Chapter 20: The Torture of the Crystal

The torture technique handed over Qi Guan to Lian Jiuqi, supported Ma Fei by himself, and after looking around, he immediately ran towards a cave full of crystals not far away, and the others followed closely behind, following the torture technique towards the depths of the cave, no matter where they were at this time, the most important thing was to distance themselves from Qian Xiuye and the others.

After several laps in the cave, the torture stopped, put down Mafei and let her rest, while asking the others, "How are you doing?" ”

The rest of the people waved their hands to indicate that they were okay, but it could be seen that everyone was completely exhausted during the time they struggled in the water.

Chen Taidong looked on the road when he came: "Will Qian Xiuye chase after him?" ”

Qi Guan shook his head: "Probably not, when you came in, didn't you look carefully?" There were dozens of similar caves around, and Qian Xiuye didn't know which hole we were into, and besides, when we left, they rushed out of that spring. ”

"Underground geyser." Lian Jiuqi gasped and said, "There is an underground water vein under that pool, and the water vein is connected to the geyser, but the strange thing is that this geyser doesn't seem to be so hot, this is too strange, it stands to reason that we are so deep underground, the temperature of the geyser here should be able to cook us directly." ”

Chen Fang got up at this time and touched the crystals that protruded from the cave wall: "Are these crystals?" ”

Yan Gang also got up and looked at it carefully, breaking it with his hand, but he didn't break it off, so he took out a mountaineering pickaxe and knocked it off.

Bai Zhongzheng took the crystal from Yan Gang's hand and looked at it carefully: "It's crystal, and this kind of natural crystal is very rare, and it can be sold at a good price in the market." ”

Torture, Lian Jiuqi and Ma Fei also knocked off a piece of each and handed it to Chen Taidong and Qi Guan to see.

Qi Guan looked carefully, touched, and looked around: "It's so strange, the crystal here actually emits light, but once you take it off, it won't shine, just like a light bulb." ”

"I don't know how." Chen Taidong looked at the piece in his hand, "This kind of natural crystal is rare in the world, you know, now the streets are full of synthetic crystal, in terms of value alone, there is only industrial value, there is no so-called collection value." ”

Even Jiuqi nodded and said: "Indeed, this kind of natural crystal cave, I have seen it twice before, and there are not so many, I once saw it in a dormant volcanic cave in Guatemala, where a rare blue crystal is produced, hidden among other crystals, and one piece will be produced in every thousand." ”

The two of them walked slowly towards the depths of the cave, completely attracted by the strange crystal cave in front of them, and they didn't know how to describe the feeling in their hearts for a while.

"Yan Gang, Zhong Zheng, you two, go explore the way." Qi Guan sat there and ordered, "Go one person at the other, and if you find that the cave is too deep, come back quickly and be careful of getting lost." ”

Yan Gang and Bai Zhongzheng nodded, and almost at the same time raised the crystal to ask Qi Guan, Qi Guan shook his head and said, "Don't ask me, I am not the master here, you decide whether to take it with me or not." ”

Yan Gang and Bai Zhongzheng smiled, and after thinking about it, they still stuffed them into their backpacks, but one of them only brought a piece.

At the same time, in the geyser field outside the cave, Qian Xiuye and the others also woke up one after another, and Fan Meng, who woke up, immediately stepped forward to pretend to care about He Chenxue and his father after checking that Qian Xiuye was fine.

Yuan Zhenba got up, looked at the dense caves around the geyser field, and the crystals that grew like plants at the mouth of the cave, and exclaimed, "This is a treasure house." ”

Mo Duqiao sat on the side with Qian Xiuye in his arms, and Qian Xiuye glanced around: "Yes, it's a treasure house, it's all natural crystals, and if you take it out, you can sell it for a good price." ”

When the remaining two mercenaries heard this, they immediately walked to the entrance of the cave, slashed and slashed, got some crystals, put them in the spare armament bags that had been prepared a long time ago, and brought them to the Inkdusk Bridge, so that the Inkwilight Bridge could help take a look.

