A few people took a closer look at the ruby on the golden mask, and soon discovered that there was indeed something wrong.
For most gems, the bigger the better, and the fewer inclusions inside, the better. However, this ruby is quite big, but the inside is not particularly clean. You can faintly see some color paste-like inside. Contains.
"Is this a fake pigeon's blood ruby? Is it burned or colored?" Kunsha asked.
In the past, rubies were heated through a process to reduce the inclusions in the ruby, making the color of the ruby more beautiful.
This kind of heat-treated ruby is called burnt ruby, and the ruby that has not been heated is called unheated ruby.
Burnt rubies are not considered fake, but their value is much lower than unburned rubies. There are also unscrupulous traders who sell burned rubies as unburned rubies, which is considered a fraud.
As for processing such as coloring, that is true fraud and an extremely bad behavior.
How could such a precious gold mask use such a rich ruby, so Kunsha thought it was a fake ruby. The ruby originally on the gold mask might have been replaced.
Who knew that Sha Lai shook his head and said: "No, this is a real ruby, and it is also a pigeon blood ruby. The current standard of pigeon blood red is that the cleaner the better, but in that ancient country's era, this was the real pigeon blood red."
"Does that ancient country have such low standards for pigeon blood red?" Kunsha asked in surprise.
"Then you are wrong. The standard at that time was not only not low, but on the contrary, it was very high. Don't think that any kind of inclusions and ribbons can be called pigeon blood ruby." Shalai said, taking out He picked up his cell phone, turned on the flashlight function, and shined it on the ruby on the gold mask.
Several people were surprised to find that under the light, the magma-like color inside the ruby actually showed the effect of flowing fireworks.
The horse-eye-shaped ruby has red light flowing all over it, like a burning flame.
"Legend has it that the princess bride already had a sweetheart, but was forced by the emperor to marry a powerful man. On the day of her wedding, she jumped into the blazing fire wearing a golden bridal mask and defended it with her own life. own love and dignity. After the fire was extinguished, people only found the golden bride mask among the ashes. The original pure ruby on the mask became like this. Later, the pigeon blood red standard of that ancient country also became This kind of ruby, only this kind of ruby, can be called pigeon blood red in that ancient country, which represents the top ruby." Sha Lai stroked the golden mask and said: "Although it is just a legend, is there a golden bride mask and that? It’s hard to say for a princess, but the rubies on this are indeed priceless, and are not comparable to ordinary pigeon blood rubies.”
When Li Xiu heard this, he already understood why Qin Shi had a high fever.
It's just that Li Xiu doesn't quite understand why Qin Shi has a princess mask and why she collects rubies.
Although the ruby on the princess mask is precious and the story behind it is very poignant and moving, in terms of the legendary nature of the story, the Diamond of Doom is not inferior to it.
Why was he able to contract the Doom Diamond, but was resisted by this ruby?
Qin Shi's fever persists, and her body temperature is still slowly rising. If this continues, in a few days it will be overcooked, and she will not be able to contract with Ruby, and Qin Shi will be hopeless.
In fact, Li Xiu was very suspicious that even if Qin Shi was saved now, her brain might have been burned out.
How could an ordinary human body withstand the temperature of more than 50 degrees?
Li Xiu reached out for the golden bridal mask in Sha Lai's hand, and then directly pulled out the ruby.
"No, this thing is sold together with the golden mask, and the price is higher." Sha Lai said with some distress.
Li Xiu ignored him, turned around and put the golden mask back into the box. At the same time, he quietly stuffed the ruby into his mouth and swallowed it directly.
Since blood is not easy to use, we can only use the original one.
The ruby was forcefully swallowed by Li Xiu for a long time. Fortunately, his body had been strengthened to a high enough level, otherwise it would have been difficult to swallow such a large piece of ruby.
What's more, this ruby has two pointed ends. If an average person swallows it, it may scratch the esophagus.
After swallowing the ruby, Li Xiu suddenly felt as if he had swallowed a ball of fire, and there was a burning sensation in his stomach.
Li Xiu thought, and his body emitted white fluorescence, which was the light energy from the forbidden gun.
Under the blessing of light energy, Li Xiu suddenly felt that the burning sensation in his stomach was much relieved and slowly eased.
As the burning sensation in the stomach eased, everyone was surprised to find that the high temperature on Qin Shi's body began to slowly drop.
"Li Xiu, you can do it. Is this the light of your symbiotic contract? It can actually save people and cure diseases?" Sha Lai asked, looking at Li Xiu in surprise.
"Ordinary people can't be saved, and ordinary diseases can't be cured. It just happens to be able to help Qin Shi." Li Xiu had no intention of chatting with Sha Lai.
Although the burning sensation in his stomach was gone, the ruby did not turn into a demon ring and appear on Li Xiu's finger. It seemed that it had not been completely tamed.
What Li Xiu did was more effective than a special antipyretic drug. After a while, Qin Shi's fever subsided and her body temperature quickly returned to normal.
"I'm so thirsty..." Qin Shi miraculously woke up from a coma. Her brain didn't seem to be burned out, but she looked very weak. Her face was pale and without any blood, like Lin Daiyu who was seriously ill, and she talked with her from time to time. The look is very different.
