Volume 4: Test Feather Two Hundred and Thirty-Two: Underwater Treasure Hunt (Calm Before the Storm)
As soon as the water came out, a burst of white steam rose from Qian Chao and Li Jian's bodies, and the two of them each used their aura to steam the water on their robes.
Qian Chao eagerly said to the three companions: "Yes, there really is!" ”
At this time, the excitement on his face was not all for the sake of finding a ruin, but more importantly, it verified his previous conjecture about the distribution and changes of the spiritual veins in the area of the Five Spirit Sect, how could this not make him excited!
Yan Xuan said in surprise: "There really is! ”
Li Jian also smiled and said: "Yes, there is at least more than thirty zhang underwater, Brother Qian and I found a building that is not underwater, well, not a small piece, because it is underwater, so it is still well preserved, Brother Qian found the formation, it is estimated that you can gain something by opening the formation." Oh, by the way, Brother Lu, there are big fish under the water, the same size as a small boat, and when they saw me and Brother Qian, they actually ran away......"
"Hehe, okay, eh, then what are we waiting for, go down together, take the treasure there, and then catch two big fish and find a place to roast and eat!"
"Brother Lu, wait a minute, I still have to make some preparations," Qian Chao said, "I estimate that there should be no water in the treasure hidden place sealed by the formation, but if the formation is opened and the water pours in, ordinary things are not afraid of soaking in water, but I am afraid that if there are books or something in it, it will be destroyed as soon as the water passes, Tang girl, do you have any way?" ”
Tang Ping knew that Qian Chao valued the books or maps obtained from the ruins the most, so he nodded and said: "There is a way, but the water of more than thirty zhang is a little deep, I am afraid that my spell will not last long." ”
"It's good if there's a way, let's still be the same as last time, as long as it's opened, go in and empty it right away, it won't take long." Lu Pingchuan said.
"Then the rest will be easy," Qian Chao said, "The underwater ruins are the same as the first ruins we opened, and the aura below is thin, so I have to make some preparations." ”
The so-called preparation is to use the formation and spirit stones to make the spiritual weapon in the treasure hiding place rich, as if near the spiritual vein, although the time is short, but it is enough to open the treasure and take out the things inside.
Qian Chao returned to the shore, took out the bookcase, and quickly drew a few talismans, and then a few people returned to the sky above the water.
Tang Ping said: "This time, I will cast a spell to avoid water, don't be too scattered." ”
Several people approached according to the words, and then followed Tang Ping into the water.
A large transparent ball appeared around Tang Ping's body, which generally discharged the water on all sides, and several people fell down in the ball, Qian Chao guided the direction, and after the water was deep, he took out a few glowing rune papers to illuminate it.
The surrounding water slowly darkened as the depth increased, but the light of the rune paper in the large waterless ball attracted a lot of swimming fish to come closer, and a few small fish put their mouths into the water, but soon realized that something was wrong and swam away with their fins and tails. Gradually, a few people could distinguish the outline of the building from the blurred water below, and it was indeed a large manor, and there was a hill under the water, and the manor was built on the hill, but the water depth was more than thirty zhang, and it went down the hill, getting darker and darker, and finally it was pitch black, and I didn't know how deep the lake was.
"Right there." Qian Chao pointed with his hand, there seemed to be the back of this manor, a stone wall facing the hill, there was a small pavilion that was soaked a little sloping, and the magic circle was in that pavilion.
After the five people passed, the water was discharged, and the small pavilion was about to fall down at once without water, and Qian Chao hurriedly used the imperial technique to remove it.
"The formation is here, if I guess correctly, the entrance should be on this mountain wall in a while, after it is opened, Tang Yatou will stay outside, and the water can't be allowed to enter, Brother Lu, Sister Yan, let's go in immediately and put everything we can carry into the storage bag." Also, in a while, my formation will increase the aura here, and it is estimated that something will be attracted, although there is nothing powerful here, but, Brother Li, it is still up to you to guard against it, and when we come out, we will leave immediately. ”
"Okay, that's it."
Although the water was drained by Tang Ping's spell, the ground was still a little damp, but it was not in the way, Qian Chao first quickly arranged a few talismans around the formation in the pavilion, and each talisman also had a spirit stone on it, first triggering his own formation, and then Qian Chao began to crack the original formation in the pavilion.
