"Hey! What kind of treasure is this? It works immediately." Wang Kaixuan looked at the porcelain bottle in Ding Sitian's hand with shining eyes, not even caring about the disappearance of the stone wall.
He thinks this thing is so awesome!
If you can get someone close to you, it will be safer to go to the grave in the future.
Ding Sitian didn't hide it, and gave the answer directly: "This is the awakening incense. It can't be dealt with by too powerful illusions. It can only be dealt with at this level, just like you touching Captain Jin's red box." Miaoxinwan is almost the same."
"Honglian Miaoxin Pills?" Wang Kai turned his head to look at Hu Bayi and asked, "Old Hu, do you know this thing? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"One sentence reveals your uneducated nature." After Hu Bayi habitually insulted him, he explained: "This Honglian Miaoxin Pill is a secret medicine prepared by the ancestors who touched gold in the old days. It has been lost for many years. It is said that it can neutralize the corpse poison in the ancient tomb, but I haven’t heard that it can also break the illusion?"
He looked at Ding Sitian and said the next words. He heard this statement in a novel way, and felt like he had learned new knowledge.
"Strictly speaking, it is not a cracking of illusions, but the medicinal properties of Hongxian Miaoxin Pills can resist mild hallucinations." Ding Sitian explained.
"That's it..." Hu Bayi immediately understood what was going on.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan looked at the porcelain bottle in Ding Sitian's hand and suddenly asked: "The awakening fragrance of Moon Gate?"
If Ding Sitian hadn't mentioned her name, he really wouldn't have recognized it as Xingshenxiang.
To the people of the Moon Sect, this thing is, as Ding Sitian said, the same iconic item as the Red Coat Miaoxin Pill that touched Captain Jin.
It can be said that being able to take out this awakening incense is equivalent to telling them the identity of Ding Sitian's successor to the Moon Gate.
Speaking of which, Moon Gate and Xiling have a very deep connection. Let’s not mention the long past events. In his uncle’s generation alone, there was a red girl who placed incense in Changsheng Mountain. She was also his uncle’s right-hand man at that time. With.
That's why Chen Ziyan asked this question, because it represents his attitude towards Ding Sitian in the future.
Ding Sitian smiled at Chen Ziyan and nodded: "Yes, Moon Gate."
Ding Sitian was not surprised that Chen Ziyan recognized the source of what she had learned. She was prepared when she took out the Awakening Incense.
It’s not that she knows the relationship between Moon Gate and Xiling, but she knows the significance of the Awakening God Incense. As long as the power has not cut off its inheritance, it can determine its sect’s inheritance through this object.
To be honest, she was a little puzzled that Hu Bayi didn't recognize him. This was not the behavior of an orthodox golden heir.
"Moon Gate...could it be the origin of Gu Cai's magic?" Hu Bayi heard some of the conversation between the two and thought of something in this regard.
Chen Ziyan nodded: "It's the one you thought of."
He knew that apart from Feng Shui and military skills, Hu Bayi was half-assed in everything else, so he wasn't surprised at all.
"I didn't expect, Sitian, that you would have such an opportunity to get the inheritance of Moon Gate." Hu Bayi said with emotion.
He had heard his grandfather mention that in those days, the Moon Gate became famous because of the heirs of that generation.
Wang Kaixuan was confused and bored, so he interrupted: "Can we first tell you what happened just now? I'm still confused until now."
Now he thought about the stone wall.
Hearing his words, Chen Ziyan and the others stopped talking. There will be plenty of opportunities to talk about the Moon Gate in the future, but now the things in front of them are more important.
Chen Ziyan looked at Wang Kaixuan and asked with a smile: "Fat man, do you still remember what I said just now that the stone wall will move with your sight?"
"Remember." Wang Kaixuan opened his mouth and replied.
Hearing this, Chen Ziyan showed a mysterious smile and said slowly: "Actually, I lied to you, I didn't see this at all."
"Ah? You lied to us?" Wang Kaixuan exclaimed in shock and said in disbelief: "How is this possible!"
You know, it's not just him, everyone present has personally verified this.
Why is it fake now?
Hu Bayi also looked puzzled: "Yes, Mr. Chen, we all saw it with our own eyes. Even if the stone wall is an illusion, it shouldn't be fake because it can move."
Chen Ziyan explained with a smile: "Actually, I felt something was wrong at the beginning, but I didn't think about the problem for a while. It wasn't until later that I discovered that I was different from the stone wall you saw, and then I finally settled on my idea. After testing it out, I thought of a way to verify whether it was an illusion."
