Chapter 98 Kaifeng Weird Things
Fate is a very magical existence, it is indestructible, but it can be cut off by a single blow; it is everywhere, but it disappears in an instant. It is difficult to describe it with an accurate word, because it is so unpredictable and profound.
But please believe that destiny is always there.
Perhaps all the flashes of lightning and sudden inspiration are fate looking down its head, casting a gentle glance at the mortals who are floating in the sea of fate and unable to escape, in the vast void.
Bai Yuting couldn't explain clearly how he felt when he saw the shadow of the tall building in the dim light. At that moment, he seemed to be thinking of nothing, yet he seemed to be thinking of a lot.
What finally stuck in his mind was that the tall building must be hiding the biggest secret of King Xiangyang.
He is going to find the biggest secret.
This was the purpose of his coming to Xiangyang.
Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao's ear, turned his gaze in the same direction as his own, and signaled him: Let's go there!
Before coming to Prince Xiangyang's Palace, they agreed that the first place they would go to would be Prince Xiangyang's study. As long as no one was in the study, they would turn the place upside down.
If there is nothing in the study, they can go to Prince Xiangyang's bedroom. Generally speaking, there are only a few places like this where people feel safe and secure to hide things.
But now, Brother Bai wants to go to that tall building.
Why?
Bai Yutang did not answer, but just said that there was a big cargo there, so just go there.
Bulk goods? What bulk goods?
Zhan Zhao was puzzled for a moment, but finally followed the intention of the snowball above his head, changed direction, and took advantage of the shadows to sneak to the back of the palace quietly.
Dozens of breaths later, the black cat squatted in the corner of two high walls, and its pair of golden cat eyes calmly examined the soldiers in front who were neatly lined up, wearing armor and equipped with strong bows and sharp swords.
The tall building stood under the night sky, with three large characters written on the carved lacquer and gold plaque:
Sky Tower.
What a vivid name! Isn't it a building that reaches the sky?
While Zhan Zhao was wondering why there were so many troops left here, he praised Xuetuan above him for his intelligence and agility, for being able to find the secret of Prince Xiangyang so quickly.
The dandelion-like snowball held its head high and chest out, humming proudly.
"Hold on tight, Brother Bai."
The snow-colored rat lay down, its pink little paws firmly grasping the black cat fur under its claws.
My scalp is a bit painful from being pulled.
But that's not a problem.
The black cat lowered its body slightly, and at the moment when the two teams of soldiers crossed each other, a black lightning flashed through the gap.
With a few whooshes, the black cat with a ball of snow on its head had already leaped onto the sky tower. He crawled on the extended platform, looking down at the soldiers passing by below. After making sure that no one noticed him, he stood up and crawled in through the slightly opened window.
It turned out that cats are liquid. They could slip through a gap as small as a palm smoothly without making any sound.
Bai Yutang was amazed and patted the cat's head with his paw to show his admiration.
Zhan Zhao shook his ears, feeling somewhat helpless.
From the outside, the sky tower seemed tall enough, but when they were inside and looked up, it was so high that it was dizzying.
Why did the King of Xiangyang build such a tall building? And why were there so many soldiers guarding outside the building?
Perhaps the rooftop is the answer.
Zhan Zhao looked around, discussed with Bai Yutang, and climbed up to the places where people could not stand or go.
He was just such a small ball now, and the snowball on his head was even smaller. In addition, Tarona had cast multiple layers of magic on him and Bai Yutang. He took a step forward, and he was as light as a feather. With a light leap, he was as tall as a man.
The dazzlingly high Sky Tower was completely unable to restrain the black cat with the wind at its feet. The black shadow was seen moving on every tiny uneven place, and in the blink of an eye, it had reached the second floor.
Zhan Zhao stood on the carved beam and looked down. The square shape below resembled the Eight Diagrams, and the structure formed the shape of a swastika, which was interconnected and very exquisite. He had never seen such a design before.
