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It's just that the strength is definitely not enough!

However, a coincidence happened at this very moment!

When the mechanism beast's head was raised to the highest point, there was a sound of gold and iron shattering suddenly, and the mechanism beast's body shook suddenly, and the proudly raised head sank suddenly.

Qin Ke was taken aback for a moment, and then he was ecstatic: It's a dagger!

The cracking sound came from the body of the mechanism beast. If he guessed correctly, the dagger stuck in the body of the mechanism beast must have played a role, breaking the most important gear mechanism of the mechanism beast at the very moment. .

Although this is still a little different from Qin Ke's expectation that the entire mechanism beast was destroyed suddenly, it is enough for him to end the duel early.

Qin Ke cheered up and shouted loudly, and finally landed on the organ beast's head from the sky, and inserted the epee into the animal's head, and the other side of the broken epee suddenly came out from the organ beast's neck side.

Although the Mechanism Beast was still stubbornly trying to raise its head at this moment, the destruction of its internal power mechanism finally cut off all its thoughts.

Standing on the head of the mechanism beast, Qin Ke felt a shaking, and then accompanied by a loud noise, the mechanism beast fell down suddenly, stirring up countless dust all over its body.

Seeing that the mechanism beast was destroyed, the chess piece on the "chessboard" in front of Cai Yan, which symbolized the mechanism beast, also shattered without any suspense.

The offensive she had worked so hard to weave was perfectly completed again, and because of this, she was even more confident, and what followed was naturally a crushing victory.

Just when the last organ beast in the stone formation was split into pieces by a certain general's sword, the whole stone formation suddenly fell into silence, but the silence did not last long. After the deafening rumbling, several people saw the underground palace. The deepest darkness was suddenly illuminated by torches, and a huge gate made of bronze was slowly opening towards them.

Qin Ke had seen such a scene once in the tomb of King Ye, but at that time, he only felt endless fear, as if it was a gate to hell, and there were countless ghosts hidden in the darkness, faintly towards them beckoning.

But the moment the gate was opened, what burst out from inside was a dazzling light like daytime, so warm, like the warm sun in spring.

After the giant gate, it gradually became clear that there were countless tall guards who were like the organmen of the stone formation. Even compared with the nine generals in the stone formation, they were not inferior, or even surpassed.

They are arranged in two rows, looking at each other, and the various weapons made of molten gold and iron in their hands shine with dazzling sharpness.

And looking inside, it is an ocean composed of countless machines and gears. They are everywhere, spreading to the walls and the top of the treasure, filling every corner that a few people can see, and they are restless. The ground is revolving, making a storm-like sound of gold and iron tides, stretching endlessly, never ending...

Chapter 4: The Voice Deep in the Underground Palace

"Gongshu Pan...does he live in this kind of place?" Qin Ke's expression was a little weird.

Although such a scene can bring people full impact, as if walking from one real world to another, in his opinion, living alone in such a place is really not a pleasure, but a kind of torture .

"You ask me, I'll ask someone." Gao Yishui shrugged, "Maybe the old man likes this kind of tone, who let him be the chief instructor of mechanism art?"

"I used to be the chief instructor of organ arts at Jishang Academy." At this moment, a low voice suddenly sounded, as if it sounded from a long way away, "But it doesn't mean that you, a junior, are qualified to take the I am joking."

Several people were slightly startled, Qin Ke's eyes sharpened immediately, and the wind vision technique was magnified several times, but he couldn't catch where the voice came from.

"Why don't you come in and see where I am?" The voice laughed ferociously, "Although the innate wind technique is a rare technique in the world, I'm afraid it won't work very well in front of an old guy like me."

"Do you know the innate wind technique?" Qin Ke was slightly surprised. He hadn't shown anything until now, and the wind vision technique came from his body without too many signs. How did he know?

"Don't be too surprised. If you have stayed in Jishang Academy for a lifetime like me, maybe many things will no longer look strange in front of you." The voice said calmly: "Of course, my old man is not a fairy. The time you spent breaking the formation is not enough to see this. But you should know that the public loser is my place. As an old guy, I will always have some feelings for those who come into my house with ulterior motives... Very curious."

"Have ulterior motives?" Qin Ke became a little nervous when he heard this word.

In his opinion, behind this voice, Gongshu's identity can be said to be revealed, and the Five Elements Sinan is in his hands, and it is only a matter of his thought whether to give it or not.

"We have no bad intentions." Qin Ke shouted loudly: "We just ask for something!"

However, the voice suddenly fell silent, and there was no response for a long time.

Qin Ke, Gao Yishui and the others looked at each other a few times, and they all frowned, wondering where they offended the old ancestor of the public loser.

