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The afternoon sun at around three or four o'clock, obliquely hung in the western sky, its golden rays spilled forth, coating the edge of the mountains with a faint golden glow.

The contour of the mountain peaks appeared indistinct amidst the interplay of light and shadow, and the small streams in the mountains, under the sunlight, glittered with sparkling ripples, like a silver ribbon winding through the mountains.

Two members of the National Archaeological Team Nine stayed at the original location to wait.

The rest, led by Old Yao, followed the direction pointed out by Qin Sisi, toward Little Stone Pond, bypassing Gourd Mouth.

Indeed, as Qin Sisi had envisioned, to be precise, it was as described in the first volume of "Touch Gold Notes."

——A unique realm unfolded.

Professor Qi had some understanding of geomancy, and after going around Gourd Mouth and through a dense jungle, when he looked up again at his surroundings, his brow quickly furrowed.

"Professor Qi, what's wrong?"

Old Yao looked toward Professor Qi beside him and asked.

Professor Qi stared fixedly at the undulating mountain range around them and said in a daze, "I don't understand this place."

"Is there no Dragon Vein here?" Old Yao felt a slight shock in his heart and asked.

"It might be there, or it might not be." Professor Qi gave an ambiguous answer.

"So, is it there or not?"

Old Yao was somewhat confused by the response.

Professor Qi raised a hand and pointed toward the mountain range in front of them, saying, "Seeking dragons is actually about finding Dragon Veins, observing the trend. And the Dragon Vein, primarily, is about finding the Dragon's Backbone, which is the main ridge of the mountain range.

But here, the mountain shapes do not converge, and the peaks spread out, I am somewhat unable to discern where the main ridge of the mountain range is."

At this time.

Old Yao couldn't help but look toward Qin Sisi, his eyes conveying a question.

Qin Sisi had suggested that the location of the previous tomb was a False Dragon Head, fraught with deceptive mechanisms, and that bypassing Gourd Mouth would reveal a new realm, which was why everyone had come here.

Thus, he wanted to hear Qin Sisi's opinion.

At that moment, Qin Sisi was also observing the trend of the mountain range around her.

She didn't understand the art of "Dragon-Seeking and Positioning"; she was recalling the descriptions in Lin Chuan's novel.

The novel described:

After Mr. Lin passed Gourd Mouth, he continued to head northwest. About one kilometer ahead, he could see a stream winding around the mountain at the base, like a jade belt. Roughly two kilometers further on, there would be a natural lake in sight.

Bypassing the lake to reach the high ground for an overview, only then could one clearly see the layout where 'streams surround and five dragons converge'; that was the true Dragon Head.

After pondering for a while.

Qin Sisi turned to face Old Yao and Professor Qi, raised her hand toward the northwest, and said gravely, "We might try looking in that direction to see what we find."

She didn't speak with absolute certainty.

Whether Lin Chuan's writings were a novel or notes, whether he had truly been to this place or not, was unknown.

Everything was mere conjecture, with no definitive conclusion.

Moreover.

Her heart was conflicted.

On one hand, she felt that the degree of overlap between Lin Chuan's novel and reality was very high.

On the other hand, her subconscious hoped that Lin Chuan had never been here.

If Lin Chuan had been here, the implications were self-evident.

That was something she truly did not want to see!

So, she was now verifying whether Lin Chuan's novel aligned with reality.

Provided that the circumstances inside the tomb were different from Lin Chuan's novel, that would be explanation enough.

After all, the Archaeological Team was still only on the surface, where much information could be obtained from satellite overview maps. Some deep mountain travelers taking landscape photos could also serve as inspiration for the fictional world.

Qin Sisi was willing to believe in Lin Chuan.

She was already starting to rationalize reasons for Lin Chuan.

"In the northwest direction?"

Old Yao looked toward Qin Sisi beside him, his brow slightly furrowed, then glanced at Professor Qi, who was somewhat knowledgeable about geomancy, showing a questioning look.

Since Professor Qi could not be sure, he said, "I think we can start by trying what Miss Qin suggested."

Old Yao looked at the time of day; the sun cast oblique shadows, and there was still time before sunset, enough time for exploration.

So, he said, "Explore in the northwest direction."

At this moment.

Qin Sisi was feeling somewhat uneasy.

Her gaze was fixed on her surroundings; she both hoped to see the winding stream after one kilometer, and the natural lake after three kilometers, and yet at the same time, did not want these to actually be there.

It was very contradictory.

But, facts ultimately had to be faced.

The sound of the Schrödinger's stream clearly reached her ears, and she was momentarily taken aback.

"Qin, what's the matter?" Old Yao glanced back and asked.

"No... It's nothing." Qin Sisi replied somewhat evasively, then proceeded forward.

A natural lake, like a piece of emerald, nestled deep in the Taiyi Mountain Range. Under the slanting rays of the setting sun, it gleamed brightly, reflecting in Qin Sisi's eyes.

Qin Sisi swallowed hard.

Stream, lake, they matched again!

She even wanted to take out a satellite phone at that moment and dial Lin Chuan, to ask what exactly was going on.

But then, she calmed down, reminded herself that as long as the details inside the tomb were different, everything would be fine.

It was too early to jump to conclusions.

"Miss Qin, it seems you have some understanding of this place. Have you been here before?" At this time, Professor Qi looked at Qin Sisi somewhat suspiciously.

Qin Sisi's lips twitched slightly, forcing a smile: "This is also my first time here, but before coming, I studied many satellite overview maps of the Taiyi Mountain Range and gathered a lot of relevant information, so I am quite familiar with the terrain here."

This, at least, was no fabrication.

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