Chapter Sixty-Six: Night Exploration of the Confinement Tower
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The bottom of the confinement tower is actually leading to the depths of the rock wall connected behind the tower, a stone road of nearly 100 zhang, and there seem to be several turns at the end, I don't know where it will connect. It is recommended to read the novel for the first time
The stone passage was quite dim, Yi Ting didn't dare to go too deep, and cautiously probed along the tunnel, but did not find anyone's breath along the way.
When we advanced to the stone road zhōngyāng at a distance of forty or fifty zhang, we found a fork in the road, only a few zhang or so long, and a stone gate could be seen inside, which was revealing much stronger light than the stone path.
Yi Ting took a closer look and found that it was a wide stone room, and there was a strong smell of medicine.
Yi Ting is no stranger to this smell, it is the full moon eclipse bone pill that has to be taken every month, and sure enough, if you take a closer look, there is an alchemy furnace in the stone room, but several cracks can be faintly visible on it, it should be the furnace that the two people who have just left said that they have exploded due to overheating.
There are also several wooden tables around the stone room, on which in addition to stacking many herb raw materials for refining the Bone Erosion Pill, there are also many bottles and jars, as well as utensils for grinding and stirring.
In order to gain time, Yi Ting did not hesitate too much, and hurriedly swept to the big table where the medicine bottles were placed, opened them one by one, and sniffed the smell.
Not long after, Yi Ting checked them all, and his face showed a little disappointed, because they were all the Full Moon Eclipse Bone Pills that had been refined, and the antidote had been mixed into it, and it seemed that there was no hope for getting a simple antidote.
After thinking about it for a while, Yi Ting poured out a Bone Eroding Pill from three different bottles, then put it in a storage bag, and then looked around.
Yi Ting wrote down all the types of herbs stacked aside, although only seven or eighty percent of them were known by Yi Ting, but the rest of the herbs that had not been seen, Yi Ting wrote down their form and smell.
Naturally, the formula of the Bone Erosion Pill could not be so easy to obtain, and the antidote must have been kept more closely, and even the two people who had refined the pill here before might have obtained semi-finished products, and the most critical part of the weight and refining must only be in the hands of the highest level of the Hidden Evil Sect.
At this moment, Yi Ting didn't want to say that he could have the opportunity to refine it himself, but it was better than knowing nothing at all, maybe there was really a rì, Yi Ting came into contact with the formula of the antidote or poison, and then he could use it to judge some authenticity.
After the identification was completed, Yi Ting's heart moved, and he took some of the unknown herbs of each and put them in the storage bag as well, and then quickly left the stone room.
Although Yi Ting judged that the two people who had just left would not return in a short period of time, since there was no antidote to the Bone Erosion Pill here, it was better to leave as soon as possible.
However, there should be other secrets hidden here, maybe what Yi Ting has been looking for, so of course he can't just leave without finding anything, and walk towards the deeper part of the stone path right now.
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Walking alone in the dim tunnel, Yi Ting was extremely nervous in his heart, thinking that after coming from the stairs of the confinement tower, he would be able to see this straight underground passage, and he was trapped in the middle of the tunnel, no matter in front of him or behind him, once someone turned in, he would immediately have nothing to hide.
Thinking of this, he immediately increased his speed, and did not creep forward slowly, even if he collided with the enemy head-on, it was the difference between a moment earlier and half a minute later, but the sound of footsteps was still controlled at a rather slight level, and if it wasn't for the central focus, it wouldn't be too easy to detect.
Finally came to the end of the stone road, there are passages on the left and right, but the one on the right is more than ten zhang long, and it is impossible to identify what it is, but there is a faint sound of water surging on the left, and there is a faint smell of pungent smell, which seems to be not far away, so naturally go to investigate first.
After going forward for about three or four zhang, there is a door when I turn the corner, and I am connected to a staircase down, but from the door, you can see what is inside, and I can see Yi Ting's heart at the moment.
It is a vast stone chamber that is close to a circle, about two stories deep from the staircase, but the top seems to lead straight to the top of the low peak, although it is still close to the closed state, but the side stone wall is high, there are many ventilation windows, and the outside sky is faintly visible, and when it is white, it should be able to penetrate a lot of light.
The rock walls around the stone chamber below will be inlaid with a night pearl every ten feet or so, so although it is late at night, it is much brighter than in the passage, but it is even more strange and cold when it reflects the things piled up in the stone chamber.
The stone chamber zhōngyāng has a large tank with a half-filled yellow-green liquid, from which bubbles emerge from occasion, and bursts of light smoke seem to be the source of the pungent smell.
After Yi Ting looked at it, his brows furrowed even tighter, and there were actually seven or eight humanoid corpses of various sizes, the smaller ones were about five or six years old, but the larger ones seemed to be much stronger than adult men.
Looking around, there are several slightly large stone beds side by side, three of which are all fragmented body parts, including hands, feet, torsos and even heads, but they also seem to be few and strong, and most of them are still unpaired.
It's just that although the stone bed is full of corpses, there is no blood overflowing, it looks like some sculpture molds, but Yi Ting knows that it is a real human body fragment, but it has been specially treated, otherwise there will not be a slight difference in each, and some have obvious mutilations, and they have been seriously injured before they died.
On the other two stone beds, lying are two complete bodies, but they are unusually strong, more than two heads taller than normal chéngrén, and there are some traces of sewing and patching on the body, but the whole body is as dark as iron, which seems to contain amazing strength, even if it lies still, but the lifeless air lingers, and naturally exudes a terrifying coercion.
"Golem!"
Yi Ting didn't suspect it, although he had never seen it, but he could guess at a glance that it was the demon puppet that the Hidden Evil Sect relied on to shock decent people, and was known as one of the two major killing weapons along with the evil spirits.
Yi Ting was about to go downstairs to take a closer look, when suddenly the voice of the Ice Emperor sounded in the sea of knowledge.
"Don't go any deeper, there are several pitch-black caves next to the stone chamber, and there are a few demon beasts in them, with your current hidden qi technique, you can't escape their keen spiritual sense. The Ice Emperor said.
Yi Ting's heart froze, no wonder this place seemed to be extremely important, but there was no defense, it turned out that a few demon beasts were arranged in the dark, and a single negligence could not escape the fate of being besieged.
I had no idea for a while, so I had to ask the Ice Emperor's opinion.
"Old man, give me some advice, I want to find out the secrets of the Hidden Evil Sect, no matter the organization, the stronghold, the forces under it, or even the objects that have cooperated, etc., but the most important thing is to find out the antidote or formula of the Bone Erosion Pill. As for the demon golem, it doesn't matter if you can't take a closer look, but I wonder if there are some other secrets hidden in the stone chamber underneath, is it worth the risk to go down and investigate?" Yi Ting said.
The Ice Emperor pondered for a while, then said: "There must be some secrets you want to know underneath, but no matter what, you can't escape the detection of lurking demon beasts, it's not a question of whether it's worth the risk, but if you want to find death, then the bottom will definitely be able to let you get your wish." ”
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