The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 349 The Weird Firewood
We were all exhausted by the time we swam to the shore and climbed the hanging ladder.Wet and cold clothes, accompanied by the cold wind blowing over, the coldness can hardly be described in words, everyone sneezed one after another, no accident, they must have a collective cold.

Tianrandai didn't seem to be afraid of the cold, he didn't stop at all, and climbed up the hanging ladder.On top of the natural stay were Zhou Xuanye and Fatty Ma. Zhou Xuanye was relieved when he saw that we were safe and sound. The place.

When I climbed the arc-shaped platform again, I was almost frozen, and I felt nothing but one word: cold.Everyone was hunched over from the extreme cold, sneezing and runny noses.

Tianran gave us a blank look and motioned us to go with him. In the end, we returned to the attic where we had lunch, and he led us directly to the stove at the back, where the fire was still burning.

He took a silver basin and moved all the firewood from the stove hole into the basin.Without his calling, we spontaneously gathered together, stretching out our hands to enjoy the fire together.

Naturally, he said in a daze, "I'll get you clothes."

He was the first to get Estelle a jumpsuit. It was very simple, a pair of trousers and a saffron snow ghost leather long-distance running jacket. Although thin, it was quite warm. After Estelle put it on, she breathed a long sigh of relief.

Soon, everyone changed into snow ghost robes. The size of these clothes is obviously not natural. They are quite big. They are loose and loose, but they are very warm. They are more than two meters long. I thought to myself, could it be Little Fusang’s? People, all over two meters tall?
This is naturally quite high, but it's not that exaggerated.

Because of the severe cold, almost everyone caught a cold, which is very bad in the snow-capped mountains. I asked Tianrandai if he had any medicine, and he shook his head. Estelle sneezed and said, "Aren't you sick?"

Naturally, Dai still ignored her, pointed to the brazier, and said, "Keep out the cold." At this moment, our hair is still wet, and when the cold strikes, we naturally have to dry it.

Everyone sat around and baked their hair together, all looking a little tired and unable to cheer up.I felt dizzy and dizzy, and seemed to have a fever. The rest of the people were similar. Estelle was wringing her nose, Tan Ren was rubbing her temples, probably because of a headache, and Zhou Xuanye had a bad complexion since he choked on water.

With the beating of the flames, white air rose from everyone's heads, and the water vapor was gradually evaporated.After a while, I suddenly smelled a burnt smell. I opened my eyes and found that I was too close to the fire when I was dizzy, and my hair was burnt. There was a burnt smell. I went to wipe it off, but it was too late. The tentacles only felt that the hair was half short and burly. Although there was no mirror, I knew that my current appearance must be funny, because Estelle was already laughing out loud while wringing her nose.

On the side, Tan Ren showed a look of "I really can't stand you" on his expressionless face, and then turned his eyes away, expressing that he was out of sight and out of mind.Compared with the disgust and ridicule of others, Zhou Xuanye seemed very calm. He glanced at me, then stared at the silver brazier in a daze. Looking down from the side, I found that the muscles of his face were a little tense, and his gaze It also looked very strange, and seemed to be thinking about something.

I couldn't help saying: "Brother Zhou, what are you thinking?"

Zhou Xuanye made a silent gesture, and pointed to the brazier in front of him: "Look carefully."

I followed his gaze to look into the brazier, thinking there was something inside, but after looking for a while, it was just an ordinary bonfire. If there is anything wrong, it is probably the source of these firewood that is worth exploring.

"Brother Zhou, are you wondering where these firewood came from? Actually, I'm also curious. Team Zeng said before that he saw a large forest in this place. Tell me, is this true?"

Zhou Xuanye shook his head, and said, "It's not about that, how long have we been sitting by this fire?"

Fatty Ma said: "Although I can't see the time, it should be about twenty minutes."

I nodded, but I didn't understand what Zhou Xuanye meant by asking this question. Our hair is almost drying right now, at least two or three ten minutes.

After Fatty Ma finished speaking, Zhou Xuanye frowned and said, "Yes, at least 10 minutes; but look at this firewood...they haven't changed in any way from when they were taken out of the stove just now."

When he reminded me like this, I immediately felt dumbfounded. That’s right, we didn’t notice it just now. Looking at it now, the firewood has been burning for more than 20 minutes, and there is no sign of shortening, and there is not even a little slag. , as if it had just been ignited.

How is this going?

