Chapter Forty-Six: The Dragon's Voice
Although the weight of this bronze drumstick is very heavy, but fortunately, twenty or thirty pounds of things are not difficult for me, and after a little adaptation, I feel that the bronze drumstick in my hand has become a lot lighter.
The two dragon drums beside us were almost rusted, but this one was still very new, with only a little bit of patina.
The pattern carved on the bronze drumstick is nothing special, but it is a dragon-shaped pattern that is very common in all dynasties, and its appearance should be somewhat similar to the dragon-shaped pattern carved on the dragon drum, and the only thing worthy of praise is that the dragon-shaped pattern is carved lifelike, like a living thing.
I speculated in my heart that this may have been Bai Qi's order to make bronze drumsticks when he instructed the casters to make bronze drumsticks, and he specially ordered them to copy a dragon-shaped pattern on the dragon drum.
At this time, I noticed that when I picked up the bronze drumstick in my hand, the ghost-faced spider not far away was extremely restless, and roared at me with its mouth open, as if threatening me.
Moreover, the ghost-faced spider was still roaring angrily and kept backing away.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but be a little curious.
The Ghost-Faced Spider's behavior at this time was a bit unusual, which reminded me of its strange behavior of chasing the three of us all the way here, but not daring to approach the vicinity of the Bronze Gate.
Could it be that the ghost-faced spider is afraid of these two bronze drums?
I guessed, but I wasn't sure. After all, these two dragon drums really look ordinary except for their age, and there doesn't seem to be anything terrifying.
At the same time, the little creature that had been curled up above my head became more agitated as I picked up the bronze drumstick, and kept scurrying over my head, and from time to time let out a scream as thin as a gossamer.
"This dragon drum drum can't really be that powerful, right?" Seeing that the behavior of the two ghost-faced spiders, one large and one small, was too abnormal, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
"I don't know, if the wild history record is true, then this dragon drum must have experienced many battles with General Bai Qi, and the blood and evil spirit on the battlefield contaminated with his body should not be less." Li Huiyan thought for a while and said.
It seems that even Li Huiyan is a little unclear about the situation.
That's right, after all, there are only some ambiguous records in some wild historical materials, and no one can tell what it has to do with it.
With a bronze drumstick in my hand, I was a little hesitant to knock it down.
Li Huiyan has said so much before, and I am also very curious about whether beating this dragon drum can really make the sound of a dragon's groan, but don't be a nonsense made up by the ancients.
Just one glance at these two dragon drums covered with patina, my heart suddenly lost hope.
After a long time of more than 2,000 years, even if these two dragon drums could really knock out the sound of dragon chanting back then, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it now.
Weighing the weight of the bronze drumstick in my hand, I even had some doubts that I could knock out a big hole in the rusty dragon calling drum if I struck this drumstick.
"Rice cake, what are you doing, knock it quickly." Xiao Yue fanned the flames on the side.
"Why don't you try it, I'm also a little curious about whether the record of calling the dragon drum in the wild history is really true." Seeing that I was hesitant, Li Huiyan also spoke.
Hearing both of them say this, I immediately stopped thinking about it, took a deep breath, and then waved the drumstick in my hand and struck it on one of the dragon drums.
However, for the sake of safety, I try to control the strength of the hand as much as possible to avoid actually knocking the drum surface with a drumstick.
This thing is a national treasure, and if I break it, even if I have ten lives, it won't be enough to pay for it.
As it turned out to be unwarranted, I gently swung the bronze drumstick against the dragon drum, which only trembled slightly, making a dull and weak sound.
The dragon drum in front of me didn't break because of my percussion, but my not too hard knock caused the patina on it to fall off one after another, revealing a bit of the original face of the dragon drum.
The only thing that puzzled me was that I didn't hear the dragon's groan coming from the drums.
"I knew it was a fool." Hearing that the dragon drum only made a muffled sound under the beating of the drumsticks, the person standing aside immediately pursed his lips and said in disappointment.
"Could it be that I'm not striking hard enough? Or I'll try again, this time a little harder. I thought about it and guessed.
"Well, try again. In ancient times, the drums of war were beaten vigorously on the battlefield, so that it was possible to convey their military orders on the noisy battlefield, so each soldier who beat the drum was also selected by thousands of strong people. Hearing this, Li Huiyan also nodded and said.
I had no choice but to raise the drumstick again, and this time I used a lot more force than the previous one, almost 70% of the force.
Bang...... Woohoo......
The bronze drumsticks struck the drum with an earth-shattering roar, followed by a deafening roar from the drum.
The high-pitched and loud dragon roar was extremely vivid, as if the resentment that had been suppressed for thousands of years in this drum body was released in an instant.
This...... It's really a dragon's groan.
I was a little speechless with emotion, and although the sound was different from what was on TV, it was enough to get me excited.
