Chapter 16, Small Towns of the North

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The sun rises and the moon sets, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the second day. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yue Gao was already located in a town near the sea in the north at the moment, and he found some old people in the local area to ask about the local legends.

Why look for the elderly?

Because with the development of the times, young people basically don't touch the stories and other things that have been passed down in the past, let alone remember them.

"Uncle, have you ever heard of a story about Golden Turtle Island, or Drift Island?" After walking around, Yue Gao found the Mediterranean uncle who was also smoking at the door of his house.

"Huh?"

The smoking uncle raised his head, and after a moment shook his head, "No ......"

"Thank you, uncle." The old man seemed to want to say something, but Yue Gao took the lead, and after speaking, he nodded politely, and then turned around and left.

"Alas, young people nowadays are frizzy ......" Just a few steps away, the uncle behind him muttered.

Yue Gao was not surprised by this, because before this, he had already asked a few elderly uncles, and the results he got were the same, and he always liked to nag.

"Uncle, do you know ......?"

"I don't know."

"Uncle, do you know ......?"

"Uncle ......"

After asking more than 20 people one after another, Yue Gao always heard negative answers, and he was tired of walking around, so he came to a park and found a bench to sit down.

But before he could catch his breath, an old man in scruffy clothes and smelly body sat on the other side of the bench, staring at him with burning eyes.

“……”

“……”

The two stared at each other for a while, and then Yue Gao subconsciously said, "Uncle, do you know about the Golden Turtle Island or the Drift Island." ”

After saying that, he regretted it, even the old man who lived a leisurely life didn't know, how could a beggar who ran around for life all day long have time to remember this kind of thing, it seems that there is no hope for this city, or go to the next city to try your luck.

At this time, a hand with a peculiar smell stretched out three fingers and rubbed them in front of him, which was an action that everyone understood.

Does he really know?

Yue Gao looked at the beggar uncle incredulously, could it be such a coincidence? It's only one town, and I only asked about 20 people to find the answer? Such good luck is comparable to the halo of the protagonist!

"Give~"

"Ten pieces? Send the beggars! ”

Well? Aren't you a beggar? Yue Gao raised his eyebrows, and said in his belly, of course he wouldn't say that, and took out a red old man's head from his wallet in pain, "Here, tell me ......"

Before Yue Gao could finish speaking, the beggar snatched the red old man's head, then stood up and ran forward at a speed of 100 meters, saying as he walked: "You fool! ”

“…… I knew I wasn't that lucky," Yue Gao slowly stood up, "but my money isn't that easy to take." ”

……

Three minutes later, in a small alley, there was a wail: "Eh, eh, I call you uncle, I call you uncle, don't step on it, oops, please don't step on it." ”

Yue Gao stepped on the beggar's back, "I didn't use my strength at all, don't you scream so much, okay?" ”

"Uncle, uncle, I'll give you back the money, please let me go." The beggar shuddered and pulled out a red old man's head.

"This is for you, you just have to tell me, you really don't know about Golden Turtle Island?"

The beggar said in a trembling tone: "Golden turtle, golden turtle island, I don't know, I only heard of a moving island before, and then it sank!" ”

"When did it sink? Where did it sink? ”

"All I know is that a long time ago, it was, just across the sea." The beggar pointed to the sea and said.

Hearing this, Yue Gao looked at the sea, the sea at noon was sparkling, under the cloudless clear sky, it was very beautiful, "Okay, you can go." ”

So saying, he took his foot away from the beggar's back, and the latter immediately got up and limped away.

……

"Haili ......" stands on the beach, Yue Gao looks into the distance, although the sea is boundless, but the range that can be reached by human eyesight is still limited.

A moving island at least 2,000 years ago, after thousands of years, the drifting island sank in the wind and waves, and happened to be seen by someone, becoming a local legend.

Sinking, which is quite a troublesome thing.

In ancient times, there was a copper ox, when the flood broke out, it was washed into the water, after the flood ended, people wanted to get the copper ox back, they thought that the copper ox was very heavy, it should be in the same place, but several people went down to salvage, and found nothing; Later, some people thought that the copper ox was washed downstream by the flood, and several people went to salvage it, but the result was still nothing; In the end, some people thought that the copper bull was upstream, and as a result, when no one believed it, people scooped up the copper bull from the upstream.

It is so troublesome to find a copper bull in a river, let alone find a small island in the middle of the sea that sank countless years ago, considering the changes in ocean currents over the years, it is impossible to imagine that Treasure Island has floated to the bottom of the Atlantic.

"Alas~ It seems that it is more practical to buy the sheepskin map." Yue Gao looked at the sheepskin map in his hand, and there was not much hope in his heart.

Sure enough, those treasure hunting stories are all fake, how can it be possible to find Treasure Island with only a partial map, and there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance of spending a lifetime.

"That's it, I'll sell the parchment map another day."

Yue Gao, who had made up his mind, felt a lot more relaxed in his heart, climbed a reef, looked at the beautiful ocean, and suddenly had a feeling of wanting to spread his arms and look up to the sky and shout.

And just as he was about to do so, he glanced at something glittering on the beach.

"What's that?" Yue Gao turned his head and looked at it, it turned out to be a turtle with a golden shell, "No, it's a golden turtle!" ”

Golden turtle ......

Yue Gao, who seemed to remember something, flipped through the parchment map, swept the map with his telekinesis, and found a few oracle bones just like Xu Tiancheng's machine.

Oracle bone inscriptions are a very figurative type of writing, and in addition to the literal meaning, the patterns themselves have a huge meaning.

"Sure enough, in addition to 'the place where the sun rises, the island of the golden turtle', it can also be translated as 'when the sun rises, put the map on the golden turtle'."

Thinking of this, a look of excitement appeared on Yue Gao's face, but it quickly disappeared.

Because even if a second translation is obtained, it doesn't make much sense, even if the sheepskin map is taken anyway at sunrise, what will happen to the golden turtle? Probably nothing will happen, after all, it's just ......

No, Yue Gao patted his head, even treasures like the Red Book existed, why wasn't this sheepskin map a real treasure?

According to the study of the supernatural world, it seems that there was a technology in ancient times that was different from the development path of modern science and technology, and it was temporarily named "ancient technology".

Perhaps this parchment map is the product of ancient technology?

"In this way, there is still some hope," Yue Gao looked at the sheepskin map and thought for a moment, "Anyway, it's just an experiment, and I'll go back tomorrow." ”