Bai Yutang said: "You, a cat, don't know the art of mechanics, so you naturally can't see it. Look at those places——"
He used the same trick again, grabbing the tip of the black cat's ear and signaling him to turn his head according to his strength.
Zhan Zhao looked at it, but didn't see anything special about it. He just felt that those places were no different from the surrounding areas and were very ordinary when viewed alone.
Bai Yutang laughed at him: "I told you that you don't understand. That's a mechanism! A deadly mechanism! You can't see it because the mechanism is activated as a whole with the building, and there are dead ends everywhere. Once triggered, it will be like a fairy scattering flowers, linked together. Even if you are the best in the world in lightness skills, it will still pierce you with thousands of holes!"
After Zhan Zhao heard this, he couldn't help but felt a little cold in his heart.
If he and Bai Yuting had not sneaked in in this form today, and had not received the help of Lady Jia's magic, then... they would have been either dead or injured!
Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao actually felt a little dizzy, his heart was beating like a drum, and his ears were buzzing, as if, as if such an unknown bloody scene was really appearing before his eyes.
"Cat! Cat...Zhan Zhao! Come back to your senses!"
Bai Yutang called out several times in a hurry before finally calling the person back. He slapped the black cat on the head with his paw and said angrily: "What are you thinking about? You have lost your soul! If you lose your concentration and don't step firmly, you will fall down in a daze, and I will have to go down with you!"
Even if they fell and triggered the mechanism, it would not be a big deal. Lady Jia said that the magic she cast on them was so powerful that even if the mountains collapsed and fell on them, they would be safe.
But if the cat lost focus and fell, triggering the magic... Even Zhan Zhao wouldn't feel ashamed, he would feel ashamed too!
Zhan Zhao shook his ears and said, "Sorry, I... Let's continue going up."
He didn't dare to mention it. The fleeting bloody scene just now had been engraved in his mind. Amid the sound of his heartbeat like a drum, he saw a hint of white that was gradually swallowed up by the blood.
For some reason, he was able to determine that the white color was Bai Yutang.
Lady Jia once said to the wronged soul who knelt at her feet and begged for the return of his child that fate is unpredictable, but life and death are orderly.
Destiny...
This word is so profound and mysterious that no mortal can see it no matter how hard he tries.
But at this moment, Zhan Zhao actually felt that he had touched this unpredictable fate at that moment.
If Lady Jia had not descended to the human world and told them the truth about Prince Xiangyang in advance, when Prince Xiangyang's evil deeds were exposed, he would also come to investigate the Prince Xiangyang's Palace. And Brother Bai...why wouldn't he come?
Now that Brother Bai is here, how could he be inferior to others?
By then, with Brother Bai's martial arts and intelligence, if they really want to come to Chongxiao Tower to investigate, he will naturally... take the lead!
Well, well…
Zhan Zhao took a deep breath and forced himself to dispel the sudden panic that was about to overwhelm him.
Different!
It's different!
They came together, and they had the help of immortals.
There will never be such unknown blood again!
The vertical pupils shrank, the black cat with golden pupils looked up, and leaped up, as if assisted by a god, and twice it actually jumped up on the air.
There was a platform on the third floor, on which was placed a red lacquered box about one foot long and half a foot wide. Just as Zhan Zhao was about to take a step forward to take a closer look at the box, Bai Yutang grabbed him by the ear.
"etc!"
Bai Yutang's breathing suddenly became rapid, as if he had seen something in an instant, and there was a hint of panic in his dark eyes: "Don't move, there is a mechanism under the box!"
He didn't know how he could tell it at a glance, as if a voice in the dark was telling him -
Once the box is taken away, poisonous arrows will rain down from all directions, and a large iron thorn net will fall from above their heads, blocking their escape route and killing them by thousands of arrows piercing their hearts!
It sounded like his own voice.
It also sounds like someone else's voice.
