Xiao Ling withdrew his gaze from Hai Bodong and did not speak to disturb his mapmaking. He led Zi Yan toward the shelves displaying maps inside the shop.
After casually browsing for a while, he first selected a map of the surrounding towns, then pulled out a map of the Tagor Desert. Studying them carefully, Xiao Ling could not help sighing. "As expected of maps drawn by a former Dou Emperor. They're on an entirely different level from everyone else's. Even some regions 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 Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame hidden within the shop.
With Soul Perception that had already reached the Spiritual Realm, Xiao Ling quickly discovered a scorching energy in a corner of the shop. It should have been the half-map fragment from the original story. He had no idea where Hai Bodong had hidden the other half, since he had not found it at all. This former Dou Emperor truly had some tricks up his sleeve.
Walking toward the ancient wooden rack in the corner, Xiao Ling swept his gaze over it. The rack was clearly extremely old, covered in holes left by decay. Several yellowed maps had been casually piled atop it. Judging from the damaged marks on their surfaces, they seemed to be failed products from mapmaking.
His hand casually flipped through the yellowed maps, and a faint musty odor hit him. Frowning slightly, he tossed aside several failed maps from the top. Then, a damaged map fragment no larger than his palm appeared before Xiao Ling.
At the sight, Xiao Ling was delighted. He had actually found