The two of them took out a pair of maps. Sure enough, they were connected together except for the bottom piece.
"Two pieces are missing one piece. What about the remaining map?" Jing Xingzhi asked.
Mo Tiange glanced at him. "If you want to snatch it, just say it. We all know what kind of person you are, so you don't need to pretend."
"…" Jing Xingzhi coughed and said, "It might not be appropriate to snatch it now."
Qin Xi looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?
We're in the Celestial Pole, and they're only in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. What's wrong with snatching it? "
"It wouldn't be a problem if there were only two of them, but we speculate that they're probably followed by a cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm."
"A cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm?" Mo Tiange and Qin Xi looked at each other in surprise. "What's their background?"
"They're from Nighthawk City," Nie Wushang answered.
"Nighthawk City?" Mo Tiange thought for a moment. "Is it Devil Monarch Night Frost?"
"It's just a guess," Nie Wushang said.
"You've been in Yunzhong for a long time, so you should know that there's usually only one Nascent Soul cultivator in a devil city."
She didn't finish, but Mo Tiange already knew what she was implying. "Yes, it seems these two people have an unusual relationship with Devil Monarch Night Frost."
Nie Wushang continued, "So we think Devil Monarch Night Frost is probably following them for such an important matter."
A secret storehouse was a temptation even cultivators in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm couldn't refuse. If they weren't acting on their own, Devil Monarch Night Frost would definitely come.
Qin Xi nodded and looked at Jing Xingzhi. "So, do you think if we snatch their map now, we won't have a chance to turn back when Devil Monarch Night Frost comes?"
"If you're sure you can defeat a cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, forget what I said." Jing Xingzhi shrugged and said very straightforwardly.
Qin Xi didn't answer immediately. Instead, he pondered for a while and said slowly, "I can fight a cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, but I might not be able to win. Protecting myself shouldn't be a problem."
"What if they disregard everything and risk their lives to kill us?" Jing Xingzhi asked again.
"…" After a moment of silence, Qin Xi said faintly, "That'll depend on your own luck."
Not to mention anything else, great cultivators in the Late Nascent Soul realm had been stuck in the Nascent Soul realm for hundreds or even thousands of years. Their natal magic weapons and unique divine abilities had been nourished and cultivated for countless years. The advantages accumulated over such a long period of time were no small matter. Even though Qin Xi was known as a genius and had many fated chances, he still wasn't their match.
After all, which cultivator who cultivated to the late Nascent Soul stage was not a genius?
Who didn't have fortuitous encounters?
Qin Xi glanced at him. "What do you mean by that?"
Jing Xingzhi rubbed his nose and said: "I'm just suggesting a possibility. That Night Frost Demon Monarch is a woman, and women tend to be emotional, even if they've cultivated to the Nascent Soul realm — why are you all looking at me?"
Mo Tiange withdrew her gaze as if nothing had happened, but Nie Wushang let out a "hmph".
"Then what do you think?" Qin Xi asked.
Jing Xingzhi said, "I think that before the matter is clear, we should pretend that we don't know each other and propose a three-way cooperation.
It won't be too late to decide after we find the storehouse. "
If they found the storehouse smoothly, it didn't matter whether they snatched the map or not. If those two devil cultivators played tricks on the way, the four of them could just kill them.
As for Night Frost Demon Monarch, if she really came later, they could just save some trouble and give up some treasures. The four of them weren't insatiably greedy people.
If Night Frost Demon Monarch wanted to turn hostile, they wouldn't stop her unless she attacked indiscriminately. If the four of them worked together, they might have a fighting chance.
Qin Xi was the first to agree, and Mo Tiange also said she had no objections.
As for Nie Wushang, she should've discussed it with Jing Xingzhi.
After the four of them reached an agreement, they continued to move forward while talking about what happened after they parted.
Mo Tiange sent Nie Wushang a voice transmission: "How did you get together with Jing Xingzhi?"
Nie Wushang gave her a helpless look and also sent her voice transmission: "I ran into him by chance." She then talked about what happened after they parted.
When they parted in Guifang City, Mo Tiange traveled in Yunzhong while Nie Wushang concentrated on refining Primordial Devil Aura.
The Primordial Devil Aura she swallowed was Mei Feng's preparation to directly advance from the early stage to the late stage. Although it wasn't complete, the energy it contained couldn't be underestimated. It was enough for her to advance from the Core Formation realm to the Nascent Soul realm.
After Mo Tiange left, she entered Closed Door Meditation for more than forty years and advanced to the Nascent Soul realm in one fell swoop.
Mo Tiange did some calculations. Nie Wushang advanced to the Nascent Soul realm only a few years after she formed her Nascent Soul.
Nie Wushang didn't hear about what happened in the Sea of Returning Ruins until she came out of Closed Door Meditation.
This was a major event in the cultivation world of Yunzhong. It was related to most of the Nascent Soul cultivators in Yunzhong and various big forces. Low level cultivators didn't know much about it, but high level cultivators knew everything.
Nie Wushang felt sad when she learned Mo Tiange was locked in an independent space and probably couldn't come out. But in less than two years, she heard Mo Tiange not only left the secret place in the Sea of Returning Ruins safely, but also advanced to the Nascent Soul realm and turned Yunzhong upside down because of her Nascent Soul tribulation.
Mo Tiange asked, "What happened to Yunzhong after that?
I went to Yuan Province after the Heavenly Tribulation. After I came back, I've been in Closed Door Meditation. I only came out not long ago, so I haven't had time to inquire about what happened in Yunzhong. "
This question made Nie Wushang laugh gloatingly. "You definitely don't know how big of a trouble you've caused."
