"Did you find anything?"
Seeing Leng Mengyao staring at the newly obtained parchment with a serious expression, based on Lu Xuan's understanding of this girl, he was afraid that she had found some key information.
"Lu Xuan, look, it's really another map. This is the upper half of the deserted island. Here's the location of the cannibal tribe. This is the southern strait entrance. And here, here..."
Leng Mengyao and Shen Keyin spread out the parchment map as much as possible, then pointed at several signs on the map and began to analyze it.
Lu Xuan only took a glance at it and his eyes lit up. Although this parchment map had gone through wind and rain, it was still extremely well preserved. The internal patterns and textures were clear, even better than the one in his hand.
"How come this map is so clear? It's out in the wild, exposed to the wind, sun and rain, and yet it's so clear?"
Shen Keyin couldn't help but marvel at this moment.
"That area is on the leeward side and is sunken inward, protecting it from both the sun and the rain. Furthermore, the scroll must have been inserted with its back facing downwards, which is why the pattern on the front has been preserved so well."
Leng Mengyao looked up and glanced again at the crevice where the scroll was originally placed, and came to this conclusion.
"Are there any signs marking the specific locations of the Phoenix Nest and the Sacred Mountain?"
Lu Xuan was not interested in studying the preservation of the parchment scroll. At the moment, he was most concerned about the information on the parchment scroll. After all, he had gone through so much trouble to find this thing, not just to appreciate the paintings on it.
"It should be here, and here..."
Leng Mengyao had already scanned the entire map and soon found two areas with heavy ink marks.
"Wow, it really is right here near the southeast center. But I feel like it's drawn a bit haphazardly. Just a triangle. That's too arbitrary..."
Following the direction of Leng Mengyao's finger, Lu Xuan and others soon found a triangular pattern in the southeast direction of the deserted island. However, this triangular pattern was drawn very sloppily and casually, with no reference objects around it.
"What about the Phoenix Nest? Where is it?"
Chen Keyin seemed to have no interest in the triangle. After all, according to his group's previous reasoning, the holy land "Sacred Mountain" was located in this area. On the contrary, he had no information about the "Phoenix Nest" before he got this map.
"It should be here..."
"Here!? Isn't this the place..."
When everyone saw Leng Mengyao's index finger pointing towards the southwest of the offshore island, everyone present was stunned.
After a few seconds, everyone, including Lu Xuan, began to look around...
The reason is very simple. The place Leng Mengyao pointed to is exactly where he is now.
"Isn't this too much of a coincidence? Could it be that the Phoenix Nest is right under our feet?"
Shen Keyin scratched his head, looking confused.
"I'm not entirely sure, but this area is clearly darkened and thickened, and there's even a mark drawn on it. It's just... we don't seem to have seen anything resembling a phoenix nest in our current location..."
In fact, let alone Chen Keyin, even the smartest Leng Mengyao seemed to be at a loss at the moment.
Everyone, including Leng Mengyao, couldn't help but continue to look at the surrounding environment at this moment.
However, after looking at it again and again, I couldn’t see anything special.
"How about we split into two groups and look around. Qin Jianli and I will be together, and you can form a group of three."
It seemed that just standing there and staring blankly was not a solution, so Lu Xuan suggested that the five of them split into two groups to expand the search range.
"Okay, since everyone is paying special attention to things like bird nests, my opinion is that it's called a phoenix nest, so it should be of a certain height, similar to a nest."
Leng Mengyao was also confused now, so he didn't have any good solutions. He immediately agreed with Lu Xuan's suggestion and gave his own understanding of the Phoenix Nest.
"Okay, when the sun reaches its zenith, we'll meet back here."
After the five people separated, Lu Xuan took Qin Jicheng to the east, while Chen Keyin and the other two went west.
"Treasure, treasure...Brother Lu, if we find the Phoenix Nest, will we find the treasure?...I'm going to get rich. I know it will happen sooner or later. I must win back everything I lost..."
Qin Jianli kept mumbling to himself all the way. Lu Xuan was busy observing his surroundings and naturally didn't bother to pay attention to him. Besides, what was the point of discussing life with a gambler...
But when he walked all the way to the end of the canyon, Lu Xuan didn't see any bird's nests, let alone a larger bird.
"What the hell is this... Hey, let's go up here and take a look..."
Lu Xuan really didn't want to wander around in this bare valley anymore. He saw a gentle slope that seemed to lead to the top of the mountain. He waved to Qin Jianli, who was still dreaming of getting rich, and then quickly climbed up...
After climbing for about ten minutes, we finally climbed out of the valley and started walking back along the ridge. The vegetation here was dense, with vines and branches intertwined.
The most interesting thing was the ridge here. It wasn't straight, but rather curved. Lu Xuan looked up at the opposite mountain. Coincidentally, the ridge opposite also seemed curved. The two curved ridges formed a nearly circular outline, but the diameter of this circle seemed quite large...
"Hey, hurry up, if you don't walk faster, I'll leave first..."
Lu Xuan had already walked about a hundred meters, but Qin Jicheng was still behind him, daydreaming.
"Here it comes, here it comes..."
It was not until he heard Lu Xuan calling him that he quickened his pace, shouted, and chased after Lu Xuan.
"Lu Xuan..."
Just when the two met again, Lu Xuan suddenly heard a familiar voice.
When he looked up, he found that his three friends were standing on the ridge on the opposite bank, looking at him across the valley.
"Why are you going up the mountain again?"
Seeing Taylor and the two girls running up the hillside on the other side again, Lu Xuan waved at them and shouted at the top of his voice.
"Lu Xuan, there's a hillside over there. We circled back. Did you find the phoenix nest?"
At times like this, Shen Keyin's loud voice comes in handy.
"No, I didn't see a single bird's nest!"
Lu Xuan responded helplessly while waving his right hand.
“We don’t have any here either!”
As a result, Shen Keyin on the other side shouted again.
Well, it seems that both groups have worked in vain.
"Hey, what does this phoenix nest look like?"
Lu Xuan was free anyway, so he just started chatting with Shen Keyin across the valley.
"I don't know! It should be round..."
"Round, huh?..."
Just as Lu Xuan repeated the word "round", his eyes suddenly widened...
At the same time, Leng Mengyao on the other side of the valley also reacted suddenly...
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