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84. Scrooge

With a room full of books, it's easier said than done to find a hidden crystal stele.

This Philo is really going to be a problem.

Jian Ling rolled up her sleeves and began to flip up from the bookshelf on the far right, to her surprise, the books on these shelves were all hooked with medical skills. Out of professional habit, she picked up the books and flipped through two pages.

As a result, this flip can't be stopped.

The contents recorded in it are all medical fields that human beings have explored so far, although they are only words, and I don't know whether they are true or false. But based on her years of medical experience, the rate of verdibility of these accounts is more than 85 percent.

This was a great attraction to Jian Ling, so she couldn't help but slow down her search for the stele, bury her head in the sea of books, and study it seriously.

Drink a sip of water when you're thirsty, knock a nutrition pill when you're hungry, and squint on the table for a while when you're tired...... She was so engrossed in it that she had almost forgotten the passage of time.

During this period, Filoo came back once, and when he saw her seriously immersed in a book, Filoo just smiled helplessly, and then turned away.

I don't know how long it took, but when Jian Ling came back to his senses, he found that he was already being overwhelmed by books. When she looked up, there were mountains of books all around, and the two large bookshelves on the left had been completely emptied by her.

At this time, Filoo suddenly appeared and looked at her quietly: "Are these books good?" ”

Making someone's study like this, Jian Ling was inevitably a little weak-hearted, and she hurriedly stood up from the pile of books: "I'm sorry, I'll restore this place to its original state later." ”

"As it is? Do you remember where these books were? Filo smiled.

Jian Ling glanced at the two large bookshelves that had been emptied, and thought for a moment: "I remember the basic location." ”

I don't know what's going on, but after she found out that after she came here, her memory suddenly improved by leaps and bounds, and she could basically read books without forgetting. She was worried that her memory would be beaten back to its original shape after she went out, so she simply watched enough here, and as a result, she became addicted.

"If you can remember, that's easy," Philo said, leaning on his crutches, slowly turning away.

Jian Ling watched her emaciated back disappear at the door, looked down at the two books she was reading in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and decided to continue reading. It's rare to come here once, maybe there will never be a chance to come again in the future, this time it's a pleasure to watch, and you won't regret and sigh in the future.

After reading one book after another, when she turned to a book called "The Mystery of Gu", she couldn't help but pause - she had searched for so much information before, but she couldn't find any information about Gu medicine, she didn't expect that there would be one here?!

Suppressing the intense curiosity in her heart, she opened the book, and the title page was printed with a gray-black complex pattern, which looked like a miniature version of the dragon, but it lacked claws than the dragon. Its body circles around the city, its head and tail intersect, and its mouth bites the tip of its tail, like a strange animal ring.

Continue to flip, the author first talked about the origin of this kind of thing, to the effect that those insects that can be made into Gu medicine passed the test of nature, and how they survived in a difficult environment, the tone is a bit like the animal world many years ago, although the content is relatively boring, but it is quite interesting to watch.

After introducing the origin, I began to introduce the insects that can be made into Gu medicine.

Jian Ling turned over page by page, and it took more than 30 pages to finish the introduction of this unit. She searched among the strange insects and found no species similar to Barbara, which made her a little curious about Barbara's origins.

Looking further back, there are thousands of ways to make Gu worms recorded in the book, some of which are bloody and cruel, some are weird and terrifying, and some are inexplicable.

However, Jian Ling found the kind he used in it-using blood to nourish Gu.

Feed the Gu worm a drop of its own blood every day, and the Gu worm will slowly grow with the intake of blood, and when it reaches a certain size, it will enter a cocoon state. It is recorded in the book that Gu worms have to sleep in the pupae for a very long time, ranging from one year to three or even ten years.

This process is not only long, but also accompanied by high danger, many Gu worms because of the long dormancy time, lack of physical strength, resulting in the last critical moment, unable to tear open the chrysalis, being suffocated alive in it.

Seeing this, Jian Ling remembered what Barbara had told him before, it didn't have enough dormancy this time, so what kind of willpower did it have to struggle out of such a thick chrysalis?! If it fails, is it dead in the chrysalis by now?

Jian Ling lowered her eyes slightly, although that guy's personality was too strange, but for her, he was a partner she could really rely on.

Then look down, it is written in the book that in fact, strictly speaking, only Gu worms that have successfully broken the cocoon can be regarded as real Gu worms. Not only can it communicate with the owner's mind, but the medicinal properties and toxicity are also doubled.

Thinking of Barbara's virtue, which can be called "priceless", Jian Ling couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth - sure enough, valuable things are strange in the world, and normal people can't understand them.

