"The Fan Family's ancestor must have passed down the location of the real Treasure-Hiding Place. Perhaps too much time passed, and the village gradually lost this secret, breaking the line of transmission, so that no one in the village knows about it now," Huo Lian said. "And this pool was dug by human hands. If other people from the Jianghu came here, they would certainly notice the traces of excavation. Treasure hunters would surely focus their attention on this pool, thereby protecting the real Treasure-Hiding Place."
Zhu Fanjiang thought Huo Lian's words made a great deal of sense.
He was still very worried about Fan Xiu and Wang Mizong, but he had no choice but to listen as Huo Lian continued.
"An ordinary pool would soon be seen through, so the pool had to be made more dangerous. As long as it was dangerous enough—in fact, the more dangerous it was, the more treasure hunters would believe there were treasures below. Don't you find that laughable? These people really are that perverse! So when the Fan Family's ancestor and his people dug the pool, they dug deep underground and broke straight through a section of the underground river, connecting the bottom of the pool to it. Once treasure hunters fell into the Underground Underground River, they would have very little chance of surviving. Still, no one has discovered this place even now, and no one knows this was once a hiding place for the Heirs of the Three Great Families. That counts as good fortune," Huo Lian continued.
"Then what about them?" Zhu Fanjiang's expression changed drastically.
"They should be able to hold on for a day or two, shouldn't they?" Huo Lian said with a faint smile. "They can command the momentum of heaven and earth, after all. If