Origin

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Wan Shanhong nodded and said, "To be fair, I am also worried about this, but the five seals are about to disappear. If you don't use the Hunyuan Cauldron to help your warriors improve their spiritual energy, we will not be the five seals after the seal disappears. opponent."

"There is no other way. Choose the lesser of the two evils." Wu Zhongyuan picked up the wine bowl and greeted Wan Shanhong in return.

The two of them had not eaten at noon, and they were both a little hungry this time. Although Wan Shanhong was a woman, her eating style was not polite. She tore open a braised chicken, handed half of it to Wu Zhongyuan, held on to the other half, and chewed it.

"How many people have you invited? When will they arrive?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.

"Three to four hundred people will be here tomorrow morning," Wan Shanhong said.

"Who are they? Are they reliable?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"There is a small tribe called the Chushan tribe. The people are very strong," Wan Shanhong said. "It is not reliable at all. They are more disciplined than bandits. However, if you are digging in such a big way, the wind will spread." I definitely can’t cover it up.”

"If you can't cover it up, you can't cover it up. I don't believe there are people who dare to come and grab it openly." Wu Zhongyuan went to pick up pickles. At this time, there was a lack of salt and the food was very bland.

"The wind is blowing, eat quickly, it will definitely rain soon," Wan Shanhong said.

"Okay," Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "By the way, have those Birds sent out yet?"

"We have sent them out. If there are bears, we can pick them up and we can return at dawn tomorrow." Wan Shanhong said. The chicken was too greasy, so she grabbed a corn pancake and chewed it. There was no yeast at this time. There is no wheat, and the corn pancakes taste just like modern corn pancakes. They are very hard and woody. They are considered coarse grains in modern times, but at this time, when materials are scarce, this kind of flour pancakes is already considered a very good food.

Ten minutes or less, it started to rain. The two hurriedly packed up and took their food boxes to the mountainside. There was a cave here, where Dai Niang lived. At this time, Dai Niang was missing and the cave was already there. Abandoned for a long time.

The cave was in a mess. The reason why it was a mess was that Wu Zhongyuan had rummaged through it before and took away everything he could, including the clothes worn by Dai Niang, but he did not take away some of the immodest underwear. In other words, they were just sexy lingerie. You couldn't give these things away, so he didn't ask for them.

After entering the cave, the first thing Wan Shanhong saw was making these things. She had never seen these things before, so she couldn't help but look at them curiously. When she thought of the use of these things, she hurriedly put them away with a frown and a look of disgust on her face.

"Hey, tell me the truth, do you men like these things?" Wan Shanhong asked with a wicked smile.

Wu Zhongyuan grinned and frowned, with a look of disgust on his face.

Wan Shanhong wasn't sure whether Wu Zhongyuan disliked these things or her problem, so he pressed and asked, "Tell me, tell me."

"I don't like it, I'm a serious person." Wu Zhongyuan frowned and shook his head.

"Eh~ Lying, heaven and earth respond, Yin and Yang attract each other, it is never light that attracts light, but darkness. What darkness yearns for is not darkness, but light. The more serious a person is, the more he likes irregular things." Wan Shanhong had the expression and tone of a wise man.

"Oh, what nonsense is this?" Wu Zhongyuan sighed helplessly.

"This is my understanding of the yin and yang of good and evil." Wan Shanhong said.

"You understood these things from the golden slips and profound texts I gave you?" Wu Zhongyuan looked at her.

"I haven't had time to understand it yet." Wan Shanhong said with a smile.

Wu Zhongyuan ignored her and simply cleared away the clutter in the room to make room for a rest.

At this time, it had started to rain outside. Wu Zhongyuan was worried that too much rain would affect tomorrow's excavation. Fortunately, the rain was not heavy and did not last long. It stopped after the third update.

Not long after the rain stopped, Dasha rushed over. Dasha liked this humid environment very much. After a short rest, Wu Zhongyuan asked him to start cleaning the site. Dasha was huge, like a bulldozer, and his work efficiency was extremely high.

Wan Shanhong's estimated time is quite accurate. The birds that went north to pick up people came back at dawn.

The old man and a group of armadillos were brought here, and they immediately got to work. Instead of digging a hole, they dug from top to bottom, removed all the sealing soil, and lifted the lid directly.

At about ten o'clock, the manpower transferred from Wan Shanhong also arrived. These people knew in advance what they were going to do, and they all brought farm tools and baskets for digging soil. Hundreds of people carried them and moved them, and the progress accelerated again.

By noon, the huge Minshan Mountain had been flattened, but the underground palace had not yet been revealed, and we had to continue digging.

Not long after, the robbery hole was dug. The robbery hole ran from east to west and diagonally downward.

Wu Zhongyuan had long known that there was a robbery cave here, and was not surprised, but Lao Er and others did not know. After discovering the robbery cave, Lao Er wanted to send someone to follow the robbery cave to check the situation inside, but this suggestion was rejected by Wu Zhongyuan. , as long as the sealing soil is removed, you can naturally see the situation below. There is no need to risk sneaking in now.