I can't hear it clearly, I can't understand it, but every word is dangerous and every sentence is heartbreaking!
If they really came in as usual, climbing up from the bottom, they would have been exhausted and tired, and the machines embedded in all directions would have worn them out, and they would have suddenly seen the secrets hidden in this building...
It's really hard to guard against.
Bai Yuting closed his eyes and spat in his heart.
Damn King Xiangyang!
Zhan Zhao stopped moving immediately, swung his tail fiercely, and dared not move again.
Bai Yutang stood above him, looking around and upward. The mechanism on this floor was more sophisticated than the two floors below. They had not touched a single mechanism on the way up. The people who designed this building had never expected that the people who sneaked into the building would get help from the immortals and transform into such a light posture.
It's not that the mechanism on this level cannot be cracked, but it takes too long and you have to make some noise in the process. If someone hears it...
Snow Mouse unconsciously touched the black cat's ear with his pink paws. The black cat gently shook its tail without making a sound to interrupt his thoughts.
After a while, Bai Yutang asked, "Mao'er, do you think the government will believe what you wrote in the letter?"
Zhan Zhao said: "The emperor will believe it."
Because that's what Miss Jia said.
How could what the incarnation of King Fengdu said be false?
Bai Yutang smiled: "Then there is no need to think so much!"
Having said that, Xuetuan reached for his waist and took out a six-sided Rubik's Cube that was bigger than his body from somewhere.
This Rubik's Cube has six sides and six colors, all neatly arranged, as if it has been put right.
"Mrs. Jia said this baby will explode."
When saying this, Master Bai Wu looked like a bad boy who was about to do something bad. Not only did he do bad things himself, he also dragged other people's good children to do bad things with him.
Zhan Zhao had seen the six-sided Rubik's Cube in Bai Yutang's hand and knew that this treasure was given to him by Lady Jia, but it would explode... This was the first time he heard him say that.
Thinking about how he had played with it two days ago, Guard Zhan couldn't help but shudder.
Bai Yutang whispered something in his ear, and Zhan Zhao listened to every word. After listening, he laughed and scolded him for being too brave, but he also got ready to do it.
The black cat stepped on the gap between the wooden boards, and the force of his steps was not enough to even sweep away the dust. He walked cautiously to the front of the platform, and the sharp claws popped out from the pads of his flesh.
Zhan Zhao tried it and was able to cut into the rock easily. He once again marveled at the magic of the magic technique in his heart. He used the method of piercing his claws into the rock to slowly climb up the half-man-high platform.
A black cat's head stretched out from under the altar, and on top of its head stood a snow-white ball the size of a palm, which was exactly level with the box on the altar.
Bai Yutang quickly shuffled the six sides of the Rubik's Cube, then took a deep breath and pressed one button on two of the sides according to the method taught to him by Lady Jia.
The pressed square dented, and a tiny sound of gears turning came from inside the Rubik's Cube. At the same time, a steady voice that could not be distinguished as male or female sounded:
"Explosion mode has been activated--"
"The countdown begins. Seven, six, five..."
The language spoken by this voice was different from any language in the Song Dynasty. Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao both believed that this was the language of immortals and that mortals could not understand it.
The moment the prompt sounded, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao moved.
Zhan Zhao leaped onto the stage at lightning speed. His arm-length figure suddenly grew taller, and in one thousandth of a second he changed from a cute black cat into a domineering black panther. He opened his mouth and took the foot-long box into his mouth like a snack.
The moment the box left the platform, the six-sided Rubik's Cube in blasting mode was thrown out by the snow-white rat and landed steadily on the box's position.
At the same time, Zhan Zhao heard the sounds of machinery coming from all directions.
The golden pupils had shrunk into a thin straight line. The huge black cat stepped on the ground, and several cracks appeared on the hard platform.
There was only a suppressed beast roar, and the next second, he rushed out at a speed that could not be captured by the human eye.
