Chapter 77 The Bandits Have Entered the Village!
The four people were unfamiliar with Bo Yiyan. They only saw that he had a handsome appearance with red lips and white teeth, but he maintained an indifferent expression and pretended to be very calm throughout the journey.
But Xi'er, who knew him well, had already noticed from his trembling fingers that he had discovered a treasure!
Xi'er didn't recognize the Azure Gold, so she naturally didn't understand why Uncle Bo was so excited before even entering the small secret realm.
But she pretended not to notice anything, and instead said with a look of disgust:
"This door doesn't look impressive at all, so I doubt there are any good treasures inside."
"Uncle Bo, I think we should hurry up and study the runes on this door."
“Okay, let’s do it together!” Bo said.
Upon hearing this, Qu Minghao and the other three couldn't help but look at Xi'er with newfound respect. They hadn't expected that this little girl, who was only sixteen years old, would be so knowledgeable about formations.
As a result, they became even more respectful to the uncle and nephew, clearly indicating a family tradition of learning. It seemed there was hope that the bronze door could be opened today.
Bo Yiyan and Xi'er carefully studied the restrictions on the door in front of them, while Hong Yuan had already disappeared inside.
He brought Qilu in with him. This otherworldly purple demon seemed more honest than the other two purple demons. With him by his side, even if they encountered treasures, he probably wouldn't keep them to himself.
Hongyuan remained in the shape of a kitten, perched on Xi'er's shoulder the whole way there. The four of them thought it was just a small pet for decoration and didn't pay it any attention.
At this moment, it disappeared inside, and they just assumed it had gone into the spirit beast pouch to sleep, so no one paid any attention.
Hongyuan grabbed Qilu by the back of the neck and easily passed through the restrictions on the bronze door, walking steadily into the small secret realm.
Qi Lu's eyes were filled with admiration: "Grandpa Hong Yuan, you are truly amazing!"
"Hmph! Of course! Your master is so lucky to have met me, it's a blessing she's accumulated over many lifetimes!" Hong Yuan said arrogantly.
From the outside, the small secret realm consists of only a bronze door, with the walls beside it seemingly blending into the cliff face, appearing as irregular rock formations.
But once inside, it turned out to be a completely different world.
A large medicinal herb garden, a small courtyard, three stone houses, and a small garden planted with exotic flowers and herbs.
Qilu was practically illiterate when it came to spiritual herbs and medicines. He came from a barren and desolate place like the Dust Continent and had never even seen wild grass before, let alone spiritual herbs.
So he went into the stone house first to search for treasure.
Hong Yuan, on the other hand, has been treated like an ancestor by the Youyuan family all these years.
He was fed either top-grade spirit stones or high-level spirit plants, so he rushed over to the herb garden without hesitation as soon as he saw it.
This little secret place has probably not seen any newcomers for many years, so the spiritual herbs and medicines here not only grow lushly, but are also quite old.
With so many good things to eat, Hongyuan didn't hesitate to raise his claws and dig out a whole spiritual herb in a few quick movements, then put it into his storage ring.
Hong Yuan was cunning. He was worried that the four people would find out that someone had come in and caused trouble beforehand, so when he dug up spirit herbs, he always chose those that were of high grade and precious enough.
And after digging, they'll bring over some topsoil to cover it up.
Before they knew it, an hour had passed, and Hongyuan had already dug up dozens of spiritual herbs.
Among these spiritual herbs, none were below the fifth rank, and all of them were quite old.
In this way, the most valuable items in the entire medicinal garden fell into Hongyuan's hands.
Finally, he picked some delicious little fruits, not knowing the varieties, but just tasting them.
He reserved all the food that was confirmed to be non-toxic and tasted excellent for Xi'er.
His ransacking was like a bandit raiding a village, leaving behind only worthless items, and he even staged the scene to create the illusion that no one had ever been there.
On the other hand, after Qi Lu entered the stone house, he found that everything inside, from tables and chairs to various screens, antique shelves, small ornaments, and even beds, was of high quality!
Knowing that its master was frugal and thrifty, Qilu naturally took everything it had seen and stored it all in its space.
In the blink of an eye, only empty cabinets and beds remained in the stone house.
Xi'er and Boyi knew that Hongyuan and Qilu had already gone to search for treasure, so they were naturally not in a hurry.
Bo Yiyan's skill in formations is not bad, and this formation happens to be 90% similar to a complex formation recorded in the "Wuji Formation Diagram".
What he needed to crack was actually only that one-tenth of the differences.
Although Xi'er's skill in array formations was slightly inferior to his, she had an exceptional ability to comprehend them. After receiving guidance from Bo Yiyan, she roughly understood about 90% of the restriction.
The uncle and nephew then huddled together, discussing how to solve the remaining problem.
Qu Minghao and his three companions watched as the uncle and nephew studied the formation as if no one else was around, stopping every now and then to discuss it before continuing to decipher it.
It took a full three hours for the restrictions on the bronze door to be completely lifted.
The moment the bronze door was opened, Qu Minghao and the other three couldn't help but burst into tears of joy.
They had spent so much effort before, only to achieve nothing, but now they can finally get what they wanted.
However, once inside, they discovered that the treasures in this little secret realm were not as numerous as they had imagined.
First of all, the spirit herb garden only has spirit plants below the fifth rank; not a single one of the higher rank was seen.
Looking inside the stone house, it was completely empty; there were no treasures to be found.
However, after Du Lingling went inside, she accidentally twisted her ankle and discovered that every single blue brick on the floor was made of spirit jade!
She couldn't help but let out an excited scream, and Xi'er and Bo Yiyan, who followed her in, had their eyes light up when they heard it!
Du Lingling was filled with regret. She should have held back and secretly pried up the floor tiles while the others were digging for medicinal herbs.
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