Hu Bayi thought thoughtfully: "So Mr. Chen, your method is to tell us something that didn't happen and see if it will come true?"
"That's right." Chen Ziyan nodded and continued: "Do you still remember when I said the stone wall looked like a whole piece of stone, and Fatty said it looked like an ancient city wall?"
Hu Ba nodded: "Remember."
He didn't pay much attention to this at the time, thinking that Chen Ziyan had made a mistake.
Now that I think about it, something is really wrong.
Chen Ziyan said: "At first I just vaguely felt something was wrong, but it was this incident that really made me wary."
"Because after listening to what the fat man said, I found that the stone wall I saw began to change to the way he described it. I speculated that this might be an illusion reflecting the subconscious, so I deliberately told you that the stone wall would follow the line of sight. The purpose of moving is to completely confirm the guess in my heart.”
Hu Bayi probably understood what Chen Ziyan wanted to express, and said: "So, this stone wall is a reflection of our subconscious, so it will change according to our thoughts."
But then he had new doubts: "But this doesn't make sense. If this is our subconscious projection, how come everyone except you sees the same stone walls, and we also see yours together?" The stick went through the stone wall."
Hearing Hu Bayi's question, Chen Ziyan explained the explanation he came up with: "I have thought about these too, and I can barely come up with an answer."
"First of all, let me talk about the fact that the hallucinations we see are the same. In fact, it is not just me who is different. If you compare with each other, you will find that in fact, the stone walls we all see are different. It is just that the concept of stone wall, coupled with the ancient The influence of factors such as tombs and time, so the hallucination content you see will be similar."
This is a very simple truth, but no one has figured out the key to it, so it confuses everyone.
Now that Chen Ziyan was so exposed, others immediately understood what was going on.
After Chen Ziyan gave them some time to react, he continued: "As for the short stick passing through the stone wall later, this is because this illusion is very clever. It not only creates an illusion, but also makes everything in front of us illusory. Mixed with reality, that’s why this happens.”
Although he didn't know whether his idea was completely correct, this was the most likely explanation he could think of.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan saw Shirley Yang and Ding Sixian who were thinking behind them, and then he remembered that there were two experts present.
Anyone who knows anything knows that people from the Moon Gate may be good at many things, but the one they are best at must be illusions.
Needless to say, Shirley Yang, the descendant of Mountain Moving, is best at cracking traps.
As soon as he thought of it, he took action. Chen Ziyan immediately looked at the two of them: "Ladies, what do you think of this?"
Shirley Yang and Ding Sitian were both thinking about things. They didn't expect that the finger of blame would suddenly be pointed at them. Neither of them could react immediately. It took them a while to understand what happened.
The two women looked at each other, and then Ding Sitian spoke first and told her discovery: "I feel that it is too easy to deal with, something is wrong. You have to know the illusion that can make me fall into the trap without knowing it. It shouldn’t be cracked so easily.”
This was something she didn't understand.
It may be said that it was because it was too long ago that the efficacy of the originally arranged medicine was reduced, but the fact that they were not aware of it shows that the effectiveness of the medicine was not lost too much.
But such an illusion that she couldn't understand for the time being could be broken so easily. It was unreasonable no matter how you put it.
How should I put it, it felt like... teasing to her?
At this moment, Shirley Yang suddenly pointed to the cave wall next to her and said, "This should be the culprit that caused us to fall into hallucinations."
Everyone looked over and saw that she had dug a small hole in the cave wall, revealing what was hidden inside.
It was a translucent gel-like ball with a triangular delicate pouch inside.
Although she did not participate in the discussion just now, Shirley Yang was not idle either. She followed the method taught by her grandfather, Partridge Whistle, and successfully found this hidden illusion mechanism in the cave wall.
The first time Ding Sitian saw the kit, she had to hold her breath.
But Shirley Yang stopped her, pointed to the bottom of the colloidal ball and said, "It's okay, the effect of the medicine inside should have dissipated."
Then she pointed the flashlight at that place and saw that there was a metal tray at the bottom of the gel ball. There was obviously a mechanism on the tray. At this time, a steel needle connected to the tray had already removed the gel. The ball is punctured.
Obviously, this weird-looking gel ball is a sealing vessel.
As she got closer, Shirley Yang took out her dagger and after a few tests under the small hole, she successfully found a thin metal tube connected to the metal tray. There was no doubt that this was also part of the mechanism in front of her.
Going all the way down the metal pipe, Shirley Yang soon made a two-finger-wide groove on the cave wall, and this groove extended to a place under their feet before stopping.
