As he returned to the wasteland once more, Huo Hai's mood was far better than when he had first arrived. Without so many eyes and ears from the Blazing Sun Sect, he could stir up a little commotion here without anyone noticing.
"The forbidden zone lies a thousand li ahead in this barren land. It seems the approximate location is here." Beneath the night sky, Huo Hai held the map and compared it against the stars overhead, finally determining the rough location. Star maps were exceptionally rigorous and precise, yet also extremely difficult to pinpoint. If the positions of the stars were off by even a little, the actual location could differ by thousands of kilometers.
Only after identifying them with absolute certainty could one find the true location. At that point, the map's actual error would usually not exceed two meters. It was incredibly precise. Huo Hai had only managed to determine the general area for now.
It took Huo Hai several days to gather some information from the local commoners. This plateau was in fact extremely desolate, with only a few areas rich in resources, and those places were usually occupied by Spirit Beasts.
There were also some exceptionally dangerous places that the locals called forbidden zones. Once someone approached such places, very few ever came back out. Most either vanished without a trace or died on the spot. Over the past few days, Huo Hai had already investigated several such special forbidden zones, but most merely had a few more dangerous Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects.
However, the place Huo Hai found today was rather strange. When he brought the map closer, the air faintly emitted an exceedingly unusual fluctuation. "Stellar Spiritual Power. This should be a massive Spirit Formation."
After spending a long time examining it,