The felled trees could not be transported in one go, not because Zhu Shangbiao and others could not carry them, but because the sometimes winding underground passages were not wide enough to carry more than one at a time.
When Zhu Shangbiao and Cheng Shanping, who were in charge of this matter, delivered the first tree, Yu Qing signaled them to handle it gently, fearing that the vibration would be too great and disturb the unknown fire crickets.
While the two of them were cutting down trees, Yu Qing had carved out a few slabs from a large rock in the tunnel, moved them to a corner of the lava lake, and built a "well" shape behind a bamboo shoot pillar that connected the upper and lower parts.
.The reason why this is built with stone slabs is that there is no flat ground behind the bamboo shoot pillars, and there is a lava ditch.
Yu Qing personally built a criss-cross wooden fortress with the felled trees on the "well"-shaped stone slab, with a hollow shaft in the middle.
Zhu Shangbiao and others, who were helping to move the wood lightly, had no idea what they were doing. They asked Tie Miaoqing, but Tie Miaoqing didn't answer. She actually couldn't tell clearly. She only knew that they were building an altar.
"Madam boss, it's already dark outside." Cheng Shanping reminded him as he passed by Tie Miaoqing, and couldn't help but lower his voice and said a few words to Yu Qing, "You don't want to set fire to smoke, do you?
?I tell you, we have already tried all the methods we can think of, but they are useless. Fire crickets that can survive in the lava are not afraid of the smoke at all." He reminded Yu Qing not to let their work go in vain.
Tie Miaoqing frowned slightly when he heard this.
Yu Qing said nothing. After the pyramid-shaped wooden fortress, which was taller than a man, was built and fixed, he took advantage of the absence of others and said to Tie Miaoqing: "That's it. Let everyone else move away. It's disrespectful to the gods."
This is inappropriate."
Having had the experience of 'An Bo', Tie Miaoqing tentatively believed that he might indeed have something up his sleeve, so he turned around and followed the instructions, asking the others to retreat a little further, especially telling Sun Ping to watch.
Without anyone else, Yu Qing picked up a trimmed long tree trunk, jumped to the top of the wooden fortress, inserted the trunk into the shaft, and punched it into the molten rock under the stone slab before letting go and jumping down.
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The wet wood that had just been cut down was not easy to burn. It did not burn immediately. Instead, thick smoke came out first and then slowly caught fire.
What is this for? Tie Miaoqing thought the altar was a bit weird, but couldn't understand it. When he turned around, he found that Yu Qing had already lit nine incense sticks.
Three sticks were planted on the ground in front of the altar, and Yu Qing called out, "Get out."
After the two jumped onto the land, Yu Qing inserted three more sticks into the ground and stared at the slowly burning open fire in the middle of the wooden fortress.
Again, wet wood is not easy to burn, and the entire wooden fortress cannot be quickly ignited. However, the temperature of the molten underground space is high, and a pile of wet wood is equivalent to being put on a fire to bake.
After all, Yu Qing still wanted to create a lot of smoke to help his weak Guanzi Jue. In fact, he could just throw wood into the molten slurry, but the burning would not last long, and the process of creating smoke would not last long, so he built a
A wooden platform that slowly collapses from the inside.
The most important thing is that since you have fooled people, you have to have a decent process, and you can't just rely on nonsense, and people are not fools.
The smoke from burning wet wood slowly spreads in the underground space.
Yu Qing observed that there should be no problems with his design. The wooden fortress should be able to slowly ignite the fire. Then he took Tie Miaoqing and retreated from the entrance of the cave, retreating to a position where the lava lake could not be seen, also to avoid the fire crickets.
I saw that no one showed up.
It was only at this moment that he sat down cross-legged, with the last three sticks of incense in his hand placed on the ground, facing the direction of the red scene.
Still the same or leave? Tie Miaoqing didn't know what to do with himself, so he asked, "What's next?"
Yu Qing also wanted to know, but he had no idea at all. He had no confidence in this method at all. He was just being driven to the top and trying his best. If it didn't work, he could only use the layout in front of him to run away alone.
Besides, money and other things can only be treated as external possessions. It is more important to protect your own life first.
To put it bluntly, at this point, he had already prepared for the worst and was prepared to abandon Xu Fei and Chong'er. There was no way he could escape with the two of them.
For him, the dignified leader of Linglongguan cannot die here. What if the whole sect doesn't know how the leader died? It would be too frustrating. He felt that rather than all three of them dying here, it would be better to escape.
One, at least there is someone who can turn around and take revenge.
And as long as he runs away and leaves a warning message, Miao Qingtang and the others may not dare to touch Xu Fei and Chong'er.
These are people who are escorted by the Sinan Mansion to go to Beijing to take the exam. Does a mere Miao Qingtang dare to hit the face of the Sinan Mansion? If you break the rules of neutrality, Youya will not protect it.
Of course, he would try the unreliable method in front of him first, but it would not work until the end. He was unwilling to give up Xu Fei's four thousand taels of silver, let alone the more than four thousand taels. Cheng Shanping took away some magic dew and Hongsi
, spiritual rice and silver notes, worth at least 20,000 taels of silver, he absolutely cannot give up easily.
"wait!"
Yu Qing, who had many distracting thoughts, gave Tie Miaoqing an answer.
Tie Miaoqing had no choice but to sit down cross-legged, sitting next to Yu Qing and waiting quietly.
