Honghuang on the tip of the tongue

What Wukong and Feiyi discovered was a palace.

That may not be accurate, since the upper part of the palace is gone, and the rest is almost covered in creepers, joining the jungle.

But only from the remnants of the palace, one can imagine how magnificent it must have been when it was first built.

The most astonishing thing is the building materials of the palace. Yuanshi has already confirmed that they are all made of high-quality jade, which is not much better than the jade steps in front of Lingxiao Palace.

Rong Ze picked up a jade brick, and saw that the jade was transparent, with intricate patterns carved on it, birds, animals, exotic flowers and plants, lifelike, even if you don't look at the material but only at the carving, this is definitely a work of art.

It is embarrassing for such a palace to suffer such damage.

"What happened here? Earthquake? Tornado?" Rong Ze swallowed.

"Neither of them," Yuan Shi said seriously, "This palace was destroyed by man."

Rong Ze took a breath: "This is too ruthless, who did it? Chang Chengjun's enemy?"

How much hatred is that?

This question has been answered here at Lulu: "There was an evil dragon trying to occupy Mt. Lingmu, and the mountain god fought it for 49 days, and finally drove away the evil dragon, but the mountain god's shrine also became like that."

There are also strange fish and evil dragons. How bad is the living environment in this mountain?

Rong Ze secretly slandered.

This is in line with what the fat steward said, the shrine of the long vehicle was destroyed, so he doesn't live in the palace.

but……

"Where will you mountain gods live in the future?" He asked with a thought.

Previously, the fat butler was secretive about this, as if there was something hidden, it was hard not to arouse suspicion.

Unexpectedly, Lu Lu also had a blank face: "I, I don't know either."

"Huh?" Fei Yi felt incredible, "You don't even know where your mountain god lives? Don't say you haven't seen your mountain god."

He said it casually, but Lu Lu nodded seriously and said: "I have never seen a mountain god."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience fell silent.

Fei Yi laughed, obviously disbelieving: "Little girl, when I was your age, I also liked to play tricks on people."

In other words, he thought Lu Lu was joking.

Lu Lu's face was full of confusion, Fei Yi's laughter faded away, his eyebrows twitched, and his voice rose: "Are you serious?"

Lu Lu nodded vigorously: "I have never seen a mountain god, he never shows up."

Rong Ze frowned: "Never showed up? Then how does he communicate with the outside world?"

"There is a housekeeper." Luli said naturally.She has long been used to all the days when the housekeeper is in charge of delivering messages, not only her, her parents and grandparents have come here in this way

Everyone looked at each other.

At this moment, the same thought flashed through their minds——

Lord Changcheng, are you still alive in this world?

Although Lu Lu didn't understand what was going on, she could sense the undercurrent of the atmosphere. She blinked her round eyes and pinched the hem of her clothes nervously.

Rong Ze touched Lu Lu's braid, smiled at her, took out a piece of cake from his portable space and stuffed it for her, and said softly, "It's okay, you can go and play."

Lu Lu's attention was immediately attracted by the little cake, and his uneasiness was instantly forgotten, he obediently held the cake and went to the side to play.

After making sure she couldn't hear them, Fei Yi couldn't wait to ask: "Isn't something wrong with this Changcheng Lord?"

Rong Ze looked at Yuan Shi, hoping to get an answer from him.

Yuan Shi pondered for a moment, and said: "Looking at the words and deeds of the housekeeper, it doesn't look like he has the talent to control others."

What this means is that the butler cannot be the master, at least there must be another person standing behind him.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, they were talking about the weirdness of the butler, and the fat butler came.

He came to invite Rong Ze and the others to the quarry to watch the jade mining.

As a jade mountain, Yunmu Mountain regularly mines jade and sells it to prehistoric places in exchange for the required resources.Therefore, quarrying is considered a major event in the local area.

Rong Ze heard Fei Yi mutter: "The butler is probably trying to trick us into the quarry, and then stone us to death?"

