Chapter 242: Dragon Tendon
The closer I got to the dried corpses, the more strange I felt about them, these things were obviously impossible to move, the dried corpses were completely a layer of dry skin, and now there was firelight, and I could see the bones in the dry skin that were reflected by the firelight.
Master Ma didn't dare to go far, and he didn't dare to come over, so he stood less than ten meters behind me, shouting at me to hurry up.
The flames had burned to the point that there were only a few pieces left of the dried corpses, but most of the torsos of the dried corpses were still in a standing position, and only some of their limbs had fallen to the ground due to the fire being severed.
The flames burned more than ten meters high for a while, and the dried corpses that had become bone racks were still standing in the fire, and the bones could not be burned, I stood four or five meters away from the fire, waiting for the temperature to gradually come down, and the flames were also burned out because of the oil and skin on the outer layer of the dried corpses, and gradually changed from a fire dragon more than ten meters high to a small flame.
The air temperature is still very high, but it's much better than what would have scorched my hair. Master Ma was completely frightened by the current scene and sat down on the ground, I didn't have the heart to pull him, and walked to the bone frame that was still standing.
When I got there, I noticed that the pile of corpses was stranger than the other, they were looking down at the ground, all of them were lying on their backs, their bones were completely burned black, and the limbs that were not connected to the torso fell to the ground.
I knew a problem with just one glance at the soles of the bones, it was impossible to maintain the balance of the body in the form of the soles of their feet, and there were no shelves attached to the back of the waist and torso to support the corpses, so I turned my attention to the heads of these things.
I couldn't do anything about it, so I used my pickaxe to sweep around the head of one of the bones, and to my delight, the pickaxe swept halfway across the bone's head, and a not-so-light resistance reached my hand.
The corpse was hung on a silk thread, and I couldn't move well, so I just beckoned Master Ma over, and Master Ma cowered and didn't dare to approach the corpse, so I let him shine on the side.
The thread was very thin, but not completely transparent, it was painted black, and I was standing more than a meter away with a searchlight, and I couldn't even see clearly, even if I knew now that there was a thread in the air, I would have to look for it for a while in the white light.
I hooked the thread with a pickaxe, and one end was removed from the neck of the bones, and the thread was grasped in my hand, and it felt a little like a fishing line, but it was quite elastic.
I grabbed the silk thread and dragged it twice, there was no chain reaction, and when I looked at the root system of the thread, there was nothing at all, there was too much space here, and I didn't know if there was a zipline or something like a zipline overhead, and I couldn't see this kind of place clearly.
"Where did you get so much line?" I grabbed the thread in my hand and looked at the other bones, which was a trick, and the purpose seemed to be to trick the people who came into the city, but the ancient city was covered in the ground because of a sudden natural disaster, and when the sun came, who would do such a meaningless thing?
Master Ma was trembling on the side, and the pillars of light that illuminated me were flashing back and forth, and he was a little uncomfortable to see me fiddling with the bones, but after seeing me take something from the corpse's neck, he also sighed.
"This thing isn't a fishing line, it's ...... This is ......" Master Ma said and walked in front of me, grabbed the thin thread I was holding in the air, and just when I thought he wanted to take a closer look, I saw Master Ma dragging the silk thread and putting it into his mouth.
I looked at him with disdain, and when he let go, I saw Master Ma spit and said, "That's right, this thing is not a fishing line, this is a dragon beard silk, and some people call him dragon tendon." ”
I took the remains of the burning signal rod out of the ashes and circled it around the filament a few times to prevent the thread from flying away due to elasticity, and then I turned to Master Ma.
"Tell me, what is dragon tendon?"
Master Ma didn't have a panicked face now, but his body was still a little uncontrollable trembling, he coughed twice and said, "As the name suggests, the dragon tendon is the dragon tendon of the old dragon." ”
I raised the pickaxe in my hand, and the old man was still energetic, and when he saw that the dried corpses were all hung with silk threads, he was not only not afraid, but also played tricks.
Master Ma hurriedly waved his hand: "Alas...... Alas, listen to me slowly. This dragon tendon is actually not the kind of dragon we see in our eyes, not to mention whether it has it or not, even if it is, who can catch it. The dragon tendon is actually produced from a kind of big fish, the big fish is half a foot in size when it is small, and the back of the fish is cut open, and the dragon tendon is in the backbone of the big fish. ”
I thought of the big fish with the long beard that attacked me in the river earlier, and I asked directly, "Is that thing all black and has a lot of beards, I've seen the fuck before?" ”
Master Ma was stunned for a moment, and then said for a long time, "Hiss...... Have you seen big fish in that river out there? Definitely. After Master Ma finished speaking, he shook his head: "No matter how big this fish is, he is also a fish, and he can't become a dragon, the kind of fish I am talking about, with golden scales all over his body, the most important thing is that there are two convex horns on the brain, therefore, that thing is called the dragon armor golden horn fish, and the spinal cord drawn from it is called dragon tendon, and you see, if it weren't for that kind of thing, otherwise this dragon tendon would not be what it is now." ”
Master Ma pulled a handful of silk threads that couldn't be found without looking carefully, and the signal rod wrapped around the end of the silk thread was always on the ground, but the silk thread just didn't break.
