Chapter 911: Treasure Map
After leaving the trading area, Lin Feng asked Qiongqi, "What's the meaning of having me exchange for this painting?"
"I, the Emperor, have my own reasons. What do you know?" Qiongqi said disdainfully, leaving Lin Feng somewhat frustrated.
"Roar!" Qiongqi leaped up, snatched the scroll from Lin Feng's hand, placed it on the ground, and stared at it with flickering eyes.
Lin Feng watched Qiongqi's actions without speaking. Could this blank scroll really have something special about it?
"This is the aura of flames. The flames of heaven and earth cannot escape my, the Emperor's, eyes." Qiongqi stared at the scroll, then said to Lin Feng, "Use your flames to burn it. Although your flames are too weak, they'll have to do for now."
"Since you think my flames are weak, do it yourself." Lin Feng glanced sideways at Qiongqi. This beast's temper hadn't changed even after becoming an animal.
"If I, the Emperor, were restored, I could burn you to death with a single breath." Qiongqi said arrogantly. Seeing Lin Feng ignore him, he changed his tone: "But now that I, the Emperor, am trapped in difficulties, as you know, this scroll might hide a great secret. If you don't want to know, then forget it."
"After all that talk, you still need my help." Lin Feng said contemptuously. However, he hadn't forgotten that this creature was once the Flame Emperor. Since he was the Flame Emperor, he must be most skilled in flame power, with terrifying mastery over flames. Could it be that this blank scroll really hid the secrets of flames?
He crouched down slightly, placing his palm on the blank scroll. A ball of flame bloomed from Lin Feng's palm. The Yang Fire True Yuan was scorching hot, and sunlight shone down, merging into the flames, all imprinting onto the scroll. But just as the old man who traded it had said, this scroll was impervious to water and fire. Even though Lin Feng's Yang Fire True Yuan flames were extremely powerful, the blank scroll showed no signs of being burned at all, remaining completely still.
"It's useless. You must have sensed wrong." Lin Feng said to Qiongqi. The scroll beneath his palm didn't move at all, showing no change.
"It's because you're too useless." Qiongqi shot Lin Feng a contemptuous look, then placed its sharp claw on Lin Feng's hand, guiding Lin Feng's palm in a rotating motion, as if following a special rhythm. Lin Feng clearly felt that as he followed Qiongqi's claw movements, it was like he was tracing the trajectory of some Dao. The flame power in his palm grew even more frenzied, and the blank scroll actually emitted a terrifying flame light.
Lin Feng abruptly withdrew his hand, feeling a searing pain in his palm. He stared in shock at the blank scroll on the ground.
"So hot!" Lin Feng marveled inwardly. He cultivated the Great Sun Incinerating Heaven Scripture, was skilled in flames, and had comprehended Flame Will. He could generally ignore ordinary flames, yet in a scroll, he actually felt a scorching burn.
Both Lin Feng and Qiongqi stared at the scroll. The scroll on the ground was now burning, but not entirely. Lines appeared, and along those line trajectories, terrifying flame power seeped through. The lines on the scroll were like fiery ravines, extremely clear.
"What terrifying flame power." Lin Feng exclaimed.
"Of course. How could I, the Emperor, be wrong about sensing flames?" Qiongqi said arrogantly, with a hint of pride. Scorching flames shot out from the fiery ravines, burning on their own. It was only after a long while that the blazing flames began to extinguish, and on the blank scroll, multiple trajectories formed by fiery ravines had appeared.
"This is a map." Lin Feng's eyes stiffened. The pattern formed by the blank scroll was actually a complex terrain. It was indeed a map.
"Worry-Free Ancient City." Lin Feng carefully examined the map, then with a thought, he took out another map and found the terrain of Worry-Free Ancient City. It was strikingly similar to the map formed by the fiery ravines, meaning that the overall appearance of this flame map was actually Worry-Free Ancient City.
