Following Ah Jing down into the gap in the ground, Chen Guanshui felt like he had mistakenly entered the Huoyuan Cave in Mount Shu.
Red-hot magma and fire energy are everywhere, flowing along the air in the small space, sometimes penetrating and sometimes rushing out, like the majestic breathing of the earth's lungs.
"This is a natural lung of the earth." Kunlun Jing introduced, "Well, it may not be that natural, but the scale is almost the same as a natural one."
"The classics say that the collapse of the southeastern Tianzhu was due to the fight between the water god Gonggong and the fire god Zhurong. Because of the defeat, the former hit the sky pillar with his head, causing it to collapse."
"But judging from the existence of the earth's lung fire veins, it is more likely that some kind of vast spell cast by Zhu Rong affected Tianzhu when he killed Gonggong, isn't it?"
"Indeed." Chen Guanshui nodded and said, "The great witches of that era did have magic power that far exceeded that of contemporary immortals."
"But this life span has reached its limit, which is also one of the reasons." Kunlun Mirror sighed, "The place where the sky pillar and the sky dome are connected should not be so fragile."
"In short, the pillars of heaven collapsed and holes in the sky were broken. Nuwa had to refine the sky-repairing stone. And what we have to do is to do what we did before."
"Not bad." Chen Guanshui agreed absentmindedly, wondering what excuse he could use to ask Ah Jing to use the arithmetic screen on him.
"That's right." Kunlun Jing said suddenly, "I've given you the illusion skills, now you don't have to worry about someone coming through magic calculations."
"That's great." Chen Guanshui said seriously, "Since no one will disturb me, I can't wait to start refining the Sky Mending Stone... Where are those fragments?"
"Just ahead." Kunlun Jing led Chen Guanshui through the hot wind and finally came to a cave.
What was seen below the cave was thick, molten earth fire lava. The heat on it was extremely astonishing, and even the light was completely distorted by the heat flow.
Six fragments of the Sky-Mending Stone, wrapped in mysterious and obscure runes, were spinning at a speed that was fast and slow a few inches above the earth-fire lava.
"That's it?" Chen Guanshui asked in shock, "Not immersing it directly in the ground fire, but relying on the heat flow from above to heat it up? How long does it take to heat it up?"
"The temperature of the earth fire is too high." Kunlun Mirror sighed and said, "If you put it above the earth fire, at least you can get it back at any time."
"What if it sinks if it is immersed in the earth's fire?"
"Can't you tie it with a rope and dip it in?" Chen Guanshui said whimsically.
"What kind of rope can withstand the high temperature of the underground fire?" Kun Jing asked with a smile.
As the saying goes, "Heavenly thunder and earthly fire", since this earthly fire is as famous as thunder and calamity, its power goes without saying.
Chen Guanshui couldn't answer and said sophistry:
"I believe you must have a way, Ah Jing."
"I really have no choice." Kunlun Mirror shook his head, "My expertise lies in arithmetic, illusion and space. I really have no idea how to deal with this kind of earth fire."
"Guanshui, do you have any good ideas?"
"Can we use some risky methods?" Chen Guanshui asked seriously, "For example, there may be risks..."
"No." Kunlun Jing said with a smile, "Even if something happens to both of us, we can't let the fragments of the Sky-Mending Stone be destroyed.
lose."
Chen Guanshui:…………
He thought carefully.
The problem faced by the Kunlun Mirror today is a bit similar to nuclear fusion - in order for the fragments of the patchwork stone to smelt and fuse, it needs to reach a high enough temperature.
Ground fire meets this condition, but it is precisely because the ambient temperature is too high that many methods cannot be used.
Ah Jing now used some kind of magic to hang the Sky-Mending Stone fragments above the Earth Fire Lava. Although the temperature here is not high enough, the heat flow interference is small, and they can be taken out at any time.
If it is immersed in the underground fire, stirred by the rolling lava, and sinks out of control, there will be no way to fish it out.
Chen Guanshui tried it with the Five Elements Divine Light and found that although it could repel the earth fire, the Sky Mending Stone would not be destroyed.
It was swept away, but because the heat of the earth fire was too powerful, the consumption of the five elements of divine light was also huge. It was a typical case of quantity overpowering quality.
To maintain the entire smelting process, the amount of real energy required was extremely huge. Chen Guanshui did not want to be the "valve regulator", so he decisively decided to find another way.
Looking at the many magic weapons and flying swords, although there are many magic weapons that can withstand earth fire, they are not suitable for use as fire tongs to fix the sky-bending stone.
After thinking about it carefully, I feel that I can only use the formation method.
"How about using a formation?" Chen Guanshui suggested and asked.
Formation... Kunlun Mirror thought about it carefully, since even the chaos in the center of the earth can be sealed, it is not a problem to introduce earth fire smelting.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Guan Shui." She nodded in agreement.
Turning back the time a few days, the three people who came out of the Yutingmen secret realm soon fell into some kind of expected internal strife.
"Where did he go?" An Zhisu wanted to continue chasing, but he also realized that the whereabouts of the other party had been lost, and the probability of encountering him in a random collision on the sea was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I still have to ask for help from Shi Liuli's arithmetic skills.
