Xiao Ling withdrew his gaze from Hai Bodong and did not speak to disturb his mapmaking. He led Zi Yan toward the shelves of maps within the shop.
After casually looking through them, he first selected a map of the surrounding towns, then pulled out a map of the Tagor Desert. After examining it carefully, Xiao Ling could not help but remark, "As expected of maps drawn by a former Dou Emperor. They are on a completely different level from everyone else's. Even some areas of the Tagor Desert are marked. I wonder if that old fellow deliberately got lost in the desert back then."
After picking up the two maps, Xiao Ling released his Soul Perception and began searching for the Nether Lotus Demonic Flame Fragmented Map hidden within the shop.
With Soul Perception that had already reached the Spirit Realm, Xiao Ling quickly discovered a scorching energy in the corner of the shop. It should be the half of the fragmented map that had appeared in the original story. He wondered where Hai Bodong had hidden the other half, since he had not found it at all. This former Dou Emperor truly had some skills.
Walking toward the ancient wooden rack in the corner of the shop, Xiao Ling swept his gaze over it. The rack was clearly extremely old, its surface covered in worm-eaten holes. Several yellowed maps had been casually piled atop it. Judging by the damaged marks on their surfaces, they seemed to be failed products from the mapmaking process.
His hand casually flipped through the yellowed maps, and a faint moldy smell rushed at him. Xiao Ling frowned slightly, tossed aside several failed maps on top, and a palm-sized fragment of a map appeared before his eyes.
Xiao Ling was delighted at the sight.