made Gu Yi breathe a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, if these medicinal herbs died, he could only pack them into jade boxes and sell them as quickly as possible.

If I take over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the future, it could serve as a medicinal garden.

At last, Gu Yi's gaze fell upon the three stone boxes at the very end of the cave.

"Three cultivation manuals and combat techniques!"

Naturally, Gu Yi, who knew the plot, knew what was inside. His eyes were filled with anticipation.