Chapter 59: The Oil Pot
The jade bracelet silently slid along the rim of the pot into the oil pot.
The boiling hot oil and the blazing charcoal basin attracted everyone's attention at the moment.
The scholars sitting in the front row also sniffled, feeling as if a sour smell was wafting through the hall, but their attention was drawn to the tense atmosphere.
"Chen Lang!" Lu Xiaochai hid in the compartment on the second floor, and when he saw this scene through the wooden grille, he felt as if his heart was clenched by an invisible hand.
Chen Xianfeng walked lightly to the oil pot, and arched his hand towards the people in front of him: "Thank you all officials and close friends for taking a break from your busy schedule, today is the day when Chen Xingzhi of my Qiantang County combed and redeemed Lu Xiaochai for Huancailou, I can have you as witnesses, Chen Xian is grateful, and he feels guilty!" β
At this point, he glanced up at Feng Niang, who was standing on the second floor and watching, and then said: "I also want to thank Song Jinfeng of Huancai Building, she has been treating Xiao Hai as her own daughter all these years!" She asked seven days ago how I would prove that I would not lose Lu Xiaochai. β
"Today, I will take out the jade bracelet in this pot, and then climb up the knife mountain to the corridor on the second floor, and match it for Lu Xiaochai himself, so that I can see my heart by going up the knife mountain and going down the oil pot!"
"Please witness!"
After Chen Xian said this, he bowed to everyone around him one by one, then took a deep breath and rolled up his sleeves by himself.
"Never!" Qian Jin sat closest to this oil pot, and he really saw it at the moment - the oil pot was constantly bubbling, boiling and boiling, if you throw a fish into it, it will be fried in minutes!
"Do it, don't be impulsive!" Even Jin Wensheng stood up and looked at Chen Xian, who was eager to try, with a frown.
Gao An sat up straight, glanced at the boiling oil in the pot, and was about to say something, but saw that Chen Xian's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to have the slightest fear, so he hesitated and didn't speak.
"Chen Xian!" Feng Niang on the second floor couldn't hold back any longer, although she was reluctant to Lu Xiaochai, but she didn't want to see Chen Xian really do such a dangerous self-harm act for her, knowing that the origin of the matter was herself, she twisted her phoenix eyebrows and said, "You don't need to prove it!" β
Everyone also vaguely guessed that Chen Xian's move was to provoke the law to deal with Song Jinfeng, and at this time, seeing that even she opened her mouth, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, presumably Chen Xian would not do this crazy act again.
Chen Xian just smiled indifferently, and immediately put his hand into the gurgling and tumbling oil pot without hesitation.
"Ahh
"Boom-" The entire hall couldn't sit still, and they all stood up and looked at Chen Xian's arm in the oil pot.
But Chen Xian's face did not have the slightest look of pain, he even put his hand in the oil pot for a while, and then Shi Shiran touched the jade pendant that sank at the bottom under the horrified eyes of everyone, and slowly lifted it out.
Everyone's eyes were on the crystal clear jade bracelet and the arm holding the jade bracelet......
But he was surprised to find that Chen Xian's arm was only slightly red!
What's going on?!
The crows were silent, the needles could be heard, and in this strange silence, almost everyone looked at Chen Xian as if nothing had happened with the eyes of a monster.
Chen Xian grinned, then put the jade bracelet in his mouth and bit it tightly with his teeth, arched his hand towards everyone again, turned around and walked towards the wooden frame full of steel knives embedded behind him.
"This climbs the knife mountain and gets into the oil pot...... It seems that he really has to do it all over again......" Gao An frowned and looked at Chen Xian, who was standing in front of Daoshan and was stretching, stroked his beard, and muttered to himself in surprise.
"Isn't it a miracle in the martial arts that you have practiced?" Jin Wensheng muttered a sigh: "All-round talent in civil and military affairs? β
Su Xinzhi also frowned at this moment, he knew best how much Chen Xian's kung fu was, but this guy was so empty-handed Shi Ran put it into the hot oil pot, and he could take it out intact! What's more, there is not the slightest expression of pain on his face, which ...... Even if you are a martial arts master who has cultivated iron sand palms, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it, right?
Chen Xian originally walked in barefoot, but at this moment he looked down at the several steel knives in front of him, tentatively put his right foot on the tip of one of the knives, and then he stretched out his hands to hold the two knives on the top of his head, and slowly with a force, the center of gravity of his whole body moved to the contact surface between his right foot and the blade.
"Hmm-" Chen Xian, who was biting the jade bracelet, called out indistinctly.
His call suddenly lifted everyone's hearts, and Mi Yun quickly raised his hand to cover his eyes and didn't want to look at it anymore.
Lu Xiaochai rushed out of the cubicle on the second floor, his hands were tightly clasped on the railing, and the tears in his eyes could no longer be held back: "Chen Langββ"
Chen Xian couldn't respond to her call at this moment, and at this time, he didn't dare to make any extra movements in his whole body, he slowly raised his left foot and stepped on a higher blade again.
"Whew-" Song Jinfeng covered his mouth and let out a long breath.
"Okay, be careful!" Qian Jin and several scholars from the academy even trotted to the bottom of the knife mountain, looking up at Chen Xian nervously, as if they were ready to reach out to save him at any time.
Huang Shao pursed his lips tightly, he had seen all the steel knives on the wooden frame of Shicai, all of them were extremely sharp real knives, he could never have imagined that there were such infatuated people as Chen Xingzhi under his jurisdiction! would really go to the knife mountain and the oil pot for a Qinglou woman!
"The ...... of the owner" Sun Xiaosong looked up at Chen Xian, who was slowly climbing up like a sloth, and was even more worried in his heart, and couldn't help but whisper to himself: "There is no rope to hang you this time!" β
Everyone's reaction, Chen Xian had no time to see at the moment, let alone listen, all his attention at the moment was focused on controlling the slow balance of his body, although he had been training for a few days to climb the knife mountain, but this was definitely the most deadly act he had ever done since the crossing.
"Huhu-" The pain under his feet reminded him that if he accidentally lost his balance, there would be no way to survive - the more than ten cold blades below would never mind cutting themselves into several pieces.
As the pain became more and more intense, his breathing became more and more intense, and the jade bracelet he was biting between his teeth seemed to be about to shatter his teeth alive.
Almost there.
The railing on the second floor is already close at hand.