Chapter 275 Mermaid Lamp Oil
Taotie didn’t know yet that he was innocent and was unknowingly labeled as a tiger by Fang Xiaocao, and he was still showing off with his big mouth.
“Hey~”
“Finally it’s Sajia’s turn to show off his knowledge!”
Taotie’s heart was so beautiful that he almost had snot in his nose.
Before, it was all Tom, Ladbrokes’ character design.
Taotie was so envious that it was finally his turn.
Can I not be proud?
Everyone has vanity, and Taotie is no exception.
Looking at Taotie who was so proud and had a look on his face that he was about to ask me, Fang Xiaocao rolled his eyes: "Okay, if you know, tell me quickly, we still have to hurry!"
"Hehe~"
Hearing Fang Xiaocao's words, Taotie laughed mischievously.
Cleared his throat and said, "It's not easy to talk about the lamp oil in this lamp. Guess what it is made from?"
Taotie's words successfully attracted the audience. Three pairs of eyes came.
Fang Xiaocao glared at Taotie: "Say it quickly!"
"Oops~"
"Guess~"
Taotie said in an almost coquettish tone.
Fang Xiaocao and the three people who heard this felt a chill.
They all shuddered.
The tough guy is acting like a spoiled brat and I can’t stand it!
“If we knew, why would we need you to tell us?”
Fang Xiaocao said angrily.
“Say it quickly!”
“If you don’t say it anymore, I’ll beat you up!”
Fang Xiaocao clenched his fists and threatened.
Looking at Fang Xiaocao's vicious expression, Taotie suddenly recalled the scene of him being beaten after killing the giant snake, and he instantly withered.
“I have no sense of humor~”
Taotie muttered dully.
“Say it quickly!”
Fang Xiaocao shouted angrily.
"Okay, okay..."
"I said it's not okay!"
Taotie said reluctantly.
“This kind of transparent lamp oil has a lot of history. When I first started my career, I once hung out with a group of tomb robbers for a few days. I saw this kind of transparent lamp oil when I went to the tomb. It was a Han Dynasty tomb, and it seemed to be that of a prince.”
"At that time, I was also curious about what it was, so I asked the group of tomb robbers. The old tomb robber holding the pot saw that I was cute, so he told me..."
"Guess, What did the old tomb robber say?”
"Ahem..."
"I'll go on..."
Taotie wanted to show off, but he received a fierce look from Fang Xiaocao. Taotie immediately gave up. He coughed twice to relieve his embarrassment.
"The old tomb robber said that these transparent lamp oils are the legendary mermaid oil!"
"Do you know what the mermaids are?"
"They are the legendary mermaids from abroad. !”
“This transparent lamp oil is made from mermaid fish oil!”
Taotie said with a mysterious face.
"Merman oil?"
Fang Xiaocao couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Isn't the shark a thing in legend?"
"Really exist?"
Fang Xiaocao asked curiously.
"It exists!"
"How come it doesn't exist!"
"Just because you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist!"
Being questioned by Fang Xiaocao, Taotie confirmed Strive with reason. "Have you seen it?"
Fang Xiaocao rolled his eyes at Taotie and asked.
“I’ve never seen this before…”
Taotie shook his head.
“Have you seen the corpse?”
Hearing what Taotie said, Fang Xiaocao was surprised and asked.
"No...no..."
Taotie said hesitantly.
Fang Xiaocao died speechless.
Jumped up and gave Taotie a headache.
“I’ve never seen what you say is true!”
Fang Xiaocao said angrily.
“But I have seen statues and murals!”
“It’s in that Han tomb!”
Taotie became anxious and shouted.
“Oh?”
"What is the mural about?"
Fang Xiaocao asked curiously.
“The painting is of the owner of the tomb, representing the Han Dynasty in the East China Sea, who wanted to conquer the shark tribe. When the sharks refused, the owner of the tomb commanded his troops and launched a genocidal massacre against the sharks. The shark tribe suffered heavy casualties. Some of the waving sharks were captured by the owner of the tomb and given to the emperor of Han Dynasty, where they were kept Some of them escaped into the deep sea in the pond in Weiyang Palace. The Han Dynasty's ships could not penetrate into the sea, so the owner of the tomb did not pursue him. He only collected the shark's body and refined it into shark oil."
Taotie vividly described the content of the murals he saw in the Han tomb.
Fang Xiaocao blinked: "Are there really sharks?"
"Just like in the legend, the upper body is a human and the lower body is a fish tail?"
Fang Xiaocao was curious about this legendary creature and quickly asked.
“Yes!”
Taotie nodded: “That’s what is painted on the mural.”
At this point, Taotie paused again.
He smashed his mouth, and then said: "However, it seems to be different from the legend. Although those sharks look like humans, they don't look much like them. They are a bit like dugongs, but they have hair and hands. We don't I know, it looks like that, or the artist didn’t see the real thing when he painted it, so he painted it based on his imagination.”
Fang Xiaocao blinked: “Maybe!”
Han Dynasty. It has been thousands of years since then.
Throughout the ages, there have been legends about the sharks.
Moreover, it seems that the royal family and nobles all like to use shark oil as lamp oil in the tomb when repairing their tombs. It is said that lamp oil made from shark oil can burn for thousands of years, keeping the tomb bright.
Therefore, there are many legends about the imperial court hunting and killing the sharks on a large scale.
Perhaps the real sharks have long since become extinct.
Or, just like the legend.
The prototype of the shark is the dugong?
The dugong thing really fits the description of the legendary shark and mermaid.
After listening to a story, Fang Xiaocao also satisfied his curiosity and stopped worrying about it. He just secretly made up his mind that if he returned the same way when he left, he must take some of these shark lamp oil back when passing by. Do your research.
“After hearing the story, let’s continue on our way!”
Fang Xiaocao said with a smile.
"Tom, open the way!"
Fang Xiaocao waved his little hand.
"Yes!"
Tom nodded and continued to open the way.
Fang Xiaocao learned the lesson this time and kept looking at Tom's footing, following step by step.
I am afraid that I will go wrong and step on some mechanism.
Compared to Fang Xiaocao, Taotie and Hummingbird are much more casual. The two of them are very skilled. Even if they step on the trap and trigger it, they can easily avoid it.
After walking for about 500 meters along this shark lantern oil tomb passage, a piece of sand appeared in front of Fang Xiaocao and the four of them, blocking the path between the tomb passage and cutting a complete tomb passage into two sections. .
The sand is more than ten meters wide. The sand inside is white and full of caltrops and blades. If you want to walk across it, some of you will definitely get pricked or cut. Although it is easy to Xiaocao and others were all wearing high-top combat boots, high-tech combat boots with anti-cutting function. However, Fang Xiaocao and the others did not know how deep the sand pit was and did not dare to try it rashly.
But if you don’t walk over it, you can’t jump over it either.
Fang Xiaocao and the four of them could only stop moving forward.
Think about how to get through.