Chapter 16: The Apothecary
After dealing with the events of Princess Celi, it was already close to the setting of the sun, and the sun created by the elven magic emitted a reddish afterglow, shining on the entire palace and the king's haggard face. Looking at the king's somewhat messy beard at this moment, it makes people feel that he has suddenly aged a lot, and there is an indescribable thought in his melancholy eyes, and the king himself may not be able to tell whether he is sad or angry. Ou Ye saw all this, but the truth was already like this, and no one could change it.
"Your Majesty, I know you are sad about the matter of the princess, of course, Princess Celi......"
"Don't talk to me about this murderer again!" the king was so hysterical that he bit his lip through a small cut. I saw him clenching his fists, and the whole person was frozen on the throne motionless.
Ou Ye could see that the king was actually talking angry, and the look in his eyes when he spoke said everything, a niece who had been brought up by himself, how could he say that there was no such thing as feelings, one was dead, and the other had a heart twisted like this, but he didn't know it. What a tragedy for the king.
"Your Majesty, I think you should go to your bedroom and rest for now. The wizard on the side looked at the tired king and proposed, "It's just that for these outsiders, of course, they are still criminals, what should be done now?"
For Ou Ye, this is really a pot that can't be opened. The king looked at Ou Ye, and then said lightly, "They helped me solve the puzzle of the princess for more than ten years, which can be regarded as a meritorious service, but the rules set by our elf clan, they broke it at will, although they can be exempted from capital crimes, but they still need to be punished, and they must be set an example." β
"In this case, it is better to deal with them according to the old minister's previous suggestion. β
"Do it!" said the king, struggling to his feet, leaving the throne, his staggering steps looking so heavy. As soon as the king left, the wizard waved his arms and shouted, "Come on, take these men to my apothery." The wizard's eyes seemed to be full of strange light when he looked at Ou Ye at this time, as if a hunter had found his long-awaited prey.
After a while, several big men stepped forward and hugged Ou Ye and the others under his hand, then turned around and walked towards the door. With their stature of more than two meters and their big heads hanging on their shoulders, it can be seen that these big men must have two brushes, and they hugged Ou Ye and several people to death with such a big hand, and they couldn't struggle even if they wanted to.
"What else do you want to do to us?" Babbled coldly at the arrogant wizard in front of him.
"You'll know when you get there. The wizard had a witty smile on his face, and then vanished into a puff of smoke.
"This shouldn't be a ghost!" Chen Xi sighed.
Everyone smiled helplessly after hearing this. They were escorted by the big guys along the way, and it was very uncomfortable to shake their heads and feet back and forth, but talking to these big guys, they were like wood and didn't interact with you at all, and Ou Ye and they couldn't break free and could only endure it.
"What will the wizard do with us. Ni Xue looked at the babbling not far away and asked.
"I don't know, but I've heard that this wizard's methods are very cruel, because he is still our witch doctor here, so if he wants to deal with us, using some poison is enough for us. β
"You won't test us on medicine, will you?" Ni Xue suddenly flashed this thought in her head, for a relatively young doctor, this kind of thing only appeared in the plot of film and television dramas before, so it wouldn't happen to her.
"I've heard that he likes to test the medicine on the criminals he has in his hands, and I've heard that the "white rats" who have eaten his potions have either grown in size or shrunk in ...... body."
"Don't say it, it's horrible. Ni Xue couldn't listen to the thought that her beautiful face and figure were about to become that kind of miserable state.
"Ou Ye, I want to think about whether there is a way to escape!" Chen Xi seemed to have forgotten the environment they were in, and he regretted it after saying this, and the big guys stopped, and they were going to do something to each other.
"No, they're not wooden people?" Chen Xi showed a hint of surprise on his face.
"Sorry, big brothers, he's just joking, don't you mind. Ni Xue hurriedly helped Chen Xi defend herself. It's a pity that it's too late, Chen Xi was holding his big body and shaking back and forth crazily, this is simply an accelerated version of the human pirate ship, after a period of tossing, Chen Xi has vomited more than once, it seems that the delicious food he ate before is really wasted. After watching such a play, everyone didn't dare to gasp loudly.
After seeing that Chen Xi was quiet, the big men continued to move forward, but they seemed to hug each other tighter than just now. As they walked through a stretch of water and stones, they could see the place where the wizard practiced medicine, the building was surrounded by weeds, and the back of the building was a mixture of earth and stone. The sky above stretched to the wall and disappeared. The building looks like a tofu scum project, because in the past, its main structure was built with thorough bamboo, they were stacked on top of each other, just as high as seven or eight floors, and the rows gave people a crumbling feeling, and some fragments of branches and buds appeared in some corners of those shriveled bamboos, dotting this building that seemed to Ou Ye to be both incredible and strange.
