Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 407 The fruit of the hibiscus tree! (4000)

"Master?!"

Fortunately, Dian Wei has been paying attention to Wu Liang's every move. Seeing this situation, he hastily tightened the "silkworm silk" to stop Wu Liang's tendency to lean forward.

"call--"

The moment his waist was strangled, Wu Liang suddenly felt that the initiative of his body had returned to his own hands.

At this moment, his hands and feet were numb, and a lot of cold sweat broke out from his vest.

Imagine.

If he hadn't made preparations in advance, and Dian Wei pulled him in time, he might have jumped off the stone bridge in front of the backbone of these soldiers.

And what greeted him was the huge pothole of unknown depth directly under the "Fusang tree".

Wu Liang suspected that the large amount of lake water and the tens of thousands of corpses of "creatures" in the lake might have all entered this huge pothole. If so, then this huge pothole is a veritable A bottomless pit into which there is no hope of survival.

The most important thing is that he can clearly feel that this huge pothole has some indescribable "magic power".

This kind of "magic power" will generate a strong "gravity" that does not belong to the physical level. Otherwise, how could he have a strong urge to jump when he clearly knew it just now, and even his own behavior was in this situation? Lost control under the influence of a strong impulse.

But now.

Under Dian Wei's external intervention, Wu Liang finally broke free from this indescribable "gravity"...

"Wu Youcai, you behaved abnormally just now, could it be that you are bewitched and want to jump off?"

Seeing that Wu Liang finally stood firm, with a little fearful expression on his face, Bai Jingjing asked quite concerned.

She and the others didn't know what kind of struggle Wu Liang had just experienced, nor did she feel the indescribable "gravitational force", so she couldn't explain exactly what happened just now.

"Don't panic."

Wu Liang had already quietly adjusted his mood, turned around and grinned at everyone, and said lightly, "I just wanted to see the situation below more clearly, so I moved a little forward, don't worry."

Before figuring out the specific situation, he felt that there was no need to tell these details, so as not to increase the panic of everyone.

But he also had a feeling.

That is, the indescribable "gravity" just now may be related to my eyes.

When he stared at the huge pothole, the idea of ​​"jumping down" became stronger, and the longer he stared, the stronger the idea became, until this strong idea began to affect his behavior manner.

But now, when he stopped looking at the huge pothole, that thought began to slowly weaken again.

It's just that this kind of thought has not completely disappeared until now, and it is still faintly haunting in my mind...

"Don't take it lightly. If you find anything wrong, turn back immediately and discuss it with us before making a decision. Don't you want to know?"

But Bai Jingjing couldn't laugh, she still asked with a serious face.

Wu Liang nodded, while talking nonsense: "Don't worry, the Underworld may not even want to accept a person like me. I'm afraid that accepting me will affect the construction of spiritual civilization in the Underworld."

"..."

These words are a bit strange to the people in the Huan army, but they have followed Wu for a long time, and they have already gotten used to some rare words and words that pop up from Wu Liang's mouth from time to time, so as long as they can barely understand, no one will To get to the bottom of it.

"What is spiritual civilization construction work?"

Only Zhuge Liang, who had just joined the gang, looked at Yu Ji in surprise and asked.

"It's...that's..."

Yu Ji knew it in his heart, but he didn't know how to describe it.

"You have to ask me this question. Once I heard the young master say something, and it seems to be something like 'Speaking of chickens but not eight, civilized you, me and him', that should be the meaning."

But Yang Wanli took the conversation and said winkingly.

"Then what is a chicken..."

Zhuge Liang asked even more puzzled.

"Look, you are very spiritually civilized now. You are indeed a promising young man who was recruited by our young master. Your understanding is very strong."

Yang Wanli patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder and smiled appreciatively.

……

After a brief exchange.

Ignoring what the backbone of the Huan army was saying, Wu Liang found a fist-sized loose stone on the stone bridge, and then he didn't dare to continue looking at the huge pothole below, so he threw the stone down.

1 minutes.

2 minutes……

There was no sound of falling stones from below.

However, during the waiting process, Wu Liang did not sit idle, but continued to carefully observe the situation of the "Fusang Tree".

Outside the main trunk of the "Fusang tree", Wu Liang saw four main branches, all of which maintained some arcs and hung down, very similar to the "Bronze Sacred Tree" found in Sanxingtui later.

On these four branches, Wu Liang found a total of four bronze "three-legged crows", including the one they had seen before.

Of course, this is only within the range that the light of the "Suihou Pearl" can shine.

According to historical records, if this giant bronze tree is really the legendary "Fusang tree", there should be a total of ten "three-legged crows" on this tree, so that it can support ten suns in a ten-day cycle. Only the Hou Yi in myths and legends could shoot down nine of the suns.

Except for these four "three-legged crows", there are only bare branches left on the "hibiscus tree".

Wu Liang didn't find any suspected leaves and flower buds, nor did he find anything else...

By now.

Wu Liang has already completed the preliminary observation, and after he has checked the whole picture of the "Fusang Tree" from top to bottom, he does not intend to act rashly for the time being, so as not to cause any irreparable damage and make himself miss some more important things. something of value.

And now.

At least ten minutes had passed since Wu Liang threw the stone down the stone bridge, but Wu Liang still didn't hear the sound of the stone falling to the ground.

"Jingjing!"

In order to confirm this question, Wu Liang turned around and asked Bai Jingjing, "After I threw that stone down, did you hear any feedback from below?"

"At first, I could still hear the sound of the stone falling rapidly through the sky. Gradually, the sound of the falling stone became smaller and farther away, and finally there was no sound at all, and I didn't hear any feedback."

Bai Jingjing said seriously.

When she saw Wu Liang throwing the stone down just now, she already understood it, so she has been listening attentively.

