fifth form

Chapter 1718 Kun

It is indeed exciting to discover a piece of land in the sea, especially to find traces of human habitation, which will make people imagine more.

"arrive!"

"anyone there?"

As they got closer to a small black island, everyone saw the houses on the island and couldn't help but greet them in advance to avoid offending anyone.

"That lower part of the house doesn't seem to be made of wood?"

"There seems to be no one inside!"

"It looks like it's made of copper and iron!"

"The rumored Mo family mechanical city is several hundred feet in radius. Doesn't this look like it?"

The island was flat and empty, with no flowers, trees or any trace of small animals. There were only countless shells clinging to the island, and the house also made everyone suspicious.

This house is only the size of a toilet in the real world. It uses copper and iron as its foundation and walls, and the upper part is made of paulownia wood.

The constant washing of sea water also reveals patches of verdigris where the shells are attached.

This place doesn't look like anyone lives here. If one tries to force a connection with the Mo family's mechanical city, it would be a bit absurd. After all, no one is so blind. After all, this doesn't look like a city at all.

But if we say that this kind of peculiarly structured house has no connection with Mohism, this seems impossible. After all, there are only a handful of schools that can be built in the sea.

"Although my mechanical bird didn't react much, this house must be related to the Mohist School," Li Shaojun said with a slightly happy expression.

"If it's something from the Mo family, then you have to be careful when you go in!"

Li Shaojun patted the mechanical bird which showed no response and almost wanted to throw away this useless thing.

He was just about to put the mechanical bird away when Gongsun Hong pointed at it and motioned Li Shaojun to throw it into the house to see what happened. Li Shaojun thought about it before throwing it out.

The mechanical bird flapped its wooden wings and hit the house repeatedly, as if someone was knocking on the door with his hand.

There was no response, so everyone immediately got off the wooden boat and stepped onto the island. They began to look around this strange house in the sea, trying to find some relevant clues.

"I don't know where this is. I have never seen this house in this sea area before," said Gongsun Hong.

"You have a high level of cultivation, why don't you open the door and see what's going on inside," Li Shaojun suggested.

"It's no problem to open the door!"

Gongsun Hong nodded.

Even if this was a mechanism room built by the Mohists, Gongsun Hong didn't believe that he would be killed simply by opening the door.

This might be risky, but it certainly wouldn't kill him.

Gongsun Hong took a deep breath, and when he reached the door, he pulled it hard.

"The rusty lock is dead, come and help!"

After pulling repeatedly, Gongsun Hong's old face turned red.

Although Gongsun Hong is old and not a warrior, as a cultivator he is much stronger than an adult man.

At this point, even the door can't be opened, which only proves that the door is stuck.

"You're so useless that you can't even open a door!"

Li Shaojun sneered and looked at Zhang Xuezhou again.

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou didn't move, he had no choice but to go forward and help.

Li Shaojun had to rely on Zhang Xuezhou for food and drink. He felt it was normal for him to bow his head under someone else's eaves. He was not happy to listen to Gongsun Hong's orders, but there was nothing wrong with following Zhang Xuezhou's lead.

"What a broken copper door! It's stuck!"

After Li Shaojun stepped forward and worked together with Gongsun Hong, he couldn't help but grumble after his face turned red, and began to shout for Zhang Xuezhou to come and help.

"If it's locked, don't push it. You might as well just tear off the roof and crawl in!"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the two of them and pointed to the wooden part on the copper wall. This made Gongsun Hong and Li Shaojun curse inwardly, thinking that Zhang Xuezhou had not said it earlier and made them work in vain.

"This wood is soaked in tung oil. It will not rot for thousands of years. It is difficult for ordinary swords to pry it open!"

Gongsun Hong took out his sword and stabbed it, then looked at Li Shaojun.

"What? It's me again?" Li Shaojun asked in surprise.

"This kind of wood is not afraid of wind, sun, rain, and sea water, but it is afraid of fire. It is best to use fire to burn a hole in it," said Gongsun Hong.

"I know that wood is afraid of fire. All kinds of wood are afraid of fire!"

Li Shaojun groaned, took a deep breath, and then stepped on the Seven Stars several times.

"Fire!"

After nearly thirty breaths, a flame rose violently in Li Shaojun's hand.

"This is our Taoist Six Ding Sacred Fire, it can burn anything with precision. If it weren't too powerful to be used for grilling meat, I... Damn, it burned my hand!"

Li Shaojun revealed his cards, so he could only show off proudly.

But within a few seconds, he felt a sharp pain in the palm of his hand, and Li Shaojun quickly soaked his hand in the sea water.

He had great abilities but he was not proficient enough to control them freely, which made Gongsun Hong unable to complain.

Fortunately, Li Shaojun did not brag too much. The paulownia wood was lit by the Liuding Divine Fire and immediately burned rapidly.

Since they couldn't pry open the door, it wouldn't be a big problem to just lift up the roof. If they came across any valuable clues, Gongsun Hong, who was good at water magic, could quickly draw seawater in to extinguish the fire.

"Bah!"

Seeing that part of the roof was burned loose, Gongsun Hong stretched out his hand and pointed, and the sea water was immediately drawn by his magic and gushed up continuously.

