Nonsense! Master is not my wife.

Monk Kong Wu did not think twice and replied respectfully: "Disciple plans to go down the mountain to gain experience."

Master Yusheng did not object and said with a smile, "Go ahead."

Monk Kong Wu nodded to Yin You and Kong Miaoyin, then walked out. He planned to go down the mountain immediately.

After he left, Master Yusheng looked at Yin You and asked, "Have you gotten rid of all the curses in your body?"

Yin You was not surprised at how the other party knew that there was a curse in his body, and replied respectfully: "It has been completely removed."

Master Yusheng's eyes softened. "I'm sure you've guessed it. The relic was left behind by Abbot Shenzhao. Since you have a connection with it, I'll give it to you."

"After you finish your work, hurry back to Xuelingxu and spend more time with your master. Don't let her be so lonely."

Master Yu Sheng emphasized it again, then looked at Kong Miaoyin and asked with a smile:

"Have all the Buddhist scriptures in the Sutra Library been collected?"

Kong Miaoyin also smiled and nodded: "Yeah."

Master Yusheng sighed and said, "It's a good deal for you. Time is tight now, so forget it. Don't forget to bring a few Buddhist scriptures from the Western Regions in the future."

Kong Miaoyin nodded seriously: "It should be."

Master Yusheng chatted with the two for a while, then waved his hand:

"Now that you have settled your affairs, hurry up and get your work done so you can go home early."

Chapter 116: Getting there first

a few days later.

Yin You and Kong Miaoyin came to Xuansha City, a prefecture-level city in the southwest of the Northern Territory.

Xuansha City is close to the edge of the Northern Territory, located in the endless Tianyun Desert that spans the two northwestern regions. The climate is extremely hot.

Fortunately, there is spiritual energy flowing in the monk's body, and he is no longer affected by the cold or heat.

"This fragment of the Sealing Spirit Map is placed in a place called Shangchuan Oasis in the Tianyun Desert."

At the window of a restaurant in the city, Yin You looked at the people coming and going on the street, took a sip of tea, and said.

Opposite him, Kong Miaoyin was elegantly tasting the spiritual food on the table:

"Didn't you buy a map of the area around Zhang Xuansha City when you first came here? There's no Shangchuan Oasis on it?"

Yin You smiled bitterly and nodded: "Indeed not."

Kong Miaoyin shrugged and said, "Then find a local guide."

"That's all I can do."

Yin You was also a little helpless. Although there would be some induction between the remaining fragments of the Soul Sealing Map, this also required conditions. The distance was too far and he could not sense where the remaining fragments of the Soul Sealing Map were.

For some reason, Yin You has been feeling uneasy lately, as if he would lose something very important if he didn't hurry up.

Kong Miaoyin glanced at Yin You and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, just take your time."

She secretly used some kind of calming technique to calm Yin You's slightly restless mood.

After dinner, Yin You and Kong Miaoyin wandered around the city for a long time before they found a local who knew the location of Shangchuan Oasis.

This young woman in her twenties is called Zuo Lan. Because she has lived in Xuansha City for many years, her skin is a little rough and her temperament is very generous.

"Shangchuan Oasis? That place was buried by yellow sand a few years ago." Zuo Lan said after hearing that Yin You was going to Shangchuan Oasis.

Yin You was a little confused: "Buried in the sand?"

Zuo Lan said: "That oasis has existed for many years. The resources inside have been exhausted and it was abandoned by the monks a few years ago."

Seeing that Yin You still didn't understand, Zuo Lan continued, "The resources in the oasis are limited, and protecting the oasis from the invasion of yellow sand also requires cultivators to guard it. So whenever the resources of an oasis are exhausted, they will abandon that oasis and look for a new one."

"Now Xuansha City controls more than ten oases, which should all be marked on the latest version of the map."

"I see."

Yin You understood that in order to save strength, Xuansha City would abandon the oasis with depleted resources and instead invest cultivators in guarding the oasis with more abundant resources.

"If you two adults want to go to Shangchuan Oasis, I can lead the way," Zuo Lan hesitated for a moment and said, "I have been there several times a few years ago and I know the way. However, you may be attacked by ferocious beasts and sand bandits on the way. Ferocious beasts are not so bad, but those sand bandits are extremely vicious and few people can survive under their hands. Do you two adults want to go to the Taoist Alliance to hire a few monks to act as guards?"

