I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

Lu Xin was walking along when he quickly spotted a familiar item. He hastily suppressed his excitement, pretending to stroll over casually.

He skillfully started by examining other items, then picked up a roll of ancient beast hide. After a quick look, he confirmed it matched the fragment he'd obtained from a Blood Spirit Sect disciple's storage bag a few days prior.

So, he asked, "What's this? A map?"

The stall owner was a young woman, only at the Qi Training stage. Sensing Lu Xin's unfathomable cultivation level, she respectfully replied:

"Reporting to Senior, my grandfather obtained this by chance. It seems to be a map, but it's incomplete. We've researched it for a long time but haven't been able to find the location it depicts."

"I see."

Lu Xin nodded. "It seems your grandfather and I share a common interest, a fondness for studying strange trinkets. How much do you want for this thing?"

"This… Senior, do you really want it?"

The woman was a little surprised. This incomplete map was just something she put out to fill space; it had no real value. She hadn't expected anyone to actually buy it.

"I'm just out for a stroll; the important thing is the mood, I don't mind spending a little money."

Lu Xin saw her expression and understood. He smiled and said, "How about this? I have a few bottles of pills suitable for late-stage Qi Training cultivation. I see a certain affinity with you, junior, so I'll give them to you."

"Thank you, Senior."

The woman immediately accepted them with delight, then felt a little embarrassed. "Senior, this map isn't worth much. Why don't you pick something else to take with you?"

"No need, focus on your cultivation."

Lu Xin smiled and shook his head, put the incomplete map into his storage bag, and left with his hands behind his back.

"Qiu Di, you're really lucky. To actually meet such a generous senior. Now you won't need to buy pills for at least half a year."

After Lu Xin left, a young man beside her was filled with envy.

Qiu Di didn't reply. Her gaze remained fixed on the back of the figure, who, though dressed in coarse linen, couldn't conceal an extraordinary air. She sighed:

"I wonder when I'll be able to cultivate to that level."

Lu Xin walked along with his hands behind his back. Although he was very curious about the map's condition in his storage bag, he insisted on finishing his stroll through the street.

After not encountering anything else of value, he found an inn, closed the door, set up an array, and began his research.

When he took out the map again, Lu Xin was completely astonished.

The two fragments had automatically combined in his storage bag, fitting together perfectly, as if they had never been broken apart.

Lu Xin quickly picked it up for a closer look and found that the mountains and rivers on it were changing. The mountains were dissolving, the rivers had dried up. Gradually, the mountains and rivers disappeared, leaving only a desert.

Then, a route map appeared above the desert, with a red dot at the endpoint marked with the words "Quicksand Sea, Underground Maze City."

"Quicksand Sea, Underground Maze City, where is that? Could this be a treasure map?"

Lu Xin felt lost. He quickly took out all the maps he had and searched through them. Finally, he found the location of the Quicksand Sea on a map of the Dragon Abyss Empire.

However, this map was relatively simple, only showing that the place was located in the far west of the Dragon Abyss Empire. The distribution of power and dangerous forbidden areas were not marked.

Let alone finding the Underground Maze City on it.

So, Lu Xin immediately went out to visit various bookstores to look for information about the Quicksand Sea.

The day quickly passed.

In the evening, Lu Xin walked along the street, pondering.

After a day of investigation, he had a basic understanding of the Quicksand Sea: it was a barren land.

Formed at some unknown time, some cities existed on the edges. Besides the humans who occasionally entered to collect resources, no power existed within.

There were quite a few demons, though.

As for the information about the Underground Maze City, he couldn't find any.

"Should I go take a look?"

This was the question Lu Xin had been thinking about. The route map he obtained was clearly a map of the interior of the Quicksand Sea, and the destination should be the Underground Maze City.

But he didn't understand anything about this place, not even a place to find information.

"Young master, are you walking alone at night?"

Just then, a soft, glutinous voice suddenly rang out, followed by a fragrant breeze.

Lu Xin took a step back subconsciously and scanned the surroundings with his divine sense. It turned out that the inn he was looking for was located in a relatively quiet area, and he was now walking on an empty street.

"Young master?"

In front of him was a petite figure. Seeing Lu Xin avoid her, she felt a pang of resentment.

"Is there something you need?"

Lu Xin frowned as he looked at the woman who had suddenly appeared.

"The night is long, and I see you are alone, young master, so I want to keep you company."

The petite figure said charmingly, and then wanted to step forward and take Lu Xin's arm.

Lu Xin didn't dodge.

The charming figure's lips curled up slightly when she saw this, but the next second, a puff of white smoke suddenly rose from the palm of her hand that grabbed Lu Xin's arm.

"Ah ~"

"So hot!"

The charming figure screamed as if she had grabbed a hot iron. She instinctively wanted to let go, but her arm was grabbed back by a palm.

Another puff of white smoke rose.

"Bold monster, I could tell at a glance that you weren't human, die!"

"Don't!"

The charming figure's originally delicate face was distorted. She actually decisively severed her arm to survive and retreated.

"Hmm?"

Lu Xin was a little surprised. The severed arm in his hand turned into a cloud of smoke and dissipated, and the woman's severed arm had actually grown back.

However, her face was as pale as paper.

"I'll remember you."

The woman gritted her teeth and disappeared in a puff of white smoke.

"Want to leave?"

Lu Xin immediately followed.

After a while, Lu Xin chased to the foot of the imperial city and lost her. The other party wasn't strong, equivalent to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

But she was a bit special, an Yin Sha body.

Unlike ghosts, the other party was gathered from Yin Sha Qi, and generally artificially refined, making her quite difficult to deal with.

He couldn't fully display his strength in the city, and she actually escaped for a while.

"It seems that the owner of this Yin Sha body is hiding in the imperial city."

Lu Xin looked at the tall city walls, guessing in his heart. This was where the Dragon Abyss Empire's royal family lived.

As far as he knew, the Dragon Abyss Empire's royal family could only be considered a third-rate force, and their highest cultivation was only Golden Core. It wasn't a dangerous place for him.

The only tricky thing was that this royal family had existed for a long time, and he didn't know what powerful formations they had.

But this was exactly why he wanted to go in. A long existence meant a rich collection of books, and he happened to need to find information about the Underground Maze City.

Perhaps he could also find records of True Yang Profound Sha.

Compared to chasing that Yin Sha, this was more important.

"I have the passive [Divine Concealment], so being careful shouldn't be a problem."

After making a decision, Lu Xin immediately jumped over the city wall and sneaked in.