Chapter 44: Treasure Map Fragment Appears (2)

"I didn't seek it out on purpose; it was hidden inside the box of heavenly spirit water. I originally intended to frame Su Jingyu with the box, but when I saw this slip of paper, I pulled it out to avoid letting Su Jingyu benefit from it." Su Luo blinked innocently, and then she shrugged.

Nangong Liuyun looked at Su Luo with utter speechlessness. After a moment, he rubbed her head vigorously. "What did you grow up eating, girl? How can your luck be this good? You went to steal heavenly spirit water and managed to fish out a treasure map too."

Although he was also a legendary chosen one and a favorite of heaven, compared to Girl Luo's luck… he truly felt all sorts of envy, jealousy, and hate.

During these few short days spent together, he had watched as she turned out to be a High Grade Purple Talent, then a dual-element Wood and Fire Alchemist, or a Space Mage. Now, she had even casually fished out a treasure map for the Eight Desolations Divine Tomb!

It really gave him an urge to bang his head against a wall.

Nangong Liuyun couldn't help but secretly speculate: Could this girl be the illegitimate daughter of the Goddess of Luck?

Su Luo felt her skin crawl under his deep gaze. She poked his arm with her slender finger. "I'm asking you a question. Speak up—is this really a treasure map?"

"It's the real deal, guaranteed." Nangong Liuyun spoke with certainty, but his tone was somewhat weak; clearly, he hadn't yet recovered from the shock.

"Then, it's very precious?" Su Luo tilted her palm-sized face up, her beautiful eyes shimmering like water.

"How can 'precious' even begin to describe it?" Nangong Liuyun looked completely disapproving. "This is simply a priceless treasure. The heavenly spirit water cannot even be mentioned in the same breath as this."

"For real?" Su Luo's interest was piqued immediately. She looked doubtfully at her own fair and tender hands. Was the luck of these hands really that divine?

"Would I lie to you? This fragment is one of the maps to the Eight Desolations Divine Tomb. The Eight Desolations Divine Tomb… that is a transcendent existence from the endless ages. It is said that even the most ordinary person coming out from there could destroy a nation on our continent with a single move."

"Even the most ordinary person coming out could destroy one of our nations with a single move?" No matter how calm Su Luo was, she couldn't help but widen her watery, beautiful eyes.

How… how was anyone supposed to live then? Su Luo could hardly imagine it. If a supreme powerhouse came over, wouldn't they be able to wipe out their entire country in one move? This was simply… unimaginable!

"The legends say so indeed." Nangong Liuyun's beautiful eyes were deep and unfathomable. He said calmly, "It is said that many years ago, powerhouses in the Eight Desolations fought and eventually died in a fierce battle. Among them, the remains of the supreme powerhouses were buried within the Eight Desolations Divine Tomb."

Nangong Liuyun paused, his deep and beautiful eyes gazing seriously at Su Luo. "Including the Divine Artifacts they carried with them, all are buried in the Eight Desolations Divine Tomb."

The personal Divine Artifacts of supreme powerhouses… Su Luo sucked in a breath of cold air.

Setting aside the supreme powerhouses, even just any ordinary person from the Eight Desolations was a great figure who could destroy this entire city in one move.

And now, the Eight Desolations Divine Tomb buried the weapons of supreme powerhouses… Just thinking about it made one's mouth water.

"I really want to go dig for treasure." Treasure hunting and the like were her favorite things.

"Then you'll have a long wait." Nangong Liuyun's dark pupils radiated a dazzling light, as brilliant as sunlight. He smiled faintly and rubbed her head as if petting a pet. "Right now, forget about being First Rank, you don't even have the most basic Spiritual Qi yet. How can you go?"

Fine, Su Luo admitted she was demoralized.