Yin You smiled and said, "No need."

After some negotiations, Yin You reached an agreement with Zuo Lan in exchange for ten medium-grade spirit stones and took them to Shangchuan Oasis.

"I will go home and prepare the necessary things. You two adults will wait here for a while."

After collecting the deposit of five medium-grade spirit stones, Zuo Lan turned and left.

Soon she came back and walked towards the outside of Xuansha City with Yin You and Kong Miaoyin.

Outside Xuansha City, the sky is filled with yellow sand.

Zuo Lan took out a disc-shaped spiritual weapon from his storage ring, watched the pointer on it move, and led Yin You and the other person towards a certain direction.

"This spiritual weapon is called the Xuansha Plate. Although it is only a fourth-level spiritual weapon, it can identify directions in the Tianyun Desert and find the oasis marked by the Xuansha City."

Seeing the curious looks of the two, Zuo Lan explained: "Although the location of Shangchuan Oasis has been erased from the Xuansha Plate, we can still find the approximate location of Shangchuan Oasis by comparing the locations of other oases."

The three of them walked for a day, and as night fell, the temperature dropped.

"The Tianyun Desert is extremely dangerous at night. The ferocious beasts that hibernate during the day due to the hot weather will come out at night to look for food. Should we rest here for a night before setting off again?"

Zuo Lan stopped and asked Yin You and the other man for their opinions.

Although Yin You and Kong Miaoyin were not afraid of any ferocious beasts, they still agreed to it in order to take care of Zuo Lan, who had a low level of cultivation:

"Well, let's rest here for one night."

After getting the answer, Zuo Lan was about to take out the tent from the storage ring, but he saw Yin You raised his arm and threw something out.

The thing grew in the wind and landed on the desert in front of the three people.

Zuo Lan took a closer look and found that it was actually a wooden house with a quaint shape.

"go in."

After Yin You finished speaking, he walked forward, pushed open the wooden door and walked in. Kong Miaoyin also stepped in.

Zuo Lan was a little confused. This wooden house didn't look very big. Could it really accommodate three people living together?

With a skeptical attitude, she followed him into the wooden house. As soon as she entered, she felt a shock of energy. Her mind, which was a little tired from walking all day, regained its energy and she felt refreshed for a moment.

Zuo Lan looked around and was surprised to find that there was actually something much more complicated inside the wooden house. It was far from being as simple as it looked from the outside.

She was currently in a corridor, with Yin You and Kong Miaoyin in front of her, and several rooms on both sides of the corridor.

"Fellow Daoist Zuo Lan, please find a room to stay in."

Yin You said something to Zuo Lan, then pushed the door and entered a room next to him.

Kong Miaoyin entered the room next to Yin You.

Zuo Lan stood there, shocked:

"Space formation, mind-clearing formation..."

This wooden house is at least a seventh-level spiritual weapon!

……

As the sky began to brighten, Yin You and his two companions began their journey again. After three days, they finally arrived at Shangchuan Oasis.

Looking at the endless desert in front of him, Yin You asked, "Is this the Shangchuan Oasis?"

Zuo Lan looked at the black sand plate in his hand and nodded in confirmation: "This is the location of the Shangchuan Oasis in the past."

She stood at the front, at an angle that Yin You and Kong Miaoyin couldn't see, her brows furrowed, and a sense of foreboding rose in her heart:

"Where are Boss Ye and his men? We agreed to take action yesterday, so why is there no movement today?"

Noticing Yin You approaching, Zuo Lan's expression returned to normal.

Yin You walked past Zuo Lan, looked at the desert in front of him with a frown, squatted down, and put his hands on the yellow sand.

"Gone."

After a moment, Yin You spoke.

Zuo Lan was confused when he heard his words: "What's missing?"

"I sense the breath of the demon."

Kong Miaoyin opened her eyes and said in a complicated tone, "They got there first."

"demon???"

Zuo Lan's ominous premonition grew stronger, and his voice trembled with fear:

"What are the two adults talking about?"

Yin You stood up, turned around and looked at Zuo Lan with a calm look:

"Has anyone else come to Shangchuan Oasis before us?"

Zuo Lan's heart skipped a beat, and he forced a smile on his face:

“No, I don’t think so.”

