After more than a year, when the Mediterranean saw Forgotten Dust again, it felt like Forgotten Dust was much older. Not only is his spirit bad, but his face is not good-looking, and there are a lot of age spots.

The Mediterranean Sea can't tell whether the apprentice who depended on him for his life died and hit him too hard, or whether he was unforgiving and was on the verge of dying, anyway, the transcendent look on Wangchen's body was no longer visible.

Mediterranean asked Forget Dust what was going on, and Forget Dust was very indifferent and didn't say anything. Mediterranean didn't say more, chatted with Wangchen, and left good tea from outside.

He stayed here for a long time, and during this time, he also discussed with Wangchen, saying that there was no one else in the temple, and he needed to hire someone to take care of Wangchen's daily life.

Forget the dust said no, he was completely used to this kind of hard life. When Mediterranean was leaving, Wangchen told him that if the Mediterranean had time in two months, he would let him come here again.

Mediterranean remembered the words of forgetfulness, and also wrote down the date.

Two months later, the Mediterranean arrived as promised, and when they saw Forgotten Dust again this time, the Mediterranean was taken aback. In just two months, Forget Chen's already thin skin and bones, his face was gray, like dead wood. What kind of people are in the Mediterranean, he has a premonition that he will not be able to forget the dust.

Sure enough, when Wangchen saw the Mediterranean, he told him that his limit had arrived, and this might be the last time the two of them met.

Speaking of this, Mediterranean looked a little sad, he had known Forgotten Dust for so long, and he had great respect for Forgotten Dust.

As far as the Mediterranean knows, Wangchen has no relatives, and has lived in Fangshan Taoist Temple for many years, and has no friends. Because of this, he specially called the Mediterranean Sea when he was dying.

Forget Chen explained some things, there is a Dan furnace for alchemy in the Taoist temple, and it may be able to exchange for a little money, and Forget Chen asked the Mediterranean Sea to sell this Dan furnace, and the money from the sale was sent to his apprentice's family in Sichuan.

This was not a big deal, and the Mediterranean immediately agreed.

Then, Forget the Mediterranean Sea with him, to a secret room of the Taoist temple. Many Taoist temples in the mountains have such secret rooms, which are very hidden, in order to take out some important things in the Taoist temples when the war is in chaos, such as the incense burner and the like, they will be temporarily hidden in the secret room, and then take out the hidden things after the people who have left in the peaceful season.

The Mediterranean didn't know if this secret room of Fangshan Taoist Temple was of this use, but when he entered the secret room, he saw the incomplete bronze statue.

"Bronze statue, that's how it came about?" When I heard this, I couldn't help but ask, "Is it so simple?" ”

"Is it easy?"

"I think it's too easy." This is what I said in my heart, the process of getting the bronze skull, although not thrilling, took a lot of effort. Could it be that the Mediterranean is born with a blessed face, and his life is better than mine, and when he sits still, someone gives him half of the bronze statue.

"The process may be simple, but the stuff is not simple."

Forget Chen took the Mediterranean Sea to the secret room, this secret room should have been dug by himself, the area is not large, there is only the half bronze statue in it, and a futon. Beyond that, there's nothing else,

That futon is very old, and it is more worn, and it feels like a Mediterranean, and Forget Dust may often come to this secret room, and make a valley here.

Forget the dust let the Mediterranean sit down, and then pointed to the broken bronze statue, saying that there is nothing else precious in the Fangshan Taoist Temple, only this bronze statue, which is a priceless treasure.

Mediterranean was quite puzzled at the time, with his eyes, he could naturally see that this was a broken bronze statue, but the bronze statue was incomplete, and it might be a bit too much to say that it was a priceless treasure.

Forget told Mediterranean that when he died, the bronze statue would be given to Mediterranean and he would take it with him.

Tell the Mediterranean where the bronze statue is stored, they came out of the secret room again, Wangchen wanted to drink tea, Mediterranean boiled water to make tea, between the two people drinking tea, Wangchen said something, Mediterranean was surprised, because he never dreamed that the mutilated bronze statue in the secret room was so bizarre.

Moreover, Mediterranean can feel that if Forget Chen is not going to die, then this matter, he will still keep his mouth shut about everyone.

Sure enough, Wangchen said that he originally wanted to rot in his stomach about this matter, because he had been looking for it for half his life and had not found the answer, and he even began to wonder if it was true. However, after all, he paid too much, and he was unwilling, and still wanted to explain this matter.

Forget the dust told the Mediterranean that the bronze statue is a bronze statue, which has been passed down from ancient times. He knew the usefulness of the bronze statue, but he had not found the secret of its use for the time being.

