Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 59 The Alchemy Furnace in Hell

Yinmei was like me, kneeling on the edge of the cliff, chanting scriptures silently.The rosary in his hand was twirling around, and suddenly, the rosary broke and fell down the cliff with a crackling sound.

"Hey," Yin Mei sighed, instead of continuing to chant, she stood up and looked around.

This side and the opposite side must be like the two extremes of the world.The ashes falling from the sky from time to time represent that if you want to come here, you must sacrifice your life.

"With the blood of wizards, to the rivers of terror; at the edge of the world, unleash the leader of the devil."

I stood up, thinking about whether I should continue on the road ahead.After coming here, it seems that Xiao Qi is making sacrifices every time, and I basically don't make much effort.I don't know why I started to feel a little angry, and with a force in my right hand, I broke free from the wrapped splint.

"What are you doing, Shisan? Before we came, we should have thought that there would be such a moment. You are only letting Xiaoqi down by doing this."

Jiang Nianqing stood up, walked to me and said these words to me. Suddenly, he felt a little strange. For some reason, his arm didn't seem to hurt at all.

I quickly rolled up my sleeves, and sure enough, my arm, which had been swollen just now, was now as good as ever.

"In the old building before, it seems that there was such an instant self-healing time. Could it be that when I was in the underworld, I had the self-healing ability? It may be the result of refining Qi, or it may be the effect of the fox's inner alchemy." I said Muttering to himself, Jiang Nianqing approached and asked me what I was talking about.

When she saw my intact arm, she also looked at me in amazement and was speechless for a while.

"Don't you think it's a bit strange?" Yin Mei spoke at this time, "When Xiao Qi fell, did you hear the sound of falling into the water? Or, did you hear any sound?"

What she said reminded me that after such a long time, I really didn't hear anything.

I quickly lay down on the ground and continued to stare at the abyss, but before I could settle down, Xiao Qi flew up from below.That's right, like a fairy, floating in the air.

"Xiaoqi!" Everyone called his name in unison, with expressions of surprise and joy on their faces.

"This is God's will. If you believe in Him, you will surely have eternal life." Although Xiao Qi flew up, he still had a frown on his face.

"Xiaoqi, don't frown, you are prone to wrinkles." I smiled and said to him, maybe only when people are on the verge of life and death can they truly stimulate their potential.He also relaxed his eyebrows, and floated over, hanging in the air, as if he didn't intend to land.

"You'd better use your abilities sparingly. You don't know what you'll meet behind this door." Jiang Nianqing said with a straight face.

I don't know if my eyes were dazzled, but I saw Jiang Nianqing shed tears.

Hearing Jiang Nianqing's words, Xiao Qi nodded and fell to the ground.In fact, I wanted to ask from the beginning, whether he can fly, since he can control the movement of objects, why can't he control his own body?Unexpectedly, he gave me the answer so quickly.

"Okay, Captain, what should we do next?" Old Wu asked Jiang Nianqing, "The rest of our anesthetics are in my bag, I'm afraid that Juanjuan won't be able to take it after the medicine wears off. .”

Jiang Nianqing's expression also became serious. He stared at the black gate in front of him for a long time, and then said to us, "Whether it's the underworld or hell, we can't turn back. Let's go in and study it."

"But we don't have a key, how can we get in?" I asked her.

She looked back at me, and then said to me: "You forgot, don't you still have a key?"

Candle Dragon Halberd!In a hurry, I bit my recovered finger, thinking that my self-healing skills are so easy to use.Then he quickly took off his clothes, and drew the Vajra Breaking Body Talisman on his chest.

I glanced at Jiang Nianqing, and she nodded to me, and then I shouted: "Hurry up like a law!" A dazzling golden light immediately emitted from behind me, illuminating the entire canyon.

Although I can't see everyone's expressions clearly, it will definitely not be worse than when I saw Xiao Qi fly up.It lasted for half a minute, and a crimson halberd appeared on my back.He hurriedly pulled it off from his back and held it in his hand for inspection.

This time, I can finally take a closer look at this artifact.

The halberd body is about two meters long, but it is not very heavy.The whole body is orange-red, with a faint crimson light.The shape of the halberd head is like an enlarged version of the spear head, and the small halberd on the side looks like a scimitar, with dense inscriptions engraved on it.

The joint between the halberd head and the halberd handle is in the shape of a jade pendant. A headless dragon body extends downward from the position of the jade pendant, wrapping around the long handle.

I really like this weapon so much, I swung it a few times in the air, the head of the halberd slashed across the ground, and sparks suddenly appeared.

"Stop yelling and open the door quickly!" Jiang Nianqing scolded from the side.

Let me be rare for a while, okay?I put away my smiling face and walked quickly to the door with my halberd in hand.He didn't know how to turn it into a jade pendant, so he put it directly on the door. When it got close to the black gate, it immediately changed into the original jade pendant shape.

