Chapter 780
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Chapter 780 First Come, First Served!
The imperial war chariot swept through the air, leaving a long trail of golden light.
In about ten minutes, the imperial war chariot returned to the border of the Far North region.
When Fang Yu saw Qi Ruoqing’s two attendants, he had the chariot descend.
“Miss.” Seeing Qi Ruoqing’s disheveled appearance, both attendants’ expressions changed.
“I’m fine, just took a fall…” Qi Ruoqing wiped the black soot from her face and said.
“Well then, until we meet again.” Fang Yu waved to the three of them and sat back inside the chariot.
“Mr. Fang… aren’t you returning to North City?” Qi Ruoqing called out urgently, stopping Fang Yu.
“I still need to make a round inside,” Fang Yu said.
Previously, Cang Lan had verified that the location on the mysterious treasure map obtained from the Great Temple was in this area deep within the Far North region.
Since he was already here, Fang Yu had to at least follow the route on the treasure map. What if there really was something valuable?
“I, I’m Qi Ruoqing,” Qi Ruoqing looked at Fang Yu and said softly.
Fang Yu frowned slightly and said, “You mentioned that before.”
“Hmm… I just… feared you might forget.” Qi Ruoqing’s face, though covered with soot, flushed red as she said, “Mr. Fang, where do you live in North City? You’ve saved me twice, and I’d like to visit and thank you properly…”
“No need. You provided me with information, I saved you once or twice, we’re even now, no debts between us,” Fang Yu said. “We’ll meet again if fate allows.”
With that, Fang Yu activated the chariot, ascending into the sky before speeding toward the depths of the Far North region.
Qi Ruoqing raised her head, watching the direction the chariot had gone, gently biting her red lips.
Behind her, the two attendants stared at Qi Ruoqing in astonishment.
In their impression, their young miss was someone cold on the outside but warm inside, yet she had never spoken so gently to anyone, almost to the point of humility…
…
Fang Yu held the treasure map obtained from the Great Temple, examining the route on it.
“I’m currently heading north, so turning left would be west… which means going this way.”
Fang Yu drove the chariot, following the route on the treasure map, flying at high speed.
The imperial war chariot’s speed rivaled even modern high-tech fighter jets.
Thus, in less than ten minutes, Fang Yu arrived at the destination indicated on the treasure map.
Before him appeared a Taoist temple covered in ice and snow.
Fang Yu jumped out of the imperial war chariot, landing on the snowy ground.
This was the top of a small snow mountain.
The temple didn’t occupy much space, but the entire structure was covered in thick ice and snow.
If not for its outline still being visible, Fang Yu wouldn’t have recognized it as a Taoist temple.
The depths of the Far North region had never been inhabited.
Even the Blizzard Tribe, who were adapted to snow and wind, dared not venture too deep into it.
So, who had built this Taoist temple?
Fang Yu walked to a snow-covered stone beside the temple door and extended his right hand.
Flames ignited in his right palm, quickly melting the ice and snow covering the stone.
“Saint.”
A large character was engraved on the stone.
Due to years of erosion, the character had been severely worn, barely discernible.
“This temple must have been built by that Great Saint.” Fang Yu’s eyes flickered as he walked into the temple.
At this moment, Fang Yu suddenly noticed a series of footprints in the snow inside the temple.
“Someone has already been here?”
Fang Yu followed these footprints into the interior of the temple.
Then, he saw a snowman standing there.
This snowman was different from ordinary ones; its body wasn’t bulky but shaped like a normal human figure.
The footprints in the snow stopped right in front of this snowman.
Fang Yu carefully observed the snowman before him and found some faint indentation marks on its torso.
These marks were very regular, like a series of grids.
What kind of object would leave marks on a snowman’s torso?
Most likely some kind of armor.
This snowman was previously used to hang a suit of armor, but the armor had been taken away by whoever came before.
Fang Yu crouched down, examining the footprints in the snow.
From the depth of the footprints and the marks on the snowman, combined with the current snowfall… it must have happened within the last month.
Someone had come to this temple a month before Fang Yu and taken the armor from the snowman.
