novelraw Chapter 295 - 181: Quanquan Hu’s Enhanced Treasure-Seeking Ability!
Chapter 295 - 181: Quanquan Hu’s Enhanced Treasure-Seeking Ability!
"Sob sob sob."
"Sob sob sob."
Without finding the documents, we can’t make Nasal Soup.
If we can’t make Nasal Soup, Master’s Alchemy Path will be stuck.
What should we do?
Bai Mo squatted down, petted Black Star’s head, and stroked Pang Youyou’s neck.
"Don’t be like this!
"We’re just picking up trash, whether we find something or not is all up to luck.
"Finding something is lucky, not finding something is normal. No need to be disheartened.
"Let’s have an extra meal at the canteen later!"
The group of fox apprentices still drooped their ears, unable to lift their spirits.
"If we can’t find anything here, let’s just leave it for now.
"Maybe other areas have something?
"Our progress is already fast, no need to rush, take it slow."
The vast majority of apprentices had already given up.
In the ruins, in the deep pit, only Quanquan Hu frowned, tilted its head, still sulking.
It fiddled with its round whiskers.
"Huh?"
Why hasn’t the treasure-hunting antenna responded?
It shouldn’t be like this!
Aren’t those few Copper Plates treasures?
It bent down, stuck its tail up, sniffed the soil with its nose, trying to get the round whiskers closer to the earth... but to no avail. The treasure-hunting antenna still didn’t respond.
"Sob?"
What should I do?
It jumped out of this pit with a "whoosh," hopping around the ruins, looking and sniffing everywhere, hoping to trigger the treasure-hunting antenna once!
...
It’s lunchtime.
In the Fox Mountain canteen, the apprentices were wolfing down their meals.
Some were laughing and boasting, some tilted their heads and giggled, some were savoring today’s drink... coconut iced latte!
It’s made from the coconut milk squeezed from Black Hair Coconuts, mixed with coffee beans unique to Fox Mountain.
The flavor is rich and mellow, the foxes love it!
Beside the small stone table, Quanquan Hu nibbled on a Golden Purple Taro, drank coconut iced latte, still drooped its ears, still looking gloomy.
Now it somewhat doubts... is its treasure-hunting skill malfunctioning?
If it can’t even find these Copper Plates, will it still be effective in the future?
Sitting cross-legged beside, Bai Mo took a sip of coffee and petted Quanquan Hu’s head.
"Don’t be upset!
"I reckon it’s very possible that the Copper Plate, which recorded the cases, has already been destroyed.
"If it truly is like that, then naturally, you won’t find something that’s already destroyed, something that doesn’t exist.
"That male Ancient Immortal died in old age, miserable and full of regret. If he destroyed all the relics related to his wife before he died, it’s understandable."
Quanquan Hu furrowed its brows.
"Sob sob sob?"
Listening to Master talk about the Ancient Immortal, it seemed to sense something.
"Huh?"
It gestured, wanting Master to tell it more.
Bai Mo looked at the fellow, seeing coffee stuck to its round whiskers.
Could it really sense relics based on the characters’ lives?
Is it that buggy?
Following the principle of training apprentices, Bai Mo began to narrate the story of the male Ancient Immortal.
"He once had a wife, but she was strong and he was weak..."
As Bai Mo spoke, more and more apprentices crowded over.
They all came to hear Master tell stories!
One by one, they sat cross-legged in a circle, holding coffee, listening for a while, then sipping a mouthful, feeling very cozy.
Only Quanquan Hu held its coffee, pricked its ears attentively. Listening for a bit, it also took a sip.
Listening to Master talk about this, it furrowed its brows, tilted its fat head, feeling rather confused... after all, it’s just a fox, hard to grasp human’s complex emotions.
After listening for a long time, its round whiskers quivered slightly, but that was because of the coffee, not any sensing.
"Ah..."
It pondered for a moment, stretched out a paw, tugging at Master.
Gestured in fox-speak,
"Sob sob ah ah ah, sob sob sob!"
It wanted Master to accompany it to the ruins again in the afternoon!
...
"Is this the male Ancient Immortal’s former dormitory?"
The dug-up ruins, full of pits and wells in the earth, low walls and broken walls in between, a dozen apprentices, along with Bai Mo, came to the male Ancient Immortal’s dormitory.
Quanquan Hu puffed up its round belly, its fox face was full of seriousness.
Watching it wearing the mud-soaked Ancient Immortal robe, the half-rusted Ancient Immortal Bronze Crown, swaggering into the male Ancient Immortal’s dormitory with flair.
Looking left, looking right, relying on intuition to find the ruins of the room corresponding to the bedroom, jumping in, lying down, facing the sky, eyes rolling around, looking at this, looking at that, and then turning over.
