In other words, the bronze tripod where Yunwen and I are now is actually in a pool full of fox corpses. I immediately vomited and wanted to vomit out all the food. Could it be more disgusting?
However, Yunwen did not seem to feel anything unusual about the things in the pool beside her. Instead, she stared at the pot held in Lao Hui's hand. At this moment, the moonlight was bright, and I could see that Yunwen's eyes were full of terror and fear. She held my hand tightly, as if her soul would be taken away by someone in the next moment.
I couldn't help but ask, "What is that? I seem to have seen it in the murals. It should be one of the remaining seven treasures, right?"
She clenched my hand. Although her fingers were tender, my knuckles couldn't help but crackle when she clenched it. To be honest, it did hurt a little, but for the sake of my face, I didn't cry out. I just knew that this thing had a huge psychological trauma on her, otherwise when she pinched me like this, I should have felt the force and pain. After all, the action of force is mutual.
"Yes, it was indeed the treasure that appeared in the cave, but it is completely different from the supreme treasure [Golden Palace] that is extremely strong and yang, controls the eight qi, and harmonizes to create auspiciousness. This thing has been recorded in the Heavenly Fragments. It is a brutal thing left by a mysterious witch tribe in ancient times. It is extremely evil and weird, and people are terrified when talking about it. I didn't expect it to exist, but I didn't expect to see it in real life." Yunwen said.
"Can it devour human souls? But such things as souls do not exist in materialism. Since they do not exist, we should talk about those horrific legends about them," I said.
"Have you ever thought about why Senior Li Zihu didn't drink the elixir himself, but let his servant, the old ape named Fusheng, drink it? Besides, he clearly found a way to achieve immortality, so why didn't he take it back to present it to the emperor, complete his mission, and reunite with his wife and children to enjoy family life? Can you understand the terrible details in this?" Yunwen looked at me, shaking all over.
I have indeed thought about these questions, but I feel that I should not be able to guess Li Mufeng's approach. In addition, he also wrote a book called "Collection of Decadence", which shows that he has long regarded his life as a decadent life. He can only complain but dare not do anything else. This is indeed very strange. I believe that if he wants to go back, he can definitely go back. The fact that the emperor can send imperial edicts here shows that there is a way of contact.
Why, even though you have succeeded, do you still feel that your life is wasted and are unwilling to live longer to enjoy immortality?
I had a vague sense of uneasiness in my heart, and I always felt that the answer from Yunwen would make me question my life.
Yunwen held my hand and looked at me seriously, her eyes filled with extreme uneasiness. I don't know if it was because she was shivering from the cold in the water, or because she was already frightened by the truth she knew. She said in a trembling voice: "This thing is called [Erosion], and it has an even uglier name, called the Corpse Refining Bottle!"
My head was buzzing. I thought of many terrible things, but when I heard the name, I felt goosebumps all over my body.
"Corpse refining bottle? So the way the gorilla survives is by refining corpses?" I was a little afraid to ask.
But now Yunwen and I are trapped in this place that looks like a coffin prepared for the two of us. What's so strange about a corpse? This corpse refining theory is probably true.
Only now do I understand the meaning of Yunwen's words "the ape tribe... the nine evil spirits return to one, and the yin lives gather" when she was in a daze in the tunnel that day. That should be the explanation of the Yinshi Pot in the Tiancan Scroll. No wonder Yunwen looked dull at that time. It was not until many days later that everyone forgot about those things because they were having fun.
As we finished speaking, several gorillas had already started dancing with strange movements around us, while the four-armed white ape and the giant gorilla were close to us on the left and right. Lao Hui passed them and came to the edge of the cliff. He kowtowed to the moon with his arms open, and placed the pot on the edge of the cliff, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, being extremely respectful.
As the pot emitted a dark green ghost fire, I also smelled a pungent smell of phosphorus. I thought that the stove must have been filled with a lot of human bones, animal bones, etc. Now that it was opened and mixed with the air, it had the effect of spontaneous combustion.
