Every year, numerous disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion submit items they no longer need to the Pavilion in exchange for Contribution Points.

In summary, the warehouse of the Divine Weapon Pavilion can be said to be the largest and most abundant treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty, second only to the national treasury.

"You want a map of Southern Border?" The elder guarding the Southern Heaven Hall was somewhat surprised upon hearing Lu Yu's request.

"Yes, is that available?" Lu Yu nodded and asked.

The elder hesitated for a moment before saying, "We have it, but you can't redeem it. Only personnel at the elder level or above are authorized to exchange for the map of Southern Border."

Lu Yu took out his Identity Token and handed it to the guarding elder. The elder, though a bit puzzled, still accepted Lu Yu's Identity Token.

After verification, he was surprised to discover that Lu Yu actually had the authority to redeem it.

"A Direct Disciple?" The guarding elder speculated to himself. A few strong elders' Direct Disciples could also obtain this level of authorization.

However, he had never seen Lu Yu's face and did not know which elder's Direct Disciple he was.

"Wait a moment, I'll go fetch the map."

The elder returned Lu Yu's Identity Token, then turned and went to the back of the Southern Heaven Hall. Shortly after, he returned, placing a jade plaque on the table in front of Lu Yu.

"Map of Southern Border, drawn five years ago, not to be disclosed. Price: 5000 Contribution Points," the elder said.

5000 Contribution Points... Lu Yu was somewhat speechless and instinctively asked, "Why is it so expensive?"

The elder looked at him and said, "Southern Border is still an undeveloped region. The map of Southern Border is a strategic map, classified as highly confidential information. 5000 Contribution Points is already considered cheap; no other place could possibly have such a detailed map."

Hearing this, Lu Yu silently handed over his Identity Token, deducted 5000 Contribution Points, and picked up the jade plaque.

Spiritual Power activated the jade plaque, and the stored information surged into Lu Yu's mind, leaving a map of Southern Border in his memory.

The map marked strategic cities in Southern Border, villages established at the edges of the cities, and various transmission points, as well as the main settlements of the tribes within the Southern Border forests.

The information was exceedingly detailed, far beyond Lu Yu's expectations.

With a crack, the jade plaque in Lu Yu's hand shattered, and all the stored information vanished along with its shards. It was a one-time knowledge-transfer jade plaque, designed to self-destruct after use to prevent information leakage.

With the positions of An Nan City and Sanshi Village now known to Lu Yu, and with such an incredibly detailed map, he could directly mark the locations of Threefold Mountain, Cloud Peak Celestial Lake, and the Land of the Sun on the map in his mind.

It's unknown whether the mapmaker hadn't been there or for some other reason, but the map did not mark these three particularly scenic locations.

Through calculations, three red dots appeared on Lu Yu's mental map, forming a center, which was the land of ice and fire poles.

"This distance... must be forty or fifty thousand miles away!"

Seeing the points marked on his mental map and the distance to An Nan City, Lu Yu roughly estimated that the distance between them was at least over 40,000 miles.

"It's quite far!"

As Lu Yu was about to leave, he remembered what Li Ruofu had said before, and asked, "Elder Wen, what's the Southern Barbarian invasion?"

Elder Wen casually replied, "The tribes of Southern Border annually unite to attack the base bridgehead cities of the Great Zhou stationed in Southern Border. If you're interested, you can take on a task."

"Seeing you've exchanged for a map of Southern Border, are you planning to do something there? You might as well take on a defense assistance task. It won't affect you anyway and maybe you'll even get some contribution points or rewards."

"Thank you, Elder Wen, for the advice," Lu Yu expressed his gratitude and turned to leave.

Watching Lu Yu's departing figure, Elder Wen lay on an elderly chair, gently rocking, "I wonder which elder took a Direct Disciple and has made no movement; are they hoping to keep it hidden?"

"Never mind, it's none of my business. I've already retreated to the rear, and they can compete for those matters themselves."

In Southern Heaven Hall, where Martial Cultivators at the Breath Congregation realm receive tasks, Lu Yu took on a task to resist the Southern Barbarian invasion, a task of the Earth List level at the Breath Congregation realm, which only disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion at Breath Congregation realm seven or above could accept.

This indicated how intense the battles erupting in Southern Border were, as disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion below the Breath Congregation realm couldn't protect themselves anywhere.

"Slay the Poison Witch Race warrior Wu Xue, Heaven List task, reward: 3000 Contribution Points. Note: You can only accept this task after completing three Earth List tasks. Accepted: 7 times, Completed: 0 times."

"Slay the Poison Witch Race's poison witch, Heaven List task, reward: 2200 Contribution Points. Note: You can only accept this task after completing three Earth List tasks. Accepted: 11 times, Completed: 3 times."

...

Besides resisting the Southern Barbarian invasion, there was a heap of tasks on the Heaven List specifying the killing of certain targets.

"Kill a poison witch and you get 2200 Contribution Points, equivalent to 2200 Spirit Stones, what a pity." Lu Yu lamented as he looked at the Heaven List task, surprised at how valuable that pretend-dead old man was.

Even though he coveted the task rewards, there was no way to accept them; the requirements for accepting the tasks were noted above, namely completing three Earth List tasks.

He had only completed one Qi Cultivation level Yellow List task once, and then never accepted another task.

If he were to team up, he could have an eligible teammate accept the tasks, but Lu Yu did not have plans to team up.

His goal wasn't to earn Contribution Points either.

From the task to resist the Southern Barbarian invasion, Lu Yu learned the details of the Southern Barbarian invasion and other historical records left by disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion who participated in battles in past years.

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