Bang!
An oversized black cat smashed the window on the top floor of the Chongxiao Building, and its black figure left a trail in the air. The soldier patrolling below was startled by the sound of the broken window and looked up. He had already fallen into the endless night with a snowball and a box in his mouth, and disappeared in an instant.
"Three, two, one."
"Start blasting!"
Buzz!
A soundless and invisible shock wave suddenly exploded from the Sky Tower. The soldiers who were about to raise their heads did not have time to cover their ears to resist the sudden pain sensed by their brains, and were violently shaken away like mayflies on the sea.
One by one, they fell on the wall. Those who broke the willow tree were unable to stop the impact and fell directly into the lake. Some of them were even more unlucky and fell face down into the grass, their eyes rolled back and they fainted.
The leading officer was luckier and in better health than the soldiers. He was thrown out and hit against the door. He raised his head while enduring the pounding headache and the pain from being hit. His slightly evil expression froze in an instant. He could only look ahead in horror and lost the ability to speak.
The towering building that the prince had spent huge amounts of money and manpower to build... was disappearing before their eyes in an extremely bizarre way.
The high-rise building that soared into the sky seemed to be folded up entirely, and a black dot appeared out of thin air in the center. The black dot, which was originally only the size of a fist, grew larger and larger, like a terrifying mouth of the abyss, twisting, creaking and breaking, swallowing up the high-rise building that curled up inside.
Finally...
All that was left was a black hole emitting brilliant light.
Boom——!
Light exploded.
The people closest to the light lost consciousness at the same time and fell to the ground unconscious.
A light comparable to the scorching sun exploded not far above the Xiangyang Palace. For a moment, the whole Xiangyang was as bright as day.
Most of the people in the Xiangyang Palace fainted in the light at the same time. When they woke up the next day, their ears were still buzzing and they felt dizzy. It took them several hours to return to normal.
Among them was Prince Xiangyang, who carried his beautiful concubine back to his room.
In less than a day, a sound was heard in Xiangyang City.
They said: King Xiangyang is being punished by heaven. If he does not change his ways, fire from heaven will descend to burn all the sins in this place.
…
[Ms. Ta, why did you give that micro-collapse bomb to Bai Yutang? ]
Theseus was puzzled: [What if he touched it by mistake? ]
Tarona was digging a grave, using a shovel he had bought at the system store.
She said: "There was no accidental contact. That one was done manually and would not harm any living thing."
She usually uses bombs like this that won't harm living things to destroy enemy lairs. They cost ten for three points, and everyone who has used them says they are good.
With a thud, the shovel dug into the coffin.
Tarona threw away the curled shovel and pulled out the coffin with her bare hands. As she opened the coffin, she said, "When we split up, I forgot to tell Bai Yutang that the Chongxiao Tower of the King of Xiangyang was where he was buried."
Bang.
The coffin painted red was violently opened, and a foul smell of corpse and rotten fruit hit the face.
"Fortunately, I had foresight. I estimated that Bai Yutang would be able to blow up that broken building tonight."
Tarona frowned and looked into the coffin. Inside was a male corpse that was 30% decayed. Black lines could be clearly seen on his remaining skin, which were artificially drawn.
On top of the man's corpse was a four-legged bronze tripod with a beast head, only half the size of his head. The smell of rotten fruit was coming from inside.
Tarona looked at the small tripod for a while and reached out to take it, but the small tripod didn't move at all. With more strength, he actually lifted up the man's body.
It turns out that this small tripod was grown on the skull of this male corpse.
There was no crack in the small tripod. In order to avoid any accidents, the witch used the magic of perspective. There was nothing in the tripod, but the inner wall was coated with a thick layer of black sticky paste. No one knew what it was.
The animal head on the tripod is very easy to recognize. It has a round head, a pointed mouth, and a mouth full of fangs. It looks a bit like a wild boar. It is a boar elephant that specializes in eating ghosts, especially evil ghosts.
