Qin Shi put on the necklace that Qin Xue Xin had left behind, and Qin Xue Xin reluctantly left with He Shuhan.
Step by step, Qin Shi's gaze never left Qin Xue Xin, because he knew that … this separation would be a long one. This time, she would fall into a cold and lonely lake. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but clench his fists tightly, and his nails dug into his flesh. His heart was bleeding, and he swore with his blood that no matter what, he would get the Divine Weapon as soon as possible.
"Dark Group!
Chaotic Realm!
I won't let you off! "Qin Shi roared in his heart.
He Shuhan looked at Qin Shi and shook her head helplessly. In fact, she knew from the beginning that Xue Xin's injury had nothing to do with Qin Shi. She could also see the bone-deep feelings that Qin Shi had for Qin Xue Xin. She took a deep breath and said, "Boy, this is the only time. Don't let her get hurt again."
Then, He Shuhan left. Fang Qing and Qi Qing retracted their spiritual energy. Qi Qing snorted coldly, "This crazy woman, she almost destroyed this hall."
At this moment, Fang Qing walked to Qin Shi's side and said, "Don't be too angry, the sect will help you."
"Thank you, Sect Master, but there are some things that I have to face by myself."
Qin Shi smiled bleakly. Then, he looked around and didn't say anything else in the hall. Instead, he left alone and returned to his residence.
Looking at Qin Shi's departing silhouette, Fang Qing let out a heavy sigh. Shortly after, she turned to Jian Qing and said, "Jian Qing, arrange a few members of the Shadow Sword Group to observe him.
Once he makes any movements, immediately report to me. "
The Shadow Sword Group was the Sword Sect's secret group, and they were responsible for scouting and hiding. Jian Qing nodded, "Yes!"
Fang Qing heaved a sigh of relief and said softly, "This child will be the key to this battle for the Divine Weapon."
In the following days, the Six Regions Alliance remained vigilant. Qi Qing and Fang Qing constantly shuttled back and forth between the six regions. During this time, He Shuhan mobilized the army several times in an attempt to attack the rear of the Puppet Group. She also captured many ferocious demons from the Puppet Group, wanting to obtain information about the Divine Weapon from them.
However, the results were not satisfactory. All the ferocious demons that fell into the Six Regions Alliance's hands died inexplicably before they could be interrogated. There seemed to be a huge demonic energy in their bodies that even He Shuhan couldn't erase. Therefore, after half a month, the Alliance still had no harvest. This made the Six Regions Alliance feel very frustrated.
"Is there still no news from the search team?" He Shuhan angrily shouted from the high platform.
The Elders and disciples of the Six Territories Alliance felt their scalps go numb. Ying Wu replied awkwardly, "Reporting to Sect Master, the location of the divine artifact is very well hidden. There isn't any aura leaking out at all. This past month, we've searched the entire human world, going as far as the heavens and as deep as the earth, but we still haven't found anything. We even suspect that the location of the divine artifact isn't in the human world.
"It's impossible that it's not in the human world. When the eight ancestors of the Eight Regions Alliance worked together to seal the Divine Weapon, it was recorded that there were eight completely different scenes in the human world. These are undoubtedly clues that the Divine Weapon is in the human world. Moreover, if the Divine Weapon is not in the human world, there is no need for the Puppet Group to mobilize the Demon Army."
Ying Wu smacked his lips and didn't say anything else.
"Where has the Puppet Group been operating recently?" He Shuhan asked again.
"Don't mention it. We originally wanted to find clues from them, but they don't have a fixed area of activity. Basically, they can be found everywhere in the human world. The location of the six Demon Masters is also not fixed."
He Shuhan narrowed her eyes, "That's strange. In the past month, the Puppet Group hasn't sent any messages or threats. The princess of the Desolate Region is in their hands. They should be using this opportunity to threaten us to hand over Qin Shi or Yakushi, but they haven't sent any messages to us."
"Could it be that they don't know where the Divine Weapon is?" Ying Wu boldly speculated.
But this time, He Shuhan didn't quickly refute it, "We can't rule out this possibility, but we can't let our guard down. Let the search team continue to search the human world. I don't believe that this Divine Weapon barrier and its huge spiritual energy field can disappear into thin air."
Ying Wu bitterly smiled and shook her head. "Sigh, when will this hard work come to an end?"
Ying Wu was the leader of the Blue Snow Sect's search team. After she finished arranging everything, only she and He Shuhan were left in the hall. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sect Master, have you thought it through? Do you really want to send Xue Xin to the Deep Sea Black Ice Lake?
If we really do that, then there's no way out. If we can't get the Divine Weapon … "
Ying Wu didn't continue, but He Shuhan naturally understood. She sighed with a cold expression, "There's still a glimmer of hope if we enter the Deep Sea Black Ice Lake. Otherwise, we can only watch as she loses her life. This child entered the Blue Snow Sect at the age of ten. I watched her grow up. Her talent is extraordinary, and she also has the rare ice attribute. I can't just sit by and watch something happen to her."
