After hearing Huang Xiao's words, Wei Yidao took the map fragment and quickly spread it out.
He studied it for quite some time, his brows tightly knitted.
He folded the map fragment, opened it again, and finally gave a slight shake of his head.
"Hall Master, can you not make anything of it either?" Huang Xiao asked.
"I cannot!" Wei Yidao said with a nod.
"Perhaps this is just an ordinary map fragment, and I was being overly sensitive," Huang Xiao said.
Wei Yidao fell silent for a moment, then said, "This map fragment should not be that simple."
A trace of delighted surprise appeared on Huang Xiao's face. "Hall Master, have you found any clues?"
Wei Yidao still shook his head. "It is not that I have discovered any clues in it. It is mainly that the material of this map fragment is somewhat unusual."
As he spoke, Wei Yidao rubbed the map fragment with his fingers.
"The material? This sheepskin has already yellowed, so it should be quite old-over a hundred years, probably. It must have undergone some special treatment to have survived this long," Huang Xiao said.
"Over a hundred years?" Wei Yidao chuckled. "You underestimate this map fragment."
"What? Several hundred years, then?" Huang Xiao asked in some surprise. "It is already incredible for sheepskin to survive so many years."
"Sheepskin is far too ordinary. Even with treatment, it could not survive so many years. But what if it is not sheepskin?" Wei Yidao said with a smile.
"Ah?" Huang Xiao exclaimed, staring closely at the spot Wei Yidao had just rubbed. The yellowed color on its surface had faded, revealing pure white beneath. It certainly did not look like ordinary hide.
"This should be the hide of some divine beast," Wei Yidao said. "It is