The big guys came to a halt under the building, and Okuno realized that the most special thing about this building was that it didn't have a way to go up, not even a rope to climb up. At that moment, several large men used their free hands to nimbly grasp the bamboo poles on the edge and climb up. Ou Ye's expression at this time can be described as stunned, because he was frightened by the posture of these big men, originally he thought that these were just some wood with infinite strength and developed limbs, and now they can climb up with only one arm and two feet, so it seems that their skills are really beyond the ordinary limbs.
As they effortlessly climbed up, one by one, the building swayed from side to side, giving the impression that it was about to collapse, but it was so strong. By the time the big guys climbed to the platform on top of the building, it didn't shake at all. Okuno wasn't in the mood to be surprised by such a thing right now, because he didn't know what kind of punishment they were about to face.
It was only at the top that I realized that the core of the building was here, because at the top of the building was a completely flat platform on which stood a house. This room is made of rattan wood, the main entrance has two elf-shaped heads to make doorknobs, and on both sides are round window sills with Chinese texture structure, those papier-mΓ’chΓ© windows show a few rustic flavors, but if it rains here, it should be destroyed quickly; I don't know if it's a coincidence, the sky began to tick and tick raindrops, at the same time, the middle handle pulled up, the door opened automatically, and the big men lined up in a row, like throwing shot put, one by one to throw Ou Ye and them into the house.
I heard a series of miserable screams, and then Ou Ye found that they were projected in layers of flowers, which were as soft as a sofa, and they were firmly attached to them.
"Everyone came on time, the rain here falls at this time every day, but it will stop after an hour, but I have made tea for everyone, I don't know if it suits your taste. It was the sorcerer who said this, and now he had changed into a gilded robe, and sat on a wooden bamboo chair making tea. Those tea sets were played with by him, one by one floating in the air, turning back and forth, and the steaming water vapor instantly evaporated into a beautiful landscape painting, and disappeared in a few seconds.
The room didn't look as eerie as Ou Ye thought, and there was a burning stove next to the wizard, which made Ou Ye and them feel a little more associated.
"If you're not a wizard, you're a good artist with us. Chen Xi saw the painting formed in the air, and he didn't know whether he was afraid or flattering, so he came out of his mouth.
"Huh?" The wizard obviously didn't understand what Chen Xi said, but he saw his fingers flick lightly in the air, and the flower chairs moved to the front of the table as if they had grown legs. Ouye: They finally stepped on the ground this time.
"Try our black vine tea, I don't know how it tastes compared to your tea?"
"You're not going to test us on medicine, are you?" said Babble, looking alert.
"Haha, although I specialize in medicine, I never start with wise people, and it seems that you have heard those false rumors outside. Those rumors are just rumors that are used to deal with the offenders, mainly intimidation, so that they can retreat. β
"How do we know if what you're saying is true or not?"
"Truth be told, you deserve to be punished for your actions, but luckily one of you is special or even important to me, so I asked the king to hand you over to me. After saying that, he drank the cup of black vine tea in front of him. β
Several of them looked at each other, or Ou Ye picked up the cup in the air and drank it first, Ni Xue, who was sitting on the side, was too late to stop him, Ou Ye suddenly felt comfortable physically and mentally, and the whole person was much calmer.
"The taste is good, but the astringency is not very strong. Ou Ye showed a look of enjoyment.
"Actually, I've been locked up for so long, and I'm a little thirsty. After speaking, Chen Xi drank all the tea at hand. understood that these were indeed teas, and everyone suddenly put down the guard hanging in their hearts.
"Your name is Ou Ye, it seems that you are really bold in their list. β
"Thank you for your praise, but since you don't want to punish us, why don't you just let us go." β
"Because of you!"
"Me?" After listening to the wizard's words, everyone looked at Ou Ye suspiciously.
"I see that there is a magical power in you, which has something to do with the fate of someone I know, or rather our elves. Saying that, the wizard threw the teacup into the sink at hand, "The appearance of someone in the prophecy can lift the spell of our elves being sealed in the underworld, but unfortunately I can't fully confirm that this person is you." β
"I? What can I do, I can't even lift dozens of pounds of things, and I can still have magical power? Lift your spell, it's not a joke with me, right? I'm very timid, don't scare me!" Ou Ye pointed to himself, only thinking that what the wizard said was very strange.
"Don't believe in my vision, or don't believe in yourself. You just have to answer me a few questions, and I think I'll basically have the answers. β
"Okay, then you ask. I think you've got it wrong. β
"Recently, the door of heaven and earth has opened a crack, I remember it should have been the day before yesterday. What was wrong with you?"
"The day before yesterday?" Ou Ye thought hard.
"Could it be ......" Ou Ye looked at Ni Xue, and Ni Xue also looked at him.
"Yes, I almost got into a car accident that day, and I did see something out of the ordinary, but after meeting you, I don't think it's anything special now. β
The wizard quickly picked up and asked, "What do you see?"
