Well of Mystery

Because there are many springs, the number of jade peach slices used to test the results is limited.So for this morning's experiment, they adopted a rather special method: any hot springs that had been dyed white by yesterday's dye were skipped and no longer tested.For those hot springs that have not been dyed, choose larger-scale jade peaches for experiments, and smaller-scale ones put dyeing agents to see if they have other tributaries.

At this moment, in front of Bai Xiuqi's feet is an open-air spring, and it can be seen that the spring water has been dyed a light orange.He clearly remembered that in the morning he put a silk capsule containing jade peach pulp into the spring water, but at this moment, the big stone used to fix the silk capsule was still pressed in the distance, but the silk capsule was gone.

The visibility of the hot spring water is very high, and you can confirm that the silk capsules have not fallen into the water at a glance.The remaining possibility is that it was taken away by someone.

It seems that the speculation before is not wrong, Huayin and Huayang should have been here.Bai Xiuqi was satisfied with his judgment, so if he continued his search like this, even if he couldn't find the brothers and sisters of the Hua family, he could at least test the results of the hot spring experiment.

After making up his mind to pay attention, he continued to walk up the north slope, looking for the springs he had visited in the morning one by one.But to his slight disappointment, the next three springs were all dyed by more than two kinds of dyes, and the spring water turned into a strange color that is difficult to describe in words, a bit like a high school art class Wash the pen holders for the students.

Fortunately, there are not many tourists on Rose Fire Island, otherwise this strange phenomenon would scare away many people.

The emperor paid off, and Bai Xiuqi finally met Huayang sitting on the steps resting outside the courtyard of the fifth hot spring mark.

"Where's Huayin?" Bai Xiuqi asked.

"It's inside." Hua Yang pointed to the yard beside him, and shook his head helplessly: "Don't let me follow you."

Although she was afraid of those eerie haunted houses, Huayin resolutely and forcefully rejected the suggestion of Huayang's colleagues.Having said that, the two stubborn brothers and sisters are quite alike.

So Bai Xiuqi walked into the haunted house, found Huayin to accompany him to check the spring water, and returned along the original road.The three get back together.

"How about this one?" Hua Yang asked.

Huayin shook her head, and poured out a piece of hard jade peach fruit from the wet silk sac in her hand.

"The spring water was dyed purple." Bai Xiuqi added: "Considering that Jiang Chenglu did not provide a purple dye, it should be the fusion of two or more springs."

"...I understand." Hua Yang was silent for a while, and then nodded: "There is no need to continue searching, we will take back the remaining two pieces of jade peach, and then go down the mountain and return to the hotel."

Hua Yin was surprised: "But brother, there are still seven or eight springs that I haven't seen!"

"There should be no need to check the rest of the place."

Bai Xiuqi already understood Huayang's meaning: "The hot springs that were filled with jade peaches did not use dyeing agents, but they were dyed, so we can follow the vine to rule out those hot springs that were injected with dyeing agents. The remaining few We have all seen the colors of the hot springs at the mouth, which proves that the hot springs in the southern islands are basically connected to each other, and it would be a waste of time to check again."

"Now you all know the importance of me not eating lunch, but writing and drawing with a map in my arms." Hua Yang snorted coldly.

Although there is no need for inspection, the remaining pieces of jade peaches still have to be taken back.So the three of them hurried to the remaining three springs while it was still dark. On the way, Bai Xiuqi told the Huayang brothers and sisters about the upcoming wind and rain on Rose Fire Island.

Hua Yang nodded: "Okay, we will be careful tonight. But don't miss the mutton, and cause trouble all over instead."

Another two pieces of jade peaches were successfully recovered, but unfortunately, the same as before, there was no slight change.Although Hua Yang didn't say anything, Bai Xiuqi could still feel his frustration, which was almost overflowing from the bottom of his heart.But at this moment, comfort and persuasion are useless. Unless one can find the hot spring that really works, everything else is empty talk.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and they soon arrived near the marked location of the last hot spring—the small courtyard where the high-temperature indoor hot spring was located in the morning.Bai Xiuqi asked Huayin to accompany Huayang outside, took out the water drops from the Five Elements Pearl and put it in his mouth, and went in to check it alone.

In the morning, the wraiths in the house had been cleaned up by Bai Xiuqi, and the arms that were scratching everywhere were no longer seen in the hot boiling pool.Bai Xiuqi turned on the phone's lighting function and looked down into the spring pool, only to find that the spring water had also been stained.

Of course, this is not surprising at all, and at best it just makes people feel a little discouraged.Bai Xiuqi told herself that there was no need to be entangled, took a deep breath and began to look for the silk sac containing the jade peach.