Several people were busy pouring water and porridge for Qin Shi. Qin Shi drank some water and ate some porridge. Her mental state was obviously much better, and she was at least able to sit up on her own.
"Li Xiu, why are you back?" Qin Shi was a little surprised when she saw Li Xiu.
"If Li Xiu hadn't come back, your life would have been lost." Kunsha told what happened.
Qin Shi was fine at first, but when she heard Li Xiu took out her golden bride mask, her expression suddenly changed.
"You guys go out first, I have something to say to Li Xiu." Qin Shi bit her lip and said.
"What words can Li Xiu listen to but we can't?" Sha Lai teased.
"I'll have a few words with Qin Shi, and we'll talk about old times later." Li Xiu knew what Qin Shi wanted to say, so he spoke to Sha Lai.
"Okay, I'll go get someone to prepare the food and drinks first." Sha Lai obeyed Li Xiu's words and immediately turned around and left.
When Kunsha finally went out, he thoughtfully closed the door.
As soon as they left, Qin Shi immediately took the box and opened it. Although the golden mask was still inside, the ruby on it was missing, and her face suddenly turned even paler.
"What did you do with that ruby?" Qin Shi looked at Li Xiu and asked, biting her white lips.
"How can you be okay if I don't get rid of it?" Li Xiu was a little surprised. It seemed that Qin Shi knew that her illness was related to the demon gem, but she just didn't know how much she knew. Did she know about the demon gem? matter.
"It's over, it's all over." Qin Shi muttered to himself with a pale face.
"What's going on? If you believe me, you can tell me, maybe I can help you." Li Xiu said.
"You can't help me." Qin Shi's face was full of bitterness, but she continued: "Do you know why I have been collecting rubies all these years?"
"Is it related to the ruby?" Li Xiu followed her words.
Qin Shi nodded: "Absolutely. I collect those rubies to feed the princess Golden Mask."
"Feeding?" Li Xiu was a little confused about this word.
That ruby hasn't turned into a demon yet, how can she feed it?
Qin Shi sighed and told the whole story.
Qin Shi's father is also a magic costumer, but he is not very outstanding. He is just an ordinary E-level magic costumer, the kind that can be regarded as cannon fodder.
In a battle with demon spirits, Qin Shi's father unfortunately died.
Originally, the death of the magic costume master at the hands of the demon spirit was considered a matter of course.
But later Qin Shi learned that the reason why her father died was because he was deliberately abandoned by the commander. It was just because his father had offended that commander. Therefore, when fighting the demon spirit, the commander who should have issued the retreat order , but deliberately failed to give Qin Shi's father a retreat order, which resulted in Qin Shi's father's death.
Qin Shi knew the truth of the matter, but she did not have the ability to seek justice for her father, so she had to leave her hometown to avoid being persecuted by the commander again.
Although Qin Shi also has the talent of a magic costume master, she has no financial resources, support from major forces, and lacks systematic training. She relies on a set of spare E-level magic costumes left by her father and can only do some private work to survive.
He couldn't even get a high-end magic suit, let alone seek justice for his father.
Until one time, Qin Shi took a job and joined a team of gem hunters to explore the ruins of an ancient city.
Among the ruins of the city, they discovered the ruins of an ancient palace, where the Golden Mask of the Princess Bride was found.
When they discovered the golden mask of the Princess Bride, the team of gem hunters were attacked by demons, and the entire team died.
The magic costume left by Qin Shi's father was also damaged in that battle. At that time, Qin Shi thought she was dead.
The strange thing is that the demon spirit glanced at Qin Shi who fell to the ground, but turned around and left without giving her the final fatal blow.
When Qin Shi came back to her senses, she climbed out of the tattered magic costume and found that the golden mask was pressed under her body, covered with her blood, and the rubies on the golden mask shone like flames. The eerie brilliance of blood.
Ever since Qin Shi got the golden mask, things suddenly became much smoother. Every time she took on a private job, she was able to avoid danger and quickly made a lot of money.
But Qin Shi soon discovered a serious problem. The ruby on the gold mask would become very hot every once in a while, sometimes so hot that it could burn her hands.
Only when the ruby and the gold mask are placed together will its temperature slowly decrease, and the ruby placed together with the gold mask will disappear out of thin air after a while.
Since then, Qin Shi has been using rubies to feed the golden mask. She has also tried to sell the golden mask and even bury it.
But once she leaves the Golden Mask, a lot of unfortunate things will happen around her. Until she gets the Golden Mask back, those unfortunate things will stop happening, and then things will start to go smoothly for her again.
For so many years, Qin Shi has been using rubies to feed the Golden Mask, but the Golden Mask's appetite is getting bigger and bigger.
At first, an ordinary one-carat ruby could satisfy it, but later ordinary rubies could no longer satisfy it, and it had to be a high-quality ruby.
In the past two years, pigeon blood quality gems were needed to cool down the rubies on the golden mask. This is why she only accepted pigeon blood rubies as payment.
Qin Shi also thought of many ways to solve the problem of the golden mask, and she also found out the origin of the golden mask.