"At the moment of the fall, there was a flash of lightning that crossed the sky, almost halving the sky, and I saw a skeleton man. Ou Ye struggled to recall, "And... And my brother. β
"Skeleton Man?" Ni Xue was suddenly startled by Ou Ye's words, and everyone else in the room was also taken aback.
"I'm sorry! I didn't tell you all because I was afraid you would worry. Ou Ye saw that Ni Xue's eyes were wrong, and quickly explained.
"That's right. The skeleton man is an earth ghost, and the lightning in the sky should have cut a space, is there something in it. β
"It feels like there's a tear opening, but I really don't remember what's inside. β
"I see!" the wizard looked at Ono with joy.
"You understand something. β
"You just haven't fully unleashed his energy and spiritual power yet. β
"I'm more confused now, but what does that have to do with people you know and prophecy?"
The wizard stood up and began pacing around the room, "You have too many similarities with the people I know of this identity. This probably starts with us elves being confined to this underground. It is said that we elves originally lived in this crown forest, and we could still live on the ground at that time, and the elves enjoyed the good life in the crown forest, until a friend of the thirteenth king at that time came to the crown forest, and he gave one thing to our king, and then left. And then a bolt of lightning brought some people, no, I should say gods! They wanted to ask for this thing, but for some reason it was missing, and as a result, in order to punish us, the gods used the magic power of the elven king at that time to transform into this underground world, which I called the dungeon, and so we were sealed. As you know, we still had a way out, but the princess had already been sealed off after the accident, and even if we could pass now, we could only go to the cave above because of the spell, and there was no way to get out at all. β
Ou Ye looked at Babbling, who seemed to understand what he wanted to say.
"But fortunately, there is another legend, that the king's friend finally hid his power at the entrance of the world of heaven and earth before he died, as long as the entrance of the world of heaven and earth is opened one day, his power will be released into this world, and at this time a new generation of superpowers will come to break the spell for us. He looked at Ouye, "I'm sure this person is you." β
"These are just coincidences, I don't believe in them myself, and I can't believe in legends and prophecies. β
"Believe it or not! I must seize any possibility of breaking the spell. At first I heard that the collapsed Ferris wheel was frozen, and I thought it wasn't a big deal, but from the fact that your spatial jumping ability during the Super Bow competition and your ability to communicate with the other world coincided with the superpowers I knew of the Six Souls and Seven Spirits. Ou Ye could see that the wizard was getting more and more excited the more he talked, but he didn't show much interest in this unknown situation.
"What are the six souls and seven spirits? Babbling curiously looked at the wizard and asked.
"The Six Souls and Seven Spirits are not magic, magic can only use the ability of natural spiritual power, while the Six Souls and Seven Spirits are a superpower that can harness and change the power of nature. He continued, "The six souls and seven spirits I know, it is said that the superpower with this superpower can override time and space, but each generation of superpower has a different mastery, so far it seems that you already have the ability to jump in space, the ability to control the condensation of water in the air, and the ability to see the world of other spirits, I wonder what other conditions have happened to you?"
"Anything else?" Ou Ye pondered, "I don't know this myself. It's just that if I'm really the superpower you said, I don't know how to help you break the spell!"
"I don't know. Our introduction to the Six Souls and Seven Spirits here also comes from the diary of the king's friend, and there is a stone cave on the other side of the wall behind you, which is a forbidden place for our people, and the diary records how to break the seal of the supernatural in it. The wizard frowned suddenly, "I've been researching it for a long time, and I still haven't found anything special in it. There was nothing inside except a stone door. Of course, because the stone gate can't be opened, no one knows what's behind it. So I think maybe only the superpowers can discover the secrets. β
"I haven't decided whether I want to help you or not!" Ou Ye listened a little bothered. Of course, he was thinking about it, too.
"Also, when I confirm your identity, I have no intention of convicting you. β
"If it weren't for the princess, we'd have died. That's not a good reason for you to ask us for help. β
"Actually, I told the king about you before, and for the king, punishing you is just a matter of acting according to the rules he has set, so the process must be followed. But we've already set up a trap in the black hole, so even if it weren't for the princess, you wouldn't be fine!"
"You guys are so cunning!" babbled at the wizard with disdain.
"But there are conditions, and the superpowers need to help us find a way to break the curse, the so-called meritorious service. So I hope Ouye you can enter our restricted area now. Whether or not I found it, at least I want to have an answer. After saying that, the sorcerers said something, and after a rumbling sound, a stone door opened in the wall behind them.
"You let him in alone?" Ni Xue asked, looking at the wizard.
"Because it's a forbidden place for our elf clan, ordinary people can't enter. It's safe inside, though, so don't worry. β
Ni Xue looked at Ou Ye with worried eyes, the air and time seemed to pause for a few seconds, and finally Ou Ye mustered up the courage to go in to find the possible answer, so Ou Ye stood up and walked through the stone gate.