As a qualified assassin, the first thing he did after arriving at a new place was to observe his surroundings. It was a good habit that Lin Yi still maintained even now.
"There shouldn't be any danger in this place. Everyone, relax and adjust yourselves, then follow me in," Chang Daoping said to everyone.
No danger? Lin Yi frowned disapprovingly. This was a dead city, and there were very few adventurers who could enter the ruins. Logically speaking, there should indeed be no danger.
However, this did not conform to Lin Yi's judgment. In this short period of observation, he noticed a rather strange detail. Although this place was old, there was something unusual about it!
Logically speaking, this place should be covered in dust and the surrounding buildings should be even more decayed. However, in reality, Lin Yi could clearly see that the ground was very clean, as if someone often walked around and cleaned it.
Apart from that, Lin Yi did not smell any particularly strong decaying aura. Normally, a dead city like this would decay after being empty for a few years because there were no living things. This was really unusual.
Could it be that there were people living here? That was really strange! Lin Yi secretly shook his head, but he was not too worried. Although he felt that something was strange, he did not really sense any dangerous aura. Furthermore, the jade pendant did not give him any warning, which was enough to prove that there was no danger for the time being.
Who cared if it was strange or not? Since they were already here, there was no harm in taking a good look first. Perhaps they could really find the Star Ink Milk!
While everyone rested, Chang Daoping took out a small map from his bosom. There was a vague layout of the city on it, which was clearly the internal structure of the Ordo Cultivation City ruins. This was a secret map that the spirit beast clan's deacon had privately given to him.
If it was just a simple map of the route from Lufeng Forest to the ruins, although it was also very rare, it could be bought as long as one was willing to pay a high price. However, the layout of the ruins in Chang Daoping's hands was different. This was something that could not be bought with any amount of spiritual jade.
The ruins of Audo Cultivation City were extremely famous. However, if one wanted to enter the ruins to search for treasures, putting aside the dangers of Lufeng Forest itself, there were at least three obstacles left.
The first difficulty was how to find the historical remains. This was relatively the easiest part. As long as one spent an exorbitant amount of Spiritual Jades, one could buy a map on the market. However, this itself was a threshold. Since it was exorbitant, it was destined that most people would not be able to reach this threshold. What happened after that was even more impossible.
The second challenge was how to pass through the Lunar Shadow Array. This required very professional preparation. Most people would not even know how to pass through the Lunar Shadow Array. Many people did not even know if there was a Lunar Shadow Array. They might not even know if there was a Lunar Shadow Array. They might step into the wasteland without any preparation and be lost forever.
The third difficulty was what Lin Yi and the others had to face. After going through all the hardships to successfully enter the ruins, how to search for treasures was another big problem that they had to face.
After so many years of plundering, there were very few treasures that could be found on the surface in such a huge ghost city. Even if it was the Star Ink Milk, a natural treasure that could be continuously gathered, if there were no clues, trying to find it in this vast ghost city would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Audo Cultivation City was once one of the few important cities of the spirit beast clan. Just casually walking around the streets would take at least a few days. If one wanted to search every place carefully, it would take at least a month. However, the time left for Lin Yi and the others was no more than five days.
According to previous experience, the miasma would return after ten days. Everyone had to ensure that they could leave before that. Furthermore, they needed at least five days to travel from the historical remains to the Teleportation Array. Therefore, the remaining time left for everyone to search for treasures in the historical remains was at most five days.
Everyone present was here for the Star Ink Milk. If they did not have any clues, unless they were extremely lucky, they would not be able to find it in a mere five days.
Fortunately, Chang Daoping had the layout map of the historical remains. What was even rarer was that the deacon of the spirit beast clan had also marked the exact location of the Star Ink Milk on the layout map!
Of course, Chang Daoping would definitely not let everyone see such an important thing. After all, the value of the layout map of the historical remains was much higher than a little bit of the Star Ink Milk. This was something that could be passed down as a family heirloom. The fewer people who knew about it, the better.
In the most ideal situation, if Chang Daoping was the only person in the world who had the key information from the Lunar Shadow Array to the layout map of the historical remains, it would mean that from now on, all the Star Ink Milk would belong to him alone. Just thinking about the huge benefits this represented was enough to make anyone excited.
"Alright, next, I'll bring you guys to find the Star Ink Milk. I'll say the ugly words first, pay attention to follow my footsteps. Otherwise, if you accidentally lose track of me and miss the opportunity to obtain the Star Ink Milk, it'll be because you're useless. Don't blame me for not taking care of you!" Chang Daoping said indifferently.
"Understood." Everyone's heart trembled. To be able to grow into a Golden Core Stage expert, they were naturally used to the scheming and scheming of the cultivation world. They were very clear about the meaning behind Chang Daoping's words.
Chang Daoping would not show them the layout map of the historical remains, nor would he deliberately tell them the route. On the contrary, he would deliberately speed up on the way to the destination. He would even deliberately take a detour to confuse everyone so that they would not have the chance to remember the route. This was in line with his interests.
Everyone was well aware of this. Even if they had complaints in their hearts, they did not dare to say anything in the face of Chang Daoping's accumulated power. They could only nod silently. Lin Yi did not have any objections to this.
Although Chang Daoping's actions were unbefitting of an expert, with such great benefits in front of them, who could guarantee that they would be carefree and unperturbed?
Lin Yi wasn't an unreasonable person. From entering the ruins through the Moon Shadow Matrix to finding the Star Ink Milk, it was all thanks to Chang Daoping. If it wasn't for him, they wouldn't even be able to enter, let alone find the Star Ink Milk.
As long as he was able to lead everyone to the Star Ink Milk, it would be considered extremely benevolent. As for the other pardonable little tricks, Lin Yi could understand and did not object.
However, if Chang Daoping were to play any other tricks on top of that, then it would be intolerable. If that really happened, then Lin Yi wouldn't be able to blame him for turning his back on him.
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