However, I was soon slapped in the face. As the ghost fire in the pot grew stronger, our entire pool began to emit green flames. I was stunned at once, and the fox corpses under the water began to burn rapidly. It was the first time in my life that I saw fire in water?
The dark green fire was very strange. It immediately jumped onto my body and burned me. Yunwen immediately took off her clothes and helped me to beat the flames, trying to put them out, but soon the clothes she used to beat them also caught fire. She was so scared that she quickly threw them away.
Two big gorillas stood on each side to prevent Yunwen and I from escaping from the altar!
The fire still spread over the entire bronze tripod. I felt a burning sensation all over my body and my skin was sizzling. This ghostly green ghost fire even got into my internal organs and burned my internal organs, making my whole body hot. I tried hard to get rid of it, but the fire burned more and more fiercely.
Am I going to be refined into a corpse like this?
I have also heard of this legend. It was told to me by my grandma when I was a child. It said that there was a kind of people who specialized in eating humans and would eat living people. It was said that if a person was burned to death by a ghost fire, some fine crystals would be left behind, which could prolong one's life if eaten. These crystals were very different from the relics mentioned in Buddhism. They were not precious things that people who had achieved great virtue often obtained through practice, cultivating a good body, and staying away from greed, anger, and ignorance after being burned by fire.
It is a horrible refining method that burns people alive. It is said that "If you can refine the soul and get rid of the three corpses, you will see me, the Emperor of Heaven, in the future." After getting rid of the three corpses, the essence left behind is directly consumed. There is also a saying that it is the crystals formed after directly burning the body's essence, energy, and even the three souls and seven spirits, which will definitely be very nourishing if eaten.
The gorillas danced more and more violently, and Yunwen's body began to catch fire and emit a foul stench. We all struggled.
The sounds of the gorillas yelling and screaming can be heard everywhere. They are excited, howling, restless and crazy!
Yunwen and I could only scream loudly in the Western Zhou Ding as the pain became more and more severe.
Before my brain was burned, I knew that the only way to have the last hope was to calm down. My death was not a pity, but I couldn't bear to see Yunwen suffer.
"Zhou Bo, see you in the next life! I hope we can go to a better place together. I haven't had time to give you the linen clothes I knitted for you before. When we get there, I will definitely knit many more for you..." Yunwen said sadly.
The fire was spreading, but I calmed down and analyzed the situation. Then it occurred to me that corpses were often placed in this cauldron, so there must be a lot of corpse oil. That's why there would be fire in the water. It was not a strange thing. I was just stunned by these mysterious phenomena.
That [Yin Xie] sounds evil, but it may just use a special combustion method, or emit white phosphorus in the air. In that case, I just need to break its formation.
"Yunwen, listen to me. Next, I will create a commotion and you will take the opportunity to jump down from the front and crawl under the bronze. Don't come out easily." I said.
"No! Since we have to die, let's die together. I don't want to live without you!" Yunwen cried.
"Silly girl, who said we are going to die? Just listen to me. I have a way to make them suffer the consequences of their actions." I said.
"Really?" Yunwen asked.
"There's no time, listen to me." I shouted.
Then I pulled out the corpse of the nine-tailed fox and threw it to the giant gorilla next to me, and said to the nine-tailed fox in my heart, "I'm sorry, beautiful fox fairy, I had no choice."
The giant gorilla suddenly screamed and dodged in fear. I took the opportunity to push Yunwen away and let her drop the bronze tripod, and then I jumped down too.
The gorillas immediately rushed towards me. I took advantage of the green fire still burning on my body to scare them. They could not move forward or backward. I immediately broke through the siege and rushed to the edge of the cliff. I pounced on Lao Hui and took the opportunity to grab the [Erosion]. With a fierce cover, all the ghost fires in the field were extinguished in an instant. At the same time, I wrestled with Lao Hui. Soon, I used my fighting skills and used the "guillotine" in fighting with my arms on its neck...