Adventure Code

Chapter 434 Dream Prophecy (6)

As soon as the black box was opened, I immediately smelled a strange smell from the tip of my nose, like the smell of medicine, and also like some kind of mineral smell. When I took a closer look, I saw that the black box contained a box of white The powdery substance, with a dozen lights, still looks shiny.

"What is this?"

Machete said: "Mica powder."

I said: "I heard that it can be used as medicine, it seems that it is a medicinal material for alchemy."

Machete glanced at it, then closed the box and put it back, saying, "It's already expired."

I couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional, and said, "You know all about this, you have a lot of experience."

Scimitar continued to open other boxes, and said as he opened, "I grew up in a Taoist temple. Medicine and Taoism are not separated, and I know all Chinese medicinal materials." He opened several boxes in a row, and there were some The medicinal materials that are ground into powder are obviously unusable.

I found that he kept opening the boxes, but he didn't touch the gourds. He didn't seem to be interested in the gourds, so I picked up the nearest one and planned to open them to see if there were any pills inside like in the TV series.

Unexpectedly, just as I was about to open it, the scimitar shouted: "Don't move!"

I paused, looked at him, and motioned for him to give an explanation.

The machete pushed my hand, beckoning me to put the gourd back, and explained the reason to me.

These gourds may not contain pills, but may be other things. In ancient alchemy, there are a lot of dross, and many pills are even made by liars.There have been several times in history when Taoism was prevalent. Those in power were obsessed with the longevity technique, swallowed golden elixir, and acted up and down, making many liars or half-baked people use the reputation of alchemists to eat and drink, and even developed some so-called 'elixir' by themselves. square'.

In order to achieve the novelty-hunting effect, all kinds of strange things will appear in the formula, and even many things are poisonous.

Therefore, this kind of gourd is not only used to hold elixir, but sometimes it is also used to hold poisonous and volatile things, and even some poisonous insects.Some poisonous things lose their effectiveness over time, but some don't.The two of us don't have a protective shield on our head and face at the moment, so it's not suitable to open these sealed gourds casually.

After hearing his explanation, I put the gourd back. Thinking of those emperors and generals in history who swallowed gold and took pills, and died unexpectedly, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "To be able to govern a country and manage a party should not be stupid. Where are you going? You said that the princes and nobles in ancient times couldn’t figure it out and ran to eat something that was similar to poison? You said that the Taoist priests who made alchemy here back then didn’t know whether they made it for themselves or for their masters. , instead of refining some kind of elixir, it is better to take the Bone Grass directly."

Machete looked through one side of the grid, but found nothing of value, so he turned his head and walked towards the middle, and said as he walked, "The regeneration time of Bone Grass is too short and unpredictable. If you eat it directly, you must guard it yourself." That said, those princes and nobles are not really stupid, most of them are half-believing and dubious, and will not deliberately squat for this. As for this alchemy Taoist himself... I am also surprised, if it were me, I would choose to eat Bone Grass directly."

I said: "Maybe these Taoist priests are not the same as our pursuit. Let's eat some bone-grass and prolong life. If you live to be a hundred years old, you will be satisfied as an old birthday star. They probably really want to refine it and eat a bite. The elixir that soars in the daytime."

Scimitar walked and said, "Do you believe in this kind of elixir?"

I said: "I have a brain problem to believe it. My elder brother is engaged in scientific research! At least I graduated from university and received a materialist education. I am a firm materialist. What kind of ghosts do I believe in?"

Scimitar heard the words, his gray pupils glanced at me, and said, "Who said two days ago that he was stalked by a female ghost and wanted to break up?"

I choked and felt a little aggrieved: "Can you not mention this?"

Machete said: "You also think this matter is unscientific?"

This kid, why didn't I find out that he still likes to argue before?I was about to tell him that unknown things do not mean idealism, but before I could speak, I saw a big guy appearing at the end of the light.

Alchemy furnace!
A black and blue alchemy furnace!
It's not the same as what I dreamed in my dream, even much bigger.

This made me subconsciously relieved, indicating that the dream I had last night was not correct, and there was no past and present life, probably after the machete told me, because I kept thinking about it before going to bed, I was subconsciously disturbed. Because of the influence, I had a similar dream.

When Machete heard my breathing, he turned his head and glanced at me, said nothing, then turned his gaze back to the alchemy furnace in front of him.

Directly in front of us, there is a square pit, about two meters high, with stone steps built on all sides to go down.

And the alchemy furnace in front of us is placed in this pit, the three legs are about one meter above the ground, and the tripod body is about three meters high, which adds up to at least four meters.

The whole alchemy furnace is blue and black, divided into upper and lower layers, in the shape of a pagoda, which is similar to the structure of a general alchemy furnace. The lower layer has a big belly, which is used to control the fire. There are three round door furnaces, and the upper layer is under the belly, which is in the shape of a pagoda. , used to refine medicine and congeal pills.

But the common alchemy furnaces are all about one meter long, and the larger ones are two meters long, and no matter how big they are, they are not practical at all.

The exaggerated big alchemy furnace in the TV series is all for dramatic effect.

But I didn't expect that there would be a pill furnace nearly four meters high in front of me.

At what time, two questions popped up in my mind.

One: How to use such a tall alchemy furnace?
Two: The entrance of the cave we came in is about two meters high, and how did the four-meter-high alchemy furnace come in?

Are there other entrances and exits here?I shook the flashlight to look around, but still couldn't see the head, so I don't know if there are other entrances and exits.

Seeing the scimitar staring at the pill furnace without blinking, I said: "It's completely different from what I dreamed about last night. It seems that I don't have any past and present lives. What about you? This pill furnace is the same as the one in your dream." It is the same?"

As soon as I finished asking, I realized something was wrong with the scimitar.

He held the knife at his waist with one hand, and grasped the handle very hard. I could even hear his breathing becoming quicker, as if he was extremely excited.

(End of this chapter)