Just when Qin Ke couldn't help but wanted to ask, the voice sounded again, with a bit of impatience: "Since I have something to ask, why are you still staying outside? Is it possible that the old man is going to ask me personally?" Come out to invite you? If you really have any bad thoughts about the public loser, hehe, then you will definitely not be able to live to this day..."

His voice carried the vicissitudes that an old man should have, but the sharp murderous aura in it was like a steel knife, stabbing the hearts of several people with pain.

"What should I do?" Qin Ke looked at Gao Yishui.

Gao Yishui spread his hands, and said indifferently: "Everyone is here, and the mechanism is broken. Is it possible to return without success? Listen to what he said, if he wanted to kill us, we would not be able to live to this day. Since So, why don’t you just go in and see the previous one.”

Qin Ke nodded, patted the dust on his body, turned his head slightly, but found that Cai Yan did not follow as expected, he was suddenly startled, and immediately raised his blood, and within a few ups and downs, he landed on Cai Yan just now. Yan stood in front of the small chessboard.

"Cai Yan!" Qin Ke shouted.

"here……"

Cai Yan curled up next to the metal box that was used as a small chessboard, her voice sounded weak.

"What's wrong with you?" Qin Ke walked over with concern, and asked with his hands supporting her.

"It's okay." Cai Yan shook his head, pointed at the small chessboard lightly, and smiled slightly.

Looking along Cai Yan's hand, Qin Ke actually found two shackles between the cramped positions, and even on the edge of the shackles, two extremely sharp blades grew out of the ground, as thin as paper.

Qin Ke thought about it for a while, and was afraid after a while.

It turned out that the three of them were not the only ones who were in danger when the stone formation was broken. Cai Yan was alone in front of this small chessboard, his legs were restricted by the protruding shackles. It is conceivable that once he lost In this chess game, I'm afraid that her legs will be cut off by the protruding blade immediately.

Under the pressure of becoming a useless person at any time, Cai Yan groped for the rules on this chessboard, and finally won the game...

Qin Ke's heart was full of admiration, and at the same time, he also felt a little distressed.

"It's good to rest and rest." Cai Yan exhaled, but said proudly: "How? Am I very smart?"

"You still say it." Qin Ke said angrily, dumbfounded: "You are so scared that your legs are weak...Can you still go?"

Cai Yan shook his head, but said stubbornly: "I'm not scared, I'm tired, you have to know, I don't have energy and blood, and it's not easy to push these chess pieces. Well, I'm I suspect that the old man Gongshu Pan never considered that this chess game will be solved by a weak woman one day..."

Qin Ke said helplessly: "You are not a weak woman..."

After thinking for a while, he helped Cai Yan up with his arms, and then turned around.

"what?"

Qin Ke sighed: "What are you doing, carrying you, you can't walk anymore."

Cai Yan responded vaguely, but still obediently lay on Qin Ke's back. When Qin Ke stood up, she patted Qin Ke's shoulder and said a playful whisper in his ear. Word: "Drive."

Hearing such words, Qin Ke couldn't help but aroused a little childlike innocence, and laughed, and really pretended to neigh, and the underground palace was filled with Cai Yan's crisp laughter.

With Gongshu's invitation, the group of them naturally wanted to attend the appointment, not to mention that from the very beginning, they came to the Mo family to meet him.

It's just that when walking on the road, Qin Ke couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. For a person with an eccentric personality like Gong Shuban, what exactly is Wuxing Sinan?Would he...would he be willing to hand over to them what he had guarded for so many years?

"Maybe we can grab it directly..." Cai Yan began to encourage Qin Ke in a low voice.

Qin Ke smiled wryly, and said, "Didn't you hear what that voice said, which means that as long as he is willing, we would have died long ago."

"I also said that when I poohed him, he would have a stroke on the spot, trembling and foaming at the mouth, and Wu Lala lay on the ground and stared dead." Cai Yan hummed, "Speak harshly, who wouldn't. I'm an expert at this!"

"Yes... I know that you have many glorious deeds in Ding'an City." Qin Ke continued to smile, "I will trouble you to 'show off your skills' in a while. If the old guy doesn't give Wuxing Sinan, you will pooh him."

"Not sincere at all." Cai Yan yawned lazily. Feeling a little sleepy, she rested her chin on Qin Ke's shoulder and exhaled like blue, "I'm sleepy, squint for a while, and see the old man in a while call me."

"Okay." Listening to Cai Yan's steady breathing, Qin Ke was less flustered because her cheeks were too close, "You can rest for a while, because of this chess game, you are also exhausted."

Several people moved forward all the way, and gradually penetrated into the interior of the underground palace.

Surprisingly, this underground palace is not as grand and magnificent as they had imagined, nor does it make people feel that there is anything eerie.