The book also introduces many ways to make Gu medicine, the content is strange, what frog skin, sparrow, pee, bat, what is swallowed alive, peeled alive, dripping with blood, what is fried, stewed, fried, grilled, boiled...... It's dazzling, but none of them are the recipes Barbara taught her.

In the past, Barbara only needed to eat some specific dishes, and then shrank in the quilt with a "chirp", and a black pill came out, without the complexity and weirdness mentioned in the book.

Jian Ling held back the feeling of nausea, and turned the book to the end page by page, his eyes attracted by the introduction on the last page-

The strangeness of Gu insects comes from the hearts of the owners who raise them.

The heart is evil, and the insect is also evil; The heart is beautiful, and the insect is also beautiful.

High-quality Gu worms are like gold and silver treasures, which are highly sought-after.

Among them, there is a kind of Gu worm, which only exists in legends, and it is the dream of every Gu cultivator.

Its name is, Gu King.

Jian Ling's gaze turned twice on the last two words, she remembered that Barbara had said that she was the Gu King before, that incomparable narcissism and stinky fart, could it be the source of this identity? If that's the case, then what kind of money did she earn? Or is it a loss?

Closing the book, Jian Ling digested the information in his mind. Then he pulled out another book and continued to read it.

Unconsciously, the books around Jian Ling were piled higher and higher, and by the time she emptied all the bookshelves, the whole person had been overwhelmed by books. She struggled to crawl out of the stack of books, patted her clothes, and kicked up clouds of dust.

Filo didn't know when he appeared in front of her: "Finished reading the book?" ”

"Well, I've seen it all, I've searched it all, but I haven't found any trace of the stele." Jian Ling frowned, looking a little annoyed, he was so fascinated by reading the book before that he didn't think too much about the consequences of not being able to find the stone stele, but now that the book was finished, his thoughts were suddenly pulled back to reality, and his jumping mood instantly fell into the dust.

"Do you know what the stele looks like?"

Jian Ling shook his head: "I've only heard about the stone stele, but I haven't seen it, so naturally I don't know what it looks like." ”

"So, do you think I look like the stele you're looking for?"

Hearing this, Jian Ling's gaze changed suddenly, obviously a little incredulous: "You...... How could you be a stele?! ”

"I'm in the same era as the old unscrupulous guy of the first generation of the Beastmaster, and now, that old unscrupulous guy has already reached Bliss, and I'm still here, what do you think is the power that allows me to live so long?"

Jian Ling slowly understood: "That stone tablet is in your body?" ”

Filoo propped his hands on his crutches and slowly closed his eyes: "The reason why the old and unserious left the crystal stele is to become the last hope to save the beast clan at a critical moment. And now, the orcs are on the verge of extinction, and it's time to put them back in their place......"

The voice faded away, and she stood still, motionless, like a stone sculpture.

Jian Ling waited for a long time, but she didn't see her continue, and called her twice, but there was still no response, and a bad premonition immediately arose in her heart. Jian Ling hesitated, but decided to walk over and put her finger under her nose.

No breath.

Jian Ling didn't expect that he would take away a stone tablet and pay the price of someone else's life, so he couldn't help but be stunned in place, and his emotions were extremely complicated.

From the beginning, Filoo's body began to slowly crumble until it completely turned into dust and disappeared into thin air.

With a clang, a black square crystal stone fell to the ground.

Jian Ling squatted down and picked it up, but it was the size of a palm, but the moment he touched it, he could feel a powerful force. In the crystal clear black crystal, there are many dark red words floating, which should be the blood spells left by the beast kings of the past generations.

With a flip of her palm, she put the stele into the stud space.

Finally got the crystal stele, she finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, turned around, picked up the books on the ground, and sorted them out one by one.

By the time the tidying up was completed, the entire study room had basically been restored to its original state.

She patted her dusty hands, and her eyes fell on the path she had come, the black abyss that was not visible, and if she was not careful, she would fall to pieces. She hesitated, but decided not to joke with her life, turned away, and pushed open the wooden door that Filoo frequented in and out.

As soon as she pushed it away, a shiny golden light came out, almost blinding her eyes.

She turned her head sideways, shielded the shining golden light with her hand, and waited until her eyes were slowly adjusting to the golden light, then she twisted her head back to see the scene in front of her.

Gold and silver, yellow and white, all of them were stacked on top of each other with the innumerable jewels. The floor was paved with gold bricks, and on them were mountains of gold and silver treasures, and those gorgeous gems were bigger than ostrich eggs, and they rolled everywhere as if they didn't need money.