Then I placed the jade pendant in the groove on the door, pressed hard, and took a few steps back.Everyone also took their luggage and walked over.

"Boom", after a loud noise, the black door slowly opened.After a while, the darkness inside was revealed to us.

"Thirteen, let's take the lead, and you all follow. Old Wu, pay attention to the situation behind, let's go." After Jiang Nianqing finished speaking, he pushed me who was picking out the jade pendant, and walked forward.

Holding the jade pendant in his hand for a while, he turned into a halberd.This time, leave the task of slaying demons and demons to me.

Stop and go, stop and go.After a while, I stepped out of the darkness, but this time it was not exactly the same as the scene I encountered before.

After leaving the cave, we were still in the valley, and I felt the atmosphere nearby was eerie.I looked carefully into the distance and couldn't see my head at all.

"Old Wu, stop for a moment," Xia Juanjuan called to stop Old Wu, and then asked him to help her to walk to the side.Everyone also stopped at this time, wanting to see what she was going to do.

"Hey, this is a knife, this is not a stone." After speaking, Xia Juanjuan put her bleeding finger in her mouth.

knife?Could it be, the legendary Sword Mountain?
I couldn't believe it, so I walked up to her in two steps.Sure enough, what I mistook for gravel and rubble just now were all steel knives of different lengths and thicknesses.Use the tail of the Candle Dragon Halberd to scratch the ground, and underneath are black stones with inscriptions engraved on them.

"Could this be the 'Knife Mountain Hell' in the Taoist hell?" Xia Juanjuan looked at me and said.

I'm not sure, so I slowly moved up the ground with the flashlight, and through the reverse light, I was sure that this area should be a mountain made of knives.

"I'm not sure. Normally, there is no road to the Sword Mountain Hell. Our current location should be the connection between the two hells. If I guessed correctly, this should be the 'Bronze Pillar Hell'." I said to Blind Juanjuan.

"Bronze Pillar Hell? Is it the torture of being burned by the cannon invented by Xiao Daji?" Old Wu seemed to be a little imaginative.

I nodded to him, and then said anxiously: "If we are in hell, then we are very likely to meet ghosts."

Seeing that I was frowning, Jiang Nianqing came over and said to me: "Don't be afraid, if you are a little ghost messenger, you can scare them away when you see the weapon in your hand. I'm afraid, we might meet a big ghost messenger."

"for example?"

"A bull's head and a horse's face, black and white are impermanent, judge Hades. What's even worse is meeting the Wufang Ghost Emperor or Fengdu Great Emperor."

I thought about it, stood up and said to her: "Before you said, you met the northern ghost emperor 'Yang Yun'. If he is defeated, I think the other ghost emperors should be busy now. No matter what, I think the key point now is to find a way out and send Juanjuan out first; It's not that they were taken captive by the Soul Sect."

Jiang Nianqing nodded and told everyone to be vigilant and move on.Then I sent a Gu worm to everyone. I remembered the experience of vomiting blood and vomited high, so I refused with a smile.

At the beginning, the road was easy to walk, but it got hotter and hotter, as if walking into a crater.There are also bursts of strong bloody smell, rushing towards us.

Xia Juanjuan immediately vomited. Lao Wu touched her forehead and said that she had a fever.Jiang Nianqing frowned tightly and urged everyone to move forward quickly.Old Wu directly put Juanjuan on his back, and quickened his pace to catch up.

I thought, this knife mountain hell is originally a hell used to punish blasphemers and life killers. Why is it so hot, but I can't figure it out.

After walking for a while, I saw a red light in the sky directly in front of me. Is there a sun in hell?
"It's not the sun, it's reflected by the light below." Jiang Nianqing walked over and said to me.

"Aunt Jiang, can you read minds? Do you know everything that comes to mind?" Jiang Nianqing just smiled and did not answer me.

There is no road ahead, it is a cliff with magma surging below.I suddenly discovered that there was a small island in the magma in the distance, and a building stood on it.Looking at the appearance, it is not the ancient architectural style that I have seen before, but a modern product.

"Aunt Jiang, what do you see?" Jiang Nianqing nodded, indicating that she had noticed it a long time ago.

"Thirteen, come and take a look, it seems you can go down here!" We heard Yin Mei shouting from the left and walked quickly over. There was a steel cable bridge here, a completely modern craft.

"I suspect that these things were built by the Soul Sect. I don't know what they are used for, but I'm sure." Xia Juanjuan said weakly, and then pointed them out to us.

The position of her finger is a mark on the iron chain, which seems to be the "edict" mark on the talisman, with an indecipherable text written underneath.