The cool breeze gently brushed his neck, and the flowing water rolled and collided on the bamboo tube, and finally fell into the pool, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

Cottages, small bridges, waterwheels, running water, flowers, these things that should not appear here are harmonious as if they grow naturally, with a bit of leisure, and even make Qin Ke feel that he has returned to Daoxiang Village inside.

As Qin Ke walked forward, he could even see the green willows swaying gently in the wind...

But what surprised Qin Ke the most was that he finally saw clearly the light source here that was as bright as daylight—it was a transparent gemstone inlaid on the top of the cave, which was cut into countless facets and crystal clear.

It is not it that emits light, but it is like a thousand-sided prism that gathers and refracts the rays of light that go straight down from the top, bursting out a more dazzling light, illuminating the entire underground palace.

Qin Ke looked up and saw dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of his own faces on the multi-faceted gemstone, as small as fingernails.

"What is this?" Qin Ke asked Gao Yishui blankly, "Is it Liuli?"

"Liu Li?" Gao Yishui shook his head, "How could such a fired thing be so natural? If I'm not wrong, this thing should be the eternal ice outside the Great Wall, in the extreme north."

Abu followed Weiwei for a moment: "Eternal Ice? What is that?"

Qin Ke had also never heard of such things, and both of them set their eyes on Gao Yishui.

"Don't look at me like that." Gao Yishui spread his hands helplessly, "In my life, counting the twelve o'clock a day, I will be a poor ghost for eleven o'clock in a day. How can I have the opportunity to really see this kind of thing with my own eyes?"

He looked at Wan Gu Han Bing and sighed slightly: "However, there are records in the history books. At that time, an emperor worked hard to rule the country and mobilized his troops, just to wipe out the beasts outside the Great Wall in one fell swoop, so he formed an army of 80 troops and marched northward, beheading murderers along the way." There are countless beasts, until the extreme north, but finally finds that in front of him is a vast expanse of ice and snow, with towering snow-capped mountains stretching endlessly, and it is difficult for an army of 80 to move forward. In a rage, he ordered the army to dig three feet to find the murderer. Beast lair..."

"What happened later? Did he find the beast's lair?" Qin Ke asked curiously.

Chapter 4 and Seven

"Of course I didn't find it! If he found it, why would the Mu family want to guard the Great Wall today?" Gao Yishui wanted to pat Qin Ke on the head, but seeing Cai Yan sleeping soundly on his back, he could only be embarrassing withdrew his hand.

He coughed a few times and continued: "However, this eternal ice was dug out at that time. It is said that there are three pieces in total. Thousands of people were employed to work day and night, and countless iron picks were broken..."

Speaking of this, Gao Yishui couldn't help but sneered: "Oh, by the way, there is another interesting allusion. It is said that this ice was named Eternal, because the ten-thousand-mile glacier blocked his 80 troops from moving forward. When they found the beast's lair, the ice was so difficult to dig, and they cursed 'stubbornness'. The accompanying veterans felt that the ice was a treasure anyway, so they simply took a homonym for it, and it was called Wangu. Anyway, in the extreme north, from ancient holy The king already existed at that time, and it is reasonable to say that the eternal ice is there."

"So that's how it is." Abu sighed, "It's just that the 80 army failed to wipe out the beasts. How did these things... survive and multiply in the bitter cold of the extreme north?"

"I don't know, and... I'm afraid that even the ancient holy kings couldn't figure out where these beasts came from and what their purpose was. After all, before the holy kings ruled the world, there were no such beasts in the northern border, and no Great Wall was built. "Gao Yishui stretched out his hand and scratched his ears, sighed and continued to walk forward.

Across the quietly flowing stream and the small wooden bridge, Qin Ke couldn't help touching the swaying willow tree with his hand.

After touching it, he was surprised to find that these willow trees were real living things, but according to the season, the leaves of the willow tree should have fallen off by now, but the leaves on this willow tree were still green as new, as if in the underground palace. Still in spring.

A wisp of willow brushed gently across Cai Yan's cheek, she slowly opened her loose eyes, and then exclaimed again.

"Gong Shuban lives in this kind of place? I originally thought he was a lonely and strange old man who likes to hide in dark places to research institutions." Cai Yan tsk-tsk, "It seems that he is hiding in I’m here for retirement, and if it were me, I wouldn’t want to leave such a good place and run out to take care of the messy things of the losers.”

Probably because she regained some energy after taking a nap, the natural restlessness in her bones began to agitate again. She smiled and approached Qin Ke's ear: "Can you touch that piece of eternal ice? When we left... Do you want to find a way to take it away as well?"

"What do you want it for?" Qin Ke said in a low voice, "I haven't got the compass yet..."

