Qin Fengming released his divine sense and probed ahead.
The area ahead was not the desert region the four of them were heading toward, but a hilly stretch blanketed in low shrubs.
Back then, Saintly Venerable Jing Hu had only made a haphazard search of this vast region and his judgment had been inaccurate. Clearly, their direction had deviated.
That did not matter much, however. As long as they knew the general direction, they could compare what they had seen after meeting up with the other cultivators and determine a rough outline of the terrain. That was precisely their main purpose in coming here.
As for what advantages knowing the battlefield's location in advance might bring, everyone naturally had their own plans.
Qin Fengming himself knew what to do. If this truly was the battlefield, he could set up some concealed Teleportation Arrays and lay down some Illusion restrictions. He did not seek to trap and kill powerful opponents; as long as he could conceal his traces, he would gain benefits too numerous to put into words.
After a brief rest, the four set out again.
Their objective was actually very clear: they wanted to traverse this entire region of space once, see just how vast it was, and record the terrain in every area.
As long as they could walk straight to the end, the four of them would know the size of the region in the direction they had traveled from the great array. That would naturally be useful in the future battle. When assigning tasks, they would have relatively accurate positional references.
After setting out again, all four became increasingly cautious. They concealed their auras as much as possible and tried to avoid battling the fierce beasts and birds here.
At the same time, they had to