HLnovel Chapter 476 Flower of Hope
Chapter 476 Flower of Hope
Just half a month after Luo Lingfeng and his wife left Bixia Island, Pei Yun finally got information about the Jidao ancestor.
Before this, she had gone to the treasure place marked on the treasure map according to the location shown on the map, but it was just an ordinary sea area and there was nothing special about it, so Pei Yun could only pin her hopes on the news related to the Jidao ancestor.
Pei Yun left the inn early in the morning. She walked on the busy street, surrounded by the lively hawking. In such a lively atmosphere, a cold voice came from the front:
"You're useless! You can't even find the trace of two people! These two came from outside the island and are outnumbered. How could someone come to save them?!"
"Second Miss, it's been half a month. If Luo Lingfeng and the other two were still hiding in Bixia Island, they would have been caught by us long ago. I think they escaped by boat..."
"Let's check at the dock. If we talk about the merchant ships coming and going to Bixia Island, the most are from Xianxia Sect, Bishui Sect and Baolin Pavilion. Xianxia Sect is unlikely to help them. That leaves Bishui Sect and Baolin Pavilion. These two escaped before and were captured by the people of my Qian Family Gang. Everyone saw it. Who dares to help them and risk offending my Qian Family Gang?!"
"Yes."
Pei Yun listened and lowered his head slightly, hiding a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and passed by the furious Qian Ruxin.
It is not the right time yet. Once the matter of the treasure map is settled, she will definitely kill the sinister and vicious brother and sister of the Qian family.
After a while, Pei Yun arrived at an antique museum. She looked up at the plaque and walked in...
There were not many people in the museum and the environment was very quiet. There were some old and antique items placed on a few shelves. Most of these treasures had weak spiritual energy, and a few were incomplete and damaged.
Pei Yun went directly to the counter to find the manager and explained his purpose: "...I am new to Bixia Island. I heard that Jidao Patriarch is the most legendary and powerful cultivator on Bixia Island. I admire him very much. Some people say that there are Jidao Patriarch's works here. I came here just to see them..."
The steward nodded and said, "Staff Wang from Baolin Pavilion has already informed me. Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment. I will bring the ancient book over..."
The manager said as he entered the room behind the counter and came out a moment later holding a treasure box.
Pei Yun took the treasure box, opened it, picked up the ancient book inside, and began to read it carefully. Then his expression changed slightly: "What kind of words... or symbols are these?"
Pei Yun discovered that the characters inside were not the common characters of Haoyu Continent, but were a bit like the characters of Blue Star.
However, she has learned most of the characters on Blue Star. Although this character is somewhat similar, it is not any of the characters on Blue Star.
The manager replied, "When the museum owner got this ancient book, he conducted research and said that this should be a self-created language, but he did not find any country in the Haoyu Continent that uses this language. Of course... the reason why we believe that this is the work of the Jidao Patriarch is because there are two characters "Jidao" in the lower right corner of the last page. The Jidao Patriarch used the common characters of the Haoyu Continent for these two characters..."
Pei Yun turned to the last page of the book, and sure enough, the word "Jidao" was written in the lower right corner of the page. However, this last page was quite different. It was not filled with text, but a painting - a blooming flower. There were four words written below the painting, but Pei Yun did not understand these four words.
The steward saw that she was concentrating on the painting and seemed to be studying something. He stroked his beard and smiled, "Although the curator has not fully studied the meaning of all the words in this book, he has also guessed what the words under this flower represent based on his many years of archaeological experience..."
Hearing this, Pei Yun raised his eyes and slightly raised his eyebrows, but seeing that the steward had only said half of his words, he instantly understood what he meant: "How many spirit stones does this ancient book cost? I want it!"
"The original price of the museum owner is one million high-grade spirit stones, but if you are interested in buying it, 800,000 high-grade spirit stones will do."
This price is indeed very expensive. An ancient book that is completely incomprehensible, even if it is the work of the great ancestor of Jidao, is not worth this price according to common sense. No wonder it has not been sold yet.
But to Pei Yun, this amount of spiritual stones was nothing. She said, "I will pay one million high-quality spiritual stones to buy your ancient book, but please tell me what the words under the flower mean."
Seeing Pei Yun's quick action, the steward took the storage bag and said with a smile: "The owner of the museum said that the four words under this painting might be - Flower of Hope."
"Flower of Hope?" Pei Yun was confused. She was an alchemist and she knew many spiritual flowers and herbs, but she knew quite a few. She had never heard of a flower called the Flower of Hope.
But... Pei Yun suddenly thought of something, a gleam of light flashed across her eyes, and she said goodbye to the steward and left without any expression.
After leaving the Antique Museum, Pei Yun went straight back to the inn...
At the same time, two figures appeared at the entrance of the Antique Museum, staring at Pei Yun's back as he left.
"Sure enough, she has come to the island too!"
"Besides the two of us, she is the only one who knows the treasure map. Since we already have the complete treasure map, we might as well kill her first to prevent her from getting there first..."
"Wait a minute, it's too early now. We might as well wait until she finds the treasure hiding place, then we can take action."
……
After Pei Yun entered the guest room, he carefully set up an isolation array, and then couldn't wait to spread out the map he had bought at Baolin Pavilion on the table:
"Flower of hope, hope... hope... Island of hope... as expected!"
Pei Yun's face showed joy. She had taken a quick look at the map before and had a general understanding of the islands near Bixia Island. One of the islands was called Hope Island in the early years, and is now called Misty Island. Moreover, this island is not far from the treasure place marked on the map.
With the direction of the investigation, Pei Yun went to the Misty Island the next day. The island was not far from Bixia Island, and she didn't even need to take a boat. She rode the Suzaku Puppet alone and it took her a day to reach the island...
The small note on the map does not explain why it was called Hope Island in the past, but it does remind us that the island is filled with miasma all year round. The deeper you go into the island, the thicker the miasma becomes. Over time, some explorers called it Misty Island.
Pei Yun took the detoxification pill in advance and activated the defense of his robes. Then he boarded the island and used his spiritual sense to explore the traces of the flower of hope...
There are quite a few magical flowers and herbs on this Misty Island. Although they are not very precious, it would be a waste if you don't pick them. Pei Yun went deeper into the island, picking magical herbs along the way...
After an unknown amount of time, a roar was heard not far away.
"You disciples of the Bishui Sect are so shameless! It was obviously our Xianxia Sect that saw this little spirit deer first, but you took advantage of us not paying attention and snatched our prey!"
"What a joke! Who can be more shameless than you, a group of Xianxia Sect disciples? Why do you have to give away the prey you see? How dare you say such arrogant and rude words! Then I said I saw monsters all over the island. Does that mean all the prey on the island belongs to me?!"
"Hahahaha!"
"That's right! The people of Xianxia Sect are always good at turning the tables!"
"This is Misty Island, not the territory of your Xianxia Sect!"
"Okay, okay! How dare you from the Bishui Sect go against our Xianxia Sect like this!"
"Why not? You, Xianxia Sect, are still dreaming of a thousand years of greatness! You think you are still the dominant power as you were a thousand years ago. You have been weak for so many years. It seems that the loss in the last competition between the two sects was not bad enough!"
……
Pei Yun hid in the bushes at the back and saw the disciples of the Xianxia Sect and the Bishui Sect confronting each other, mocking and cursing at each other.
A small spirit deer was lying in the middle, with an arrow in its abdomen, blood all over it, and one of its antlers cut off. It was whimpering weakly, and when Pei Yun looked over, he was met with its big watery eyes...