This dragon drum can really strike the sound of a dragon's groan, as if there is a real dragon locked in this drum body.
I put down the drumstick in my hand and rubbed my ears vigorously, this guy was amazing, and the sound he made almost shattered people's eardrums.
I can't help but be a little glad, fortunately, I only used 70% of my strength just now, if I used all my strength, I am afraid that my eardrums have been cracked.
"Look!" Suddenly, Xiao Yue shouted to me and Li Huiyan with joy.
Hearing this, I followed her line of sight.
As far as the eye could see, I saw the ghost-faced spider in the tombway, curled up on the ground in extreme pain at this time, and its whole body shrunk into a ball.
I was confused, a little confused, and after thinking about it, it seemed that it should be related to the dragon drum in front of me, or the dragon chant that came out of the dragon drum just now.
At the same time, I noticed that the little one, who had been bouncing happily above my head before, was now motionless.
"Could it be that I was shocked to death by the sound just now?" I hesitated, then reached out and took the little one off the top of my head.
As expected, the little guy's appearance at this time was exactly the same as the ghost-faced spider in the tombway, and even more miserable. After all, the ghost-faced spider in the graveyard was still some distance away, and the little guy who stayed above my head was too close to bear the brunt of the impact.
As I observed the little one, the ghost-faced spider in the graveyard gradually stretched out.
But looking at its appearance at this time, it is obvious that it no longer wants to be as energetic as just now, but has become very depressed. The ghost-faced spider slowly stood up, lifted its eerie grimace to glance at the three of us, and then began to step back without hesitation.
In just a few moments, the ghost-faced spider had already disappeared into the dark tombway.
Call......
Seeing this, I couldn't help but breathe a heavy sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, I just wanted to confirm whether these two dragon drums could really make dragon groans, but instead drove away the ghost-faced spider in the tomb by mistake, which was really unexpected.
Holding the little one in the palm of my hand, I hesitated.
It stands to reason that the dragon roar from the dragon drum just now was shocked, and the little guy has no threat to me for the time being, so I should take this opportunity to throw it far away to prevent future troubles.
But when I saw the little guy in my palm, which was no bigger than a fingernail, curled up in pain at this time, I suddenly felt a little unbearable.
After all, I still like this little guy a little, after all, it's hard to find in the world.
If we throw it in the graveyard now, we will certainly have one less burden and time bomb around us, but for the little one, it will be equivalent to a death sentence.
We all already know that these two dragon drums are something that the ghost-faced spider fears, and if I throw the little one in the tomb, it will not dare to approach the vicinity of the bronze gate. When we were gone, the ghost-faced spider that had fled earlier sensed its breath and would definitely be bold enough to find it again.
With the size gap between the little guy and the other ghost-faced spider, there is no resistance or any chance of survival.
"That's it, saving the spider's life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, so let you stay for a while." I shook my head, but finally gave up on throwing the little one away and put it back on top of my head again.
"Hey, rice cake, why don't you throw it away, you have such a horrible thing on your head, aren't you afraid." Seeing that I hesitated for a moment and put the little guy back again, Xiao Yue immediately said.
Looking at her appearance, if she wasn't afraid that the little guy would bite her, she was afraid that she would want to throw the little guy out with her own hands.
"Didn't you just call it cutie?" I rolled my eyes and said.
"I ...... I'm just talking and playing. Xiao Yue was a little speechless by me.
"Forget it, Zhang Sannian may have his own plans, this ghost-faced spider is still so small, there should be no danger." Li Huiyan whispered on the side.
Although Xiao Yue was still a little dissatisfied, he didn't say anything more.
"By the way, since the wild history records that these two dragon drums are all owned by the killing god Bai Qi, how can they appear in this tomb, could it be that this general's tomb is actually Bai Qi's mausoleum?" Instead of thinking about the little one, I thought about it and asked a question that I had wanted to ask before.
This general's tomb may be the mausoleum where the killing god Bai Qi is buried, I can't help but be a little excited when I think of this, this is a famous big man in history, and many emperors and generals in later generations have a very high evaluation of it Famous military strategists.
"I don't know about this, to be honest, I don't really want this general's tomb to be buried in Bai Qi, otherwise it may be much more dangerous than we think." Li Huiyan shook her head and said with a somewhat serious expression.
I didn't say anything more, thinking about the possibilities.
If this tomb is not buried in Bai Qi, then who will it be? Bai Qi's dragon drum was buried in it, what does he have to do with Bai Qi? Bai Qi's descendants or Bai Qi's subordinates?
These countless questions lingered in my mind, and I couldn't help but feel a little headache.
I took a deep breath and simply stopped thinking about what I had and didn't think about.
Anyway, if we have the opportunity to go to the main burial chamber at that time, everything will be revealed, and now we are thinking about it here, and it seems that there is no other use than persecuting and killing hundreds or thousands of brain cells.