Text Chapter 8: The Art of Snatching Souls

"Little guy, have you heard that these bronzes were excavated from the tomb of a Taoist priest, and you guessed that they were alchemy furnaces?

Yue Zhenxiong laughed "haha", his voice was like a bell, and he had a gun and a stick, so he belittled and ridiculed.

Qin Yuan squinted, he didn't know where he had offended him, why did this black charcoal head always target him, just because he disagreed with his relatives?

He was just about to say something, but Shao Lianshan's words sounded at the right time: "Qin Yuan, tell me your reasons." ”

No longer taking Yue Zhenxiong to heart, Qin Yuan pointed to the table in front of him, a few bronze fragments that had been spliced together, and said: "You see, this little man has two wing-like seal characters on his head, which is translated into modern Chinese called 'Xun', which means wind, a hexagram in the eight trigrams. ”

When everyone heard the sound, they saw a spliced seal "Xun" character.

"There is such a description in "Journey to the West", "The great sage untied the rope, put the instrument that pierced the pipa bone, pushed it into the gossip furnace, and ordered the Taoist who watched the furnace and the boy who set the fire to fan the fire for exercise." It turns out that the furnace is Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Bagua ......'"

Qin Yuan continued: "Most of the literary creations are based on reality, so it can be seen that this gossip furnace and the alchemy furnace are actually the same thing, and there is also a Xun hexagram ...... here."

"In other words, based on this alone, you can judge that this is an alchemy furnace?

Yue Zhenhai couldn't help but speak out and said: "Antiquities such as the Ding Wok are not only practical, but also used for sacrifices, if this Wok Ding is used to sacrifice to the sky, I think it is more likely that although the owner of the tomb is a Taoist priest, in addition to alchemy, it is more likely to sacrifice to the heaven and the earth! ”

"Yes, it's a possibility, and that's what I thought at first. ”

Qin Yuan said lightly, picked up the largest bronze fragment again, handed it to Yue Zhenhai, and said, "You can smell it carefully, there is a smell of rotten eggs on it, of course, it is definitely not the residue of the eggs that the tomb owner ate inside, I guess it should be the smell of sulfur." ”

Although Yue Zhenhai was reluctant, he still smelled it, and the others hurriedly picked up a piece and put it in front of their noses, and sure enough, there was a smell of rotten eggs.

Shao Lianshan smiled but did not speak.

Yue Zhenhai said without giving up: "So what? For thousands of years in the tomb, it is not strange that the material has rotted and there are all kinds of smells. ”

Qin Yuan said: "Of course it's not strange, but you forgot, what did you practice in ancient alchemy? Most of them are lead and mercury cinnabar, after the cinnabar is burned, it will decompose into sulfur and mercury, mercury is very volatile, and sulfur has a strong smell of rotten eggs, which is exactly this smell." ”

"There's soot on it!"

Bai Xiaowei rubbed her fingers, and the milky white rubber gloves left a touch of jet black and a few fine charcoal particles, which further proved Qin Yuan's guess.

Qin Yuan said with a smile: "If it is a sacrifice, most of the incense ashes in the tripod are incense ashes, and the smell and color of the incense ashes are completely different from them, so I think it is unlikely to be a wok ding, but it should be an alchemy furnace." ”

"Haha, yes, this is indeed an alchemy furnace, Qin Yuan's thinking is very meticulous, his imagination is also very rich, and he is not confined to rules and regulations, if the students of our archaeology department are like you, then there will be successors to China's archaeological cause!"

Shao Lianshan looked appreciative, did not hesitate to praise, and gave Qin Yuan a compliment.

Yue Zhenhai's face was ugly, and the muscles in his cheeks twitched slightly at an extremely fast frequency, feeling that his hard work was all about being a green leaf for Qin Yuan.

Lu Xiaoguan was incredible, rolled his eyes sharply, this god pretended, and there is a scientific basis for the coat, and he pretended to be successful, and he will continue to work hard in the future!

Bai Xiaowei's red lips opened lightly, and she said in a crisp voice: "Qin Yuan, you are going to intern next semester, right?"

Qin Yuan was stunned, looked at her, and said, "Look at the school arrangement, I haven't thought much about it now." ”

"Oh. ”

Bai Xiaowei nodded, her big eyes rolled around, as if she was thinking about something.

Qin Yuan didn't feel his head for a while, but Yue Zhenhai and Yue Zhenxiong were very unnatural, one was anxious, and the other was slightly annoyed.

Bai Xiaowei's words are not untargeted, kind and caring, but for another reason.

The Cultural Relics Bureau is preparing to set up a new archaeological team, and Bai Xiaowei's captain is already a certainty, she is now busy building a big banner and pulling people, and asked Qin Yuan about this, obviously he is optimistic about him and wants to recruit him into the archaeological team.

And the reason why Yue Zhenhai appeared in this place is also because of this reason, he wants to leave a good impression on Bai Xiaowei, and it will be easier for his cousin to "operate" in the future.

But his limelight was stolen by Qin Yuan, and he became his green leaves lined with saffron, so he was still a fart!

Shao Lianshan knew everything, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "The game of guessing riddles is over, let's start, the first step is to clean up the soil on these fragments, this bronze is very badly damaged, everyone must be careful and careful, remember, you must not cause secondary damage......"

After Shao Lianshan talked about many precautions, Qin Yuan and the others began to clean up.

