"Did you discover something?" Wang Mizong shouted before he even drew near.
Huo Lian ignored him and continued upstream along the creek.
"Fan Tianhui, lead the way," Zhu Fanjiang told Fan Tianhui. "Take us to that spring."
Huo Lian glanced at the four who had come before him, then fixed his gaze on Fan Tianhui and asked, "Is the source a spring?"
Fan Tianhui hurriedly nodded. "Yes, Senior, it is a spring. They say it never runs dry all year round. I'll take you seniors there right now."
On the way, Fan Tianhui also told Huo Lian the legend about the spring that he had previously told Zhu Fanjiang and the other two.
"Then it's worth a look." Huo Lian smiled after hearing it.
"You still haven't answered me. Did you discover something?" Wang Mizong asked again.
"Indeed, this old man discovered something." Huo Lian did not conceal it and nodded.
At Huo Lian's words, delight immediately appeared on the faces of Zhu Fanjiang and the other two.
"The treasure's hiding place?" Zhu Fanjiang asked.
"There should be some connection," Huo Lian said. "I feel that pool was dug by human hands, rather than formed naturally between heaven and earth."
"How did we miss that?" Wang Mizong asked, somewhat puzzled. "Mountains surround it, and it's the lowest point here. Water flows downhill and gathers here to form this pool. There's nothing wrong with that, is there? Besides, we examined the surroundings. Everything was natural, with no traces of excavation."
"We may have overlooked something earlier." Fan Xiu frowned slightly. "If this pool really involves treasure from ten thousand years ago, then the years would have erased many traces from a pool that old. They would certainly be difficult to discover now."
"Given a little more time, you would have discovered