Chapter 78: Joint Exploration of the Ruins

  "Who are they?" The hawk-nosed man's gaze swept over several people from Ning City.

  Yu Yu smiled and pointed at Ning City, saying, "This is Ning Xiao Cheng. Yu Xing said that this Young Master Ning's cultivation is astonishing, even ordinary True Essence cultivators are not his match."

  Ning Cheng suddenly stood up, cupped his fists and smiled, saying "I haven't asked your honorable surname yet, friend?"

  "Bei Jue Pei Guanghe, Ning brother is so capable, later we will get closer. The eagle hook nose skin smiled and simply hugged Ning Cheng's fist."

  Ning Cheng didn't wait for Xiu Xiu to speak again, and continued, "These three are my friends, and also the ones who found the map of the Blue Feather True Country's ruins. They just accidentally inhaled the poisonous gas of a sand-poisonous beast in the desert, and King Xiu was just about to help them detoxify. By the way, I don't know if Brother Pei has this Desert Heart Spring Tea for detoxification? If he does, that would be best."

  Bae Kwang-hyuk didn't pull out the antidote because of Ning Cheng's sudden words, but instead looked at Wang Shangxi with a puzzled gaze.

  Xu Xu did not give a direct answer, but instead asked everyone to sit down again and said, "Luo Hong Fang and the other two indeed obtained the ancient map and gave it to me. However, this map was lost by my Northern Jue, so I think that since we are all gathered here because of the ancient map, why not go to the ancient ruins together?"

  The arrival of Bae Kwang-hyeok made Wang's heart feel at ease. Ning Cheng was formidable, but he was only one person; now with Bae Kwang-hyeok and Yu Xing, they could definitely take him down. She knew better than anyone how formidable Bae Kwang-hyeok was. It was precisely because of this that she changed her mind and decided to bring these people together to search for the relic. Even if something happened, they could still use a few cannon fodders.

  Bae Kwang-hyuk and Xixi exchanged a glance, immediately understanding the thoughts of the young king. He chuckled and said, "That's right, there are many things in the ruins. We can't take them all away, let's go together, it will be more powerful."

  As soon as he finished speaking, the maid who was sent out by the young lady earlier walked in from the side. The maid whispered a few words in the young lady's ear. The young lady nodded slightly and didn't express any opinion.

  Ning Cheng's divine sense had already swept out, and he found that within the range of his divine sense, many soldiers appeared. Not only that, but also set up some simple confinement arrays.

  Ning Cheng couldn't help but feel amused in his heart, this kind of first-rate formation array, also dared to be brought before him to show off.

  Lou Hongfang suddenly said loudly, "It's okay to go to the ruins together, let's get rid of our poison first."

  Bai Guanghe suddenly said, "This is my negligence. Originally, as soon as I came in, I wanted to help a few of you detoxify, but because we chatted about other things, I forgot. Even if the few of you didn't come together, relying on the great kindness of finding me the map of the Blue Yi Zhen Guo ruins, I would still help."

  As they spoke, Bae Gwang-hyeok really took out three jade cups and then took out a gray gourd, pouring a little green tea water into each of the three jade cups.

  "Three friends, have some Desert Heart Spring Tea."

  When Pei Guanghe said it was the Earth Heart Spring Tea, Lou Hongfang was the first to pick up his cup and drink it all in one gulp. Seeing Lou Hongfang drinking the tea, Huang Yuanbo and Shi Dianshuang also drank the tea without hesitation.

  A moment later, Lou Hongfang burst out laughing, "Thank you, Brother Pei! The poison I ingested has indeed been neutralized. Count me in for the trip to the ancient ruins, I won't back down."

  Huang Yuanbo also made a fist at Bae Kwang-hyuk to show his gratitude. Only Shim Tae-san did not thank Bae Kwang-hyuk, but instead made a fist at Ning Cheng and said, "Thank you, Brother Ning, for saving my life."

  Lou Hongfang heard Shi Peishan's words and slapped his forehead, saying, "It was my fault, I should thank Brother Ning."

  After finishing, he also expressed his gratitude to Ning Cheng. Huang Yuanbo saw the situation and also expressed his gratitude to Ning Cheng. However, Ning Cheng felt that Huang Yuanbo's gratitude was somewhat perfunctory, while Lou Hongfang, although not immediately recalling it, ultimately showed sincere gratitude towards him.

  "Alright, the poison is gone for all three of us. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Now let's discuss how to get to the ruins of Blue Feather True Country." The young Queen Wang said as she stood up, seemingly having truly breathed a sigh of relief.

  After finishing speaking, she handed a scroll to Pei Guanghe's hand again.

  "That's the map." Shi Peishan saw this and whispered a sentence in Ning Cheng's ear.

  Bae Kwang-hyuk seemed to have heard Shim Tae-san's words, scanned the map once, and handed it over to Ning Cheng, "Brother Ning, wouldn't you rather hold onto the map?"

  Ning Cheng took the map and casually swept it over, then returned it and said, "Brother Pei is the master, this relic map should still be left in Brother Pei's hands."

