Chapter 56 Giant (IV)
When Jiang Xian read out these words, his voice was almost trembling. Holding the edge of the stone tablet, his fingers began to turn white.
"The Gongshu family is divided into Yin and Yang families. Those in the Yin family who lack any of the skills in cultivation will not live past the age of 25."
"This is his fate of being missing a secret - he thought so too, until he encountered the elixir of immortality! However, the elixir of immortality is incomplete. Using the core to hold the rootless water can solve the problem temporarily. It can extend his life for 25 years, otherwise he should have died 25 years ago."
"Find the complete 'how'... it can solve the defect of the missing door! And the core of the how, he gave it to me as a family heirloom."
"Unfortunately, I can't pass it on. I brought this fruit core to the construction site of Penglai Palace... I'm sorry for him, and I don't want to die! After I knew that this was the thing to be built, I knew that I would definitely be buried with him! Qin Shihuang would not let me go, and I... wanted to live..."
"I put it on the terrace on the third floor. It's very humid here, and some water comes out every day. Although it's not real rootless water, it's almost the same..."
"The water in it will never decrease. When there are enough cores, I will take it. It is a real treasure. Every night at twelve o'clock, when the moonlight shines, it... will emit an indescribably beautiful color. I... should be able to walk out..."
Ta--the stone tablet fell on the table. Jiang Xian and Ling Xiaozi stared ahead in a trance. After a few seconds, they said at the same time: "Green light on the third floor!"
"That's what kind of fruit it is!"
Two thousand years later...it's still there! It's still there!
Maybe...it's because of it that the giant ape crane came into being!
“No, no, no…” Ling Xiaozi grabbed Jiang Xian’s shoulders, his voice trembling: “Immortal Elixir…Immortal Elixir!”
"This is the most important!"
"Although I don't know if it's true immortality, but rejuvenation and immunity to all poisons are certain! This, this kind of thing... is simply a gift from heaven!!"
Jiang Xian covered his chest, took several deep breaths, and then immediately looked at his watch.
Twenty minutes had passed since they entered. They had been relaxed during these twenty minutes, but Hong Si Niang and Eight-armed Arhat were not sure what was going on.
"Go now?" Ling Xiaozi asked enthusiastically. However, Jiang Xian shook his head.
The more critical the situation is, the less anxious we should be.
"Even if we get it, how can we get out?" He quickly spread out the second stone slip: "Finding the structural diagram of this place is the most important thing now! As Liu Xuanzi's posthumous work, the result of his life's work, these three stone slips must contain the structural diagram of this place!"
"Are you sure?" Ling Xiaozi was a little bit unconvinced: "This is the construction site of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. How could he leave a way out?"
"There must be one." Swish... the second stone slip was spread on the table one by one. The two people's eyes suddenly lit up. Connecting the stone slips together, they found two clear overhead and side views!
Jiang Xian quickly browsed the map and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, Penglai is an artificial island of one kilometer in size. If it wants to go out, there must be a main switch. This switch will be responsible for storing water and draining water. Only a large enough amount of water can wash away Penglai... That's right... That's right!"
He suddenly raised his head and asked, "Do you remember when the Yellow River stopped flowing?"
The Yellow River, the mother river of China, often dried up before 1970, and no scientist could tell where its water went. As a last resort, the country built the Xiaolangdi Water Conservancy Project , which solved the problem once and for all.
But…if there was such a wide canal underground, then everything would make sense!
Ling Xiaozi's eyes lit up: "Do you think... the Yellow River's dry-up is related to this place?"
"I guessed right!" Jiang Xian looked at it quickly and said quickly: "This mechanism is all chrome-plated. If there is no earthquake, it will not be a problem to run for another two thousand years! It will continuously store and drain water. As long as we follow the outlet, we can enter the Yellow River!"
"Also, the flow of the Yellow River in this section must not be too fast. Where the thousand-meter-long artificial island appears, the flow of the Yellow River must be very slow."
Ling Xiaozi frowned and said, "From Xijing Province down, there are places where the Yellow River is less than a thousand meters away..."
"That's now!" Jiang Xian pointed to a place fiercely: "Two thousand years ago, it may not be so! Xijing Province was not yet the Loess Plateau. Qin Shihuang dared to build his mausoleum here and then go downstream. He must have done a lot of research at that time... Look here!"
At the end of the stone tablet, there was a passage engraved. It was Liu Xuanzi's last words.
"Penglai is the work of my life. I once thought about going out through the sea through Penglai. But... I gave up in the end."
"In order to protect the secrets here forever, the emperor released thousands of giant pythons and hundreds of strange apes. He also built a sentry post at the exit and guarded it for a full year!"
"I can't leave... If I leave, once I'm discovered, the remaining Mohist disciples will be slaughtered. The construction of Penglai has killed nine out of ten Mohists in the country. The ones left are preachers, the seeds of fire. As a leader of the Mohist school, I must leave a way for them to survive."
So that's how it is... Both of them felt as if they had suddenly realized something. Puzzles are always related, and at this moment, another puzzle was solved unconsciously.
Historically, Mohism suddenly disappeared during the Qin Dynasty. Historians have never been able to come to a conclusion. So this is the case...
