The strange scene in front of them made everyone stunned, including Li Si.
But before everyone could recover, they saw the red images of the nine cauldrons gradually disappearing from top to bottom, accompanied by a very small rustling sound.
Ying Zheng did not stand up, but half-crouched and looked around cautiously. Li Si quickly returned to Ying Zheng.
Everyone was also staring closely at the red Jiuding image, not daring to express their anger.
It wasn't until the red image completely disappeared that the dense stone returned to its original blue environment, and the rustling sound also disappeared.
Everyone came back to their senses and looked around to find any changes in the secret room.
"Your Majesty, come quickly." Jing Fan, who was standing next to the stone tripod, shouted loudly.
Ying Zheng walked over quickly and looked in the direction pointed by Jing Fan's finger.
I saw a lot of red powder filling the inside of the stone cauldron out of thin air, filling about half of the cauldron.
Li Si also came over, twisted some powder with his hands, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it.
"Your Majesty, this powder should be the raw material for the primary Linggu Pill." After saying that, Li Si looked at the powder in his hand carefully.
"Oh?" Ying Zheng was quite surprised. He also walked to the stone tripod and grabbed some powder with his hand to examine it carefully.
"It's strange, how could this powder appear out of thin air?" Tian Yi's expression was slightly horrified.
No wonder, in this ancient mausoleum, strange things happened one after another.
Li Si looked up at the surrounding walls again and analyzed: "Presumably, the image of the red Jiuding just now was composed of such powder, and was then transported into this stone tripod through some kind of transportation method."
"Could those rustling sounds be caused by the powder flowing into this stone cauldron?" Ying Zheng asked.
"It should be like this." Although Li Si was not completely sure, his tone made it impossible to doubt.
Everyone looked at the surrounding stone walls again, but they couldn't figure out how the powder fell into the stone cauldron.
Ying Zheng, on the other hand, did not care much about this matter, and asked Li Si: "Since this powder is the raw material for making Linggu Dan, and this stone cauldron can be used to refine elixirs, could it be that the implication is that I am allowed to make elixirs?"
"Exactly." Li Si smiled and nodded.
No wonder, the last time Ying Zheng asked Li Si about the Linggu Pill, Li Si suggested that Ying Zheng refine the pill, but he never mentioned how to refine it.
"Sir, are you sure that this thousand-year-old powder can still be used to make elixirs?" Ying Zheng asked doubtfully.
Li Si directly grabbed a handful of red powder and sprinkled it: "Since this mechanism is designed in this way, the ancestors of King Zhou must have their reasons, and the powder must be usable."
Ying Zheng nodded and moved his eyes to the stone tripod.
This stone tripod is not the same style as any of the nine tripods, nor is it as big as the nine tripods. The entire stone tripod does not seem to have any gaps. It is made of solid dense stone. There are also several oracle bone inscriptions scattered on the tripod.
Ying Zheng leaned down and looked at the oracle bone inscriptions on the tripod, which read "Linggu Stone Cauldron".
Judging from the name, it should be a stone tripod that specializes in refining spiritual ancient pills.
Could it be that this stone tripod is used to refine the low-level ancient spiritual pills, but the nine tripods are used to refine the high-level ancient spiritual pills?
Very possible, but impossible to verify.
"Since it is the stone tripod used for alchemy, let's take it back together." Ying Zheng stood up and said.
Jing Fan held the ear of the stone tripod and tried to lift it up.
"The weight is not light, Your Majesty," Jing Fan said.
"Use a few cloth bags to put the powder in separate bags first." Ying Zheng said, "Be careful not to spill it."
"Yes, Your Majesty." After saying that, Jing Fan led the craftsmen to find a few empty cloth bags and began to put the red powder in the stone cauldron.
Li Si looked around and saw nothing unusual, then walked towards the gap in the stone wall.
Ying Zheng was also curious about what the only entrance to the next level looked like, so he followed it.
When the two came to the gap, they saw that the edge of the gap was very smooth. It didn't look like it was broken suddenly, but more like an open stone door.
