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Chapter 178 Mermaid Tears

"Mermaid tears?"

Chujiu exclaimed loudly, regardless of its value in the ghost world, the collection value of the Shark Tears itself cannot be measured by money. No wonder Jing'er was so excited.

"The Mermaid's Tears? What are the Mermaid's Tears? I've heard of the Shark's tears, but I've never seen them cry in books."

I turned to ask Chujiu, and Jing'er said the same thing. Master Niu and Master Ma only described the appearance and efficacy of the Mermaid Tears to her, but did not tell her the origin of the Mermaid Tears.

"Guo Guo, you know that the lamp is always on, right?"

Chujiu did not answer me directly, but asked me about the evergreen lantern with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Of course I know about the ever-burning lantern, it is mentioned in many legends in our country.

On New Year's Eve, as the gods return to heaven, all the ghosts and gods come out to look for food, especially the three types of ghosts, demons and monsters.

These loose ghosts who usually do not receive worship during the New Year and festivals will burst into the world on this day.

They specifically look for homes with no lights, darkness, children crying or elderly people coughing, and follow the sounds to arrest them.

In order to deal with stray ghosts on this day, people would light oil lamps all night long. Over time, the saying "Eternal Fire" came into being on New Year's Eve, and the practice of setting off firecrackers continues to this day.

There are many records about Changming lanterns. Historical records record that there was an Changming lantern placed in the tomb of Qin Shihuang.

Since ancient times, our country has a tradition of treating death as life. It is believed that after death, people will go to another world to live, so mausoleums are also called ghost houses.

Ancient kings paid special attention to mausoleums as their residences after death. They also hoped that the lights would be as bright as the palaces during their lifetime, so there were everlasting lanterns.

In fact, this is not only the case in our country, but also in Western countries.

According to records, in 1540 AD, Pope Paul III discovered a burning lamp in a tomb next to the Appian Way in Rome.

This incident shocked the whole world because this tomb is said to be the tomb of the daughter of the ancient Roman statesman Cicero.

Cicero's daughter died in 44 BC. In other words, the lamp had been burning in this closed vaulted tomb for 1584 years!

The Changming Lantern incident caused a sensation, and scholars were divided into two opposing theories. One side believed that the Changming Lantern did exist, while the other believed that it could not exist.

Scholars who think it is impossible have assumed a situation.

The so-called ever-burning lamp uses white phosphorus. After long-term burning, the oxygen in the tomb chamber is consumed to a very low level, and then the burning stops.

When there are tomb robbers or someone opens the tomb passage outside, the oil lamp will light up again after oxygen enters the tomb chamber, which just gives the illusion that the lamp in the tomb chamber is always burning.

Immediately, opposing scholars raised two questions.

First, if the ever-burning lamp is not lit, what is the meaning of its existence? Because its function is to guide the souls of the dead and light the way to the underworld.

The second point is how to prevent white phosphorus from reacting with oxygen and not burning when building a tomb chamber. It will only burn when there is oxygen again.

Scholars have overturned this theory after many experiments. The amount of white phosphorus is uncontrollable. Too much or too little will not allow the oil lamp to burn accurately, let alone the technology of thousands of years ago.

Scholars believe that the final convincing was "mermaid ointment".

Using the shark's grease as fuel is extremely durable. Just one drop of it can last for months. As long as enough of the shark's grease is put into an oil lamp, it will last for thousands of years. If there is a cylinder of oil, it will last for ten thousand years.

Destruction is also possible.

Scholars consulted a large amount of information and found that there is information saying that "mermaid paste" is sold in Taiji Town, Japan. Taiji Town is in Higashi Moulou County, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, and is a world-famous area for whaling and dolphin slaughter.

The "mermaid ointment" mentioned in the information is actually whale blubber, or more precisely, sperm whale oil. There are more than 1,000 liters of spermaceti oil in the head of a sperm whale. It has a relatively large molecular weight and is the most suitable fuel for everlasting lanterns.

Through the test results, it was found that the so-called "mermaid ointment" only needs to burn longer and will still burn out. If it is just a small oil lamp, it can burn for thousands of years, which is completely contrary to common sense.

How the ever-burning lantern can remain immortal for thousands of years has once become an unsolved mystery.

When Chujiu asked me about the everlasting lantern, there was only one possibility: the sharks really existed in this world.

"You mean the shark?"

Chujiu nodded and told me that the shark's tears were not the tears of the shark, but actually a kind of crystal sphere in the shark's body, similar to the stones of other animals.

"Natural History" by Zhanghua of Jin Dynasty: "There are sharks in the southern sea. They live in the water like fish. They do not waste time weaving, and their eyes can weep beads."

Guo Xian's "Dong Ming Ji of Other Kingdoms" says: "The country of Weile is in the south of Japan. Its people rode elephants into the seabed to retrieve treasures. They stayed in the palace of the sharks and found teardrops. The tears that the sharks cried were also called weeping beads.

beads.”

The reason why shark tears are rare is that they only form when the shark faces life or death danger or experiences extreme emotional fluctuations.

This kind of crystal is usually produced in the tail of the shark's fish. Unless the shark dies or the shark's tail is cut open, these shark tears cannot be obtained.

Legend has it that shark tears can detoxify hundreds of poisons, and ornaments made from shark tears are worth tens of thousands of gold. Therefore, in ancient times, shark tears were often said to be the king of pearls.

There is also a legend that in hot summer weather, if you place the Mermaid Tears in your room, you will not feel the heat. Ancient emperors used the Mermaid Tears to escape the heat.

According to legend, there are not many shark tears, and the largest number of them occurred during the Song Dynasty.

According to records, there was a man from Quanzhou who was kind to a shark, and the shark repaid his benefactor with tears every day.

Later, some scholars and experts believed that the man from Quanzhou actually captured a shark by chance, often threatened the shark, and then took out one piece every once in a while like taking bear bile.

After Chujiu finished explaining it, I roughly understood the value of the Mermaid Tears. At the same time, I sighed in my heart that the master could actually obtain such a legendary item.

But if it helps Jing'er, that's the best result. Just don't think about it so much and eat peacefully.

"Brother, Master Niu and Master Ma have said that these kinds of heavenly and earthly treasures can shorten my hundreds of years of practice. That is, after I absorb the Mermaid Tears, I can officially become the Yinsi."

Jing'er looked at the porcelain bottle tightly held in her hand and happily talked about how she was about to become a Yinsi.

"Then how long does it take to absorb the Mermaid Tears?"

After I asked this question, Jing'er blinked and looked at me, everyone else, and finally looked down at herself, and whispered that she forgot to ask the two Yinsi adults.

Jing'er's cute gesture made everyone burst into laughter, and even the eminent monk Dharma Vidyadhara raised a smile on his lips.

Grandma Jian Shu said with a smile, this girl is cuter than all the girls in the village.

Chujiu stuffed two big mouthfuls of bacon into her mouth and said vaguely:

"By the way, Jing'er, you said before that someone bullied you?"

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