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Chapter 111: Male Copper Female Copper and the Core of the Four Boundaries Mechanism

Five seconds left.

The four-realm mechanism was about to be activated, and the leader of the Lijin Sect on it was almost insane.

The messenger of the Zuo family was killed!
He clearly saw the battle below.

The entire battle, from the initial assembly of the mechanical division to the death of the Zuo family envoy, took only a few tens of seconds.

So many things happened in just a few dozen seconds, which made it seem a little unreal to him.

Yes, even though he was in the fourth realm, he was a little frightened at this moment, and even felt that what was happening was an illusion.

A second realm, at first it was just a second realm...

The warrior of the second realm faced dozens of second realm mechanical masters and three third realm mechanical masters. He broke through in the battle and hacked them all to death.

Next, there were four third-realm divine generals and a third-realm wizard.

This is a child of aristocratic family.

The skills and techniques they mastered, as well as the rare treasures they consumed, were absolutely beyond the reach of an ordinary immortal sect like his.

From the martial arts of those divine generals, their terrifyingly strong golden bodies, and their ability to call upon divine thunder, it can be seen that their combat power is far stronger than those of the third-level mechanical masters.

If that divine thunder was fully brewed and hit the target, it might even kill an ordinary person in the fourth realm.

The result is still the same.

This person... reversed the divine thunder.

What exactly is his background? A warrior? And he is also proficient in thunder magic?
Could it be that they practiced both Taoism and martial arts? Could they be disciples of the Zixiao Palace in Mount Taihe? They practiced both Taoism and martial arts, and had three unique skills: boxing, sword, and thunder.

But it doesn't match. Zixiao Palace practices Tai Chi, Dan swordsmanship, and Qingwei Shenlie Thunder Method, which are obviously not the same as this person's. The thunder method he displayed clearly had a dragon shadow, so it must be dragon thunder. The weapon in his hand was not a sword, but a knife.

Are there any schools that are good at swordsmanship and thunder magic?

It seems to have.

But there was no time to think, the man was coming towards him.

He is only at the third realm and is now seriously injured. As long as I activate the mechanism, I can easily kill him.

but……

I thought so the previous two times.

Is it really possible? Can it really be done?

The first time, he thought it would work. The second time, he thought it should work...

But now, for the third time, it's his turn.

He began to doubt.

Fear? Not really. After all, it was the Third Realm. It was hard for him to feel fear for the Third Realm from the bottom of his heart.

It's just... a little weak.

As soon as he thought of this, Master Li Jinmen suddenly slapped himself in the face.

You useless thing, still thinking about these things when the time comes!
Now that you have decided to take action, even if you have a thousand concerns, you cannot hesitate. Even if the other party is really a true disciple of the great immortal sect, he must die here!

The mechanism is activated and energy runs through heaven and earth!
The huge mountain of mechanical devices, connected to the earth veins, is like a pillar standing tall against the sky. With the hard work of Li Jinmen in these years of transformation, it has already taken root.

A mountain is not a big rock standing on the ground.

Mountains must have roots. These roots grow underground, connecting to the earth's veins and linking to the water veins, allowing the mountain to stand tall on the earth without falling down with a push.

The original remains of this machine fell from the sky and were inserted into the ground, without any "foundation" to speak of.

But since its establishment, Lijinmen has been working hard both above and below ground, connecting with the weather above and connecting with the earth's energy below, just to make this "mountain gate" a part of heaven and earth in a true sense.

They haven't been completely successful yet, but they can already use the power of the earth veins to greatly reduce the cost of activating this giant mechanism, as well as the power of the mechanism itself.

Now that the gods have left, the earth veins themselves are dead and will not flow.

However, within the Divine Dynasty, a grand ceremony is held in Yangjing every year, using the 'Temple of Heaven' to promote the circulation of the energy of heaven and earth within the entire Divine Dynasty and the flow of the four seasons. Therefore, within the Divine Dynasty, heaven and earth are in a state of 'almost being alive'.

This makes it convenient for this giant mechanism.

Gao Jian could clearly see that the Mountain of Machinery had caused a strong earthquake.

The ground began to shake, and "solid tsunamis" were generated on those parts.

The reason why it is called a solid tsunami is that under the vibration caused by the activation of the mechanism, the parts laid on the ground were shaken up and rolled outward in circles.

Gao Jian suddenly leaped up, jumping and weaving through the solid tsunamis that were rushing towards him.

The ground was surging like waves, and Gao Jian nimbly jumped over the waves of parts that were rushing towards him.

