On the scroll, light clusters of different colors represented spiritual bodies of different attributes.
"Huh? The largest light cluster is actually so close to me!"
Qi Oliver let out a surprised exclamation and focused his mind on the center of the scroll. At the center of the scroll was a cyan light cluster the size of a fist. Among the other light clusters of various colors, very few were even as big as a soybean!
A fist-sized cluster on the map equaled a mountain-sized entity in reality. Therefore, the place where this cyan light cluster was located must be a spiritual treasure trove with extremely abundant reserves!
When Qi Oliver focused his mind on the location marked on the map, he couldn't help but freeze slightly.
"This spiritual treasure trove is actually in the Huang family?"
The Huang family was only one street away from the Meng family, so on the Heavenly Map, its location was very close to Qi Oliver's. Although this was not the Qi family's territory, the scene he saw was a place he had visited before! This place was not only the Huang family residence but also the courtyard of Huang Isabella, the eldest young lady of the Huang family!
A month ago, Qi Oliver had accompanied Meng Sophia to visit Huang Isabella. At that time, Meng Sophia had intended to sound out Huang Isabella about whether she was willing to marry her elder brother, Meng Nathan. After Huang Isabella figured out their intention, she immediately fell out with Meng Sophia, and the visit ended on a sour note.
"First, let's find out what kind of spiritual treasure the light cluster under this courtyard is!"
With a thought, Qi Oliver's mind probed downward toward the ground under the courtyard. After sinking a hundred meters, his mind directly penetrated a thin layer of milky-white radiance without causing any fluctuation of power. This layer of radiance was a rather powerful restrictive force. No wonder the spiritual treasure trove, which was right under the Huang family, had never been discovered. If Qi Oliver didn't have a divine artifact like the Heavenly Map, he would never have imagined that a spiritual treasure trove was sealed deep underground in the Huang family residence!
"What's this...?"
"The Earth Vortex Spirit Lake!"
"Unexpectedly, there's a sealed Earth Vortex Spirit Lake underground in this remote small city!"
Qi Oliver couldn't help but feel delighted. Inside the restriction, what Qi Oliver saw was an underground spirit lake with a radius of 100 meters. Although its area was not very large, the liquid in the spirit lake was extremely pure spiritual liquid! A single drop of spiritual liquid was equivalent to a hundred Spirit Stones! This entire lake of spiritual liquid was an extremely huge amount of cultivation resources! Moreover, compared to Spirit Stones, spiritual liquid was much easier to absorb! With this lake of spiritual liquid, it would be enough for Qi Oliver to cultivate to the peak of the Spiritual Martial Realm!
"However, the fact that this spirit lake is in the Huang family—even under Huang Isabella's courtyard—does bring some trouble..."
Qi Oliver frowned slightly and began to think of a way. Now that he had discovered the spirit lake, he would never let it remain sealed underground! The Huang family was one of the powerful clans with profound foundations in Yuan Spirit City, and its strength was much stronger than the Meng family's. But with Qi Oliver's current strength, it would be no problem for him to charge directly into the Huang family and take it over. However, Qi Oliver had his own principles in his two lives of cultivation: he would not attack others unless they attacked him; but if others attacked him, he would retaliate a hundredfold! At present, he had no enmity with the Huang family, so he couldn't wipe out the entire family just for the sake of a spirit lake.
After thinking for a moment, Qi Oliver's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Perhaps this method will work!"
Qi Oliver smiled softly and withdrew his mind from the spirit lake. Instead, he shifted his focus to spy on the rooms above. To the right of the main house was a cultivation room. At this moment, inside the cultivation room, a beautiful woman in an elegant yellow dress was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, fully immersed in cultivation. Her figure was graceful, like a budding yellow chrysanthemum. In front of her were placed hundreds of Spirit Stones. As she activated her cultivation technique, wisps of cyan qi drifted out of each Spirit Stone and flowed into her body.
"She's quite diligent. It's a pity that the cultivation technique she's practicing is too inferior."
Qi Oliver muttered to himself and withdrew his mind from the Heavenly Map. He found a piece of white paper and took out a brush and ink. For a martial arts expert who had once reached the peak realm, drawing a map was an extremely simple task. Soon, a map centered on the Meng family, covering a radius of 50 li, was completed under Qi Oliver's brush. The range displayed on the Heavenly Map was directly related to Qi Oliver's cultivation. The stronger his physical cultivation, the larger the range the Heavenly Map could display. According to what was shown on the Heavenly Map, he marked the locations of the slightly larger light clusters on the map. These light clusters represented places where spiritual energy resources were stored. Although there were tens of thousands of dense light clusters on the Heavenly Map, he ignored those that were too small. He only marked the locations of 72 relatively large light clusters. The resources stored in these locations should all be quite good.
"Li Theodore, Elder Qin, come to my courtyard."
Qi Oliver's lips moved slightly as he transmitted his voice using spiritual power. Although the Master Realm belonged to the Mortal Martial stage, one could already initially use the ability to condense sound with spiritual power. Upon receiving the spiritual power transmission, Li Theodore and Qin Sebastian hurried over. When they arrived, Qi Oliver was already standing in the courtyard waiting for them.
"Maste... Master, what orders do you have?" Li Theodore asked, cupping his hands. Out of habit, he had almost called Qi Oliver "Master Son-in-law", but then he realized that the Meng family no longer existed—so there was no such title anymore! The former "Master Son-in-law" was now the head of the Qi family in Yuan Spirit City!
Qin Sebastian also smiled and cupped his hands: "Master, if you have any tasks, just give the order. This old man will do his best even if it costs me my life!"
Qi Oliver smiled and said: "I do have a task to assign to you two."
As he spoke, Qi Oliver handed the completed map to Qin Sebastian. Qin Sebastian took the map in confusion, glanced at it, and asked in puzzlement: "It seems to be a map of the area around Yuan Spirit City, but this old man is stupid and doesn't understand what Master wants us to do with this map. Also, what do the circles on the map indicate?"
Li Theodore also scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, not understanding either.
Qi Oliver smiled faintly: "Over the past three years, I searched everywhere for Spirit Mines for the Meng family and almost traveled all over the area within a hundred li of Yuan Spirit City. Besides the Spirit Mines I already found, I also discovered some other places where spiritual objects are stored."
"These circles on the map mark the locations of these spiritual objects. Now I order you two to take the other guards in the mansion and retrieve all these spiritual objects one by one according to the directions on the map."
Qin Sebastian and Li Theodore looked at Qi Oliver in shock! The circles on this map were actually the locations of spiritual objects! That meant this map was simply a treasure map! And the master had just handed this treasure map to them like that! What immense trust this was!
"M-Master, do you really trust us that much?" Qin Sebastian asked in a trembling voice. He had originally thought that even if he stayed, Qi Oliver would not trust him so soon. He had even prepared himself to be tested by Qi Oliver, which was why he had said "I will do my best even if it costs me my life" as soon as they met. But Qi Oliver had directly handed him a treasure map marking 72 places with spiritual objects! No matter how valuable each spiritual object was, the 72 places combined would definitely be an enormous fortune—enough to make people covetous and even tempted to betray!
"Yes, Master! You should keep this map secretly by yourself. How can you casually hand it to us?" Li Theodore said, and at the same time, he quickly urged Qin Sebastian: "Elder Qin, quickly fold the map up! We shouldn't look at it!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Sebastian quickly moved to fold the map.
Qi Oliver smiled faintly: "Since you have chosen to follow me, you must do as I command. Keep this map. I, Qi Oliver, have always believed in the people I employ, and I never employ those I don't believe in. Go quickly!"