Shi Feiyang stayed at Zhu Zaiyu's home for over a month before taking his leave. He had intended to give Zhu Zaiyu a few more gifts, but after a focused calculation, he found that anything he wished to offer would bring greater calamity upon Zhu Zaiyu later. In the end, he only refined a jade talisman for him. "Your old friends are a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and most harbor ill intentions. Have as little to do with them as possible. Even so, you'll face some trouble in the future. Keep this jade talisman safe and carry it with you. It will keep you unharmed."
Having given these instructions, Shi Feiyang left Huaiqing Prefecture and headed west toward the Qinling Mountains.
The treasures he intended to unearth this time were a set of flying swords and a magical treasure left by Zhang Mian, a Han Dynasty Immortal. The swords were called Three Suns, One Qi, and the treasure was the Azure Mirage Bottle. Both were rare wonders of antiquity, ownerless objects left by a predecessor for someone destined to receive them. He had calculated that there would be complications this time, but he was determined to obtain them.
The treasures were hidden in a Mountain Valley somewhere in the Qinling Mountains. Their precise location still required detailed calculation.
In this world, the central mass of the Qinling Mountains alone stretched three thousand li. Lofty mountains and steep ridges rolled on without end, crisscrossed by countless gullies and ravines and covered in ancient trees that held up the heavens. Finding a stone coffer just over three feet long in such a place was no different from fishing a needle out of the sea.
Shi Feiyang had prepared himself for a lengthy search. First, he flew high into the sky