Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 823 - 73: Divine Map

After thoroughly looting that Dark Demon Alchemist, Yue Jinghua was quite surprised. This alchemist had no Dan Xuan Cards on him, only a few cards with a shell symbol.

According to Qing Pu, the Demon Clan’s currency differs from that of the Canglong Continent and is called Demon Shell, and these cards must be Demon Shell Cards.

This Dark Demon Alchemist was a confidant of the Second Prince of the Dark Demon Clan, and was highly favored, so he carried a significant amount of Demon Shells.

Yue Jinghua also found a Sky-cutting Dagger on him.

It was an unexpected find—this alchemist probably carried the dagger for convenience in dimension travel, but it somehow ended up in Yue Jinghua’s possession.

The primary purpose of the Dark Demon Alchemist’s visit this time was to transport Corrosive Corpse Pills. Yue Jinghua found over a hundred of these pills on him.

This poison, which can infect both humans and beasts with Corpse Poison, rendering them soulless like zombies, was not something Yue Jinghua intended to use.

After some consideration, she decided to keep a few bottles for emergencies and refine the rest.

Mixed with Death Lake Water, these Corrosive Corpse Pills would turn into a highly toxic and corrosive liquid, known as Corrosive Corpse Water.

Even a Dark Heavenly Master, upon touching it, would have their flesh rot immediately. After refining the Corrosive Corpse Water, Yue Jinghua finally examined the hard-won Plane Map. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

At first glance, it appeared to be an ordinary map, much like those replicated on parchment paper sold in grocery stores of the Canglong Continent.

But once Yue Jinghua obtained it, she habitually scanned it with her spiritual power and found something unusual.

No wonder the grocery store owner’s wife had said that no painter she hired could replicate this map.

Yue Jinghua and the store owner initially thought it was because the Plane Map was too complicated. Only after scanning it with spiritual power did she realize it was extraordinary.

It was not drawn with ordinary ink or beast blood, but was instead imprinted with spiritual power.

How could ordinary pen and ink convey the essence of a map drawn with spiritual power?

The unknown adventurer who left behind this enigmatic Plane Map was indeed a remarkable individual.

Yue Jinghua slowly infused her spiritual power into the map, but she found that her spiritual power seemed to be diving into an endless abyss, unable to reach the bottom.

Quickly, the map absorbed most of her spiritual power, and with her current level of spiritual power cultivation, she could barely unlock a small portion of the map’s functions, like the tip of an iceberg.

"Hmm," as Yue Jinghua was taken aback, she noticed that as her spiritual power merged with the map, it transformed into a ball of light, which she absorbed into her body.

In her mind, a map appeared, resembling a painting scroll.

Most of the map was shrouded in darkness, blurry and unclear.

A strange voice emerged in her mind: "I am the dimension traveler Xie Lingyuan..."

After a flurry of conversation, Yue Jinghua roughly understood the origins of the map and its creator.

Xie Lingyuan was from the Sun Plane, born of the Divine Clan. Unlike the typical Divine Clan members, he loved roaming the world. From the age of thirty, he began traveling across several Planes, and finally, at the age of three hundred sixty, he had traversed the Four Great Planes.

After his journeys, Xie Lingyuan was moved by the fact that there was no complete map of the Four Great Planes, and he resolved to create one.

However, ordinary inks or beast blood would fade over time, and Xie Lingyuan worried they wouldn’t preserve long.

After much thought, he decided to draw the map using spiritual power.

The body may decay, but spiritual power remains eternal.

Xie Lingyuan did not anticipate that his whim would become an unstoppable pursuit.

In the Four Great Planes, Xie Lingyuan was the first to dare use spiritual power to draw a map.

Once spiritual power is depleted, it is difficult to recover, and even Xie Lingyuan, born of the Divine Clan, was no exception.

This map, later named Xie’s map, took over fifty years to create. Xie Lingyuan only completed sixty percent before his spiritual power was exhausted and he died from Divine Essence depletion.

On his deathbed, Xie Lingyuan sealed the map using a special Cultivation Technique.

The Xie Family, resentful over Xie Lingyuan’s death attributed to the map, sold it randomly to a Dimension Travel Merchant.

Over the following centuries, Xie’s map traveled to the grocery store in Four Symbols City and finally, due to a grain and forage transport, ended up in Yue Jinghua’s hands.

The reason Yue Jinghua could unlock the map was coincidental: Xie Lingyuan also cultivated the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique back in the day, which was similar to Yue Jinghua’s current realm, both being in the New Moon Realm.

By chance, Yue Jinghua broke Xie Lingyuan’s seal and reopened this partially completed Plane Map.

"So this map is a relic of the Divine Clan, almost a kind of Divine Artifact?" Yue Jinghua clicked her tongue in awe.

According to Xie Lingyuan’s notes within the map, Xie’s map had begun to exhibit divine properties. The complete activation of the map was divided into three stages, corresponding to the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique’s New Moon Realm, Wang Realm, and Great Perfection Realm.

Yue Jinghua has now only unlocked the map’s New Moon Realm, which allows her to fully explore the area within a city’s domain or a ten-mile radius when entering a new location.

Upon reaching the Wang Realm, the map’s visible range would expand, and it would display both friend and foe markers. For instance, white points would represent ordinary people, red points would represent Demon Beasts or the Demon Clan, and gold points would represent the Divine Clan or Holy Beasts, as well as Dark Practitioners above the Dan Realm. At the Great Perfection Realm, the map would even reveal the locations of Dimension Gaps between different Planes.

"Unfortunately, I’ve only cultivated the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique to the New Moon Realm, so I can only see within one city’s area. It seems I need to intensify my cultivation. If I can advance to the second realm, Wang Realm, it would greatly aid in future battles," Yue Jinghua reflected.

After explaining all of the map’s functions, the last trace of spiritual power that Xie Lingyuan left in the map slowly dissipated. Before it completely vanished, he made a request of Yue Jinghua, as a final wish.

He hoped that this fellow practitioner of the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique could fully restore Xie’s map and make the Plane Map a complete map.

"If the opportunity arises, I will certainly fulfill this wish for you," Yue Jinghua contemplated. Completing the map would require cultivating the Nine Revolutions Moon Creation Technique to the Great Perfection Realm, ensuring the map could be drawn successfully without self-harm.

Yue Jinghua was just about to ponder over the details of the map when she suddenly heard a knock at the door.

"Brother Yue, are you inside?" The voice belonged to Ying Wuwang, the mysterious male mercenary from the Four Unlikes squad, who was with Yue Jinghua.

Why was he here?

Yue Jinghua wondered, reluctantly breaking her meditative state on the map, tidying up her belongings before opening the door.