The aura suddenly became stronger, and Li Jian immediately concentrated on guarding against it, being underwater, who knows what will be attracted by this aura, so be sure to be vigilant.
When Qian Chao cracked the formation, Yan Xuan was a little worried under the water, she looked up, the water above her head couldn't see clearly, and she could see some blurred light and shadow dimly.
Lu Pingchuan, on the other hand, looked around, hoping to find one or two big fish from the water.
"Money boy, you have to be faster, I can't last long like this." Tang Ping said.
"Right away!"
Soon, there was a slight movement on the ground in the pavilion, and immediately, there was a vibration on the stone wall of the hill, and the door of a black hole opened from the stone wall. Fortunately, this door is within the range of Tang Ping's spell, and there is no water to enter, and this door has been well protected by the formation, although it is dark inside, at least it is not flooded.
"Let's go." Qian Chao said, and immediately a few more rune papers with yellow light appeared, Lu Pingchuan had already strode in, Qian Chao was behind him, and Yan Xuan also walked in.
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Almost didn't use Qian Chao and Yan Xuan to do it, after Lu Pingchuan entered, he was like a whirlwind and clouds, he took things when he saw them, and his hands and feet were as sharp as a thief for many years, but fortunately, this secret room was also not very big, and it was soon empty after being pulled by Lu Pingchuan's big hand for a while, and Qian Chao and Yan Xuan looked a little daze.
"Eh, Brother Qian, Sister Yan, let's go, don't let them wait longer!" With that, Lu Pingchuan strode out.
Yan Xuan smiled, shook his head, and saw that Qian Chao was still looking inward, so he said, "Brother Qian, let's go, there is nothing left." ”
Qian Chao swept around, and looked at it with blue eyes, and sure enough, there was nothing left, so he retreated.
"So fast!" Tang Ping was also a little surprised, "Is there no ...... in it?"
"Yes, there are a lot of them, all of them are with Brother Lu." Yan Xuan said with a smile.
"It's empty." Qian Chao came out and said.
"Then let's go up."
As soon as Qian Chao's formation was withdrawn, the five of them went up, the door of the secret room was not closed, and when the water poured in, a few large bubbles emerged and went up.
When they came out of the water, the five found that the sun had turned west, and this time they had a harvest from the water, and they wanted to see what was there, so they had to find a place to live, and they came to spend the night, and second, to see what good things they had gained in the ruins.
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When twilight falls, there is a faint fire in a cave on the cliff, and if you get close, you can smell the aroma of grilled fish.
In the spacious cave, Lu Pingchuan was taking care of the bonfire, as well as a few big fish that were being roasted on the bonfire, and he had not seen the fish as big as a boat that Li Jian said, he was not convinced and jumped back into the water to look for a while, and then came out with a few big fish, saying that he was going to roast and eat at night.
Lu Pingchuan handed over the storage bag containing things in the ruins to Tang Ping, and now it was the favorite time for the five people to share the spoils, and Tang Ping was taking out the things one by one to identify them.
"What is this?"
Tang Ping first found out a box, which only had a fluorescent bead in it, and a thin small chain on the bead was very delicate, which was used to hang on the neck at first glance.
"Jewelry?" Qian Chao saw it and said.
"Well, it looks like it's hanging around the neck, but what's the use, it's also hidden as a treasure, and it won't be ordinary jewelry." Tang Ping said and squeezed the beads in his hand.
"Huh!" Immediately, Tang Ping said in surprise: "This thing...... Sure enough, it's good, Brother Li......"
As he spoke, Tang Ping handed the bead to Li Jian.
Li Jian grabbed it in his hand, and after a while, he nodded and said, "Well, it seems to have the effect of restraining the mind." ”
Then he handed the bead to Qian Chao, who looked at the translucent, rounded bead, thought for a moment and said, "This seems to be ...... Wait" handed the bead to Yan Xuan, then found a book from the storage bag and flipped through it.
