Chapter 53: Human-headed ghost chestnut, tragic elimination (4k words, please subscribe!)
Yu Que was among the first batch to enter the customs. He stepped forward, scanning the blast furnaces with his eyes, and soon landed in front of a blast furnace in the center.
This blast furnace is octagonal, three feet tall, has holes on all sides, is imprinted with runes, and has ghost faces carved into it, like a large alchemy furnace.
There was a roaring sound in the furnace, and there was a strong man standing on the blast furnace with his hands folded and his chest exposed.
The other party looked at the candidates who entered the test and immediately shouted:
"I, Lu Tiehua, am responsible for supervising the martial arts exams for you and others. Don't wait any longer and come forward quickly to obey your orders!"
The man's voice was rough, as if gold and stone were rubbing against each other, and his humming sound gave people a feeling of iron-blooded bravery.
Yu Que and others did not dare to neglect and gathered in front of Lu Tiehua.
Some candidates who wanted to please each other smiled flatteringly and shouted: "Juniors have met the teacher!"
"Teacher is so strong! He is truly a great husband."
However, when the scene was buzzing, Lu Tiehua looked unhappy and snorted immediately.
Boom, everyone at the scene looked horrified.
They felt their hearts pounding in their chests, and they suddenly felt dizzy and had to close their mouths tightly for fear of vomiting on the spot.
Lu Tiehua waved her hand, banged the blast furnace behind her, and drank:
"Not much nonsense, today's martial arts test will test your courage and carefulness.
There are thirty-six molten iron blast furnaces in the field, and each furnace is filled with molten iron, which is enough to rot meat and burn bones. The content of your assessment is to each take three ghost chestnuts, melt them with molten iron, and take the pulp.
The pulp of ghost chestnuts is the next level, which is the exam qualification for the last level. Only those who can get three ghost chestnuts are qualified to sacrifice to ghosts and gods! ”
After briefly speaking, the other party shouted loudly: "Do you understand!"
Its voice buzzed around the place.
People No. 600 to 700 felt their heads buzzing again, and many people cursed in their hearts: "Damn it, can't you talk properly? Is it possible that listening to you and being scolded by you is also part of the exam?"
But everyone, including Yu Que, looked solemn and promised in a low voice: "Yes!"
"Children can be taught."
Lu Tiehua once again pointed to several piles of things in the field and shouted: "Let the exam begin!"
Yu Que looked up and suddenly discovered that the mountains of things were all pitch black and did not look like chestnuts at all, but rather rotten and twisted human heads.
These human-headed monsters looked strange, and they were built up in a Beijing-style formation, glaring at the candidates present as if they were dead.
When everyone walked up to Rentou Jingguan, they did not dare to take action for a moment, but their eyes were filled with surprise. Their eyes kept flicking on the examiner Lu Tiehua and Rentou Jingguan, and they hesitated to speak.
But the examiner Lu Tiehua had a sneer on his face. He patrolled the central blast furnace, walking around and observing the scene, without any intention of explaining a word.
Yu Que stared closely at a human head in front of him. He waited for a moment, and when he saw that the people on the left and right did not dare to move, and frowned, he wanted to be careful, and wanted to try to take out a human head and take a look.
But when he was about to take action, Qian Huazhen beside him suddenly turned him around and stopped him with his eyes.
Yu Que raised his eyelids slightly, stopped his movements wisely, and continued to fuck in place.
After dozens of breaths passed, the people on the left and right saw Yu Que, who was the most literate, and continued to work without making a move.
Finally, someone couldn't help it and boldly stepped forward, cursing: "You're even afraid of a dead man's head, and you still failed to pass the county school exam!"
But then, a cry of pain came from this man's mouth.
Click, click, click!
As soon as the opponent's finger stretched out on the head, the heads suddenly opened their teeth, and one of the heads bit the man's finger.
The other party howled miserably, retreated quickly, rolled on the ground, and shook the head off for a long time.
Everyone looked again and saw that nearly half of the man's bitten arm was gray, as if he had been poisoned.
At the same time, screams rang out from other piles of heads in front of the Jingguan, and it was obvious that someone had also been bitten.
In an instant, the candidates were whispering to each other and talking a lot.
Yu Que was thoughtful and looked up at Qian Huazhen beside him.
Qian Huazhen looked at the heads and sighed: "Sure enough, this thing is the rumored ghost chestnut!"
When he saw Yu Que's puzzled look, he immediately looked at Yu Que with a look of pride on his face, leaned towards Yu Que, and explained in a low voice:
"This thing is an evil wood spirit that can strangle living creatures and harm all directions. The torso of the deceased, regardless of livestock, will be used as fertilizer and the head will be hung.