Before Mo Duqiao could speak, Qian Xiuye stretched out his hand to let the two of them over, and then picked up some crystals in the armament bags of the two of them, looked at them carefully, and exclaimed: "Multi-colored crystals, very rare, on the black market, if someone hypes up, such a piece of crystal is enough for you to buy a yacht." ”

The mercenary, who had been nervous, finally showed a smile on his face, and was about to go back there to continue pretending, but was stopped by Qian Xiuye: "We haven't reached the end yet, maybe there are other good treasures after that, you bring so much, and it is very difficult to walk, in case of an attack, these crystals will drag you down and make you die." ”

Mo Duqiao nodded to the two mercenaries, signaling them to follow Qian Xiuye's advice.

Although the two of them were unwilling, they still sat down to rest, and began to count how many dollars they knocked down, how much it was worth, how big a house they could buy, how good a car, and how exaggerated the yacht they came here for.

Fan Meng sat beside Qian Xiuye and asked in a low voice, "Master, they came in before us, where are they now?" Will there be an ambush? ”

"Don't be afraid." Qian Xiuye looked at the pistol on Mo Duqiao's waist, "We have guys in our hands, they don't, even if they want to ambush us, in this kind of relatively empty place, it is also looking for death, let's rest first, eat, and then see how to go next." ”

After Qian Xiuye finished speaking, he looked at He Chenxue and Fan Junyi, who were sitting there drinking water and eating dry food in the distance, and said to Fan Meng with a smile: "You are blessed now, my wife and father have released their past suspicions with you." ”

Fan Meng immediately said: "I only have the master in my heart, if it wasn't for the master, I would have died a long time ago, I would have been killed by the bastard Lian Jiuqi, I have been a master all my life!" ”

Qian Xiuye just smiled and didn't comment, Mo Duqiao was still expressionless, but Yuan Zhenba, who was sitting not far behind the two, was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit when he heard Fan Meng's words.

At the same time, Yuan Zhenba also observed the surroundings, thinking about how to get rid of Qian Xiuye's side and join the torture technique.

Fan Meng cautiously turned his head to look at Yuan Zhenba, and then lowered his voice and said, "Master, do you really believe in Yuan Zhenba?" ”

Qian Xiuye also responded in a low voice: "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, the main thing is whether it can be useful, if a person is useful and can use it, then why care if you trust him?" It's like when you're defenseless on the battlefield and you suddenly find a knife on the ground, do you care if that knife is worth trusting? ”

Fan Meng smiled: "I understand." ”

After Fan Meng finished speaking, he took dry food for Qian Xiuye, and then sat next to He Chenxue and ate with her.

At this time, He Chenxue was a completely different person, like a stupid woman with dementia, who only knew how to smile at Fan Meng, which made Fan Junyi, who was sitting on the side, feel a little heartache.

Of course, Fan Junyi knows Fan Meng, and he also knows that his son is not a good thing, but he can't do righteous killing his relatives at all, so he can only obey his son, thinking that the things that his son has done that have lost his conscience, as long as he doesn't help, he won't have any guilt.

After checking the water sources next to the geyser, Murwilight Bridge found a small underground river on the edge of the cave, the water was not a hot spring, it was very clear and sweet.

After he drank it, he waited for a while to feel that there was nothing wrong with his body, and then beckoned the others to fill all the containers on his body.

Mo Duqiao returned to Qian Xiuye with the kettle: "Master, there is a cave in front, it is relatively deep, and the exit should be over there." ”

Qian Xiuye sat there, pondering something, and only got up for a long time, walked slowly along the mouth of the surrounding crystal caves, slowly observed the surrounding crystal caves like terraces, and then turned to look at the geyser field in the middle.

Qian Xiuye beckoned Yuan Zhenba to come and asked, "Zhenba, what do you look like when you look at this place?" ”

Yuan Zhen looked down: "It's like the terrain of a hilly area, and the layers of crystal caves here are like terraces, although there are no traces of too heavy artificial construction, but if it is formed naturally, it is too incredible." ”

As soon as Yuan Zhenba finished speaking, the geyser began to spew water again, and this time it lasted significantly longer than the previous time it had washed them in.

