Mr. Li was stunned when he heard this: "Taoist Master, is what you said true? I think..."
The Taoist priest said excitedly: "Don't worry about so much, break in, and as long as we break through this defense line, we can find Penglai Island. We can all live forever and enjoy glory and wealth forever, hurry up!"
Lord Li gritted his teeth and pulled out his sword: "Don't be afraid, everyone. They are not ghosts. They are living people like us. Fight in."
"Kill -" * roared and twisted the crossbow bed on the ship, fighting with the Qin army on the opposite side.
The two sides were injured as soon as they came into contact, but the army took courage. At least they had seen that the Qin army on the opposite side was not an immortal soldier. In just a short moment, the momentum increased steadily, urging the warships to move closer to the opponent's ship... In the blink of an eye, the two powerful forces were fighting each other at hand-to-hand combat.
Before the two powerful armies, famous throughout the ages, could decide the winner, a huge whirlpool burst out from the bottom of the ship. The two ships, which could accommodate hundreds of troops, were instantly sucked into the vast seabed.
Ruan Dalong and I were in shock when the scene in front of us suddenly disappeared without a trace. The warship we were on sailed slowly into the ghost island. In front of the ship was the beach where Ruan Dalong and I woke up.
At this time, the embarrassed Master Li and the Taoist priest appeared on the bow of the boat again. Master Li said in surprise: "Taoist Master, look, the fairy island is a fairy island!"
The Taoist priest's face was as gloomy as water: "This is not a fairy island."
Master Li's expression suddenly changed: "Tao... Taoist Master... what did you say?"
The Taoist priest said with a solemn face: "I have to ask myself how much cultivation I still have in Wangqi. This island is filled with evil spirits and murderous intent is everywhere. This is definitely not what a fairy island should be like."
Mr. Li's lips trembled and he said: "Taoist Master, you are not mistaken, are you? Look... there is a Taoist gate on the top of the mountain. Is that an immortal gate?"
The Taoist priest raised his head and looked between the towering gates on the top of the mountain. I quickly asked Ruan Dalong: "Is that the Tianmen you have seen?"
"Yes!" Ruan Dalong said: "There are clouds and mist near the Tianmen we saw. This Tianmen..."
The Tianmen that appeared in front of us just stood on the top of a bare mountain, with nothing around but rocks. Is the mountain not high enough, or the clouds and mist are not rising
While I was frowning, the Taoist priest had already spoken: "The Immortal Family has its own Immortal Family style. When have you seen the Immortal Gate standing in the barren mountains and rivers? Look carefully at the Immortal Gate. There is blood lingering under the door rails. How could there be blood-stained air in the land of the Immortal Family?"
Mr. Li looked pale and said: "Then us, then we..."
The Taoist priest sighed: "The sea area behind has been blocked by the demonic fog. Let's look for a place to stay along the coast, right?"
Mr. Li weakly shouted: "Turn the helm and sail around the coast..."
The warship bypassed the area where we were staying and headed in the opposite direction. But I asked in a low voice: "Lao Ruan, tell me, why didn't their boat break into pieces?"
Ruan Dalong was also stunned by my question: "Yes! Why is their ship okay?"
The ghost ship I was on was no less sturdy than this battleship, not to mention Ruan Dalong's cruise ship. No matter how modern ships are made, they are stronger than wooden ships. However, our ships were all torn into pieces by the whirlpool. Why is this ship But the warships of the Tang Dynasty could pass through the whirlpool and reach the inner island safely
No, not only this battleship, but also the fairy ship. Even the Qing army's warships were not seriously damaged. Otherwise, they would not have been able to move the artillery to the top of the mountain.
Before Ruan Dalong and I were speculating, the battleship had already circled most of the island and stopped in front of a cave.
Master Li said in a deep voice: "Light the torch and drive the boat into the cave."
His order was not wrong. Many ocean-going ships would prefer this naturally formed closed dock. Only in this way can the ships be protected to the maximum extent.
As the battleship slowly sailed into the cave, the torches illuminated the cave as brightly as day. When I looked into the cave by the light of the fire, I was immediately attracted by a large cauldron.
The huge bronze cauldron placed at the bottom of the cave is half a man tall. Green smoke curls up from the top of the cauldron. The charcoal fire under the cauldron has not been extinguished. It looks like the person who opened the cauldron and made alchemy has just left and has not had time to extinguish the alchemy fire.
"Get off the boat and take a look at the alchemy cauldron." The Taoist priest walked quickly to the giant cauldron and gently inhaled the white smoke in the cauldron a few times: "Is this the cauldron used by ancient alchemists to refine elixirs?"
Mr. Li's eyes lit up: "That doesn't mean..."
"Wait!" The Taoist waved his hand to stop the other party: "Come over, two people, and open the top cover."
The two men worked together to push open the lid of the cauldron, and thick white smoke billowed up. The men surrounding the cauldron unconsciously showed expressions of great enjoyment, and all of them were desperately sucking in the smoke.
I asked Ruan Dalong in a low voice: "Do you smell anything?"