Shi Liuli was silent for a moment, then suddenly heard Xu Yinglian say:
"Let's not mention anything else, I think fellow Taoist Dongyou seems to know that person."
An Zhisu:?!
She couldn't care about anything else at the moment, she just looked at Shi Liuli in surprise, thinking how could her junior brother know Dongyou... Oh, they had met Bai Yujing before during the competition, so this was not strange.
Shi Liuli was not as straightforward as An Zhisu. Knowing that Xu Yinglian no longer planned to continue testing and wanted to get straight to the point, Shi Liuli smiled slightly and said:
"I think the relationship between that person and fellow Taoist Qiong Ying seems to be even more complicated."
Xu Yinglian fell silent after hearing this.
Of course she had already seen that that man had a close relationship with Shi Liuli and An Zhisu.
If that person was really Qiu Changtian, when did he provoke Na Jiangxiao to shout and kill him, and when did he get Dongyou to help him?
She felt vaguely uneasy, but the truth was too outrageous to guess, so she asked coldly:
"Fellow Daoist Dongyou, why are you asking me about my relationship with that person?"
"I also want to ask fellow Taoist Qiong Ying about the same question." Shi Liuli said with a smile.
Xu Yinglian looked at her speechlessly, thinking that if she practiced Tai Chi like this, the conversation would not continue.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons for a moment, she said bluntly:
"I suspect that person is Elder Chang Geng who left the Kunlun Taiqing Sect."
"Absolutely impossible!" Before Shi Liuli could say anything, An Zhisu spoke up first and spoke categorically, "That person is Elder Qingheng of Shushan, the Taiyin Sword Master! As a senior sister, how can I admit my mistake?"
"Is there any evidence?" Xu Yinglian asked with a frown, "I have never seen the Taiyin Suming Sword."
An Zhisu was startled at first, but soon learned how to use it and asked Xu Yinglian:
"I've never seen him use lightning techniques. Is there any evidence that he is Kunlun Chang Geng?"
When it comes to evidence, although that person is full of doubts, Xu Yinglian does not have any clear evidence to prove that the other party must be Qiu Changtian.
But after all, she has a delicate heart, and of course she will not be stumped by this kind of question, so she just smiled and said:
"Why is there no evidence? Earlier in the Hehuang area, I personally saw him use a secret method, which was derived from my Kunlun "Nine Heavens Qingwei Entry Mantra". If he is not Chang Geng, who else could he be?"
"This..." An Zhisu suddenly got stuck, and argued after a while, "The "Jiutian Qingwei Entry Mantra" is not limited to Chang Genghui!"
An Zhisu finally couldn't answer, and thought in despair:
If he had used the Fuyuan Yiqi Sword, could it be that it was really Chang Geng... No, it was also possible that the sword fell into the hands of his junior brother, but after mastering the "Jiutian Qingwei Entry Mantra", how to explain it?
Shi Liuli watched with cold eyes, already guessing that Xu Yinglian was lying.
If she really had conclusive evidence, how could she be so calm and calm at this moment? When she saw me blocking the blow for her husband, she would have looked wrong a long time ago, right?
Now I can still draw him out, so be careful and test him, because he is just not sure whether that bastard is really Kunlun Chang Geng... Otherwise, he won't be able to sit still.
After thinking about it for a moment, Shi Shuli suddenly said:
"Isn't this just a family opinion of Taoist fellow Taoist Qiong Ying?"
"If you know both the Nine Heavens Qingwei Entry Mantra and the Tianyuan Yiqi Sword, it must be Kunlun Changgeng."
At this time, fellow Taoist should quickly return to the sect to report, why waste time with us here."
"That's right!" An Zhisu suddenly sneered after waking up from the dream, "Since you have obtained the conclusive evidence, you can just go back to Kunlun for help. Why come here to ask for help?"
"Senior brother did not rebel against Kunlun, but left the mountain to stand on his own. There is no need for our Kunlun Taiqing Sect to go to war to find him." Xu Yinglian said seriously, "I just wanted to ask him some questions."
But An Zhisu has a stubborn temperament. Now, no matter how much she says, she still refuses to believe it. She just said coldly:
"If the Kunlun Taiqing Sect is interested in the Taiyin Suming Sword, then I advise you to stop thinking about it, otherwise sooner or later you will have a fight with me in Shushan."
Xu Yinglian was speechless, thinking that I just came here to find out the whereabouts of my senior brother, so how could it be related to the Taiyin Suming Sword? Besides, why are you so sure that the other party is Shushan Qingheng, the master of the Taiyin Sword?
Shi Liuli watched the exchange of words between the two and sighed in her heart.
If the hexagrams hadn't shown that this was indeed the case, who would have thought that that bastard actually had three identities at the same time?
She didn't intend to clear up the misunderstanding, but just watched the two people bickering, hoping that their relationship would continue to deteriorate to avoid the possibility of joining forces in the future.
But not long after, a black wind suddenly came from the sky, and he said with a sweet smile:
"I dare to ask these three fellow Taoists, have they ever met my husband?"
As soon as she finished speaking, whether it was Xu Yinglian, An Zhisu or Shi Liuli, they all stopped talking and assumed the posture of facing a formidable enemy.