"A full-sized adult arowana tendon, after special treatment, can be pulled to a hundred zhang long, as thin as a hair, but tenacious and continuous, with two horses to pull each other, there is a balance of fifty zhang, the fire is burning, the water can not be soaked, this thing is a treasure." Master Ma said that he already had the idea of pulling the filament down.
I am convinced of what Master Ma said, this is what I saw with my own eyes, the flame that was so high just now did not burn the dragon tendon filaments, and looking at the pulling force of this kind of thing, I am afraid that it will be no problem to run out forty or fifty meters.
"What the hell is this stuff for, and how do I feel like a marionette when someone uses it to hang a dried corpse and walk around the city?"
Master Ma hummed for a while, and then wrapped the filament in his hand: "This kind of thing has a wide range of uses, but not everyone can use it, I received one in my early years, only less than half an inch, the craftsmanship of that thing is not enough, can only pull down a chopsticks as long, I guessed at the time, this half-inch long dragon tendon is from an ancient tomb in the machine expansion trap, is used to trigger the mechanism." You also know that this ancient tomb craftsman. Especially the masters, which are basically unique to the royal family, rarely pass on their skills, so it is just the line of inverted fighting, and if you are lucky, you will see the craftsman in the tomb for the last time. ”
"If you say that, then let's ...... No, this place is not an ancient tomb, how could anyone use it, and so much. "I swung my pickaxe a few more times, and hung on a row of silk threads wrapped around the neck of the bones.
"Oh, don't mess around, we don't know what's behind this tendon line, just in case...... If this is a kind of expansion, if you think about the fat man, they will disappear in a blink of an eye, this is not a joke. ”
I showed a face that I didn't quite believe, the fat man must have discovered these threads earlier than I did, maybe they suddenly disappeared because of these threads, the threads hung vertically above my head, but I couldn't find where they were connected, I am afraid that there were silk threads on the roof of the building horizontally between the buildings.
I took off the silk threads wrapped around the necks of the other corpses a few times, pinched them and made them together, but in fact, the feeling of a dozen or so together did not change much.
Master Ma wanted to block it, but I pushed it away, and the dried corpses could come behind us silently, it was these silk threads that made the ghosts, which means that the silk threads were controlled by something, and those dried corpses were obviously not lethal, to say that they were just used to scare people, this method was a little too stupid, thankless, if they all met fat people and me, they could be burned clean.
The filament thread is very strong, and although it can't lift me up because of its elasticity, it is estimated that as long as the height is high, it can be used as a climbing rope. I pulled the silk thread while also paying attention to the top of my head, this work was too eye-consuming, and after looking around, there was nothing abnormal.
Master Ma saw that there was no danger in me to make such a big move, so he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to pull it over, just as I was waiting to add a strength to see if I could pull out any movement, but before Master Ma got up, I suddenly felt that this handful of silk threads trembled, and then the movement was even greater, and the dragon tendon silk thread tightened violently, and I already felt that something was thinking about pulling the dragon tendon silk thread back.
I can't see this movement, I have to get started, Master Ma doesn't know yet, my hand has been stretched out, I reacted quickly, and immediately let go, just changing positions with Master Ma who came up.
Master Ma was still confused, and just wanted to ask what was wrong, but suddenly I saw that his face changed, the blood color was gone, his face was white, and the person had been stripped up by those dragon tendons that were difficult to see.
I didn't know that Master Ma had drawn the wrong scripture, and his feet were half a meter off the ground, and he didn't let go. The silk thread was very painful when it was wrapped around my hand, and I yelled at him on the ground to let go, but Master Ma didn't move, and shouted the monk and Taoist priest in a mess, but he just didn't let go.
I saw that the situation was not good, so I got up and grabbed Master Ma's leg, this grasp didn't matter, but the weight increased, and the dragon tendon silk thread almost strangled Master Ma's palm into pieces of meat. I really couldn't stand Master Ma's screams like killing pigs, so I had to let go. After landing on the ground, when the light passed, I found that the silk thread was wrapped around Master Ma's palm, and this guy was entangled.
In just a few seconds before I could figure out what to do, this person was hoisted up three or four meters, and I couldn't reach it, and I was in a hurry on the ground. Just as Master Ma was about to disappear into the dark shadows of the building with his pig-killing cry, suddenly a loud noise came from above my head, and before the sound fell, I smelled a strange smell.