Yan Xuan also felt that this bead could really make people calm down after holding it in his hand, and his heart was as one, and when he was looking at it, he heard Qian Chao say: "I know, this thing should be a mume bead." ”
"Oh? What is that? ”
"It's the eyes of the big clam, the big clamour is a strange fish in the sea, the body is nearly a foot long, it is said to be round, and there are many long whip-like tentacles, the book says that it is very powerful, can tightly entangle the prey it encounters, and then eat it. Well, although the body of the big frog is big, but the eyes are very small, the book says that it is round like an egg, moist like jade, the color is green and the taste is bitter, clear and bright, the round hole is natural, Pei Zhi can be condensed, there is no worry about wild horses, Danshi encounters it, such as a treasure, ah! Sister Yan, wearing this thing on your body is good for alchemy. ”
"Oh!" When Yan Xuan heard this, he was a little surprised and looked at the beads in his hand carefully.
"Oh, Sister Yan, the small hole in the chain on this bead is innate, it was originally the eye of a big clam, the book says that this thing was sought after by the alchemists of the past, well, the best is the kind of transparent, the more transparent the better, the translucent one in your hand is worse, but it's a good thing that we can find it, well, the one with blood lines in the bead is the worst, it can't be used, it can only be ground into medicine." This thing you wear on your body when you are alchemizing, it will definitely be beneficial. ”
Lu Pingchuan listened to a few people talking lively, and couldn't help but come over and look at the beads in Yan Xuan's hand.
"And this kind of goodies!" Yan Xuan was naturally happy.
"Well, that's Sister Yan's." Tang Ping said and took out another item from the storage bag.
This thing is actually a coral tree less than two feet long, with a turquoise color all over it, and there is a wooden seat underneath, and when it is taken out, the entire hole is covered with a layer of misty cold light.
"What is this?" Qian Chao asked curiously, born in a rich family, he had naturally seen such a thing as a coral tree, but even if this thing was worth a lot of money, it was just a mundane thing, how could it be treasured by the previous monks, and besides, this cyan coral tree was indeed rare.
"This is a good thing," Tang Ping's eyes lit up after looking at it carefully, "Ha, I'm afraid that my sixth grandfather doesn't have such a good thing!" ”
Yan Xuan saw that Tang Ping was so proud, so he asked curiously: "Isn't this coral?" ”
"Sister Yan, you have been to the place where I brew and store wine, do you remember that I put a piece of jade lapis there?"
Jade lapis stone, Tang Ping's piece was still given by Tang Bonian, and its usefulness is to accelerate the aging of the newly brewed spirit wine.
"Of course you know, isn't the jade lapis you used to make wine?"
"That's right, this coral tree, and the jade lapis have the same effect, but it's much better than the jade lapis stone, put it in the wine cellar, well, the spirit wine will definitely be better."
Lu Pingchuan was even happier than Tang Ping when he heard it: "Eh, that's really a good thing!" ”
Needless to say, this green coral tree naturally belonged to Tang Ping.
"Since there is a coral tree for this old wine in it, there should be wine, right?"
Qian Chao's words made Lu Pingchuan's eyes light up all of a sudden.
"Yes, yes, Sister Tang, I remember that I received a lot of bottles and cans, let's see if there is any good wine!"
Tang Ping really found a few jars from inside, the black and heavy jars, each half a person high, heavy enough to fill with wine, the mouth of the altar has a mud seal, and the mud seal is also stamped with a seal.
"Haha, sure enough, Sister Tang, open a jar and taste it, it must be good wine for so many years!"
"Brother Lu," Tang Ping was reluctant to open it, "This wine has been here for so many years, whether it can be drunk is one thing, and the most important thing is that if this wine is not brewed for our Qi refining disciples, but for those monks who build a foundation or even form a pill, then we will drink it not only useless but harmful, in my opinion, this wine might as well not be opened first, and then I will make plans when I go back and ask clearly?" ”
The wine was in front of him but couldn't be drunk in his mouth, Lu Pingchuan could only watch Tang Ping regretfully put those jars back into the storage bag.
"Okay, if I can drink it, I'll be the first to send it to you, okay?" Seeing Lu Pingchuan's face, Tang Ping said angrily.
"Hey, hey, good, good!"
Then Tang Ping took out a small black jar in it.
