Chapter 187, Dragon Pearl Island (4)
"Okay," Qingshi said, "Now let's analyze the secret of Hidden Dragon Spring. Assuming that there is really a Hidden Dragon Spring on this island that can produce dragon beads, why can't it be found? What do you think?"
"Could it be hidden with a concealment formation like this island?" Duan Wutian asked.
"No!" Xiang An said, "I have spent more than a month traveling all over this island. I am sure there is no such possibility."
"Perhaps your formation cultivation is too poor to be discovered?" Duan Wutian asked unconvinced.
"No, Seventh Brother," Shen Jiayun said, "I have explored every inch of the island in the past six months. There should be no hidden magic circles. Besides, if there is, who set it up? Those barbarians obviously don't know how to form formations, are they the supervisory officials of the Tianlong Dynasty?"
"It's possible," Xiang An said. "The warden of the Tianlong Dynasty took the dragon ball as his own, and then found a way to hide the spring, and reported to the court that he couldn't find the dragon ball. But he definitely didn't use the formation method. To hide the spring, it won’t stand up to inspection.”
"That's right!" Shen Jiayun said, "There is a high possibility that the guard will commit theft. Just look at what the warden Xiang An did. I think it is possible that the warden buried the spring. Maybe the spring is here. In the crater, after he took the dragon beads, he built these buildings on the spring, and later people could not find the spring."
"Didn't that destroy Yinlongquan?" Duan Wutian said, "Isn't that impossible?"
"It's not necessarily destroyed," Xiang An said, ignoring Shen Jiayun's comments about him. "It should be covered up. It doesn't necessarily need to fill the spring. It is said that a dragon ball will be produced every once in a while. He took it After getting the dragon beads, he then covered up the spring and told the court that there was no dragon spring on the island that could produce dragon beads. After dozens or hundreds of years, he would dig out the spring again and steal the newly produced dragon beads. Isn't it reasonable? That’s what I’ll do if it’s me.”
"It's possible!" Qingshi said, "But I think the warden may have hidden the spring not to hide it from the court, but to deceive his subordinates."
The other three people tasted it carefully and felt that Qingshi's analysis was more reasonable.
"That's right," Xiang An said, "The imperial court is not that easy to deceive. This is probably a way for the imperial court to deceive the world. Naturally, the fewer people know about the Dragon Ball Treasure, the better. Perhaps only the chief officer guarding the island knows this secret. It seems that the dossier I saw was also a mixture of truth and falsehood to deceive others.”
"Actually, I have another idea," Qingshi said, "But let's first confirm the idea of whether the spring is buried under our feet."
"How to prove it?" Duan Wutian asked, scratching his bare head.
"What else can you do? Just dig!" Qingshi smiled, "But Brother Qi, don't mess around. You must dig according to my instructions. This array is huge and high-level. The materials used to build it are Honey, even if we can’t find the Dragon Ball, dismantling this magic circle will not be in vain.”
"Okay!" Duan Wutian's eyes lit up and he said, "dig now! Where to start?"
Qingshi and the other four people were quite advanced in martial arts, so it was easy to dig. Qingshi took out a few puppets to transport the earth and rocks. After a few hours, the entire crater was dug into a large pit that was ten feet in diameter and three feet deep.
At this point, all the key mechanisms of the entire array were exposed. Six large round metal balls half a person's height were connected in series by a thigh-thick metal pipe to form a ring. There were also some irregular rings attached to the ring. Metal components. Dozens of thin metal pipes extend from these spheres, leading to the surroundings and inserted into the earth and rocks. They should extend to the seaside around the island.
This kind of permanent array is different from the array sticks or array flags that can be deployed at any time. The materials used are naturally not as precious as the array sticks and array flags. However, it is large in scale and has many materials. Such a large pile of rare metals can be dug out. It’s also quite valuable.
But Xiang An and others were a little annoyed, because it was obvious that there was no spring underground.
"Hey!" Xiang An said to Qingshi, "There is obviously no spring down here. Can you tell me your other idea?"
"No rush," Qingshi said calmly as he observed the metal balls, "I want to confirm it. Brother Xiang, can you come over and dismantle this ball to see what its energy source is? Here There are no earth veins, so I would like to see what kind of energy source can be used for a thousand years?"
"That's right!" Xiang An's eyes lit up, "Maybe it's the Dragon Ball! Get out of the way and I'll take it apart!"
Xiang An is very motivated. He is also a fifth-level formation master. He has his own merits in terms of formation cultivation and bluestone, so he can dismantle them easily.
After a while, the outer metal shell of the ball was opened, and after playing with it for a while, the various metal components were removed one by one, revealing the core of an oblate box the size of a fist. Xiang An found a point in the middle of the numerous patterns on the box's outer shell and poked it gently. The lid of the box popped open, revealing the core energy source.
