CHAPTER 418: MENTAL ABSENCE
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"Jue'er, you're here too."
Su Cheng sat at a table outside the tavern. He rather enjoyed this bustling atmosphere. Though the Western Regions were considered demon territory, they weren't much different from human towns.
Su Cheng cherished this open-air ambiance—it felt incredibly comfortable. Unlike others, he relished ordinary life.
Ideally, he could share ordinary days with someone important.
Perhaps he'd be a dockworker, or a village doctor—a quiet life punctuated by occasional trials and surprises.
Not one where he carried the weight of saving the world on his shoulders, watching beloved people slip away from him one by one.
"Senior Sister said Jue'er should stay with Master and look after him."
"You two are so thoughtful~" Su Cheng smiled as he ruffled both disciples' hair. Su Muchan, too, was enjoying a rare moment of pampering!
It felt incredibly comfortable…
So peaceful…
It was addictive…
What kind of feeling was this?
It felt like a physical reaction, as if she'd been drugged!
The moment Su Muchan felt that seemingly ordinary hand rest on her head, she lost all ability to think!
Her lips curled upward involuntarily, and she couldn't even control the expression of pleasure on her face!
She dared not imagine what her expression must have looked like just now!
Honestly, she felt a bit ashamed, but…
Once you've had a taste, you crave more. This wretched body, having experienced that first time, now yearned for a second, craving praise and more touches on the head…
She had once looked down on Ye Qinghan and Li Shiyao, thinking that as a succubus, conquering Su City should be a piece of cake.
But now…
She refused to accept this!
"Miss Mu Chan, what are you thinking about?"
"Uh… nothing…"
"Have something to eat first. This journey will likely take some time; there's no need to rush."
While Ye Qinghan was in the thick of battle, Dongfang Jue was sweating buckets from the spice!
"Hahahaha~ Master, are you sure this is how you're supposed to eat it?"
Su Cheng was in the same boat. Even as the master, he couldn't handle the heat. After just two bites, he'd already wiped his sweat three or four times…
"Yes! This is exactly how you're supposed to eat wontons!"
Su Muchan couldn't help but suspect her master was only eating so much because the chili peppers were free…
"Um, Master, these aren't chili peppers. They're seeds from the Western Region's carnivorous plants…"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
"Mu Chan, my dear, this whole situation… Could you please tell me sooner next time…"
"Master, Jue's… um… I didn't notice at all!"
The Western Regions journey proved perilous indeed. Barely having set foot in the West, Master Su's party suffered heavy casualties…
Su Muchan was speechless. She had tried to stop him, but her master insisted he knew everything about wontons—no one understood how to eat them better than him…
With no other choice, Su Muchan ordered a cup of tea for each of them…
"Master, feeling any better?"
Seeing Su Cheng nod, Su Muchan finally let out a quiet chuckle. Her master truly was beyond her expectations…
Five bowls of wontons, twelve baked buns—only then did the three of them pat their bellies and slowly rise.
"I came here searching for something."
Dongfang Jue and Su Muchan asked in unison, "What is it?"
Su Cheng leaned back in his chair and exhaled deeply. "Last time, I sought a positioning anchor point. This time, what I seek is called the Void Blueprint."
Dongfang Jue and Su Muchan exchanged glances, utterly baffled.
"Void Blueprint? What on earth is that?"
"Give me a moment to consider how to explain this…"
Su Cheng lifted his head, pondering briefly before seeming to grasp something. He spoke calmly.
"Neither the positioning anchor nor the Void Blueprint are weapons. They are merely magical artifacts imbued with spatial-level techniques."
"Imagine an infinitely vast map. To locate a specific spot within it, one would need to employ spatial-level techniques."
"The so-called Void Blueprint is the projection of countless worlds within the void—like reflections in a lake. Though mirrored from physical realities, it itself is genuinely existent."
"To locate something within countless worlds, the Void Blueprint alone is insufficient. It requires the Positioning Anchor as an auxiliary tool."
"Thus, one can locate their target amidst worlds as countless as the vast starry sea."
Su Muchan and Dongfang Jue were both dumbfounded. However, possessing the ability to read minds, Su Muchan grasped the concept far quicker than Dongfang Jue.
After listening, Su Muchan remained silent for a long while before speaking: "Master, are you saying this is a world map meant to be used with positioning anchors?"
Su Cheng pursed his lips in thought for a moment. "You could interpret it that way, but this Void Blueprint is a refracted reflection of space, not the actual world."
[The positioning anchor's range is too vast. We only know the Void Blueprint exists within this world. Its exact location requires further investigation.]
【However, this world simply cannot withstand Xiao Ai activating the positioning anchor. If Xiao Ai were to fully activate it and leverage the mansion's power to pinpoint the location, this world would likely cease to exist before any deity could descend…】
"So using the blue map means we won't have to run all over the place?"
"Um… you could say that, but we still need to find the Void Blueprint first, right?"
Dongfang Jue now understood: his master sought a world map encompassing countless realms, to be used with the positioning anchor to locate things.
Their immediate task was to locate that very map.
With both disciples now clear on their mission, they set out in search.
But…
"Master, we're not just going to wander aimlessly through the streets, are we? Don't we have any clues?"
Su Muchan observed her master, who seemed utterly confident, assuming he already knew where to go. Yet after following him around the city several times, she too began to sense something was amiss…
"Hm? I'm not familiar with the Western Regions. Aren't we just following Mu Chan's lead? Speaking of which, isn't this the tavern where we just ate? How did we end up back here?"
Su Muchan froze in place…
"Master, you can't be serious…"
"Of course I am. Could it be that Mu Chan is facing some difficulty?"
Su Muchan: ?????????
Is there a single sane person in this Lingxian Hall?
"Master, your disciple doesn't know the location of that Void Blueprint either. The Western Regions aren't exactly small. Searching like this might prove rather difficult…"
Su Cheng propped his chin on his hand, deep in thought…
[Is it really that hard to find? When I asked Qinghan and Youwei to look for it back then, I only gave them a simple description, and they understood immediately…]
【Hmph… Could it be I didn't explain clearly enough?】
"Miss Mu Chan, the Void Blueprint is black, square in shape, about the size of a clay pot. It resembles a square black stone brick."
Su Muchan thought to herself, poor Ye Qinghan and Chu Youwei. With just this much information, they're supposed to find a map across the entire Western Regions?
Seriously?
"Um, does the Master have any leads?"
【There are some, but they're all useless clues. Xiao Ai mentioned someone in the Western Regions found a treasure compass. Word is, quite a few people have already died over that compass!】
Su Muchan: Isn't that exactly a clue? Is Master deliberately messing with me?
"Why don't you go ask around, Mu Chan? See if anything strange has happened in the past few months?"
Su Muchan was speechless. What the hell was she supposed to ask? She already knew about this!
She'd even tried to snatch it herself, but her cultivation was too weak back then—she couldn't outmatch those old fools!
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