Chapter 61. Wax beads
I know the power of the talisman, but I never thought that it would be so fierce, and with just one hit, it would be able to directly destroy a ghost like "魉", which seems to have something to do with the strength and determination to fight.
But the price I paid for this was that my palms were swollen.
When the white powder exploded, there was no such feeling of glass shattering, maybe this is the difference between the real body and the doppelganger, and the sound of the explosion was very loud and crisp, a bit like the gunshots I used to hear at night when I was a child, it can easily make you hear, but it makes you feel very far away.
As the powder slowly dissipated, my heart continued to beat fast until I was sure I was safe and sat down on the floor. The wound on my face had clotted with blood, but the pain was more specific at this moment. Qin Bukong walked slowly to my side, it seemed that although he was not injured, the tossing just now also consumed a lot of physical strength, so that he felt like his feet would be weak at any time when he walked.
However, Qin Bukong did not stop by my side, but walked past me directly towards the stone pillar in the center of the formation. As he passed me, I heard a "buzzing" sound coming from somewhere. The sound is not loud, but the frequency is very fast, much like the sound of cicadas, but not so loud, it feels a little muffled.
So I supported myself to get up and followed Qin Bukong towards the stone pillar in the center of the formation. As I approached Qin Bukong, the buzzing feeling became louder again, at first I thought it was because of the resonance caused by the explosion of the real body of the Wei in a small area underground, but at this moment I really felt the existence of that sound, only to see Qin Bukong staring at the stone pillar in a daze, without saying a word, so I couldn't help but ask, what is this sound buzzing, are you farting?
Generally speaking, the response I received with this sentence was either a roll of Qin Bukong's eyes, or a sneer from him. But this time it didn't happen, Qin Bukong seemed to ignore it automatically, just raised his right hand and leaned in front of me, and then spread out his palm.
In the palm of his hand, he grasped the small round ball of wax that we had found earlier from the stone box by the river. And at this moment, the small round ball was in the palm of his hand, constantly making a buzzing sound. I asked, is it just starting to become like this? Qin Bukong nodded and said yes, from the moment I killed the "魅", this ball began to be quiet. I asked, a little anxiously, what does this mean? Qin Bukong shook his head and said nothing, but pointed to the stone brick that had risen on the stone pillar with "魑" and "Ying Youwu" written on it.
I reached out and took the stone brick off the pillar, and saw that there was a hemispherical groove inside, which seemed to be about the same size as the one in Qin Bukong's hand. I asked Qin Bukong, do you want to put this thing in? Qin Bukong nodded and said that it seems to be the case, but I am not sure, what if after putting it in, it is the organ that triggers other incidents? I took the small wax ball from Qin Bukong's hand, and it also made a buzzing cicada chirp in my palm. But it's just a sound, and it doesn't move in itself. I compared it to the little groove and found that the wax ball in my hand seemed to be a little bigger, but because the surface was sealed with wax, if I peeled it off, the size of the liner should be the same. So I told Qin Bukong, now it seems that there seems to be no other way than to put it in and try it, otherwise we will be stuck here.
Qin Bukong seemed to have a sad face, today is the day I know him, he is probably the most frustrated day, even when we broke the door before, I only found his vulnerability, but he did not feel depressed now. I thought that the frustration was probably because he also realized that the first level of the seven evil levels was so sad, and the rest of the level would only get more and more violent, and whether we could deal with it at that time was indeed unknown.
The current Seven Evil Passes, coupled with the previous Eight Gate Arrays, the person who laid down this set of town guard organs is obviously a peerless wizard. If these things fall into the hands of others, they may not be as efficient as me and Qin Bukong, so it is very likely that this secret will be sealed forever. Qin Bukong hesitated for a moment about my words, then nodded and said, Since this is the case, then put it in and try it. It is not difficult to hear that he is actually also unsure, and even said that he is a little scared. On the contrary, I didn't feel any fear, maybe it was because I killed four ghosts and countless imps by myself in the first level, some swelled, some fluttering. So when I heard Qin Bukong say this, I took the brick in my hand and put the small wax ball on it.