"I know your compass!" Cai Yan slapped him hard on the shoulder, but didn't say anything more, but obediently leaned on Qin Ke's back, blinking and seeing a quiet small place. The courtyard is getting closer and closer to them.

As the wooden door of the small courtyard was gently pushed open by them, they finally saw the mysterious public loser "Old Ancestor".

He sat in the dazzling light cast by the eternal ice, half of his body was covered by the light, but the wheelchair he was sitting on still showed a thick and simple atmosphere.

He was very old, except for his gray hair and slightly bent back, his body was as thin as a reed.

However, he himself didn't seem to care much, he just sat there intently, and kept drawing something on the table with one hand. The countless complicated and difficult patterns and symbols almost made Qin Ke's head dizzy.

Qin Ke stood behind him, hesitated for a moment and finally said: "Senior..."

"If I'm not mistaken, you should call me Patriarch." The old man was still drawing on the paper on the table with one hand, and did not turn around in a hurry.

Although paper is still very expensive nowadays, to him, it is just a very common tool, and even when he feels dissatisfied, he will crumple the whole piece of paper into balls and quickly Throw it under the table.

Qin Ke lowered his head slightly and found that there were already more than a dozen balls of paper on the ground. So, isn't Gongshu Ban still working all night?

"However... If you don't want to call, I won't force it. After all, you didn't come here to defeat Yinxue." Gongshu's words were as calm as usual, but Qin Ke's heart skipped a beat.

Qin Ke, Gao Yishui and the others looked at each other, and were shocked for a moment. Gong Shuban knew everything, but in this case, why did he just sit back and do nothing?

Gong Shuban seemed to have guessed what they were thinking, with a slightly sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth: "I know, but it doesn't mean I need to take care of it. It's as if I just need to sit here, and you will come to me on my own initiative. What's more I'm just an incomplete old man, how can I have so much energy to take care of everything?"

As he put down the pen in his hand and slowly lay down on the back of the wheelchair, Qin Ke suddenly discovered that what was hidden in the sleeve of his left hand was not a normal hand, but a hand that looked like a mechanism. Similar arms.

From this point of view... Gongshu Ban is not only unable to walk, but even missing an arm?

Such an old man who looks very miserable is the ancestor of the public loser, the person who once stood in the Jishang Academy, supervised the construction of the Mohist mechanism city, and served as the chief instructor of mechanism skills?

Seeing this, Qin Ke couldn't help feeling a little more sympathetic, and at the same time saluted again with both hands: "Senior, it's unavoidable for me to disturb you late at night, please forgive me."

Gongshu Pan's expression remained unchanged, he nodded slightly, and made a nasal sound of "hmm", and said: "Fortunately, the days of an old guy like me are getting shorter and shorter, and even falling asleep is becoming more and more difficult, it doesn't matter if you are here all night There's a lot of noise outside."

In the middle of the night, sneaking into the underground palace, wrestling with the chess pieces, turning the entire stone formation upside down, leaving all the ruins outside the gate, this kind of behavior is obviously not just summed up by noise.

Hearing what Gongshu Ban said, Qin Ke was naturally a little ashamed and said: "We have no choice but to make a mess of the stone formation of the senior. I am really sorry. If the senior needs help, we will try our best..."

"Help?" Hearing these words, Gong Shuban seemed to have heard a joke in this world, but after a while, he took a deep look at Qin Ke and said meaningfully: "Maybe, there will be a chance."

Gongshu's voice was cold, with a bit of aloofness, just as he could see the bone-shaped cheeks, like a steep cliff, on which there were eagles nesting alone: ​​"That stone formation was originally used by the old man to prevent the younger generation from disturbing you. One of my barriers, the public losers wanted to ask the old man to teach the juniors some things no matter what. The old man was also annoyed, so he simply set up this rule, saying that whoever can break the stone formation, whoever can Become a parent and pass on a disciple."

"But." Gongshu Pan changed the subject, "I don't intend to accept disciples. Even if you really want to follow the rules, the most I can do is let you live here for a few days and explore on your own. If you want the old man to teach you something stuff, don’t even think about it.”

Gao Yishui grinned and said, "Senior, I have no intention of accepting disciples. This is your wish, and we will naturally obey it."

"Very good." Gongshu Ban glanced at him slightly sideways, "Since that's the case, you probably want to get something from the old man."

Gao Yishui said with a smile: "Senior sees fire like a fire, and his eyes are like torches. This junior admires him."

However, Gongshu Ban didn't buy it from him, he just gave him a cold look and said, "Smart words, I can see that you are a sycophant."

Gao Yishui was dumbfounded by this sentence, while Cai Yan covered his mouth behind Qin Ke and laughed softly.

When she smiled, Gongshu Ban turned her gaze away, and Qin Ke could clearly see some appreciation from his eyes: "Little girl, what's your name?"