"What?"
Mo Tiange didn't understand. Her Nascent Soul tribulation only destroyed most of the sea beasts in that area of the sea, but it didn't matter to Yunzhong. There were many demonic beasts in the Sea of Returning Ruins.
Nie Wushang said, "After the Heavenly Tribulation that day, it triggered cracks and tsunamis. One Leaf Island's great island-protecting formation was torn, and the whole island sank to the bottom of the sea."
"What?!" Mo Tiange was shocked. "So you're saying Yunzhong lost a lot of high level cultivators?"
Many Core Formation cultivators gathered on One Leaf Island. If they all died, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators in Yunzhong would be greatly reduced in the next few hundred years.
"Not that many," Nie Wushang said.
"Many Nascent Soul cultivators gathered on One Leaf Island. Although many of them went to chase you, many of them stayed there to maintain the situation. When they saw the situation wasn't good, they brought those cultivators back to the mainland. It's just that those cultivators who didn't return from hunting beasts have disappeared forever."
"Fortunately."
Mo Tiange felt lucky. "Although I didn't directly cause this, so I don't have to bear the karma, if so many people really died, I wouldn't feel good."
Nie Wushang chuckled. "In any case, it's related to you. You're really a jinx." Then she said, "One Leaf Island disappeared, so Yunzhong is in big trouble.
You also know that most of the resources of Yunzhong's high level cultivators come from One Leaf Island. "
Mo Tiange nodded. "In that case, Yunzhong hasn't been very good these past few years."
"Yes."
Nie Wushang shook her head. "One Leaf Island has been in operation for tens of thousands of years. How can it be built in just a few years?
Besides, the southern end of Yunzhong is no longer the Sea of Returning Ruins, and there are far fewer sea beasts there.
In my opinion, Yunzhong has already lost its advantage in resources. Now, it's not much better than the Celestial Pole. "
Speaking of spiritual lands, the Celestial Pole also had a lot of them, but they lacked the resources of the sea compared to Yunzhong. Now that Yunzhong lost One Leaf Island and was no longer connected to the Sea of Returning Ruins, it no longer had an advantage.
Mo Tiange looked a little happy. "If that's the case, the Celestial Pole and Yunzhong won't have to worry about being suppressed if we join forces."
Nie Wushang looked calm. "Who's stronger or weaker has nothing to do with me." The only person related to her in the Celestial Pole was Master Song Feng, but he was a shadow in her life.
And Yunzhong had nothing to do with her.
Seeing her expression, Mo Tiange sighed inwardly and changed the topic. "You haven't told me how you met Jing Xingzhi."
Nie Wushang showed a bitter smile and answered, "Later, the world changed, and Yunzhong and the Celestial Pole became connected, so I returned to the Celestial Pole.
Who would've thought that as soon as I arrived at Tiandao Sect, I would run into this guy? "She glanced at Jing Xingzhi.
"I see." Mo Tiange nodded. "Then why did you come here?"
Nie Wushang lowered her head and fiddled with the black gold piece in her hand. After a long time, she finally said, "I stole this thing from my master."
Mo Tiange was stunned and extremely surprised.
Could it be that the fated chance Master Song Feng obtained was here?
Sure enough, Nie Wushang's next words confirmed her guess. "Back then, what my master obtained from Demonic Mountain was precisely this thing and a complete map.
Maybe his luck came and he found this place according to the map. The restrictions in this place had already been cracked, so he found his way inside without any mishaps and obtained the Primordial Devil Great Art. "
"I see …" Mo Tiange nodded, but she soon frowned. She felt something was wrong.
The Primordial Devil Great Art … based on her experience, this thing was probably related to the stone tablets in the Five Spirits Sacrificial Temple. Could this place be related to the Five Spirits Sacrificial Temple?
Explaining this matter to Nie Wushang would be very troublesome, so she might as well not talk about it.
"Before I returned to the Celestial Pole, I participated in an auction in Yunzhong. That auction happened to have another black gold piece, which was the one in the hands of those two devil cultivators.
So, I came back to prevent the treasure from being taken by someone else. "
"Since that's the case, do you know how to go on this path?"
Nie Wushang shook her head and said, "I came here with my master when I was young, but I was too young at that time and couldn't remember clearly. Besides, I only stole this black gold piece. My master always carried the complete map with him, so I didn't get it."
For so many years, Nie Wushang had been concentrating on cultivating and hadn't earned any spirit stones. She must've stolen one of Master Song Feng's Qiankun Bags.
"So, you came here to look for treasures?"
Nie Wushang nodded then shook her head. "Looking for treasures is incidental. The main reason is for cultivation techniques."
"Cultivation techniques?" Mo Tiange was confused. "Aren't you practicing the Primordial Devil Great Art?"
"Yes, but the Primordial Devil Great Art I have isn't complete."
Nie Wushang sighed. "The Primordial Devil Great Art was comprehended by my master, but he didn't remember the part after the Nascent Soul realm."
"So you had to come here sooner or later."
"En."
Nie Wushang glanced at Jing Xingzhi then curled her lips. "I'm all alone and weak. I just happened to run into this guy, so I made a deal with him. I brought him here and he helped me take the treasure."
Upon seeing Nie Wushang's expression, Mo Tiange pondered for a moment and immediately understood what was going on. She couldn't help but smile. "You extorted a lot of good things from him, right?"
Sure enough, Nie Wushang glared at Jing Xingzhi with resentment.
She quickly composed herself and asked, "What about you?
Why did you also come here? "