[You know that although the Martial Emperor has already fled far overseas, there should be clues about Penglai’s location hidden in the capital. If you want to head to Penglai, a trip to the capital is naturally unavoidable.]

[According to the altar master, Wusi City is located in the far west of Vermilion. Farther west is the vast Gobi desert. The distance between this place and the capital beneath the Son of Heaven’s feet can truly be called one hundred and eight thousand li…]

[The altar master bends over respectfully and says, Buddha Ancestor, the journey to the capital is far. This disciple will now order servants to prepare carriages, horses, and guards to escort your venerable self all the way to the capital.]

[The altar master knows that in legends, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas all enjoy transforming into mortals to walk through the mortal world, using the body of a mortal commoner to experience the warmth and coldness of human life and observe all forms of the world. This is also a method of cultivation.]

[As your disciple and believer, it must naturally serve you when there is a matter. Although looking at your posture, you seem to intend to go to the capital through ascetic travel, it still has to take the initiative to propose escorting you…]

[Unexpectedly, you wave your hand and say, since the capital is far from here, there is no need for carriages or horses. Give me a copy of the Vermilion national map. I can just ride a cloud there.]

[No matter how large this mortal territory is, I will not even need one day to traverse it by riding a cloud.]

[The altar master opens its mouth, somewhat stunned. It did not expect that you are completely different from the legendary incarnations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who walk the human realm. You simply look like you are saying, traveling by carriage and boat is exhausting, and I am in a hurry.]

[However, compared to your attitude, your request makes it even more troubled.]

[Seeing the altar master appear hesitant to speak, you ask what difficulty there is.]

[The altar master bows and says, Buddha Ancestor, you are a heavenly being and do not know that mortal maps are controlled extremely strictly. Maps are governed by the Offices of the Ministry of War in the capital. For everyone else, whether commoners or officials, privately storing maps is a grave crime suspected of rebellion!]

[Now, there is no true map in Wusi City either. There are only books such as geographical records and prefecture and county records that record geography in written form, requiring specialists to hand-draw maps according to the written records.]

[Maps drawn in this way have extremely large deviations. If one travels from city to city by carriage, one can still correct the direction in time and avoid getting lost. But if you ride clouds and drive mist to go there… most likely, you will be unable to reach the capital.]

Lin Xun frowned. He vaguely remembered that there did seem to be such a saying in ancient times.

Ancient maps were extremely precious. They were important weapons of the state, as well as symbols of imperial authority and political tools. Let alone ordinary commoners, even ordinary officials found it difficult to come into contact with maps. Privately storing maps was an enormous crime punishable by the confiscation of one’s property and the extermination of nine generations.

This made things very difficult. True maps only existed in the capital, yet he needed a map to go to the capital. Was this not a dead loop?

He narrowed his eyes, knowing that there was a very high probability this was a restriction set by the hellish game.

Its purpose was to prevent Apostles from skipping class to the later stages of the chapter process. They had to fight through stage by stage until reaching the final BOSS.

[Thinking up to this point, you say to the altar master, in that case, give me one copy of the textual map, and also have someone draw a map based on the text and send it to me.]

[Do not worry. If there are deviations in the directions, I will not blame you.]

[Hearing your words, the altar master orders someone to bring over a book, then offers it up with both hands, saying, Buddha Ancestor, this is Vermilion Geographical Records. As for the map drawn by specialists, please wait one more day.]

[You have obtained Vermilion Geographical Records (Junk).]

The corner of Lin Xun’s mouth twitched.

This geographical record was not even a Document, so naturally, he could not open it and browse its contents.

The hellish game was truly exhausting every method to stop Apostles from skipping class.

However, he already had his own considerations in mind, so he temporarily accepted this piece of Junk.

Lin Xun stayed in Wusi City for one more day, also inspecting how well the altar master’s incense power work was progressing.

The All Evil Precious Temple, no, it should now be called Leiyin Temple. Leiyin Temple’s repair work was proceeding in full swing. Although most of the buildings in the temple had already collapsed and been destroyed, there was still a place for commoners and incense visitors to burn incense and worship.