My head, which was already groggy due to the fever, just felt even more bewildered.

Could it be that there is something peculiar about this wood that it can burn forever?
The scene in front of me reminded me of a detail that I had overlooked before.That is, when Tianlai was cooking fish soup for us, he never watched the fire in the stove, nor did he add any firewood, yet the pot of fish soup was actually cooked?

I blinked, and couldn't help picking up a piece of firewood from the brazier to take a closer look. It was almost like ordinary firewood, without any peculiarities, but how could it withstand burning so well?
What's more, when we, who were drenched by nature, came here to warm up the fire, we also took out the burning wood directly from the stove hole, that is to say, the firewood has been burning since the fish soup was cooked, and it has not changed at all. .

"Why, how could this be?" I wondered if I was dreaming.

Fatty Ma said: "This firewood looks like a treasure, but it can't be burned out? If this is in the countryside, with such a piece of firewood, wouldn't it be unnecessary to chop firewood for the rest of your life?"

Tan Ren obviously just discovered this, he was surprised, thought for a moment, and said, "Could this be Lihuomu?"

Zhou Xuanye shook his head and said no, I asked what Lihuomu is, Zhou Xuanye said: "It is a kind of tree in legends, also known as 'Boundless Wood', that kind of tree catches fire when the wind blows it, and the fire goes out when the wind extinguishes it. Wood can burn for hundreds of years. But this thing is not endless wood, there is no wind in this room, if it is endless wood, it cannot burn in this environment."

Just when this pot of firewood aroused our endless speculations, Tianran came in and said calmly: "You go to bed and have a good rest, I will find some medicine."

Where can I find medicine in this world of ice and snow?

At this time, Tianrandai saw the firewood in my hand, took a look, walked up to him, took away the firewood, and stuffed them back into the stove hole one by one.

There is an iron pot above the stove hole. The iron pot is dry and there is no water in it. It stands to reason that if the fire keeps drying the pot, the iron pot will definitely turn red and even be burned. However, the strange thing is that the iron pot It seems to be cold.

It's so weird.

The moment this thought arose, I stretched out my hand out of nowhere to touch the iron pot, but the next moment, I heard a squeak, and a sharp pain came from my palm, followed by, There is also a smell of meat paste.

"Ah!" I withdrew my hand abruptly, almost rolling on the ground in pain.

Fatty Ma was shocked and said: "Damn it, you have a fever and are confused! You think you are Iron Man!"

That's right, I must have been burned out to do such a stupid thing.

Zhou Xuanye hurriedly grabbed my hand to check it, and said in shock, "It's broken, it hurts too much." During the whole process, Tian Tiandai watched quietly, the pain of the burn was absolutely heart-piercing, my whole body His arms were trembling, and he just said at this moment: "There is fire lotus, I will give you medicine in a while." After a pause, he actually asked me, "Why did you touch this pot?"

"I feel, it's cold."

Tan Ren said coldly: "It's your brain that should be chilled."

Naturally, I didn't speak any more. After a while, I took a red cloth and crushed fire lotus, and bandaged my hands.This fire lotus is indeed something of the earth treasure level. Once it is applied, the burning and burning palm immediately feels cool, and the pain completely disappears within 2 minutes.

Naturally, he said in a daze, "Wrap up for three days."

I nodded.

He said again: "You can leave after three days, this attic is for you to live in." He paused, and added: "Don't go out at night." This sentence was staring at me, obviously a warning.

I nodded. Seriously, with the experience of last night and the dead bodies everywhere in this place, I would only go out at night unless I was full and had nothing to do.

After he finished speaking, he took out a square basket from one corner and carried it on his back, with a sickle-like thing stuck in his waist, as if he was about to go out. Estelle was curious, sneezed, and said, "Where are you going?"

Naturally, he ignored her, and when he passed by me, he said, "I'm going to collect herbs." Actually, I didn't understand why he told me about this alone, but I was quite curious, and said, "It's Huo Lian. Is this place full of ice, can medicine grow?"

He nodded slightly, and I remembered Zeng Dui's words, so I asked, "Is there a forest in this place?"

He froze for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes."

Now it's my turn to be surprised, because it's impossible to talk naturally, and if he said yes, there must be.I was a little excited: "Are you going to collect medicine in that forest?"

He hummed, walked around me and planned to go out, at this moment, Tan Ren winked at me, made a lip shape and said: Follow him.

(End of this chapter)