Chapter Eighty-Three: Wayfinding

"Huh?"

Jiang Yao suddenly stopped, and looked out the window of this hidden corridor with some feeling, only to see that the sky outside the window was dark and oppressive, and the roaring thunder stirred the uneasiness in his heart, which made people feel depressed.

"What's wrong?" Lu Xingyue on the side saw that Jiang Yao's face was a little wrong, and asked.

"Nothing, it's just...... Suddenly a little flustered. Jiang Yao looked at the lightning and thunder outside the window, and the strange throbbing feeling in his heart lingered. "Anyway, the weather in the Netherworld ...... Has it always been that bad?"

"Weather?" Lu Xingyue glanced out the window a little inexplicably. "Hmm...... It is said that the Netherworld is different from the Earthly Realm, there is no daylight, and there are no seasons and climate, and now this kind of lightning and thunder weather is indeed quite abnormal. ”

"Perverse...... Could it have something to do with the 'big guy' we guessed before that broke into the netherworld?" Jiang Yao asked.

"Maybe, but do we still have air traffic control now?" Lu Xingyue said, looking around sneakily, as if observing the terrain structure here.

Since leaving the dungeon, the two of them have been going up the stairs, pretending to be guards while avoiding the patrol and sneaking to find out the location of the treasure house, but unfortunately they soon find that the place where they are seems to be a remote annex of the 'Imperial City', far from the main building where Si You is located, and the "treasure house" that is said to be a collection of rare treasures does not look like this kind of place at all.

And what's worse...... They are lost.

"Shhh...... What's the matter, it doesn't feel right......" Lu Xingyue muttered to herself, taking the mask off her face and breathing in by the way. "We seem to be going further and further aside?"

"We've been going around this corridor for a long time, are you sure this direction is really leading to the main building?" Jiang Yao said helplessly.

"It should ...... Yes, right? The direction of the main building of the Imperial City is to the north, the direction in front of this passage...... It should be north, right?" Lu Xingyue muttered, as if she was a little weak-hearted. "But we only found this way, and the rest of the city was either overwhelmed by heavy troops, or it was the direction out of the city, so we had to walk here. ”

"Alas......" Jiang Yao sighed, in the current situation where there is no direction indication, it is indeed enough to find a way.

Direction...... Is there anything that can be discerned? By the way...... "that thing" seems to still be on me......

Jiang Yao remembered something, and hurriedly took out a palm-sized gossip-shaped disc from his arms, which was the item that he had picked up in the "Yuanqiu Mountain Incident", but had not had time to hand over to the Lingyutai - a special compass used by Russian mercenaries.

Because Jiang Yao was dragged into the netherworld by black and white impermanence when the incident happened suddenly, this compass was unexpectedly brought here with Jiang Yao, but Jiang Yao was deeply skeptical that this compass could be used in the netherworld, and now when he took it out, he found that the pointer on the disk was moving disorderly, and it seemed that the items in the world were really useless to get to the netherworld.

"Hmm, what are you holding?" As if noticing the item in Jiang Yao's hand, Lu Xingyue came up curiously, but when he glanced at it, his face suddenly changed. "Wait, this, this is ...... Star Swirl Disk?!"

"'Star Swirl Disk'? What is that?" Jiang Yao looked dazed, and just wanted to ask, but unexpectedly Lu Xingyue grabbed him by the collar.

"Tell me...... Why is this thing in your hands??How did you get it!?" Lu Xingyue shouted, a fierce and anxious burst out of her gold and silver eyes, the same as the expression when she first saw Jiang Yao, and even more crazy, and this sudden change of face also surprised Jiang Yao, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

"Lu Xingyue, calm down!" Jiang Yao grabbed Lu Xingyue's hand holding his collar and tried to push it away, but found that the other party's hand didn't move at all. "This thing...... It's not mine, it's something I picked up somewhere on the border......"

"Where did you pick it up??What else was there at the scene?Did you see anyone??" Lu Xingyue asked anxiously, a face facing Jiang Yao getting closer and closer, and the knuckles of his fingers gradually turned white in the exertion.

"Youβ€”you let me go first...... I'm about to be strangled to death by you......" Jiang Yao frowned, his face was a little ugly, and Lu Xingyue suddenly woke up from the demon at this time, and suddenly let go of his hand.

"Yes, I'm sorry...... I ......" Lu Xingyue looked at her hands, lowered her head and took a few steps back, her face full of guilt, and a certain tangled emotion.

"Ahem, ahem...... You...... What's wrong with you?" Jiang Yao gasped and looked up at Lu Xingyue's abnormal performance, quite surprised in his heart. "Do you recognize this thing?"

