"What a coincidence."
Lin Mo willed the World Tree aura within his Dantian to circulate rapidly, condensing an ice-crystal lotus at his fingertip. He smiled. "I happen to possess an ice spiritual root, the very bane of the Azure Painting Mystic Python."
Madam Yan's face immediately lit up with wild delight.
She hurriedly turned and beckoned repeatedly to the hunchbacked elder and the others. "Brother Gu, fellow Daoists, come here at once."
"Fellow Daoist Lin is an ice-element cultivator. With him, our hunt for the Azure Painting Mystic Python is sure to succeed!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The hunchbacked elder and his four companions were overjoyed. They hurriedly flew up from the center of the island and landed before Lin Mo, their gazes burning with eagerness.
"This..."
Lin Mo paused, slightly taken aback, then frowned. "I only wished to trade for a sea chart and had no other plans. Please forgive me."
At these words, the expressions of the hunchbacked elder and the others shifted slightly. Madam Yan, however, remained all smiles, clearly having anticipated Lin Mo's reaction.
With a light sweep of her Robe Sleeve, she took out a chart of the waters around the Wei Sea. Holding it in her hand, she gave it a shake and unfurled it completely before Lin Mo.
Lin Mo hesitated briefly. After studying the chart for a moment, he could not help giving a rueful smile.
This chart encompassed almost the entire Wei Sea, covering an area over four hundred thousand li across, with detailed markings of the various nearby powers.
The only thing missing was the Azure Painting Mystic Python!
"It is not that I am deliberately withholding anything. All sea charts are like this."
Madam Yan glanced at Lin Mo's expression and covered her mouth with a smile. "Every cultivator