This armor was very likely another inheritance item left by the Great Saint besides the Heavenly Halberd.
Armor…
Fang Yu frowned slightly, inexplicably recalling the Taisu Armor that Qi Ruoqing had mentioned earlier.
Could there be a connection?
The possibility certainly existed.
According to the will of Huangxu, Huangxu had formed ten thousand years ago.
That Great Saint had possibly entered Huangxu as well and obtained the Taisu Armor from there.
Because of this, when he left, he placed the Taisu Armor in this snowy area not far from the passage to Huangxu…
Fang Yu knew his speculation was likely the truth.
“I’m a month too late… the Taisu Armor is gone.” Fang Yu felt somewhat disappointed.
However, what concerned him more was the identity of the person who had taken the Taisu Armor.
How did they know about the Great Saint’s inheritance being located here?
Finding such a place couldn’t be attributed to coincidence or luck.
Without a clear purpose, no one would come to such a place.
“Could there be another copy of the treasure map?” Fang Yu rubbed his chin, pondering.
After several minutes, Fang Yu came back to his senses and stopped dwelling on it.
The Taisu Armor had been taken, and there was nothing he could do about it.
However, such a legendary divine item wouldn’t be collected just for safekeeping; it would definitely be used.
Once used, it would cause a sensation.
Fang Yu knew that sooner or later, he would meet the person who had taken the Taisu Armor.
…
When Fang Yu returned to his home in North City, he realized five days had passed.
The time laws within Huangxu were clearly different from those in reality.
“Where did you go? Why couldn’t we contact you?” Little Fengling appeared before Fang Yu, hands on her hips, questioning him.
“Not telling you,” Fang Yu said.
“You…” Little Fengling’s face scrunched up in anger.
“Mr. Fang, would you like something to eat?” Ye Shengxue approached with a cup of hot tea, handing it to Fang Yu and asking softly.
“Not for now, I need to go out again,” Fang Yu said after taking a sip of tea.
“Very well.” Ye Shengxue nodded slightly, stepping aside.
After finishing his tea, Fang Yu activated the Spirit Ring again and left.
“Hmph! Always going out to play without taking me along!” Little Fengling said angrily.
Ye Shengxue smiled gently and said, “Sister Fengling, Mr. Fang surely isn’t going out for fun. He must have important matters to attend to.”
“It can’t be anything important! You don’t understand!” Little Fengling retorted, “I read a book recently that said…”
…
Fang Yu arrived at Old Turtle’s domain once again.
Old Turtle was preparing medicine in the cave.
Fang Yu took out the Taisu Snow Lotus from his storage space and handed it to Old Turtle.
“Perfect timing, I was just about to reach the step requiring the Taisu Snow Lotus,” Old Turtle said.
Fang Yu didn’t disturb Old Turtle as he continued making the medicine, and walked to the ice cave in the back to check on Ling’er’s condition.
Ling’er was just as before, eyes tightly closed, lying on the bed, breathing steadily, motionless.
Looking at Ling’er, that inexplicable sense of familiarity persisted.
But now, he no longer pondered the source of this familiarity.
He simply regarded Ling’er as a good friend.
“Come help me with something.”
At this moment, Old Turtle’s voice came through.
Fang Yu left the ice cave and came to the cave where Old Turtle was.
Old Turtle held a small medicinal furnace in his hand and passed it to Fang Yu, saying, “Help me use maximum heat to concentrate the liquid inside until only one drop remains.”
Fang Yu looked at the small furnace, which was filled with dark green liquid.
“Just one drop?” Fang Yu asked.
“Yes, you should be able to control the heat well, right? Don’t burn it dry… otherwise, all our efforts will be wasted,” Old Turtle said.
Fang Yu didn’t speak, but gripped the small furnace with his right hand and focused his mind.
After obtaining the Fire Jade, Fang Yu’s control over flames had become more effortless.
With a single thought, his right hand ignited with red-gold flames, heating the small furnace until it glowed red.
Fang Yu watched the contents of the small furnace carefully, controlling the heat to the optimal level.
In about seven minutes, only a single drop of concentrated deep green liquid remained in the small furnace.