Fifth Ruyi’s home in the mountains is powered by a diesel generator, has complete sewage equipment in the bathroom and kitchen, and a fresh air filtration system.
In addition to No. 5 Ruyi's workshop, there are two bedrooms and a small storage room. The storage room is filled with various daily necessities, military rations, canned food, and grain grains. The reserves are quite sufficient, enough for people like them. Live here for a few months.
The heavy responsibility of cooking every day falls on Lu Huanxi. Lu Huanxi, who lives alone all year round, is surprisingly good at cooking. Although the conditions are limited, he can also process the canned and limited fresh ingredients in various ways. Surprisingly, Qin Dao, who was very picky about food, was surprisingly satisfied with the canned food made by Lu Huanxi.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and Wu Ruyi finally walked out of her room. At this moment, she was completely unrecognizable, unkempt and sleepy. I haven’t changed my clothes for several days. She walked to the dining table with light steps and placed a tightly fitting wooden box in front of several people.
The wooden box has a purple-black luster. It is heavy and restrained, with an inexplicable layer of darkness, giving people the feeling that it has been put aside for a long time, with an aura of depression and frustration. If you smell it carefully, the box also exudes a faint aroma of wood, which is enough to prove that this wood is not simple. The word "Yijian" is engraved on the box. There is also a nine-square grid inlaid with gold wire at the bottom. The overall box is exquisite, restrained, simple and grand.
Fifth Ruyi yawned and explained, "Eight swords can be placed inside this box. When the switch is pressed, the swords can pop out from the side of the box."
Then she scratched her head and continued, "I have installed nine fingerprint switches on this nine-square grid. If you press your fingerprint on the different positions of the nine-square grid, the corresponding sword will pop up."
"But you just said that there can only be eight swords in the box." Qin Dao asked
"Yes. There are eight positions inside the box." Fifth Ruyi said while turning the box to the back. Clicked on the machine expansion. The wooden board on the back of the box was split into two, and the upper half slid down to reveal a sword-shaped groove.
"You can put a sword here, but it has a specific shape. I think this is more like a key than a sword. I will make one for you according to this style when the time comes."
Several people were looking at the sword box at this time. Qin Dao frowned in confusion after taking a closer look at the sword-shaped groove, and looked at Ah Fu.
Fifth Ruyi reached out to Qin Dao and said, "Your sword."
After taking Qin Dao's heavy bronze sword, she pressed the other side of the mechanism box and it suddenly popped open.
"Press this mechanism and the sword box will open, and you can put the sword in."
Then she demonstrated it several times while entering on one side and coming out on the other side. The mechanism is flexible and the collection speed is very fast.
Lu Huanxi looked at it in a daze. The combination of such an ingenious design and high technology made him a little unbelievable. He had never heard of a fingerprint switch.
Lu Huanxi asked in disbelief, "This... did you do this in two days?"
Wu Ruyi said that so many people were awake. At this time, she said seriously, "I didn't make this. Strictly speaking, it was modified by me in the past few days."
Qin Dao became even more confused when he heard this.
"Wait, you said you modified it? So the groove on the back was also there before?"
"Yes what's the matter."
"I have a bronze dagger that is exactly the same shape as that one. It is the Qin family sword inherited from my family."
Wu Ruyi was a little surprised when he heard this, but after a moment he regained his composure and said, "I've been wondering since I heard your request. It seems that this sword box has some connection with your family."
Everyone was listening attentively, but Wu Ruyi picked up the breakfast on the table unhurriedly and said while eating, "This thing is passed down from my family. According to the family's "The Fifth Family's Weapons Illustration", this sword is recorded The box is probably a very strange thing that someone commissioned our fifth family ancestors to make during the Tang Dynasty. The requirements are almost the same as what you said. This box took our family several years and countless manpower at that time. It was built with financial resources, but the original client never came to pick it up. This thing cost too much and is very valuable. But most people can't use it at all, and they can't bear to throw it away, so it has been passed down like a useless thing. .
Until our family moved to Dongning, our family's status in the family was not high, so when the family was divided, this dispensable box was given to my family. "
At this point, she took a sip of milk and continued, "Because of its age and the constraints of the materials at that time, many of the mechanical springs inside have actually been damaged long ago.
I have been playing with this box since I was a child, and I started by disassembling it. After that, I gradually started to replace some damaged parts with modern materials. The spring mechanism inside is basically new now. Compared with the previous box, the current box is more precise, operates faster, and has more space inside.
In the past two days, I have added an electric drive to this to make the mechanism run faster, and added this fingerprint system. Otherwise, I would not be able to build it in two days, let alone two months. "
As he spoke, he opened a metal plate on the top of the box. There were several batteries and some cables inside.
"I can always replace it if there are better materials in the future."
"You, a craftsman, still understand these modern technologies? What fingerprints are driven by electricity?"
Fifth Ruyi said disdainfully, "Who says it's not the case? If we can't keep pace with the times, how can a family like ours survive for thousands of years."
Qin Dao asked at this time, "Then do you know who commissioned your fifth family to make this sword box?"
"I don't know. We don't record ordinary things, let alone the client. We only record the production experience of some very special objects.
But I am sure that this sword box must be related to your swordsmanship. In addition, the sword inherited by the Qin family you just mentioned is also very suitable for it, so I am even more sure of my judgment. "
Everyone fell into a brief silence. Everyone has their own thoughts.
"You commissioned me to make one and I have already completed one. This box will be called the Nine Palace Sword Box from now on."
Fifth Ruyi finished eating and drinking, wiped her mouth and continued, "Okay, now I want you to help me with the second thing."
"What's up?"
Wu Ruyi began to walk to his studio again.
"Little pretty boy, the sword you mentioned is a bit difficult to deal with. It will take a little longer this time. When I come out, I need your help to find my father."
