Qu Jiangyuan interrupted their argument, "Elder Jin, for uncertain matters like this, it's best not to issue a warrant under the name of Wentian Academy, or even the Dao Gate. Even if it's just an outer disciple going out for training, without certainty, we can't use a warrant to bring him back."

Jin Yu cursed inwardly. Even if he couldn't use the name of Wentian Academy, he would still issue a warrant to bring back this outer disciple. Daring to occupy the ninth-tier listening position in the Merit Transmission Hall, he would never let off a mere outer disciple for that alone.

"Let's just dismiss it then." Knowing that it only involved an outer disciple, Qu Jiangyuan lost interest in saying more. Jin Yu was narrow-minded and extremely protective, so it was impossible to prevent him from pursuing the matter.

The Dao Gate had more than just one talented disciple like Jin Jiuzhen. Besides, he never liked Jin Jiuzhen much anyway; his death was of no consequence.

...

After Mo Wuji entered the desert, he finally felt completely relieved. Unless he went out, there was no way to find him in this boundless Lost Heaven Wasteland.

He was grateful to that shop assistant this time. If it hadn't been for the assistant's warning, he might have run straight into someone's trap.

The Qi Laoshi introduced by the assistant was a bit ruthless with spirit stones, but he really had goods. He actually managed to find Sky-Lattice Flowers in one go. It seemed that the assistant hadn't introduced people to Qi Laoshi for the first time, which was how he knew Qi Laoshi had good things…

Thinking of this, Mo Wuji's mind suddenly cleared. He suddenly understood something that had been eluding him when he was talking to the shop assistant.

The shop assistant had clearly introduced people to Qi Laoshi's place more than once, and the things Qi Laoshi took out were all genuine. If that was the case, he certainly wasn't the first person to buy a map from Qi Laoshi.

Qi Laoshi's map was so expensive and had been sold so many times, why hadn't it been leaked yet? Never mind others, even he himself would give Qi Laoshi's map to someone he knew or sell it to a merchant guild when he left the Lost Heaven Wasteland. He had spent so many spirit stones, he couldn't just use it once, right?

In fact, from the shop assistant's words, Mo Wuji could tell that Qi Laoshi's map was unique.

Thinking of this question, Mo Wuji subconsciously shivered.

Because things were already very clear: first, it was possible that everyone who bought Qi Laoshi's map had died in the Lost Wasteland. If that was the case, there was only one possibility: the places where the treasures were located on Qi Laoshi's map were extremely dangerous, and it was difficult to survive if you went there.

The second possibility was that those who bought Qi Laoshi's map really obtained good things in the Lost Wasteland, but they all disappeared when they came out. Why did they disappear? Because of Qi Laoshi.

Thinking of this, Mo Wuji no longer had the mood to continue running. He immediately found a pile of sand and stones, dug a simple hole, and hid inside.

Mo Wuji immediately took out Qi Laoshi's map, and his spiritual will began to memorize it. Half an hour later, the entire large map was engraved in Mo Wuji's brain. He then took out the booklet that recorded various treasures and spent nearly half an hour completely recording it.

Afterward, Mo Wuji's spiritual will scanned the map and the booklet, but after looking for a long time, he couldn't find any marks.

Mo Wuji helplessly put down the two items. He only knew the simplest use of spiritual will. He hadn't cultivated any spiritual will techniques, so it was too difficult for him to use his spiritual will to check for marks made by others.

These two items were now like burning coals in Mo Wuji's hands. He had to find a way to get rid of them, and it was best not to bury them in a fixed place.

Wait, he also bought a black detoxifying pill.

Mo Wuji quickly took out the detoxifying pill from his storage bag. He hadn't looked at it carefully when he bought it before. Now that the pill was in his hand, he realized that it was not simple.

He was a pill refiner himself, and the pill in his hand was perfectly round, with no trace of any other color. This showed that the pill refiner who made this pill was very strong.

Mo Wuji carefully brought the pill to his nose and smelled it. A very faint fishy smell wafted over, and Mo Wuji's heart skipped a beat.

He remembered this pill; it really was a remarkable pill. In terms of value, this pill was probably worth more than 30,000 Earth-grade spirit stones.

The Nameless Pill Book mentioned this kind of pill when describing seventh-grade pills, calling it the Tranquil Essence Pill (Ji Ti Dan). The Tranquil Essence Pill was extremely difficult to refine and was a type of detoxifying pill. However, the Tranquil Essence Pill didn't detoxify ordinary poisons, but a type of nerve poison.

It could be said that the value of this pill was much higher than the Beginner Vitality Pill that Yin Qianqian used back then.

Mo Wuji was really reluctant to throw away such a pill. But if he didn't throw it away, he wouldn't dare keep it by his side. That Qi Laoshi was a bit scary, and he really didn't want to keep anything from Qi Laoshi by his side.

After thinking it over and over, Mo Wuji still didn't want to throw it away. Besides the fact that this pill was really precious, there was also the fact that the Lost Heaven Wasteland was the most dangerous place. What if he really got nerve poison?