Bai Mo watched it play role-playing next to him, thinking, could this really be useful?
He suddenly saw Quanquan Hu’s whiskers actually twitch slightly!
"Ying ying ying! Aow aow aow!"
It jumped up excitedly, turning around in this male Ancient Immortal’s courtyard.
Then it "whooshed" away, jumping to the female Ancient Immortal’s luxurious dormitory.
Bai Mo followed with his disciples, and saw Quanquan Hu in the female Ancient Immortal’s dormitory, finding the ruins of the largest room, sitting cross-legged inside.
"This room is similar to a classroom.
The female Ancient Immortal usually guided others, probably here."
Quanquan Hu’s face was solemn, and he sat cross-legged in the room. Wearing a robe and a crown, he seemed to think he was truly an Ancient Immortal seeking knowledge from millions of years ago.
Bai Mo stood not far away, feeling emotional.
"Is this an immersive experience? Putting oneself in the role of the male Ancient Immortal?"
He then saw that rascal Quanquan Hu, dressed in a robe, wearing a crown, jumping into another room in the female Ancient Immortal’s dormitory.
"Could that be the female Ancient Immortal’s bedroom?
"Is Quanquan Hu simulating the male Ancient Immortal entering the female Ancient Immortal’s bedroom?
"Simulating the male Ancient Immortal barging into someone’s boudoir?"
Bai Mo pulled at the corners of his mouth, suddenly feeling this male Ancient Immortal was quite sleazy.
Yet, he saw Quanquan Hu acting mysteriously, circling around the room again, and suddenly his whiskers trembled wildly.
"Aow?
"Ying ying ying!"
It was full of excitement, pointing to the deep pit that was just dug up in the morning in the room, for the master to see!
Bai Mo walked up.
"Is there something in this deep pit?
"Can’t be.
"But this pit has already reached the groundwater.
"Could it be that there’s something under the groundwater?"
Quanquan Hu tilted his head, not too sure either.
But in its intuition, there was indeed a treasure down below!
Bai Mo nodded.
"Then I’ll go down and take a look."
With a "whoosh," his whole body burst into bright green flames, and with a "swoosh," he jumped into the pit, landing with a "splash" sound in the water at the bottom of the pit.
Soon after, he leapt lightly out of the pit, standing firm at the edge, hugging a small bronze box in his arms.
"Hahaha.
"Underneath the groundwater, there really was something!
"This sneaky Ancient Immortal, like a rat, buried things too deep!"
The fox disciples all gathered around.
"Ying ying ying?"
"Aow aow aow?"
"Ying ying ying?"
What is inside this small bronze box?
Is there the document that the master wants?
"This is still a Small Space Medicine Box, whether or not it has produced anything, we’ve profited regardless."
Bai Mo sat cross-legged, and the disciples also sat cross-legged around him.
Master and disciples all eagerly anticipated, brushing away the dirt on the box, and started to open it!
Opening the box, the first thing that caught their eyes was actually a large bunch of dried flowers. These dried flowers, made with special techniques, could be preserved for millions of years without decay, similar to today’s plastic flowers.
Worthless!
Bai Mo threw them to the disciples.
The disciples tossed them behind them.
[... Lady Yun, I don’t know if you can come back, but if you do return and see this letter, I must already be old and gone by then...]
Ah?
Bai Mo suddenly understood, was this box the things left by the male Ancient Immortal for the female Ancient Immortal?
He buried things underground in the female Ancient Immortal’s room, waiting for her to return. But after millions of years, this box inexplicably sank, all the way down beneath the groundwater?
Bai Mo furrowed his brow, skimming through the letter... it’s of no great value, just some sentimental words expressing longing and emotions.
Bai Mo threw the letter to the disciples.
The disciples passed it on, touched it, and tossed it behind them.
Bai Mo continued to unpack the box, finding dishes the male and female Ancient Immortal had once used for dining together, tokens of their love, life-saving medications left by the female Ancient Immortal for the male, all the love letters the male Ancient Immortal had written to the female...
Very touching!
But Bai Mo was not interested, casually throwing these items to the disciples.
One by one, the disciples took turns examining, touching, and after getting a fresh look, they all casually tossed them behind.
These trinkets weren’t even valued by Fox Mountain. Even if the life-saving medicine was refined by the female Ancient Immortal for the male Ancient Immortal, after millions of years, it had long expired, turning into garbage.
Finally, Bai Mo dug out a narrow copper plate.
The copper plate also had Sequence Seven text, but the handwriting was different from the male Ancient Immortal, more graceful, seeming as though left by the female Ancient Immortal.
The content of the text made Bai Mo overjoyed... it was precisely the case of the Nasal Soup, once guided by the female Ancient Immortal!
Bai Mo rubbed Quanquan Hu’s head and laughed aloud.
"Found it!"