Ink Twilight raised his hand to look at his watch, counting the time. Qian Xiuye and the others just stood on the edge and looked up.

Fifteen minutes later, the geyser gradually stopped spraying, but the mist at the top of the cave had not disappeared and was gradually falling, forming a beautiful multi-colored rainbow illuminated by the surrounding crystal light.

"Fan Meng." He Chenxue suddenly spoke, holding Fan Meng's hand tightly, "After we leave Qimen, will we go back to Harbin?" You are the first worker, I will help you, we will do jade trading with peace of mind, and leave nothing else to mind, okay? ”

Fan Meng deliberately hypocritically said: "Chenxue, I want to do this too, but I worship the master, I am the master's person, I have to follow the master, unless the master agrees, otherwise, I can't make my own decisions." ”

He Chenxue was a little disappointed, but just nodded slightly.

Fan Meng said again: "Don't worry, no matter what, I will take you wherever I go in the future." ”

After speaking, Fan Meng looked at Fan Jun again: "Dad, I will also be filial to you in the future." ”

Fan Junyi just nodded heavily, squeezed out a smile, and didn't speak.

After Qian Xiuye rested for a while, he was about to set off when suddenly the geyser field began to shake again, and then began to erupt again.

Qian Xiuye gestured to Mo Duiqiao, and Mo Dui Bridge immediately began to re-time.

At the same time, the torture art and the others who had already walked to a certain crystal cave on the upper level were also lying at the entrance of the cave, looking at the erupting geyser field below, counting the time there, waiting for something.

Ma Fei asked in a low voice: "Qian Xiuye is counting time here, did he find something?" ”

Torture responded, "It should be, there seems to be something wrong with this geyser. ”

"What's the problem?" Chen Fang looked at it slightly, and quickly retracted it, "This is natural, it is impossible for humans to control it." ”

Yan Gang shook his head: "Not necessarily, you haven't seen those mechanisms made by the Cast Iron Immortal, if you have seen them, I'm afraid you won't say that, the mechanisms of the Cast Iron Immortal are all powered by water, so usually where the Cast Iron Immortal leaves ruins, there will be things like sluices to control the flow of water." ”

Chen Fang looked at the crystal next to him: "It sounds like I missed a lot of things before, eh, there seems to be something on this crystal?" It's like some kind of pattern. ”

"Lines?" Even Jiuqi turned his head to look, and Qi Guan and Chen Taidong also turned to look over.

The moment he turned his head, Qi Guan found that the crystal pillars next to him seemed to have some strange lines on them, and they had to stand at a certain angle to see them.

After observing for a long time, they couldn't determine what the texture was, and the sound of water spraying from the geyser field upset everyone, so they stopped digging into it and had to continue to wait.

After the eruption ended, Qian Xiuye asked, "Dusk Bridge, how long is this time?" ”

Mo Dusk replied not far away: "20 minutes." ”

"When we rushed up, the flow lasted about 10 minutes?" Qian Xiuye guessed, "Then 15 minutes, then 20 minutes, each time adding 5 minutes." ”

Thinking of this, Qian Xiuye said to the others: "Don't set off yet, let's wait!" Maybe there's really something here! ”

Qian Xiuye's speculation was indeed correct, and after waiting for a while, the geyser erupted again, this time for 25 minutes, and long after the eruption ended after that 25 minutes, the next wave of geyser water that was expected to erupt for 30 minutes When it erupted, the entire cave began to shake, and the water column in the geyser field also sprayed straight to the top of the cave.

At the same time as the water column rushed to the top of the cave, the most amazing thing happened, the water that hit the top of the cave did not fall directly, but began to swim around the top of the cave, gradually enveloping the entire top of the cave, and then slowly flowing down the four walls, and began to flow into the crystal cave on each floor.

