On this section of the road, there is a mana lighting ball every twenty feet, and a fourth-level fox warrior standing guard. After flying past about twenty sentries, we arrived at the end of the cave—

At the end of the road, there is a wide stone gate!

On the stone door is a relief sculpture of a white fox, which is eight feet high. The reason why it can be clearly seen that it is a door is because the whole door has a bronze texture, and only the white fox relief in the middle is white.

The door is round, over ten feet in diameter, and is tightly closed with the surrounding stones.

Liu San sighed in his heart, this must have been melted by ghostly hands. If it was repaired, it would be difficult to make it so tight. Although the copper door and the white jade fox relief in the center were made of different materials, they seemed to be naturally inlaid together.

Xiaoqing and Xiaoyun were so excited that they were panting when they flew to the door. After calming their breathing, they respectfully put their hands in front of them.

"Island owner, Xiaoqing is back to report." Xiaoqing said to the fox relief in a clear voice.

After a while, a voice came from the door and said, "Oh, what's the matter?"

Xiao Qing said: "We found that behind the seaside cliff, the newly melted magma formed an alloy of copper and iron."

"Really?! Then come in quickly and tell me in detail." said the voice in the door. The voice came from the mouth of the white fox relief, and there was a small gap there.

The huge copper door sank inward silently, and then slid sideways.

Xiaoqing and Xiaoyun walked into the door.

Liu San was wearing an invisibility cloak. Before he could think about it, he gritted his teeth and followed the two women into the gate!

Inside the door is a bright hall with a round table and several armchairs. The armchairs are covered with fur, some are white, some are black, and some are red. They are all fox furs.

Two mana lighting balls were hung in the hall, illuminating the room extremely brightly. Liu San stood against the wall, and the copper door closed silently.

Because a woman in white standing next to the round table waved her hand and closed the copper door.

And sitting on the main seat in front of the round table was a man in white clothes. He was none other than Ghost Hands, but he was not wearing gray clothes, but also in white clothes.

This is not surprising, because the ghost hand is basically a white vixen.

The woman standing at the round table is also a white vixen, but her skill level is at level five. She is the vixen on the island second only to Ghost Hands.

She has a slim figure and beautiful appearance. She looks much older than Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing rarely enters this hall, which is the center of the cliff island. It is the first time for Xiaoyun to enter here, with his head lowered timidly and his eyes only looking at his toes.

The woman in white said with a smile: "Well, don't be restrained. The island owner wants to know the specific situation. He has been casting spells and melting rocks here, so he can't go and check it in person."

Only then did Liu San notice that there was an open space behind the round table and a two-foot-wide round hole on the ground, like a well.

There was some dim light emitting from the well, which was very weak.

Xiaoqing nodded and said: "Yes, Sister Xiaoqian. Although I don't know the purpose of the island owner's melting, I always feel that the alloy on the beach is very strange, so I came to report it."

It turns out that this older beauty is the housekeeper of Cliff Island, Xiaoqing's sister Xiaoqian.

Liu San looked at Xiaoqian again and couldn't help but admire her beauty. Everyone said that the fox fairy was the most beautiful, and this was true. The three fox fairies in front of him were each more beautiful than the other. Including the one they met on the cliff island.

The other female fairies who arrived were all beautiful women, and none of them were worse than Xiao Yazhi.

Especially this Xiaoqian, who is probably about a hundred years old and is about the same age as Huo Yanjun, but she is still young and not inferior to the young people at all. If it weren't for the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, no one would know her true age.

Her crow's feet are very light, and they only appear faintly when she smiles. Could it be that there is sadness buried in her heart and she is not very happy?

Xiaoqian pointed to a pile of stones on the round table and said, "Look, which one is it?"

Only then did Liu San notice that there were more than ten stones placed on the round table, including copper-colored, yellow, gold, black, cyan, and even jade.

Xiao Qing looked at the stones on the table intently, with a look of surprise on her face.

She said: "These stones were all melted by the island owner?"

Ghost Hand sighed and said: "If this is really the case, my experiment will be considered a success. Can you tell me quickly, what kind of rocks are you seeing on the cliff below?"

Xiao Qing shook her head and said, "It's neither of them."

The ghost picked up the golden stone and said, "Did you know? This is a natural gold nugget. I just want to smelt such a gold ore. This has been my wish for hundreds of years, but unfortunately I still haven't succeeded!"

These words not only surprised Liu San, Xiaoqing and Xiaoyun also raised their heads and stared at the ghostly hand.

This is the first time Liu San has heard that gold can be made by melting soil or stones! If the ghost hands mastered alchemy, wouldn't they become the richest people in the world?