At the end of the groove is a metal piece buried in the ground. This metal piece is about ten centimeters long. The upper and lower sides are made of metal discs, and the connecting part is a dark brown gelatinous substance.
When things got to this point, the mechanism that had just caused them to fall into hallucinations was completely displayed in front of them.
The principle of this mechanism is actually very simple. It is a set of mechanisms that are activated according to pressure.
When someone walks into this area, the overall pressure exerted on the ground will press the metal parts underground. The metal parts receiving the pressure will conduct the air stored inside through the thin metal tubes, thus pushing the steel under the pallet. The needle punctures the sealed vessel, releasing the hallucinogenic drug stored inside.
"It seems very simple now, but it is hard to prevent. It is really a powerful method!" After understanding this, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but sigh.
The technical content of this mechanism is not very high, but without prior knowledge, it is estimated that nine out of ten people will fall into this trap.
At least with the methods they used, there was no way to detect it.
Hu Bayi thought of another question: "Now it is basically certain that this mechanism was left by the senior who built the Fish Bone Temple, but why did he leave such a time-consuming and labor-intensive mechanism in the hole where he entered the tomb? Where is the agency?"
He found it very confusing and could not guess the other party's purpose at all.
Although the principle of this mechanism is not very complicated, it is still a delicate job to arrange it without leaving any trace.
If the other party is trying to stop latecomers, then why not deploy some violent poisons? Wouldn't the effect be better?
This is only the outer scope of the robbery cave. With such an arrangement, no one knows what the other party has set up inside.
If they couldn't figure it out, Hu Bayi thought it might be better for them to dig another hole.
Not only Hu Bayi, Chen Ziyan also has this idea now.
He realized that something unexpected had happened in this robbery hole. There was no such thing in the original plot.
"Sitian!"
At this moment, Hu Bayi's anxious shout interrupted Chen Ziyan's thoughts.
Following his line of sight, Chen Ziyan found that Ding Sitian had taken out the triangular bag at some point and was putting it in front of his nose, sniffing it.
Faced with Hu Bayi's worries, Ding Sitian did not say anything, but raised her other hand. The lid of the Xingshen Incense she held on it had been opened.
Obviously, she was well prepared.
Under everyone's gaze, Ding Sitian's nostrils twitched slightly for a while, then she murmured in a low voice: "Earth louse, mountain lychee kernel, wormwood, red ginseng, cinnamon..."
After a long while, Ding Sitian put the triangular bag into a sealed bag.
Wang Kaixuan was the most impatient. Seeing that she was fine, he asked, "Xiao Ding, do you smell anything?"
Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi quickly patted the guy and said, "Don't pay attention to this guy. Are you feeling unwell?"
He was more concerned about Ding Sitian's body than what he had discovered.
Ding Sitian waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's okay. Shirley is right. The effect of the medicine has worn off."
Then she took out another porcelain bottle, poured some powder with a faint bitter smell from it, and motioned for everyone to rub the powder into people's bodies.
After everyone complied, he explained: "I just identified the medicinal materials in the kit and found that although this medicine can induce hallucinations, its real effect is just a tonic."
Basically, everyone who is good at illusion is an expert in pharmacology, and Ding Sixian is no exception.
Although it was not as accurate as the equipment analysis, the inference of the materials was enough for her to analyze the true effect of the hallucinogenic drug.
"Tonic medicine?" Wang Kaixuan's eyes widened: "Is it real or fake?"
There was a saying, but it was hard for him to believe it.
"It is indeed a tonic, but it is an incomplete tonic." Ding Sitian expressed her inference: "Maybe it is the main medicine, but if there is no medicine, there will be side effects such as hallucinations."
"So..." Chen Ziyan looked at the powder on his fingertips and said, "Saltpeter is the medicine?"
The moment he touched the powder, he already knew what it was.
Ding Sitian said: "Saltpeter is only one of the medicinal ingredients. There are two medicinal ingredients needed for this medicine. One is saltpeter, and the other is the Honglian Miaoxin Pill mentioned earlier."
"Then... why do you go to all the trouble to set up a mechanism to release tonics here?" Hu Bayi said with a frown.
Chen Ziyan had an information advantage, so he knew who the senior who had made the fortune was, and considering what he was encountering now, he tentatively said, "Is it possible that this is a test? A test to qualify?"
He suspected that Jin Abacus might have vaguely noticed something before entering the tomb, so he made such an arrangement.
The purpose is to screen out latecomers and eliminate those who are not from the gold-mining lineage.