The torturers and others at the mouth of the cave didn't dare to go out, for fear of being discovered by Qian Xiuye and others, so they had to hide in the cave and hold on to the protruding crystals to fix their bodies and prevent the water from washing them away.

However, no one can explain how the water that reaches the top of the cave does not fall, but seems to be absorbed by some force at the top and flows down the four walls.

The water flowed through the crystal caves, in the surrounding ditches that resembled terraces, and when the water flowed back to the geyser fields below, the water column suddenly stopped, leaving a mist in the sky, which did not fall immediately, but floated in the air, reflecting the light of the crystals, gradually forming a moving painting.

Qian Xiuye, who was standing below, and the torture art and others who were hiding in the cave to look at it, were completely stunned, and they didn't expect that what was hidden in it was such a secret.

In the moving paintings, the story of two men and a woman is told, exactly the same as what they saw in the three stone chambers and three corridors, but the story that has not been told is continued, and then the picture of Oto, leading a large number of people to attack the king's castle, and a war with the king's army under the castle appears.

It was also at this time that the torture technique discovered the meaning of those lines on the crystal, which should be through some kind of energy generated by the eruption of the geyser, plus the water mist, the refraction of the crystal itself, and the flowing water source, which overlapped the lines on the crystal one by one, and finally formed this painting.

"This ...... It's magic, right? The mercenaries below were dumbfounded, the armament bags in their hands fell to the ground, they had been to many places to participate in treasure hunts, but they had never seen such a surprising and unexplained phenomenon as this one.

The torture probe looked outside and said in a low voice, "These pictures not only tell the previous ones, but also tell what happened after. ”

In the mist picture, the story after is presented

The king, with his iron horsemen, marched outside the castle and prepared to fight to the death against Oto's rebellious people.

The girl stood at the top of the castle, watching all this with concern.

The two armies fought, and the king's well-trained army easily defeated the rabble under Oto, and the outside of the castle was suddenly covered with rivers of blood and corpses.

As the sun set, Otoo was already surrounded by the king's army, and he was seriously wounded, still holding his sword, standing there steadily.

The king rode forward, waved his hand to the other soldiers, and dismounted, drew his sword, and wanted to duel Ototo.

The two fought together again, and the picture of the king of China only holding a sword in one hand should be for fairness, after all, Yi Nan was seriously injured at this time.

In the end, the king narrowly defeated Otoo and captured him.

At this time, Bingnu rode out of the castle, knelt before the king, and begged him to spare Oto, and the king turned away.

At the same time that Oto-o was imprisoned by the soldiers, C-nu also had a grand wedding with the king.

Seeing this, the torture technique said in a low voice: "It seems that Bingnu has reached an agreement with the king, as long as she marries the king, the king can let Otoman go." ”

After the wedding, Cinnu went to visit O Oto, but found that O had died in prison, with a long sword pierced in his chest, and the surprised Girl Cingo grabbed the railing of the prison door, extremely sad, and her eyes were full of hatred.

Heartbroken, Bingnu tries to assassinate the king and avenge Oto, but the king sees through it. The king could not bear to kill his beloved and put him in prison.

After she was imprisoned, the distressed king hid in his room every day without seeing anyone.

And the girl who was imprisoned met an old man who should also be from a noble background.

At the same time as the old man's picture appeared, everyone clearly saw that a fire tattoo was revealed on the chest of the old man's open clothes.

Seeing this, Qian Xiuye immediately raised his hand and said: "That is the sign of Manichaeism, I think this old man should be the true prophet of Manichaeism, and the man before is definitely not!" ”

In the crystal cave, torture, Qiguan and others also got the same inference, this inference surprised everyone, it turned out that the so-called sect established by Ototomi had nothing to do with the real Manichaeism, and all the origins began when Bingnu was imprisoned.

Next, with the help of a group of people, Cingnu quietly escaped from prison and left the heavily guarded King's Prison, and those who helped her escape from prison, after leaving the castle, all wore robes tattooed with fireballs, which seemed to be the cronies of Otoo.