The real use of maps

"Young Miss Qin, my sister and I have never cooked before. Could you please help us?"

Lina was naturally outgoing and had no qualms about asking for help. Without waiting for Qin Yimo's agreement, she took her hand and led her away.

Qin Yimo had been left in the courtyard, unsure of what to do.

Since Lina found something for her to do, she naturally wouldn't refuse.

However, she was more concerned about the topic of conversation between the two sisters.

"Young Miss Qin, how long have you and the Master known each other?"

Lina asked curiously.

She wanted to learn more about her Master from Qin Yimo.

Qin Yimo's cheeks flushed slightly, and she said, "Just these past few days."

"So you two only met after coming to this world?" Lina's beautiful eyes lit up, and she smiled, "It's only been a few days, and the Master is already so concerned about you. It seems the Master is interested in you."

Sure enough, what she feared came true.

Seeing Lina's unrestrained words, Qin Yimo was momentarily too embarrassed to answer.

Was Lu Yao really interested in her?

Qin Yimo seriously pondered this question.

But after thinking for a while, she felt it was unlikely.

Fortunately, at this moment, Mahi helped her out.

"Young Miss Qin, don't listen to Lina's nonsense. The Master's thoughts are not something we maids can guess. Don't take her words to heart."

Mahi pulled Qin Yimo to the other side. She was worried that Lina would continue to talk nonsense, so she changed the subject, "Young Miss Qin, what was your and the Master's original world like? Besides the Human Race, were there other races?"

...

While the girls were busy outside, Lu Yao returned to the house to sort and organize his belongings, storing them in a wooden cabinet.

He figured cooking would take a while, so after storing everything, he didn't go out to disturb them.

Instead, he changed his clothes, lay on the bed, and studied the Map.

Although it was only a Common Grade Middle Rank Magic Treasure, it could be upgraded.

Anything that could be upgraded was a good thing.

For example, the Cultivation Technique Lu Yao Cultivated, the Qingxin Skill, was unremarkable at first, but after its grade was elevated, its effects were Heaven-Defying.

Therefore, Lu Yao decided to research how this Magic Treasure needed to be upgraded.

[Map: Common Grade Middle Rank Magic Treasure (Upgradable)]

[Function: View Map, Mark Distance.]

The introduction was simple, but clicking "Upgradable" revealed the conditions for upgrading: Map of the same quality * 1.

It required an identical Map, which was equivalent to a two-in-one.

This upgrade was much simpler than Cultivation Technique upgrades.

"Maid, maid."

Lu Yao called out casually.

The Cultivation Assistant appeared before him in the manner of a local deity, "Master."

"Where can I obtain a Map?" Lu Yao couldn't help but pinch the cute little person's QQ-Bounce cheeks, which were very stress-relieving. "

The Cultivation Assistant looked pained and aggrieved, "Reporting to Master, each dungeon will have a Map treasure chest, which can open a Map. If you encounter a traveling immortal merchant, you can also purchase one with Spirit Stones, usually requiring 10 Low-Grade Spirit Stones to buy one."

"Traveling immortal merchant?"

Lu Yao was a little surprised; he was once again certain that there were natives in this world.

"Oh, Master, if you use the Map to customize a route, you can additionally increase your movement speed by 10%."

"Furthermore, the Map also has treasure hunting and marking functions. If there are treasures nearby, the Map can detect them."

The Cultivation Assistant continued to remind him.

These functions did not appear in the Map's introduction; they should be hidden functions that needed to be explored on one's own.

Sitney Lauren obviously didn't know this information, which is why she sold it to Lu Yao so cheaply.

Lu Yao immediately opened the Map, and after some research, quickly found the treasure hunting interface.

[Treasure Hunting Function: Requires 10 Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Do you want to activate?]

"Activate."

Lu Yao had over twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones on him, so he didn't hesitate and activated it directly.

The next second, a signal tower icon appeared in the bottom left corner of the Map, with the current search range at five thousand meters.

When the detection function was activated, a white light spot immediately appeared at a position three thousand two hundred meters to the northeast.

"Is this a treasure chest?"

Lu Yao was excited. He sprang up with a carp flip and walked out.

He saw the three girls gathered around the barbecue grill, chatting and laughing, but their efficiency was a bit slow. Lina and Qin Yimo were still skewering meat.

It seemed it would be a while before they could eat the dinner they made.

"You all stay home and cook. I'm going out for a bit."

After saying that, he walked towards the forest.

Lu Yao wanted to call the Golden Eagle to go with him, but when he walked over, he found that the Golden Eagle was asleep.

"What the heck, sleeping so early?"

Lu Yao did not disturb the Golden Eagle, because he found that the Golden Eagle was not sleeping, but Breakthrough! The Qi within its body was steadily rising!

It was already at the Peak of no grade, equivalent to the strength of Body Tempering Stage Ten.

If this Breakthrough was successful, it would certainly become a First-Order Spirit Beast.

So, Lu Yao flew towards the location of the treasure chest by himself.

The treasure chest was located at the foot of Red Maple Ridge. There was no danger in this Map, and there were no other people around, so Lu Yao easily obtained the treasure chest.

[Discovered a Level 3 White Treasure Chest. Do you want to open it?]

"It's actually a Level 3 treasure chest. Open it!"

Lu Yao was overjoyed.

[Obtained huo spirit stone * 1.]

"huo spirit stone!"

Lu Yao was ecstatic. Wasn't this the Materials needed to upgrade his Destiny Flying Sword? He actually found one so quickly.

He just needed four more to upgrade his Destiny Flying Sword.

He put away the huo spirit stone and continued to use the Map's treasure hunting function.

There was none within a five-kilometer radius, so he started searching with his territory as the center.

When he flew to the southwest of his territory, he found another green light spot.

Clearly, this time, he found a green treasure chest!

In just under twenty kilometers, he found two treasure chests. Lu Yao was a little excited.

Without the Map, he probably wouldn't have found either of these two treasure chests.

Next time he saw Sitney Lauren, he would have to thank her properly.

Opening the Level 3 Green Treasure Chest, he obtained a Mortal Rank High Grade Magic Treasure — the Jade Fire Bottle.

[Jade Fire Bottle: Mortal Rank High Grade Magic Treasure]

[Function 1: Fire Damage Amplification (All fire-based attacks will gain an additional 10% damage.)]

[Function 2: Fire Poison (When dealing damage to a target, it can attach a burning effect, dealing 15% Mental Energy damage per second for ten seconds. If the target is hit again by a fire-based attack within ten seconds, the burning effect is immediately settled, and this attack will definitely cause 2.25 times critical damage to the target.)]

This was a very good fire-type Magic Treasure, but unfortunately, Lu Yao only had "Netherworld Ghost Fire" as a fire-type attack skill. Therefore, it was not very useful to him.

Lu Yao searched around again, but this time he didn't find any more treasure chests, so he had to fly back.

"Master, you're back."

"Dinner is already cooked. Will you dine now?"

Mahi and Lina quickly stepped forward to greet him.

These two maids were very diligent.