When he returned to his room again, Qin Shi seemed to have changed. He spread out the secret ancient scrolls that he had retrieved from the sword pavilion on the table and flipped through them from beginning to end. Each scroll more or less contained the geological features of the human world from 10,000 years ago. Finally, after he had flipped through all the secret scrolls, he used his soul power to piece together a blurry map of the human world from 10,000 years ago.
"It should be about time."
Qin Shi wiped the sweat from his forehead. This task had taken him three whole days. After all, imagine how much work it would take to completely restore the entire human world and draw it in his sea of consciousness.
After completing all of this, he felt a great sense of accomplishment. However, what made him unable to restrain himself from cursing was … even though he knew what the Mortal World looked like ten thousand years ago, he still couldn't find anything that matched the Divine Artifact Treasure Map!
"F * ck!"
Qin Shi couldn't help but curse out loud.
The demon laughed. "I told you, you still have to start with the treasure map."
Qin Shi felt a headache coming on. He was asked to study the God Artifact Treasure Map that he already wanted to eat.
But there was nothing he could do. He could only suppress his restless heart and sink into the days of staring blankly at a few pieces of broken paper every day.
Just like that, another half a month passed in the blink of an eye. During this half a month, the human world was still eerily quiet. The Six Regions Alliance simply gave up after seeing that their crusade against the Ming Group had been fruitless. They devoted themselves to searching for the God Artifact Treasure Map. During this half a month, Qin Shi spent another half a month that was worse than death. He now felt that he could recite the treasure map backwards.
"Could it be that I'm still missing one?" Qin Shi had already gathered eight treasure maps, and only the one in the bottom-left corner was left.
Now, this was the only reason that could explain it. But if this was really the case, the consequences would be terrifying. It had to be known that there were only eight God Artifact Treasure Maps in 10,000 years. Asking him to find another one in this huge human world was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Rather than that, he might as well directly search for the ruins of the God Artifact Treasure Map.
Suddenly, he fell into distress. This also meant that his efforts over the past month had all gone to waste.
He was about to explode. Just at this moment, he suddenly felt a piercing pain from his waist, causing him to involuntarily lower his head to look. On the left side of his waist, there was a vague flash of chaotic light. He lifted his black robe and discovered that it was the Eight Desolation Magatama. The half-moon pattern on the Eight Desolation Magatama was constantly trembling. When Qin Shi removed the Eight Desolation Magatama, he discovered a surprising scene. The eight treasure maps on the table were actually resonating with it?
The eight treasure maps floated in the air, and Qin Shi watched as they merged into one. Finally, there was only a small gap in the lower left corner. And at this time, the crescent patterns of the Eight Desolation Magatama shot out a beam of light. That beam of light was reflected on the gap in the treasure map. In an instant, a dazzling light shot out from the treasure map, shining high up in the sky.
Seeing this, Qin Shi was stunned for a moment. Then, he suddenly became overjoyed. "There's a reaction?"
After that, he gazed at the Eight Desolation Hook in his hand and suddenly said, "I understand, I understand, I finally understand. This treasure map really does require gathering all nine pieces, and the piece that's missing at the bottom left corner is precisely the piece of the Realm of Chaos. The Eight Desolation Hook just happens to have the diagram of the treasure map, so the Eight Desolation Hook resonates with the treasure map. The heavens are truly on my side!"
Qin Shi was extremely excited. The demon also nodded. "Yes, I accidentally solved the mystery of the treasure map."
Qin Shi composed himself. Then, he walked under the dazzling light and looked up, trying to find the whereabouts of the God Artifact in the light.
The light reflected scenes from ten thousand years ago. Eight celestial figures flickered, and in front of a falling cliff was a shocking sword. The sword flashed with eight lights, and the sky changed and the world trembled under the sword. In the end, the eight people worked together and forced the sword to fall to the bottom of the cliff.
The scene also froze at this spot. A bright blood stain dyed the light figure red. The light figure gradually transformed into an enormous mountain, river, and river. When Qin Shi saw the outline of the river, his black pupils involuntarily shrunk. That's because … the river was actually similar to the Ten Thousand Year Mortal World in his sea of consciousness?
And the blood-red droplets were the place where the God Artifact was sealed.
Qin Shi was overjoyed. His eyes shone brightly. "Found it!
I finally found it! "
Very soon, he waved his hand and took out a map. He matched the map with the scene from ten thousand years ago and matched it bit by bit to find the place where the God Artifact was sealed.
Finally, the two maps fused completely, and when Qin Shi saw the location of the bloodstains on the modern map, his black eyes turned gloomy once more. Because he wasn't unfamiliar with that place. More accurately speaking, he'd just passed by it not long ago, and it was actually the place where the Sword Sect, Blaze Region, and Refinement Region intersected. A neutral power, Illusory City?
"It's actually … there?"
Qin Shi spoke with surprise, and then he recalled the scene of him meeting Zhen Yuan in the Chaotic Realm. All his thoughts seemed to have been straightened out, and he said with surprise, "No wonder Zhen Yuan would appear in the Illusory City.