"No." Ruan Dalong shook his head and said, "You want to say that what we saw is all an illusion, right?"
Brilliant illusions can not only cause visual hallucinations, but also cause confusion in the senses of touch and smell.
Since the other party is able to create such a grand illusion, it will not just remain a visual phantom. Does the other party deliberately want us to know that he has no malicious intentions
While I was trying to figure it out, the Taoist priest and Mr. Li raised their heads with livid faces at the same time. The Taoist priest calmly fended off the two soldiers who were opening the cauldron: "Everyone, step back. Immortal elixirs must not be contaminated with worldly atmosphere. Everyone retreated five feet away, knelt down and kowtowed."
*While one after another stepped back, Master Li and the Taoist priest frequently communicated with their eyes.
Mr. Li stretched out his hand to make a gesture of buckling the tripod, but the Taoist priest held his wrist and shook his head hard. When Mr. Li winked at Dingzhong twice, the Taoist priest also fell silent.
What did the two of them see in the tripod
My thoughts suddenly changed and I strode to the side of the cauldron. I looked into the cauldron and couldn't help but change my expression. There was actually a teenage girl sitting cross-legged in the cauldron. She had been dead for a long time, and there were still traces of being steamed on her face. It looked like she had been steamed to death in the cauldron.
The hands of the corpse were clasped together on the protruding lower abdomen. At first glance, it looked like it was guarding the fetus in the belly.
When I felt my scalp numb, Ruan Dalong said quickly: "This is the human cauldron alchemy, the evil magic in the alchemy method."
I said in a deep voice: "Can you refine the fetus in your belly into a pill?"
"No!" Ruan Dalong said: "The human cauldron must be a boy or girl. Only the pure yang energy of boys and girls is suitable for nourishing the elixir. The corpse's belly is not a fetus, but a formed elixir."
Just as I was about to speak, the Taoist priest had already walked to the side of the alchemy cauldron. He put his hand into the cauldron and cut open the abdomen of the corpse. The elixir as big as a longan rolled out of the body in an instant.
The Taoist priest said slowly: "We are now left on the island without water and food, and we are ultimately waiting for death. Fortunately, an immortal guides us and gives us elixir. This is not only our way to survive, but also our opportunity!"
The Taoist priest's words were obviously not meant for the crowd, but for Mr. Li. The latter's expression changed slightly before he gritted his teeth and said, "That's what the Taoist said. Come here, everyone! Receive the elixir."
No one has ever seen the scene in the bronze cauldron, and naturally no one would have any doubts about the authenticity of the elixir. One by one, they came up and took the elixir with both hands, and took the elixir solemnly.
The Taoist priest and Mr. Li always watched with cold eyes. It was not until everyone had taken the medicine that they worked together to cover the lid of the cauldron.
Are they waiting for the elixir to take effect
Not long after this idea flashed through my mind, I saw the people sitting cross-legged on the ground stood up one after another, rushed to the seaside and plunged their heads into the water to drink seawater.
Master Li exclaimed in shock: "Are you crazy? Will you die if you drink seawater?"
"I'm thirsty!" The man pushed Master Li away and plunged his head into the water again.
Master Li, who was sitting on the ground, ran to the Taoist priest and said, "Taoist priest, Taoist priest, what's wrong?"
The Taoist priest's face also turned pale: "It's the elixir. The elixir has taken effect."
"You, you, you..." Mr. Li pointed at the Taoist priest and was speechless for a long time. The Taoist priest's face flushed as if he was drunk: "Have you taken the elixir too?"
"That's right!" The Taoist priest was still trying hard to control himself at first, not letting himself wash up on the beach. After a while, he could no longer control his hunger and thirst and rushed forward to drink.
Not long after I sat down on the shore after drinking so much, bloody beads of sweat oozed from my head. At first glance, it looked like all the blood in my body had evaporated from my sweat pores. It dripped down the cheek and fell to the ground.
But everyone seemed to be lying on the ground without knowing it, stretching their limbs and half-closing their eyes, as if they were enjoying the comfort of having enough food and wine. After a while, those people all stood up and ran to the water again to drink with their heads down...
After repeating the process several times, beads of clear sweat finally flowed out from the top of their heads, but their skin turned into a golden glow...
I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air - so this is how the corpse soldiers chasing us on the island came? Those Qing soldiers also took the elixir in the bronze cauldron
When I looked towards the shore again, the Taoist priest who had turned into a mummy shook his whisk and said, "Master Li, you are the only one left here. If you want to live forever, there are still pills in the immortal cauldron."
"No, no, no... I won't eat, I won't eat..." Mr. Li was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and backed away on his hands and feet.
The Taoist priest sighed and said, "It's up to you!"
The Taoist priest then closed his eyes, seemingly sitting there meditating. The sun and moon outside the cave alternated several times in front of my eyes. Did the person who cast the illusion want to tell us that time is passing
When I looked at Master Li again, he was already dying. The Taoist priest spoke again: "Master Li, why don't you take the elixir?"