Chapter 715 - 217: Shen Bai Enters Void Transformation

"Tell me, what is this precious treasure? And how was it lost?"

"If it’s near Lingyun Dao, I can help you look for it," Shen Bai said.

Finding this thing was really just a matter of luck; who knew where the precious treasure had gone?

That was why the members of the Celestial Pride Salvation Society had all split up to search.

These two had found their way to Lingyun Dao, and since he had also joined the Celestial Pride Salvation Society, they had conveniently come to him for help.

According to Eunuch Chen’s instructions, if they truly needed help, Shen Bai was to assist in the search, which would also be a good opportunity to gain the trust of the Celestial Pride Salvation Society.

If the treasure wasn’t in the area, he would just go through the motions.

Shen Bai could just continue to grind his Skill Level.

While Shen Bai was speaking, his Void-breaking Red Eye had already scanned Qu Yongfeng and Xue Caixiang, who was waiting outside. He didn’t find any unusual Information, which proved that the two of them were likely not spies.

"The precious treasure is a map."

Qu Yongfeng began to explain, "It’s a Deceitful Object we call the Ten Thousand Strange Map. It has a special property: it can take in severely injured and near-death Aberrations and nurture them back to health."

"The reason it was kept by the Celestial Pride Salvation Society is that the Society also wanted to study the characteristics of Aberrations and see what could be learned from them."

Deceitful Object?

Aberrations?

When Shen Bai heard these words, his eyes instantly lit up.

He was in desperate need of Aberrations right now, because he only had ten wisps of Evil Qi left—enough to induce a second qualitative change in one Divine Power at most.

Now that he was being told he could find the Ten Thousand Strange Map, which also contained Aberrations, Shen Bai couldn’t help but be interested.

"Are there any leads?" Shen Bai asked.

"There are some leads."

After some thought, Qu Yongfeng said, "Back then, a traitor emerged from within the Celestial Pride Salvation Society. He was a relic from the Society’s time in the Era of Ten Thousand Cities, but for some unknown reason, he suddenly betrayed us."

"After he took the Ten Thousand Strange Map, his destination was likely Xinhua Academy. We suspect he might be colluding with Xinhua Academy. After all, that Demonic Force is the only one known to study Aberrations."

"The Ten Thousand Strange Map contains at least five Celestial Spirit Realm Aberrations. If even one of them were to be released, it would cause a terrifying disaster."

"Celestial Spirit Realm Aberrations?"

Shen Bai thought to himself, ’I wonder how much Evil Qi I could get from killing those Aberrations.’

Five Celestial Spirit Realm Aberrations were not to be underestimated.

If he could really slaughter them all, Shen Bai wouldn’t have to worry about running out of Evil Qi for a long time.

However, based on the information Qu Yongfeng had provided so far, Shen Bai felt the leads were far too few.

"So there’s no real way to track it. It’s all down to luck, right?"

Shen Bai tried to perform a divination with his Infinite Divination Skill but failed to deduce any clues.

Before him, there was only a fog of uncertainty.

Even his Level 6 Infinite Divination Skill couldn’t produce a result.

It was obvious that the person who stole the Ten Thousand Strange Map had some way to block divination.

The Celestial Pride Salvation Society wasn’t lacking for relics from the Era of Ten Thousand Cities. They surely had their own methods of divination, yet even they hadn’t been able to locate this person. With so few clues, Shen Bai felt that calling it ’a matter of luck’ was a generous understatement.

"Actually, we’re not completely in the dark."

Qu Yongfeng thought for a moment and said, "His general escape route is heading this way, along Lingyun Dao. We don’t know his final destination, but he has already been spotted in several places before Lingyun Dao."

"However, the Celestial Pride Salvation Society members failed to intercept him. According to our calculations, he should be passing through Lingyun Dao very soon."

"I have this with me. If he enters Lingyun Dao, I’ll be able to detect his aura."

As Qu Yongfeng spoke, he took out a piece of Jade from his robes.

"If he gets close to Lingyun Dao, the Jade will light up and point in his direction."

"Unless his Speed is greater than ours, like what happened in the previous few cities, we will definitely be able to intercept him."

Shen Bai nodded. "And what about manpower? Is it just the three of us?"

"This person you’re talking about, this relic from the Era of Ten Thousand Cities... his strength can’t be low, right?"

"It’s not low, but not particularly high either. He’s around the Celestial Spirit Realm Peak."

Qu Yongfeng explained, "He isn’t skilled in combat or Cultivation. He’s much better at conducting strange and specialized research. So if we can actually intercept him, taking him down shouldn’t be a major issue."

"We just thought that by calling on you, Lord Shen, and using your authority with the Observatory, things might be more convenient and our chances of success would be higher."

Shen Bai mulled it over. What Qu Yongfeng said made sense. He nodded and said, "Alright. You can stay here in Lingyun Dao. If you find any trace of him, let me know, and I will dispatch people to intercept him."

Eunuch Chen had once said that if the Celestial Pride Salvation Society had a problem, Shen Bai should help them as much as he could.

Shen Bai felt there was no harm in helping them out now.

Besides, he was quite tempted by the Ten Thousand Strange Map and the Aberrations inside it.

Shen Bai had no intention of keeping the Ten Thousand Strange Map for himself.

But as for the Aberrations inside, he figured he could take one or two.

After all, Aberrations were things they could just collect more of to replenish the Ten Thousand Strange Map later. It wasn’t a big deal.

"In that case, we thank you, Lord Shen," Qu Yongfeng said.

Shen Bai said nothing more.

However, after saying this, Qu Yongfeng didn’t leave. He stood there, holding his folded fan, as if he had something else to say.

Shen Bai asked with a hint of confusion, "We’ve finished our discussion, yet you haven’t left. Do you have something else you need to say?"