Rao is Jian Ling, who has seen a lot of wind and waves, couldn't help but be stunned for a long time at this time.

With so much gold, silver and jewelry, even if you buy the entire Welsh Empire, you will have no problem!

She walked in slowly, stepping on the smooth golden gold, and there was a special floating feeling, as if the world was not real, especially like a dream.

I picked up a big pearl casually, held it in my hand and looked at it, knocked it again, and confirmed that it was genuine.

Who is hiding so much treasure here? Could it be Philo? But Filoo didn't give her the feeling that she was such a wealthy person. Thinking about it, she felt that this place was more like a treasure trove for the beasts, and the reason why Filoo stayed here should be one of the reasons in addition to the reason for the crystal stele.

Now that Filoo is gone, have all the jewels here been claimed by her, the trusted beastmaster?

She reached out and touched the surface of the pearl, the corners of her mouth rising into a meaningful smile.

Now that everyone is here, I'm sorry for God's favor if I don't take some of them.

She stuffed the big pearl in her hand into the stud space, and began to look for a new target, the space in the stud is not large, it is unrealistic to want to take away all the treasures here, and besides, she doesn't want to be so greedy, how much she will leave some to the descendants of the beast clan, which can be regarded as satisfying the wishes of the beast kings of the past generations to accumulate treasures.

She picked out some small but expensive treasures and threw them all into the stud space.

Throwing too much, Ulan couldn't help but let out a sound, and the electronic voice, which had always been emotionless, trembled slightly at this time: "Master, I want that golden gem box, yes, that's what you got!" ”

A few black lines fell off Jian Ling's head, and the emotional space equipment also likes to collect gold and silver treasures?!

She threw the gem box into the earring space, in exchange for Ulan's joyful cheers: "The shiny box, so beautiful!" ”

Under Ulan's command, Jian Ling chose a number of treasures that were enough to flash his blindness, and all of them were swallowed by Ulan. Until Jian Ling picked up the baby and had a sore back, Ulan was still instructing her to pick up the gem mirror at hand.

Jian Ling rubbed his sore arm: "I remember that the capacity of your No. 1 space is only 10 cubic meters, the volume of those things just now should have exceeded this amount, right?" Why can you still stuff something into it? ”

“……”

Seeing Ulan pretending to be dead, Jian Ling said with an understanding: "Could it be that you lied about the numbers before and deliberately lied to me, saying that your space capacity is only 10 cubic meters, but in fact, there is more than this number at all, right?" ”

“……”

Seeing that he still didn't speak, Jian Ling raised his eyebrows: "You don't tell the truth, do you?" Alright, let's go, you don't want to get another jewel! ”

"I say I say! Don't go, I really like that gem mirror, you will fulfill me! ”

Jian Ling picked up the gem mirror casually, shook it on the left and shook it on the right, just not putting it into the space: "If you want a mirror, just tell the truth." ”

"Actually, there are ninety-eight cubes in the space in my body, but it's stuffed with a lot of things before, and the remaining capacity is really not much......"

"This 'really isn't much', how much is it?"

"Thirteen cubes or so......"

Jian Ling shook the mirror: "Hmm, you continue to fool." ”

"Actually, there should be eighteen more places......"

Jian Ling scraped the mirror with his fingers: "You still have one last chance." ”

"Twenty-five cubes! Really, that's the number, not at all! ”

This capacity is also quite a lot, but Jian Ling is still very curious: "Ninety-eight cubic meters, there are only twenty-five cubic meters left, what are the other seventy-three cubic meters going on?" ”

"Used to store the relics of the previous owner."

As soon as he heard that it was a relic, the **** that Jian Ling wanted to turn out those things was suddenly more than half, and asked casually, "What are they?" ”

"Gold, silver, money, jewelry, and some specially made clothes, which were said to be reserved for the former owner to wear in another world."

I didn't expect that the development of science and technology has reached this era, and there are still people who are superstitious about this?! Jian Ling casually threw the gem mirror into the earring space: "Since there is still capacity left, let's take more treasures." ”

"Yes, yes! I want that shiny jewel bowl! And that diamond necklace! Ah, that bouquet of flowers carved from gems is so beautiful, hurry up and bring it, I want it to ......"

Jian Ling was like a porter, under the command of Ulan, he stuffed all those glowing treasures into the space.

A room full of gold and silver treasures, you can choose from them, take them at will, even if you are tired, you feel cool!

