Fruit fairy

Chapter 20 A Silk Drawing

Chen Youdao pondered for a moment, and after injecting a little mana again, his brows frowned even deeper, so he immediately looked carefully.

After a while, Chen Youdao suddenly thought of something, looked at Li Can and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, there should be a restriction in this copper box. To open the secret compartment inside, not only the blood of the descendants of the Li family is required, but also the person needs to inject mana to confirm his identity before he can open it."

"It seems that this object should be brought by the founding patriarch of your lineage before leaving the family, and it has been passed down from generation to generation and has been preserved to this day. The small copper box actually contains hidden restrictions. It seems that the hidden items in the hidden compartment are very valuable. .If what I expected is correct, what should be hidden is the 'Token of Guizong' from your lineage."

Li Can's eyes widened immediately when he heard the words. Could it be that the 'Token of Guizong' that had disappeared long ago was really hidden in the secret compartment?Rumors of the disappearance had already spread throughout the Li clan, and everyone knew that this lineage had no possibility of returning to the clan. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the master and the old man accidentally discovered the hidden clues in the copper box.

Chen Youdao handed the copper box to Li Can with a blank expression, and then waved his hand and said, "My guess is not wrong. According to what I said, after you drip the blood on it and activate it with mana, you should be able to open it through the blood test. Dark grid."

After finishing speaking, Chen Youdao walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back. Firstly, he didn't want to pry into it to avoid suspicion, and secondly, he didn't want his apprentice Li Can to see him looking disappointed.

In fact, when he guessed that there should be a hidden compartment in the copper box, he hesitated for a while, but he finally chose to tell the truth.

Chen Youdao stepped out, and after only a few steps, he heard a crisp "crack" sound from behind him, and then he heard Li Can's "hmm" full of doubts.

He wanted to turn back, but held back.

But I still couldn't help thinking in my heart: "Isn't it just a token of returning to the clan? Is there anything worth seeing? Besides, I believe that he will never leave me and return to the family just because of the appearance of the token. Is the disciple such a ungrateful person?"

Just when I thought of this, I heard Li Can suddenly say: "Master, you guessed wrong. This is not a token of returning to the sect, but a picture."

"Picture? What picture?" Chen Youdao immediately turned around with a sigh of relief, and looked at the copper box in Li Can's hand.

I saw that the copper box had 'growth' about an inch at this time, and it could barely fit a hand into it.At this time, there is a finger-thick copper rod on each of the four corners of the copper box to prop up the box body and the base, exposing a small space.

The one-inch-high space was empty, only a piece of silk cloth the size of a palm was placed in it.

The silk cloth has turned yellow, and it is obviously quite old for some years, but it can still clearly see a few black lines on it, and a simple pattern drawn by the criss-crossed rice paddies.

After Chen Youdao looked at it carefully, he was sure that there was nothing inside except the silk cloth, so he reached out and took out the silk cloth to examine it carefully.

Li Can put away the copper box and watched from the sidelines. After a long while, the two looked at each other and shook their heads, feeling inexplicable and clueless.

"What is this? Rivers are not like rivers, and fields are not like fields. What is drawn with a few black lines?" Chen Youdao shook his head and said in a lack of interest.

Since it wasn't the token of Guizong, Chen Youdao's last trace of worry dissipated, so he immediately lost interest in this incomprehensible line pattern.

At this time, Li Miao's sharp shout suddenly came from outside the hall, Chen Youdao immediately stuffed the silk cloth into Li Can's arms and walked away quickly, saying to himself:

"Oh, I forgot, I promised Li Miao to catch loaches, my good grandson must be waiting anxiously."

Li Can held the silk cloth and was about to take a closer look, but suddenly reacted after hearing these words, and when he looked up at the master's back, he secretly said in his heart:

"My brother is your good grandson? Then what am I?"

After thinking about it, Li Can decided it was better not to ask, whoever asked who was the grandson.

In the secret room, Li Can looked at the criss-crossing black lines on the silk cloth and fell into deep thought.

But the starting point of his thinking is quite different, which may have something to do with the opening of his mind.

What he thought of was that since the secret compartment of this box needs to be opened by a monk surnamed Li dripping blood to activate mana, doesn't that mean that the patriarch who put this silk picture in the secret compartment is also a monk?
But in the hundreds of years of family history, there has never been any monk other than himself, so there are only two other possibilities.

One is that this picture was originally stored in a copper box, but the ancestors who moved here did not know the existence of the secret box, and perhaps knew that it could not be opened because of lack of mana, so they kept it until now.

Another possibility, in Li Can's opinion, is more plausible, that is, all the patriarchs were at least in the realm of acquired martial arts masters, and only one spiritual weapon was used as a medium to open the hidden compartment of this box.

As such.
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, and Li Can suddenly raised his head to look at nothingness, because at this moment he felt as if he had caught some clue, and there was only a thin line between him and him finding out the truth of this silk picture.

At this time, he thought of the rumors about the loss of the Guizong Token. It is said that when the underground mine vein collapsed, the former patriarch happened to be in the mine vein and died because of this, so the token disappeared without a trace.

At this time, nothing was found in the secret compartment except a pair of silk pictures, which meant that the rumor was very likely to be true.

Since the token of returning to the clan is so important, why did the former patriarch carry it to the mine vein?In other words, what exactly is there in the vein that needs tokens?

And the mine didn't collapse sooner or later, but it suddenly collapsed after the first patriarch went down with the token. Who would believe it was a coincidence?

Anyway, Li Can absolutely didn't believe it.

When Li Can looked at the silk picture in his hand again, he couldn't help laughing in a low voice, and then said to himself:

"Mine veins. All the rumors are related to the mine veins. The ancestors came to mine the mines, and the ancestor patriarch died in the mine veins. The token of returning to the clan was also buried underground with him, but this silk picture was hidden in a secret compartment. , if I don't think that this is a road map of an underground mine at this time, I, Li Can, will really live in vain."

At this moment, Li Can finally figured everything out, and the only unknown thing was what was hidden deep in the mine vein, which could cause the mine vein to collapse and buried the former patriarch and others underground.

But this matter is not urgent, and it is still unknown whether the snake demon will leave. If it is still hiding at the bottom of the lake, it is definitely not an opponent based on its current state.

Unless you can ask Master to take action, or wait for the Wu Guanzhu to keep his promise to kill it, anyway, with my current state, I will definitely not take risks lightly.

Li Can put the silk picture into the storage bag and sat cross-legged, but at this time he was a little restless, because another matter was imminent and he could not practice with peace of mind.

Calculating the time, the spiritual seedlings in the orchard should have blossomed and bear fruit if nothing unexpected happens. Although there is still about a month before the melons are ripe, the orchard is not far from the lake after all. If you want to pick these spiritual fruits back safely You have to get ready as early as possible.

"Well, I don't think Master and his elders intend to help, and it seems that we have to find another way." Li Can whispered slowly, playing with a small blue teapot named 'Black-eyed Water-Swallowing Beast' road.

(End of this chapter)