Everyone looked over, filled with curiosity.
"A treasure map, are you sure, Bennett?" Lyney expressed his doubts.
Because this was Blue Star, not Teyvat, so where would a treasure map come from?
"Of course it's real, hurry and look!"
Bennett placed the so-called 'long-distance running map' on the table, and everyone gathered around him.
They found many incomprehensible characters written on it, and a location was marked.
"Based on my many years of experience, this blueprint really looks like a treasure map," Xingqiu stroked his chin and gave his judgment.
However, Xingqiu then took a turn: "But…"
"But what?" Bennett asked nervously.
Xingqiu shook his head: "But blueprints that look like treasure maps often turn out not to be."
Bennett scratched his head, momentarily not quite understanding what Xingqiu meant.
"Oh, where's Xavier? Xavier will definitely know if this blueprint is a treasure map!"
Bennett suddenly thought of Xavier, the native; he surely knew more than This Daddy.
Zhongli, who had been sitting there reading the newspaper and drinking tea, slowly said, "Xavier went ice skating."
"Huh? He went ice skating and didn't even take This Daddy? I'm going to get angry!"
Furina stomped her feet in anger; she had only arrived a little late and had actually missed such a good thing.
Zhongli took a sip of tea and said, "You came a little late; Hu Tao had already left with Xavier a while ago."
Hearing that Hu Tao had gone but she hadn't, Furina became even angrier.
"Alright, alright, Furina, ice skating doesn't sound that interesting anyway. How about we go look for treasure instead? I think that's more interesting!" Lyney comforted her.
Furina pouted, "Hmph, where would there be a treasure map? Blue Star doesn't have treasures, and even if it did, it couldn't possibly be in Jiangcheng."
She was, after all, one of the people who had been here the longest, and naturally understood this world better than them.
"Hmm~ Even if it's not a treasure map, it should still be something very interesting, right? How about we go look for it? Maybe we really can find treasure."
Venti started fanning the flames at this moment, offering a bad idea.
When everyone heard Venti's words, they were initially wavering, but now their resolve firmed up.
Bennett was, of course, the most in favor: "That's right, I also think we should go look! What if there really is treasure?"
"This Princess believes this place is certainly extraordinary; it wouldn't hurt to take a look!" Even the chuunibyou Fischl thought they should check it out.
And so, besides Bennett, Fischl, Venti, Xingqiu, Chongyun, and Lyney all decided to go take a look.
"How can This Daddy, be left out of such a thing? This Daddy, want to go too!"
Itto, of course, wanted to join the fun, even though he had just been released from prison.
Shenhe, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "Excuse me, may I go too?"
"Eh, Auntie, you want to go too?" Chongyun was a bit surprised.
Shenhe nodded: "Although I don't know why, seeing your eager expressions, I'm very curious about what's there."
Chongyun was very happy in his heart; it seemed his aunt was very interested in such things, which was a very good start!
"But we need to go and come back quickly, preferably before Xavier and the others return, otherwise Xavier will scold us again for going out casually."
Venti was also 'thoughtful' enough to specifically remind everyone.
"That's right, that's right, let's set off quickly!"
Several people rushed out, making the originally somewhat lively house suddenly quiet.
Nahida was like a little mother in this home, always taking care of everyone.
Seeing Furina sitting on the sofa looking a bit unhappy and with a poor expression, she became concerned.
"Furina, why aren't you going?"
Furina immediately stood up and said, "It's too despicable! The moment I think about Xavier secretly going out without taking me to play, I become extremely unhappy."
Nahida smiled and comforted her, "It's just because you came too late, and Xavier couldn't have known you would come today."
"Then, then he should have waited a bit! I clearly come almost every day!"
Although Furina knew she couldn't blame Xavier for this, she was still very unhappy.
"Alright, how about I accompany you to watch that horror movie you wanted to see last time?"
To soothe Furina's emotions, Nahida proactively suggested watching a movie.
"Ah, are you talking about that 'Spirited Away' or something?"
Furina immediately became interested; although she was scared, she still wanted to watch it.
"Yes, I also really want to experience it…"
…
One hour later, on the outskirts of Jiangcheng.
Everyone gathered around, staring at the treasure map in Xingqiu's hand.
"Hmm… Xingqiu, are you sure this is the right direction and you haven't misread it?"
Lyney couldn't help but question him, because this direction seemed to have a problem.
"Based on my many years of experience, there shouldn't be any mistakes," Xingqiu said, his tone a little uncertain.
Chongyun also doubted, "You said that last time too, but you led me to a Hilichurl camp."
Xingqiu stuck out his tongue and said, "Oh, that was an accident last time! People always make mistakes."
Shenhe glanced at the treasure map and quietly said, "The map seems to be reversed."
…
Everyone fell silent, and the air suddenly became much quieter.
Xingqiu quickly turned the map around and found that it really was reversed!
It turned out that they had been walking for so long, and all of it had been a wasted journey; it was truly miserable.
Meanwhile, Xavier on the other side wasn't doing any better.
After taking Eula and the others to the ice skating rink, he found that it was under maintenance and not open for business!
This place was quite far from where Xavier lived, taking more than two hours by car.
After spending so much time, he was told that the ice skating rink was under maintenance now. Who could tolerate that!
"Ugh, Klee can't ice skate anymore…"
Klee's little ears drooped, looking very disappointed.
"What a pity," Navia also sighed, "How about we find a place to eat some desserts to lighten our mood?"
Hu Tao stood on a stone pier nearby, looking around in all directions; she seemed interested in all new things.
Xavier saw that everyone was either disappointed or full of anticipation, and he couldn't bear to dampen their spirits.
So he suggested, "How about we go check out other ice skating rinks?"
"Yay!"
Klee immediately regained her full energy, but reality was cruel.
When they arrived at the second ice skating rink, everyone found that it was also under maintenance.
The security guard at the entrance, while gnawing on a large chicken drumstick, said, "You've come at the wrong time! At this time, basically every place is under maintenance and not open for business!"
"Oh my, so delicious!"
Watching the security guard eat so deliciously, Xavier's stomach grumbled uncontrollably.
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