Chapter 228 Bronze Treasure Chest
Li Xuan didn't care about the nearby hot spring pool. He didn't care whether Zhao Feng had taken them to visit this place before, and didn't care whether there was any danger. He just jumped in. But when he jumped in, he immediately regretted it. "Why is it so numb?" The deeper he sank, the more numb Li Xuan felt. He soon understood what kind of pool this was. "Battery!" This hot spring pool was somehow modified, but it actually had a weak current. And just like the previous hot spring pool, the deeper he sank, the stronger the current became. The numb feeling gradually became stronger, and Li Xuan felt a little pain. "This Emperor Yongyuan has some bad habits!" Li Xuan secretly criticized the emperor's hobby and continued to swim to the bottom of the pool. This hot spring pool was deeper than the previous one, but not much deeper. Li Xuan soon swam to the bottom, and saw some small black balls arranged in a neat array. Even an outsider like Li Xuan could tell what kind of formation this was.
"Is it getting more and more advanced?"
In the center of the formation where the black balls were arranged, there was a conspicuous bronze treasure chest.
"Emperor Yongyuan knows a lot!"
When Li Xuan saw that the materials of the treasure chest were different, he immediately knew that the things inside must be better than the previous ones.
He never thought that Emperor Yongyuan would actually classify the treasure chests.
"Wooden treasure chests, bronze treasure chests, and there must be silver and gold above."
Li Xuan was very sure of this, because Emperor Yongyuan's design was really great.
Seeing the bronze treasure chest, Li Xuan couldn't help it anymore, and hurried over to open the treasure chest.
But as soon as his little paw stretched out, a blue light shield suddenly lit up, and it shocked him severely.
Li Xuan subconsciously retracted his paw in pain, and his entire arm was numb.
"Are you serious?"
Li Xuan widened his eyes and remembered what Zhao Feng had said before.
I thought he was just talking, but it turned out to be true.
That one move just now was enough to shock an ordinary person.
Although all the princes and princesses except Princess Ankang have cultivation, this is the bottom of the pool. Isn't Emperor Yongyuan afraid of shocking his own children?
"It's true that the royal family has never been..."
"Hey, what is this?"
Li Xuan wanted to complain about Emperor Yongyuan's cruelty, but found that the dark little balls began to light up, drew a trajectory, and then slowly disappeared.
"Is this?"
Li Xuan subconsciously wanted to stretch out his claws to touch the first little ball that had just lit up, but he was a little scared and changed his other claws.
The moment the claws touched the little ball, it did not activate the blue light shield.
Then Li Xuan tried to push it with his claws, and the little ball actually moved with it.
The small ball was pushed all the way to the position of the next small ball, and then with a click, the second small ball was pushed away from its original position, allowing the first small ball to occupy its position.
Li Xuan understood the principle of this mechanism a little, and then began to push the second small ball.
He pushed for a while, and suddenly encountered a fork.
A small ball has been pushed out of its original position, but there are three directions to choose from.
At this moment, Li Xuan had to admit one thing.
That is, he can no longer remember the previous trajectory.
"Ah this..."
The water flow around him was a little awkward, and Li Xuan spit a bubble, not knowing what to do.
"I will choose whoever the kitten points to..."
Li Xuan silently recited the formula in his heart, looking for the key to breakthrough.
After reciting the formula, he finally clicked on the middle track.
"Let's try!"
Li Xuan thought that he couldn't remember it anyway, so he planned to try it by chance. Unexpectedly, he pushed the small black ball along the trajectory and successfully pushed the next small black ball away.
"Hehe, I'm lucky!"
The next trajectory was much simpler, and Li Xuan still remembered it, so he pushed it to the last step smoothly.
"Click."
A sound of a mechanism flickered, and then he saw a layer of blue light shield looming around the bronze treasure chest, and then slowly disappeared completely.
"Done?"
Li Xuan paddled to the vicinity of the bronze treasure chest, and then carefully stretched out his claws to test it again. As a result, this time the blue light shield was not activated again, and he successfully touched the bronze treasure chest.
"Good, good, good!"
He couldn't wait to open the treasure chest and found a few pieces of skin inside.
"What is this?"
Li Xuan was a little confused and rolled the things in the bronze treasure chest out with his tail.
"Float up first."
After getting the things in the bronze treasure chest, Li Xuan floated directly to the surface of the water, and then carefully looked at the skins he got from the treasure chest.
He found that there were several very similar holes on these skins, and then he realized that these were human skin masks. At a glance, there were seven or eight of them.
"This..."
Forget about the ruby necklace just now, but isn't it a bit inappropriate to take this thing out as a prize?
Li Xuan didn't know what Emperor Yongyuan was thinking, but since he had obtained the treasure, there was no reason to put it back.
Although he couldn't use it, maybe he could use it for Princess Ankang and Yu'er in the future.
Li Xuan hurried back to the hot spring next door, and found that someone was already watching here.
Behind the courtyard wall, a palace maid was secretly waiting there, seemingly ready to serve at any time, but in fact she was observing the movements of Princess Ankang and the others.