Li Si held a torch and squatted at the door of Shimen, carefully checking the marks on the ground.
Ying Zheng also squatted down and followed Li Si to check.
"Your Majesty, it looks like this is a stone wall." Li Si
Touching the cracks in the ground, he whispered, "After the mechanism controlling this place was activated, this wall sank, exposing this passage."
Ying Zheng also touched the small cracks on the ground and secretly admired the sophistication of this mechanism.
Li Si stood up, looked forward, and said, "It seems that there is a spiral corridor ahead, but we can't go through it yet."
Ying Zheng also stood up and asked softly: "The task on this floor is to learn the pattern of imitating the mausoleum and imitate the Jiuding, right?"
"Exactly." Li Si said very calmly.
Ying Zheng let out a breath and said, "It seems that we can only wait for the arrival of seniors."
Li Si looked at Ying Zheng and said softly: "Perhaps, if the king can imitate the Jiuding and get back the royal power, the master may arrive early."
Ying Zheng's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "Seriously?"
Li Si smiled slightly and said, "What Wei Chen said is maybe."
Ying Zheng looked at Li Si with a rather strange look, but then he became determined again: "Then let's wait until the Jiuding and the secret stone are built. This is the mission of the fourth level, and it must be the mission of the fifth level. , maybe it will be more difficult.”
Li Si shook his head slightly: "Who knows, maybe."
Or maybe...
It's no wonder that Li Si doesn't even know the tasks on the fourth level, let alone the fifth level.
Ying Zheng turned around and said, "Let's go, it's time to go back."
Li Si nodded and followed Ying Zheng back to the stone tripod in the middle.
Jing Fan had already led people to pack the red powder, and several people were playing with the stone tripod.
"Are you all ready?" Ying Zheng asked.
Jing Fan cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the powder is all ready, but this stone tripod does have some weight."
Ying Zheng stepped forward, held the top ear, and lifted it up. The stone tripod did not move at all.
"It has some weight." Ying Zheng let go of his hand and said, "I wonder if we guys can get it out."
Li Si came over and held the ears of the stone tripod with both hands. He pulled hard. The stone tripod creaked and was dragged by Li Si for about half a foot.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the ground.
"Although it's a bit heavy, it's not difficult," Li Si said.
Jing Fan said with shock on his face: "I didn't expect that Mr. Tian is so strong. Just now neither Tian Yi nor I could move the stone cauldron."
All the craftsmen looked at Li Si in surprise. In their hearts, Li Si had always been a gentle and elegant bachelor.
Ying Zheng, who knew some details about Li Si, said nonchalantly: "In that case, sir, I will stay here to think of a solution, and I will take them out first, leaving you with two war horses as backup."
The reason for this decision was that Ying Zheng knew that Li Si did not want others to be present when he had to carry larger things several times before.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Si said with his hands raised.
All the craftsmen suspected that they had heard wrongly, but they did not dare to ask more questions. When they saw Ying Zheng really walking towards the corridor from where he came, they all followed him.
Li Si didn't move or speak. He just looked at the stone tripod, seeming to be thinking of ways to move the stone tripod.
Ying Zheng led the craftsmen back to the secret room at the other end of the corridor, but he couldn't help but be stunned.
The light in the entire secret room changed color, becoming the same light blue as the light in the last secret room.
Everyone looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary, so they continued walking back along the route they had marked when they came.
Strangely, the light in all the secret rooms turned into a uniform color.
Although he was a little curious, Ying Zheng did not stop and led the craftsmen back to the ground.
Finally returning to the ground, the craftsmen seemed to heave a long sigh of relief before placing all the harvest on the back of the horse.
Zhao Gao had been waiting outside. He was relieved to see Ying Zheng and others coming out safely, but he didn't see Li Si, so he asked, "Your Majesty, why didn't Lord Tingwei come out together?"
"He is taking care of the aftermath, so don't worry." Ying Zheng said, "Leave two war horses for me, and the others will follow me back to Gucheng Palace."
After everyone bowed their hands in response, they got on their horses one after another and surrounded Ying Zheng back to the palace.