"..." Fei Yi's brain is bigger than his!

Surrounded by Feiyi, Rong Ze's thoughts inevitably diverged, and he asked Yuan Shi in private: "Tianzun, what do you mean by this butler inviting us to watch jade mining?"

It's naive to throw stones at people, but Baobuqi has other schemes.

Yuan Shi squinted at the fat housekeeper who ran up and down around them, and snorted lightly: "I just want to get rid of you and me quickly."

Rong Ze raised his eyebrows: "I'm afraid it will disappoint him."

The more the steward wished for them to leave quickly, the more curious he was about what secrets were hidden in this mountain.

***

The quarry in Yingmu Mountain is completely different from the quarry in Rong Ze's impression. There is no dust flying all over the sky, and there is no buzzing machine sound that makes people dizzy. which scenic spot.

Holding a strange weapon, a wrestler cut off pieces of bluestone from the mountain like cutting tofu, and neatly stacked them on the ground according to their size and volume.

The whole process is silent, no noise and no pollution.

The housekeeper graciously led them to watch, and introduced: "These are raw jade stones, and you will only know what jade is inside after you open it."

Isn't that the same as opening a blind box?

The housekeeper saw Rong Ze's eyebrows raised, with a look of interest, and the smile on his face deepened, and said: "Guests, why don't you choose a few rough stones and have a look?"

Rong Ze once heard that there is a kind of activity called "gambling stone" in Yunnan and Burma. It is said that jadeite is often covered with a rock shell, which is called wool. Only after cutting the wool can you know whether it is good or bad. .

Those who participated in this transaction, some got rich overnight, some went bankrupt, all they played was heartbeat.

Everyone is a gambler. Hearing what the butler said, not to mention Feiyi and Wukong had been gearing up for a long time, even Rong Ze was a little moved.

There are so many stones on site, which one should I choose?

He subconsciously looked at Yuan Shi, trying to find the answer from him.

Yuan Shi smiled lightly and looked at him fixedly.

He instantly understood his eyes: follow your heart.

Flying Wing and Wukong have both been selected, and they have chosen large rough stones, which seem to be of great weight.

The two whispered to each other, both of them felt that they would be able to make a good offer.

Since you follow your heart...

Rong Ze didn't hesitate anymore, squatted down, and picked up an oval bluestone not much bigger than the palm of his hand.

"Ah Ze, why did you choose a small piece?" Fei Yi couldn't understand his choice, "How much jade can you get out of such a small rough stone? Why don't you change to a bigger one?"

Rong Ze glanced at Yuan Shi, shook his head firmly, and said with a smile, "I'll just choose this one."

The edge of the eye is something that is difficult to explain clearly, he fell in love with this stone at a glance, even if he didn't know anything good, he recognized it.

Seeing that he was determined not to change it, Fei Yi had no choice but to give up, and turned his attention back to the big rough stone he had picked.

"I'll do it, I'll drive it myself!" He volunteered.

It's not that I'm greedy for precious jade, I just think it's exciting and fun.

Holding the stone blade in his hand, he put away his usual hippie smiling face, held his breath, and carefully aimed the blade at the rough stone. He raised the knife and dropped it, only to hear a "click", and a hole was cut off the stone.

"It's green!" Wukong said excitedly.

Seeing green at the first cut, it seems that luck is good.

Fei Yi let out a heavy breath, and the speed of his strikes increased, the rock covering the outer layer of jade peeled off, and finally he got a piece of jade with a diameter of nearly one meter.

"It's a good material, congratulations." The housekeeper congratulated.

Wukong also opened a stone. Although the volume is not as big as Feiyi's jadeite, it is a piece of high-quality white jade, and its value is higher than Feiyi's.

Seeing that both of them had good results, Rong Ze couldn't help feeling uneasy.

Fei Yi said again: "Aze, you still have time to change one."

Rong Ze took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "No, let's go."

