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Chapter 566: Searching for the Lantern Boat

Gu Chaoxi finished his breakfast and then slowly walked out.

I met Pei Yan on the way. He had obviously just finished breakfast and came out.

She tilted her head and smiled, then raised her hand to greet Pei Yan: "Ayan, what a coincidence!"

Although he knew she said that on purpose, Pei Yan still cooperated with her: "Yeah, what a coincidence."

"Let's go to the river first."

Although the other people haven't come out yet, Gu Chaoxi still wants to go to the river to check out their worship of the Dragon God last night.

"Row."

So the two of them started walking towards the river.

Pei Yan has already told Gu Chaoxi about the issue of time. What they need to figure out now is mainly the truth about the Dragon God sacrifice.

The two walked along the path and gradually came to the river.

It was dark last night and I could only see the boats with lighted lanterns. Now in the daytime, I realized that this is a shallow beach with a bridge extending out for some distance.

There was a small boat tied to the side of the bridge. The boat had no sail and just floated on the water, swaying with the waves in the river.

"Those lanterns from yesterday should have floated down the river, right?"

Gu Chaoxi looked in the direction of the flowing water. If those lantern boats continued to go down the river, where would they end up?

It seems that this plane has also constructed the bottom of the river. If so, they should be able to follow the river to the other end, right?

Thinking of this, she walked towards that end while looking around.

Pei Yan followed behind her.

The two had not walked far and were struggling with the weeds beside the river when they heard Shen Yao's voice.

"Hey! I knew you two were here!"

He waved, and there were a few other people following behind him. Luo Zijia followed them from a distance.

"We are going to head down along the river."

Pei Yan explained as his eyes swept over Luo Zijia.

She seemed to be able to adapt to the current situation, but she was always a little wary of them.

This is a good thing for her as a girl, but it can also be a bad thing if she is too distrustful of her teammates in other dimensions.

Shen Yao followed in the footsteps of the two of them, and the rest of the people did not hesitate and followed immediately, while Luo Zijia just followed behind.

Although Shen Lan explained some issues to her last night, about how to do it in the plane.

But she was still a little confused and didn't even understand why they had to go down the river.

These people are very familiar with each other and can understand what they are talking about, but she just arrived and doesn't quite understand.

While walking, Qi Chuzhao explained the current situation to Sef and Violet in English, but Luo Zijia only understood half of it.

She didn't learn English very well. Although she had studied abroad for a period of time, she could only understand half of what was said.

Soon, they followed the river to the lake.

Looking from afar, there is indeed a pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Because of the distance, I couldn't see the pavilion in the center of the lake clearly, but I could see that the four sides of the pavilion were covered with bamboo curtains.

There is no wind now and the bamboo curtain is hanging down.

In addition, there is a stone bench built inside the pavilion in the middle of the lake, which to some extent blocks the view from below, making it impossible to see what is happening in the middle.

Gu Chaoxi squinted his eyes for a while, then looked at the weeds around him.

"Where did all those lanterns go last night?"

Logically speaking, since the lantern boat can float on the water, it should not sink easily.

All the way down the river, there is only this lake.

Pei Yan also looked around, but didn't see anything.

"Could it be possible that someone salvaged all those lantern boats that drifted down?"

He raised his hand and touched his chin, thinking.

But soon, he shook his head.

The people of Xianxi Village put lantern boats in the water to worship the Dragon God, and it is impossible for them to be salvaged.

So, after returning last night, these lantern boats should have followed the river to the lake.

But now, there is no sign of the lantern boat either in the water or on the shore. This doesn't make sense.

Gu Chaoxi looked around and carefully examined the large rocks on the shore.

Then he looked towards the other side of the estuary.

Is it possible that someone stopped the lantern boats here and then took them all away?

This is a possibility.

As she was thinking, she walked to Pei Yan's side.

This is a habit.

"Ayan, the lantern boats must have been salvaged. After the lanterns on these lantern boats were extinguished, it is unlikely that they would capsize in the lake given their size."

"But I'm curious whether the people in this village know that these lantern boats didn't drift into the lake, nor were they received by any dragon gods."

After she finished speaking, she looked towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake. What secret was there?

Shen Yao, who was listening to what Gu Chaoxi said, also agreed with it.

“If these lantern boats are picked up, where will they be thrown to?”

Qi Chuzhao raised his hand and scratched his hair, frowning.

Before Gu Chaoxi could answer, Shen Lan beside him smiled and said, "Of course, burning it is the easiest way."

Those lantern boats are made of thin bamboo strips and rice paper. The easiest way to dispose of them clean is to burn them.

In this way, nothing will be left.

"How do you know?" Qi Chuzhao turned his head.

Shen Lan glanced at him and crossed her arms: "I saw it at my house last night."

In the house where she and Luo Zijia lived, there were several lantern boats placed in the corner. They looked like failed ones, leaning against the wall and not yet thrown away.

Before going to bed, Shen Lan was cautious and went to check the lantern boat. He found that it could be easily burned.

Gu Zhaoxi nodded: "That makes sense. Find a place to burn everything in the dead of night. No one will know."

"Moreover, this person must be very familiar with the customs of Xianxi Village."

For example, on the night of worshiping the Dragon God, everyone should turn off the lights and go to bed early and not go out to disturb the Dragon God.

If this point is taken advantage of, that person can openly stop all the lantern boats at the river mouth, then salvage them and find a place to dispose of them.

Although those lantern boats were soaked in water, most of them were easily burnt.

As long as that person puts in a little more effort, the remaining areas that cannot be burned can be cleaned up with fire.

Thinking of this, Gu Chaoxi squinted his eyes and looked into the distance.

The pavilion in the center of the lake is quiet, and the ripples on the surrounding lake surface almost all spread out around the pavilion.

Why did the person behind this know that the worship of the Dragon God in Xianxi Village was fake, but never spoke out?

While she was thinking, Shen Lan beside her suddenly pulled her sleeve and looked in a certain direction.

"Those two people are so weird."

Everyone looked in the direction she was looking and saw a man and a woman arguing with each other next to the weeds in the distance.