The principle of hot air balloons is simple, that is, thermal expansion and contraction. The burner heats the air in the balloon, and the air is discharged and becomes lighter than the buoyancy, so it rises.
Modern hot air balloons used as amusement rides usually have a basket attached to the bottom of the balloon, but due to time constraints, Zhu Changyang did not make a basket.
Anyway, there is still a rusty sword in this house.
Tan Tai Buqi sat on the cable car, looking up at the huge balloon above his head, his eyes still a little dazed: "How did this fly up?"
Zhu Changyang glanced at him, doubting his intelligence: "Why, haven't you seen other people release sky lanterns?"
Sky lanterns are the Kongming lanterns familiar to modern people. Some mortals in Piaomiao Continent also release them to pray for blessings during festivals, which is not uncommon.
Tan Tai Bu Qi suddenly realized: "Yes."
This is actually a large sky lantern, but no one in the mortal realm has thought of using it to carry people.
Of course, even if this idea came into mind, it would not be easy to implement without this strange "fabric" that could prevent air leakage.
Zhu Changyang controlled the switch of the burner, continuously heating the air, causing the hot air balloon to continue to rise.
Gradually getting farther and farther away from the river, there was still gray fog around me. The temperature gradually dropped, and I rubbed my arms unconsciously.
Tan Tai Buqi looked at the towering cliff that seemed to pierce the sky, and couldn't help but feel a little scared: "Where on earth is this place?"
Unfortunately, the other two were unable to answer him, as one had few memories and the other was a complete outsider.
After a long time, the three finally saw the top of the cliff in the gray clouds.
"Finally we've reached the top!" Tan Tai Buqi cried with joy, his butt was almost numb from sitting.
However, it was difficult to control the direction of the hot air balloon. Zhu Changyang was just thinking about getting a claw to pull it when he heard Jun Shu say, "It's out of the range of the magic circle."
The person who had created this probably didn't expect that someone could fly up in such a desperate situation, and there was no mechanical or magical formation set up on the top of the cliff.
However, the formation set up in this section is of little use. The cultivators who can get here can definitely climb up the cliff.
Jun Shu immediately made a gesture with his fingers, and the rusty sword suddenly soared into the sky, and in an instant it turned around and dragged the hot air balloon to the top of the cliff.
Tan Tai Buqi got down from the cable car tremblingly, and quickly stuck two talismans to relax his legs. Only then did he calm down. He looked forward and was shocked again.
What you see is a stretch of black mountaintops. In the world of cultivation, people pay attention to the gentle terrain of the mountains, or the plump, round and pointed ones.
These peaks are intricate and jumbled, some are sharp and broken, some are pointing in the opposite direction, and some are slanted and thin. The mountains are covered with thorns and rocks, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.
Tan Tai Bu Qi muttered: "This place feels a bit weird."
"What you said is ridiculous," Zhu Changyang glanced at him, "We have already arrived in the Demon Realm, how can it not be weird?"
“…That’s right.” Tan Tai Bu Qi sweated a little, took out two yellow talismans, pinched his fingers and lit them, then his face changed, “The fairy’s breath is gone.”
Zhu Changyang didn't find it strange. This cliff was desolate and dangerous, inaccessible to ordinary people, but there was a magic circle hanging below, which was obviously no coincidence.
Xia Jue's breath stopped here, which just proved that this place was unusual.
He put away the hot air balloon and the various fancy equipment on the sword, and gestured to the other two: "Let's go to the front and check the situation."
The three of them walked forward and entered the dark forest.
The forest was full of insects and snakes. From time to time, one could see nests of wriggling insects. Many of the insects had triangular heads, which were extremely strange. Seeing them gave Zhu Changyang goose bumps all over his body.
The road was also very difficult to walk on, with black stones everywhere, and it was easy to trip if you were not careful.
Zhu Changyang walked for a while and felt something was wrong. He said, "Are these stones a little strange?"
Generally, the rocks on the mountain are of different sizes after natural weathering, including boulders and gravel.
But the stones all over the ground are almost the same size, as if they had been selected uniformly.
Furthermore, there are some spaces between these stones, and they are rarely seen stacked together.
Jun Shu felt his head buzzing, and some blurry images flashed by. He said, "I seem to have seen this kind of stone..."
"What?" Zhu Changyang didn't hear clearly and was about to ask, but at this moment his eyes caught a glimpse of a clump of half-man-high trees nearby and he was stunned.
The dwarf tree grew next to a rock and looked very strange. Its wooden trunk had thin branches like onion tails, but its leaves were like bamboo, and it also had several small purple flowers.
But Zhu Changyang was surprised not because this thing looked strange, but because he had seen it before.
