Chapter 151: Star Map
"I didn’t expect brother Yu to get angry and act impulsively." Xuan Ke said.
His lips were curled in a mocking smile, and his entire demeanour revealed his amusement.
"Let’s go." Yu Nianzhen ignored Xuan Ke and pointed to the small altar.
All the other winners had already gathered around the small altar and were looking at them in impatience.
"We are coming." Xuan Ke shouted.
He jumped off the platform, and the others quickly followed.
When they arrived at the altar, they found a place to stand and looked at the two half-maps within the protective formation.
"If everyone is ready, the maps will be united now." The announcer looked at everyone and saw that no one had any objections.
He reached into the formation and grabbed the two map pieces.
Before anyone could react, he put the two pieces together, and they seamlessly melded into each other.
A moment later, a golden light radiated from the map, and the complete map fell into the announcer’s hands. Without delay, he unfolded it and quickly placed it on the altar within the protective formation.
"I have to remind everyone that anyone who tries to steal the map will not be let go." The person said and turned sharp eyes at everyone.
"You talk too much." One of the masked members of the Death Flower Ascension Front said.
In fact, most people had the idea to steal the map, but no one was stupid enough to do it so blatantly. Even if they were, it would only be after getting a copy of the complete map.
In this way, they would have a copy even if they didn’t manage to steal the original.
"If that’s the case, everyone can go ahead."
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen leaned over and looked at the complete map. It was a typical treasure map.
It had lands, water bodies, and a compass in the lower right corner. Different markings and words were staggered in various places, but Jiang Yue could not understand any of them.
"Do you understand them?" He whispered to Yu Nianzhen.
Yu Nianzhen frowned and shook his head.
After they transmigrated to this world, they found that they could read and write the common language. However, he couldn’t understand any of the words on the map.
"The others also seem confused." Jiang Yue observed.
Yu Nianzhen secretly looked at the others and had to agree with Jiang Yue. Although they were trying to hide it, it was clear that no one understood the words and markings on the map.
"It will take time to decipher this map." Yu Nianzhen said.
"I agree..., what is that?" Jiang Yue gasped.
While looking at the map, he saw what looked like the night sky above the map.
Yu Nianzhen also saw it, and so did everyone else.
"What does this mean?" Someone asked.
"Brother Li?" Xuan Ke turned to Li Futian.
As a disciple of the Celestial Sky sect, Li Futian was the most knowledgeable about heavenly phenomena.
"It’s a star map." Li Futian said.
For the first time since Jiang Yue met him, his eyes were open and were intently staring at the star map.
His pupils were full of starlight, and he seemed to be seeing a sight that no one else could see.
"What does it mean?" Di Shan asked.
"Does it show the location of the treasure?" Xuan Ke also asked.
However, Li Futian did not answer.
Instead, he continued to watch the star map and didn’t look away until half a night later.
"It is not a map of where but when." He finally said.
Several pairs of eyes narrowed when they heard that.
They didn’t believe Li Futian, but it was always better to hear what he had to say and keep it in mind.
"When?" Meng Zihua asked.
Although her BlueStar Treasure pavilion found half the map many years ago, this was the first time a star map had appeared.
She could only guess that this effect was only possible when the map was complete.
Li Futian nodded and then spoke, "I can’t be sure, but it seems that the location on the map can’t be found until the stars are aligned in this way."
He pointed at the star map, and everyone turned to look at it.
"When will that be?" Zhu Bing asked.
Li Futian frowned a little and then sighed.
"At the moment, this star...." As he spoke, he pointed at a star that was in the middle of the star map.
"...is here." He pointed at a location that was a few degrees from the centre.
After that, he pointed at several other stars and showed their current position.
"If I am not mistaken, it will take at least one hundred years before the night sky aligns like this star map."
Everyone frowned when they heard that.
However, this disappointment was only momentary.
After all, the lifespan of an origin-forging realm cultivator was two hundred years.
Most of them were less than thirty and were likely to break through to the qi transformation realm in less than two years.
At that time, their lifespan would increase to five hundred and waiting for a hundred years was nothing to them.
In fact, waiting for a hundred years wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
With their talent, their cultivation would probably be at the origin tempering realm or core formation realm in one hundred years.
This would not only increase their chances of survival, but would also allow them to fight for better treasures.
After everyone thought of this, they immediately put away their discouragement and began to copy the star map.
"Can you look at it for me?" Jiang Yue asked when he finished copying.
Li Futian took the map and quickly looked at it before returning it to Jiang Yue, "adjust these two stars."
He pointed at the stars, and Jiang Yue immediately went to work.
A while later, Li Futian okayed his and Yu Nianzhen’s star maps, and the two put them away.
While waiting for the others to finish, the two observed the surroundings and the cultivators hovering around the small altar.
"Let’s get out of here as soon as we get the treasure map." Jiang Yue whispered.
"En." Yu Nianzhen agreed.
Although no one had made trouble so far, things would change soon.
"What about the Sea Cloud sect?" Jiang Yue asked.
Yu Nianzhen didn’t answer right away.
Instead, he organised the thoughts in his head and finally arrived at an answer.
"We will give them a copy of the treasure map and star map. The original parts of the treasure map will remain with us."
Although the original parts didn’t seem to have any use after getting a copy of the complete map, Yu Nianzhen felt the parts were important.
If there was a way, he wanted to collect all the pieces, but he knew this was impossible. With competitors like the BlueStar Treasure pavilion, the border guards, and the Great Zhu empire, he would not get a chance.
Still, he planned to use some of the rare herbs in the jade box to exchange a few more pieces of the original map.
Whether his plan would be successful was up to luck. He only needed to do what he could do.
"Here is everyone’s copy of the treasure map." The announcer spoke, and eighteen jade tablets flew out.
Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen each caught one, but they didn’t store them right away. Instead, they began to study and compare them to the original map.
This was the only way to make sure that every detail was correct. Otherwise, a small alteration would prevent them from finding the treasure land when the time came.
After they compared with the original, they also compared with each other. Only after that did they feel relieved to put away the map copies.
"Before we divide the original, my BlueStar Treasure pavilion has something to say." Meng Zihua said suddenly.
Everyone turned to look at her, but she didn’t shrink from the attention.
As the leader of the young generation of the BlueStar Treasure pavilion, she was taught to face high waves and mountains. Two dozen or so origin-forging realm cultivators were nothing to her.
"My BlueStar Treasure pavilion is willing to buy the map pieces. Those interested in selling can come to me to negotiate the price. I can promise that we will meet any reasonable requests."
"My Great Zhu empire will also accept reasonable prices for the map pieces." Zhu Bing said.
"So will the border guards."
"Jiang Yue and I are also willing to buy the map pieces." Yu Nianzhen said.
When they heard that, everyone turned to look at him in shock.
Until him, all others spoke on behalf of their factions and regions. Only he and Jiang Yue spoke as individuals, and the others were suspicious.
’How rich are they to dare to compete with the other three?’ Everyone wondered.
