Tomb of Impermanence Chapter 31: Ice Tambourine
Bai Wuyan's demeanor was stiff, and he didn't see his previous personable appearance at all, but he just walked silently behind Xiang Liu, as if he had indeed lost his mind. The four of them followed Yanwei and Ah Xi, walked through the hall, and came to a remote iron house. /p
The orc execution made Yanwei push open the iron door, let the two orcs guard the door, and led the ghosts in. /p
Inside was a hall, not very large, but there was a staircase leading downward, and the demons descended the staircase to a larger iron house below. I saw that the four walls of the iron house were hung with all kinds of execution tools, knives, forks, hooks, scissors, pliers, leather whips, everything, which looked very terrifying. A large iron table in the middle seems to be an execution table. Inside the wall was also an iron pillar more than a man high, with shoulder-length iron bars hanging from the top of the bar, and two iron handcuffs hung from either end of the bar. /p
Yan Wei walked to the execution table, pointed to the table, and said, "Miss Xi, you can put that ice beast here." ”/p
The girl Ah Xi hesitated for a moment, and then put the sleeping ice beast on the stage. /p
Yan Wei looked at the ice beast and couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that this big mouse can't wake up when he falls asleep, so it saves me a sleep charm!" and walked to an iron cabinet in the corner, opened the cabinet door, took out a tambourine from it, raised it to Ah Xi, and said with a smile: "See, this tambourine was made six years ago, when Chang Hao Chang Protector caught a total of two ice beasts and made a two-sided tambourine, one side was brought with him, and the other side was left here for later use." ”/p
A hint of sadness suddenly flashed in Ah Xi's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "Sister Yanwei, can you elaborate on the story of Chang Protector catching those two ice beasts back then?"
Yan Wei pondered for a moment and said, "Back then, it was the five Dharma protectors of Meishan who went in person, and I didn't follow. I just know that at that time, the permanent protector also borrowed two sleep talismans from me, which were specially used to deal with the ice beast. It is said that the two ice beasts that were caught seemed to be a husband and wife, and they had cultivated to the essence, and the five protectors of Meishan waited for the opportunity in the North Ice Ridge, and waited for a long time, and finally waited for the moment when the female rat spirit gave birth, and broke into the hole. The male rat spirit was busy taking care of the female rat spirit who gave birth, and when he saw the enemy breaking in, he didn't have time to resist, so he was fixed by Yang Xianyang's protector with white light, showing its original form, and then being caught. The female rat spirit is also very strong, holding the newborn young mouse to escape to the top of the North Ice Ridge, never thought of Chang Hao Chang Protector's ambush, a sleep charm hit the past, the female mouse spirit knew that it was not good, and actually threw the young mouse in her arms off the cliff and threw it straight into the ice lake in the valley. The ice lake had already melted, and the young rats began to freeze on their own after they were put in, and by the time the five protectors of Meishan descended into the valley, the entire ice lake had already been frozen and extremely hard, and the young rats did not know where they had sunk. ”/p
Ah Lu suddenly realized and interjected: "By the way, this ice beast we met at the bottom of the ice lake may be the young mouse that sank into the ice lake back then!"
Yan Wei said: "That's probably it!" continued: "It is said that at that time, the five protectors of Meishan brought back the two ice beasts, and the pair of rat spirits were very strong, and they refused to cooperate with the plan of the Ten Thousand Beast Venerable to trap the fire beast. In a fit of rage, His Holiness ordered the two ice beasts to be skinned, and then the fur was made into a two-sided tambourine. Of course, the pair of ice beasts were gone. After that, it took a full five years for the five protectors of Meishan to train the first batch of captured fire beasts into an army. ”/p
The cold voice of the girl next to him, Ah Xi, suddenly interjected: "That couple rat spirit, is that the couple skinned here?"
Yan Wei nodded and said, "Yes, the executioner will do it himself." Hehe, if the girl is not afraid, you can watch how the executioner skins this ice beast here. ”/p
Ah Xi said coldly: "No need!"
When I came out of the iron house of the execution chamber, it was already evening. /p
As he walked, Ah Lu said to Zhu Zizhen: "The execution room is so terrifying, thinking of the rat spirit couple being brutally skinned, I feel that they are so pitiful. Now it was their turn to leave the child behind, and finally they did not escape the fate of being skinned. Alas, if we had known this, should we have taken on this mission to harm the poor ice beast?"/p
Zhu Zizhen comforted: "This is the Venerable Dharma, you and I have no choice." What's more, the Venerable is doing this for the future prosperity of the entire Beast Ghost Clan, and the Ice Beast, as a citizen of the Beast Ghost Clan, is destined to have this sacrifice!"
The cold gaze of the girl Ah Xi swept over Zhu Zizhen's face, and she seemed to snort softly, but the voice was extremely soft, and no one noticed. /p
Zhu Zizhen, Ah Lu, Ah Xi, Xiang Liu, and Bai Wuchang came to the newly opened Ice and Fire Hall, which was originally where Zhu Zizhen lived, and after a little reconstruction, it was renovated. /p
The five ghosts rested separately that night and did not say anything all night. /p
At noon the next day, he came to the execution chamber again. I saw Yanwei standing at the door of the iron house, beckoning to the five ghosts: "Come and see, I was busy all night last night, and I finally made this tambourine." You take it, I'm going to have a good rest!" After that, he handed over an old tambourine to Zhu Zizhen, and a new tambourine to Ah Lu. /p
The old tambourine had a thick, grayish-white skin, while the new one was a thinner, blue-black, the same color as the fur of the ice beast that had been caught. Zhu Zizhen took it in his hand and tapped it lightly, only to hear a bang, the sound was not loud, but it could be heard far away. Ah Xi only felt a tremor in his heart, and glanced at Zhu Zizhen with a little annoyance. /p
So the five ghosts packed up and left the Ten Thousand Beasts Villa, heading towards the southernmost wilderness. /p
Ten thousand beasts are wild and 100,000 mountains, and in the southernmost part of a barren land, there is a mountain peak called Flame Peak. It was an active volcano, with a crater at the top of the mountain, spewing out lava all year round, and there were no people in the surrounding area for dozens of miles, not even a ghost shadow. /p
But legend has it that in this harsh environment, there is a magical beast called the Fire Beast, which has its own halo in its body, and its appearance is like a male flame, weighing nearly 100 catties, and its shape is like a mouse. This is a kind of rat that can live in fire, so it is also called a fire rat, afraid of water, and the adult fire beast weighs thousands of catties, and its hair is two feet long. Its fur cannot be destroyed by fire, which makes many people go to great lengths to find the fur of the fire rat, also known as the fire rat fur. If the fur of the fire rat is taken to make cloth, the essence of it can be obtained after burning, which is called fire cloth. If the fire cloth is dirty, set it on fire, not only will it not burn out, but it will also be as bright as new, which is very magical. /p