"Isn't this Fu Xuerong?" Zhu Changyang walked forward and took a closer look at the short tree, confirming that this thing was the most critical ingredient in the antidote for the Junguan epidemic, Fu Xuerong.
The texture of Fuxue is as hard as metal and stone, and it is full of demonic energy. It will not rot even if boiled for a long time, and will not decay even for a thousand years.
When the Junguan epidemic broke out in Shihu Village, Changchun Tower was almost forced to form an alliance with the Yuxu Sect in order to borrow the Xuannv Ding to refine Fu Xuerong.
Later, Zhu Changyang invented the spiritual power rice cooker, which solved the urgent problem, so Zhu Changyang was very impressed by Fu Xuerong.
Tan Tai Bu Qi was surprised when he heard this: "Is this Fu Xue Rong? But I heard that Fu Xue Rong only grows on the top of the cliff tomb in the Demon Realm..."
At this point, he suddenly reacted and exclaimed, "Ah!"
At this time, Jun Shu finally came to his senses and said, "I remember now, these stones should be the tombstones of the demons."
The Demon Realm is not as particular as other continents. Most demons do not build tombstones after their death. Instead, a black stone is placed on the burial site as a grave.
Tan Tai Bu Qi sucked in a breath of cold air, looking at the black stones all over the ground with horror on his face: "Aren't these all..."
"Hmm." Zhu Changyang looked around, and saw vast fields with graves everywhere. "It seems that this should be the cliff tomb."
According to legend, there are countless demon corpses buried on the cliff tombs in the Demon Realm. It is an extremely dangerous evil place. Even the demon cultivators living in the Demon Realm rarely set foot here. No one knows how Xia Jue's soul ended up here.
Tan Tai Buqi's scalp tingled and he whimpered, "I want to go back to the sect."
Zhu Changyang looked at him with disdain: "You carry so many talismans, are you afraid of a few graves?"
"Are these a few graves?" Tan Tai Buqi expressed his dissatisfaction, "These are millions of demon corpses! I don't believe you don't..."
He couldn't continue speaking before he even uttered the word "afraid".
Zhu Changyang took out an automatically rotating saw from his pocket and started sawing at the root of the Fuxuerong tree. After a while, he sawed off the whole tree. Then he sawed off the branches and leaves one by one, sorted them out and put them into his pocket.
"This thing is really hard." Zhu Changyang exhaled, "Luckily I brought the chainsaw."
The teeth of this electric saw are made of scales of spiritual beasts, which is just right for cutting this kind of magical plant.
Tan Tai Bu Qi: "..."
It can be seen that Master Zhu is really not afraid and is still in the mood to collect herbs.
The three of them continued to walk forward. After a while, Jun Shu suddenly grabbed Zhu Changyang's arm and brought him closer to him: "Something is not right."
Zhu Changyang stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jun Shu motioned him to look at a spot nearby: "That tree with snow on its back..."
"Why are we walking back?" Tan Tai Buqi frowned, "That's impossible, we were just walking forward..."
At this point, he realized something, and with a movement of his hands, two yellow talismans appeared between his fingers. He then pinched his fingers to ignite the talisman paper.
But as soon as the talisman fire lit up, he screamed "Ah!"
"Not good." Tan Tai Buqi quickly threw away the talisman paper, but it was a little too late. His face turned pale and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Zhu Changyang was shocked when he saw this, and quickly reached out to support him: "How are you?"
"It's okay." Tan Tai Buqi shook his head and took two deep breaths before he came to his senses. However, his expression became more serious. "There is a magic array in this forest that can block your view..."
Zhu Changyang was a little surprised: "Is the illusion so powerful?"
Tan Tai Buqi's ability to use talismans is obvious to all. He was able to interrupt his spellcasting in an instant. What level of magic is this
"It's not the trick that's powerful," Tan Tai Bu Qi said, "it's the person who set up the formation that's powerful."
His cultivation level is not low, and he is quite knowledgeable about talismans and array formations. In theory, he should be able to discover any abnormality.
But they had been walking in the forest for so long, and he hadn't noticed anything unusual. The person who set up the formation must be extraordinary.
In fact, to be honest, the sleight of hand itself is just a very common spell, but the person who set up the formation did not know how to design it, which made it impossible for him to use the method to break the formation.
Jun Shu looked around intently, his eyes flickering slightly. If someone looked closely at this moment, they would find that his pupils glowed red for a moment.
After a moment, he slowly said, "This magic formation is based on the demon corpse. Once there is any abnormal movement, the corpse poison will be activated."
The illusion itself was not difficult to break, but the person who set up the formation used some kind of magic to drive the demon corpse buried under the cliff tomb.
Once someone tries to break the formation, the corpse poison will be activated, invading the seven orifices and spirit center of the person who tries to break the formation in an instant.
