"Can you recognize it, girl? Where does this thing come from?"
The metal ball lying in Qingya's hand has a silver luster but a dark color. Under different lighting, it reflects the intertwined brilliance of black and white. On the sphere, strange lines were engraved into some kind of totem pattern, layer by layer, making it impossible to identify their origin.
"Bring it to me and see, what is this?"
Qing Luo spread her palms. She didn't know if it was because she had just returned from outside the country, but she still had a little accent from the Kanto region.
Qing Ya placed the metal core in her palm. Qing Luo raised her index finger and scratched his palm a few times with her nails before taking her hand back.
The sunlight in the desert is particularly strong. Through the gaps in the wooden windows, strips of light shine on the table. Qing Luo placed the metal core in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully for a moment, then put it to his ear and shook it a few times, then gently tapped the pattern engraved on it with his little finger nail, and finally put the metal core on the In the sun.
The two-color metal reflected sunlight on the earthen wall, forming a blurry spot of light. Qing Luo gently stroked the pad of his thumb over the core surface, and the mysterious lines carved on the surface were projected as if they were enlarged in proportion.
"This seems to be made up of many patterns superimposed on each other. Let me take a look, one, two, three, four... there are almost nine."
Qing Luo held her chin, tilting it to the left and to the right for a while. It was obvious that she was trying very hard to identify what these patterns were.
"Xiang Liu, Yaozhu, Qiongqi, this one has a pair of wings and is long like a snake. It must be a singing snake. There are some... I really can't see clearly. It seems that I need to remove this thing first. Just open it."
Qing Luo put down the core in his hand, closed his eyes, and searched for similar historical fragments that existed in this world.
Although she comes from another world, she can connect her consciousness with everything that exists in this world. In other words, she is born with the master key to open all treasures of knowledge.
But she was always too lazy to look for it, because she felt that if I knew everything about the world, then there would be no point in my traveling. The joy of traveling thousands of miles is to remain unknown about everything. But today, Help this boy reluctantly.
Behind Qingluo, the long river of history flows endlessly. The splendid culture of thousands of years is like waves, jumping out of the water from time to time, leaving behind gorgeous gestures. She was wandering along the river of time, and the light shining on her fingertips was the wisdom accumulated over thousands of years. The clouds and water are vast, and the dust is vast. Every stone on the river bank is like a few words in the history books, but behind it is the magnificent life of countless people.
She was like a child who was full of curiosity about everything. She jumped around on the river bank, picked up a stone, saw that it was not what she wanted, and then threw it on the ground.
Yes, as early as the pre-Qin period, people at that time knew how to use the art of organs as production tools and even weapons. The most eye-catching among them is none other than the Mohist school, which has reached its pinnacle.
Later, there were rumors that Mozi's organ skills had reached the state of communicating with heaven and earth and giving life to all things. It is said that Mozi once rode a mechanical kite, soared up and traveled along the Milky Way for three days and three nights. Later, the Grand Marshal in charge of the Tianhe Navy personally escorted Mozi back to the human world. At this point, Mozi also left the realm of mortals, entered Taoism through the art of mechanism, soared up in the sky during the day, and ranked among the immortals. It is said that many people witnessed the scene of ascension with their own eyes.
Of course, most people are more willing to believe that Mozi was imprisoned for life by the king of Song Dynasty, because the machine weapons he created were hundreds of years ahead of that era, and had reached the point where they could influence the situation of the war. In order to prevent Mozi from Zi made weapons for other countries, so the king of Song imprisoned him until his death.
After Mozi disappeared from this world, his magical mechanical skills also disappeared from the world. Later, the most ingenious mechanical skills often appeared in the tombs of emperors to prevent tomb robbers from invading. Their sleep.
The truth of history cannot be ascertained now, but the cultural treasures left by Mozi have been passed down by future generations. Although the craftsmanship of Mozi at that time cannot be restored in the world, the art of mechanism has always played an important role in people's lives. Role.
But what is now engraved on this metal core is not just a simple pattern decoration, but also an exquisite mechanism connected together.
Nine layers of detours, nine beasts protecting each other, only by unlocking the nine outer locks can the core be completely opened, and the core of the mechanism is connected one by one, affecting the whole body. If you make a wrong step, there will be no consequences. It's possible to come.
"So that's it. It doesn't seem to be difficult."
Qing Luo opened her eyes and assured Qing Ya confidently.
"Girl, do you have a way to solve this problem?"
"Of course, but you have to answer me, why should I help you?"
Qing Luo played with the earth ball in his hand, squinting his eyes and looking at Qingya with a smile, as if he was a fox waiting for its prey to take the bait.
"this……"
This question actually stopped Qingya in his tracks. Yes, what kind of relationship do he have with her? Are they friends? Maybe she doesn't even know what a friend is?