"Hmm...... Before...... I've seen ...... before" Lu Xingyue hesitated, and stopped talking a little. "It's called Star Swirl...... It is a treasure that uses the flow of celestial energy to guide the direction, and compared to ordinary compasses, it can be free from geomagnetic interference, and the directionality is more accurate. However, since it requires special materials to make this thing, it is extremely rare, and I have heard that it appeared in ancient times, but ...... The modern era should be lost. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ You were so excited just now because this thing is extremely rare?" Jiang Yao looked at Lu Xingyue's expression, trying to decipher some answers from it, but saw Lu Xingyue turn his head away and responded vaguely:

"Hmm...... Sort of. By the way, you haven't told me where you got this Star Swirl disk. ”

"......" Jiang Yao looked at the other party's evasive look, and knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he said:

"I found this thing near Yuanqiu Mountain, in a pile of relics of Russian mercenaries. ”

"Yuanqiu Mountain, Russian mercenary ......?" Lu Xingyue was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Jiang Yao, but her eyes were confused and puzzled. "Strange...... That's not right...... How could it be ...... there?"

"You...... Do you know something?" Seeing Lu Xingyue's appearance, Jiang Yao keenly sensed that there was something in the other party's words, and asked carefully.

"No, I'm just...... It's a little strange how the treasure of our country can be ...... in the hands of foreigners"

Lu Xingyue looked away and casually responded, opening up the topic by the way: "By the way, I forgot to mention just now, in fact, the 'guide' is only one of the functions of this 'Star Swirl Disk', and its most important and unique function is the 'Breath Direction'. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Hmm...... Let's put it this way, each individual creature will have a unique 'aura' on its body, and the items you carry with you all year round will also be contaminated with your 'aura'. There is a resonance between the same 'breath', and even if the two are far apart, there is a weak connection, and the Star Swirl Disk can track this 'resonance' and help you find the item that is tainted with your 'breath'. ”

"In other words, it can point out the direction of your lost object based on your 'breath'?"

"That's right, this thing is timely rain for us now, don't forget that the 'keel key' has my 'breath' on it. ”

Lu Xingyue said, taking the Star Swirl Disk from Jiang Yao's hand and carefully placing it on the ground near the window.

"......" Jiang Yao looked at the 'Star Swirl Disk' on the ground, and then glanced at Lu Xingyue pretending to be calm, and he had already seen in his heart that this kid seemed to be hiding something from him, but at this time, he didn't bother to ask so much, because he knew what was the most important thing in the current situation.

"So, how are we going to use this thing to find the 'Dragon Bone Key'?" Jiang Yao said, following Lu Xingyue to crouch on the side of the Star Swirl Disk.

"All I have to do is use the mana energy in my body to re-drive the Star Swirl Disk, and sketch the Dragonbone Key in my mind, and I can activate the Breath Direction. ...... like this"

Lu Xingyue said as he stretched out his hand and gently brushed the Star Swirl Disk, and as the pale yellow light in his palm flashed, the hands on the Star Swirl Disk, which had been spinning like a headless fly, began to ease.

"......" Lu Xingyue closed her eyes, and there seemed to be words in her mouth, accompanied by the faint fluorescence on the disk, the rotating pointer suddenly calmed down, and also presented a clear direction in front of the eyes of the two.

"It's done, it's successful!" Lu Xingyue's eyes flashed with excitement, and he hurriedly picked up the Star Swirl Disk and looked in the direction of the pointer, but soon, the excitement in his eyes froze.

"This ...... The direction is ......!?"

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"That...... Gluttonous...... Gluttonous adults...... Iβ€”Are we really going to pretend like this......?

The frog's voice sounded timidly, but the source of the voice was not the stupid toad ghost, but a slightly chubby girl with a frightened and embarrassed face, with a cute appearance and a shriveled voice in strong contrast, it was really as weird as it was.

"Shut up, as soon as you open your mouth, it's all exposed. This time it was a plump and charming young woman beside the girl, although this one's voice was not inconsistent with her appearance, but the mockery and laziness on the young woman's face were really in the same vein as a certain red-haired man, and when she heard the young woman impatiently scold a slightly chubby girl, the latter immediately stopped silent.

"You also know what the identities of the two of us are, although I'm not afraid of those Gu Eagles, but don't forget our purpose, some troubles can be saved. The glutton, dressed as a young woman, said, looking at the huge dark red strange "castle complex" in the distance. "Speaking of which, are you sure Jiang Yao and they are in the 'Imperial City'?"

"Hmm...... Yes, yes, croak......" Frog whispered.

"'Should'?" Gluttony lowered his head, and swept his gaze again with a threatening gaze towards Frog Frog, which quickly added:

"That's right, that's right, I feel that the Soul Banner is in the 'Imperial City'! As long as the Soul Banner is still on the yin-yang-eyed man, Iβ€”We can find him and find the living dead......!"

"'Imperial City'...... Tsk, it's a bit of a hassle. Gluttony stroked his chin as if he was thinking about something, but he soon caught a glimpse of what seemed to flash from the street corner in front of him a group of men in bright yellow cloaks, and the fat leader was holding his swollen pig-headed face, yelling angrily.

"Hehe, it didn't take much effort to get here. Gluttony looked at the fat man, and a malicious smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"There's a way. ”