Because of the small size of the stone, he didn't dare to cut deep at the first cut, but only made a shallow stroke on the surface, but there was no jade, and it was still a blue-gray rock formation.

Fei Yi let out a regretful "Hey".

By now, Rong Ze calmed down instead, raised the stone-opening blade again, and lowered it steadily.

The sharp blade breaks through the rock, cuts off the weathered stone skin bit by bit, and gradually reveals the true face of the whole stone...

"It's so beautiful!" Someone exclaimed with emotion.

The whole piece of jade is only the size of an egg, but it is very beautiful, transparent and moist, and it can reflect colorful light in the sun, as gorgeous as a rainbow.

"It's Caiyu!" The butler cried out.

After listening to the housekeeper's explanation, Rong Ze realized that this jade is extremely rare, even in the jade-rich mountain of Lingmu, it is very rare, a stone worker may spend his whole life digging rough stones, and he will not see a single piece of colored jade.

After the news of the mining of colorful jade spread, the entire quarry was boiling, and the quarrymen rushed over to open their eyes. The housekeeper twisted his fat body with difficulty and shouted, "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!" squeeze!"

However, no one listened to him. Colored jade is too rare. They would be willing to see it with their own eyes, or even touch it, even if they were punished.

Fei Yi looked at Rong Ze in shock, his voice trembling: "Ah Ze, you are too powerful."

Facing the compliment, Rong Ze subconsciously said modestly: "It's okay, it's okay, we have to keep working hard."

Everyone: "..."

Rong Ze's piece of colorful jade has done his part to become today's "Jade King", and was coaxed by Fei Yi and the others to treat him.

He thought for a while and said with a smile: "With this good fortune, let's make rainbow egg yolk cakes."

Rainbow egg yolk pastry is an advanced version of ordinary egg yolk pastry. The puff pastry is naturally dyed with various fruit and vegetable juices, rolled into dough, rolled, and filled with fillings. The resulting egg yolk pastry can take on a spiral rainbow color, which is very dreamy. .

Considering that different people have different tastes, Rong Ze made egg yolk cakes with red bean paste filling, custard filling, purple potato filling and taro mashed potato filling. You can choose from them.

The freshly baked egg yolk shortbread was still steaming, so Fei Yi couldn't wait to pick it up and took a bite. The crispy outer skin was wrapped with delicate and soft bean paste filling. The sweetness was just right, unlike some bean paste, which was too sweet dead.

"You say, does this look like quarrying?" He said surprisingly, "It looks similar from the outside, but only when you cut it open can you know what stuffing is inside."

Wukong held an egg yolk cake in each hand, and his mouth never stopped: "But no matter what flavor of stuffing comes out, I like it."

Monkey cubs make choices, adult monkeys want them all!

Everyone ate happily, no one noticed, Yuan Shi and Rong Ze left the room one after the other.

Holding up his spiritual knowledge, Rong Ze said, "Sage Tongtian sent a message saying that Lili has already set off and will arrive soon."

When he said this, he pretended to be relaxed, but in fact he quietly looked at Yuan Shi's expression from the corner of his eye.

After discovering the secret of the river on the ground, they suspected that there might be some secrets hidden under the ground of Mount Humu. If they want to solve the mystery, it is best to start from the ground.

But the embarrassing thing is that although the disciples they brought with them this time are brave and good at fighting, they are good at dealing with wild beasts, but none of them are proficient in escaping from the ground.

In the end, Rong Ze suggested to borrow a few disciples from Tongtian who were good at digging holes to help.There are many disciples of Jiejiao, among them there are many disciples who are good at drilling the ground, for example, Li Li is a good at drilling holes in the ground.

He suggested this to resolve the conflict between the two brothers.

He knew that Yuanshi had always been dissatisfied with Tongtian's random acceptance of disciples, so he thought he would take this opportunity to prove to Yuanshi that Tongtian's approach may not be wrong.

Sensing Rong Ze's cautious gaze, Yuan Shi's heart moved slightly.

