I was well aware of the power of hitting the talisman, but I never imagined that it could be so powerful that it could directly destroy a ghost like "Zhao" with just one blow. It seems that this has something to do with the strength and determination of the blow.
But the price I paid for this was that my palms became swollen.
When the white powder exploded, there was no feeling like broken glass. Maybe this is the difference between the real body and the clone. The sound of the explosion was loud and crisp, a bit like the sound I used to make at night when I was a child. The sound of gunfire you have heard can be easily heard, but it makes you feel very far away.
As the powder slowly dissipated, my heart was still beating fast. It wasn't until I was sure it was safe that I sat down on the ground. The blood in the wound on my face has coagulated, but the pain feels more concrete at this moment. Qin Bukong walked slowly to my side. It seemed that although he was not injured, the torment just now also consumed a lot of energy, so that he felt like his feet would go weak at any time while walking.
But Qin Bukong did not stop beside me, but passed me and walked directly towards the stone pillar in the center of the array. As he passed me, I heard a "buzzing" sound coming from somewhere on his body. The sound is not loud, but the frequency is very fast, much like the sound of cicadas, but not that loud and feels a bit muffled.
So I pushed myself up and followed Qin Bukong towards the stone pillar in the center of the formation. As I got closer to Qin Bukong, the buzzing feeling became louder again. At first, I thought it was because of the resonance caused by the explosion in a small area underground. Only now did I really feel the sound. I saw Qin Bukong staring blankly at the stone pillar without saying a word, so I couldn't help but ask, what is the buzzing sound? Are you farting?
Generally speaking, the response I received to my words was either a roll of the eyes from Qin Bukong or a sneer from him. But this time it didn't happen. Qin Bukong seemed to ignore it automatically. He just raised his right hand to me and spread his palm.
In his hand, he held the small round ball covered with a layer of wax that we had found earlier in the stone box by the river. At this moment, the small ball was in his hand, making a buzzing sound. I asked, did it just start to become like this? Qin Bukong nodded and said yes. From the moment I defeated the "Evil", the ball began to become restless. I asked a little anxiously, what does this mean? Qin Bukong shook his head and said nothing, but pointed to the stone brick that popped up on the stone pillar with the words "魑" and "Ying Youwu" written on it.
I reached out and took the stone brick off the pillar, and saw a hemispherical groove inside, which seemed to be about the same size as the one Qin Bukong had on his hand. I asked Qin Bukong if he wanted to put this thing in? Qin Bukong nodded and said that it seemed like this, but I wasn't sure. What if after putting it in, it turned out to be a mechanism that triggered other incidents? I took the little wax ball from Qin Bukong's hand, and it made a buzzing sound in my hand. But it was just sound, without any movement in itself. I compared it with the small groove again, and found that the wax ball on my hand seemed to be a little larger, but because the surface was sealed with wax, if it was peeled off, the size of its inner bladder should be the same. . So I told Qin Bukong that now it seems that there is no other way except to put it in and try, otherwise we will be stuck here.
Qin Bukong seemed to have a troubled look on his face. Today is probably the day he has been most frustrated since I met him. Even when we broke through the Jingmen before, I only discovered his vulnerability, but he I didn't feel as depressed as I do now. I think the frustration is probably because he also realized that the first level of the Seven Evils Pass is so difficult, and the subsequent ones will only become more and more fierce. It is indeed unknown whether we will be able to deal with it by then. .
The current Qisha Pass, coupled with the previous Eight Gate Formation, the person who set up this set of guard mechanisms is obviously a peerless genius. If these things fall into the hands of others, they may not be as efficient as Qin Bukong and I, so it is very likely that this secret will be sealed forever. Qin Bukong hesitated for a moment at my words, then nodded and said, in that case, let's put it in and try it. It was not difficult to tell that he was also unsure, and even said he was a little scared. On the contrary, I didn't feel any fear. Maybe it was because I killed four monsters and countless imps by myself in the first level, which made me feel a little swollen and a little elated. So when I heard Qin Bukong say this, I took the brick in my hand and put the small wax ball on it.