No wonder Ghost Hands is so obsessed with melting stones that he is actually practicing alchemy.

Xiao Qing said doubtfully: "Can gold be produced by really melting rocks and soil?"

Xiaoqian nodded slowly and said: "The island owner practices the Dingshan Divine Pearl in order to eventually master alchemy. Unfortunately, the Dingshan Divine Pearl will soon be handed over to the Imperial Capital Island, so the island owner will seize the time to study it."

"No wonder, I said that the stones on the island have different colors. It turns out that the owner of the island is practicing alchemy." Xiao Qing said in amazement.

Ghost Hand shook his head, stood up slowly, and said: "It is not about practicing alchemy, but about finding the method of alchemy. I already know how to do alchemy. But the details are extremely complicated."

He walked back to the deep well behind the round table, looked down, waved his palm and shot out a beam of light, which flew straight into the well. The mouth of the well suddenly shone, and a strange fire floated out of the well, illuminating the hall.

Liu San was also surprised. What was the secret in this well? It seemed to be a hundred feet deep.

The ghost waved his hands again and recited a spell, and the faint light floating out of the well also began to change erratically.

The three women all watched him perform the exercises quietly, and no one dared to speak to disturb him.

After a while of burning the incense, the ghost put down his hands and turned around. He said, "You don't seem to believe it? Including the housekeeper, even though she has assisted me for many years, she still doesn't believe that I can refine gold."

He chuckled and said, "Have you ever seen a volcano? Gold is mostly contained in volcanic ores. This is because the high temperature and pressure underneath melt the soil and ores and transform them into other substances, such as gold and silver.

Copper, iron, or various rocks."

When Gui Meishou said this, Liu San suddenly realized. It seems that this gold can really be smelted through melting!

Liu San sighed again in his heart: This ghost hand seems to be an immortal with a very flexible mind, and he has actually understood this truth.

Xiao Qing asked doubtfully: "Then, why has the island owner still not refined gold after so many years?"

Ghost Shou sighed again and said: "It cannot be said that the previous exploration is meaningless. For more than a hundred years, I have been practicing alchemy while cultivating the Dingshan Pearl. In the past, it was because of lack of skill that I could not meet the conditions for smelting gold.

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"But it's different now. Since the Divine Bead was made, I discovered that by melting rocks, many metals can be made, such as copper and iron." He pointed to the circular copper door in the hall and said: "This copper door is inlaid with

Stone carving is not about hollowing out a bronze door and inserting a stone statue into it. Instead, it is about stimulating the magic power of a divine bead on the outside of a big stone and smelting it into a copper plate using high temperature and high pressure."

After he explained it like this, Liu San finally understood.

Not only is this circular copper door a masterpiece of ghostly hands, but all the stone caves on the cliff island are actually by-products of his exploration of alchemy. They were all smelted and carved with his skill, so there is no trace of a knife.

The marks of the ax's chisel look smooth and smooth.

The color changes and various patterns on the rock walls are actually the result of the ghost hands changing their strength and trying to smelt gold.

It's a pity that he has burned all the rocks and soil on the cliff island, but still hasn't found a way to make gold.

"Does the island owner have to hand over this divine bead?" Xiao Qing couldn't help but ask.

Ghost Shou said with a wry smile: "Nan Emperor's orders cannot be violated. I have always obeyed him, and that is why I became his friend. I don't want to hand over the divine beads. Handing over the spiritual stones would be a great loss to me."

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Xiaoqian frowned and said in a trembling voice: "If you disobey the Nan Emperor's order, not only will the island owner become the enemy of the Imperial Capital Island, but the Fox Clan of Cliff Island will also face annihilation, right?"

Gui Meishou sneered and said through his teeth: "Not bad. So I have no choice but to marry Princess Ouyan to make up for the loss of handing over the spirit stone!"

There was silence in the hall.

Liu San stood by the stone wall and finally understood the reason why Ghost Hand wanted to marry Ou Yan. He was unwilling to hand over the Dingshan Pearl in vain. If he handed over the Dingshan Pearl, Ghost Hand would no longer be able to try alchemy and would become the Imperial Capital Island.

A real vassal.

As the owner of the cliff island, Ghost Hand has always maintained the supreme dignity. He rarely confesses in such a long way, and his words made the hall even more constrained.

Xiaoqing and Xiaoyun both lowered their heads, not even daring to take a deep breath.

"It's a good thing that the housekeeper understands the general situation and doesn't care about the status of the island owner's wife. It's also a good thing that Xiaoqing is willing to sacrifice his life to win over Mr. Jiang." Gui Meishou softened his tone and said with gratitude.
Chapter completed!