Chapter 216 Tonic and Test
"Hey! What kind of treasure is this? It's immediate." Wang Kaixuan looked at the porcelain bottle in Ding Sitian's hand with glowing eyes, not even caring about the disappearance of the stone wall. care.
He thinks this thing is so awesome!
If you can get someone close to you, it will be safer to go to the grave in the future.
Ding Sitian did not hide it, and gave the answer directly: "This is the awakening incense. I can't deal with the illusion that is too powerful. I can only deal with it at this level. I will touch it with you." Jin Xiaowei’s Red Pill Miaoxin Pill is almost the same.”
"Honglian Miaoxin Pills?" Wang Kai turned his head to look at Hu Bayi and asked: "Old Hu, do you know this thing? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"It was exposed in one sentence. You are uneducated and incompetent." After Hu Bayi habitually insulted him, he explained: "This Honglian Miaoxin Pill is a secret medicine prepared by the ancestors who touched gold in the old days. It has been lost for many years. It is said that it can neutralize the corpse poison in the ancient tomb, but I haven’t heard that it can also break the illusion?”
He looked at Ding Sitian and said the following words. He also heard this statement as a novelty. A feeling of learning new knowledge.
"Strictly speaking, it is not a cracking of illusions, but the medicinal properties of Hongxian Miaoxin Pills can resist mild hallucinations." Ding Sitian explained.
"That's it..." Hu Bayi immediately understood what was going on.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan looked at the porcelain bottle in Ding Sitian's hand and suddenly asked: "The awakening fragrance of Moon Gate?"
If Ding Sitian hadn't said her name, he really wouldn't have recognized it. This is a refreshing fragrance.
To the Moon Sect people, this thing is just like what Ding Sitian said, just like the Red Lian Miaoxin Pill that touched Captain Jin, it is the kind of iconic item.
It can be said that being able to take out this awakening incense is equivalent to telling them the identity of Ding Sitian's successor to the Moon Gate.
Speaking of Moon Gate and Xiiling, there is a very deep connection. Let’s not mention the long past events. In his uncle’s generation alone, there was a red girl who placed incense in Changsheng Mountain. His uncle was his right-hand man at the time.
That's why Chen Ziyan asked this question, because it represents his future attitude towards Ding Sitian.
Ding Sitian smiled at Chen Ziyan and nodded: "Yes, Moon Gate."
Ding Sitian was not surprised that Chen Ziyan recognized the source of what he had learned, and took out Xingshen She was prepared when it smelled good.
She does not know the relationship between Moon Gate and Xiling, but she knows the significance of the Awakening God Incense. As long as the inheritance has not been cut off, she can determine her sect's inheritance through this object.
To be honest, she was a little puzzled that Hu Bayi didn't recognize him. This was not the behavior of an orthodox golden heir.
"Moon Gate...could it be the origin of Gu Cai's magic?" Hu Bayi heard some of the conversation between the two and thought of something in this regard.
Chen Ziyan nodded: "It's the one you thought of."
He knew that except for Feng Shui and military skills, Hu Bayi was half-assed in everything else, so he was not surprised at all.
“I didn’t expect, Sitian, that you would have such an opportunity to get the inheritance of Moon Gate.” Hu Bayi’s tone was quite emotional.
He heard his grandfather mention that in those days, the Moon Gate became famous because of the descendants of that generation.
Wang Kaixuan was confused and bored, so he interrupted: "Can we first tell you what happened just now? I'm still confused."
At this moment, he remembered Stonewall thing.
Hearing what he said, Chen Ziyan and the others stopped talking. There will be plenty of opportunities to talk about the Moon Gate in the future, but now the things in front of them are more important.
Chen Ziyan looked at Wang Kaixuan and asked with a smile: "Fat man, do you still remember what I said just now that the stone wall will move with your sight?"
"Remember." Wang Triumph opened his mouth to answer.
Hearing this, Chen Ziyan showed a mysterious smile and said slowly: "Actually, I lied to you. I didn't see this at all."
"Huh? You lied to us?" Wang Kaixuan exclaimed instantly He spoke out and said in disbelief: "How is this possible!"
You must know that it is not just him, everyone present has personally verified this.
Why is it fake now?
Hu Bayi also looked puzzled: "Yes, Mr. Chen, we all saw it with our own eyes. Even if the stone wall is an illusion, it shouldn't be fake because it can move."
Chen Ziyan explained with a smile: "Actually, I felt something was wrong at the beginning, but I didn't think about the problem for a while. It wasn't until later that I discovered that I was different from the stone wall you saw, and then I finally settled on my idea. After testing it, I thought of a way to verify whether it was an illusion."