It was just that the original statue of the Mother Buddha of All Evils had already been replaced by the brand-new statue of Namo Great Sage Relic Honored King Buddha.

Under the monks’ explanatory introductions, the name of this newly appointed Ancestor of Ten Thousand Buddhas soon spread throughout Wusi City.

With the monks diligently teaching and transforming them, the commoners soon offered the burning incense in their hands to this new Buddha.

Lin Xun hid among the incense visitors and received prompts from the hellish game one after another.

[You have absorbed incense malice. The Shell Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil has obtained a certain amount of EXP!]

[You have absorbed incense malice. The Shell Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil has obtained a certain amount of EXP!]

[The power inside the Shell begins to boil. The Shell level of Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil has increased. Current Shell level: 82 (188).]

[You have absorbed incense malice. The Shell Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil has obtained a certain amount of EXP!]

[…]

[The power inside the Shell begins to boil. The Shell level of Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil has increased. Current Shell level: 83 (188).]

After staying for only one day, the Evil Child’s Shell level broke through the 100 mark, and it was still rising steadily.

“Compared to that tiny little place Li Family Village, Wusi City is simply heaven and earth apart.”

Lin Xun could not help sighing with emotion.

After the Evil Child Shell’s level passed one hundred, the speed of EXP increase and level advancement decreased somewhat, but it was still hundreds of times faster than killing monsters to level.

This should be because Wusi City was still a beginner map at the start of the chapter, and the commoners’ average monster level was relatively low. Therefore, after the Evil Child surpassed the average level, the incense power contributed would decay to a certain extent.

At this rate of increase, as long as he continued harvesting the Incense Power of several more cities in the later process, it would not be difficult for the Evil Child’s level to surpass two hundred.

After waiting for one day, the altar master sent over the map as promised.

[You have obtained Complete Map of Vermilion (Map).]

[Complete Map of Vermilion (Map): A hand-drawn map of Vermilion’s national territory created by specialists according to the written directional records in Vermilion Geographical Records. It has a certain directional deviation.]

[You can follow the route depicted on this map and head to the next nearby city, Longyuan City, until finally arriving at the capital.]

Lin Xun sneered.

He materialized the Complete Map of Vermilion and Vermilion Geographical Records in reality.

Then an ancient, simple book and a large sheepskin map scroll appeared in his hands.

He opened Vermilion Geographical Records. This Junk book was no longer like in the game, where he could only browse the item description and could not flip through it.

The book used unfamiliar square characters to record page after page of content. This script resembled Chinese characters, but also seemed not quite right. In any case, whether he used his own Shell or the Evil Child’s Shell, he could not understand it.

Lin Xun also unfurled the sheepskin map. Many lines and symbols were drawn and marked on it, and one could barely tell it was a rather imprecise map.

“Hellish game, you think that if you do not let me skip class, I will have no way to skip class?”

“Whether I skip or not is my business. But since you set such a disgusting restriction, I have to crack it!”

Immediately, he materialized a native Shell from the Evil God world, a small monster Shell capable of reading the script. Then he stared at the book named Vermilion Geographical Records and activated Analysis Authority!

Numerous characters flashed in his eyes. Holding a marker pen, he directly began modifying the original Complete Map of Vermilion…

Ten minutes later, a standard modern two-dimensional map was freshly completed.

The map was marked with many large and small cities of the Vermilion Empire. Elements such as scale, legend, and directional indicator were all complete.

With the blessing of Analysis Authority, Lin Xun memorized the entire map in only a few seconds.

He canceled the materialization, then sent the map back into the hellish game.

The item description of the Complete Map of Vermilion changed considerably after his modifications.

[Complete Map of Vermilion (Map): A hand-drawn map of Vermilion’s national territory created by specialists according to the written directional records in Vermilion Geographical Records. It has not the slightest directional deviation.]

[You can follow the directions depicted on this map and head to any city on the map.]

Lin Xun smiled faintly. “You thought this would be enough to stump me?”