"No wonder..." Jiang Xian said with a slight sigh: "I actually had doubts before. Liu Xuanzi is the most powerful one in mechanical engineering. He should know building Penglai. Others may survive, but he can't. He should have been prepared long ago."
"Prepare enough supplies and block the road with traps. Wait for two or three months until everyone is dead, then come out and follow the sea route straight into the East China Sea. You will be able to escape anyway. But in the end, he committed suicide here... I see..."
After expressing their feelings, the two continued watching.
"If you find this place later, remember... to return the Mohist token to the great master of our time. On the inner side of the third floor, under the evil-repelling sculpture, turn its right eye three times. It will then open the hand I left behind, and you can use the boat to enter the river."
"If you come later and use my method to escape but don't return the Mohist token, heaven will not forgive you! Earth will not tolerate you! You will be struck by lightning and fall into the cycle of reincarnation forever!"
found it!
The two men breathed a sigh of relief and stood up immediately. They had no time to stay here any longer.
Just before leaving, Jiang Xian opened the last stone slip. It clearly recorded the mechanical techniques of the Mohist school. Unfortunately, they no longer had the strength to take such things out.
As you walk out of the room, you can immediately see the soles of the giant ape-crane, standing like stone pillars at the door.
It hasn't left yet... The two looked at each other. This was understandable. However... the cat and the mouse were about to face each other.
To open the exit mechanism, they must go to the third floor! The fruit core that can alleviate the curse of missing a door is also on it.
"Come on..." Jiang Xian closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and suddenly opened his eyes with only determination in his eyes.
Either you get out alive, or... stay here and be buried with Liu Xuanzi!
Hope was right before his eyes, and he definitely didn't want to return empty-handed and stay at home waiting to die.
"Walk!"
Following Jiang Xian's low shout, the two of them quickly rushed to the second floor.
The moment they rushed to the second floor, the first thing they saw was a huge red eyeball.
The giant ape crane did not leave. It lay on the ground, its huge head fixed on the corner. At the moment when the two went upstairs, its head shrank back, and then it suddenly burst into an earth-shattering roar!
"Wow--! !"
Shua la la! The dust accumulated on the second floor for two thousand years spread like a shock wave, instantly washing the two people into dust, and the large and small bronze objects in the room were directly displaced - from here, the face of the giant ape crane could be clearly seen. It almost used up all its strength in this roar, and the white hair beside its mouth trembled like a dragon's whiskers.
The distance was so close that the two of them lost their hearing for a short time. Even the balance bar was instantly lost. Jiang Xian held on to the railing tightly, not caring whether Ling Xiaozi could hear him or not, and shouted desperately: "Go!"
"It's demonstrating! This is the basic way for wild animals to express their territory! The more they try to stop something, the less they can do about it! Only by getting the fruit core can we get out of here alive!"
Ling Xiaozi obviously didn't hear it, and blood was flowing from his hands that were covering his ears. Jiang Xian gritted his teeth, pulled the other person up and ran to the third floor. Just as they rushed up, the giant ape-crane roared again. One could even feel the other party's shock and anger, and then the whole building roared loudly, and the ceiling and the ground were shaking wildly.
The face of the giant ape-crane… As they walked to the entrance to the second and third floors, its face was practically pressed against the window!
It pressed its entire body against Mozi's residence, and pressed its hands hard against the walls on both sides. The entire hall was blocked from the sun, and it was pitch dark. In the darkness, only the other party's blood-red eyeballs, like the eyes of the god of death, stared at the two of them.
So close.
The other party's breathing was like the bellows of a furnace, with clear wheezing sounds and burning breath, all spraying on the two of them. If you haven't experienced it yourself, you can't describe the fear of facing King Kong directly.
At this moment, a soft green light suddenly poured down from the gap.
Like fireflies on a summer night, fresh and soft, it seemed to weave a layer of green gauze in this space. The giant ape crane was stunned for a moment, then suddenly straightened up, and the heavy breathing could be heard clearly through the layer.
"This is..." Jiang Xian and Ling Xiaozi blinked, and Jiang Xian immediately raised his watch to look at it.
Twelve o'clock!
"Every night at twelve o'clock, when the moonlight falls, it... will emit an indescribably beautiful color..." Ling Xiaozi repeated absentmindedly, and then immediately came back to his senses and exclaimed: "How... How is this!!"
So... this is the so-called "indescribable beauty"... Jiang Xian took a deep breath, then rushed forward.
He knew why the giant crane had not left before. Because it was waiting...waiting for twelve o'clock to drink it!
Jiang Xian rushed up the dozens of steps in just a few seconds. What appeared before his eyes was an unforgettable spectacle!
There was a hole on the roof of the third floor, leading directly to the outside world. Soft moonlight poured out from it, illuminating the center of the house.
Right there, there is a one-meter-high platform with four statues carved on the four sides to ward off evil spirits. They hold four palace lanterns in their mouths. And at the top of the platform, in a white jade bowl, green light lingers, transforming into countless green butterflies, slowly flying around the jade bowl.
A rich and refreshing fragrance spread along the jade bowl, then turned into white smoke on the outside and gently dissipated.
This was an unimaginable scene, like a fantasy. Even though Jiang Xian was mentally prepared, he just stayed where he was.
Is there really an elixir of immortality in this world?
