the only savior

Chapter 157

Ye Cang wiped the purple censer lightly with his hand, and said, "The five flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty are not the usual five flavorings, but five items that symbolize their meaning."

He seemed to have guessed that Zhang Xiaoman still didn't understand the meaning, so Dang even took the initiative to explain: "Take the first of the five flavors 'salt' as an example, it doesn't represent ordinary salt, but iron powder."

"Oh? Iron powder?"

"That's right, 'Xian' adds a mouthful to the word 'Xu'. The original meaning is that everyone shouts together to boost power. Some people think that the mouth symbolizes the head of a person, so in ancient times, it was actually used to kill. .”

It was the first time Zhang Xiaoman heard this kind of statement, and he immediately became interested.

Ye Cang continued: "The most representative way of killing is iron weapons and weapons. The salty one of the five tastes of the world that the old man mentioned earlier refers to the iron powder."

"So that's it." Zhang Xiaoman nodded to express his understanding, it seems that the five flavors are really different from what he understood before.

"Then I don't know what the remaining four flavors refer to?"

Ye Cang rubbed the purple incense burner lightly, and explained: "The remaining four flavors, 'sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy', respectively represent 'bad water', 'ginseng', 'tears' and 'flame'."

Zhang Xiaoman was very surprised when he heard this explanation. Although he didn't know the reasons for the latter, he still knew them anyway, but the first "bad water" made him a little confused.

"It's actually not that complicated. The so-called bad water is actually just sulfuric acid." Ye Cang immediately gave the answer, "It's just that people in ancient times were ignorant and often confused sulfuric acid with aqua regia. Bad water and aqua regia It is often treated as the same substance, so in fact the bad water here refers to aqua regia."

"In ancient times, 'acid' was usually associated with 'rotten' and 'bad', so the acid among the five flavors was the bad water, that is, aqua regia... But in fact, later research found that using some super acids to Instead of aqua regia, the effect is actually the same.”

"The next 'sweet' refers to ginseng, and the ginseng must be over 30 years old. Although ginseng tastes bitter, it was undoubtedly not rich and powerful who could eat it in ancient times, so in the eyes of ordinary people, it represents It is a life of wealth, and the life of such a rich family is naturally sweet."

"As for the tears that "bitterness" symbolizes, this should be very obvious. I think you don't need me to explain it any further. But then I found out that it can be replaced by practical blood."

"The last is 'spicy'. 'Spicy' means fire, that is, high temperature. It represents an unbearable pain and a symbol of intensity. When the Dragon Sleeping Stone is soaked with the above four materials for seven After seventy-nine days, burn it with a raging fire, and it will be able to volatilize smoothly, thus creating the illusion that can be faked."

"It's just that the specific reasons have not been thoroughly studied so far. Take that ginseng as an example, it must be more than 30 years old. If it is not old enough, it will eventually fail to volatilize. The reason for this is still unclear. Woolen cloth."

Ye Cang told the whole story in one breath, and Zhang Xiaoman finally understood the key point this time. He never thought that behind this short sentence, "If you meet the five flavors of the world, you will fall into the mortal world", there are so many hidden secrets behind it. secret.

Ye Cang put down the purple incense burner in his hand, looked at the mysterious person in front of him, and continued: "Your Excellency, I have fulfilled the last agreement, I see that you seem to be very interested in this Dragon Sleeping Stone, I don't know if it is Are you willing to make another exchange with Ye Mou?"

"Oh? What exchange?"

Ye Cang reached into his bosom, slowly took out a fist-sized package, and carefully placed it on the stage.

"I know that Your Excellency is a real master of the world. I dare not expect Your Excellency to pass on my practice orthodoxy. I just hope that you can tell me what the practice world is like. It makes me miss this idea for a lifetime. I can get a little bit of satisfaction..."

As he spoke, he showed an expression of anticipation, mixed with endless longing, like a drowning man who wanted to grab the last straw to save his life.

"There is a Dragon's Rest Stone inside. If you agree, I will give it to you in exchange..."

Looking at the things in his hands, Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help being a little moved, after all, he didn't have anything to lose, he just opened his mouth to get it.

"But I don't seem to have anything to say. Where is the world of practice in this world? Do you want me to tell him about the Star Alliance?"

Looking at the other party's expression, Zhang Xiaoman was troubled in his heart.Of course, if you want to talk about cheating, it must be very easy, but for such an old man who is always seeking the Tao and finally pins all his hopes on himself, he really can't bear to cheat.

While Zhang Xiaoman was still thinking, Mr. Ye had already pushed the stone to the middle of the table.Seeing that the former did not reply for a long time, he was also very anxious, so he slowly removed the layer of cloth wrapped around Longmian Stone, revealing its true face.

Zhang Xiaoman was still hesitating whether to agree to the deal, but when he saw the stone for the first time, his eyes widened and he leaned forward.

"Ollyhast Rock!?"

He was so shocked that the name in his heart almost blurted out.

Although Ye Cang couldn't see Zhang Xiaoman's expression, he could tell from the other party's body movements and reactions that he should know this stone, and he couldn't help showing surprise. Could it be that the other party actually saw this stone elsewhere? Pass?
It has to be said that he really guessed right, this rock is exactly what Zhang Xiaoman has been thinking about day and night in recent days - Ollie Hast Rock.

"No, it won't..."

Zhang Xiaoman felt that the surprise came too suddenly, and he couldn't believe it.He quickly opened the system panel, clicked on the guild option, entered the guild store page, and called up the stone that sold for 20 stardust.

"Color, texture, shape... almost exactly the same! This, how is it possible..."

Zhang Xiaoman kept comparing the appearance of the two, the rock in front of him was very similar to the Olliehast Rock he had been waiting for.

However, the only thing that Zhang Xiaoman is not sure about now is that as he stared at the stone for a long time, the familiar system panel did not appear. According to the previous routine, any extraordinary items should be It will be accompanied by a property panel.

"No, that's not right! I must have fallen into a misunderstanding! The property panel does not appear only for supernatural items..." His eyes fell on the stone in front of him, but he remembered the one that was drawn by a lottery in his mind. Spiritual note.

"It's not that extraordinary items can see attributes, but only items obtained through the system will have panels!"

(End of this chapter)