Chapter 1072: Clues (2/2)
But I discovered something. There is a passageway from the external branch to the outside of the city, we don't know where it is and how it can be accessed, but there is definitely a way.”
Sam explained his findings.
”Boss, I got a few hints from them. But all of them are regarding the environment around the sect.
First, they have their own fields and they don't explore herbs that much. They have a strong source of frost essence with a decently high purity nearby.
The person that came with me is fond of many fish that are common in this place and he seems to be used to eating them daily. But among the fish he mentioned, one of them is not so common in the stream near the city.
It is rarely seen in the stream but mostly stays in some relatively stagnant water, at least according to my inquiry.
They have mountains in their region and the wild beasts are not so common in their territory as they would send all the people to the city to take missions related to wild beasts to get the basic battle experience.
I don't know if this is useful. But this is the only thing I could get.”
Five Elemental King explained his findings.
Sam couldn't help but feel surprised by his findings and then he gave out a smile. Because, even though these findings look normal, they are absolutely not.
They are actually very important and narrow down the search for a few places in the vicinities.
The first clue is that the sect grows their own herbs, if this is a regular place then this information is not worth the trouble, because every sect would have its own herb field. But they are currently in ice plains, every part of it is covered in thick layers of snow and ice, it is not easy to maintain a field, and finding land that could be cultivated year-round is a task that would make one curse their own ancestors.
The source of frost essence is also an important clue. Even though the frost essence is not that rare in these ice plains and they could be seen everywhere, in the stream, on the mountain, sometimes in the forests too, but it is mostly crude and impure. To have a pure frost essence resource, the places are few.
In the same way, even the location of the fish is a hint.
Now they can narrow down some locations and search to see if they could find any clues.
The meeting was over after the rest of the team described whatever they learned.
There are not many significant discoveries they got.
The next day, they focused on getting the layouts and maps of the surrounding areas. These are mostly bought by some low-level cultivators who are amateurs in exploring, but they didn't mind, they got everything they could get and then they marked the areas with all the discoveries that Five elemental King made.
And then the searching began.
While the team went to different locations, Sam followed the route left by the golem before it disappeared.
Of course, he didn't go to the rear of the external branch, he went to the place outside the city and started his search from the point which is the first location he sensed from the spiritual imprint.
But when he went there, he was surprised to see that there is nothing there.
He couldn't see anything.
There was only an ice field without anything in the sight, but he still followed the path he could map out with his memory and finally stopped at the spot where the spiritual imprint completely disappeared.
This made him feel a bit confused. There are no signs of battle and in fact, there is not a single sign of any activity except some Frost Elks that are moving around in the field taking a bite of some frost grass that was growing there.
Sam hunted an elk and went back to the inn with it as he cooked the food.
He was confused by what he saw. The whole path is completely clear and there is no sign of anyone moving there. But the spiritual imprint definitely disappeared there.