"Of course it's true. If it's fake, how dare I sell it? Isn't this wasting the lives of others in vain?" The stall owner patted his chest, and Yu Zhaochun seemed to be just shaking the black air under his cloak.
When walking in the wilderness, the map is a matter of life. A correct and precise route can avoid dangerous places and protect the monks' safety. However, if a fake map is made, the monks will lose their way and even stray into the wilderness tribe, where they will never return.
There are many large settlement forces that have been entrenched in the ancient wilderness for a long time. They will organize teams to explore the map depicting the ancient wilderness, but they refuse to spread it. If the monks want to use the map to explore and hunt for treasures, they can only join these forces. Among them, the treasures found must also be divided 50-50 with the force that provided the map.
In order to ensure that the monks do not hide their secrets, these forces will often make contracts with the monks to make everything they get known to them, so that they can easily collect the benefits.
It was impossible for Zhao Shun to join them, so if he wanted to travel in the wilderness, he could only buy maps drawn by others.
Maps of great powers are not allowed to be shared externally, and drawing a map requires exploring ancient lands, which is extremely dangerous. Therefore, the price of maps has always remained high. Because of this, profiteers who seek profits with fake maps have appeared in the wilderness.
They and others are not subject to jurisdiction, and most of the monks who bought the fake maps died in the wilderness, making it difficult to seek revenge from them. As time goes by, more and more monks are doing this treacherous act, and the maps in the world are even more true and false, making the real The monks who risked their lives to draw the map were speechless.
Zhao Shun held the animal skin paper in her hands and looked at it carefully. The map was clearly made, and many settlements on the outskirts of the wilderness were also marked, including the port where she landed, and dozens of seaports along the eastern coastline. Record.
There are three routes extending into the wilderness. Each route marks the location of the wilderness tribe and can be avoided. One of them is going to the location of the Big and Small Demon Sects, and the other two are stopped on the way and have no place to reach.
"This picture was obtained by my brothers for more than a hundred years of exploration. I don't know how many times my life was hanging by a thread, and I was almost caught and eaten by the barbarians of the wilderness tribe. You and I are both people who know the hardships of the barbarian monks. How could I deceive you?" Friend you!"
His words were sincere, and he wished he could cut open his chest and abdomen to show Zhao Shun his sincerity. If a young monk with less knowledge and a simpler mind might really be moved by this gesture, he would spend a lot of money to buy the map.
But Zhao Shun just put down the map silently, and did not let go of his suspicions just because of his few words.
In the Tianzhou Baohui, the monks used their cloaks to hide their identities. You don’t know me, and I don’t know you. If you are really that deceitful person, you won’t be afraid of being tricked in the future. She really needs to enter the wilderness now. The internal map didn't mean that she was willing to take advantage of her and buy a map that she didn't know was true or false.
Moreover, Zhao Shun’s original intention was to find the former site of the Green Kingdom in the wild northwest. On the map sold by this man, none of the three routes led to the northwest. It was useless for her to buy it, so she put the map back to its original place and started to leave.
When the stall owner saw that she was about to leave, he felt anxious and said quickly: "Fellow Taoist, Friend Taoist, this map of mine is absolutely true. Take another look!"
Zhao Shun turned around and answered him: "There is no place I want to go in your picture. Even if it is true, it is useless for me to buy it. There is no need to persuade me."
"Fellow Taoist, please don't leave. Why don't you tell me where you want to go? My brothers have been walking in the wilderness for nearly a hundred years. Naturally, this is not the only map they have obtained. Maybe there really is a place where fellow Taoist wants to go." Where is the place?"
The past events of the Green Country are not a secret in the wilderness. Even because of its prosperous times, the monks in the wilderness have been thinking about it to this day. They intend to enter the ruins to explore for treasures and find the skill treasures left by the former leader of the Green Country.
"I'm going to the lush old site. Do you have a map of that place?"
"This..." The stall owner thought that Zhao Shun was deliberately making things difficult. At a loss for words, he suddenly took out a roll of dark animal skin from under his cloak and whispered to Zhao Shun: "To tell you the truth, I'm here There is a map of the northwest territory, fellow Taoist, why don't you take a look?"
"Oh? Let me take a look." Zhao Chun's tone already contained a bit of interest, but he didn't think that this person could really produce a useful map.
She opened the map. This map was obviously much rougher than the previous one. It could be said that there were no records of the outer settlements, and the coastline was not allowed to be marked. It only started from the junction of the outer and inner parts, and extended a winding road. The long road passed through many desert tribes and gravel hills, and finally stopped at a place marked as a town.
"I'm afraid your brothers didn't draw this picture, right?"
Seeing that although she was asking questions, it was more like stating facts, the stall owner said in a low voice: "Taoist friends have good eyesight. We actually bought this map from someone else. We originally planned to explore along this road, but we didn't." I think I met you, fellow Taoist, today, and I think this picture is more relevant to you."
"The northwest is a place where the barbarians of the Desolate Tribe are entrenched. There are few maps circulating on the market that lead to that place. If you miss it, you don't know when it will be available in the future. Fellow Taoist, please be careful."
The Green Country was established in the northwest with the help of the Desolate Tribe. Nowadays, it is difficult for the Barbarian monks to find the ruins of the ancient country. This is also because they are afraid of the Desolate Tribe's entrenchment. Zhao Xun held the map tightly and pondered carefully, but was suddenly stepped forward by someone. Pulling away the map in his hand, he heard this man question:
"Where did you get this map?"
"Who are you? Where did I get it from and what does it have to do with you?" The stall owner's tone changed and he wanted to step forward to take the map back, but was blocked by this man.
"You are harming people, do you know!" The visitor grabbed the map with both hands and was about to tear it apart. This move made the stall owner furious. He yelled at the man for not knowing etiquette and took the map from his hand. Seized it.
"How come something you and I wish for has become harmful to others in the eyes of fellow Taoists? If you don't buy it, leave my stall quickly and don't ruin my business."
Only then did Zhao Chun realize that the stall owner was not the only one here. Several of the brothers he mentioned were also setting up stalls not far away. When they saw any movement here, they all got up and came over to drive the people away.
"Fellow Taoist, can you still..."
The stall owner handed over the map again, but Zhao Chun lost his thoughts and shook his head: "No need."
Ignoring the dissuasion of the person behind her, she walked straight through the crowd. Before the person who was driven out of the stall left her sight, she held her shoulder and said, "Fellow Taoist, wait a minute."
There were people in cloaks all over the place. The other party didn't know that Zhao Shun was the customer at the stall, so he asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Zhao Shun explained his intention, but this man tried to confuse the previous incident with a few words, which aroused Zhao Shun's suspicion: "Even if Taoist friend doesn't tell me, I can buy the map and go to verify the information on it myself." Route and see if the destination is that lush ancient country.”
The map was really a sore point for this man. After hearing what Zhao Chun said, he immediately said: "You can't go there even if you have the map, and the place on the way is not an ancient country."
The other party seemed young, and his thoughts were very straightforward and simple. I was afraid that this was why he had previously questioned the stall owner and wanted to tear up the map. Now seeing that Zhao Shun refused to give up, he said again: "If you are determined to go, it's not There is no way."
