Chapter 152 Workshop
You Ziji felt that the pursuers behind him seemed very purposeful. No matter how he changed directions, there would always be a group of people following him. He listened carefully and found that there were more and more footsteps of the enemy, and it seemed that new forces were joining them.
"What's wrong, are the pursuers coming?"
Seeing You Ziji stop, Ling Qing could roughly guess what happened.
"We need to speed up."
You Ziji looked around. At this moment, he didn't have a good plan in mind, and he didn't know where to go next.
Lingqing thought for a while and said: "It seems that some experts from the Shanhe Gang have determined our direction, and their people have surrounded us from all directions. We should go to the foot of the mountain according to the original plan and upgrade the red feather fan."
After the three of them had reached a consensus, Ling Yue led the way and headed towards the workshop where the fire spirit was made at the foot of the mountain.
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There are at least dozens of mines near Tianhai Lake, but there are only four workshops, all of which are directly managed by the government. If there were not enough space for breeding fireflies, these four would be merged into one.
Therefore, every workshop must have a large amount of fire crystals and fire essence stored in it.
The workshop is as deserted as a mine, with its doors closed and workers sent home long ago. But after all, it is a government business, so there should be a few police officers left to guard it. I don’t think those practitioners will be harmed if they act recklessly. their lives.
At such a critical moment, You Ziji and the others couldn't identify themselves, so they had to sneak over the wall and land on the ground. With the monk's perception, they immediately knew where the high-quality fire crystal was.
You Ziji used the Five Senses to observe the surroundings and saw that there was only one person cleaning fallen leaves in the courtyard. The two parties were far away, so You Ziji ignored him and walked straight into the depths of the workshop.
The figures of the three people disappeared into various doors. The handyman sweeping the floor suddenly turned around and looked cautiously at the direction the three people left. Feeling quite uneasy, he threw down his broom and followed them in.
There are many greenhouses in the workshop, which are used to simulate the environment on the mountain to raise fireflies. Each house is built against the mountain, and the intervals inside the greenhouse are made of gravel, forming small grids one foot square.
The fire bug's black body quietly ate the mined ore in its own grid, slowly expanding its body.
You Ziji was lucky enough to see a fat fire insect excrete a red crystal the size of a finger. He thought this thing was a fire crystal. You Ziji took the fresh fire crystal stone in his hand and looked at it carefully. He saw that there were still some impurities on it, and there were scattered black spots attached to it.
Lingqing stuck his head out on You Ziji's shoulder and said, "These black spots are the fire essence. You need to use an iron tool to scrape it off and collect it."
"This is the Fire Spirit? How many fire crystals do you need to make one or two?"
Lingqing was stationed here and knew a lot about it. He explained: "Fireworms are considered strange beasts. Naturally, after being trained and practiced like monks, their strength will increase. What you see in front of you is just the most basic fireworm. The quality of the crystals it produces is Naturally, it is worse, and the stronger the fire insects, the higher the probability that they will produce fire spirits. According to rumors, there was once an insect king that could directly produce fire spirits, but it is a pity that I never had the chance to see it."
"The inner room seems to be a warehouse, where the fire spirits should be stored. Come quickly."
Lingyue turned around, interrupted the two men's speech, and called on them to follow.
As expected, there was a closed house in front, which was protected by a magic circle in addition to copper locks.
You Ziji was not polite and wanted to burn down the magic circle with Samadhi True Fire, but Lingyue stopped him.
"Don't burn it indiscriminately. If the formation is activated, it will be troublesome if the guards in the courtyard find out. It's up to me."
After saying that, Lingyue raised the feather fan in her hand and used the power of the moonlight to slowly erase the formation. Ling Qing really couldn't stand it, and gave her junior sister a shudder, "Without learning or skills, this is how Uncle Feng Miao taught you to break the formation. When you go back, copy the general outline of our formation ten times and give it to me. "
"No, senior brother, aren't you anxious? I know I was wrong, can I not write it?"
"Twenty times."
"I'm still not good at writing, don't increase the amount." Lingyue accepted the unfair treatment humiliatingly. She was depressed but did not dare to contradict her senior brother. Tianyu Guan is not good at forming formations. When her master taught her, she must make good use of the power of Yuehua. It doesn't matter if she doesn't understand all the formations.
In the past two days, after experiencing life and death, the senior brothers and sisters started making noises for the first time in a long time. It was a joy in the midst of hardship, and it did relieve the tense atmosphere.
Lingqing ignored Lingyue's random thoughts and concentrated on unraveling the formation.
"Brother You, you inject your true energy into these three points, and then quickly connect them together, and that's it."
Lingqing didn't have enough energy right now, so he had to let You Ziji do it for him. But just as he stretched out his hand, he heard an exclamation from behind him.
"Who are you? You are so brave, you dare to steal things from the government!"
The person who spoke was the handyman who was cleaning the door earlier.
You Ziji and Lingyue turned around, without any shame on their faces, but looked at this person fiercely. Now that there is no one around, it would be really exciting to knock him out and throw him aside, snatch the fire spirit and run away, becoming a sleazebag.
Ling Qing was the only one who could hold his breath. He watched with interest the strong and powerful servant in front of him, who behaved like an ordinary servant, but his performance was a bit exaggerated.