"This is Xiaozhuan, which is the word "hun". It is a character used in the Qin Dynasty. It seems that the Hunzong did not start at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty." Xia Juanjuan said weakly.

"Let's go over and have a look first, maybe there is a way to get out, or maybe Zhang Muzhen is inside." Jiang Nianqing cast too many spells, and his face was not good-looking.

The situation is urgent, and I don't care if the bridge is strong or not, I just stepped on it and walked far away.After walking for a while, I realized that this steel cable bridge is much stronger than the previous one, but the handrails are a bit hot.

On the magma, there are many small islands, and some of them are swallowed by the magma from time to time. I don't know how long the building can last.After walking through a few small islands, the buildings seen in the distance are in front of us.

Looking from the outside, the shape is a bit special.It's hard to describe, it's a bit like the XN Opera House, very similar to the pine tree tower.

There was nothing guarding the door, and when I looked back, I saw that everyone had already left the bridge, so I said, "Old Wu, Aunt Jiang, you can take care of Juanjuan outside, and I will go in with Yinmei and Xiaoqi." I walked forward without looking back, Xia Juanjuan said with difficulty behind me: Be careful.

Yes, of course you have to be careful. You don’t know what the hell is inside. If you’re not careful, you might die.

I shook my head with a wry smile, pointed the halberd in my hand at the door ahead, and walked quickly.

"Dang, Dang, Dang", I knocked on the door first, which is called: knock on the door before entering the house, and worship the gods when entering the temple.When no one responded to me, I reached out and pushed the door open with my halberd.

As soon as the door was opened, the oil lamps on both sides started to burn by themselves, and I don't know why.Following the light, slowly walked inside.

The ground is paved with stone slabs. I carefully touched the pillars supporting the building. They should be made of wood and coated with a layer of fire-retardant paint.

The entire top is made of steel structure. In hell, seeing such modern craftsmanship, I always feel a little out of place.

"Thirteen, why is this place so awkward!" Xiao Qi also seemed to feel a little strange, I didn't say anything, but continued to walk forward.

There was a lot of space inside, but nothing useful was found.The overall feeling is like a palace, with all kinds of decorations of gold, silver, copper and iron placed around.

In the middle of the inside is a huge spherical thing, suspended in the air by eight iron chains that are as thick as the mouth of a bowl.Below the sphere is a hollow cylinder, like a pipe, leading to nowhere.

I walked up to it and looked down carefully.There were bursts of red light inside, and a wave of heat immediately surged up.Could it be that this pipe was inserted into the magma?
The position where the iron ball hangs is not high, but it is huge in size.After two or three taps with a halberd, it can be judged that the inside of the iron ball is hollow, and it is not known what is inside.I used my hand to pull a small door in front of the ball, and suddenly the image of the boiler that burned in my home when I was a child appeared in my mind.

"Could it be an alchemy furnace?" I blurted out uncontrollably. Sister Yin was very surprised when she heard me say "alchemy furnace".

"I don't think there is any danger here right now, sister Yin, go and call them in, and let Juanjuan see what the hell it is." After hearing this, Mei Yin ran out quickly, and after a while, everyone Gathered here.

Xia Juanjuan forcefully opened her eyes, looked up and down the iron ball several times, and then opened her mouth and said:
"This should be an alchemy furnace. Judging from the material, it should be bronze. The earliest bronzes already existed during the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Judging by the phoenix, bird and dragon patterns on it and the degree of corrosion, it should be a product of the late Yin and Shang Dynasties."

"Damn it, if this thing is really from the Yin and Shang Dynasties, wouldn't it be priceless!" I saw Old Wu's eyes gleaming, and I suddenly felt a little disgusted.

"Regardless of what period this thing is from, it must be an alchemy furnace. There should be something inside. Xiao Qi, fly up and see if you can see anything inside." Xiao Qi heard Jiang Nianqing's words and quickly floated up. , and soon flew above the stove.

"Hey, there seems to be someone here?" Xiao Qi's expression didn't seem to be lying, so I hurriedly asked, "Can you tell who it is?"

He took a flashlight and shined it inside, then shook his head at us, and then flew back.

I'm going to look around to see if there is any mechanism, put the stove down, maybe I can see with my own eyes who is inside.

There are eight iron chains, each with a pulley device on the top, and the other end runs along the pillar all the way to the ground.I turned around a few times and found that it was a regular octagon.In other words, the eight iron chains are arranged according to the eight directions of the gossip.

"Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui correspond to: Xiu, Jing, Du, Jing, Life, Death, Hurt, and Kai. But knowing these is not enough, this is hell , and may not necessarily follow the laws of the outside world. Moreover, there are various algorithms of Qimen Dunjia, and I don't quite understand it." Xia Juanjuan analyzed on the side.

"It would be great if Zhuge was here." Jiang Nianqing said disappointedly.

(End of this chapter)