Hu Bayi thought thoughtfully: "So Mr. Chen, your way is to tell us something that didn't happen. Let’s see if this thing will come true?”
“Yes.” Chen Ziyan nodded and continued: “Remember when I said the stone wall looked like a whole piece of stone, and the fat man said it looked like an ancient city wall. "Is it something?"
Hu Ba nodded: "Remember."
He didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking that Chen Ziyan had made a mistake.
Now that I think about it, something is really wrong.
Chen Ziyan said: "At first I just vaguely felt something was wrong, but it was this incident that made me really wary."
"Because after listening to the fat man, I found out what I saw The stone wall actually began to change in the way he described. I speculated that this might be an illusion reflecting the subconscious, so I deliberately told you that the stone wall would move with your sight, just to completely confirm your suspicion."
< br>Hu Bayi probably understood what Chen Ziyan wanted to express, and said: "So, this stone wall is a reflection of our subconscious, so it will change according to our thoughts."
But then he New doubts arose: "But this doesn't make sense. If this is our subconscious projection, how come everyone except you sees the same stone wall, and we also see your short stick piercing it." Over the stone wall.”
Hearing Hu Bayi's question, Chen Ziyan explained the explanation he had come up with: "I have thought about these things, and I can barely come up with an answer."
"Let me talk about the same hallucinations first. In fact, I am not the only one who is different. If you compare with each other, you will find that in fact, the stone walls we all see are different. It is just the concept of stone walls, coupled with the influence of ancient tombs, age and other factors, so you The contents of the hallucinations are similar. "
This is a very simple truth, but no one has figured out the key, so it confuses everyone.
Now that Chen Ziyan was so exposed, others immediately understood what was going on.
After Chen Ziyan gave them some time to react, he continued: "As for the short stick passing through the stone wall later, this is because this illusion is very clever. It not only creates an illusion, but also allows us to Everything in front of you becomes a mixture of fantasy and reality, that’s why this happens.”
Although he didn't know whether his idea was completely correct, this was the most likely explanation he could think of.
At this moment, Chen Ziyan saw Shirley Yang and Ding Sitian who were thinking behind them, and then remembered that they had two experts present.
Anyone who knows anything knows that people from the Moon Gate may know many things, but their best thing must be illusion.
Needless to say, Shirley Yang, the descendant of Mountain Moving, is best at cracking traps.
As soon as he thought of it, he took action. Chen Ziyan immediately looked at the two of them: "Ladies, what do you think of this?"
Shirley Yang and Ding Sitian were both thinking about things. They didn't expect that the finger of blame would suddenly be pointed at them. Neither of them could react immediately. It took them a while to understand what happened.
The two women looked at each other, and then Ding Sitian spoke first and told her discovery: "I feel that it is too easy to deal with, something is wrong, you know it can make me unconsciously The magic trick that was accidentally taken should not be broken so easily."
This is something that she doesn't understand. It may be said that it was because it was too long ago that the efficacy of the originally arranged medicine was reduced, but the fact that they were not aware of it shows that the effectiveness of the medicine was not lost too much.
But such an illusion that she could not understand for the time being could be broken so easily. It was unreasonable no matter what.
How should I put it, it felt like... teasing to her?
At this moment, Shirley Yang suddenly pointed to the cave wall next to her and said, "This should be the culprit that caused us to fall into hallucinations."
Everyone looked over, She saw a small hole dug into the wall of the cave, revealing what was hidden inside.
It was a translucent gel-like ball with a triangular delicate bag inside.
Although she did not participate in the discussion just now, Shirley Yang was not idle either. She followed the method taught by her grandfather, Partridge Whistle, and successfully found this hidden illusion mechanism in the cave wall.
The first time Ding Sitian saw the kit, she had to hold her breath.
But Shirley Yang stopped her, pointed to the bottom of the colloidal ball and said, "It's okay, the effect of the medicine inside should have dissipated."
Then she took her hand Aiming at that place, you can see that there is a metal tray at the bottom of the colloidal ball. There is obviously a mechanism on the tray. At this time, a steel needle connected to the tray has already moved the colloidal ball. Puncture.
Obviously, this weird-looking gel ball is a vessel for sealing.
As she got closer, Shirley Yang took out the dagger she carried with her, and after a few tests under the small hole, she successfully found a thin metal tube connected to the metal tray. There is no doubt that this is the same thing as the one in front of her. part of the agency.
Going all the way down the metal pipe, Shirley Yang soon made a two-finger-wide groove on the cave wall, and this groove extended to a place under their feet before stopping.