Ying Wu also sounded a little sad. "That girl's life is cruel. In the first few years she entered the sect, the Puppet Group constantly hunted her down, killing almost everyone around her. To be honest, Qin Shi's appearance isn't necessarily a bad thing for her. I've never seen her smile in the past few years. It's just … that child Qin Shi also has an unbreakable relationship with the Puppet Group. The two of them are really doomed."
"Let's hope Xue Xin can overcome this calamity." He Shuhan shook her head.
Just as He Shuhan had said, a month passed in the blink of an eye, and there was still no news from Team Pi. They were also very passive. The Six Regions Alliance had taken the initiative to attack them many times, but they had mostly retreated and avoided them, not clashing head-on. They also did not threaten the six regions because of Kong Xianhui. This kind of calm before the storm actually made the six regions feel very uneasy.
During this month, Qin Shi shut himself in his room. During this time, Haoyue, Yuyue, and many others came to visit him, but they were all rejected by him with the excuse that he was in seclusion. This worried Fengsha greatly. He visited Qin Shi's residence many times to communicate with the Sword Sect's Shadow Sword Group. Only after confirming that Qin Shi was safe did he feel at ease.
From the outside world's point of view, everyone believed that Qin Shi had suffered a blow. It was not surprising that people would think this way. First, the Hundred Tides of Scarlet Flame was bombarded by the Chaotic Domain, and then, Qin Xue Xin was poisoned by the undecipherable ice. If it was someone else, they would probably go crazy, right?
But they didn't know that they had misunderstood Qin Shi. Qin Shi had never been dispirited. Instead, he was abnormally excited during this month. He practically burned himself day and night.
In Qin Shi's room, Qin Shi sat cross-legged on his bed. There were five or six folded drawings on the table in front of him. These folded drawings were the treasure maps of the sealed Divine Artifact. During this month, he had arranged these maps in various ways and deciphered them in various ways. He had soaked them in water, burned them with fire, and used all kinds of ancient methods to decipher the secret incantations. In the end, not only did he gain nothing, he almost lost his life several times. He had thought that this treasure map was an ancient inheritance, so it should be waterproof and fireproof, right?
Unexpectedly, when he tried to decipher it with fire, a few of the maps suddenly burst into flames. He was so frightened that he hurriedly extinguished the fire. He was flustered for a while and almost destroyed the treasure map.
"I'm so f * cking convinced!"
In the end, Qin Shi slammed the table in annoyance. He stared at the treasure map with a distressed expression. "Is this treasure map a lie?
The mountains, rivers, and rivers are completely different from the human world. I can't see anything related to the Divine Artifact from it at all. Moreover, aren't they the ancestors of the Eight Regions?
Can't they get something of a slightly higher grade?
What sound transmission, soul projection, and of all things, they just had to get this most ordinary treasure map. It's fortunate that it hasn't fallen into the hands of any mortals. Otherwise, they would probably be using it as toilet paper to wipe their butts! "
The demon couldn't help but laugh when he heard Qin Shi's complaints. "You little rascal, if those eight people heard this, they would probably come back to life and fight you to the death!"
"Am I speaking the truth?!
This kind of lousy paper is really fortunate to be able to be passed down for ten thousand years! "
"Little rascal, don't be anxious. This kind of ten-thousand-year-old secret scroll can't be easily deciphered by you. Although I haven't seen through the mystery of this treasure map yet, these six pieces of treasure map are definitely not ordinary paper. Otherwise, as you said, it would be impossible for them to be passed down for ten thousand years. They would have long been eroded by the wind. Moreover, normally, items that have been passed down for ten thousand years all have spiritual energy. Not only do they have the inheritance of their creator, but they also have the essence of heaven and earth that has accumulated for ten thousand years."
Qin Shi rubbed the corners of his mouth. He understood all of this, but it was useful to understand this treasure map. If he couldn't, then wasn't this treasure map just a piece of waste paper?
"Moreover, let me remind you that it's not strange that the records on this treasure map are different from the Mortal World that you're familiar with. Don't forget that the mountains, rivers, and rivers in this treasure map are the Mortal World from ten thousand years ago. Ten thousand years! Too many things can happen. The earth quaked, the mountains changed, and the rivers changed. When I fought with the Mortal Emperor in the Mortal World, the Mortal World was still a large area of primeval forests."
When he heard this, Qin Shi suddenly seemed as if he'd grasped something, and he revealed a bright light. "Right, if I want to find this Divine Artifact, then I ought to first find the appearance of the Mortal World from ten thousand years ago!"
Qin Shi suddenly had an inspiration, and he went silent on the spot for a long time. He remembered that he seemed to have seen it somewhere, a painting of the mountains and rivers of the Mortal World from ancient times …. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he swiftly leaped up from his bed, and then he pushed open the door and leaped towards the Sword Sect's Sword Pavilion. Qin Shi emerging from his closed door cultivation instantly caused an enormous storm in the Sword Sect. However, before Haoyue and the others could catch up to Qin Shi, Qin Shi had already rushed back from the Sword Pavilion. All along the way, he held a few tens of ancient secret scrolls, and all of them were records of the Mortal World from ten thousand years ago.