Combined with her, she frowned slightly and asked back: "Wu Youcai, isn't there a bottomless abyss down here, so that stone is still falling until now, and there has never been a sound of landing?"

If the stone finally fell to the ground.

Even if it is really deep, the sound can still reverberate far and far away in such a cave, so if you don't hear any sound feedback, there are only two possible situations:
One is that the stone is still falling;
The second is that there is something extremely soft and thick underneath, such as a cushion similar to cotton or a sponge, so that it is possible for this stone to fall to the ground silently.

Wu Liang is more inclined to the former.

Because from yesterday to now, he has ordered the soldiers of the Tuan army to check the terrain and topography of this mountain, and he has not found a traceless place in this area that can swallow the large amount of lake water and "creatures". Only the huge pothole below, which is suspected to be a bottomless pit, can meet this condition.

"Ah."

Wu Liang nodded, and finally began to turn back along the stone bridge.

Wu Liang feels that there is nothing to observe here for the time being, and further in-depth research must be done after checking the whole picture of the "Fusang Tree" and recording it in advance.

So he planned to lead the crowd out of the cave first.

Then choose a cave in the middle and top to enter the interior of the mountain. I am afraid that only after such a phased observation can we piece together the complete image of this "hibiscus tree".

……

In a randomly selected cave in the middle of the mountain.

Wu Liang and others saw the same scene. There were still many wooden coffins in the shape of human figures, and there were still many intact bronze bars drilled from the rock wall or behind the wooden coffins.

And when they reached the end of the cave, there was still a very unreliable stone bridge in front of them.

One end of the stone bridge is also connected to a cave on the opposite side.

Walking to the middle of the stone bridge, Wu Liang found five "three-legged crows" after careful observation.

These five "three-legged crows" are the same size as the four found before, and there is not much difference in shape, as if they were cast from a mold.

Five plus four, exactly nine.

This is in line with the "Fusang tree" in myths and legends. The so-called "nine suns live on the lower branch and one day lives on the upper branch", which means that out of ten suns, nine suns usually stay below, and only one is ready to go out. The working sun stays on top.

and so.

The last "three-legged crow" should be at the top of the "hibiscus tree".

……

Coming out of the cave in the middle of the mountain, Wu Liang and others came to the cave closest to the top of the mountain.

This cave was obviously different from the two caves they had gone through before.

On the rock walls on both sides of the cave, there are no wooden coffins with human figures embedded in it.

At the same time, walking all the way in, Wu Liang and the others did not find any bronze strips drilled out on the rock walls up, down, left, and right.

It's like an ordinary cave.

But the more this was the case, the more Wu Liang felt that this cave was very unusual, because among other caves, this one that looked the most ordinary was the real exception.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
"Everyone be careful."

Wu Liang had to be more cautious, taking every step very carefully.

Fortunately, the closer to the top of the mountain, the narrower the cross section of the mountain, so the length of this cave is also shortened a lot.

So everyone walked in the cave for about 5 minutes, and it came to an end.

In front of him was still a stone bridge without any support.

However, on the opposite side of this stone bridge is a solid rock wall, and there are no interlinked caves. This is still a one-way road with no other way.

However, at this moment, the attention of Wu Liang and the others had already been attracted by another more eye-catching thing.

Facing the end of the cave is a hollow bronze ball hanging at the end of the topmost branch of the "hibiscus tree".

This hollowed out bronze ball is about the size of a football. It is said to be a bronze ball, but it is actually an extremely irregular elliptical sphere. The top is big and the bottom is small, and the hollow surface looks uneven. If you have to say what it looks like, Wu Liang felt that it was actually more like the complete shape of a bunch of grapes.

And through the hollow surface of this bronze ball, one can see the bright red inside.

Wu Liang couldn't tell what the bright red inside was.

He only felt that it was very bright and translucent, it looked like a crystal clear ruby, very beautiful and eye-catching, it was not vulgar at first sight.

"I'm afraid this is not the mulberry fruit produced by the hibiscus tree..."

With a look of shock on Old Yu Ji's face, he said with burning eyes.

"Mulberry?"

When Yu Ji mentioned this, Wu Liang's heart was shocked.

Mulberries are also called mulberries.

That is the fruit of the mulberry tree. Although the fruit is small in size, its shape looks like the complete shape of a bunch of grapes.

Wu Liang has not only seen mulberries, but also often picked and ate them when he was a child. However, mulberries that are just red are not considered mature, and they taste a bit sour. good times...

When thinking about it like this.

"Brother talented, look quickly, the color of that thing has changed!"

Zhuge Liang suddenly screamed.

Wu Liang's attention was originally on the hollowed out bronze ball. When he heard Zhuge Liang's voice, he came back to his senses and saw that the red substance inside the bronze ball was quietly changing.

I saw a wisp of black-purple suspected liquid substance has been quietly moving in the red substance, it looks like a drop of black ink into the red ink.

And as the mass of black-purple substance moved, the red substance gradually became turbid.

The overall color is gradually changing silently.

"..."

Everyone didn't know what was going on, they just watched with bated breath.

In less than a minute, the red substance has turned into a deeper dark red than before, but it appears more translucent.

"This……"

People don't know why.

"Dian Wei, hurry up, I want to get closer to check!"

Wu Liang wanted to see more clearly, so after instructing Dian Wei, he took out the "Diamond Umbrella" and walked up the stone bridge carefully.

Although this move might be a bit risky, he was even more unwilling to miss this spectacle that he might never see again in his life.

And this bronze ball just happened to hang in the very center of the stone bridge.

The stone bridge was not too long, so approaching on tiptoe step by step, Wu Liang was already about two meters away from the bronze ball within a few breaths.

At this moment, the red substance inside the bronze ball has turned red and purple...

(End of this chapter)