Half fairy

Chapter 45 The Altar
The felled trees could not be transported at one time, not because Zhu Shangbiao and others could not carry them, but because the sometimes winding underground passages were not spacious enough to carry more than one at a time.

When Zhu Shangbiao and Cheng Shanping, who were in charge of the matter, delivered the first trip to the tree, Yu Qing signaled them to take it lightly, for fear that the vibration would be too great to disturb the unknown fire cricket.

Taking advantage of the gap between the two of them to cut down trees, Yu Qing had carved out several slabs from a large rock in the tunnel, moved them to a corner of the lava lake, and set up a "well" shape behind a bamboo shoot connecting the upper and lower sides. .The reason for using slate to build this is that there is no flat ground behind the bamboo shoots, and there is a lava ditch.

Yu Qing personally built a wooden fortress crisscrossing the "well"-shaped stone slab with the felled trees, with a hollow shaft in the middle.

Zhu Shangbiao and others, who lightly helped move the wood, couldn't understand what they were doing. They asked Tie Miaoqing, but Tie Miaoqing didn't say anything.

"Madam, it's already dark outside." Cheng Shanping reminded him when he passed Tie Miaoqing, and couldn't help but smashed Yu Qing a few words in his voice, "You don't want to set fire to smoke, right? Let me tell you, we have already tried all the methods we can think of, and they are useless. The fire crickets that can survive in the lava are not afraid of the fireworks." He reminded Yu Qing not to let them work in vain.

Tie Miaoqing frowned slightly.

Yu Qing didn't say a word, and waited until the pyramid-shaped wooden fortress taller than a person was built and secured, he took advantage of the others' absence and said to Tie Miaoqing: "It's almost there, let the others back away, disrespectful to the gods. It's not right here."

Having had the experience of 'An Fu', Tie Miaoqing temporarily believed that he might indeed have a set. He turned around and did as he did, letting a few people retreat a bit, and You Qi told Sun Ping to watch.

Without others, Yu Qing picked up a long trimmed tree trunk, jumped to the top of the wooden fortress, inserted the trunk into the shaft, and smashed it into the lava under the slate before letting go and jumping off. .

The wet wood that has just been felled is not easy to burn. It did not burn immediately, but thick smoke came out first, and then it slowly caught fire.

What is this for?Tie Miaoqing felt that the altar was a bit weird, but he couldn't understand it, and when he turned around, he found that Yu Qing had already lit nine incense sticks.

The three sticks were inserted on the ground in front of the altar, and Yu Qing greeted, "Exit."

After the two jumped onto the land, Yu Qing inserted three more sticks on the ground and watched the fire slowly burning in the middle of the wooden fortress.

Still the same sentence, wet wood is not easy to burn, and the entire wood fort cannot be quickly ignited, but the temperature of the molten underground space is high, and a pile of wet wood is tantamount to baking on a fire.

In the final analysis, Yu Qing still wanted to create a lot of smoke to help the Guanzi Jue, which was not enough for his cultivation.In fact, throwing the wood directly into the lava is fine, but the burning won't last long, and the process of making smoke can't last, so he built a wooden platform that would slowly collapse from the inside.

The most important thing is that since you have already fooled people, you have to make some kind of process, you can't rely on nonsense, and people are not fools.

The smoke from the wet wood slowly spreads in the underground space.

Yu Qing observed that there should be no problem with his own design. The wooden fortress should be able to slowly set on fire, so he was relieved to take Tie Miaoqing to retreat from the entrance of the cave, and retreated to a position where the lava lake could not be seen, also to avoid fire crickets See people do not appear.

It was only now that he sat down with his knees crossed, and the last three sticks of incense sticks in his hands were stuck on the ground again, facing the direction of the bright red scene.

Same or leave?Tie Miaoqing didn't know what to do with herself, so she asked, "What's next?"

Yu Qing also wanted to know, but he didn't have a clue in his heart, and he wasn't sure about this method at all. He was just being chased and put on the shelves. He was trying his best. Besides, money and other things can only be regarded as external objects, and it is important to protect your own life first.

To put it bluntly, by now, he had already made the worst plan, prepared to leave Xu Bo and Zong'er behind, and there was no way to escape with them.

For him, the head of the dignified Linglongguan cannot die here, and the whole faction does not know how the head died.It's too frustrating.He felt that instead of all three of them dying here, it would be better to escape one, at least someone who could turn back and take revenge.

And as long as he ran away, as long as he left a message to warn, Miao Qingtang's group might not dare to touch Xu Bo and Zong'er.

This is the person who was escorted by Sinan Mansion to Beijing to take the exam. The face of Sinan Mansion is the face of a mere Miaoqingtang who dares to hit him casually?If the rules of neutrality are broken, Youya will not be guaranteed.

Of course, try the unreliable method at hand first, and it will not work until the end, and he is not willing to give up Xu Fei's 4000 taels of silver, let alone more than 4000 taels, Cheng Shanping took some Yaolu, Hongsi, Ling The rice and silver notes are worth at least 20,000 taels of silver, and he definitely cannot give up easily.

"Wait!"

Yu Qing, who had a lot of distractions, gave Tie Miaoqing a reply.

Tie Miaoqing had no choice but to sit down with her knees crossed, sitting beside Yu Qing and waiting quietly.