Returning to Gucheng Palace, Ying Zheng ordered people to move everything into his secret room.
Good book
There is more than one secret room in the room, otherwise, it might not be enough.
But Ying Zheng still set aside a secret room to store the stone tripod. He might also be able to make alchemy in this secret room in the future.
After the arrangements were made, Ying Zheng ordered Zhao Gao to prepare an imperial meal and entertain the craftsmen.
But this time, the craftsmen finally let go of their drinking habits, and each of them drank with their faces like peach blossoms, and the spring breeze was blowing on their faces.
The reason why the craftsmen drank so much was that on the one hand they were happy that they had helped Ying Zheng complete a big thing, but on the other hand, they also felt like they were surviving a disaster.
Exploring such a large-scale and rather strange ancient tomb is no joke. Those who are a little braver may still be climbing back at this time.
Ying Zheng didn't feel this way, so he just drank with everyone.
This time, no one stopped Ying Zheng from drinking, but with Ying Zheng's current drinking capacity, he didn't feel too drunk.
After several drinks, the craftsmen helped each other back to the dormitory to rest. But Li Si never returned.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but be a little worried, so he sent Zhao Gao and his two brothers to meet Li Si.
Ying Zheng drank happily and didn't feel sleepy, so he came to the secret room alone, planning to translate Jiuding's secret book while waiting for Li Si to come back.
So, I found the "Book of Changes", opened the Jiuding secret book, and started to translate it.
Whether it was due to being tired or drinking a lot, Ying Zheng felt that his vision was blurry, so he rubbed his eyes vigorously.
However, when he opened his eyes again, the scene in front of him had completely changed.
Why did he return to King Wu's Mausoleum or the final secret room?
Ying Zheng looked around in confusion. It was indeed here, and in the middle of the secret room, there seemed to be two figures sitting next to the stone tripod.
Ying Zheng suddenly became alert, half-crouched down, and approached the two men quietly.
Despite the blue light, Ying Zheng could only see the general outlines of the two people. The one with his back facing him seemed to be a young man. Opposite the young man, there should be an old man wearing white clothes.
Could it be that the senior in white is here?
Ying Zheng continued to move forward, but strangely, the distance between him and the two people did not close.
Ying Zhengzheng was confused, but he heard the old man say: "Fa'er, now that the royal tomb has been completed, it's time for me to completely hide from the world. You have to go on your own in the future."
Just listen to the young man say: "Grandpa, have you really decided to live in seclusion?"
The old man said: "This is not my decision, but it must be this way. This is the tradition of our Tiancheng lineage. After this royal tomb is built, I should rest here forever."
Taigong? Tiancheng lineage?
Ying Zheng frowned, stopped, squatted down, and listened carefully to the conversation between the two people.
The young man said sadly: "This rule, Grandpa once said, but...it's just that I can't bear it, and I'm even more reluctant to give it up..."
Although you couldn't see the young man's expression, you could tell from his choked voice that he was already moved.
"Alas..." the old man sighed and said, "I also want to watch you grow up and see you stabilize the world, but my life is about to end and my destiny has been fulfilled, but there is nothing I can do."
The young man seemed to calm down and said: "Fa'er understands that the greatest respect and repayment for Master is to put the overall situation first and save the people from danger. Master, rest assured that Fa'er will definitely fulfill his mission and live up to Master." teachings and expectations.”
"Okay, okay!" The old man laughed, "It is our common responsibility to care about the people and to deal with the water and fire in the world. Now, it has come to a time when disasters occur frequently. volcanoes erupt, floods flood, and the earth shakes. Only you can put this to rest."
The young man held up his hands and was about to say something when he felt the royal mausoleum shaking violently, as if it was about to collapse at any moment.
earthquake?
This old man must have a crow's mouth, how can he be so accurate!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Ying Zheng only felt that a familiar voice was calling him, and the scenery in front of him became blurry.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw Zhao Gao gently shaking his shoulders.
"Your Majesty, why are you asleep? Sir is back." Zhao Gao said softly.
It turned out to be a dream.