So they had been planning to open the God Artifact since long ago? "
"Yes, if that's the case, then everything makes sense." The evil devil nodded.
Qin Shi fell silent again. He said, "However, there is one thing that doesn't make sense. They are in the Serene Court Palace to obtain the Desolate Region's Gentle Dance of Jadeite. But Snake and Scorpion said that the God Artifact's seal needs the eight great God Artifacts to open. Now that the Yakushi is in my hands, they can't open the seal at all. In such a situation, they should be in a hurry to get the Yakushi. But why haven't there been any news?"
When the fiend devils heard this, they also fell silent. This was also something that the six regions were confused about.
"Buzz!"
Right at this moment, a strange blue flame suddenly shot out from the light gathered from the treasure map in Qin Shi's room. It stopped at the center of Qin Shi's room. Seeing this scene, Qin Shi subconsciously tensed up. He could feel a dense killing intent from the ghost fire. That killing intent … was something that Qin Shi had never experienced in all these years. And in terms of the purity of the Spiritual Energy, it far surpassed anything he had seen before, including He Shuhan …
"Who is it?" Qin Shi's hands behind his back instantly condensed with golden light.
"Keke, little guy, you're quite vigilant." A hoarse voice suddenly came from the ghost fire.
Qin Shi's heart sank. He narrowed his eyes. "You're from Team Bi?"
"Haha, you guessed right. You can also call me the Great Demon Lord," the ghost fire said again.
"Great Demon Lord?"
Qin Shi's black eyes turned cold. Previously, he had learned from Fang Qing about the Dao Yan Group's current power in the Mortal World. Naturally, he was no stranger to the Great Demon Lord. And it was precisely because of this that he became especially nervous. The golden light had already condensed into a thick Blazing Golden Core. He was prepared to attack the Great Demon Lord at any moment.
Seeing this, the Great Demon Lord smiled faintly. "Little guy, don't be so nervous. If I wanted to kill you, I would have taken your little life before you could even react."
"Then you're really too full of yourself. Do you think I don't exist?"
At this moment, a killing intent shadow suddenly rose from behind Qin Shi, and the evil devil appeared in the form of a nine-eyed Qilin.
Seeing the Evil Demon, the Great Demon Lord was clearly taken aback, and his arrogance lessened quite a bit. "Oh, that's right, I forgot that the little fellow still has our Great Demon Sovereign with him. However, I didn't come here to fight with you, I came here to negotiate with you. You really made us wait bitterly, it took almost two months to solve the mystery of this treasure map."
Qin Shi's eyes turned cold. Then, he suddenly realized why the Great Demon Lord appeared in his room as soon as he solved the treasure map. He said in shock, "You guys did something to the treasure map?"
"Haha, you can say that. Otherwise, how could I break through this heavily guarded Sword Sect to talk to you?"
"Damn it!
Have I been tricked again? "
Qin Shi couldn't help but curse. He didn't know how many times he had been tricked over the years. From the time when he was with Kong Hyun-hui in the Chaotic Realm to Fufeng and this Great Demon Lord, it was as if they knew everything about him like the back of their hand. It was as if he was doing everything they had planned for him in the world they had planned.
"Why did you come to find me?"
But this time, Qin Shi didn't act too extreme. He knew that in this world where the strong preyed on the weak, no matter how much he complained, it was useless. He could only make himself stronger so that he wouldn't be tricked or controlled by others. Moreover, in front of the Great Demon Lord, he didn't want others to look down on him.
"Hey, little guy, you seem to be in a good mood?"
The Great Demon Lord was surprised. He smiled with satisfaction. "Not bad. As expected of someone who can be assisted by the Devouring Heaven Demon Lord. You have some ability. Then, let's talk."
"You want me to hand over Yakushi?"
"Haha, why would we make such an unreasonable request?
Isn't that right? "
After the Great Demon Lord finished speaking, his ghostly fire suddenly flickered, causing his voice to become cold. "It seems that someone wants to spoil the fun."
Qin Shi frowned. He immediately sensed that Qi Qing, Fang Qing, and the other Sword Faction's Transcendent auras were rapidly approaching.
The Great Demon Lord sneered. "Forget it. I originally wanted to chat with you more, but since someone has come to disturb us, forget it. Now that you know where the Divine Tool is, I think … If you still want that little girl from the Desolate Region to live, then come to the Fantasy City alone. Remember, come alone. Otherwise, you can come to the Fantasy City to collect her corpse."
The Great Demon Lord's hoarse voice gradually weakened. Finally, it completely disappeared in the air. The ghostly fire also dissipated. The eight treasure maps scattered on the ground.
In the end, only Qin Shi was left in a daze. He looked at the place where the Great Demon Lord disappeared. "Alone?"
Qin Shi was very clear that for him, this was undoubtedly an action equivalent to suicide … However, Kong Hyun-hui was in their hands. He had promised Kong Gui that he would bring Kong Hyun-hui back alive.