Ye Cang stretched out his hand and gently wiped it on the purple incense burner, and said: "The five flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty do not refer to the ordinary five seasonings, but five symbolic objects."
He seemed to have expected that Zhang Xiaoman still didn't understand the meaning, so he took the initiative to explain: "Take the first of the five flavors, 'salty', as an example. It does not represent ordinary salt, but iron powder. "
"Oh? Big fan?"
"That's right, 'Xian' is the word 'Xu' with a mouth added to it. Its original meaning is that everyone shouts in unison to increase power. Some people think that the mouth symbolizes the human head, so in ancient times, it was actually used to kill. ."
This was the first time Zhang Xiaoman heard this statement, and he immediately became interested.
Ye Cang continued: "The most representative way of killing is iron weapons. The salty one of the five tastes in the world that I mentioned before refers to the iron powder."
"I see." Zhang Xiaoman nodded to express his understanding. It seemed that the five flavors were really different from what he had previously understood.
"Then I wonder what the differences between the remaining four flavors mean?"
Ye Cang gently rubbed the purple incense burner and explained: "The remaining four flavors, 'sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy', represent 'bad water', 'ginseng', 'tears' and 'fire' respectively."
Zhang Xiaoman was very surprised when he heard this explanation. Although he didn't know the reason for the latter ones, he knew them at least, but the first one, the "bad water", made him a little confused.
"Actually, it's not that complicated. The so-called bad water is actually just sulfuric acid." Ye Cang immediately gave the answer, "It's just that people in ancient times were ignorant and often confused the difference between sulfuric acid and royal acid, and bad water and aqua regia. They are often regarded as the same substance, so in fact the bad water here refers to aqua regia.”
"In ancient times, 'acid' was usually associated with 'rotten' and 'bad', so the acid among the five flavors was the bad water, which is aqua regia... But in fact, later research found that using some super-strong acids Instead of aqua regia, the effect is actually the same.”
"The next 'sweet' refers to ginseng, and the ginseng must be more than thirty years old. Although ginseng tastes bitter, it was undoubtedly not eaten by rich families in ancient times, so in the eyes of ordinary people, it represents What you want is a life of wealth, and the life of such a wealthy family is naturally sweet."
"As for the tears symbolized by "bitterness", this should be very simple. I guess I don't need to explain it any more. But later I discovered that blood can actually be used to replace it."
"The last one is 'spicy'. 'Spicy' means fire, that is, high temperature. It represents an unbearable pain and is also a symbol of intenseness. When the dragon sleep stone is mixed with the above four materials and soaked for seven After seventy-nine days, if it is burned with fierce fire, it will volatilize smoothly, thus creating an environment that can be confused with the real thing."
"It's just that the specific reasons have not yet been thoroughly studied. Take the ginseng as an example. It must be more than thirty years old. If it is not old enough, it will eventually evaporate and fail. The reason for this has not been figured out yet. Got it."
Ye Cang told the whole story in one breath. Zhang Xiaoman finally understood the key to it this time. Unexpectedly, there was so much hidden behind this short sentence: "When you meet the five flavors in the world, you will fall into the world" secret.
Ye Cang put down the purple incense burner in his hand, looked at the mysterious man in front of him, and continued: "Sir, I have fulfilled the agreement last time. I think you seem to be very interested in this Dragon Sleeping Stone. I don't know if Are you willing to make another exchange with Ye?"
"Oh? What exchange?"
Ye Cang put his hand into his arms, slowly took out a fist-sized package, placed it carefully on the stage, and said to Zhang Xiaoman: "I know that you are a truly extraordinary person. I don't know. I dare not expect you to teach me the tradition of cultivation. I only hope that you can tell me what the cultivation world is like, so that I can be a little satisfied with the thought that I have been thinking about all my life..."
As he spoke, he showed an expression of expectation, mixed with endless longing, like a drowning man trying to grasp the last straw of life-saving.
"There is a Dragon Sleeping Stone inside. If you agree, I will give it to you in exchange..."
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the thing in his hand and couldn't help but feel a little moved. After all, he had nothing to lose, he only had to open his mouth to get it.
"But I don't seem to have anything to say. Where in the world did the spiritual world come from? Do you want me to tell him about the Star Alliance?"
Zhang Xiaoman looked at the other party's expression and felt entangled in his heart. Of course, it would be easy to deceive, but he really couldn't bear to deceive such an old man who was always seeking the truth and ultimately placed all his hopes on himself.
While Zhang Xiaoman was still thinking, Mr. Ye had already pushed the stone to the middle of the table. Seeing the former's delay in responding, he felt very anxious, so he simply slowly removed the layer of cloth wrapping the Long Mian Stone, revealing its true appearance in Lushan.
Zhang Xiaoman was originally hesitant to agree to the deal, but when he saw the stone for the first time, his eyes widened and he leaned forward.
"Olihast Rock!?" He was so shocked that the name in his heart almost blurted out.
Although Ye Cang couldn't see Zhang Xiaoman's expression, he could tell from the other party's body movements and reactions that he should know this stone, and he couldn't help but look surprised. Could it be that the other party had actually seen this stone somewhere else? Pass?
I have to say that he really guessed right. This stone is exactly what Zhang Xiaoman has been thinking about day and night these days - Olhast Rock.
"No, it can't be..."
Zhang Xiaoman felt that the surprise came too suddenly, and he couldn't believe it. He quickly opened the system panel, clicked on the gang option, then entered the gang store page, and brought up the stone priced at 20 stardust.
"The color, texture, shape...are almost exactly the same! How is this possible..."
Zhang Xiaoman kept comparing the looks between the two. The stone in front of him was so similar to the Olhast Rock that he had been waiting for.
However, the only thing that Zhang Xiaoman is not sure about now is that as he stares at the stone for a long time, the familiar system panel does not appear. According to the previous routine, as long as it is an extraordinary item, It should all be accompanied by a system properties panel.
"No, that's not right! I must have fallen into a misunderstanding! The attribute panel does not appear only for extraordinary items..." His eyes fell on the stone in front of him, but in his mind, he remembered the record that he had drawn in the lottery. Spiritual Notes.
"It's not that extraordinary items can see attributes, but only items obtained through the system will have panels!"