But nothing seemed to have happened, the little wax balls were still buzzing, and neither the stone bricks nor the stone pillars had changed in any way. Therefore, I think it is really necessary to remove a layer of wax from the surface, after all, wax has a sealing effect, and perhaps it is because it isolates the reaction that should occur when the two objects are supposed to come together.
So I picked up my scissors and order from the ground and began to peel off a layer of wax from the surface with the scissors. Because the years are too long, the wax has turned into a state of stone powder, but when you twist it by hand, it still feels greasy, so you can judge that it is just wax. The wax was about eight or nine millimeters thick, and I shoveled it off bit by bit as if I were peeling an egg, and I was a little surprised when I revealed what was inside. It has been preserved underwater for thousands of years, and the surface is as smooth as a mirror, and the whole thing is black and purple, and I can't tell what material it is made of, like metal, but it is very much like stone, cold in my hand, and quite heavy, at least this weight seems to be somewhat inconsistent with its own volume.
I handed the smooth ball to Qin Bukong to see, and Qin Bukong said that he had never seen anything like this before. We all know that we can't take this gadget with us, at least we won't have a chance to take it away until we completely solve this Seven Evil Barriers. So I handed the stone bricks on the ground to Qin Bukong, and Qin Bukong approached the small round bead.
With a click, the bead seemed to be sucked by the small groove of the hemisphere, and it was completely attached to each other without external force. The moment it was pasted, the cicada's chirping stopped abruptly. I reached out to pull the bead off, but found that it was so strong that I couldn't pull it off.
Qin Bukong said, this is probably some kind of polished magnet, at least for now, we can only think so. Qin Bukong put the stone bricks back on the pillar in the center of the array, and before inserting them, I took a look into the brick hole with a flashlight, and found that the light could not reach very far, as if it was swallowed by darkness, and from the brick hole, there was also a smell of old buildings in disrepair, that kind of decay and obsolescence.
Qin Bukong inserted the brick back, and the brick that had been unable to be pressed into it was flush on the surface of the pillar very easily at this moment. And at the moment of closing, with a bang, the second stone brick bounced out again.
This shows that we have indeed passed the first hurdle. This means that as long as we find the missing thing in the stone brick and put it back in, it will be counted as passing a level, and the next level will be triggered. This feeling makes me feel like a treasure hunt, and the first half of my life was so boring, I really need this kind of excitement, provided that I save my life first.
The second brick that pops out is the "charm" next to the "ghost".
The four small words under the word "charm" are easy to understand - "Dayu controls the water", this is a story that every Chinese child knows, but what does this refer to, we are confused. Qin Bukong turned the brick over and found that its internal structure was exactly the same as that of the "魢", and there was a hemispherical small groove in the hollow part, if it was expected, it meant that it was a small ball of wax sealing waiting for us to find. And according to this inference, the remaining five stone bricks, if we pass the test well, should be like this for each of them.
After thinking about it for a long time, it still didn't work. So Qin Bukong spread his hands and said, let's go, go back first and then study slowly. So we had to put the bricks back into the pillars and go back to our homes. As soon as he got out of the hole, Matsuko ran over and said excitedly, I knew you two would be able to solve this ghost. I asked how you know? Songzi pointed out the window and said, just now those dense ghosts, all disappeared at once, I secretly opened the door to take a look, and found that the rest were all neighbors here, and everyone didn't look abnormal.
I walked to the door, secretly opened a gap in it, and looked out. Sure enough, as Matsuko said, the alley that used to be full of people is now only passing by, and among these passers-by, there are even people who appeared as ghosts before, including the child who was blown up by my palms. He was happily on the small bench in front of his house, as if he were doing his homework.
I feel a little relieved in my heart, it seems that the world has finally returned to normal, maybe we went home before, the movements were exaggerated, and we were holding a handful of incense, in the eyes of those neighbors who saw us go home, we also seemed to have become a kind of fantasy, this Wei used this way to temporarily isolate the three of us from this original world, the people we saw were no longer people, the neighbors saw us, and we were no longer us, everything was caused by the confusion of the Wei.
Songzi said, you have a big cut on your face, do you have a medical kit at home? I'll take care of it for you.