After a while, Tie Miaoqing smelled smoke. The smoke burning in 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 would definitely get bigger and bigger.
He was not in a hurry and took out the towel Tie Miaoqing prepared for him. He poured water from the kettle to wet the towel. He repeatedly covered his mouth and nose, folded it to the optimal filter thickness, and tore it apart.
The sleeves were used as ropes and tied over the mouth and nose.
Tie Miaoqing next to him smelled the smell of smoke getting stronger and stronger, and looked at Yu Qing who had covered his mouth and nose. He was quite speechless, and then he realized that Ganqing had known that he would be smoked, so
I was prepared in advance, but even though I knew it, I didn't tell her in advance, and it was a bit disgusting to let her get smoked.
The smell of smoke was already choking, so Yu Qing turned around and said, "Just bear with the smell and don't cough, otherwise it may disturb the fire crickets."
Tie Miaoqing nodded to show that he knew, covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves, filtered and took a deep breath of clean air, and used Qigong to reduce his body's consumption and dependence on air.
Yu Qing glanced twice and snorted in his heart. When the smoke became thicker, he wanted to see how long this woman could hold on.
As he judged, the smoke was getting thicker and thicker. It was no longer possible for Tie Miaoqing to simply filter out clean air with his sleeves. He didn't know how long Yu Qing would be immersed in the smoke during this trip. After holding in his breath for a long time, it was approaching.
While taking 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 and raised his hand to indicate that they would turn back together.
Tie Miaoqing, who was holding his breath, was surprised and asked: "What are you doing?"
Yu Qing: "Come over with you and get my spiritual rice."
"Spiritual rice?" Tie Miaoqing was puzzled, "What are you doing with spiritual rice at this time?"
Yu Qing: "I may have to use spiritual rice as a sacrifice later."
In this case, Tie Miaoqing could only express his understanding, "You don't have to run around, I can just get it for you when I get back."
Yu Qing: "The whole person will be smoked in the thick smoke for a long time, and everyone will be smelled. You can't help me at all, and you may distract me when I communicate with the gods, which may be counterproductive.
So there is really no need to suffer this fate together.
In addition, you have to restrain your people, don't make noise, don't walk around in the tunnel, walking around will cause noise to be transmitted underground, I need a completely silent environment. Later, the smoke may also
If you want to seep through, I'm worried that you will cough and make noise, especially my two companions. I suggest that you all exit the tunnel and just wait at the exit of the tunnel."
It seemed to make sense. Tie Miaoqing was not worried at all that he could escape from this underground place, but he hesitated a little, "The trip is only a dozen miles..."
Yu Qing: "If you want to be more sure of success, just listen to me and wait for my good news outside the cave."
Tie Miaoqing was almost out of breath and could no longer hold it in any longer. He could only respond, "Okay, I'll do whatever you want." He turned around and quickly left the place.
Yu Qing followed and reminded me deliberately, "By the way, boss lady, please help me keep an eye on my two companions. I'm worried that the man named Cheng will mess around. I'm here to work hard for you, so don't stab me in the back."
, otherwise don’t blame me for destroying the fire crickets you’ll get by then.”
Listening to this tone, it seems that I am very sure about catching the fire cricket.
Knowing that this man would risk his life for his two companions, Tie Miaoqing smiled and said, "You are overthinking, don't worry, as long as you don't mess around, I will guarantee that nothing will happen to them."
The two quickly came to a place a mile away and saw Sun Ping and others waiting here. They lit a portable oil lamp on the ground.
Seeing the two people suddenly coming back, people sitting on the ground stood up one after another. Xu Fei and Chong'er looked at Yu Qing with his face covered in shock, wondering what was wrong.
Although the air circulation here is slow, the terrain is sloping all the way up, and the smoke is about to spread here. Tie Miaoqing, who took a deep breath, directly called Cheng Shanping without any delay, "Old Cheng, bring his spiritual rice."
Cheng Shanping didn't know what he meant, but he still picked up the package beside him, opened it, took out Yu Qing's bag containing spiritual rice and handed it to Tie Miaoqing.
Tie Miaoqing changed hands to Yu Qing without saying a word.
Cheng Shanping and others were shocked.
Yu Qing looked at Xu Fei and Chong'er with a complicated look in his eyes, smiled in return, and then turned away resolutely. He didn't say a word, and he didn't know what to say. To be precise, he couldn't say anything.
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After disappearing from everyone's sight, he carried Lingmi on his back and tied it up, which he wanted to take with him when he escaped.
Hongsi couldn't care less about the valuable Yaolu, and there was no excuse to get back the banknotes. In this case, it would be difficult to explain with these things, and it would easily arouse suspicion. After much deliberation, Lingmi could find a suitable excuse.
, as long as he can get a little bit back, he can't let it go.
After returning to sit down in front of the three sticks of incense, I slowly filtered out a breath of clean air and inhaled it deeply into my lungs. I then exercised and meditated to reduce consumption. The cycle continued like this. Occasionally, I sprinkled some water on the towel covering my mouth and nose.
He used his skills to resist the smoke. After nearly half an hour, he quietly stood up again, quietly and tiptoeing, and cautiously walked toward the entrance of the cave. He touched the place where he had obtained the spiritual rice before, and saw that no one was there. He was sure that there was no one there. Miaoqing had already followed his instructions and took the person away. She breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that her escape strategy was half successful.