Behind her, Kong Miaoyin said calmly, "The day before we came, a group of people also asked for the address of Shangchuan Oasis in the city, and were led out of Xuansha City by her accomplices."

Zuo Lan was startled when he heard this, and instantly turned his head to look at Kong Miaoyin. He subconsciously took a few steps back, with unconcealable fear in his eyes:

"How...how do you know what's in my mind?!"

After hearing what Kong Miaoyin said, Yin You pondered for a moment and sighed, "No wonder those sand bandits didn't come to trouble us. They must have all died at the hands of the demons."

Zuo Lan's real identity was none other than the Sand Bandit spy planted in Xuansha City by the Sand Bandits to look for targets. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Realizing that his identity had been exposed, he immediately used some magic and tried to escape into the distance.

But before she could get far, the yellow sand on the ground swirled and turned into ropes that bound her.

"It seems that they already know the location of the other fragments of the Sealing Spirit Map."

Yin You's eyes narrowed: "We have to speed up."

Chapter 117 Return to Flower City

After Yin You and Kong Miaoyin learned that the remaining fragments of the Soul Sealing Map in Shangchuan Oasis were taken away by the demons, they immediately returned to Xuansha City. After handing the sand bandit spy Zuo Lan over to the Taoist Alliance, they rushed to the location of the next remaining fragment of the Soul Sealing Map.

However, even though they rushed to the next location without stopping, they were still a step slow, as the remaining map of the soul-sealing map in another place had already been taken away by the demons.

"How did the demon know about the incomplete map of the Sealed Spirit?"

On a barren mountain in the middle of the Northern Territory, Yin You held the fragment of the Soul Sealing Map he had just obtained in his hand, his brows furrowed, "How much do they know about the fragment of the Soul Sealing Map? Did they take the fragment of the Soul Sealing Map away in advance simply to stop me, or do they also know the secret of the fragment of the Soul Sealing Map?"

"Now the demon has at least two Soul Sealing Fragments in his hands. Together with the five Soul Sealing Fragments in my hands, there are only two Soul Sealing Fragments that have not been taken back. They are placed on Xieyue Island and Xuanyue Lake respectively."

Unconsciously, Yin You already had five fragments of the Soul Sealing Map in his hands, which he had obtained from the Zuiyue Teahouse in Huacheng, the Guanyuntai in Youyun Mountain, the Futu Valley in Zhanjie, the courtyard in Shengyan City, and the barren mountain where he was now.

Kong Miaoyin stood aside and asked silently: "Since you have already obtained the remaining map of the Sealing Spirit in Huacheng, why don't we go directly east to Xieyue Island?"

Yin You hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go to Huacheng first. The demons don't know that I have taken the fragment of the Sealing Spirit Map away. If they knew that the Drunken Moon Teahouse in Huacheng had the fragment of the Sealing Spirit Map, they would definitely go there to look for it. I'm afraid that Master Qu and the others would be in danger."

After fighting with demons so many times, either openly or secretly, Yin You knows demons very well. They are bloodthirsty by nature and do not have the concept of good and evil like the humans in the Five Realms. They will do anything to achieve their goals.

If the owner of the music hall falls into their hands, he will be in great danger.

"Then let's go to Flower City first."

Kong Miaoyin said as he lowered his head and looked down the mountain: "But you have to solve the current problem first."

Upon hearing this, Yin You looked down helplessly: "This Daoist Cang is really persistent..."

At the foot of the barren mountain, a heroic girl in a black and white robe was walking towards them.

This girl's name is Cang Lan Meng. She is the youngest daughter of the leader of the Cang Lei Holy Sect. It is said that she has mastered the supreme skills that no one has mastered in the Cang Lei Holy Sect for thousands of years. At a young age, she has already reached the late eighth realm. She is one of the most famous top geniuses in the contemporary Northern Territory.

It was a coincidence that after coming out of Xuansha City, Yin You and Kong Miaoyin immediately rushed to the central part of the Northern Territory to look for the two fragments of the Soul Sealing Map placed there.

When searching for the first remaining piece of the soul-sealing map in the central Northern Territory, although they did not find the map, they unexpectedly ran into Cang Lan Meng who was hunting down demons.

It turned out that although those demons had taken away the remaining Soul Sealing Map in advance, they had offended Cang Lan Meng, who had just come down the mountain from the Cang Lei Holy Sect for training.