As they continued to walk deeper, they discovered a relatively clear river.
The river cut through the valley that the three of them were walking through. Song Feiyao indicated that this was the branch of the river that passed through the ancient village and reached the Yellow River.
The clarity of the river indicated that the river did not flow on the surface. Otherwise, the sand and dust in the surroundings would easily turn it into a muddy river.
The river overflowed from the rock layer and passed through a valley that was covered by rocks. The valley was the mysterious and ancient Geyser Spring Village.
There was a fault in the mountain. The rocks and the mountain were like a giant umbrella, covering the entire valley below the fault. Even if one were to look down from the sky, they would not be able to tell that there was another world below.
The crystal clear river overflowed from the middle of the fault. It was unknown if it was a natural crack, or if it had been dug. The silver river slowly flowed down the steep rocks and formed a silver pool behind the village. It was a rare sight.
The village was made of stone and wood. Most of the houses inside were also made of wood.
When they approached the village, it did not look much different from a normal peaceful village in the mountains. There was a road, a village entrance, a wall, and some rusty farming tools.
However, the village was too quiet. Even when a few guests arrived at the village entrance, no one came forward to ask about it.
"It's deserted," Song Feiyao sighed softly.
Not all of the Underground Holy Spring's guardian clans were as complete as Sunset Island, and they clearly knew all of the things passed down by their old ancestors. The age was indeed too long ago.
In the past, there might have been dozens of Geyser Spring Guardians, but only a few of them were still alive.
"There are some farming tools here. There are some words written on them. They seem to be from the modern era," Mofan used his Dragon Sense to search for clues in the surroundings.
"That means this place has not been deserted for long. Geyser Spring might still be preserved," Mubai said.
Mofan nodded.
It could not be like Bo City, which had almost dried up by the time he obtained it.
With Little Loach's current appetite, if he did not obtain Geyser Spring on the same level as Xiayu, it would be a waste of time.
"Let's split up and take a look. I'll go to the pool under the waterfall, "Mofan said.
"I'll take a look around the village."
"Then I'll go outside the village to check."
…
Mofan walked toward the silver waterfall.
Not all of the waterfalls were slanted down with a loud rumbling sound.
The Silver Wire Waterfall here quietly flowed along the vertical broken wall, slowly flowing down to the pool below along the wall marks that had formed over countless years.
The pool was not big or deep. After all, it did not have the force of the water flowing down. It was more like a spring that the entire village drank from. The clear and cold spring water made Mofan want to roll up his pants and soak his feet … He had done this many times when he was young.
He took off the pendant in front of his chest and soaked it in the water, washing it while he was at it. In order to prevent Little Loach from showing it to others, Mofan always covered it tightly. It was inevitable that he would sweat a little.
As soon as it was placed in the cold spring, Little Loach immediately glowed. The little pendant seemed to have come alive. It suddenly left Mofan's palm and dived into the cold spring.
Mofan was a little confused, but he was not in a hurry to pick it up.
After all, it was rare to see Little Loach in such a hurry.
It slid to the bottom of the spring. Through the light it emitted, Mofan discovered that there was a layer of liquid of different densities under the spring.
Ordinary river water seemed to have a low density and mainly floated on the upper layer.
The high-density liquid was sealed at the bottom by a thin layer of ice-like thing. As the water flowed down, it could occasionally be seen shaking like a liquid. It was just that this shaking was very heavy. It felt like even if it was hit by a great force, it would not be shaken out from inside.
Mofan's face showed a smile.
It turned out that it was sealed under the water!
The Underground Holy Spring was completely incompatible with normal water. It could be seen that the Underground Holy Spring was like oil that could sink to the bottom. Furthermore, there was clearly a layer of barrier separating the river water and the Underground Holy Spring. Even if a Water Magician came, he might not be able to easily remove it, let alone those villagers who were drinking water.
Hiding the Underground Holy Spring in an ordinary spring should have been considered a very clever concealment method at that time. No matter what kind of people came here with ulterior motives, who would be interested in this pool of cold water? One would be able to see the bottom with a single glance.
Luckily, they had Little Loach. Otherwise, it would have taken them a lot of effort to find the Geyser Spring. Mofan, Song Feiyao, and Mubai subconsciously searched for the caves, mystical realms, and underground caverns hidden in the village …
However, it made sense when they thought about it. The entire village was hidden between the mountains of the Helan Mountains. First of all, it was very difficult for people who were not part of the guardians of the Geyser Spring to discover the paintings. Second, only the leaders of the guardians of the Geyser Spring would know how to put the paintings together.
It was obvious that using this method to hide the Underground Holy Spring was not to guard against outsiders, but to guard against their own people. It was to prevent the Guardian Clan from being infatuated with the outside world and being insatiably greedy!
The layer of restriction did not restrict Little Loach at all. Perhaps because it was now a mobile storage device of the Geyser Spring, the restriction recognized Little Loach as their companion by default.
As soon as it fell into the spring, the clear water of the Geyser Spring was quickly absorbed by Little Loach. Mofan was responsible for keeping watch for Little Loach on the shore.
Speaking of which, it was a little strange.
There was no one in the village. Even if the Geyser Spring was hidden very skillfully, there would still be many problems if no one looked after it and took care of it. For example, the spring river in the mountain would be gone when it dried up, which was rarely seen in ten years.
If there was no water in the spring, could the layer of restriction turn into sand and continue to hide the Geyser Spring?
Then, no one would discover the secret of the paintings and come here.
Or perhaps they would stumble into the village by accident and discover the secret of the guardians.
…
Little Loach absorbed the energy very quickly. Mofan soon let down his guard.
Obtaining the Geyser Spring was more important than anything else!
However, before Mofan could get excited, Mubai, who was checking the surroundings of the village, came running over in a hurry.
"It's not that simple, right?" Mofan asked.
"Is it that simple? Did you find the Geyser Spring?" Mubai was startled.
"Mmm, I've put it away," Mofan nodded.
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