Chapter 739: Iron Fan Immortal
The houses on both sides of the street are made of a kind of earthy yellow stone, and the stone has large gaps in the stone, which can transmit light, and at first glance, it looks like a hollow house.
And the foundations of all the houses are very high, at least three feet or more, and a layer of stone and a layer of loess are piled up like this, which should also be designed for thermal insulation.
After all, the temperature is not because the sunlight is too strong, but directly from the ground, such a house design can ensure a certain degree of circulation and insulation, if the inside of the house is as hot as the outside, then the day is really unbearable.
"Sure enough, the wisdom of mortals can allow them to survive in many extreme conditions, which is also an important reason why mortals are always at the top of the Three Realms. Sha Wanjing looked at the buildings left and right with admiration.
"But is there a restaurant in this town, where should we go to ask?" Zhu Tianpeng asked again.
Everyone has spells on their bodies, and this kind of temperature is naturally not a problem, and they all seem quite calm, so Tang Sanzang looks a little embarrassed when he steps on the ice that is still melting.
Tap ~ grunt ~ Suddenly there was a strange knocking sound and the sound of wheels rolling in the alley ahead, and everyone looked at each other wonderingly, is there anyone still on the street at this temperature?
Just wondering, a wooden cart turned out of the alley, the cart was a middle-aged man wearing a burlap vest, the figure looked very tall, but not really tall, but stepping on wooden stilts more than one foot high, pushing the cart slowly forward, seeing Tang Sanzang and his party showed a hint of surprise on their faces, guests in the town are not common, business travelers can avoid this side, after all, the ground temperature even horses dare not come in, so it is like an abandoned town.
But now there are some new faces, and among them are a few beautiful girls and a monk.
"Sell roasted sweet potatoes! No money if it's not sweet, no money if it's not delicious~" The middle-aged man pushed the cart and shouted, about to pass by everyone.
"How do you sell roasted sweet potatoes?" Tang Sanzang asked with a smile, now that no one can be seen on the street, it is naturally better to find someone to ask.
"Half two taels of silver and six, how about it?" The middle-aged man glanced at Tang Sanzang and his party, and directly compared them to six.
"Yes, it's very affordable. Tang Sanzang nodded, took out a bright piece of silver from his arms and handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Half a tael of silver is to buy roasted sweet potatoes, and the remaining half tael asks the elder brother for news." ”
"Well, you said, as long as I know, I will know everything. The man took the silver and weighed it, his face was happy, he was just tentatively saying, half a tael of silver to buy six roasted sweet potatoes, this is a very high price, but I didn't expect that the monk not only did not refuse, but also took half a tael of silver to ask him a few words, this kind of pie in the sky he has never encountered it.
"That's right, we came all the way from afar, intending to go west, but passing through here, we found that there was a mountain of flames blocking the way, I don't know what the origin of this mountain of flames is?
"You want to go over from the Flaming Mountain?" the middle-aged man's eyes widened when he heard this.
"Is it really the Flame Mountain?" Tang Sanzang nodded slightly, it seemed that he had indeed arrived at this place.
"What's wrong? Can't you?" said Zhu Tianpeng with a frown.
"How can this work, you don't know, our Hedi Town has been here for hundreds of years, five hundred years ago, a fire fell from the sky, burning a mountain of flames, at that time several villages and towns were directly burned down. The fire burned for 500 years, and the stones in the mountain melted and re-condensed into stones, and then melted again, and it is said that even if you put an iron block, it will turn white at once. And not to mention the stones, as long as you get out of town and continue walking, you will definitely not be able to stand it. The middle-aged man waved his hand and said.
"Five hundred years ago?" Sun Wukong frowned, this time was too special for her, and she couldn't help but think about it.
"And how do you live here? If we hadn't missed it, we wouldn't have seen a single green weed on the way here. Tang Sanzang asked rhetorically, they all knew what the middle-aged man said, and it was also the reason why they came to this town.
"Alas, that's a long way to go, although the Flaming Mountain is just a stone's throw away, but the ancestors were reluctant to move out of the town, so they tried their best to stay. Later, when an iron fan fairy saw that we were suffering, he used a banana fan every year to extinguish the fire near the town, and then it rained heavily, and everything was reborn, so we were able to rest here for so many years. The middle-aged man sighed and said, "It's just that I don't know why the Iron Fan Immortal no longer accepts our offerings this year, and it doesn't appear to protect us anymore, and the flames of the Flame Mountain are spreading outward, so it will become as hot as it is now." And our Hedi Town is not the closest town to the Flaming Mountain, there are two more in front of it, but because they couldn't stand the heat, everyone moved out a few months ago, and the town was also engulfed in flames and disappeared completely. ”
"Iron Fan Immortal, who is that, and where are you now?" Sha Wanjing's eyes lit up and she asked out loud.
"Iron Fan Immortal!" Sun Wukong's voice was also elongated all of a sudden, and his expression was a little strange.
"This ...... I don't know very well, only the old people in the town know about this matter, and it has been passed on from generation to generation, and ordinary people don't know about it at all. The middle-aged man shook his head, his expression was a little gloomy: "But it seems that the Iron Fan Fairy has given up on us, and the old people in the town are already discussing when everyone will move out of the town and leave here, the temperature is too high, and it caught fire twice last night, and I don't dare to sleep too hard at night when I close my eyes, everything will be on fire at home, and the days are really unbearable." ”
"Then do you know where to find someone who knows the location of the Iron Fan Immortal?" Tang Sanzang glanced at Sun Wukong, who had a strange expression, it seemed that she should know this Lady of the Bull Demon King, and looked at the middle-aged man and asked.
"This ......" The middle-aged man heard this, his expression was a little tangled, the matter of the Iron Fan Immortal is generally not told to outsiders, and today he was also fascinated by these two pieces of silver, so he said it, now looking at the appearance of this monk, he still wants to find the Iron Fan Immortal, which is a big taboo.
"The Iron Fan Immortal doesn't care about you now, it must be that you haven't paid enough tribute to make people dissatisfied, so they will let you fend for yourself. But now that your chance has come, just tell us where the iron fan fairy is, let's borrow a banana fan, and we will help you extinguish the fire when we turn around, don't you have to leave the town?" Zhu Tianpeng looked at the middle-aged man and said seriously.