He was very fast and could jump over three or four waves every second and move forward dozens of meters.

The mechanism is also very fast and is charging at the fastest speed.

Five seconds are up.

The mechanism has been activated.

Gao Jian also arrived at the foot of the mechanism.

He raised his head and looked at the "mountain" that was thousands of meters high. It was made entirely of mechanisms.

The activated Four Realms Mechanism was truly terrifying. That kind of power made Gao Jian feel that he was completely helpless with his current means.

All attacks are ineffective against the opponent, and all means are difficult to break through the outermost layer of defense.

If he were really asked to face a complete four-realm mechanism, I'm afraid he would be helpless.

There is no way to escape, no solution, nothing that can be done.

But... fortunately, from the very beginning, Gao Jian knew that the possibility of his victory was here.

In fact, he had been trying to get close to this mechanism from the beginning and was waiting for it to be activated.

At this point, he is confident of victory and the puzzle of victory has been completed.

He couldn't activate the mechanism by himself.

In fact, he has to wait until the other party has finished starting before he can come up.

However, we cannot let the other party attack directly after the start, because after the start, Gao Jian can be killed in one blow.

Timing is very important. The moment after starting but before attacking is what Gao Jian wants.

And the timing now is just right.

The mechanism was activated, but the first strike was not made.

Thinking of this, Gao Jian gently placed his hand on the surface.

Suddenly, the surroundings suddenly became... quiet.

The machinery was at a standstill.

The mind of Sect Leader Li Jin also came to a standstill.

He had only one thought in his mind at this moment.

what happened?

Why didn't the agency respond to him? !
His life's work was this institution, why? Why didn't this institution respond to him?

He even forgot his fear, forgot that he was in danger, and forgot that the Four Realms Mechanism was completely out of control.

At this moment, his mind was filled with the word "why", and everything else was beyond his ability to think.

He never thought this would happen.

The mechanism he built with his own hands would go out of control. His hard work no longer belonged to him at this moment. He could even feel that the power of this mechanism was exploding, as if it was... self-destructing?
He slumped on the ground, wanting only answers.

At the same time, Gao Jian dragged his seriously injured body and began to climb the mountain.

You can see that as he started climbing the mountain, the mountain began to 'die'.

With each level climbed, the energy source of this layer of the mountain will be cut off, and the mechanical structures inside will completely stop functioning, which will manifest as "lights going out" layer by layer.

With every level Gao Jian climbed, the lights on the mountain went out.

Gradually, with his footsteps, this giant machine slowly died and slowly lost power. It had just been started with great difficulty, but now it could no longer light up.

Such a scene can be clearly seen even dozens of miles away.

The battle scene just now was naturally spread out. It was estimated that someone would come here soon, right? When that time came, it was most likely that other forces of the Zuo family and local government officials would come.

However, judging from the way the Zuo family's envoy urged the Four Realms Mechanism to take action, it would probably not be able to arrive within a few minutes, otherwise he would not be so anxious.

So Gao Jian is not urgent.

To be honest, he couldn't be impatient.

Being pierced by thunder, the injury was indeed serious.

Fortunately, he has reached the third realm and opened his two acupoints. Gao Jian's self-healing ability is quite terrifying now. Even with such an injury, although it may take several days to recover, if he only wants to regain the ability to move, a quarter of an hour is enough.

This quarter of an hour was just enough for him to clean up the mess.

Gao Jian climbed the mountain step by step.

About five minutes later, he reached the top of the mountain.

On the top of the mountain, Sect Master Li Jin looked at Gao Jian.

To be honest, with his cultivation level of the fourth realm, plus some portable devices he carried on his body, there was no way Gao Jian could win in a battle with him.

The cultivation level of the fourth realm is there. Even if half of his life's efforts have been wasted, Gao Jian could not be his opponent relying solely on his cultivation level and the bits and pieces on his body.

But he did not attack. Instead, he looked at Gao Jian seriously, with the fire of a cultivator flashing in his eyes.

It was not the intrigue of being the leader of the Lijin Sect, nor was it the greed and stinginess of being the leader of a faction, nor was it the fear or desperate struggle of a dying person.

That is... the fire of hearing the truth in the morning and dying in the evening.

"How did you do it?" asked the leader of the Lijin Sect, his voice a little hoarse.

He wanted to know so badly.

How could this warrior in front of him take control of this mechanism away from him?

Gao Jian smiled and shook his head: "I won't tell you."

"Why?! What's the harm in telling me?" Sect Master Li Jin's tone became anxious.

