Chapter 445: Long Jing
Indeed, as Phil said, after the mountain spirit fished the iron ship out of the lava lake, there was no more sound, and it seemed to have completely forgotten that there was such a thing.
"So far, I can only walk forward. But let me catch my breath first, I didn't expect Thea to be quite heavy. Ollie paused to wipe her sweat and pushed the iron boat upstairs, even she felt a little tired.
"It's best if he stays silent, we can get out as soon as we find the Guiding Stone, so we don't have trouble," Lukka didn't plan to meet with the Mountain Spirit, "We only have two enchanted glasses each, a total of four hours, don't waste it." ”
"If only you did more, by the way, can't you just cast spells on us?" Phil felt that four hours was not enough.
"My mana pool isn't endless!" Lukka shook his head helplessly.
Casting spells on a living person is much more expensive than on magic items like an iron ship or a shut mouth, and in order to combat the heat of lava, the mana strength cannot be sloppy at all, even if his mana pool is emptied, it will definitely not be able to support six people for five days of protection. Therefore, making enchanted glass a few days in advance is the most effective method: it can ensure that he has enough magic to use during his exploration of the temple of the mountain spirit, and he can use it in case of emergency.
"Alright, I've rested enough, let's go. After less than five minutes of rest, Ollie regained her usual vitality.
"You're too good at this physical strength, aren't you?" Phil's eyes were full of envy.
"Who told you to huddle in the cabin all day without exercising? I've been running dozens of laps on the deck every day while you're still sleeping. Ollie said.
Fortunately, the corridor on the second floor was flat, and there were no steps or thresholds to block the way, and the grease-stained iron boat could slide forward on the road with little effort.
This temple is different from ordinary buildings, there are no rooms on either side of the corridor, just some ordinary stone walls, and in many places the walls are broken, some have completely collapsed, and if you take a crooked step in the vicinity, you may fall into the lava below.
"Is the floor sturdy enough?" Lukka was a little sluggish in his footsteps.
"I guess that's fine, the floor is obsidian, not the same as the normal stone for the walls. Shut up and said.
Thea had already recovered from the state of being tossed apart, her eyes were fixed on the black ground under her feet, and she muttered: "Oh my God, although obsidian is not a precious gem, how can a necklace cost more than a dozen silver coins, so many of this quality, this palace is simply sky-high!"
"If you keep your saliva, you won't be able to steal the entire temple out. Lukka pulled her out of her fantasy without mercy.
"There's one thing I haven't figured out," Phil said as he walked, "The information I've seen says that obsidian is formed by the cooling of magma, but as you can see, even if it's soaked in magma, it's just a little shallower, and it doesn't melt at all, which doesn't make sense." ”
Shut up and said, "Maybe in some worlds, obsidian is indeed formed the way you say it is. However, in the wizarding world, it has another name: Dragon Crystal. ”
"Eh, that sounds like it's mine again!" Thea clapped her hands as she clapped her hands on the boat.
"It really has something to do with dragons, it is said that all dragon crystals in the wizarding world are formed under the dragon flame of the dragon, and only the temperature of the dragon flame can melt these stones. Shut up and said.
Thea shook her head regretfully: "It's a pity that I can't breathe fire, only lightning." ”
"When we get out of here, let's find a few big stones, you can use lightning to split them, anyway, lightning can also create high temperatures, maybe you can make dragon crystals." If we can succeed, we will no longer have to worry about money. Luca said.
Thea glanced at him: "It's also mine, it's not your share!"
"Forget it!" Lukka shook his head.
The corridor on the second floor of the hall was not very long, and soon, two huge stone doors, also made of obsidian, appeared at the end of the hallway. These two stone doors have not been baptized by the heat and still remain pure black.
Perhaps to facilitate the delivery of the offerings, the stone doors were not completely closed, one of them was only half covered, and Ollie walked over to open it, and half of the passage was enough for the iron ship to pass through.
In this position, the red-hot red light from the lava was not shining much, but behind the door, there was a white light that kept flickering.
Everyone quietly quieted down, slowed down, and quietly pushed the iron boat in.
Behind the stone gate is a rotunda with a circular pool in the middle, about two meters in diameter, in which also swells with dark red lava. In the middle of the lava pool, there stood a huge crystal, and the part of the crystal that exposed the lava was in the shape of half an olive, and a strong white light emanated from this crystal.
Lukka was about to continue walking, when he noticed a dark figure moving next to the lava pool. At first, he thought it was just a boulder piled up on the ground, but with the sound of "Karakala", the oval stone actually stretched out a thick arm.
The arm reached for a pile of jars on the ground next to it, grabbed one of them, and poured it down towards the glowing white crystals in the middle of the lava pool.
From Luca's distance, it was impossible to tell what liquid was in the jar, but from a distance, it seemed to be just water. As soon as the liquid touched the crystal, it immediately turned into vapor, and the white light emitted from the crystal also turned orange, but after a few seconds, the orange turned bright gold again, and then it glowed incandescent again.
The huge rock shook slightly, and the outstretched arm did the same again.
"Is that what we're looking for?" Thea asked, staring at the glowing crystal.
"Probably not. Crete replied, "Although the exposed part of the crystal is only a few tens of centimeters, the bottom is connected to the inside of the volcano, and the distance is too far for me to see the end." ”
Lukka nodded: "The Guide Stone can be held in the kobold's hand, it definitely won't be like this." ”
"Oh, so let's go around? There seems to be a door in the back. Phil whispered.
"What about the pile of moving stones?" asked Ollie.
"Whatever it is, it looks like it's just a mechanism that works automatically, not like it can see us," Lukka stopped lowering his voice, "You see, we've been talking here for a long time, and it doesn't respond, it must not be able to hear us." ”
The boulder shook suddenly, and the sound of the rock crashing sounded again: "I'm listening!"