If you crack open the skull, you will find that there is no flesh and blood inside, but instead pulp. This meat is poisonous to humans, but to ghosts and gods, it is a very sweet offering. It is properly prepared and concentrated. It has a golden color and a sweet taste like chestnuts, so it is called the "Ghost Chestnut with Human Head". ”
Qian Huazhen said:
"There are so many ghost chestnuts in the field, and all of them have human heads, not animal heads. It is estimated that some village has been affected by evil spirits. The examiners brought them back after eradicating the evil trees."
Yu Que listened and couldn't help but praise: "Brother Qian is still very knowledgeable. Yu has never seen this kind of ghost food in the book."
When Qian Huazhen heard this, his face became even more proud, and he said humbly: "If you give me a prize, give me a prize. If you don't write it in the book, I might be worried that if others find out, the world will take the initiative to plant this ghost chestnut. It's completely normal for Brother Yu not to know."< br>
The guy patted himself: "But with someone here, you and I, brothers, can take the lead today..."
But the next moment, Qian Huazhen was stunned. He suddenly raised his head and looked behind and to his left and right.
Suddenly, a sound sounded.
Behind the two people, five or six people suddenly fell backwards and fell to the ground.
It turned out that while Qian Huazhen was muttering, the other ignorant candidates around him were leaning on their heads, standing on tiptoes, holding their breath, and gathered around the two of them to listen.
Qian Huazhen suddenly turned around, shocking the other generation.
These candidates quickly got up from the ground, smiled dryly and handed over to Qian Huazhen, and then happily looked at the human-headed ghosts, thinking about how to start.
Qian Huazhen's face suddenly fell, and he realized that he was so proud just now that he forgot to take Yu Que and ran to the corner to talk.
It was a pity that Yu Que saw this scene.
He laughed dumbly and handed over to Qian Huazhen: "We have run out of opportunities. It seems that Brother Qian and I have to work harder."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Que's eyes narrowed. He reached forward with both hands and took out two of the ghost chestnuts from the pile.
White hairs appeared on his hands, wrapped in gray air, and like pinching a crab, he pinched one by one at the teeth of Rentou Guili to avoid being bitten, and took the initiative to hand one to Qian Huazhen.
also.
Qian Huazhen was not the only one at the scene who knew the origin of Gui Li. There were people who knew it better than Qian Huazhen.
The entire examination room began to be chaotic, and the candidates started to grab the ghost chestnut.
Because although there are many objects, the number does not seem to be as large as the candidates.
And each candidate requires only three ghost chestnuts. Who knows how many ghost chestnuts can pop out of one human head ghost chestnut. So naturally everyone was eager to grab it.
In an instant, screams also sounded in the field.
Many people were bitten by the human-headed ghost chestnut in a hurry, and fell to the ground with evil poison in their bodies.
When the examiner Lu Tiehua saw this, he looked sarcastic and immediately shouted.
There were government officials from all around who came forward and quickly dragged him out of the examination room to prevent him from dying in the examination room.
The people who were dragged out all did not believe in evil and shouted: "I have another hand, why are you driving me out of the examination room!"
"Third brother, you're fucking hurting me!" "A bunch of trash." Lu Tiehua said mercilessly, mockingly:
"Every chestnut you pick can be bitten. If you are clumsy, you will be eliminated."
In addition, he would wander around the field from time to time. When he saw a gray-haired candidate standing awkwardly in front of Rentou Guili, he wanted to catch him but did not dare to catch him.
Examiner Lu Tiehua took a few glances, then impatiently stretched out her hand, picked up the white-haired examinee, handed it to the officials, and drove him out of the examination room.
The white-haired examinee shouted: "Young man, I haven't done anything yet, how can you eliminate me!"
Lu Tiehua had an impatient look on her face and scolded: "I'm so old, so old and sour, why are you here to take part in the martial arts test? I'm getting impatient."
No matter how many white-haired candidates in the room cried for their fathers and mothers, this person remained indifferent and drove them away one by one indifferently.
When this person passed by Yu Que and Qian Huazhen, they saw that they were both agile and well-versed in cooking techniques, and they were not gray-haired candidates.
The two of them still looked slightly tense, worried that the other party would find a reason to be kicked out.
Fortunately, Lu Tiehua's eyes only glanced at them, and then continued to look at the other candidates.
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At this time.
Yu Que was already carrying a ghost chestnut and climbed into a blast furnace first, but when he looked at the molten iron in the furnace, he frowned and did not immediately start roasting the chestnuts.
"Although the examiner surnamed Lu hinted at using molten iron to roast chestnuts when he announced the question, the prompt was too simple. Are there any other tips?"
His worries were not unreasonable, because the next moment, screams were heard from the surrounding blast furnaces.
Ahhhh!
Someone anxiously threw Gui Li into the molten iron. The head actually jumped up, carrying the molten iron, and bit the examinee's side.
Some people were even bitten on the face immediately, their skin was torn to pieces, and they fainted, not knowing whether to live or die.
Yu Que was speechless when he saw this: "Sure enough, roasting chestnuts is not easy."
