Since he had decided to go and see the location Isidore mentioned as soon as possible, Gu Shi naturally would not delay. He mentioned this matter to Field the next day.
Field considered it for a moment and then agreed, allowing Gu Shi to go out as long as he completed the remaining tasks at hand.
So more than ten days later, Gu Shi packed up and prepared to set off.
Because Isidore's hint was not the exact location, Gu Shi could only confirm that the place he was talking about was south of Congleton, but he was not sure how far it was.
So he could only follow the instructions of the compass and head south.
The days of traveling were boring. Gu Shi sat on the back of the griffin, staring at the compass in his mind that remained unchanged, and sighed silently.
Nearly ten days had passed since he left Congleton. Every day, apart from resting, he was on the road, but it seemed that he was still a long way from his goal.
Alas, how far away is this location given by Isidore?
Although he was a little distressed, since he was already here, Gu Shi didn't want to give up halfway and continued to move forward to the south.
Three days later, Gu Shi finally saw that the compass needle had deviated. He patted the griffin's neck with a little excitement, signaling it to turn in the direction he indicated.
After some adjustments, they landed on a towering mountain.
Gu Shi rolled over and landed on the ground. According to the instructions, the place Isidore mentioned was nearby, but he had not found anything special yet.
Gu Shi patted the griffin again, signaling it to move freely.
After receiving Gu Shi's instructions, the griffin flapped its big wings and quickly flew away.
This griffin was carefully selected by Xilin Rental Company based on Gu Shi’s needs. It has strong independent survival capabilities and can live well in the wild. Gu Shi does not have to worry about its safety.
When it's time to leave, Gu Shi only needs to use the props provided by the rental company to send a signal, and the griffin will come to find him and take him back.
Of course, this rental service is much more expensive than the normal price.
After Gu Shi placed the griffin, he prepared to start searching on the mountain. He looked around and found that he was now halfway up the mountain. Should he go up or down?
After arriving at this mountain, the compass was no longer of any use. It seemed that the entire area was in the direction it indicated, so Gu Shi could only rely on himself to find it.
After hesitating for a while, Gu Shi decided to go up first and see at the top of the mountain. Maybe what he was looking for would be there.
With the help of flying skills, Gu Shi soon reached the top of the mountain. It looked bare here, with only some grass and trees growing in the cracks between the rocks.
Gu Shi walked around the small platform on the top of the mountain and found nothing unusual. It seemed that this was not the place.
After ruling out the possibility of the top of the mountain, Gu Shi decided to search down bit by bit. The location was definitely correct. As long as he searched the entire mountain, he would definitely find what he wanted.
Two days later, Gu Shi completely overturned his previous idea.
In the past two days, he has walked the mountain from top to bottom, but found no clues.
Whenever Gu Shi saw branches and leaves growing on his body, it was because he had just eaten the fruit and the magic power in his body was abundant.
So the thing that Isidore said might help him change his form must contain magic, but there is nothing magical on this mountain except a few low-level magical beasts that appear occasionally.
The concentration of magic power around is not high, and the environment is not good. The resources of this mountain can be said to be very poor.
Having wasted two days' efforts, Gu Shi stood there, thinking carefully about what went wrong.
He had been following the compass all the way here, so he was definitely in the right place. Since he couldn't find it on the mountain, was there a possibility that the thing was underground?
Gu Shi touched his chin and felt that his guess was very likely.
Now that the new direction has been determined, let's first look for a possible passage leading underground.
When Gu Shi was searching the mountain these two days, he had searched all the suspicious caves and found nothing unusual.
So if there really is a passage leading to the underground, it must be hidden, or in some place that does not look like it is accessible to humans.
Gu Shi thought about it and decided to start with the latter.
He had considered simply digging downwards to dig a passage himself, but even if his guess was true, it was not possible to dig into the underground space anywhere.
After a brief thought, he quickly gave up this plan.
After a careful re-search, Gu Shi finally discovered something unusual. He stood in front of a big tree that required four or five people to hug it, and sighed helplessly.
At the top of the tree, there is a broken hole, which was probably left by a bird or monster that planned to build a nest in this tree.
After Gu Shi noticed the entrance to the cave, he flew up to take a look. When he took out the magic lamp and shone it inside, he found that the space inside the cave was surprisingly large.
Gu Shi first stretched out his hand to explore inside, but did not touch the bottom. Then he took out a bundle of rope from the space ring, tied a heavy object to it, and threw it down from the cave entrance.
As a result, after the entire bundle of rope was released, Gu Shi still hadn't felt the heavy object fall to the ground. You know, based on his current position, the length of this bundle of rope was definitely enough to touch the ground outside the tree.
Now Gu Shi was finally certain that there was something hidden in this tree.
As early as the first search, Gu Shi noticed the largest tree on the mountain.
He felt that the tree was very suspicious from the beginning, but because he did not sense any magical fluctuations on the tree, he ruled it out after searching it and found nothing unusual.
Unexpectedly, I found the clue in it in the end.
In fact, it is not Gu Shi’s fault, because from the outside, this tree has no special features except that it is a little thicker. Who would have thought that it is actually hollow.
Because the tree is thick enough, even if there is a passage hidden in the middle for people to pass through, its trunk is still very thick, and it is impossible to tell that it is hollow inside by ordinary knocking methods.
Moreover, the tree is very lush. From its vibrant appearance, it is impossible to imagine that there is such a passage inside it.
If Gu Shi had not decided to check all suspicious holes, he would never have discovered the secret of this tree.
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