Everyone craned their necks to look over and saw that inside the box was a light green bead about the size of an egg that emitted a faint green light. It was round but not round, but an icosahedron. It is obviously a crystal similar to the spirit stone, composed of energy and minerals, but it is different from the rhombus hexahedron or octahedron structure of the spirit stone, and is much larger.
"Dragon Ball!" Xiang An said softly with golden eyes, "It really is a Dragon Ball!"
"Yes," Qingshi said, "It is indeed a dragon ball, but the energy of this one has been consumed at least 95%. Unused dragon balls should be dark green."
"No matter how much energy it has left, it shows that there are indeed dragon balls on the island." Duan Wutian laughed.
"So, the warden of the Tianlong Dynasty really found the dragon ball," Shen Jiayun said. "As Brother Qingshi said, he deliberately confused his subordinates and said he didn't find it. Most likely, only the wardens of generations know the secret. , other personnel have been concealed.”
"But," Xiang An thought thoughtfully, "I'm sure that Lao Huang back then definitely didn't know the secret of the Dragon Ball. Perhaps the first-generation warden not only deceived his subordinates, but also concealed the truth from the royal family."
"We don't know the specific truth," Qingshi said. "Maybe it's true, or maybe something happened later and the truth was buried."
"What the hell is the truth!" Duan Wutian shouted, "It's only right that we find the Dragon Ball quickly."
Everyone naturally agreed, but they were still confused about how to find it. Xiang Duanchen and the others all looked at Qingshi.
Qingshi said slowly: "So far, we are first sure that there must be dragon beads on the island, but we are also basically sure that there is no Hidden Dragon Spring on the island. Then I think there should be two possibilities, maybe these two possibilities are Related... By the way, Brother Xiang, when is the birthday of the Sea Dragon King?"
"Oh, this is a festival for the indigenous people in this sea area," Xiang An said. "It doesn't seem to be the most important festival. It will be in three days."
"Three days later it's July 30th, the last day of July." Qingshi said thoughtfully, "Is there anything special about this day?"
"There is no moon!" Shen Jiayun said.
"Well!" Qingshi's eyes lit up, "You think, for such a big thing as retrieving Dragon Pearl Island, why didn't Annaba come as soon as possible instead of three days later?"
"Are you saying that the appearance of Hidden Dragon Spring is related to time?" Xiang An said, "Maybe it will only appear on the birthday of the Sea Dragon King?"
"It's possible," Shen Jiayun became excited, then frowned and said, "But even so, he doesn't have to come three days later. Wouldn't it be better to come earlier and take possession of Longzhu Island?"
"He is probably preparing special items to get the Dragon Balls. Didn't Wall say that?" Xiang An's eyes lit up and he said, "I guess it's not that simple to get the Dragon Balls. You must prepare some special tools and items, and you may also have to sacrifice. The Dragon King needs a lot of beef and mutton.”
"Well, that makes sense!" Qingshi nodded and said, "They haven't taken the Dragon Ball for thousands of years. This time the Dragon Ball Island suddenly appeared, they must not have prepared items in advance, or the items and sacrifices needed must be that day, or they must have Naba must prepare himself.”
"It's possible!" Shen Jiayun said, "Since getting the Dragon Ball requires special items, he is not afraid that others will get it before him. But what should we do? Even if we find it, we can't get it out?"
"Let's find Hidden Dragon Spring first!" Duan Wutian said, "I don't believe that you have to get some special items or sacrificial rituals. These indigenous barbarians are very superstitious, and their so-called special items may just be flowers and plants that have no use. .”
"Brother Duan is right!" Xiang An said, "They do attach great importance to sacrifices. Maybe the ceremony requires them to come after three days. We don't care about so many things, let's find a way to find the Hidden Dragon Spring first."
"If Hidden Dragon Spring has to appear on the birthday of the Sea Dragon King," Shen Jiayun said a little discouraged, "then how can we find it?"
"Didn't Brother Qingshi say there are two possibilities?" Xiang An said, "Is there another one? Tell me quickly."
"There is another method that is actually very simple," Qingshi said. "Since we can't find Hidden Dragon Spring on the island, then it is not on the island, but in the sea."
ah! The other three opened their mouths together.
"How could the spring be in the sea?" Duan Wutian wondered.
"Why is it impossible?" Qingshi said lightly.
After a while, Xiang An slapped his thigh and shouted: "Yes! Why can't it be in the sea? It's completely possible! Qingshi, you are really a genius!"
"Is that necessary?" Duan Wutian came back to his senses and smiled, "Brother Qingshi was the number one genius in Tianlong Academy for hundreds of years! The students today are still talking about his legend back then! Qingshi, please tell me, How do we find it?"
"July 30th, the birthday of the Sea Dragon King, there is no moon..." Qingshi murmured, "What's the difference on this day...Tide! By the way, it's a tide!" Qingshi's eyes Bright as stars.