He should still check it first. He had spiritual will, so he wasn't afraid of not being able to find the problem with this pill. Of course, if he really couldn't find any problems, he would still throw away this pill. Being nerve-poisoned was better than being controlled by a strong person all the time and eventually falling into the hands of a strong person.

Mo Wuji placed a bottle of Soul Protecting Earthglow Pills beside him and slowly infiltrated his spiritual will into the surface of the Tranquil Essence Pill in his hand, bit by bit.

His spiritual will almost disassembled the molecules of this pill for inspection. This was the second time Mo Wuji had so frantically consumed his spiritual will since he had purified the seventh-grade Jade Toad Purple Lotus.

This kind of spiritual will inspection almost crushed Mo Wuji's entire brain, but Mo Wuji still desperately urged his spiritual will to slowly penetrate the Tranquil Essence Pill in his hand.

As long as he found the abnormality of the Tranquil Essence Pill, he might have an extra chance to save his life.

Time passed little by little, and Mo Wuji's face became increasingly pale, and beads of sweat slowly slid down his temples. Half of a bottle of Soul Protecting Earthglow Pills had been used up by him, but he hadn't finished checking the Tranquil Essence Pill yet.

Just a little longer, Mo Wuji gritted his teeth, cheering himself up while taking out another Soul Protecting Earthglow Pill.

Another half incense stick of time passed, and just as Mo Wuji was about to give up, his spiritual will suddenly bumped into a hidden force.

That's it! Mo Wuji excitedly clenched his fists, swallowed another Soul Protecting Earthglow Pill, and carefully bypassed this hidden force to observe it carefully. After a moment, Mo Wuji found that this hidden force was a few complex patterns, and Mo Wuji didn't dare to touch the things attached to the patterns.

If his strength was higher, he could completely use his spiritual will to peel off all the patterns along with the things attached to them without damaging the pill.

But now Mo Wuji's strength was too poor, and he could only use the most primitive method: breaking open the pill, and then carefully digging out a small piece of the pill containing the complex patterns.

This would certainly cause a lot of loss to the efficacy of the pill, but it was much better than throwing away the pill. Moreover, Mo Wuji was a fourth-grade Earth-grade pill refiner, and he knew how to break open the pill to minimize the loss of efficacy.

That Qi Laoshi probably never dreamed that a Meridian Opening cultivator like him would have spiritual will.

He put the broken pill into a jade bottle and then put the jade bottle into his storage bag.

After doing all this, Mo Wuji pasted the small piece of pill with the patterns on it into the booklet and wrapped the booklet with the map.

These had to be dealt with. The best way to deal with them was not to bury them here, but to find something that moved and carry these things with him at all times.

Leaving the original sand cave, Mo Wuji chose a direction. According to Qi Laoshi's map, if he traveled in this direction for two days, he would see a huge lake. There were low-level sand crocodiles in this lake. There was a very rare refining material in the center of the lake called Azure Gold True Glass (Lan Jin Zhen Li).

The reason why Mo Wuji chose this place was because there were sand crocodiles here, and because there was water here. As for the refining material Azure Gold True Glass, he had no idea what it was.

He had left in a hurry, and he hadn't prepared any water. The last time he was trapped under the ice peak, at least he had prepared bigu pills and water. If he was trapped in a place without water this time, it would be a joke if he died of thirst.

Mo Wuji's speed was very fast, and after only a day and a half, he saw a lake with fish-scale ripples.

Mo Wuji was overjoyed. This at least proved one thing: Qi Laoshi's map was real. He sped up even more and landed on the shore in a few steps. The lake water was clear and rippling, making a slight rustling sound in the breeze. This gave Mo Wuji a sense of refreshment, which he hadn't felt in a long time.

If the Lost Heaven Wasteland was all like this, then there would be nothing to worry about.

Mo Wuji had just bent down, taken a few sips of water, and simply washed his face when he heard the sound of something breaking through the air.

He immediately looked up and looked to the side. Three figures were rapidly approaching here, and the three quickly arrived at the shore. The three people who came to the shore didn't even look at Mo Wuji. They all jumped into the lake with a thud, without even taking off their clothes.

Mo Wuji took out a few leather bags, filled the leather bags with clear water, and prepared to leave. These three seemed to have come from the deeper parts of the Lost Heaven Wasteland. No matter what the reason, Mo Wuji didn't want to cause trouble.

"This friend, wait a moment…" Just as Mo Wuji was about to leave, one of the people who had jumped into the water jumped out of the water and landed on the shore, calling out.

Hearing this person speak, the other two people in the lake also jumped up. The three were two men and one woman, and the one who stopped Mo Wuji was a slightly thin man.

Mo Wuji stopped, guarding against the three while asking, "May I ask what you want from me?"

Any one of these three people had a higher cultivation level than him; they were probably all Spirit Building cultivators.

The slightly thin man looked at Mo Wuji's storage bag, and then said with a smile, "I'd like to make a deal with you. Can you sell me your storage bag?"

(Second update for monthly tickets!)