Puyang in Incheon County, Goryeo, was on the verge of the Seoul metropolitan area, less than forty kilometers from Seoul, the central city of the Seoul metropolitan area. It took twenty minutes to get there by taxi.
But Qin Yexuan was just strolling by the shore, with no intention of leaving Puyang.
Many facilities along the coast were closed, and the few amusement parks were also out of business. Qin Yexuan walked back and forth between the two amusement parks more than four times.
"What exactly are you trying to do?" Folian was getting more and more annoyed.
"I'm looking for spiritual power items..." Qin Yexuan shrugged, "I only have 10 spiritual power points in my bank card, which is not enough."
Folian scoffed, "Then why didn't you take Liu Yuantai's? He could have given us at least one or two thousand spiritual power points, enough for us to do things."
"I told you, Liu Yuantai's spiritual power points will be tracked by the organization, so they can't be used."
Folian was dismissive, "Does the Seven Stars Society have that much free time to track a few thousand spiritual power points?"
If spiritual power points were compared to the old currency, about 1 point would be equivalent to a thousand yuan, and a thousand points would be only a million yuan. The Seven Stars Society would indeed not enable tracking for such a small amount of money.
But Qin Yexuan's consideration was more far-reaching: "Liu Yuantai is a chess piece I value very much. He cannot have any flaws, so we have to make money ourselves."
As he spoke, he suddenly stopped, pointing to a corner at the edge of the amusement park, "Under that swim ring, dig thirty centimeters down, there's a spiritual power shell!"
Folian stared at him, "Are you kidding me? You found a spiritual power item so easily?"
In the first month of the spiritual energy resurgence, spiritual power items were practically everywhere.
By the third month, it was difficult to find spiritual power items even by digging three feet deep.
In just two months, with billions of people in the world searching, all treasures had been dug up.
And Qin Yexuan had only walked back and forth a few steps and suddenly found a spiritual power item?
Seeing Folian's expression, Qin Yexuan smiled, "Did you forget my ability?"
"All beings are equal, of course I know, but..."
Folian frowned, "But I can't think of how your ability can help you find items."
Qin Yexuan walked forward calmly. An invisible barrier, which no one could see, appeared. This barrier was spherical, with a diameter of about two meters, enveloping the surrounding area.
"Because all beings are equal, within my detection range, spiritual power items will temporarily lose their spiritual energy. The moment I break this ability, those items will instantly restore their spiritual energy. Such a short period of spiritual energy change will produce some phenomena, such as faint light and shadow, strange aura..."
Qin Yexuan smiled, "It's like a signal being cut off and then turned back on, it's easier to detect."
Folian was stunned and couldn't help but cheer, grabbing his hand, "You're a super spiritual item detector!"
Excitedly, she pulled open the railing and dug about twenty centimeters under the swim ring, finding a pale green shell.
The surface of the shell was covered by a piece of plastic, so the treasure hunters didn't find it. Only Qin Yexuan's special ability could locate it so precisely.
Holding the shell, Qin Yexuan and Folian found a conversion station nearby.
The so-called conversion station was used to convert spiritual power items into points. These conversion stations were very much like the ATMs of banks in the past.
Each conversion station had at least twenty machines, each protected by a cubicle, advertised as having absolute privacy.
But in reality, most people knew that these conversion stations were full of surveillance equipment.
And the most ingenious thing was that these surveillance devices were driven by spiritual energy.
Qin Yexuan activated the barrier from two meters away. The area around the nearest converter instantly darkened, and all surveillance devices lost their effectiveness.
Folian took the opportunity to put the shell into the converter.
Qin Yexuan controlled the range of the barrier so that the converter was not affected in any way.
With a beep, 90 spiritual power points were added to the spiritual card, and the shell disappeared.
Now they had 100 spiritual power points.
Qin Yexuan then took Folian to a place called "Guangcang Grand Market" north of Puyang.
After walking around for a few laps, Qin Yexuan pulled Folian into a small room with a sign that read "Jin Ju".
The boss was smoking and cursing at the computer, playing a game.
Qin Yexuan gently tapped the desk, "Hello, I'd like a map."
The boss looked up, scratching his greasy hair, "There are no maps here, kid. Go to Myeongdong, or print one online at a coffee shop."
He waved his hand, still patient.
Qin Yexuan put down the spiritual card, "Not that kind... um, I want a map that shows Longchuan. Uncle, understand? Like the American Longchuan military base!"
The boss's eyes flickered. He stared at the two of them, rubbed the dirt on his chest, and suddenly turned and shouted.
The door facing the computer was opened, and a fat man nearly two meters tall waddled out, his body shaking with fat.
The boss gestured with his chin. The fat man clenched his fist and grinned, lunging at the two of them.
He spotted Folian at a glance, his eyes lit up, and he grabbed at her with his large hand.
Folian's demonic energy circulated throughout her body, but Qin Yexuan stepped forward, slowly deployed his barrier, drew his gun, and fired, all in one go.
The fat man's protective spiritual energy instantly disappeared. He stared with wide eyes and fell down, cracking the entire floor.
The boss was stunned.
Qin Yexuan smiled coldly, grabbed the keyboard, and smashed it over.
The boss fell down, his face covered in blood.
Qin Yexuan pointed at the boss, "Go, find out what's going on. Isn't this an underground black market? I can't even buy a military map?"
Folian silently dragged the dead fat man behind the door, then grabbed the boss by the hair and dragged him into the restroom.
After a muffled scream, Folian came out, wiping her hands, "The original of that map is on his phone. I got the phone password."
Qin Yexuan frowned, "Didn't you ask why he suddenly attacked?"
Folian chuckled, "It has nothing to do with the map. The boss recognized we were from Daxia, so he wanted to capture us for a reward."
Qin Yexuan was speechless, "Someone is offering a reward for us?"
"It's not a reward for us. The person offering the reward probably doesn't know our information. She's directly offering a reward for all people from Daxia, capturing whoever she sees."
Qin Yexuan's eyes flickered, "Did you find out who is offering the reward?"
"This idiot only knows it's a chaebol's daughter who is offering the reward. He investigated it himself and suspects it's from the Jinshi Consortium..."
Jinshi Consortium.
Qin Yexuan immediately waved his hand, "I know who it is."
Folian had already obtained the map Qin Yexuan needed and quickly asked, "Who is it? How dare she offer a reward for our people from Daxia, doesn't she want to live?"
"I'll take you to find her directly!" Qin Yexuan said, then looked deeply at Folian, "Actually, you are from Goryeo, a pure-blooded one."
Folian's body stiffened, and she sneered, "I don't admit it!"
She walked out angrily.