Although the overall appearance was very similar, many details were different. The map he had bought was a general map, the most recent one, while the map outlined by the fiery ravines was probably from a long time ago. If Qiongqi hadn't discovered it, he would have been unlikely to uncover the mystery of this blank map.
"The owner of this map should have been a powerful martial artist very skilled in flames. Otherwise, the flames on this painting couldn't be so formidable." Lin Feng murmured.
"No insight. Another useless remark." Qiongqi shot Lin Feng a contemptuous glance, making Lin Feng so angry he kicked at him. This beast actually mocked him every day.
But Qiongqi seemed to have already figured out Lin Feng's bad temper. He jumped away and roared at Lin Feng: "This scroll was created about three hundred years ago. Moreover, the material of this scroll is a type of demon beast hide, from a very powerful flame demon beast, likely a Demon Sovereign. And if one's attainment in Flame Essence wasn't high, they couldn't possibly discover the secret in this scroll. That's why this scroll has lain dormant for so long without being discovered. The master who created it clearly wanted to find a very powerful flame martial artist. That being the case, how could his own cultivation be weak?"
"You mean this scroll might contain a flame-type treasure." Lin Feng's comprehension wasn't bad. This beast was indeed formidable, even able to roughly deduce the time and the other person's cultivation level.
He lowered his head and carefully examined the map. Indeed, the final direction of the map seemed to point to a hidden place. The person who created this scroll likely wanted the flame expert who obtained the map to go there.
"Another useless remark. If there were no treasure, why would someone bother carving a mysterious map for no reason? But I hope even more that the treasure is flames." Qiongqi's eyes gleamed with a strange light. He was the Flame Emperor. Only powerful flames could allow him to grow the fastest.
"Flames?" Lin Feng murmured in confusion.
Seeing Lin Feng's expression, Qiongqi shot him a contemptuous look and said disdainfully, "You little brat don't know a damn thing. You have no idea what true flames are. Only flames are the supreme treasure. Although the Great Sun technique you cultivate is quite good, with your current level of flame cultivation, if you encountered truly terrifying flames, just a wisp of them would devour your flames entirely."
"Uh..." Lin Feng's eyes stiffened. Compared to this bastard, he naturally knew much less. But was one of his more formidable flame techniques really that bad? And what were those truly terrifying flames?
"Hurry, pick up the map. Let's find the place marked on it." Qiongqi was impatient. He urgently needed flames now.
With a thought, Lin Feng directly put away the scroll, then turned around and walked back, saying to Qiongqi, "We're going back."
"Roar!" Qiongqi roared at Lin Feng. "What do you mean?"
"My business isn't finished yet." Lin Feng said indifferently.
"Roar!" Qiongqi pounced at Lin Feng, its fierce mouth directly biting toward him. Lin Feng turned around and slapped out fiercely, sending Qiongqi flying. He cursed, "Even if you were a Great Emperor, I'm your boss now. What are you being arrogant about?"
With that, Lin Feng swaggered toward the center of Worry-Free City. Let this beast pretend to be haughty. Being arrogant in front of him—he needed to make it clear who the boss was now.
"Roar!" Qiongqi's eyes blazed with ferocity, wishing he could tear Lin Feng apart. This damn bastard.
The Ten Thousand Sects Assembly was imminent, and Lin Feng hadn't yet figured out the situation. He had no time to go treasure hunting with Qiongqi. Since it was left by an expert from hundreds of years ago, even if they found it, it probably wouldn't be easy to obtain. At that time, he was worried that Heavenly Lake might be destroyed by others. Lin Feng couldn't allow such a thing to happen.
Lin Feng arrived at the central area of Worry-Free Ancient City, precisely where the Ten Thousand Sects Assembly was about to be held. He found that there were indeed many experts. A martial artist at the First Layer of Heavenly Martial Realm like him would be directly drowned out and ignored while walking on the street. Others couldn't be bothered to give him a second glance—it was too common. Only high-level Heavenly Martial artists occasionally drew a few more looks. This made Lin Feng even more worried.
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