The process of boiling grease is not difficult, but the steps are extremely complicated. Whenever the smoke disappears from the mouth of the pot, Old Man Tang will take the well water and add clean water through the small opening, and then the hot oil will meet the clear water, just like the flood discharge from the river mouth. There was a roar, and white mist came out of the pot lid again.
After half a day, when the sun was slanting in the sky, only a semicircle remained, and the last ladle of water was finally boiled dry. Old Man Tang tremblingly lifted the lid of the pot, and the smell coming from the mouth of the pot made everyone couldn't help but come forward to take a look.
At noon, the grease was like old oil that had been used to fry meat many times. It was black and gray and rancid. Now, after half a day of boiling and purification and extraction by spring water, it has become very clean. It has changed from black and gray to slightly yellow. The transparent oily water is like the tea soup of weak tea, with a rich aroma.
"Why has the smell changed? Wasn't it smelly at first?"
Tang Dayang's question was also everyone's question. Tang Baoguan explained in a soft voice: "Things must turn to their extremes. The smell of the ointment comes from the rotten corpse poison left in the ointment. The half-afternoon cooking has already burned the corpse poison cleanly." , add water and oil and cook it several times, the poisonous things have turned into water mist, and what’s left is the real human oil.”
"This thing is as immortal as shark oil. It can keep burning as long as it is not splashed with water. Humans are the spirits of all things. The smell of burning can attract souls and spiritual beings. Don't burn it easily."
"Uncle, have you really seen a soul creature?"
Tang Dayang asked his uncle, and Old Tang showed a cryptic expression: "The soul is intangible and incorporeal. Unless you are a cultivator, ordinary people cannot sense it at all. But if there is a soul, what is the size of the human body?" There are some reactions, such as chills, inexplicable panic, and numbness in the scalp. Even the soul mist does not say that there is really any soul, it is just that the mist is full of shadows. If your uncle and I really see this thing, how can I dare to have it? Life is alive.”
"It's done. Once it cools down, you can put it into the soul-inducing lamp."
Later, Old Man Tang took out five lamp tubes from the back room. These lamp tubes were made of whole bamboo tubes, with a layer of iron on the outside to prevent leakage. The gourd puts the human oil into the bamboo tubes, just enough to completely fill the five bamboo tubes. When the rolled white cotton rope is soaked with oil and water and sent into the bamboo tubes, a soul-inducing lamp is completed.
"It's done. Hang it under the eaves overnight. Once it's completely cold, you can use it."
Old Man Tang continued: "The human oil lamps have been prepared, and now only the phoenix blood is left. The old man is blind and poor, but there is no way to help a few more. You have to think of a way on your own to see how to find the King of Raptors. "
"Uncle, even if there are pheasants in the mountains at this time, they probably won't come out. Most animals have to spend the winter. It's freezing and snowy. Where can I find phoenix blood?"
Tang Dayang complained casually.
"I don't know about this. If the old man leaves this village, it's as if he is really blind. But I remind you that you don't necessarily need any pheasants. The same is true if there are domestic chickens that can have swift ones. You can use them again. Expand the scope, but don’t go into a dead end.”
After hearing what the old man said, Yue Guanchao had an idea and looked at everyone: "Uncle Tang is right. I remember Brother Xu told me that Taiyi Tianzun's ritual ceremony will hold a temple fair under the Qingxu Temple. At that time, near Zhongnanling People will come to the temple fair, and there is a cockfighting venue among the temple fairs. Why don't we go look for him and see if we can find the Phoenix blood."
His words already gave a huge clue. Song Siyuan thought it was feasible, and nodded with excited eyes: "Then, let's do as you say."
They smelled the smell of corpse oil all afternoon. By this time, everyone's stomachs were already rumbling, but for some reason they had no appetite. They simply ate bitter white porridge, and after drinking it, they all went back to rest.
It didn't rain anymore today, but the cold was even worse than in the past. The snow from last night had not completely melted yet and was frozen by the low temperature. Yue Guanchao and the others sat in the north hall and leaned against the fire wall to warm themselves up. The window faced the yard and could be seen at a glance. I saw the lamp tubes hanging from the eaves.
"Second uncle, we have to go to Zhongnanling tomorrow for a visit. You just stay here with Uncle Tang to prevent anything else from happening in the yard. After all, the lamplight is still there."
Yue Qingshan nodded: "Okay, you can go ahead with confidence, we will definitely defend this place."
They were about to continue talking when there was a noise outside the yard, and several people immediately became nervous. Yue Guanchao stood inside the door, and pressed the wooden head against the door bar, and asked cautiously: "Uncle Tang, is that you?"
There was movement outside but no one said anything. He was about to take the machete and go out, when he saw a figure with a knotted back reflected in the window. With his broad waist and fangs and pointed ears, he was clearly a wild wolf in the forest.
"Uncle Tang once said that human oil naturally attracts spiritual beings. Spiritual beings within a ten-mile radius may come to find out what's going on, especially after it's burned. It's probably the thing that attracted wild wolves."
Song Siyuan looked out the window. The wild wolf had already stuck out its tongue and kept licking the bamboo tube, sucking away the remaining human oil on it. If the copper tube hadn't been fixed to the eaves with iron chains, it would have stolen the thing long ago.
"Bang bang!"