One person with a stiff brush, carefully clean the soil on it, if it encounters stubborn, you can also dip it in distilled water, and then clean it up.

Although several people are archaeology students, this is the first time to get started, and they are all very excited, and Chen Bo, the second child who has been babbling, has his fingers trembling slightly.

These are all unearthed cultural relics, and if they can prove their age, they may be more valuable than gold!

"Dirt buns!"

Yue Zhenhai, who was in a bad mood, saw the appearance of several people, and couldn't help but curse in his heart, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, with a sarcastic look.

Although it was the first time for him to participate in this kind of clean-up work, because his family was in the antique business, his father's study was filled with inkstones from the Song Dynasty, ancient paintings from the Ming Dynasty, and pen holders from the Qing Dynasty...... , there are several pieces that were broken by him when he was a child.

It can be said that he is well-informed, and he will not be as nervous as these few dirt buns.

Qin Yuan was also very excited, but after a few minutes, his mood calmed down, his psychological quality has always been strong, the stick education since he was a child, and the pressure and tribulation he endured after his parents and relatives left one after another at the age of fourteen or fifteen, all gave him incomparably strong resilience.

Moreover, in that dream, not to mention this alchemy furnace, it is the Xia Dynasty Juding, the Western Han Dynasty beautiful jade, and the Tang Palace decorations have all seen it, and even there is a superb product in his body that can be called a magic weapon!

After all, it is something that has been buried in the ground for hundreds of years, and the tomb has collapsed in a small part, and these fragments are all pulled out of the soil, and the soil has already penetrated into the cracks, especially the broken stubble, which is very difficult to clean.

However, Qin Yuan was not in a hurry or impatient, he sought speed in a steady manner, a brush, a few toothpicks, and danced quickly in both sides, and in a short time, several pieces of soil were cleaned up by him.

Even Bai Xiaowei and Yue Zhenhai, the two veterans, are only as fast as him.

"Humph!"

Yue Zhenhai hated the root of his teeth, no matter how hard he tried, he was far behind Qin, he thought they were just his stepping stones, but at this time, it seemed that things were developing in the opposite direction, and the stepping stones had ridden him under his crotch!

More than two hours passed, and several people rested twice.

Qin Yuan was happy, leisurely, his subordinates kept moving, and he was enjoying it very much, but in his heart he was thinking about a lot of miscellaneous things.

"Old medicines, magic weapons and even antiquities will contain a lot of spiritual power, I don't know if this alchemy furnace will be the same. ”

These are all things he knew from Xin Wu's experience, although nine times out of ten he is sure that the owner of this alchemy furnace is just an ordinary Taoist priest, otherwise who would refine lead and mercury This kind of useless but harmful, even the emperor poisoned several things?

But Qin Yuan still couldn't help but want to give it a try.

Xin Wu has mastered a "soul snatching" technique, unlike the slow and solid breathing and breathing, the spirit snatching sword is biased, domineering and fast, like a robber plundering, can directly deprive the aura in the old medicine spirit treasure for his own use.

Of course, this method also has drawbacks, if it is used too much, it is easy to cause instability in cultivation, and the most important thing is that only a part of the spiritual power that is deprived is not all, almost two-thirds, and the remaining one-third still exists in it, which is difficult to peel out.

However, Qin Yuan still wanted to give it a try, this guy had never been a peaceful master.

Even if there is spiritual power in it, it is only buried underground for a long time, and the bronze is bathed in spiritual energy, and there are some remnants of it, and the amount is very small, which will not lead to the instability of the realm.

Just do it!

"One word is a soldier, two words become a mountain, three words are seizing the soul, those who are beneficial to me, it is ...... to catch this urgently"

Picking up the two largest fragments in each hand, he silently recited the mantra in his heart, and his fingers trembled in a subtle rhythm, very subtle!

From an outsider's point of view, Qin Yuan was holding a few pieces in his hand, his eyes were bursting ~ Jingguang, and he had an inexplicable smile on his face, gloomy, like a weasel greeting a chicken.

Yue Zhenhai sat beside Qin Yuan, peeking at him from time to time, very collapsed and frustrated, but some people are a kind of cheap creatures, the more they collapse, the more they can't help but look and think more.

Seeing Qin Yuan stretching his hand there, "hehe" sneering, Yue Zhenhai frowned, his eyes rolled around, and taking the opportunity to take something, his elbow hit Qin Yuan's palm intentionally or unintentionally.

As long as he hits him, it will be a big accident, and Qin Yuan will definitely be severely criticized by the teacher and Bai Xiaowei.

He deliberately increased his strength and slammed it hard.

"Smack!"

There was no accident, his elbow happened to hit Qin Yuan's palm, but the expected bronze fragment slipped from Qin Yuan's hand, and the sonorous sound of falling on the table did not sound, Qin Yuan didn't know why, at that moment, his palm suddenly clenched into a fist, holding the two things firmly.

"Ahh

At that moment, Yue Zhenhai only felt Qin Yuan's fist tremble, and a strong electric power-like force slammed into his elbow, the pain was unbearable, and he couldn't help but let out a scream.

"Poof!"

After the scream, Yue Zhenhai seemed to be pushed by an invisible big hand, and he fell directly from the chair, and a piece of bronze fragment rolled to the ground, and the whole person convulsed like a madman!