This is a small village in the deserted mountains thirty miles away from Xiangyang. Tarona crushed two response crystals and got vague instructions to go west. She flew all the way west and finally sensed some unusual clues here.
After landing, she found that this well-maintained village had only about twenty houses, with farm tools and crops placed everywhere. It looked like life was in an orderly manner, but in fact it was completely deserted.
There is a tomb in every house here.
Tarona dug up all the graves and threw out a dozen shovels with curled edges. Twenty-three bright red coffins were lined up in a row on a dam where crops were drying. The unpleasant odor filled the air.
All of them were male corpses, all of them had a small tripod growing on their skulls, and all of them were young and strong. However, the cause of their death was actually all illness, but the type of illness was not uniform.
Theseus made a guess: [Could it be the plague demon? ]
Tarona shook his head: "Impossible, the demons are still blocked at the gate of Hell. Without the complete [Key of Morning Star], they will never be able to get out."
However, it is also possible that they are performing a demonic sacrifice.
In the West, the process of demon sacrifice is not complicated and can be said to be very casual. As long as the demon's real name and exclusive totem are correct, it can be effective almost any time of day or night. Everything else is just a ritual.
For a great devil like Lucifer, the many restrictions taught by the church are like playing house and are of no use at all. There is no difference between their coming to the human world and just visiting.
Although the current world belongs to the East, given Lucifer's viciousness, it is not impossible for someone to obtain relevant sacrificial knowledge from the fragments. He is happy to see the world become a mess.
A demonic sacrifice can be offered to the demon or to the person who performed the sacrifice.
The human soul is a kind of energy that can be absorbed and plundered.
Since it is impossible to piece together the [Key of Morning Star] and open the gate to Hell, the former option can basically be ruled out.
The door can't be opened, and the sacrifice is useless. The demon behind the door can't receive it at all. Moreover, there are restrictions on the nature of the world. Even if it is lucky enough to get out through some method, the power of the demon will be greatly reduced. After all, it is not an abnormal subject.
The Holy Lamp was on Zhan Zhao. Tarona searched in his own space for a while and took out the magic music box he was used to.
She first carefully checked the magic music box, and sure enough, there was a tiny crack on the bottom of the box. The ballet cat lying on the box was not as energetic as before.
This thing has a limited number of uses, and needs to be replaced after a long time. I should be able to catch the last witch gathering when I go back, and I can exchange it for a suitable one and replace it with this ballet cat.
The boundless space in the music box is actually the cat's belly, but it needs a container, otherwise it will just be a pretty decoration.
Tarona opened the music box, and all twenty-three coffins were sucked in, even the coffin lids that had been violently opened were not left behind.
The witch moved her limbs and threw out a fireball. After burning the small village-like grave mountain clean, she soared into the air and continued to fly westward.
Afterwards, she picked up thirty-seven large red coffins from a lake. All of them were female corpses under the age of twenty-five, and some had small tripods growing on their skulls.
The beast head on the small tripod is also a ferocious boer elephant, and the inner wall is also coated with a layer of black paste. The smell is exactly the same, but there is a slight difference.
Tarona distinguished it carefully and found that it was the fragrance of crape myrtle. Women in Xiangyang would use this flower to make perfume powder and sachets, and would also wear them directly in their hair.
The female corpses were more severely decayed than the previous male corpses, and were already 50% decayed. The skin around the small tripod was still intact, and there were also black lines drawn on it.
The witch frowned slightly. She took out the music box and put the coffin back in as she had done before. The bottom of the lake didn't look unusual, but to be on the safe side, she still burned it with hellfire.
Continue west.
By the time the miniature collapse bomb sent to Bai Yutang exploded, Tarona had found 136 big red coffins.
The seventy-six coffins found later contained sixteen middle-aged male corpses, sixteen middle-aged female corpses, sixteen elderly male corpses, sixteen elderly female corpses, six male infant corpses and six female infant corpses.
