Chapter 36: Strange…
I actually just wanted to mention the sect as an interesting anecdote, not really caring about it. After all, in such a psychological and suffocating environment, where there is no way out for the time being, telling an interesting anecdote can really ease one’s mood.
But I didn’t expect that as soon as I finished saying that there was once such a sect, Ruoxue suddenly grabbed my arm. She tried to calm down, but her eyes were very concerned. That kind of concern was like a thirst for an answer. She asked me, “What sect?”
I didn’t understand where Ruoxue got that reaction from, but I could only attribute it to the fact that she had been under a lot of pressure lately. After all, girls are more afraid of wild beasts than men. I gently stroked Ruoxue’s long hair and said softly, “This sect has nothing to do with your Miao Village has nothing to do with it. It was only mentioned in the handwritten notes of the master that the enchanted stone is a rare natural treasure. Even if it occasionally appears in this world, it is easily refined by people as the original ore of some kind of metal, thus completely destroyed and losing its divine effect. In those days, there was a sect that possessed a large number of enchanted stones, and although the sect’s cultivation was not very good, it was the most powerful and prosperous in the world of cultivators, because they were good at using enchanted stones and also good at using… using animals.” I hesitated for a moment and mentioned an animal. In fact, the sect was briefly but clearly mentioned in the handwritten notes of the master, but it was clearly mentioned as a demon.
Lao Zhang was emotionally unstable, and Xue was also a little strange, so I deliberately said it in a less sensitive way. It was only when Chengxin came that he became interested and asked, “How do you use it? What about those lights? When they lit up, I felt that the eyes had no effect on me.
I knew that Brother Chengxin must have noticed this detail. After thinking about it, I tried to choose my words carefully and said, “Speaking of that sect’s use of animals, it is probably to use a special way to store the animal’s spirit in the enchanting stone. For example, foxes are the best at enchanting. Their enchantment lies in evoking the deepest desires in your heart. Didn’t there used to be a legend? A scholar was seduced by beauty, or a poor man was seduced by the silver sent by the fox demon, causing trouble! When I woke up, I immediately felt that the charm stone might seal the power of the fox, so I told everyone not to look at it anymore, for fear that the deepest desires of the heart would be aroused and they would be unable to extricate themselves from the situation. Fox charm is naturally the most powerful.
“An animal?” Brother Chengxin smiled gently and looked at me. He was not Old Zhang, so he naturally thought about my words and understood the connection.
Lao Zhang exclaimed, “Is there still a blue-eyed fox? Is the power of the blue-eyed fox in the enchanting stone?”
“It’s not necessarily a blue-eyed fox. Maybe it’s exaggerated in the painting. You know that our ancestors also loved to paint some murals, which were simple and straightforward, but there were also some monsters in them. That… that should be an exaggeration.” I thought of a way to comfort Lao Zhang. The ancestors’ murals were actually not like that in the Taoist understanding. The fact that I had not yet said was that demons could also seal their own power in the enchanted heart stone.
Chengxin also deliberately changed the subject and asked, “Chengyi, what else did you say about the wall lamp?”
At this point, after hearing about the sect, Ru Xue was not so concerned, and the whole person also relaxed. She snuggled up to me lazily. I put my heart at ease and simply said to Cheng Xin Ge, “The key is the lamp oil in the wall lamp. Just like next to a highly toxic animal, you might be able to find an antidote plant, and this lamp oil is also meant to be this way. It is made from animal fat and secret methods. For example, if the seal is the power of a fox, then the fat of that fox is used to make it. As for the principle, I am not quite sure, but it is like the smell of the animal is released, and then the owner will no longer attack. Because the enchanted stone has no eyes, it does not distinguish between friend and foe. Without precautions, or with deliberate precautions, it is still easy to be caught. To avoid hurting oneself, it is natural to leave a way out.
I guessed and judged. After all, the handwritten notes left by the master only said that there was a solution to the enchanted heart stone, but the reasons and principles were not clear. However, I felt more and more that the handwritten notes left by the master were magical. Why did I happen to encounter the things he mentioned?
Thinking about this, I was a little dazed, but I didn’t want to be like Xue suddenly breaking free from my hand, jumping off the stone platform, and then walking to the wall behind me and starting to grope.