Mediterranean is very detailed, and the voice is very emotional, I know that people in the ancient industry sometimes introduce people to the goods, and they will tell the ins and outs of the goods with noses and eyes, and the mystery is incomparable, and it satisfies the appetite of the buyer. Therefore, I don't ask questions, I don't interrupt, I just listen to the Mediterranean.

The old Taoist priest said that a long time ago, there was a place that few people knew. There, there are many, many gates.

"Many, many gates?" My heart moved, I didn't want to ask, but I really couldn't help it, and blurted out, "What gate?" ”

"It's the door, the door, haven't you seen it?" The Mediterranean made a gesture.

I was shocked to say this, and I can see from this that not all of what the Mediterranean is telling is a lie. It's a place full of gates, and if I hadn't been to Lake Taer, I wouldn't have understood the Mediterranean.

"The gate, I'm sure I know." I made up my mind not to let the Mediterranean see the change in my expression, and said, "Where is the place that the old Taoist priest said?" ”

"I don't know." Mediterranean shook his head: "He only told me this, nothing else. ”

I secretly scolded the Mediterranean in my heart for being too a chicken thief, anyway, he pushed everything on Forget Chen, Forget Dust is now dead, there is no proof of death, Mediterranean encountered any news that he didn't want to disclose, just tell me that he didn't know, and I couldn't do anything about him.

"Okay, you can move on."

Forget the dust said that the place that almost no one knew about had been silent for thousands of years, and before that, no one knew how this place came to be. But then, the place was discovered, and after a period of fumbling around, it was discovered that people here began to enter those gates to see what was inside.

The details of this, Forget Chen did not say, in short, in the process of exploring the gate, someone got some copper ore from the gate.

The amount of these copper mines is very small, and anyway, after the copper mines were brought out in turn, there were many twists and turns. These stories are so old that Forgotten Dust may not know them very well, or they may not know it, and in the end, they did not tell the Mediterranean.

No one has explored the secrets of those gates, but these copper mines brought out from the gates have set off waves one after another. It is no longer known how those people of thousands of years ago searched for the mystery of copper ore, but these copper ores were eventually refined into copper, which was scattered all over the place.

The specific age of these things told by Forget Chen is not specified, but Mediterranean speculates afterwards that according to some details in Forget Chen's words, it can be inferred that the incident should have occurred in the Spring and Autumn Period or the Warring States Period.

"The old Taoist of Forgotten Dust told me that a piece of copper the size of a fist can be exchanged for a city." Mediterranean stretched out his fist and asked, "Can you imagine the value of this copper?" ”

"If you're not joking, then I really can't imagine the value of this copper."

The amount of pure copper extracted from the copper ore is so small that it is worth a lot, and as the number of times this pure copper changes hands becomes more frequent, so do the legends about it. There are all kinds of legends, but one of the mainstream theories is that this very special copper has an amazing effect.

"Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, such copper is called immortal copper." Mediterranean said: "Because the smelting at that time was basically based on bronze, it is also called immortal bronze. ”

"What?" I didn't understand the words Mediterranean said at first: "Immortal bronze?" ”

"Yes, Immortal Bronze." Mediterranean says word by word: "Eternal eternity, living life, eternal bronze." ”

As the name suggests, since this kind of bronze is called immortal bronze, its role is eternal life.

At this time, may feel that they have been there long enough, so they staggered towards this side. Involuntarily, I also became wary of, about this kind of bronze, whether it is true or not, at least now I must not let know.

So before the came to me, I picked him up with Mediterranean and told him to go over there and buy some water from the store. were annoyed, jumping over there and scolding the street.

"Let's ignore him, he just doesn't come." Mediterranean whispered: "Brother, I'm interesting enough for you, right?" I told you this kind of thing bluntly, let's talk about it first, don't let Lao Xu know about this matter. ”

"I'm sure I won't let him know." I don't want to refute the words of the Mediterranean, this bald fat man is as good as Wukong, if he hadn't expected that the bronze head was in my hands, he wouldn't have been able to talk to me here.

"Brother, let's talk about this, let's all confess." Mediterranean walked to the back of the car, patted the half of the bronze statue wrapped in the canvas with his hand, and said: "There are some things, you may have checked, the bronze that cast this portrait is out of proportion, you are so clever, you should know what is going on." ”

I didn't deny that the alloy ratio of the bronze figure is indeed very unreliable, originally I always thought that the casting technology was not up to standard, but now I speculate that the casting technology is one thing, and in addition, the amount of immortal copper is too small, and it is impossible to add so much copper as normal bronze.