Seven Spirit Stones.
Five had gone to the five elders, while the remaining two were buried at Liangshan Summit.
As for why he had buried them there...
The reason was simple: it was the safest place.
Otherwise, if someone dug up the Spirit Stones just a couple of days after he buried them, Qin Shujian would have nowhere to turn and cry.
Besides...
That was where he usually cultivated.
With Spirit Stones buried beneath his backside, he could soak up the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and get twice the results for half the effort.
Once everything was done...
Qin Shujian returned to his room and took out something square.
He spread it across the table.
It was none other than the map of Great Zhao that Gu Feng had given him.
What it depicted...
Was the entire territory of the Thirteen Prefectures of Great Zhao.
Even if it differed somewhat from the current situation, the discrepancies would certainly not be too great.
After spreading out the map, Qin Shujian studied it carefully. Rather than examining all of Great Zhao, however, he focused only on Northcloud Prefecture.
"Where was the Listening Sea Sect again?"
"Right, in the Abundant Sea True Domain!"
Qin Shujian searched through the map one place at a time, eventually finding the Abundant Sea True Domain and marking it with a pen.
After that...
He searched the map again for other True Domains.
Whenever he found one, he marked it with his pen as well.
A long while passed.
Qin Shujian finally set down his pen. He had marked several True Domains on the map.
All of them were within Northcloud Prefecture. He had left the True Domains in the other prefectures untouched.
"The Abundant Sea True Domain is a little far from the Liangshan True