This underground palace containing the Hunyuan Cauldron is very similar to a large mausoleum. It is likely to have solid defenses and dangerous anti-theft mechanisms. However, the so-called danger is only for ordinary tomb robbers, and for an emperor. For example, it is not troublesome to dig up an underground palace. Any skills are pale and powerless in the face of strong strength. No matter what kind of strange skills there are, and no matter what kind of traps there are, it will not work. It needs to be faced head-on. There are many people and strength. If anyone tries to show you your tricks, they will just savagely dig in.

After digging for about ten feet, hard Sanhe soil emerged. The so-called Sanhe soil refers to a special sealing soil mixed with white ash rice soup and other substances that have a binding effect. Its properties are somewhat like modern cement. People tend to exaggerate the hardness of Sanhe soil. In fact, Sanhe soil is far less hard than cement after solidification. It cannot be dug with a shovel, but can be dug with the sharp claws of an armadillo. It can be directly excavated and divided, and then roped on for Dasha to drag.

Dasha is huge. With his feet on the ground, Dasha can theoretically drag 10,000 tons of weight, blowing wind and clouds, destroying dry matter, and breaking through all the hard three-height soil seals in less than half an hour.

The shape and size of the underground palace can be roughly judged by the covering area of ​​sanhetu. The underground palace is square, not too small, but not very big either, with a length and width of about ten feet.

Beneath the three seals are huge square stones. Hundreds of huge bluestones form an arched dome. Below is undoubtedly the underground palace where the Hunyuan Cauldron is sealed.

Considering that there will be a huge space under the dome, if the disassembly is disordered, it may cause the dome to collapse. Wu Zhongyuan went down to explore and sense it. The so-called going down was not to enter the underground palace through the hole, but to stand on top of the dome and extend the aura to sense it. The thickness of the megalithic dome.

The spiritual energy is penetrating, and the spiritual energy extends out. Wu Zhongyuan knew it by heart. The thickness of these boulders was about three feet. The bottom of the boulders was not a stone chamber, but an iron plate of unknown thickness. The reason why it was determined that it was iron. The board is because iron blocks Yin and Yang, and spiritual energy cannot penetrate it.

After confirming that there was still support under the boulder, Wu Zhongyuan asked Dasha to move the boulder without the help of others. Dasha's joints and limbs were extremely hard, and they could be directly embedded in the bluestone by exerting force on the ground, and he could easily kick up and push the boulder away. .

The boulders were too heavy, so Dasha had to do this work himself, which took a little longer. In the afternoon, all the bluestones were removed, exposing the iron plate below.

The iron plate is a relatively complete piece. The furnace should have been started nearby, and the grouting was solidified after the iron was melted. The grouting was not formed in one go, but was melted in one furnace and poured into the next, so there will be slight cracks on the iron plate. If there are gaps, the breath will leak out. Since the gaps are very small, the breath is not very strong. If you feel it carefully, it is also a vicious and resentful atmosphere.

After observing, avoid the middle area and choose a position from the west direction. The Yin and Yang sword is unsheathed and one sword is opened. The iron plate is not thick, only about one foot.

The first sword was drawn from north to south, and the length of the gap was about one foot. The second sword was drawn against the left side of the gap, and the third sword was drawn against the right side of the gap. Only the west side of the iron plate is connected to the whole.

Without the support on three sides, the one-foot-square iron plate slowly sank.

Since the underground palace has been opened and entered before, and the robbery cave has always been open, there is not much filth and filth accumulated in it, but only strong resentment.

When the iron plate hung down, Wu Zhongyuan saw the situation below clearly. Below is the central area of ​​the underground palace. There is a difference between the underground palace where things are sealed and the tomb where the dead are buried. There are stone walls on all sides, and there are no stone doors or stone doors for people to enter and exit. iron gate. There is a gap in the southeast corner of the underground palace, which is also the end of the robbery cave.

There are no other items in the underground palace. Only a huge three-legged cauldron is placed in the middle area. It is black as a whole, about two feet high and one foot wide. Its shape is roughly similar to the cauldron of later generations, but its shape is very different. huge.

While Wu Zhongyuan was looking at the Hunyuan Cauldron, Wan Shanhong stood next to him. Seeing that the legendary Hunyuan Cauldron was clumsy and unremarkable, Wan Shanhong was not disappointed. It is a magical thing. The simpler the appearance, the more flashy things may be of little use.

After a short observation, Wu Zhongyuan used his sword one after another to cut open the iron plate above, causing it to droop under the force, exposing the Hunyuan Cauldron.

Just when Wu Zhongyuan wanted to enter the underground palace to observe the Hunyuan Cauldron up close, the setting sun shone on the Hunyuan Cauldron. When the sunlight was reflected, the Hunyuan Cauldron suddenly had a strange image, shining brilliantly, with thousands of rays of light...