His invitation to explore the Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode had been rejected by his eldest brother.
Bai Qing felt somewhat downcast as he left Meishan City.
He felt that his eldest brother had been far too rash to declare the map a fake merely because the location of True Person Autumn Leaf's cave abode seemed unreasonable.
For one thing, there might be hidden spirit veins beneath the Northern Wasteland, and spiritual objects like the Spirit-Eye Tree existed in the cultivation world.
Besides, who said a cultivator's cave abode had to be built somewhere with a spirit vein?
Cultivators needed spirit veins for their cultivation, but cave abodes did not.
This cave abode was clearly somewhere True Person Autumn Leaf had stored the possessions he would leave behind after passing away in meditation. What difference did it make whether there was a spirit vein there?
Moreover, an opportunity like this, left for future generations, would be less likely to be discovered by other cultivators if it were placed somewhere devoid of spiritual energy.
At this thought, Bai Qing's eyes lit up. "That's it! That must be why. If True Person Autumn Leaf had left his possessions in a cave abode atop a spirit vein, other cultivators would probably have taken them long ago. He built his cave abode in the Northern Wasteland precisely to leave his treasures to someone destined to find them.
"And clearly, that person is me!"
The more Bai Qing thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. He immediately planned to return to Meishan City and explain his reasoning to his eldest brother.
Yet when he recalled how his eldest brother had rejected him outright, hesitation returned to his eyes.
He knew his eldest brother was a decisive man. Since he had already concluded that the cave