A roll of yellowed silk lay quietly inside the gold casket.
Bai Xiaowen touched the silk and unfurled it. It was blank except for a square black border and five ancient seal-script characters on the right: "Map of Mountains and Rivers."
"This should be a map, shouldn't it? Why is it blank?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
Before he finished speaking, light flowed within the black border. As though guided by an invisible brush, lines swept across the silk, and a map sprang into view.
It was a map of the Three Kingdoms Plane World! It covered the thirteen provinces, along with Wuhuan, Xianbei, Goryeo, Yingzhou, and other lands beyond them.
A notification from the Spirit Realm Rules appeared: "Dragon-Patterned Gold Casket opened."
"A-Tier Hero Side Quest: Mystery in the Casket completed!"
"You obtained an S-Tier Gold Item: Map of Mountains and Rivers."
[Map of Mountains and Rivers: S-Tier Gold Item, exclusively bound. A treasured map of the realm, blessed by Heaven's fortune. Based on the bound user's abilities, its currently available functions are: 1. View the terrain of the current plane (space). 2. Search for a target's location. Further functions are unavailable until the bound user grows stronger.]
An S-Tier Gold Item!
Bai Xiaowen was stunned. He studied the Map of Mountains and Rivers more closely.
Judging by its description, it was nowhere near as overwhelming as other Gold Items. It was merely a support item.
But there was one important detail: only two of its functions were currently available. It still had untapped potential, and more functions could become available as Bai Xiaowen grew stronger.
Besides, the two functions already available were remarkable!
The first function let him view terrain—it was effectively a world map in a game! Bai Xiaowen directed his mental energy into the section marked