In addition, someone saw the ghost chestnut flying out, and immediately kicked it away, and then kicked the chestnut into the molten iron. However, a plume of burnt smoke rose immediately, and the other person lay on the stove and picked it up with fire tongs, but found nothing.
Soon, the scene was filled with smoke and screams.
The martial arts exam has been going on for more than half an hour, but no one has succeeded in taking the chestnuts from the fire and gaining something from the molten iron.
On the contrary, nearly one-third of the candidates present have been eliminated.
Almost everyone who left was injured, and some fell into the molten iron and were almost burned to coke.
Such a scene made Yu Que feel terrified.
Moreover, both he and Qian Huazhen had tried carefully, but both failed. They only fished out a ball of black meat residue from the molten iron.
All of a sudden.
The atmosphere on the field became increasingly anxious, and everyone did not know the correct way to draw chestnuts from the fire.
But at this moment, bursts of exclamations suddenly erupted in front of an iron furnace.
Yu Que and Qian Huazhen looked up and saw a group of people gathered on a blast furnace. There was a strong and naked candidate holding a ghost chestnut in his hand and confidently throwing it into the molten iron.
Whenever the ghost chestnut screams and jumps out of the molten iron, the man will lift a ladle, pick up the ghost chestnut head, throw it into an iron bucket next to him, soak it in oil, and then squeeze it Then continue to throw it into the molten iron in the blast furnace.
After repeating this process, the ghost chestnut became shiny, and its skin peeled off at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the yellowed bones, turning into a skull, and the surface began to crack.
Examiner Lu Tiehua also stood aside, watching with interest.
With this candidate's reminder, Yu Que and Qian Huazhen looked at each other.
Both of them are members of the alchemist guild, and they have a clear understanding:
"No wonder there is kerosene next to the iron stove. I thought it was used to start the fire and raise the temperature. It turns out that it is soaked in kerosene to seal the heat and cool the outer shell!"
Yu Que had tried it just now, but he was using deep-fried oil to heat it up, not to cool it down, so he didn't get the method right.
"It seems that my training in training is only getting better after all, so I have to train harder." He thought to himself and reflected secretly.
On the side, Qian Huazhen looked at the candidate with surprise on his face, and murmured: "This person's skills are so sophisticated, he looks like an experienced alchemist, why haven't I seen him in the guild? Could it be that there is someone else in the guild that I don’t know..."
Yu Que raised his head when he heard the words, his eyes also had a strange color, because he recognized the person at a glance.
This person was his apprentice Fang Mulian, his friend he met in the ghost shop.
This person is very good at frying ghosts. Even though Yu Que is now a ninth-grade alchemist with spiritual consciousness, he cannot guarantee that he will be as experienced and skilled as this person when frying ghosts.
"Okay, okay!"
Near the blast furnace where Fang Mulian was located, the candidates kept cheering:
"Thank you!", "Thank you for your advice, brother!"
The others are not fools either. Although most of them have never been exposed to the alchemy technique, they can also imitate it with Fang Mulian's demonstration in front of them.
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the sweat on Fang Mulian's body evaporated and steam filled her body.
His face was even redder and his spirits were high, as if he had drunk strong wine and was extremely excited.
The cheers of the crowd increased his self-confidence, making him look determined, and he kept thinking to himself: "Mom! Master! I am not a waste, not a waste."
Crackling!
Soon, Fang Mulian prepared a piece of ghost chestnut, and the shiny golden things fell into the molten iron.
He looked overjoyed, observed the heat, and then quickly wiped his hands, without using tongs, and just soaked his hands carefully in the kerosene.
This man put his bare hands into the molten iron and carefully touched the ghost chestnuts that had been roasted in the molten iron.
Kerosene burns when heated.
The sound enveloped Fang Mulian's entire upper body, turning him into half a burning man. The sound was horrifying, but the man was not afraid at all and was unscathed.
When everyone at the scene saw this, they immediately started talking again.
Some of them had bright eyes and immediately shouted: "Brother, bake more and sell them to me! Ten thousand yuan each."
These words immediately aroused the attention of many people. They glanced at the examiner Lu Tiehua and found that although the examiner frowned, he did not scold the person who was bidding, and they all started bidding too.
Qian Huazhen next to Yu Que also had bright eyes and shouted from a distance:
"Thirty thousand, Qian paid thirty thousand for one piece!"
This guy also wants to spend money on it.
Yu Que did not get involved in the excitement. With Fang Mulian's demonstration, he had completely understood the secret of making chestnuts from fire and making gold from molten iron.
"It turns out that when fishing for ghost chestnuts in molten iron, you have to use flesh and blood to fish them out. Otherwise, if you use fire tongs, the metal will be too strong to suppress ghosts, and the gas of ghost chestnuts will quickly burn and turn into charcoal."
Yu Que hesitated in his eyes and thought about it again and again.
He immediately carried a skull chestnut and a bucket of kerosene, climbed onto a blast furnace and started frying.
(End of chapter)