Moreover, Song Wanyi had said that the Qilin Commandery's divine artifact was not in the Central Plains, but had already been lost somewhere in the Great Wilderness. The divine artifact had fallen into other hands, and that was what caused the Qilin Commandery to decline. It had fallen from being one of the five strongest commanderies all the way to the bottom. Otherwise, no matter what, the Qilin Commandery would at least have been one of the foremost major commanderies.
When Song Wanyi heard that I was entering the Great Wilderness, she immediately had Old Liu summoned. Old Liu promptly had several soldiers carry in a roll of maps taller than himself, then spread it flat across the office desk.
The enormous map was twelve meters long and two meters high, depicting the Great Wilderness in meticulous detail. We were all quite stunned. Old Liu was very pleased with the effect, stroking his beard as he said, "The Central Plains are connected to the Great Wilderness, after all. We need to understand the terrain next door. This copy was made according to an agreement from back when our Qilin Commandery had good relations with the emperor of the Central Plains. It's already over a thousand years old. You should know that, back then, it was only because the Qilin Commandery Governor had rendered unparalleled service that he was allowed to copy the Nine Provinces Map from the emperor's collection. Speaking of that, I have to mention the Nine Provinces Map again. It was an extraordinary treasure that could transport someone to any of the Nine Provinces in an instant. I just don't know whether that was true."
"There really was such a history. I've learned something. That Nine Provinces Map might have been some kind of spatial treasure, right?" I