Swordsmanship Insights, Practiced to Death by Hunger! (Bonus Chapter for Hu Zhong Ri Yue 85/1300)

Treasure hunting was not a simple game.

Especially without specific quest guidance. How easy could it be to find a location marked on a map amid the vast heavens and earth?

According to the map, the so-called "Bright Holy Temple" was located at the westernmost edge of the great grasslands, amid a range of mountains deep within an uninhabited desert.

Ye Weiming compared the Ancient Scroll against his personal map as he traveled, spending a full three days before finally finding that mountain range in the depths of the desert.

After that, he was completely dumbfounded!

The endless mountain range before him consisted entirely of bare rocks and sand. Within a hundred li, there was not a single source of water.

Because of the drought, let alone the flowers, grass, and trees common throughout the Central Plains, there was not even a damn monster in these mountains!

What did it mean to call something a forbidden zone for life?

Every day, Ye Weiming rode his flying chair as it circled through the mountain range, searching. Yet after seven consecutive days, he had practically searched the entire range. He had searched the area marked "Bright Holy Temple" on the map three times, above and below ground alike. In the end, aside from accidentally finding a piece of purple-gold ore, he gained nothing else.

Could this so-called "Bright Holy Temple" be hidden underground somewhere mysterious, only visible after activating some mechanism through a special method?

But other than a simple flame-shaped mark and its name, the map offered no other clues!

Wasn't this just screwing him over?

Or was there some other hidden mystery within this map?

Thinking of that possibility, Ye Weiming immediately tried opening the mysterious Ancient Scroll in different ways.

First, he tried soaking the scroll in clean water,