“The cultivators in the Divine Power Realm are truly amazing!”

Li Shaojun made a sour comment, and then he quickly compared the spells cast by both parties.

Li Shaojun finally confirmed that even if he had many spells, he could not match Gongsun Hong's speed in casting spells.

If he fell out with Gongsun Hong, the best option for him was to escape immediately. "Please come here, this is indeed the Mo family's mechanical room, and there are many things in it that are difficult to understand!"

The sea water extinguished the flames, and after Gongsun Hong chopped several times with his sword, the scene inside the room was revealed.

"The Mo family's mechanism room is here, which means the mechanism city is likely nearby," said Li Shaojun.

"There should be a connection," Gongsun Hong nodded, "but I don't know what sea area this is. I have never seen this thing in the East China Sea for more than ten years!"

"Maybe there's something wrong with the waves these past two days, revealing the previously submerged areas," Li Shaojun guessed. "This island is treeless, with only these shellfish, which is enough to prove that this is a shallow reef!"

"Your guess is probably correct," Gongsun Hong agreed.

Talking big is one thing, but when it comes to actually using one's brain, people won't joke around.

At once, everyone lifted the roof of the house, revealing everything inside.

The door of this house was locked with copper rust, but the inside was sealed very tightly, and the room was also sealed with fish glue for secondary sealing, so no water entered the room.

There is a metal rod with various streamlined shapes carved on it in the room, and a small square table with yellowed bamboo strips on it.

This inevitably made everyone very happy.

"It doesn't look like there's any trap, we can just go in!"

"They actually left behind bamboo slips. This might point to the Mo family's mechanical city!"

"There are words on it, come and take a look!"

After seeing what was going on in the room, everyone rushed into the room to check.

After Li Shaojun flipped through the bamboo slips, he couldn't help but frowned and called Gongsun Hong and Zhang Xuezhou over.

"This character seems to be the ancient Song Dynasty text!"

“It’s a bit hard to recognize!”

"Dongkun, Dongkun?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Shaojun had some connection with Taoism and learned a little bit of everything, while Gongsun Hong was a great scholar with profound knowledge, and Zhang Xuezhou had also seen a lot.

But when the three of them got together, they felt that it was too difficult to identify the bamboo slips they had obtained.

"I think this movement is easy to understand. It means to move," said Li Shaojun.

"Could it be that Kun is this pole?" Gongsun Hong asked doubtfully.

"I think this character looks like the word for sun, and it probably means the sun," Zhang Xuezhou denied.

"The sun, moon and stars are the easiest characters to recognize in ancient Chinese. This is definitely not the sun." Gongsun Hong said, "There is obviously an extra section below it!"

"But there is another piece next to it," Li Shaojun said, "I think it looks like a fish!"

"Moving fish, I can't read it coherently if you say that!"

"I feel like it should move with the sun. Maybe it will take some time!"

"Move it a little, I think I can find a fish to put in!"

"Move the iron rod!"

The three of them spoke up.

No one had an objection to the movement, but what to move was a puzzle to everyone.

Zhang Xuezhou's waiting for the sun was too slow, Li Shaojun's finding a fish to move was unreasonable, and in the end Gongsun Hong's simple and easy-to-operate Kun prevailed.

"I have never seen an iron rod called Kun!" Li Shaojun said.
"But I can name the iron rod Kun. For example, I can also call this sword Kun Sword. Do you think this is not okay?" Gongsun Hong retorted.

"Go, go, go!"

Li Shaojun responded perfunctorily, then took two steps back and checked the surroundings. After confirming that there were no mechanisms or traps, he signaled Gongsun Hong to continue working.

"This iron bar can't be pried... pried open!"

Gongsun Hong's weak voice was heard again, and Li Shaojun could only step forward to help despite his contempt.

The two men shouted at the same time, and felt that the iron rod was like being inserted deep into the reef, and it would be difficult to pull it out without great force.

This prompted Li Shaojun to call Zhang Xuezhou, who had been contributing little in the way of his work.

"Dah-dah-dah!"

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head and could only roll up his sleeves and do the hard work.

The three of them looked at each other, and then exerted their strength together.

Gongsun Hong was as strong as a man, Li Shaojun used some unknown method to increase his strength in a short period of time, and Zhang Xuezhou looked weak, but his body was quite strong, and he had taken a lot of pills to increase his strength.

The three of them cannot compare with the violent warriors, but when their combined strength reaches over a thousand pounds, it is no problem.

After exhaling and making sounds several times, the iron rod suddenly swayed left and right.

Everyone saw a stream of red blood gushing out from under the iron rod, which made everyone's face change.

Before anyone could let go, a loud bang came from under the island.

In a short period of time, this island covered with shells sank directly into the sea, and then quickly started sailing like a speedboat.

"Yes...Gulu!"

"Kun of the North Sea!"

"The Mohists tamed the Kun as a seafaring vehicle!"

The crazy sea water poured in from the roof, surging with the pressure of the sea water.

Gongsun Hong widened his eyes. When Li Shaojun shouted, he also mentioned an incredible creature. Then a rope quickly wrapped around his waist and tied Li Shaojun himself to the iron rod.

Zhang Xuezhou quickly activated the water avoidance technique.