After a while, Tie Miaoqing smelled the smoke, and the smoke from the lava lake expanded to a certain extent, and finally began to disperse outside.

Yu Qing knew that this was just the beginning, and the smoke behind him would definitely get bigger and bigger.

In no hurry, he took out the towel that Tie Miaoqing had prepared for him, poured water out of the kettle to wet the towel, covered his nose and mouth repeatedly, folded it to the optimum filter thickness, and tore it out. The sleeves were used as ropes, which were tied over the nose and mouth.

Tie Miaoqing, who was beside him, smelled more and more smoke, and then looked at Yu Qing, who had covered his nose and mouth with the presence of the old god. I was prepared in advance, and even if I knew it, I didn't tell her in advance, and it was a bit hateful to let her be smoked.

The smell of the smoke was already choking, and Yu Qing turned around and said, "Be patient with the smell of smoke, don't cough, otherwise it may disturb the fire cricket."

Tie Miaoqing nodded, indicating that she knew, covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, filtered and took a deep breath of clean air, and exercised energy to reduce the body's consumption and dependence on air.

Yu Qing glanced at her, and snorted coldly in her heart. When the smoke gets bigger, she'll have to see how long this woman can last.

As he judged, the smoke was getting thicker and thicker, and it was impossible for Tie Miaoqing to simply filter the clean air through his sleeves, and he didn't know how long Yu Qing would be immersed in the smoke for this trip.She held her breath for a while, and when she was about to take a breath, she stood up gently and whispered, "The smoke is too choking, I'll go get ready and come back."

Unexpectedly, Yu Qing stood up with her, raised her hand and motioned to go back together.

Tie Miaoqing, who was holding her breath, was surprised and asked, "This is you?"

Yu Qing: "Come with you and bring my Lingmi."

"Lingmi?" Tie Miaoqing was puzzled, "Why do you use Lingmi at this time?"

Yu Qing: "I might want to use Lingmi as a sacrifice later."

In this case, Tie Miaoqing can only express his understanding, "You don't need to run around, I can just bring it for you by the way."

Yu Qing: "The whole person will be smoked in the thick smoke for a long time later, and everyone will be smoked. You can't help me a little bit, and it may distract me from communicating with the gods, which may backfire. So there is really no need to suffer this crime along with it.

In addition, you have to restrain your people, don't make a sound, don't walk around in the tunnel, there will be movement and movement in the underground, I need an environment that is completely silent.The smoke may also seep through later, I am worried that you will cough out, especially my two companions, I suggest you all exit the tunnel and guard at the tunnel exit. "

It seemed to make sense, but Tie Miaoqing was not worried at all that he could escape from the ground, but hesitantly, "A trip is more than ten miles..."

Yu Qing: "If you want more assurance of success, just listen to me and wait for my good news outside the cave."

Tie Miaoqing was almost exhausted in one breath and couldn't hold back any longer, so he could only respond, "Okay, as you wish." Turning his head, he quickly left the place.

Yu Qing followed and reminded deliberately, "By the way, please help me to take care of my two companions, I'm worried that the surnamed Cheng will mess up. I'm here to work for you, don't stab me in the back. , or don't blame me for destroying the fire crickets that I got."

Listening to this tone, it seems that I am quite sure of catching a fire cricket.

Knowing that this man would work hard for the sake of his two companions, Tie Miaoqing smiled, "You think too much, don't worry, as long as you don't mess around, I guarantee that they will be fine."

The two quickly came to a place a mile away, saw Sun Ping and others waiting here, and lit a portable oil lamp on the ground.

Seeing that the two suddenly came back, the people sitting on the ground stood up one after another, Xu Bo and Zong'er even looked at Yu Qing who covered their faces in amazement, wondering what was going on.

Although the air circulation here is slow, the terrain is sloping all the way, and the smoke is about to spread here. Tie Miaoqing, who took a deep breath, did not delay at all, and directly greeted Cheng Shanping, "Old Cheng, bring his spiritual rice."

Cheng Shanping didn't know what he meant, but he still took the package aside and opened it, took out Yu Qing's bag containing Lingmi and handed it to Tie Miaoqing.

Tie Miaoqing handed it over to Yu Qing without saying a word.

Cheng Shanping and others were stunned.

A trace of complexity flashed in Yu Qing's eyes as he looked at Xu Bo and Zong'er. He smiled in return, and then turned away resolutely. He didn't say a word, and he didn't know what to say. .

After disappearing from everyone's sight, he put Lingmi on his back and tied it up, which was what he wanted to take away when he got out.

The valuable Dian Yaolu and Hongsi can’t take care of them, and there is no good excuse to get the silver notes back. In this case, these things can’t be explained, and it is easy to cause suspicion. After thinking about it, Lingmi can find a suitable excuse. , As long as he can get a little back, he can't let it go.

After returning to the three sticks of incense and sitting down, I slowly filtered out a breath of clean air and inhaled it deeply into my lungs. Then I practiced meditation to reduce consumption. It went on and on again and again, and occasionally sprinkled some water on the towel covering my nose and mouth.

Yun Gong resisted the smoke, and after nearly half an hour, he quietly got up again, gently, tiptoe, and cautiously towards the entrance of the cave. Miaoqing had followed his instructions and took the person away, and he was relieved, knowing that his escape plan was half successful.

(End of this chapter)