Dragon's Origin

Chapter 648: The Final Clue (Part 1)

Zhu Xingsheng's treasure map was wrong? Impossible! This was his family fortune he was leaving for his son, how could it be wrong?

If Zhu Xingsheng had guessed before his death that Zhu Shaodong would be captured by Wang Sheng, that Wang Sheng would discover the secret of the dentures, and that Wang Sheng would obtain the treasure map, then such a resourceful Zhu Xingsheng would have been better off not playing around in the Shanyue area in the first place.

Since Zhu Xingsheng wasn't deliberately playing tricks, then there must be other secrets here.

Wang Sheng and the old Taoist controlled the four flying demon beasts and circled around several times, but found nothing. Calculating the time and the flying ability of the demon beasts, they had no choice but to return to the eighth island.

"Interesting, Zhu Xingsheng actually played this trick." On the way back, Wang Sheng had actually thought of a possibility. He just didn't expect Zhu Xingsheng to set up such a trick here.

If someone didn't understand the ocean, like the Lingxu Old Taoist, they would definitely be puzzled in this situation. Their first thought would probably be to suspect the treasure map.

"Is there a problem with the treasure map?" Back on the island, the first question the old Taoist asked was indeed about the treasure map.

"No, there isn't." Wang Sheng smiled and explained to the old Taoist, "Zhu Xingsheng would deceive many people, but he would never deceive his own son."

"Then what's going on?" The old Taoist asked, very puzzled, "Did you misremember?"

The treasure map had already been cremated with Zhu Shaodong, and now it was completely based on Wang Sheng's memory to guide the direction. It wasn't unreasonable for the old Taoist to suspect this.

"Obviously, it's because you're a landlubber, Old Taoist." Wang Sheng smiled and looked down on the old Taoist, "You don't understand the ocean."

Although he had followed Wang Sheng down rivers and into the sea, the old Taoist was still essentially an amateur who only saw the surface of the ocean and didn't understand its essence.

As for whether Wang Sheng had misremembered, that was even more impossible. Not to mention Wang Sheng's extraordinary memory, he could clearly remember even complex maps like the Peerless Treasure Map after looking at them a few times, let alone such a simple treasure map. Besides, Wang Sheng's individual combat terminal also had a photo backup, so it was absolutely impossible to be wrong.

In the ocean, there is a phenomenon that never occurs on land: tides. In the Yuanhun world, there is also a sun and a moon, so tides are inevitable.

The island where the treasure is located must not be high enough in elevation, and it would be submerged underwater once the tide rises. It was normal that Wang Sheng and the old Taoist couldn't see it from the air.

The time of high and low tides is definitely different in different geographical locations. Even Wang Sheng couldn't use the tide times from Earth to apply to the Yuanhun world. Therefore, the only way was to observe for a couple of days.

The old Taoist was very interested in the tidal phenomenon that Wang Sheng mentioned. This was something he had never encountered before. The vast world was truly full of wonders. If he hadn't come out with Wang Sheng, the old Taoist couldn't have imagined that there was such a vast world in the sea, with such colorful beauty and cruelty.

After observing for three consecutive days, they finally figured out the tidal pattern of this island. Fortunately, the low tide started at dawn and lasted until 11:00 AM, when the water level dropped to its lowest point, and then it would slowly rise again.

The place where the treasure was located was about 500 miles away from here, and it was also in the west. The time of high and low tides should be slightly different from here, but it wouldn't be more than an hour.

The first time they went there, it was already afternoon, so the seawater submerged the island. Now that they had mastered the high and low tide times, they definitely had to go earlier.

Once again embarking on the journey, the departure time also changed to 5:00 AM. After flying over like this, they would be able to arrive at around 8:00 AM, which was the middle of the low tide, and they could search for a longer period of time.

This time, they were prepared, so after setting off, Wang Sheng and the old Taoist specifically looked for shallow sea areas. The colors of the deep sea and shallow sea are different when viewed from the sky. The deep sea is bluer, while the shallow sea is lighter in color, and may even have other colors, making it easy to distinguish.

Flying in this direction, there were at least four or five shallow sea areas, but Wang Sheng and the old Taoist couldn't clearly see which one was the small island that could be exposed from the air.

However, this didn't stump Wang Sheng. When they arrived at the place, they lowered the altitude of the flying demon beasts, and Wang Sheng jumped directly into the sea to personally observe the depth of those shallow seas.

Using this method, Wang Sheng eliminated three locations, and only two points remained. However, these two points were some distance apart, at least half an hour of flying time.

Playing it so mysteriously, Wang Sheng was sure that Zhu Xingsheng had definitely overestimated his good-for-nothing son's comprehension and his ability to obtain the treasure.

Zhu Xingsheng was too suspicious, to the point where he didn't even trust the adopted daughter he had raised since childhood. This habit led him to instinctively feel that even the treasure he left for his son had to be guarded against. This led to the embarrassing situation where even Wang Sheng couldn't determine the exact location.

The treasure map he drew wasn't that standardized in the first place, it was just a rough range. This guy was also being too clever, putting the treasure from the island underwater. Being clever was clever enough, but the problem was, when Zhu Shaodong really went treasure hunting, would the sixty-year-old Zhu Shaodong have the ability to read the map and accurately identify directions?

Even a professional like Wang Sheng was having so much trouble, one can imagine how desperate the sixty-year-old Zhu Shaodong would be when facing all of this.

And this was just the last step, who knows if the sixty-year-old, uneducated Zhu Shaodong could persevere through all the dangers along the way to reach this place, to reach that time.

Being too clever for one's own good, Zhu Xingsheng definitely wouldn't have thought of this.

Originally, Wang Sheng wasn't that concerned about this treasure, but this series of arrangements and the wonderful scenes encountered along the way successfully aroused Wang Sheng's curiosity. Even if there weren't any valuable things, the process of excavating and searching for the treasure was enough for Wang Sheng and Lingxu Old Taoist to have fun.

Unexpectedly, both places were exposed to the sea when the tide was low. There was no way, facing this situation, they could only board the islands one by one to investigate before eliminating them. The first place they landed was the closest island.

Fortunately, the island exposed to the sea was large enough for the four flying mounts to land and rest for a while, so there was no need to worry about running out of energy when flying back.

Wang Sheng and the old Taoist began a careful search on this island that would be submerged in water for half the time. They wouldn't let go of any caves or unique markings on the island.

After searching carefully back and forth for an hour, the two found nothing, and could only look at each other, and then leave in disappointment. Fortunately, there was still one island left, hopefully they could find something.