Chapter Forty-Eight: The Handmaid's Palace Lamp
The two of them slowly moved forward by the faint light of the ever-bright candle, for fear that they would accidentally trigger some mechanism
The two of them simply walked forward for a long time, and there were no hidden arrows or knives or the like, and there was no sudden jump out of a big zongzi ghost or the like, except for the female corpse on the back of the donkey's big tongue
Everything was so peaceful, eerily calm, and the darkness seemed endless, as if the two of them had fallen into a black hole of time
"Suck and suck!" Suddenly, a strange sound sounded not far away in the darkness
The two of them looked at each other and smiled at the same time, and they felt that the voice was so kind at this time
In fact, the most terrifying thing is the invisible thing, no matter how weird the appearance of that thing is, no matter how ugly the sound is, as long as you have seen it before, it doesn't feel so scary to encounter it again
And this green trumpet belongs to the kind of kind that scares people to death at first sight, and goodbye is particularly kind
The two of them touched forward with apprehension, and the sucking sound turned into a cooing sound again, and it seemed that the little one was not just licking, it was gulping something
The donkey's big tongue couldn't help but swallow and foam, Luo Xiaobai said, this green horn specializes in licking corpse oil for a living, so is it drinking corpse oil now?
How much corpse oil does it take to make such an exaggerated swallowing sound? Just thinking about it makes me feel a chill
With a plop, the heavy object fell to the ground, and then there was a sound of footsteps gradually moving away, Luo Xiaobai sighed, it seems that this guy feels quite keen
"Ran away?" The donkey's big tongue whispered
Luo Xiaobai nodded, and the two walked forward slowly, and after walking not far, they saw a vague black shadow appear in front of them
"I'm Nima! There's nothing else in this place but the dead, what's wrong? The donkey cursed with his big tongue
From a distance, the black shadow did look like a person standing there, and the person seemed to be holding something in his hand, round, which reminded the two of them of the woman's head that came out of the darkness
Luo Xiaobai's eyes narrowed slightly, his palm turned over, and he was away from the fire talisman in his hand
The donkey's big tongue trembled like chaff, but he didn't know that he had an even more bizarre headless corpse on his body
Finally came to the near of the dark shadow, and by the light of the everlasting candle, the two of them saw the figure in the darkness clearly
It was really a human being, just a bronze statue, a kneeling maidservant, life-size, looking lifelike
It held a round jar in its hand, and the jar was still fragrant, a bit like a lily
"! Now it's developed! This thing is enough for our brothers to lose their souls for a lifetime! The donkey's big tongue showed a greedy look
Luo Xiaobai ignored him, but looked down at the jar, and suddenly his heart was shocked
"How is that possible? So much for a whole altar? Luo Xiaobai couldn't help but exclaim
The donkey's big tongue also leaned over curiously, and looked down into the jar, only to see that the copper jar was filled with a milky white viscous liquid, and the aroma was emitted by this liquid
"What's this? It can't really be corpse oil, right? The donkey's big tongue couldn't help but ask, and it was disgusting to think about it
Luo Xiaobai nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, this is corpse oil, but it is not ordinary corpse oil, this thing is called liquid gold in our mage world, and it is even more expensive than gold, it can be said that it is priceless." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The donkey's big tongue said disapprerovingly: "Look at what you say is so evil! What's the priceless thing in the market? Could it be that it is still made from the body of a big girl? ”
Luo Xiaobai snorted and said, "What the hell do you know besides the big girl?" The raw materials for refining this thing are much scarcer than those of your big girls and little daughters-in-law. ”
"Worth more than this bronze maidservant?" The donkey's big tongue asked seriously, "You are happy to say, what is this?" ”
"East China Sea Shark Oil!" Luo Xiaobai said word by word
The so-called shark people in the East China Sea, the fish-tailed human body, are called the spirits of the mermaids
When they cry, their tears will turn into pearls, and the oil of the mermaids will not be extinguished for 10,000 years once burned
Moreover, it is said that most of the mermaids are women, and they are naturally beautiful, so some emperors have dreamed of finding a merman for pleasure all their lives
It is because of this that they become extremely valuable and become the best prey caught by fishermen
Because of their fear of humans, they had to stay away from land and dive into the deep sea to survive
Legend has it that in the harem of Qin Shi Huang, there were no less than dozens of merman princesses, but since the Qin Dynasty, almost no one has seen any trace of the merman
"I'm rubbing! is full of treasures, and her mother is beautiful, who will take them to refine corpse oil when they are full? Isn't that a waste of good things? The donkey's big tongue said indignantly
Luo Xiaobai smiled bitterly and said: "This jar of corpse oil, conservatively estimated to take more than ten mermaids to refine it, as for the reason, it is unknown." ”
After that, the donkey's big tongue took out a large kettle from the backpack behind him, and reached out to move the jar in the arms of the bronze statue
"What are you doing?" Luo Xiaobai couldn't help asking
The donkey's big tongue said excitedly: "Break it off and pour the corpse oil into the kettle, don't you say that this thing is valuable?" ”
Luo Xiaobai couldn't help but stretch out his hand and pat his forehead, and said helplessly: "This jar and this bronze statue are one, how did you break it off?" ”
The donkey's big tongue struggled for a long time, and the jar was still firmly held in the arms of the bronze statue, and the bronze statue was also fixed on the ground, not moving
Suddenly! The jar leading to his bosom made a crunch and moved upwards a minute
The donkey's big tongue froze for a moment, and then he moved the jar even harder
Click! There was another crisp sound, and the mouth of the bronze statue actually opened, so frightened that the donkey's big tongue quickly jumped back a meter away
Both of them stared nervously at the open mouth of the bronze statue, wondering whether it was arrows or poisonous smoke that came out of it
After waiting for a long time, something appeared in the mouth of the bronze statue, but it did not shoot out, but slowly stretched out
After waiting for a while, the bronze statue stopped moving, and the two of them stepped forward to take a look
Only then did I realize that what was sticking out of the mouth of the bronze statue seemed to be a finger-thick cotton thread
"What is this?" The donkey's big tongue reached out curiously and pulled it out a few times
The cotton thread showed no sign of being pulled out, and the thread seemed to be wet, absorbing moisture from nowhere
"This is? Lamp? The donkey's big tongue sniffed his fingers and smelled a strong aroma
Luo Xiaobai also discovered that it must have been the donkey's big tongue that inadvertently triggered the internal mechanism of the maidservant, causing the mermaid oil to connect with the wick inside
The wick absorbed enough corpse oil and slowly poked out the maidservant's mouth, forming a bronze palace lamp
After pondering for a while, Luo Xiaobai slowly leaned the flame of the ever-bright candle towards the maid's mouth...... (To be continued.) )