Seeing that he could not frighten the three of them, the officer became anxious and forced himself to move forward to drive them away.
Suddenly, a "bang" was heard outside, maybe the door of the workshop was kicked open.
Footsteps sounded, and it sounded like they should be two people.
Nowadays, the only people who are so arrogant in Tianhai Lake are the Shanhai Gang.
You Ziji and the other two people instantly became nervous. They all looked at each other and saw anxious expressions. If they are just foundation-building monks, they will naturally not be afraid, but once they take action, other helpers will be attracted. Now that there is no way to deal with the enemy, it is better to avoid it first.
You Ziji made a prompt decision and without hesitation followed the method taught by Ling Qing before, quickly connected the dots, untied the formation, and broke into the door.
The three of them entered the warehouse and saw neatly stacked wooden boxes everywhere. You Ziji stepped forward and opened it. All placed inside were fire crystals as long as one finger.
Lingyue said excitedly: "It's great to have so many crystal stones. Let's let the red feather fan swallow them all and then kill them."
You Ziji frowned and did not answer her, but walked cautiously deeper. He smelled the scent of other people. Next to a pile of wooden boxes, a constable was found unconscious and tied up. One of them had his clothes taken off.
"Brother Dao doesn't seem surprised at all."
You Ziji could feel Ling Qing's emotions behind him through his breathing. Ever since he entered the room, he had been calm and unfluctuated.
"I had already guessed that this scene would happen. When I just dismantled the magic formation, I discovered that the government's formation was not the style that Tianfu Temple made for them. Moreover, Brother You's stealth ability is at the level of the Golden Core. It's not easy to find out. The guard outside the door shouldn't have noticed that we broke in, but he not only found out, but even dared to chase us, so I concluded that there must be something important to him in this room."
"Then he is also here to steal the fire spirit?"
"I don't think so. Maybe he has other things to do. I don't think he will let those two people from the Shanhe Gang in at this moment. Let's rest assured and look for the Huo Jing."
The two police officers were not in danger, so the three of them ignored it and continued to rummage through the boxes and cabinets in search of the fire spirit.
You Ziji had been to Damianhu Sikou's study, thinking that a key treasure like the Fire Spirit would not be put on the open side, so he leaned against the wall and tapped at it from the beginning, using his ear to find the mechanism.
After struggling around, he didn't get the desired result. On the other side, Ling Yue was rummaging through the boxes, but couldn't find the fire spirit.
"Brother Taoist, otherwise we will use the fire crystal stone."
"No, the refining time of the fire crystal stone is too long. Just having one or two opportunities to fan yourself will not be of sufficient help now."
Helpless, You Ziji had no choice but to join Ling Yue in turning over the wooden boxes one by one, hoping to find Huo Jing as soon as possible.
Suddenly, Youziji had an idea and used his body consciousness to enhance his tactile perception. He stamped his feet vigorously, and a counter-shock force immediately came from the ground, bringing him mixed information.
He ran to the wooden box in the center and stood there. Lingyue was a little puzzled and said, "I just rummaged around here and there was no fire spirit."
You Ziji said confidently: "There's nothing in the box, but you didn't look under the box."
He pushed with both palms and moved the wooden box back three feet, revealing the dark tunnel.
Flames burst out from You Ziji's palm, reflecting the cellar clearly. He walked down with Ling Qing and saw wooden shelves with a huge number of porcelain bottles densely packed inside. You Ziji stepped forward, took out a bottle and opened the seal. A thick and pure fire element came out, as if facing the previous magma. But at this time, what You Ziji had in front of him was a small bottle of black powder the size of his thumb.
You Ziji felt that Ling Qing behind him was experiencing emotional fluctuations for the first time since entering the workshop.
"Brother You, put me down quickly."
You Ziji did as he was told and thoughtfully handed over the porcelain bottle in his hand.
Lingqing poured the black powder into his hand and said: "Brother You, this is the Fire Essence. I am afraid that the production of more than half a year is here, which is enough for me to completely transform the Red Feather Fan. It can even help me completely repair my meridians and restore my strength."
You Ziji was a little puzzled and asked: "Brother Taoist's meridians are no longer blocked and only need to be warmed and nourished. Does Tianyu Temple have a secret method of using fire essence to treat injuries?"
"Haha, it is indeed a secret method in my sect, but Brother You is wrong. I want to borrow the power of your red feather fan when you are promoted to widen the meridians in one fell swoop, increase your cultivation to another level, and enhance the ability to plunder spiritual energy from the world. Ability to nourish one’s body.”
"How confident are you?"
"Life or death."
"What do you need me to do?"
"Don't let me be affected. If there is no movement from me after half an hour, just treat me as dead and take Ling Yue away from here."
"clear."
Ling Qing watched You Ziji exit the cellar, turned around and waved the red feather fan, opened the seals of the hundreds of bottles of fire essence, and used the secret method to extract the fire essence and pour it into the red feather fan.
The temperature in the cellar rose sharply, and the power of the feather fan became stronger and stronger, but it was suppressed by Ling Qing in the cellar without leaking out at all.
A moment later, he waved his feather fan, and hundreds more bottles of fire essence were opened.