  Xu Xu looked at Ning Cheng with a puzzled expression. Ning Cheng had been wanting this map earlier, so why didn't he want it now? As for Ning Cheng's claim that he could memorize all the routes and contents of the map with just one glance, she absolutely didn't believe it.

  Masters have a godly sense of direction or can take in the entire map at a glance, but taking it in and completely memorizing it are two different things.

  "Let's just put it on me instead." Lou Hongfang had a good impression of Ning Cheng, but didn't like the way he did things. Since someone else has already given you the map, why refuse?

  "Also," Bae Kwang-hyeok handed the map to Luo Hongfang without hesitation, and stood up to say to Soo-soo, "Soo-soo, let's go now. If we know the location of this relic and don't rush there in time, I'm afraid something unexpected might happen."

  Xu Xu smiled slightly, "Guang He said it right, we'll go now. There are eight of us in total, Guang He and I, plus Yu Xing and Mei Xiao. Then there's Ning Gongzi and Lou Xiong."

  This time, the young princess finally called out "Lao Xiong" and didn't continue calling him by his name directly.

  "Since the map is in Lou's hands, then let Lou lead the way." Pei Guanghe said with a smile.

  "No problem." Lou Hongfang directly led the way out of the room.

  The rest of them followed and went out, Ning Cheng following behind Bae Kwang-hyuk.

  It may be because of Pei Guanghe's arrival, or it may be that she wanted the Ning City people to help explore the ruins, but Xiu Xiu did not activate the outer confinement array.

  After leaving the yurt area, Lou Hongfang accelerated his pace and soon left the yurts and oasis behind. Ning Cheng and others followed silently behind Lou Hongfang, not a single person speaking. That girl Wang Shang, actually didn't want more people to follow together, or maybe she knew that even if there were more people, searching for relics wouldn't make much of a difference.

  "I wonder how far the Beijue is from here? Did the Beijue tribe know that there was an oasis here when they came?" After walking for almost an hour, Ning Cheng broke the silence.

  Xu Xu smiled slightly and said directly, "Only the Northern Jie tribe knows about the Northern Jie tribe. If Ning Gongzi wants to go to my Northern Jie, he can also join my Northern Jie tribe."

  Ning Cheng said slowly and calmly, "Joining the Bei Jue tribe is one thing, but I have a question to ask King Xiu Xiu. Does your noble family happen to have a map leading to Hua Zhou?"

  This time, Xiu Xiu didn't even consider it for half a second and directly said, "No."

  Shi Peishan, walking beside Ning Cheng, spoke up, "Brother Ning, very few people have a map of the Leiyin Desert. However, when traveling through the Leiyin Desert, there is a rule: the desert often has sand whirlwinds. These sand whirlwinds will often send the swirling yellow sand in one direction, as long as you follow this direction, you'll be fine."

  "Thank you." Ning Cheng said a word of gratitude to Shi Pei Shan, and didn't say much more. Since everyone's words weren't getting through to each other, saying more would be pointless.

  Another period of time passed, and Lou Hongfang stopped. He pointed at a huge sand pit in front of him and said, "We're here, it's right here."

  Ning Cheng had already known how to get to the ruins after studying the map. According to the symbols on the map, when he walked to the entrance of the ruins, he would see a large sand pit. At night, under the moonlight shining into the sand pit, three overlapping moon shadow marks would appear.

  From these three months of overlapping shadows and scars, it is the entrance to the ruins of the Blue Feathered Kingdom.

  There are many sand pits in the desert, but most of them will be filled with sand and stones after a period of time. Since the map of the ruins does not mention that the sand pits will be filled with yellow sand, it means that these sand pits will not disappear without reason.

  There is indeed a sand pit here, which means the map is real.

  "It's about an hour before the moonlight appears, I suggest everyone take a look at the map." Huang Yuanbo suddenly spoke up.

  Those people on the north side of this map have all taken a look at it. They just took a simple glance and then made this suggestion.

  "Of course." Lou Hongfang proactively handed the map to Huang Yuanbo, without even asking Xuxu's opinion.

  Huang Yuanbo did not refuse, took the map and looked at it repeatedly for several times, before handing the map over to Shi Peishan. Shi Peishan also looked at it several times, then handed the map over to Mei Xue.

  Mei Xiu seemed reluctant to hand the map over to Ning Cheng, holding it in her hand and repeatedly looking at it. It wasn't until the moon rose that she seemed to remember the map was still in her hand.

  "Meixu, give the map to Lou brother, Lou brother will lead the way." Xuxu looked at Meixu with some dissatisfaction.

  Mei Xiu suddenly seemed to realize that the map had been in her hands for too long, and she hastily handed it over to Lou Hongfang.

  Lou Hongfang didn't mind and pointed to the place where three shadows overlapped in the sand pit, saying "I'll go down first, just follow me."

  After finishing speaking, he directly jumped to the place where the moon shadows overlapped.

  Lou Hongfang had just jumped to the place where the moon shadows overlapped, and then disappeared. The place where the moon shadows overlapped was still there, without any change. Lou Hongfang seemed to have jumped into a pond, and hadn't come up for air yet.

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