“Miss Snow, how can you touch such a rough stone wall? You can’t! This should be left to the men. Didn’t the three of them just get attracted by the fox and touch the wall all over? As soon as Wu Laogui saw that Ruoxue was moving, he quickly followed up, and his mouth was naturally in his usual style of begging for a beating.
The more it gets to know us, the more it acts like this, its true nature is completely exposed. Chengxin said to me, “Chengyi, seal it up?”
Wu Laogui quickly shut up, while Lao Zhang kindly reminded Ru Xue, “Girl, there is no secret passage behind this wall. We just tried it.”
Ru Xue didn’t respond to anyone, but kept looking at the stone wall with a confused expression. I was worried and quickly jumped down from the large stone platform to run to Ru Xue, but she waved her hand and looked very serious, indicating that I should not go over. It seemed that she was at a critical point and could not be disturbed!
I didn’t dare to go over, for fear of disturbing Ru Xue, and just stood there quietly, but my heart beat violently again, and the pain of that kind of heartache welled up again, as if behind that key, Ru Xue would be getting farther and farther away from me, so far that I couldn’t catch her!
This inexplicable thought made me irritable, but because it was so inexplicable, I had no reason to vent, and I just breathed more and more heavily for no reason!
And Ru Xue’s hands finally touched the two small enchanting stones, and she touched them quietly, falling into a state of contemplation!
If the enchanting stone can no longer enchant, it is just an ordinary stone. Especially enchanting stones that have already sealed their power are like jade that has been raised by others, carrying the magnetic field of others, and they can no longer be raised by themselves.
Why is Ruoxue so interested?
In addition, including me, people who have escaped from the enchanted stone will have an instinctive aversion to this thing because it has hurt them and is dangerous! They will not want to take it away!
“Give me the ice pick,” Ru Xue suddenly said.
I didn’t understand what Ru Xue was going to do, but Lao Zhang had already stupidly handed over the ice pick. After taking it, Ru Xue actually used the ice pick to knock on the wall. The intention was more than obvious. She wanted to knock down the enchanted stone. I don’t know if she was going to take it away with her.
I don’t know what kind of impulse it was, but I stepped forward and grabbed Ru Xue’s wrist, saying to her, “Ru Xue, do you trust me?”
Ruxue’s expression obviously had not yet woken up from her confusion. She looked at me innocently, and it took several seconds for her to return to her usual calm appearance. She said to me, “Chengyi, you are one of the few people I trust the most.”
“Then you know that my intuition is very strong and sensitive. I always… always feel that there is great danger behind the enchanted stone. Don’t touch it, okay?” At this time, I finally understood this feeling. Yes, I felt that the enchanted stone almost made me fall into a trap, and I hated it. But this hatred was not so strong that I didn’t want to take a piece with me. After all, this kind of thing was even commented on by the master, so it shouldn’t exist in this world. It would be good to take it back for research.
However, I don’t want to touch it. When I was knocking on the wall just now, I deliberately avoided it. It was only after I had suppressed the discomfort of not wanting to touch it that I touched it a few times.
As soon as I finished speaking, Chengxin also spoke up: “Yes, Ruoxue, this time not only Chengyi has this feeling, I also have it. Don’t touch it. Let’s find another way out, and we don’t have to stare at this place. The worst that can happen is that we go out.”
Old Zhang didn’t say anything. As an ordinary person, he didn’t feel anything. After hesitating for a moment, he said, “Girl, listen to the two big brothers, right?”
Wu Laogui nodded in agreement, looking as if he understood everything. “Dangerous, dangerous, very dangerous indeed.”
Ruoxue looked at us and gently pushed my hand away, saying, “Chengyi, no, it’s not the way out. It’s a very important matter. Today, I must knock on it.”
Ruxue’s eyes told me that there was absolutely no room for maneuver in this matter, and the same was true of her words. I knew that Ruxue was a stubborn girl at heart, so I could only open my mouth and not speak. I chose to stay by her side.
If there is danger, I will rush up to protect Ru Xue.
Ruxue once again raised the ice pick, and the crisp sound of the impact echoed in the stone chamber. Finally, after a crisp sound, the first enchanted stone fell, and it rolled several steps away on the ground.