Chapter 1964 — The Matching Blueprint
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"A strange old fellow, like a madman." With that, Wei Zhao recounted to Sun Jingyan the whole scene of encountering the madman in the cave on his way back from the Ice Palace trial, and then said, "At the time, the madman took me for his disciple and gave me this map. Then he asked me for the other half and wanted to take me treasure hunting... You know I didn't want to keep the thing for myself. I meant to find a chance to return it to him, but in the middle of the night he ran off..."
"So that means the madman's disciple might be my father?" Sun Jingyan immediately connected the dots regarding the map's origin.
"Possibly. But even if not, there's a strong connection," Wei Zhao said. "In any case, now that you have half the map too, I may as well give this one to you."
"You... you don't want to know what treasure this map leads to?" Sun Jingyan looked at Wei Zhao in surprise, unable to understand why he would hand the thing over so lightly.
"Ha, whatever treasure there is belongs to your father and that madman. And this jade pendant is with you, so now it's yours," Wei Zhao said with a smile. "If it were anyone else, I might well snatch it. But you're my sweetheart — of course I won't fight you for it."
"All right, thank you!" Sun Jingyan said sincerely. "Actually, it's not that I must have some treasure. I only want to find some traces and clues about my parents from back then. I truly dislike the Sun family as it is now — they're too obsessed with profit, and in everything they consider only the family's interests."
"Since that madman was a Heaven-rank expert, anything he called a treasure can't be bad. Once you find it, it may do you good," Wei Zhao said. "Only, I'm not quite sure what place this map shows. It should be a map of the area around some mountain range, but which one, there's no marking on it. If you want to search, you'd best compare the features on this map with maps of other mountain ranges."
"Mm!" It was plain that Sun Jingyan could hardly wait to go looking for the place on the map.
But Wei Zhao understood her feelings. Were it himself, suddenly learning news of his parents, he too would be impatient to hunt for clues.
They drove all the way back to Donghai City. Wei Zhao parked the car at the villa's gate and asked, "Jingyi, will you come in and sit for a while?"
"I'd better not..." Sun Jingyan hesitated. "It's already past one in the morning — too late. Just give me the map. I'll find a hotel to stay at, and tomorrow I'll rent a place here in Donghai City and study this map."