Chapter 72 The Treasure Bottle
Soon, led by Zhisheng Luo, everyone found this beach where the lighthouse could be seen.
White waves danced on the horizon, and the air was very fresh. As it was far from the city, few people were around.
Standing on this beach, you could see the horizon where the sea and sky merged into one, as well as the seaweed floating with the tide.
Resting in such a place was undoubtedly very relaxing, but Lonis looked around curiously.
Because there were only two puzzles left.
The dark black park and the little fox on the stone tablet.
However, there was nothing like that around. Looking around, there were only primitive scenes, nothing special.
So, could it be that…
As time passed, the original park and stone tablet in these places had been destroyed?
After all, Luo Bei wrote this treasure map a thousand years ago, and it was common for things to change while people remained the same.
So…
“Wuwuwu!”
“Hmph, idiot Lonis. I think if Luo Bei really knew about us, he would have considered the situation a thousand years later… Otherwise, how could a silly fox be floating on a stone tablet?”
“Woo!”
“So, we must have overlooked some information… Well, we’ll stop searching here for today. We’ll continue searching again tomorrow morning.”
“Waa?”
Lonis blinked, not understanding why Elus said they would come again tomorrow morning.
However, everyone had been searching for a whole day and was very tired… Especially Lonis. A little loli’s body was originally inconvenient for movement, and she was even more exhausted at this moment.
“I propose we rest today. How does everyone feel about that?”
“Mm, let’s do that.”
“What do you guys want to eat tonight?”
“Anything is fine, how about garlic scallops? They’re very popular here recently.”
“Yay, yay!”
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Thus, the girls went to rest.
However, while everyone was resting, Elus secretly took Lonis by the hand and walked out of the room.
“Wuwu? (Elus, what are you doing?)”
“Walking the dog. Other people’s puppies need to be walked every day, but my adopted puppy just knows how to lie in bed, and its exercise is not up to standard.”
“Wuwu! (That’s too much, who’s a puppy?)”
“Hmph, a little fox with a collar is like a puppy, isn’t it? Stop the nonsense and come with me.”
“Wuwuwu…”
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Although it was called dog walking, Elus actually had other plans.
She led Lonis to the beach they had found earlier – but compared to the daytime, it was extremely quiet. The bright moonlight shone on the silvery white sand, making the scattered shells sparkle.
Lonis was stunned because she was surprised to find that the beach was much wider than it looked during the day. Looking around, it always made one’s mood inexplicably calm.
“Wuwu?”
“Hmph, hasn’t the little idiot discovered it yet? At this time of night, the tide goes out.”
“!”
“So, some scenes submerged under the sea will also emerge… Do you see that pitted rock cluster ahead? That’s probably the dark green park.”
“Wow?”
Lonis’s body trembled, and she finally discovered the rock cluster hidden at the bottom of the sea. The shape was pitted and looked like some ancient stone gate. Due to the presence of seaweed, it had turned dark green.
“Wuwu… (Could it be… that this puzzle is also related to time?)”
“Hmph, of course it is. Because the word ‘time’ is the key to solving this puzzle. It’s impossible to find the answer by searching only during a certain period… The twilight seaweed and the night park are all like this.”
“!”
“(Then what does the last puzzle, the little fox floating on the stone tablet, mean? There’s no stone tablet around either.)”
“So, that’s the key to tomorrow morning. You’d better see it clearly~~”
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The next morning, the girls gathered on the beach again.
This time, everyone was prepared and almost confidently found the treasure.
Even Lonis’s heart couldn’t help but pound, as she knew they were only one step away from the truth.
That was…
“Well, is everyone ready? We need to go to different places according to the clues on the puzzle.”
“Mm, we’re ready.”
“Okay, then Miss Eight-tailed Fox will go to the seaweed area, Miss Lian Lan will go to the lighthouse, Cécile and Bai Ye will go to the place I marked… As for the idiot little fox? Look up to the east.”
“East?”
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Lonis was stunned and looked east.
It was early morning, and the sun had just emerged from the distant horizon… But because this place was the west coast of Nile Port, they couldn’t see the scenery of the sun rising from the sea.
However, precisely because of this.
The sun just swept across the sky of Nile Port. Both the wooden buildings and the tall buildings were completely bathed in the sun, turning into a dark silhouette.
And what was the most magnificent among them?
It was the giant tower used for people to use the Wind Cloak.
It was very tall, and the central structure was hollow. But at this moment, under the sunlight, it formed a perfect straight line!
Its long shadow was cast on the ground…
Finally, near the beach, it condensed into a stone tablet formed entirely of shadow!
“Th-this is…”
“Little fox, quickly run to the tip of the stone tablet and stand in position.”
“Wuwu! (Going now.)”
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Thus, the girls came to their respective positions.
There were four positions in total, and they happened to form a perfect cross.
“Bai Ye is in position.”
“I’m in position too.”
“Well, then the treasure must be in the center!”
The girls connected the lines, and the very center position was the secret treasure spot.
“Candelle, Senior Luo, let’s dig here quickly!”
“Okay!”
“The treasure is buried in a place like this… What could it be? I’m so excited?”
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After determining the location, everyone worked together to dig.
And after everyone dug more than ten meters…
A small glass bottle was revealed from the soil.
It looked like an ordinary beer bottle, but its surface was opaque. From the outside, it was impossible to tell what was inside.
But even so…
The girls could still judge that this was the treasure left by the Pirate King Luo Bei, because it not only had pirate symbols but also the family crest familiar to Zhisheng Luo.
Then…
“Senior Elus, can I open it?”
“Mm, open it. Perhaps there is something very important inside?”
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