Although Sakura Mountain is a tourist attraction, the area of the scenic area is actually not very large, so Yang Qi and his companions easily avoided the crowds of tourists.
"It's a pity that it's not the season for cherry blossoms to bloom, otherwise the scenery here would be much more beautiful." Going deep into the sparsely populated mountain forest, Kagura Chiba sighed.
As a native of Japan, Kagura Chiba is very familiar with Sakura Mountain. There are two best times to visit Sakura Mountain. One is the snowy winter, when the entire top of Sakura Mountain is covered with snow, like a huge volcanic ice cream. The other is the well-known cherry blossom season, when the entire Sakura Mountain scenic area is covered with cherry blossoms, like a fairyland on earth.
"Next time the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, I'll accompany you." Yang Qi said gently.
Kagura Qianyu nodded with a smile. As the Palace Master of Kagura Palace, she was trained by Kagura Palace to be the next generation of Palace Master since she was a child. With her outstanding talent for cultivation, she spent most of her time in cultivation. Even when she was with Yang Qi, she had never experienced true love. At this time, hearing Yang Qi's romantic promise, her heart was filled with sweetness.
Wow~
Entering deep into Sakura Mountain, Yang Qi did not hesitate to use the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada to explore everywhere, while at the same time completely releasing his own perception.
The two went deep into Sakura Mountain, but they found nothing along the way.
Yang Qi knew that it was not a good idea to keep searching like this, so he looked at Kagura Chiyu and asked, "Chiyu, is there anything special in Sakura Mountain?"
Sakura Mountain is the sacred mountain of Fuso Country. Over the years, countless people have gone deep into it. If there were any relics on Sakura Mountain, they would have been discovered long ago. The relics are likely to be underground or hidden by formations. And these two possibilities make it very difficult to find the relics by large-scale investigation.
The best way is to find unusual places. Often those unusual places are most likely to have ruins. In fact, those outsiders from the Holy See of Light are also looking for what they need through this method.
"A special place?"
Kagura Chiba was stunned and frowned as she thought. Although she had been to Sakura Mountain several times, it was impossible for her to search it carefully and her knowledge of Sakura Mountain was very limited.
"I remember that once when I came to Sakura Mountain, I heard the locals mention something about a place called the sea of cherry blossoms. It is said that the cherry blossoms there will bloom in winter, which is very strange. However, it is said that a geologist pointed out after research that it was just caused by some residual geothermal energy in Sakura Mountain." Kagura Chiba said hurriedly.
“Does it bloom in winter?”
Yang Qi was stunned. He didn't expect that there was such a peculiar place in Sakura Mountain. In fact, there is a poem in China that goes "In April, when all the beautiful flowers have flown away, the peach blossoms in the mountain temple begin to bloom." Due to the influence of the climate, plants in the mountains often bloom and bear fruit more slowly than plants in low places.
However, cherry blossoms usually bloom in March and April. Even if they bloom later, it is impossible to delay until winter, which almost spans a whole year.
"Geothermal heat, will it bloom early?" Yang Qi's eyes focused, it was obvious that the sea of cherry blossoms did not bloom late as described in the poem, but early.
Yang Qi pondered for a moment and said, "We can go and take a look. Maybe it's not just due to the geothermal heat."
Although this sea of cherry blossoms does not sound like there is anything special about it, it is better to have such a place than to search aimlessly. Maybe you can gain something from the sea of cherry blossoms.
Kagura Chiba had never actually been to the sea of cherry blossoms. She had only heard about it from people living near Sakura Mountain. However, she knew its approximate location. With Yang Qi's perception and the help of the eight-winged golden cicada, it was not difficult to find it.
Whoosh~ Whoosh~
Two figures flew through the woods and soon arrived at the sea of cherry trees that Kagura Chiba mentioned. Of course, there were no cherry blossoms on the trees at this time.
“Is this the sea of cherry blossoms?”
Looking at the small valley in front of him, Yang Qi raised his eyebrows. This valley was dotted with wild cherry trees, and it looked like a small lake. There were also cherry trees growing on the cliffs. When the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, the entire valley would be covered in cherry blossoms. No wonder it was called a sea of cherry blossoms.
Wow~
Yang Qi's perception was completely released, carefully sensing everything in the entire valley.
"It doesn't seem to be anything special." Yang Qi raised his eyebrows and after a careful investigation, he found that there was nothing strange about the valley in front of him. It should be just an ordinary valley.
“I don’t know what the situation is underground.” Yang Qi’s mind moved, and the eight-winged golden cicada flashed with golden light, and drilled directly into the ground to investigate.
This time, Yang Qi did not use Yuanli to explore. Although Yuanli exploration is fast, it has its fatal flaw, that is, the exploration depth is sufficient, but the range is very narrow. In comparison, the eight-winged golden cicada with its own perception is more suitable for this kind of deep underground range exploration.
"There is indeed heat radiating from the ground. It seems that those geologists were right." Through the perception of the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada, Yang Qi quickly realized that there was heat gushing out from the ground. This should be what geologists call geothermal energy.
The heat underground is not that great, and the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada went hundreds of feet deep without being affected by the geothermal heat.
"Huh? Something's wrong."
Suddenly, Yang Qi's expression changed, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
"Husband, have you discovered something again?" Seeing Yang Qi's expression change, Kagura Qianyu beside him hurriedly asked.
"I don't know. I need to continue investigating."
Yang Qi shook his head slightly. In fact, the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada did not find anything wrong. It was just that Yang Qi sensed something wrong based on the feedback from the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada and the changes in underground heat.
"The source of the heat is in another direction!"
After noticing something amiss, Yang Qi immediately gave an order to the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada. The Eight-Winged Golden Cicada, which had been going deep into the water, immediately changed its direction and drilled in another direction.
"This is..." After gathering some breath, the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada sneaked several hundred feet in the direction specified by Yang Qi and finally made a discovery.
“Found it!”
Yang Qi's face lit up with joy, and he said with a slightly excited look.
In the perception of the Eight-Winged Golden Cicada, he finally discovered a huge area containing the fluctuations of the formation. In addition to the fluctuations of the formation, that area actually emitted a faint heat.
“This location is…” Yang Qi roughly judged the direction based on the location of the eight-winged golden cicada underground. The next moment, his eyes fell on the crater of Sakura Mountain.
“No way!”
The corner of Yang Qi's mouth twitched, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
"Husband, what's wrong?" Kagura Chiyu asked puzzledly.
"The ruins are right below the crater of Sakura Mountain." Yang Qi said with a wry smile.
"this… "
Hearing Yang Qi's words, Kagura Qianyu was also stunned. The ruins were actually right below the crater of Sakura Mountain? (To be continued)