Since he had decided to leave this place, a precise map was essential.

Therefore, before that, whether he wanted to or not, he still had to make a trip to the Jade Market.

Early the next morning, Leaf Gray's figure appeared in the Providentia Merchant Alliance.

According to what Seraphina Vale said before her death, she had accidentally seen him during his second transaction at the Merchant Alliance. It happened that the person named Marcus Thorne was familiar with her. Through Marcus Thorne, she easily inquired about the transaction details.

At that time, Seraphina Vale guessed that Leaf Gray controlled a rich ore vein. She developed ill intentions and ultimately couldn't suppress her greed. She contacted the fair-skinned man, telling him to be ready at all times.

After that, Seraphina Vale kept watch daily.

It wasn't until Leaf Gray went to the Merchant Alliance for the third time and conducted an even larger transaction that she made up her mind, leading to the fair-skinned man's pursuit.

Seraphina Vale, afraid the fair-skinned man would take all the benefits for himself, asked for leave not long after Leaf Gray left and tracked him all the way. Who would have thought she would witness Leaf Gray killing the fair-skinned man, and ultimately lose her own life too.

Given Seraphina Vale's state before death, it was impossible for her to lie. So, for a short time, no one should know about her life or death.

For the moment, he was safe. This was also the reason Leaf Gray hurried to the market.

He had previously sold the Metamagnetic Ore bit by bit, afraid of attracting anyone's attention. Each sale's proceeds only met his short-term cultivation needs.

Now that he had decided to leave this place, there was no need to worry so much. First, acquire a map to determine the location of The Vermilion Guild's headquarters!

Half an hour later, in a private room, Leaf Gray drank tea until he was full. A middle-aged man politely handed Leaf Gray a palm-sized white jade disc, along with two bottles containing eighteen Spirit Nurturing Pills, three bottles containing fifteen Healing Pills, and over ten spirit stones.

This time, Leaf Gray sold twelve pieces of Metamagnetic Ore at once! The proceeds were over six hundred spirit stones.

In the outer circles of the battlefield, this was undoubtedly a large transaction, worthy of the middle-aged man's courteous treatment of Leaf Gray.

The facts proved that, barring some coincidences, doing business at the Providentia Merchant Alliance was quite safe. Leaf Gray had been four times, and each time he dealt with a different person. Unless he brought out too many goods like this time, it was difficult to be targeted. Of course, being targeted was also due to Leaf Gray's low strength.

If he were a fourth or fifth-level Lingxi cultivator, Seraphina Vale would never have dared to entertain such thoughts.

Transaction completed, the middle-aged man escorted Leaf Gray to the door and also presented him with a name card, explicitly stating that if Leaf Gray had anything to sell next time, he could contact him in advance, and he would definitely offer a good price.

This was treatment Leaf Gray hadn't received in his first three visits.

Naturally, Leaf Gray readily agreed.

Leaving the Providentia Merchant Alliance, Leaf Gray, as usual, exchanged all those spirit stones for food and some daily necessities.

Spirit stones weren't very useful to him. This trip might involve traveling far, inevitably facing exposure to the elements, so some daily necessities were essential.

Fortunately, he had enough storage bags and didn't need to worry about running out of space.

After this transaction, the number of Spirit Nurturing Pills in Leaf Gray's possession increased to one hundred and eleven, and Healing Pills reached twenty-two. However, only fourteen pieces of Metamagnetic Ore remained.

He originally thought the Metamagnetic Ore he had would last him a long time, perhaps even enough to cultivate to the ninth level of Lingxi. But now it seemed this stuff was completely insufficient. He still needed to hurry back to The Vermilion Guild headquarters. Only by returning to the sect headquarters could he be considered stable.

A little over half a day later, Leaf Gray returned to his shelter cave and took out the white jade disc.

This was the Ten-Point Map of the Spirit Creek Battlefield! It included the distribution of headquarters of major forces across the entire battlefield, the terrain and features of the battlefield itself, and some dangerous places.

However, remembering that this thing cost six hundred spirit stones made Leaf Gray's heart ache as if bleeding. He hadn't spent six hundred spirit stones on his cultivation so far. But to return to the sect headquarters, this was a necessary cost.

The only comfort was that this item could be updated with information at any branch of the Providentia Merchant Alliance, ensuring it would never become outdated.

Holding the white jade disc with both hands, Leaf Gray channeled spiritual power into it. The disc immediately emitted a soft light, forming a halo on its surface.

The halo twisted and changed, transforming into a map in the blink of an eye.

To Leaf Gray's surprise, it wasn't a flat map but a three-dimensional one. He saw many undulating, continuous mountain ranges on the map, each range having different heights.

At a certain point on the map, there was a constantly flashing light point. Leaf Gray moved his gaze to that position; the light point didn't change. But when he concentrated his spiritual power towards the light point, that area immediately magnified. As spiritual power poured in, the map continuously zoomed in. But the disc was only so big, so as the map enlarged, the area it could encompass gradually shrank.

Finally, the map was zoomed in to the maximum. Leaf Gray saw the light point located in a range of undulating mountains, and the label for those mountains was 'Jade Mountain'.

Looking nearby, there was a label saying 'Jade Market III'.

Leaf Gray immediately understood: that light point was his current location!

And that 'Jade Market III' was the market he frequented. Besides this market, there were labels for Jade Market I, II, up to VI around Jade Mountain.

In other words, there were six markets in total on the periphery of the entire Jade Mountain.

After fiddling with it for a while, Leaf Gray gradually figured out how to use the Ten-Point Map. He began searching for the location of The Vermilion Guild, while inwardly praying desperately that he wasn't too far from the sect headquarters. If it was too far, he didn't know how long it would take to travel back.

The Vermilion Guild was a ninth-grade sect, so its headquarters was naturally in the outer region, which reduced the difficulty of the search. Leaf Gray inspected bit by bit, his gaze passing over name after name. At one point, he almost thought he had found the three words 'The Vermilion Guild', but upon closer look, it was 'The Varmillion Guild', which infuriated him.

After searching half the circle, Leaf Gray still hadn't found The Vermilion Guild, but his tension, which had reached its limit, relaxed because it meant the worst-case scenario couldn't get much worse.

Another moment later, he still hadn't found it, but Leaf Gray's mood instead became cheerful because this meant he wasn't too far from The Vermilion Guild.

Finally, Leaf Gray's gaze fixed on a certain position on the map, where three large characters stood: the very ones he had searched for high and low – The Vermilion Guild.

Found it!

Composing himself slightly, Leaf Gray zoomed out the map and compared his position relative to The Vermilion Guild's location.

His location was a bit west of due south on the map, while The Vermilion Guild's location was a bit north of due west.

In other words, if he wanted to go to The Vermilion Guild headquarters, he needed to head west, traversing a quarter of the battlefield's outer edge arc.

The situation was neither good nor bad, falling within an acceptable range.