"Because you are a bad person, I don't want to fulfill your last wish." Gao Jian said sternly.

This is the truth.

"I don't understand. You should be able to see the situation below. I never ask for more from the people below me, and I never impose excessive taxes or levies. How can I not be a good person?" Sect Master Li Jin didn't understand.

"Have you ever fed stray cats and dogs?" Gao Jian suddenly asked.

Sect Master Li Jin shook his head. He did not understand what Gao Jian meant.

Gao Jianze began to explain: "Cats and dogs are the kind of creatures that will come around if you feed them something casually."

"As long as you keep feeding the cats and dogs in the same place for a month, you will see stray cats and dogs running around. At that time, you can just pick one that catches your eye and kill the rest. This way you don't have to go to the pet store and buy some."

"So what?" Sect Master Li Jin still didn't quite understand.

"Treat people like wild dogs, use this garbage dump to lure them over, select the 'disciples' you need, and destroy the rest as consumables, right?" Gao Jian pointed to the ruins below.

This is actually what Master Lijin did.

Can’t Master Li Jin take over these garbage dumps?

Obviously this is not the case. He even deliberately placed the garbage dump here and dumped it in this place so as to attract stray cats and dogs.

A steady stream of stray dogs were attracted here, and he would choose the ones he liked to bring into the Immortal Gate.

As for the rest...

It must have some other use.

"..." Sect Master Li Jin was silent for a while, then explained: "It's your will to choose a disciple, can you blame me for this?"

Gao Jian continued:
"They are all children. You only allow children to pick up trash here. Is it because you need children to maintain your mechanism? I see that you use a lot of copper and copper here."

With just one sentence, he revealed the actions and cover-ups of Sect Leader Li Jin.

At noon on the Bingwu day of May, pound five stones of stone and take out the copper.

The five stones are realgar, cinnabar, orpiment, alum stone, and malachite. All of them are powdered, bathed in the Jinhua Pool, and then put into the six-one divine furnace. They are made by burning cinnamon wood, and the copper is refined with hard charcoal. Boys and girls are asked to enter the fire, and the male copper is the male, and the female copper is the female. The number of soil is taken to ward off water spirits.

To know whether copper is male or female, you should ask boys and girls to pour water on copper. When the copper is in the fire and facing red, the copper will separate into two parts. The convex part is male copper, and the concave part is female copper. Carve the name of each part. When entering the water, the male one should be on the left and the female one on the right. However, when taking a boat and not wading through water, the male one should be on the sunny day and the female one on the cloudy day.

Because it can repel water, if you bring it into a river or lake, dragons, giant fish and water spirits will not dare to approach.

This is a method to ward off water.

Using boys and girls to refine male and female copper, even though they were not used directly as raw materials but were just asked to fetch copper from the furnace, but... the casualties were obviously not small.

This is the foundation of Lijinmen.

A large number of young children are not only used as outer disciples to pick up garbage, but also as consumables for refining male and female copper.

They needed to go into the furnace and pick up male and female bronzes. During this process, it was not uncommon for them to be burned to death by the furnace.

"So, you are a bad guy, just die with your hopes." Gao Jian showed the rusty knife and walked towards him.

The expression of the Lijin Sect Master also darkened: "Even if I can't use the mechanism, I am still far stronger than you."

"Really?" Gao Jian smiled and said, "Who told you that your opponent is mine?"

After saying that——

Suddenly, the energy of this giant mechanism was mobilized!

The target is, Master Li Jin!

This giant machine rumbled! An invisible wave came, without any aftershocks or any particularly loud sound...

The leader of Lijin Sect was blown to pieces.

The mechanical masters of the four realms were executed!

Then, a voice came from the agency: "Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

This voice was the first time Gao Jian heard it, but it was very familiar.

This is the sound of cinnabar.

Here's why!
The answer that Master Li Jinmen couldn't figure out no matter how hard he tried, the answer that he wanted to get even if he died with his eyes open, was actually that simple.

You know, the core of the mechanism can be controlled by the "beast soul"! (See Chapter 99 for details)

Gao Jian had already figured out that the remains of the Lijin Gate were the remains of a dragon-shaped mechanism!

Beast souls can control beast-shaped mechanisms, and dragon souls, of course, can control dragon-shaped mechanisms!

At this moment, what Gao Jian did was to use the real dragon soul to push the wreckage of the mechanism!

Cinnabar has left Gao Jian's mind and entered the "core" of this dragon-shaped mechanism!
Moreover, the reason why Gao Jian knew the answer also surfaced.

The clues are all clearly visible.

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