The poison from the evil corpse can cause great damage to cultivators, so Tan Tai Buqi felt a black screen in front of his eyes just now. Fortunately, he reacted very quickly and restrained his breath in time, so that the poison was not allowed to enter his spiritual center.
"What a vicious formation!" Tan Tai Buqi cursed, but he could do nothing about it.
Whenever you break the formation, you must concentrate your mind and make hand gestures. This way, you will not be able to distract yourself from resisting the corpse poison.
But this is not the most tricky part of this formation.
I saw the talisman ashes he had just thrown away floating gently in the air, suspended without wind, as if there was something invisible in the air supporting the ashes.
Tan Tai Buqi glared and exclaimed: "Oh no, it's corpse poison!"
Although he stopped casting the spell in time just now, he only temporarily resisted the poison that invaded his seven orifices. The lit talisman eventually caused the magic circle to move abnormally, which activated the corpse poison of the demon corpse.
The cliff tombs are covered with demon corpses. If the poison from the corpses spreads, it will be very bad.
“Damn it!” Tan Tai Buqi quickly grabbed a stack of talisman paper, “Damn it, I don’t believe I can’t break it!”
Just as he was about to make a hand gesture, he was blocked by Jun Shu.
"Breaking the formation now will only make the corpse poison move faster." Jun Shu said, and pointed his hand, and the rusty sword flew out, "Let me do it."
Tan Tai Buqi was shocked when he saw his attitude: "You don't want to... forcefully suppress the corpse poison, do you?"
It's no wonder that he was surprised. If he were somewhere else, as long as his cultivation was a little stronger, he might be able to suppress the corpse poison by force.
But this is a cliff tomb, and buried underground are countless demon corpses!
Tan Tai Buqi looked up, but saw that the entire mountain was covered with black tombstones, with no end in sight.
In a place like this, if you want to suppress the corpse poison, you would probably need extraordinary skills.
Studio:
[Oh, this is a bit heartbreaking, this wave seems a bit difficult! ]
[The main reason is that this place is full of demon corpses, and they are trapped and can't get out. Otherwise, they can rely on their cultivation to hold their breath for a while. ]
[Changyang, it's time to stand up!]
"We have to give it a try." Jun Shu said lightly, and with a flick of his fingers, the rusty sword emitted a bright cold light and was about to fly out.
"That's right, you have to try everything first." Zhu Changyang hadn't responded for a long time, but now he finally let out a sigh of relief. He nodded in agreement and took out something that looked like a hood from his pocket and handed it over, "Here, try this."
Jun Shu:
Tan Tai Bu Qi:?
Studio:
[Hahaha, it’s a gas mask! ]
[Zhu Changyang, I knew you wouldn't let me down! ]
[Wait, can a gas mask protect against corpse poison? ]
[The filter-type gas mask probably won't work, but look at the shape of the mask Chang Yang took out. ]
[Oh, it's a fully enclosed mask, then it's okay. ]
"What is this?" Jun Shu took it and looked at it, and found that this "hood" was different from the usual ones he saw.
The material used is a substance that is a bit like gum. It is made to look completely sealed. Two pieces of glass are embedded in the eyes, and a long tube is connected to the mouth, and the other end of the tube is connected to an iron box.
"This is called a gas mask." Zhu Changyang explained while demonstrating how to use it. "Put it on your head like this to block out the poison from the corpses."
"This won't work, right?" Tan Tai Buqi showed doubt on his face. The poison of the demon corpse could penetrate everywhere. The only way to isolate it was to completely block out the outside air.
But this would be a huge challenge to his cultivation. At his current level, he is currently unable to hold his breath for a long time.
Although Jun Shu didn't know much about this thing, he knew Zhu Changyang. Seeing that Tan Tai Buqi was chattering non-stop, he simply raised his hand and put the mask directly on his head.
Zhu Changyang adjusted it for him to ensure it was completely airtight.
"Ah, ah, ah," Tan Tai Buqi reflexively wanted to take it off, "No, it's too stuffy, I'll suffocate..."
Before he finished speaking, his hand suddenly paused, and then he said, "Where does the breath come from?"
Zhu Changyang patted the tank connected to the tube of the mask and said, "Meet your savior, the oxygen tank."
Tan Tai Bu Qi: "...?"
Studio:
[Hello everyone, I clicked in from the recommendation on the homepage. Is this a live broadcast about doomsday biochemical themes? Why is the host wearing ancient costumes? ]
[Every time a new person comes, I have to explain. Zhu Changyang, look at what you have done! ]
The author has something to say:
Chang Yang: The simplest way is to keep it simple, Mickey Mouse Magic Pot.
(End of this chapter)