"Girl, I am a disciple of the Qingya Mountain Sect. I have nothing to offer. If the girl has orders, I will go through fire and water as long as I don't violate morality."
"No, don't be so serious. I'm just teasing you. Why are you so serious? Let's do this. Next time we meet, you can just bring me a bottle of good wine. How about this condition?
Seeing that he was so serious, Qing Luo felt a little embarrassed.
"Thank you for your help, girl. Next time we meet, I will definitely bring you the most beautiful wine in the world."
Qingya promised with all his heart. After the trip to Chang'an was over, when he returned to Tianyun, he invited Miss Qingluo to come to Yaoguang as a guest. With her cultivation so advanced, the master would definitely not refuse. But Qing Ya could not have imagined that the woman in front of him could go anywhere in the world, except that she would not be able to reach the top of Tianyun.
After discussing the matter later, Qing Luo picked up the metal core again, threw it on the ground casually, then picked it up again, and then threw it on the ground again.
After repeating it several times, Qingya also saw that no matter what angle it fell from, the ball would always tilt in the direction of the sunrise. Qingya guessed that it might be due to uneven internal weight distribution.
After setting the direction of the benchmark, Qing Luo transformed into a thin blade that was even thinner than the tip of a needle, which could just fit into the lines carved on the ball. Qing Luo first rotated the outermost layer of Xiangliu twice so that the snake head in the middle was pointed towards the west, which was the direction that Xiangliu often looked up when he was still a subordinate of Gonggong.
Afterwards, Qing Luo chopped off the nine snake heads on the Xiangliu Totem from the middle to both sides. When he chopped off the snake head on the far right, there was a slight sound of machine gears colliding with each other. With a sound, the outermost Xiangliu totem slowly emerged from the surface of the sphere, and the first level of the nine-layered lock was opened.
In the second stage, Qing Luo turned the tiger head of the Tao Zhu totem to the west, and then knocked out the two long fangs in its mouth. Click, click, and the Tao Chu totem emerged again.
The third level, Qiongqi's head is facing west, and its wings are cut off; the fourth level, the snoring snake's head is facing north, and its tail is cut off; the fifth level, the Kui Niu's head is facing east, and its legs are cut off...
After going back and forth like this nine times, the layers of totems have all appeared on the surface of the sphere. At this moment, it looks like a nine-story pagoda with a round bottom, and on each totem, there is a spot on a different part of each alien beast. And its tiny round holes. At this moment, these small holes happen to overlap, connecting the inner and outer parts of the core.
Qing Luo separated a strand of her hair, pulled out one of the strands, put it in her mouth and dipped it in her own saliva, and the hair stood up straight. Then, she threaded the hair from top to bottom into the small hole in the core. After feeling something touched, she suddenly lifted it up, and the hair was stuck in the core.
"Okay, open it, help me pull out my hair again."
Qing Luo carefully picked up the core, and Qing Ya found the tip of the hair stuck in it, wrapped the end around his index finger, first pressed it down, and then pulled the net with slight force, overlapping Pieces of the nine-layered totems flew down, and seven or eight pieces fell on the table, and Qingya immediately smelled the smell of blood.
It's not like the smell of ordinary blood, but more like the special smell formed by the blood of many kinds of creatures mixed together. It has the smell of the sea, the smell of swamps, and the smell of mountains.
"Oh? There are so many bloods of alien beasts mixed together. Today, it is not possible for ordinary people to get this blood. Where did you get this ball?
Qing Luo asked Qing Ya, and at the same time he pulled out a piece of his hair and immersed the tip of the hair in about half a sphere of blood. When he lifted it up again, thick blood was dripping from the end of the hair. Then she curiously put her nose to it and smelled it carefully, then immediately took it away in disgust.
Qing Ya told her in detail about the two previous attacks by imitation ferocious beasts, but Qing Luo seemed a little indifferent.
"Forget it, forget it. Anyway, you can solve your own problems by yourself. If you can't solve it, come to me. But make sure you agree in advance that I won't help you fight."
"I am extremely grateful for the girl's help. How dare I ask the girl to do more? Qingya has received the girl's kindness several times, but I have nothing to repay. From now on..."
"Don't listen, don't listen, why are you nagging like a little old man? I said, do you have anything else? If nothing happens, go back quickly."
Hearing Qing Ya's babble, Qing Luo covered his ears and interrupted his words.
"There is one more thing I want to tell the girl."
"What? I won't necessarily help you."
Qingya took out a pot of osmanthus wine from his arms, and took out a box of exquisite mooncakes and placed them in front of Qingluo.
"When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky with wine. The cakes are like chewing the moon. There are crisps and sweets in them. Even though we are thousands of miles apart, we can share the beauty of the moon. Miss Qingluo, I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival."
