Chapter 474: Bronze Compass
The flint collided in the darkness, and the light of the fire soon ignited a piece of oilcloth, and the torch burned, and the light emitted instantly brightened the interior of the small temple.
It was only at this time that Lin Xi had a chance to catch a glimpse of the strange little temple.
After the torches flickered, Lin Xi first noticed that the gray wooden door was indeed closed, and even the hard black stone floor of the small temple did not have even the slightest water stain left by the melting snow.
In other words, even when the snow layer was falling from the sky just now, the appearance of the small temple was basically covered with snow, but not even a single snowflake entered it!
That's a weird thing in itself.
However, now, Lin Xi can only let the small temple move in an unknown direction, not knowing where he is going.
The torches continued to move in all directions, and finally landed under the innermost wall of the small temple.
Against the backdrop of the dancing flames, a round, compass-like thing could be vaguely seen on the ground at that location.
Closer in, Lin Xi saw that it was a round bronze vessel, which seemed to merge with the hard ground, but it was inlaid in the ground but turned in amazement, and in the middle of this circular compass, it was evenly divided into six parts by three bronze thorns, and six sharp edges less than an inch long protruded from the periphery.
With the rotation of the "compass", these six edges are also turning, and constantly releasing that chill through the body!
"So that's what happened. Lin Xi looked at the "compass" and sighed in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the cold aura constantly released from the small temple was actually caused by this "compass" with an area of less than one square meter!
"Mad Shura, do you know this thing?" Lin Xi then asked Mad Shura.
There was no reply from the mad Shura for a long time.
After a long time, it seemed that the mad Shura had finally decided, but there was naturally concern in his tone.
"This should be a Xuanbing magic circle, and this small temple is the eye of this magic circle. ”
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Circle? Isn't the circle arranged by magicians? But what magician would climb to such a high position and place the Xuanbing Circle here? Also, why do you want to arrange this circle?"
"This is naturally not clear," Mad Shura said helplessly, "The magic circle has played a role, so this was originally a stone mountain but now it has become a snow mountain, and this bronze compass we see is responsible for providing energy for the Xuan Ice Circle, that is, providing cold breath to maintain the existence of the snow mountain." ”
Lin Xi nodded, although he had a very limited understanding of the magic circle, but after such an analysis by the mad Shura, he felt that the matter made sense.
It's just that new doubts have come out again.
"But Mad Shura, why is the little guy able to enter this array?
"It was complete luck, so to speak. First of all, the dual-attribute fighting qi you used disrupted the normal operation of the Xuan Ice Circle, causing the circle to play a role, automatically stripping the ring from the peak, and at the same time, the circle also used the cold breath to provoke the snow layer to shake, wanting a large amount of snow to bury and kill us, which is the embodiment of the circle's automatic defense ability. However, the little one's luck was too good, and the decision you made in a critical situation was also correct, and the little one entered the interior of the small temple along a special trajectory. ”
Then, Mad Shura Zhengse said: "If you don't fly along this only correct trajectory, not only will it be impossible for the little guy to enter the inside of the small temple smoothly, but he will also be buried by the snow because of this, so to speak, the extremely small chance of survival will be caught by the little guy." ”
Lin Xi was surprised and didn't speak for a long time.
After that, Lin Xi came back to his senses, kissed the little guy in his arms fiercely, and said, "Xiaobai, thanks to you this time!" Between the words, Lin Xi was very happy and excited.
Being able to save a life, even if it's only temporary, is a good thing.
But then Lynsey started to face reality again.
"Such a Xuanbing Array is placed on the edge of the alpine meadow, could it be that the leader of the orc clan has not discovered it for so many years? Besides, haven't the three murderers all arrived here recently, with the strong strength of the three of them, they haven't felt the strangeness of this lonely snow-capped mountain?"
Mad Shura didn't answer directly, but said, "It seems that the legend about the orc race is correct. ”
Lin Xi guessed that this must be related to the Xuanbing Array, so he quietly waited for the mad Shura to explain, anyway, at this moment, the small temple was still leaning towards the unknown place, and the small temple was quite safe, so it was good to take advantage of this to understand some problems.
"According to ancient legends, the orcs are a race abandoned by the gods, born with a curse, the gods drove them to the desolate alpine meadows, let them endure hunger, calamity, for their long-term suffering, the gods also specially established a mysterious magic circle, to bind them, do not let them escape from the alpine meadows. Of course, these are all fakes, they are all farts, but when I was a Shura Crazy Sword Spirit, I once heard rumors about this magic circle.
This magic circle was not established by some god, but a magic circle set up by powerful magicians of human beings, the purpose of which was to prevent orcs from going out of the snowy mountains. Lin Xi, I don't know if you noticed, to the side of the snow mountain, if you want to go out, the orcs can only climb over the snow mountain, there is no other way. But the snow-capped mountains have no grass, there is nothing to attach to, the cliffs are full of ice and snow, all year round, smooth as a mirror, no matter how strong the orc's ability is, they can't turn over, even if the orcs want to destroy the snow-capped mountain, they will never succeed because they can't enter the eye of the magic circle. ”
"In other words, the orcs know the strangeness of the snow-capped mountains, but they have never been able to destroy the magic circle, so they can only be trapped in the alpine meadows, and can only go down the mountain to the western border every year to compete with the army and grab food?"
"Well, that's it, otherwise, when you go out from the snow mountain, there is a stone mountain outside, and the back of the stone mountain is completely a plain, if the orcs really go out, won't they regain their freedom when they go to the plain? ”
"But the orcs have been afraid of the circle for so many years, but the little guy accidentally found the right route and successfully entered the formation eye, and it was destroyed in one fell swoop. Wouldn't that be a great favor for the orcs?" said Linsey worriedly.
"No," Mad Shura snorted coldly, "You underestimate the methods of those three people too much, since the three of them have planned to use the orcs to deal with the army of Noqi and Apomato, they will naturally dispatch all the orcs, think about it, the army is not a dry meal, even if it can't withstand the attack of all the orcs, but in the end, how many orcs will be able to get out of the battle and go up the mountain and return to the alpine meadow?"
Lynsey was stunned.
"Then now that the circle has been destroyed, we are in the eyes of the array, and there may be no danger of life, but where will the small temple take us?" asked Lin Xi again.
"That's what I'm worried about, maybe the secret is in the three thorns of that bronze compass, but I don't know. Asura's sighed.