When Jian Ling estimated that the money he took was enough for his family to go to the next life, he stopped picking treasures with his hands, sat on a large treasure chest studded with gems, and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It's almost enough, right?" ”

Ulan's voice was clearly still excited: "Not enough, not enough! A little more! ”

"Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant, be content!"

Jian Ling ignored Wulan's next soft grinding and hard bubbles, sat and rested for a while, and when her strength was almost recovered, she set her eyes on the small golden door she found when she was choosing the jewelry just now.

She walked to the small golden door, but could not find the doorknob or the keyhole, but only a black gem set in the very center of the door.

She placed her finger on the black gem and pressed it lightly, causing it to sink in.

With a low grinding sound, the small golden door slowly opened, revealing a long, eerie passageway.

There was no light in the passage, it was pitch black, and there was no bottom in sight.

Jian Ling hesitated in place for a moment, and finally chose to walk in, as soon as his heel stood firm, the small golden door behind him closed with a bang.

She touched her earrings: "Give me a night pearl." ”

Ulan's voice was a little vigilant, like a miser: "What are you doing?" ”

"I'll use it as a flashlight, and I'll pay you back when I get back."

"Will you really give it back to me?"

Jian Ling patiently promised: "Definitely." ”

Only then did Ulan reluctantly spit out a fist-sized night pearl, which landed steadily in Jian Ling's hand.

The mellow and smooth pearl of the night, shining with a cold and bright light in the dark passage, illuminates the road ahead.

Jian Ling held it carefully, walked forward step by step, and following the light of the night pearl, she could clearly see that there were many lifelike patterns carved on the walls on both sides. The protagonists of the motif are half-orcs, who either perform sacrifices, watch the stars at night, or sing and dance......

On these patterns, Jian Ling saw the figure of the first Beastmaster, who was portrayed as very powerful and tall, and the clothes on his body were extremely luxurious. In front of him, there were countless half-orcs kneeling, each of them with respect and worship written on their faces, as if they were really worshipping the gods.

Jian Ling thought about the scene where the first generation of the Beastmaster forced to teach the Beastmaster's seal to herself, and she was in a very unhappy mood, but now seeing his holy and serious appearance on the wall, she felt teasing, stretched out two fingers, and poked his nostrils vigorously.

Let you be light and thin! Let you leave a mark on your sister's forehead! Hmph, sister, I'll let you become a Chaotian nose now, and go back to be a brother with Zhu Bajie!

Just as she was relieved, the wall suddenly shook violently, shaking down layers of dust.

Shocked, she took two steps back, swept away the dust in the air with her hands, and stared vigilantly at the wall in front of her - the original beastmaster was really ****, and he actually hid a mechanism in his nostrils!

With a click, two cracks erupted in the wall.

The two cracks spread like spider webs to the surrounding area, and it didn't take long for the entire wall to collapse, clattering and clattering, kicking up a thick cloud of dust.

When the dust faded a little, a figure came out of the dust, and kept scolding in his mouth: "Shenma chooses one of the two to solve the problem?!" Barbara doesn't eat that! ”

Hearing this familiar voice, Jian Ling subconsciously raised his head, waved away the dust in front of him, and asked tentatively, "Barbara?" ”

The other party's figure was obviously stunned, and then he flew over, hugged Jian Ling fiercely, and rubbed hard: "Master, Barbara misses you to death!" I didn't expect to meet in this kind of ghost place, which shows that we are destined to be ape dung, in order to thank God, come, let's play Bobo~"

Jian Ling slapped the pink lips that came in front of him to the side with a palm: "Play with your sister's bobo!" ”

Barbara covered her mouth and looked at her pitifully: "The master is so fierce~"

Jian Ling tore him off of himself and threw him aside: "Speaking seriously, why did you appear here?" ”

Barbara lowered her head and poked her finger at her: "After Barbara entered that door, she came across a whole bunch of messy mechanisms, and after solving them, she got a key." After that, two doors appeared in front of me, and my key could only open one of them, so I chose the one on the right, and walked for a long time, but there was nothing but the bones of various orcs. Barbara felt that the path was wrong, and went back, but the door was locked and could not be opened. Barbara felt irritated and simply kicked the wall off, and then ran into the owner......"

Jian Ling listened to it for a long time, and vaguely understood one thing: "The three fans we chose are actually close together?" ”

If this is the case, then there is a good chance that this is a labyrinth, with all the passages separated by a wall, and if they find the right door or entrance, they will be able to enter the other passages, and possibly find an exit from here.

Thinking of this, Jian Ling grabbed Barbara's wrist: "Let's go, let's go back from the road you just had!" ”

Dear, let's have a shot, send someone to the classified pink list!

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