"Wine?" Yan Xuan just asked suspiciously, and then immediately looked back, and sure enough, Lu Pingchuan came over again.
"It shouldn't be wine," Tang Ping said, "First, there is no seal, and second, the amount is wrong, it doesn't look like wine, open it and take a look." ”
After the plug at the mouth of the altar was pulled out, a fishy smell diffused from the jar, and the smell was very strong and pungent as soon as it appeared.
"What does it smell like and what's inside?" Tang Ping covered her nose and asked.
Inside the jar was something like white grease, fat and trembling like solidified rice milk.
Qian Chao covered the jar again, and seeing that it was not wine, Lu Pingchuan was not interested, and turned around to continue grilling the fish.
"Fish oil, like." Qian Chao said with a deep groan, and then opened it lightly and confirmed it again, "Well, it should be fish oil." ”
"Fish oil? How does fish oil taste like this? ”
"What is this for?"
Qian Chao said: "For lamp oil, there is a spiritual weapon in our alchemy, which is an oil lamp, which is not difficult to refine, the difficulty lies in the lamp oil, different lamp oils have different uses when they are lit, such as making invisible things visible, allowing the monk to attack the monk himself under the shadow of the oil lamp, expelling some illusions, and also causing damage to certain demon beasts......"
"My God, you still have such things in your alchemy!" Tang Ping was surprised.
"Well, there are a lot of this kind of thing, but the lamp oil is not easy to get, and there are not many production techniques in Jiuxuan, even if you can catch the demon beast with that oil, it is very difficult to make the lamp oil, I guess the fish oil in this jar is fish oil, and it should be the fish oil in the sea, as for what it is for, I don't know, alas, there is still less knowledge."
Tang Ping lowered her head and looked in the storage bag, and sure enough, she took out a small oil lamp, put it in front of Qian Chao, and said, "It seems that you are right, this should be a set, right?" ”
When Qian Chao saw it, he immediately took the small oil lamp in his hand and looked at it, and was a little disappointed: "There is still one thing missing, there is no wick, although the wick is not difficult to get, but this oil lamp is a magic weapon, used by the foundation monks, but after this oil lamp goes back, I will have to take a good look at it, maybe I can learn something." Although the oil lamp cannot be used, the fish oil is not necessarily unusable, and when I go back, I try to make an oil lamp to know what the effect of the fish oil is. ”
When he said this, Qian Chao suddenly thought of something.
"Do you still remember the time when Wen Zhang wanted to make trouble for Luo Ying and Senior Sister Wen Yuan? They also approached me and asked me to refine another spiritual weapon to open the formation. ”
"yes, I remember."
"That time, Senior Sister Luo Ying, they are said to have found out, and the treasure in that ruins is called the Haiyun Jade Grease Lamp, remember?"
"Hmm."
"The mozuku jade grease lamp is similar to this, but it is said that the lamp oil used in that lamp is a kind of grease of a giant whale in the sea, when the oil lamp is lit, the light is mild, and the smell is similar to agarwood, and the people around can be completely immersed in it under the effect of this light and taste, which is very beneficial to breaking through the barriers in cultivation, that is to say, Senior Sister Luo Ying and Senior Sister Wenyuan want the mozuku jade grease lamp in order to break through the foundation."
After Qian Chao said this, several people understood why Wen Zhang had to prevent Wen Yuan from getting the sea cloud jade lamp.
"This oil lamp...... It's amazing too! ”
"Hey, boy Qian, do you know that you can get that sea cloud jade grease lamp there, and we will use it when we break through in the future......"
"That's right, Brother Qian, hehe, that oil lamp sounds very good! Where else is that? ”
Even Li Jian was a little moved when he heard the usefulness of the Haiyun Jade Fat Lamp, and looked at Qian Chao.
Qian Chao said with a smile: "The oil lamp is not difficult to refine, the difficulty is in the fat of the giant whale, the giant whale is extremely difficult to catch, and it is said that the method of making that kind of grease has been lost, so you can only find the kind of lamp left over from the past from these ruins, Senior Sister Luo Ying, they can know where there is that thing, I estimate that they spent a lot of effort to find it, let's not be in such a hurry, first, we are not short from building the foundation, just refining the fourth layer of qi, second, Senior Sister Luo, they can only determine the location of the ruins through ancient books, but if this ruins can be found today, it means that our method of finding the ruins is better than theirs, and in the future, we will find a few more ruins, maybe we will find this thing from which ruins. ”
"Hehe, what Brother Qian said makes sense, let's go to the ruins in the future!"
