"What you said makes a great deal of sense, Senior. Presumably, treasure hunters would all think treasures were hidden in dangerous places or places protected by formations. That pool just now, for instance, was a perilous, deadly place. To them, it would look more like a Treasure-Hiding Place. Yet ordinary methods were used here, and that actually kept people from discovering it. The simpler it was, the harder it was to think of. Such was our ancestors' wisdom!" Fan Xiu said with some feeling.
"Indeed. This old man greatly admires your Fan Family's ancestor too. What boldness!" Huo Lian laughed. "If not for this spring, along with some of the village legends this lad mentioned, this old man might not have discovered it so quickly either."
"The spring was a flaw after all!" Zhu Fanjiang sighed. "Our ancestors probably never anticipated it."
"This spring probably appeared later. Perhaps when they dug out the pool, they broke into an Underground Underground River, and some of the water below welled up here," Huo Lian said. "Let's go in."
With that, Huo Lian led the way inside.
Zhu Fanjiang and the other two immediately followed. Fan Tianhui wanted to ask whether he could go in.
But when he saw that none of these seniors had forbidden him from entering, he simply followed silently behind them.
This was a Treasure-Hiding Place left by his own ancestors, after all. Naturally, he very much wanted to see what rare treasures were inside.
After walking some distance inside, they discovered steps spiraling down underground.
It was pitch-black here, but Huo Lian and the others were all experts. This little darkness posed no difficulty for them. Even Fan Tianhui could sense his surroundings.
The farther down they went, the damper it became.
After a little under a quarter