In the area where the ancient country once stood, Qin Shi learned a legend about the princess mask from an old man.
A woman wearing a princess mask must find a man she truly loves in order to be able to resolve the curse of the golden mask.
Otherwise, the golden mask will haunt the host until the host dies.
Before the curse is lifted, if the golden mask is damaged, the host will also suffer misfortune.
Qin Shi has already tasted the misfortune brought to her by the golden mask. Not to mention damaging the mask, she will encounter misfortune even if she abandons it.
Now that Li Xiu has lost the gems on the golden mask, Qin Shi thinks that she is in danger.
Qin Shi was not afraid of death, she was just afraid that she would die before she could seek justice for her father.
"Don't worry. With me here, you won't encounter misfortune again." Li Xiu knew very well that Qin Shi's misfortune was not because of the golden mask, but because of the demon spirit in the ruby.
Now that the ruby has been swallowed by him, although he has not been able to turn it into a demon ring, it has been suppressed. Qin Shi should not be affected by it again in the future.
Of course, Li Xiu is still not sure whether Qin Shi is completely unaffected, so he plans to let Qin Shi stay with him for a while so that he can continue to observe. After all, this ruby is the first one that has not been directly contracted by him. The magic gem.
After hearing Li Xiu's words, Qin Shi's pale cheeks turned slightly red, obviously she had misunderstood what he meant.
She just told Li Xiu that she must find a man who truly loves her in order to resolve the curse of the golden mask.
Li Xiu now told Qin Shi with such certainty that as long as he was here, Qin Shi would not encounter misfortune again.
What else could this be but a confession? Li Xiu was hinting to her that he was the man Qin Shi truly loved.
"Just in case, you should follow me for the time being." Li Xiu said to Qin Shi.
"I know." Qin Shi lowered her head and said. Now she was blushing hard and her heart was beating hard. She didn't dare to look at Li Xiu.
Li Xiu didn't see Qin Shi's face. Seeing her lowering her head, he thought she was tired, so he said, "You should rest first and go back with me tomorrow."
"Is it too fast?" Qin Shi felt a little flustered: "Are we going to confirm our relationship with him soon? Is this too fast? We don't seem to understand each other very well... But if the curse is really lifted ...That means he really loves me... Even this is a little too fast... What if he wants to have something happen with me... What should I do..."
"I have no choice. I still have a lot of things to do over there. I can't stay here for too long, so I can only take you back. The conditions over there are a little more difficult. If you don't mind, you can sleep in my room. , the bed and furniture were all left by the previous city lord, they are all high-end goods, and the bed is big and soft." Li Xiu said.
"How is that possible..." Qin Shi's heart beat harder, and she couldn't help complaining in her heart: "How can you say such things to me? Do I look like that kind of casual woman?"
When Li Xiu saw Qin Shi's appearance, he immediately realized that what he said seemed to be somewhat ambiguous. He smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with it. You sleep in my room, and I can sleep in the guest room."
When Qin Shi heard this, she realized that she had misunderstood. She was a little embarrassed. She was about to say something, but before she could say anything, she heard Li Xiu say something else: "Of course, if you are not used to sleeping alone, I can do that too." I will sacrifice my life to accompany a gentleman, but I have to say something first. A gentleman can only use his words, not his hands or feet. You can chat, but if you have any other requirements...then you will have to pay more..."
"Get out!" Qin Shi's apology suddenly turned into shame and anger, and she grabbed a pillow and threw it at Li Xiu.
"Get out of here and have a good rest." Li Xiu caught the pillow and gently placed it beside the bed. He turned and left Qin Shi's room, closing the door behind him.
"Is this person really the one who can lift the curse of the princess mask for me?" Qin Shi looked at the closed door with a complicated expression. He didn't move for a long time, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.
Sha Lai had already prepared wine and food for Li Xiu, and Kun Sha and Pa Shan were also sitting there. They hadn't seen each other for many days, and they didn't feel unfamiliar at all. They were having a great time drinking, eating meat, and bragging.
"Li Xiu, are you interested in going to the training ground with me? I've been really unlucky recently. I've entered the training ground no less than twenty times during this period, but I didn't even get a ticket. I arrived We haven’t become a true trialist yet.” Sha Lai had already drank a little too much and said arm in arm.
"Which trial ground? Crazy ball trial ground?" Hearing Sha Lai mention the trial ground, Li Xiu immediately became interested. Apart from the Black Death City, he has never been to other trial grounds. In case of any luck, Well, if you can find the admission ticket, you can see other trial places.
"No, the Crazy Ball Trial Ground is not suitable for me. I am still suitable for a wilder trial. Recently, I have been going to the Boxing Fighter Trial Ground, but it is much more interesting than the Crazy Ball Trial Ground. Sha Lai chuckled.
"I haven't heard of the Boxing Fighting Training Ground before. What are the rules?" Li Xiu had not heard of this training ground when he was in Taylor City before.
"Rules? There are no rules. The only rule is to see whose fist is stronger..." Sha Lai said with bright eyes: "That thing is much more interesting than playing football. There are not so many rules. Just do it."