But nothing seemed to have happened. The little wax ball was still buzzing, and neither the stone bricks nor the stone pillars had any changes. From this, I think it may be necessary to remove the layer of wax on the surface. After all, wax has a sealing effect, and perhaps it isolates the original reaction that would occur when the two objects come together.
So I picked up my scissors and division order from the ground, and started using the scissors to peel off the layer of wax on the surface. Due to the passage of time, some of the wax in that layer has turned into stone powder. However, when you twist it with your hands, you will still feel greasy, so you can tell that it is just wax. This layer of wax was about eight or nine millimeters thick. I peeled it off bit by bit like peeling an egg. When the contents inside were revealed, I was a little surprised. It has been preserved underwater for thousands of years, and its surface is as smooth as a mirror. The whole thing is black with a purple feel. I can't tell what kind of material it is made of. It looks like metal, but it also looks like stone. It feels ice cold in my hand. It's cool and quite heavy. At least the weight seems inconsistent with its size.
I handed the smooth ball to Qin Bukong to see, and Qin Bukong said that he had never seen such a thing. We all know that we can't take this gadget away, at least until we completely solve this Seven Evils Pass, we definitely won't have the chance to take it away. So I handed the stone bricks on the ground to Qin Bukong, and Qin Bukong brought the small round beads close to him.
With a click, the bead seemed to be sucked into the small groove of the hemisphere, and it fit together completely without any external force. The moment it was attached, the chirping of the cicadas suddenly stopped. I reached out to pull the bead off, but found that the suction was quite strong, and I couldn't pull it off at all.
Qin Bukong said that this is probably some kind of polished magnet. At least for now, that's all we can think of. Qin Bukong put the stone bricks back on the pillars in the center of the formation. Before inserting them, I looked into the brick holes with a flashlight and found that the light could not shine very far, as if it was swallowed by darkness. Moreover, from the brick hole, there is also a rotten and old smell of an old building that has been in disrepair.
Qin Bukong inserted the brick back. The brick that had been unable to be pressed in was now flush with the surface of the pillar very easily. And at the moment when the seam was closed, there was a bang, and the second stone brick bounced out.
This shows that we have indeed passed the first level. This means that as long as we find the missing things in the stone bricks and then put them back, we can count as passing one level and trigger the next level. This feeling gave me the excitement of treasure hunting, and my life in the first half of my life was too boring. I really needed this kind of stimulation, provided that I saved my own life first.
The second brick that pops out is the "charm" next to the "魑".
The four small characters under the word "Charm" are easy to understand - "Dayu controlled the floods". This is a story that every Chinese child knows, but we are confused about what it refers to. Qin Bukong turned the brick over and looked at it, and found that its internal structure was exactly the same as that of "chi". There was also a small hemispherical groove in the hollow part. If the prediction was correct, it meant that it was another small ball of sealing wax. Waiting for us to find. And based on this inference, if we pass the test smoothly, each of the remaining five stone bricks should be like this.
After thinking hard for a long time, still to no avail. So Qin Bukong spread his hands and said, let's go, go back first and study slowly. So we could only insert the stone bricks back into the pillars and return home the same way we came. As soon as they got out of the hole, Songzi ran over and said excitedly, I knew you two could definitely deal with this ghost. I asked you how you knew? Songzi pointed out the window and said, all those dense ghosts just disappeared at once. I secretly opened the door and took a look, and found that the remaining ones were all the neighbors here, and no one seemed abnormal anymore.
I walked to the door, secretly opened it a crack, and looked out. Sure enough, as Matsuko said, the alley that was previously full of people now only has a few people passing by. Among the people passing by, there are even people who appeared as ghosts before, including the one who was blown up by me with my palms together. child. He was happily sitting on the small bench in front of his house, seeming to be doing his homework.
I felt a little relieved. It seemed that the world had finally returned to normal. Maybe we had exaggerated our movements and held up a handful of incense on the way home. In the eyes of the neighbors who saw us returning home, we seemed to have become It’s a fantasy. This monster used this method to temporarily isolate the three of us from the original world. The people we saw were no longer human beings. The us our neighbors saw were no longer us. Everything. It's all caused by the devil's confusion.
Songzi said, you have a big gash on your face. Do you have a medical kit at home? Let me handle it for you.