Yuan Shi was actually very aware of Rong Ze's small thoughts, so he didn't try to expose it, and gave a faint "huh", which was regarded as his acceptance.

***

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea.

Lingmu Mountain is rich in jade. Naturally, many masters of jade carving have also been trained here.

What Rong Ze wanted to visit was one of the masters who was famous for making jade ornaments.

When the master learned of Rong Ze's intentions, he was very excited, and held his hands tightly, with tears in his eyes: "Is it true? Are you really letting me be the surgeon?"

"Don't get excited." Seeing that he was quite old, Rong Ze was afraid that he would not come up and slap him on the spot, so he quickly helped him to sit down, "I heard that you are an expert in this field, I would like to ask you to help me make a piece of paper. Small accessories, I just don't know if you have time..."

"Available, absolutely available!" The jade carver said firmly.

That is colorful jade, colorful jade that is hard to come by!

"That's good. It's like this. I plan to use it to make two identical jade ornaments..."

"Is it a gift?" the jade carver asked abruptly.

"Cough!" Rong Ze cleared his throat uncomfortably, his ears were a little hot, "Yes, I gave it away."

He wanted to give Yuanshi a token, a token exclusive to the two of them.

Yuanshi didn't know about this, and wanted to surprise him.

The jade carver gave him a meaningful smile.

Rong Ze: "..."

Rong Ze left the jade carver's studio blushing and heart beating, and ran into Fei Yi head-on.

"Aze, I found you, the master is looking for you. Hey, why is your face so red?"

"It's okay, it's a little hot." Rong Ze concealed it vaguely, "What's the matter?"

Fei Yi scratched the back of his head: "I don't know much about this, it's so mysterious."

Mysterious... Could it be that the raccoon force is here?

Rong Ze's eyes lit up, and he ran back to the small courtyard, and sure enough, he saw an unremarkable strange man beside Yuan Shi, with a plump figure, but rather slender limbs, which seemed uncoordinated.

"Let's go to Lili, I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Although Lili is fat, his movements of saluting are quite agile, he is a flexible fat man.

Rong Ze nodded and smiled, "I'll leave the rest of the work to you."

As expected, Lili lived up to expectations, and quickly found out the underground situation of Mount Humu.

"There are indeed many undercurrents underground, but I'm not sure if it's caused by the diversion of the above-ground river." Li Li drew an underground topographic map on paper.

"What's here?" Rong Ze pointed to a blank space on the picture and asked in confusion, "Why is there such a large space here?"

Neither the river nor the soil.

"I don't know." Li Li shook his head, "That area is protected by a strange magic circle, I dare not get too close for fear of being discovered."

The two looked at each other.

What's going on with this underground space that popped up out of nowhere?

***

Although Li Li is good at drilling holes in the ground, but because of his low skills, he couldn't get close to the mysterious underground space, so he could only take Rong Ze and the others to the edge of the space.

The front is pitch black, like a monster with its mouth open, quietly waiting for its prey to throw itself into the net.

There was a rotten smell in the air, and the closer you got, the stronger the smell became.

Rong Ze pinched his nose, restraining the desire to vomit: "Why is it so smelly? Is something rotten?"

The underground space is not ventilated at all, and because of the magic circle, the smell is stuffed inside, not to mention how suffocating it is.

As soon as the words fell, a scream came from the depths of the earth, the sound was extremely shrill, like a sharp knife, piercing his eardrum fiercely.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Yuan Shi covered Rong Ze's ears with both hands, and threw a glowing night pearl at the same time.

The luminous pearl cuts through the darkness and illuminates the surroundings.

With the help of pearl light, Rong Ze finally saw the scene on the opposite side clearly and was stunned on the spot.

The author has something to say: "Shan Hai Jing Nan Shan Jing": "The head of the second mountain in the south is called Guishan Mountain... there is a beast, its shape is like a dolphin, there is a distance, its sound is like a dog barking, and its name is Lili; Seeing that there are many earthworks in the county."