At the end of the groove, there is a metal piece buried in the ground. This metal piece is about ten centimeters long. The upper and lower sides are made of metal discs, and the connecting part is made of a dark brown glue. material.
When things got to this point, the mechanism that had just caused them to fall into hallucinations was completely displayed in front of them.
The principle of this mechanism is actually very simple. It is a set of mechanisms that are activated according to pressure.
When someone walks into this area, the overall pressure exerted on the ground will press the metal parts underground. The metal parts receiving the pressure will conduct the air stored inside through the thin metal tubes. This pushes the steel needle under the tray to pierce the sealed container, releasing the hallucinogenic drugs stored inside.
"It seems very simple now, but it is hard to detect. What a powerful method!" After understanding this, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but sigh.
The technical content of this mechanism is not very high, but without prior knowledge, it is estimated that nine out of ten people will fall into the trap.
At least with the methods they used, there was no way to detect it.
Hu Bayi thought of another question: "Now it is basically certain that this mechanism was left by the senior who built the fish bone temple, but why did he leave it in the robbery hole where he entered the tomb? How about setting up such a time-consuming and laborious mechanism?"
He found it very confusing and could not guess the other party's purpose at all.
Although the principle of this mechanism is not very complicated, it is still a delicate job to arrange it without leaving any trace.
If the other party is trying to stop latecomers, then why not deploy some violent poisons? Wouldn’t the effect be better?
This is only the outer scope of the robbery cave. With such an arrangement, no one knows what the other party has set up inside.
If they can’t figure it out, Hu Bayi thinks it might be better for them to dig another hole.
Not only Hu Bayi, Chen Ziyan also has this idea now.
He realized that something unexpected had happened in this robbery hole. There was no such thing in the original plot.
“Sitian!”
At this moment, Hu Bayi’s anxious shout interrupted Chen Ziyan’s thoughts.
Looking along his line of sight, Chen Ziyan found that Ding Sitian had taken out the triangular bag at some point and was putting it in front of his nose and sniffing it.
Faced with Hu Bayi's worries, Ding Sitian did not say anything, but raised her other hand. The lid of the Xingshen Incense she held on it had been opened.
Obviously, she was well prepared.
Under everyone's gaze, Ding Sitian's nose twitched slightly for a while, and then she murmured in a low voice: "Earth louse, mountain lychee kernel, absinthe wormwood, red hands and green... and old ginseng, Cinnamon..."
After a while, Ding Sitian put the triangular bag into a sealed bag.
Wang Kaixuan was the most impatient. Seeing that she was fine, he asked: "Xiao Ding, do you smell anything?"
Hu Bayi heard this and quickly patted the girl and said: " Ignore this guy, are you feeling unwell?”
He was more concerned about Ding Sitian's body than what he had discovered.
Ding Sitian waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, Shirley is right, the effect of the medicine in this has worn off."
Then she took out another one Porcelain bottle, pouring out some powder exuding a faint bitter smell, indicating to everyone to rub the powder into people.
After everyone followed suit, he explained: "I just identified the medicinal materials in the kit and found that although this medicine can induce hallucinations, its real effect is just a tonic."
Basically everyone who is good at illusion is an expert in pharmacology, and Ding Sixian is no exception.
Although it was not as accurate as the equipment analysis, the inference of the materials was enough for her to analyze the true effect of the hallucinogenic drug.
"Tonic?" Wang Kaixuan's eyes widened: "Is it true or false?"
It was difficult for him to believe this statement.
“It is indeed a tonic, but it is an incomplete tonic.” Ding Sitian expressed her inference: “Maybe this is the main medicine, but if there is no medicine, it will cause hallucinations. "
"So..." Chen Ziyan looked at the powder on his fingertips and said, "Saltpeter is the medicine?"
The moment he touched the powder, he already knew what it was.
Ding Sitian said: "Saltpeter is only one of the medicinal ingredients. There are two medicinal ingredients needed for this medicine. One is saltpeter, and the other is the Honglian Miaoxin Pill mentioned before."< br>
"Then... why do we go to so much trouble to set up a mechanism to release tonics here?" Hu Bayi said with a frown.
Chen Ziyan has an information advantage, so he knows who the senior who made the gold was, plus what he is encountering now, so he tentatively said: "Is it possible that this is a test? A test of qualifications. ?”
He suspected that Jin Abacus might have vaguely noticed something before entering the tomb, so he made such an arrangement.
The purpose is to screen out latecomers and eliminate those who are not from the gold-mining lineage.
(End of this chapter)