Tang Ping also agreed with Qian Chao's statement, and continued to look through the things taken out of the ruins.
"What is this?" This time it was a white porcelain vase, heavy to start with, the key was that there were still words written on the paper on the bottle, Tang Ping recognized it, although the handwriting was faint and illegible, but she still frowned and recognized it.
"Underwater Spring...... Underwater Spring! ”
Recognizing these words, Tang Ping's face was shocked at first, and immediately there was a look of surprise.
"What's that?" Yan Xuan looked at the quaint-looking white porcelain bottle and asked curiously, looking at Tang Ping's surprised look, it seemed that there was something rare and good in the bottle.
"This is the water of the spiritual spring that is hard to find!"
Tang Ping said and gently pulled out the stopper on the mouth of the bottle, and suddenly a rich aura floated out of the bottle, making the cave feel like being in a spiritual vein, which shocked the spirits of the five people! Tang Ping also put the bottle under her nose and sniffed it, took a deep breath, and then closed her eyes with an intoxicated face.
Spiritual spring water? Why did those former monks hide the spiritual spring water?
When he opened his eyes and saw several companions looking at him puzzled, Tang Ping smiled, handed the bottle to Li Jian, and said with some excitement: "Brother Li, this is a good thing, this bottle is filled with spiritual spring water from the bottom of the deep sea, your sword can be used, you come first." ”
Li Jian took the bottle, heavy, full of aura, had the experience of the island of giant trees, Li Jian could naturally recognize the spiritual spring water now, but this time he felt that the spiritual spring water contained in this bottle was much stronger than the spiritual spring water on the island of giant trees.
"How can there be springs under the sea? Shouldn't it be all seawater? Yan Xuan asked.
"Yes, Sister Yan," Qian Chao said, "I also read it from the book, it is said that even if it is the bottom of the sea, there is also a spring, and the spiritual spring water gushes out and mixes with the seawater, which is difficult to collect, but there are some strange legends, it is said that it is under the sea water that is ten thousand feet deep, and there is no sea water in some places, and the bottom of the sea is like a dry land, and the sea water is around and above but cannot fall, and the things that can be found in such a place are the treasures of the world, and if there is a spiritual spring there, it will be the best spring water in the world." ”
Yan Xuan turned his head to look at the white porcelain bottle in Li Jian's hand after hearing this, and said, "Is this the spring water in here?" ”
Tang Ping's face was still full of joy, and he said, "What I don't see here is that kind of spiritual spring water, but it must be much better than the spiritual spring we found last time in the Mukui Beast." ”
Li Jian was already full of surprise and took out his two green bamboo branches, and poured them on them drop by drop with the spiritual spring water in the bottle.
The green bamboo branches suddenly became crystal green when the spiritual spring dripped on them, emitting a brilliant green light, giving Li Jian an illusion for a while, as if the green bamboo branches were pulling out the branches and leaves, looking vibrant!
Li Jian's green bamboo spirit sword wants to become sharper, in addition to constantly refining with his own sword qi on weekdays, it needs to be watered with different spiritual spring water that he finds, after all, his sword is two spiritual bamboo branches, and today's unexpected spiritual spring water really makes Li Jian very happy.
When the spiritual spring water no longer seeped into the green bamboo branches, Li Jian knew that the watering of the green bamboo had been completed this time, and he was satisfied with the bottle and handed it back to Tang Ping, saying, "Enough, I really gained a lot today!" ”
After speaking, Li Jian poured his sword qi into the green bamboo branch, and with a long sword sound, suddenly a white light shimmered, and the cold spirit sword was held in his hand, Li Jian said happily: "Yes, it's better than before!" ”
Because the spiritual spring water under the sea was much stronger than the one obtained from Jumu Island before, Tang Ping also gave a small bottle to Qian Chao, and took the rest by herself, she said: "I'll take the rest back to make wine, and see if the wine is better." ”