The witch collected them all into the music box. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Theseus, don't you think... these corpses symbolize a person's life?"
From childhood to old age, from youth to old age, from strength to weakness.
From the moment we are born, we are moving step by step towards our inevitable death. Time cannot be reversed, and the same goes for life and death.
But there are always people who are unwilling to give up. There are always people who try to transcend life and death and become immortal. They also want to possess all the wealth and supreme power in the world. They want it all and are extremely greedy.
People are always like this.
In order to satisfy their own greed, people can sell their souls, abandon their conscience, forget their kindness, and then step by step go deeper into hell.
Is it borrowing life, or... a mutation?
Could it be Prince Xiangyang?
But Xiangyang City was clean and tidy. There was nothing unusual about it except that it was too clean.
If it wasn't Prince Xiangyang, who could it be?
With many questions in mind, Tarona continued to move westward until the morning sun jumped out of the sea level and she did not find any new coffins.
It's time to go back.
…
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang waited for Tarona all night.
They were a little excited and couldn't sleep.
When Tarona returned to the inn, they had already opened the box and looked at the contents. Bai Yuting was passionately scolding Prince Xiangyang, Grand Tutor Pang, and everyone on the list.
No matter you know him or not, just curse him first.
The black cat, whose body had grown larger than that of a tiger or leopard, lay beside the snow-white mouse. Its long tail was pressed against the ground, slightly bent inward, with the tip of its tail facing the left paw of the snow-white mouse.
The scolding became so irritating that the snow-white rat snorted angrily and slapped the tip of the black cat's tail with one claw. It looked like it wanted to beat up all the cowards on the list right away, and even better, tear their heads off!
A scumbag who eats corpses!
This traitorous thief deserves to be killed a thousand times!
The Great Witch came in through the wall, and Zhan Zhao, whose five senses became extremely sharp in this form, was the first to discover her. He rubbed the angry Bai Yutang with the tip of his tail, stood up and nodded to the immortal.
"Meow?"
You are back, did you find what you wanted?
As the black cat's body has grown, its voice has also become deeper. It used to be a little soft, but now it has become a deep cello.
Bai Yutang looked at him and felt more and more that it was unfair.
Why can Zhan Zhao grow so big while he is still so small?
Tarona held him up and said, "You can also transform into a bird."
But it was not the tall and mighty mountain eagle or Saker Falcon as Bai Yuting had imagined, but the soft and cute glutinous rice cake - the silver-throated long-tailed tit.
Bai Yutang: ...
This is not fair!
Tarona coaxed him: "After you become a silver-throated long-tailed tit, you can fly much faster than a kitten, and you can understand what other birds are saying, and you can also let them cooperate with you to do something."
The snow-white mouse blinked its dark eyes, a little hesitantly.
Tarona added: "There's nothing wrong with hamsters. They're small, can go anywhere, and can even become invisible."
Look, this is simply a must-have item for a chivalrous man!
Bai Yutang was coaxed into calming down. He stood on top of Zhan Zhao again, holding his head high and looking very proud.
Zhan Zhao was helpless, lying on the ground with his paws folded, his long tail swinging behind him.
When he saw Madam Jia pick up the list, the heaviness in his heart gradually faded.
With Lady Jia around, these people will get the retribution they deserve.
Tarona had a general idea of who was on the list. There were many people on the forum, and the ones that were different when compared were the difference between worlds.
Putting down the list, she picked up the red invitation that was pressed at the bottom.
Bringing it a little closer, the witch smelled a familiar scent of rotting fruit.
But looking at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, their current form has already heightened their five senses a lot. Logically, they should have been feeling uncomfortable and disgusted, but they didn't react at all, as if they couldn't smell it at all.
What kind of smell can she smell that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, whose five senses have been enhanced to the extreme, cannot smell?
——It is the smell of the soul.
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