The silk sac is gone!

Bai Xiuqi remembered very clearly that before he left in the morning, he fixed the silk sac by the edge of the hot spring, but now the fixed object is still far away, but the silk sac has disappeared.

How could it be... Could it be that he fell into the hot spring?

Bai Xiuqi turned his head to look at the spring water in front of him again.The special dye provided by Jiang Chenglu has no toxic side effects, nor will it change the quality of the water body, so although the hot spring is dyed into an indescribable mixed color, the visibility is still good.At this moment, he could clearly see the bottom of the hot spring in front of him—there didn't seem to be any fallen silk sacs there.

So, where did Yutao go?

Just thinking about it like this will definitely not give you an answer.To be on the safe side, Bai Xiuqi found a bamboo pole in the house, salvaged it carefully in the spring pond, and only started to consider the second possibility after confirming that he found nothing.

"The silk sac and the jade peach were taken away." He walked out of the yard and said to the Huayang brothers and sisters, "It's not certain who took it, at least for now, the whole island may be."

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The loss of the jade peach just made things worse, casting a gloomy shadow on the already extremely difficult trip to Rose Fire Island.

Even if they continued to stay outside, they could not find any new clues. In a blink of an eye, the sky had completely darkened. Under Bai Xiuqi's urging, the three of them decided to go back to the hotel first and then make a long-term plan.

Go down dozens of steps and the hotel is right in front of you.Huayin, who was walking in the front, suddenly gave a "tsk", turned her head and made a face at Bai Xiuqi.

"What kind of ecstasy soup did you pour into A Jiang, I think he is almost turning into a watcher's stone."

When she said that, Bai Xiuqi also discovered that there was a row of windows beside the corridor on the second floor of the hotel.At this moment, Jiang Chenglu was standing by the window, waving vigorously at them, like a large dog welcoming its master back.

"That's great. It must be a very happy thing to have a lover like Ah Jiang."

Hua Yang also expressed emotion, but his voice was so soft that it was more like talking to himself: "Even if it's only once, I want to be waited on like this. Instead of chasing after others endlessly Run and run until you're falling apart and still have nothing."

"Isn't there someone waiting for you?"

While saying this, Bai Xiuqi pointed to the end of the corridor about five or six meters away from Jiangcheng Road.It was dark because there was no light, but as long as you look carefully, you can still see half of a fat, furry teddy bear's face behind the window.

The three returned to the hotel, and Jiang Chenglu couldn't wait to come to the stairs to greet them.

"Bai Da, do you think my performance is good?"

"It's not bad." Bai Xiuqi nodded: "It's so good that I can't help but have doubts."

As he spoke, he took out the green clam copper coin from his pocket.

"If I'm not wrong, this thing is more than just a messenger. Could it be that my every move has been sent to you through this thing?"

"This, hahaha..."

Seeing that the "trick" was exposed, Jiang Chenglu laughed a few times and admitted it happily: "Bai Da is really wise and martial, Wencheng Wude, he dominates the world!"

Bai Xiuqi didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and went upstairs with everyone.

Just now Jiang Chenglu asked downstairs to cook a few dishes, and now all of them were brought to his and Bai Xiuqi's room.Due to the special situation, the embarrassing situation caused at noon today was temporarily put aside, and the five people sat around the table again, staring at each other.

"Eat, eat, talk while eating." Jiang Chenglu first picked up an oyster for Bai Xiuqi.

"Where do we start?" Huayang was fiddling with his hand-drawn map again, but Huayin snatched it away and hid it behind him with a pouted mouth, forcing him to eat something first.

"The spring water in the southern part of the island is useless." Bai Xiuqi summed up the key points for Jiang Chenglu succinctly: "There is still one piece of jade peach missing."

"Missing?! Someone took it away?!" Jiang Chenglu was surprised, "This is really troublesome!"

"Is this peach very important?" Bai Xiuqi was startled: "I haven't seen you mention it too much?!"

"Whether it is important or not depends on the individual."

Huayang explained: "Eating this kind of peaches after softening can increase the lifespan and cultivation of human beings. In the past, mortals could become immortals directly after eating a whole peach. It’s a serious crime. But now that the fairy world has been closed, there’s no way to become a fairy. If you eat it, you’ll live longer at best, and you’ll be like an immortal…”

Having said this, he paused.

"Oh, by the way, the popularity of this peach is quite high. You might know it by another name, Pantao."

"Flat peach?! That flat peach that Sun Wukong ate?!"

Bai Xiuqi felt that her three views were inadvertently washed away again.