This time, only the eldest prince and his three siblings brought close attendants, so there was no need to think about who sent them.
Li Xuan did not act rashly. Although he could easily deal with the maid, it would also arouse the vigilance of the eldest prince and his men.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to keep the maid to continue to confuse the eldest prince and his men.
Li Xuan walked around and went into the water from the other side of the hot spring pool, then approached Princess Ankang from underwater and stuffed the human skin mask into her hand under the water.
Princess Ankang, who was chatting with Yu'er, was suddenly stunned, but then continued to talk, with a very natural look, as if she didn't notice the abnormality under the water at all.
But in fact, she is now enduring with great perseverance.
Li Xuan not only stuffed the human skin mask into Princess Ankang's hand, but also wrote words on her legs with his tail, telling her that there was a maid outside watching.
Fortunately, it was in the water, and Li Xuan's tail was wet. If it was on a normal day, Princess Ankang would have been itchy and unbearable.
Princess Ankang remained calm, chatting and laughing with Yu'er, and silently wrote a few words on the ground with water, and told Yu'er about the situation.
But they had expected such a situation before, so they were not panicked at all, but continued to pretend that they did not notice it naturally.
After Li Xuan did all this, he continued to walk around the other side of the hot spring pool and left.
He first climbed to the high rockery, overlooked the surrounding terrain, and after remembering the locations of several nearby hot spring pools, he continued to search.
The wooden treasure chest was simply hidden.
The bronze treasure chest was protected by a simple formation.
Li Xuan couldn't help but look forward to what kind of arrangement the silver treasure chest and the gold treasure chest had.
...
While Li Xuan was busy, the other princes and princesses were not idle at all.
In a hot spring pool, a figure suddenly emerged from the bottom of the water.
"Puff——"
The eighth prince came out of the water with his bare chest, spit out a large mouthful of water, and then wiped his face to recover.
"Damn, I almost drowned."
The eighth prince gasped and whistled hurriedly.
Then there was a whistle, and the Saker Falcon flew over his head.
"Axiang, take the things back, and then come find me."
The eighth prince said, holding up a bundle.
From the outside, this bundle was the robe he had put on before.
At this time, the robe was bulging, and I didn't know what was wrapped in it.
The eighth prince tied the bundle tightly again, and then lifted it up for Axiang to grab.
After Axiang grabbed the bundle, his body sank obviously, and the movement of flapping his wings became laborious.
"Axiang, if it doesn't work, pack them separately."
The eighth prince saw Axiang struggling, and immediately showed a look of heartache.
As a result, this sentence stimulated Axiang, making it flap its wings more vigorously, and it soon stabilized its body shape, and it was still slowly rising into the air.
Just with such a strong effort, Ah Xiang's sharp claws tore through the robe, leaving several holes.
And through the holes, it can be clearly seen that there is a yellow piece inside.
Those bulging things are actually gold bricks.
"Ah Xiang, you have it!"
The eighth prince saw Ah Xiang carrying the bag, and his eyes lit up.
Ah Xiang had slowly picked up speed and was ready to fly away.
"Ah Xiang, remember to bring me a piece of clothing after putting down the bag!"
The eighth prince hurriedly gave another instruction, but even his master was not sure whether Ah Xiang heard it.
After the eighth prince sent Ah Xiang away, he swam to the edge of the hot spring with great effort, then climbed up and rested for a while.
At this time, he showed his strong upper body, and only wore a pair of white pants on his lower body.
"There are wooden boxes in the most luxurious hot spring pool. Although there is a lot of gold, it is obviously not the best reward."
"There should be better rewards in the dangerous pool."
The eighth prince blew his nose without caring about his image and prepared to find the next target.
He had figured it out at this moment. They could just give up the hot spring that Zhao Feng had taken them to visit before.
The Eighth Prince knew that his physical strength was limited, so he had to find a way to get a better reward first.
Otherwise, diving was not an easy thing and it was very physically demanding.
Although the depth of the hot spring was not bad, it took him a lot of effort to float up with so many gold bricks.
If other hot springs were also so difficult, he would have to make a choice.
"Map, I have to find a way to get the map of Yuqing Pool."
The Eighth Prince walked out of the hot spring, talking to himself, dripping with water.
Now he understood why it took a whole night to take a bath.
If they didn't have enough time, they wouldn't have enough time to find these treasure chests.
Not to mention, there was an obstacle like Zhao Feng in Yuqing Pool.
Thinking of Zhao Feng, a smile appeared on the Eighth Prince's face.
"Sure enough, having more people is actually a disadvantage."
"I can make less noise if I'm alone."
"I knew my father would never let us rely on external forces."
The eighth prince curled his lips and looked up to find that the moon tonight was exceptionally bright.
The moonlight soaked the water and the sky, and the clear sky reverberated.
The eighth prince smiled and left his wet footsteps deep into the Yuqing Pool, and soon disappeared in a thick mist.
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I'm done, dumplings!