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Chapter 275 Mermaid Lamp Oil
Taotie didn't know yet that he had been labeled a tiger by Fang Xiaocao without knowing it. He was still pouting and showing off smugly.

"Hehe~"

"Finally it's my turn to show off my knowledge!"

Taotie was so happy that he almost burst into tears.

Before, it was Tom and Libo who learned the character design.

Taotie was so envious, now it was finally his turn.

Can you be dissatisfied?
Everyone has vanity, and Taotie is no exception.

Looking at the smug Taotie who looked like he was about to ask me something, Fang Xiaocao rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, if you know, just tell me now. We still have to hurry!"

"Hehe~"

Hearing Fang Xiaocao's words, Taotie sneered.

He cleared his throat and said, "Speaking of the oil in this lamp, it's not simple. Can you guess what it's made of?"

Taotie's words successfully attracted three pairs of white eyes.

Fang Xiaocao glared at Taotie and said, "Hurry up and tell me!"

"Oops~"

"Guess~"

Taotie said in an almost coquettish tone.

Fang Xiaocao and the other two felt a chill after hearing this.

They all shuddered.

When a macho man acts like a spoiled brat, he can’t stand it!

"If we knew, would we need you to tell us?"

Fang Xiaocao said angrily.

"Say it!"

"If you don't tell me, I'll beat you up!"

Fang Xiaocao clenched her fists and threatened.

Looking at Fang Xiaocao's vicious expression, Taotie suddenly recalled the scene of himself being beaten after killing the giant snake, and he instantly wilted.

"You really have no sense of humor~"

Taotie muttered sullenly.

"Say it!"

Fang Xiaocao shouted angrily.

"Good good..."

"I said it's not possible!"

Taotie said reluctantly.

"This transparent lamp oil has a great origin. When I first started out, I once spent a few days with a group of tomb robbers. During one of my visits to a tomb, I saw this transparent lamp oil. It was a Han tomb, and it seemed to be the tomb of a feudal lord."

"At the time, I was also curious about what this was, so I asked the group of tomb robbers. The old tomb robber holding the pot saw that I was cute and told me..."

"Guess what the old tomb robber said?"

"Cough cough..."

"I will go on to say..."

Taotie wanted to show off, but received a vicious look from Fang Xiaocao. Taotie immediately became timid and coughed twice to ease the embarrassment.

"That old tomb robber said that this transparent lamp oil is the legendary mermaid oil!"

"Does the mermaid know what it is?"

"It's the legendary mermaid from abroad!"

"This transparent lamp oil is made from fish oil refined from mermaids!"

Taotie said mysteriously.

"Mermaid oil?"

Fang Xiaocao couldn't help but exclaim.

"Aren't mermaids just things from legends?"

"Really exists?"

Fang Xiaocao asked curiously.

“It exists!”

“Why doesn’t it exist!”

"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist!"

When questioned by Fang Xiaocao, Taotie argued. "Have you seen it?"

Fang Xiaocao rolled his eyes at Taotie and asked.

"I've never seen one alive..."

Taotie shook his head.

"You've seen a corpse?"

Hearing Taotie say this, Fang Xiaocao was very surprised and asked further.

“Neither…nor…”

Taotie said hesitantly.

Fang Xiaocao was speechless.

He jumped up and gave Taotie a blow on the head.

"I've never seen anything like what you said!"

Fang Xiaocao said angrily.

"But I've seen statues and murals!"

"It's in that Han tomb!"

Taotie became anxious and shouted.

"Oh?"

"What about the mural?"

Fang Xiaocao asked curiously.

"The painting shows the tomb owner, who represents the Han Dynasty in the East China Sea and wants to subdue the mermaid tribe. The mermaids refused, so the tomb owner led his troops to massacre them. The mermaid tribe suffered heavy casualties. Some of the mermaids were captured by the tomb owner and given to the Han emperor, who raised them in the pool in the Weiyang Palace. Some of them fled to the deep sea. The large ships of the Han Dynasty could not penetrate deep into the sea, so the tomb owner did not pursue them. He only collected the mermaids' bodies and refined them into mermaid oil."

Taotie vividly described the contents of the murals he saw in the Han tomb.

Fang Xiaocao blinked: "Are there really mermaids?"

"Just like the legend says, the upper body is human and the lower body is a fish tail?"

Fang Xiaocao was very curious about this legendary creature and asked quickly.

"Ok!"

Taotie nodded: "That's what it says on the mural."

Having said that, Taotie paused again.

He smacked his lips and continued, "But it seems to be different from what is said in the legend. Although those mermaids look like humans, they are not quite like humans. They look a bit like dugongs, but they have hair and hands. I don't know if they just look like that, or if the artist had never seen the real thing when he drew it and drew it based on his imagination."

Fang Xiaocao blinked: "Maybe!"

The Han Dynasty has been around for thousands of years.

There have been legends about mermaids in every dynasty.

Moreover, it seems that the royal nobles liked to use mermaid oil as lamp oil when building tombs. It is said that lamp oil made from mermaid oil can burn for thousands of years and keep the tomb bright.

Therefore, many unofficial histories contain legends about the imperial court hunting mermaids on a large scale.

Perhaps the real mermaids have long been extinct.

Or, as the legend goes.

The prototype of the mermaid is the dugong?
The dugong really fits the description of the legendary mermen and mermaids.

After hearing the story, Fang Xiaocao's curiosity was satisfied and she stopped worrying about it. She just made up her mind secretly that if she returned the same way when she left, she would definitely bring some of the mermaid lamp oil back and study it carefully if she passed by here.

"Now that we have heard the story, let's get on with our journey!"

Fang Xiaocao said with a smile.

"Tom, clear the way!"

Fang Xiaocao waved her hand.

"Yes!"

Tom nodded and continued on his way.

Fang Xiaocao learned her lesson this time. She kept her eyes on where Tom was and followed him closely.

I was afraid that I had taken the wrong path and stepped on some trap.

Compared to Fang Xiaocao, Taotie and Hummingbird are much more casual. They are both very skilled and can easily avoid the mechanism even if they step on it and trigger it.

After walking about 500 meters along the Mermaid Lamp Oil Tomb Passage, a stretch of sand appeared in front of Fang Xiaocao and the other three. It blocked the passage and cut the entire passage into two parts.

The sand was more than ten meters wide. The sand inside was white and covered with caltrops and blades. If you wanted to walk on it, you would definitely get stabbed or cut. Although Fang Xiaocao and others were wearing high-top combat boots, the black-tech combat boots had anti-cut functions, but Fang Xiaocao and others did not know how deep the sand pit was, so they did not dare to try rashly.

But you can't jump over it unless you walk over it.

Fang Xiaocao and the other three could only stop and move forward.

Think of ways to get through it.