in2ebook Chapter 316 Decryption of the 2-person team
Chapter 316 Decryption of the 2-person team
The things that the Huang Yu servants helped to bring in were placed in the room designated by Xue Chongzi. Zhang Xueming and Gong Yuanzheng followed Xue Chongzi hand in hand to see the trial location.
Master Xue followed closely behind, holding a box of snacks in his hand: "Why don't you have some tea cakes first? It's very cold in there, I'm worried that you will be frozen and lose your appetite soon."
Xue Chongzi looked back and saw that the three children had stopped walking, each holding a Custard Pig Tea Fruit and biting it. Zhang Xueming even waved at him, "Brother Xue, come and eat the tea fruit. It's so sweet."
He seemed half dead just now, but after just two steps, he was full of energy again.
Yuki Shigeko walked back silently and took one from the snack box.
After the four people finished eating, they formed a one-to-three formation and walked into a simply furnished room.
This room was built along the cliff, with one side being a rough rock wall. On the rock wall there was a stone door with two circles recessed into the door, one of which contained something like a bronze mirror, and the other was empty.
Xue Chongzi took out a round jade pendant and put it into the empty circle. The heavy stone door slowly opened, and the cold air was so thick that it formed a white mist that blew towards him.
Inside was a huge cave that had only been slightly renovated and looked primitive and rugged. There were lights all around, illuminating a pool of white mist at the end.
The depth of the pond could not be seen, and pure white lotuses were blooming in the pond. They were the top-quality snow lotus that Xue Chongzi asked Jin Tong to send to Zhang Xueming. They looked fragile and precious, and would break if touched.
Zhang Xueming's interest, which had just been raised, disappeared again. How could he play around in a place where precious medicinal herbs were grown like in Jiaogong Mochi?
Master Xue introduced: "This is the first level's Frost Lotus Pond. The water in the pond is extremely cold but never freezes all year round. There is a black iron box at the bottom of the pond, which contains the Snow Clan's swordsmanship secret manual 'Three Snow Brushing Styles'. The tester must dive to the bottom of the pond, take the box and return to pass the level."
"The water in the pool is extremely cold, but it never freezes all year round?" Zhang Xueming's eyes lit up. He walked around to a place where there were no top-grade snow lotuses, squatted down and put his left hand into the pool water: "In other words, the water on the top is very cold, but there is a heat flow at the bottom?"
Gong Yuanzheng thought for a moment and said, "Then the secret of the cold water in the pond must be in the upper part. The bottom is connected to other waterways. Although there is heat flow back and forth, the temperature is not high and cannot affect the growth environment of the top-grade snow lotus in the upper part."
Zhang Xueming looked at the frost condensed between her fingers. She shook her inner strength slightly, and the frost flakes fell off. Her left hand was as white as usual. "Could that warm water be the water from the underground river of the Moon Palace that flows through the underground of the Flower Palace, absorbing some of the heat emitted by the magma, and then flowing to the Snow Palace through the waterway? No wonder the pines and cypresses outside are growing well."
Gong Yuanzheng walked over, squatted beside Zhang Xueming, and took out a towel to help her wipe her hands: "The magma of the Flower Palace boils the water, and the snow of the Snow Palace cools the boiled water. When it reaches the bottom of the lotus pond, the warm water mixes with the ice water, and the water temperature returns to its original state... Did our ancestors want to control the temperature of the magma through this design?"
Zhang Xueming nodded: "That's probably true. Some of the high-temperature fumaroles in Hua Palace were probably artificially dug to relieve pressure. The idea is really ingenious."
The two people who decoded the secrets chatted with each other and casually revealed a big secret in the back mountain, which shocked Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi.
Zhang Xueming asked Gong Yuanzheng to test the water temperature. He was well aware of the gap in strength between himself and Zhang Xueming, so he did not dare to follow her example and put his whole hand into the water. He just carefully stretched out his left index finger and touched the water surface.
The water in the pool was icy cold, and the chill seemed to penetrate into one's bones. He hissed and quickly retracted his hand, then used his internal strength to try again.
It's not so cold this time.
He nodded seriously, as if the fact that Gong Shangjiao had revealed the test to him had never happened: "So this level is a test of internal strength. If your internal strength is not strong enough, you can't withstand the extreme cold in the first half, and you can't dive to the bottom of the pool. In addition, breathing distribution is also a problem."
Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi had completely given up the idea of answering their questions.
Xue Zhongzi asked Gong Yuanzheng: "Are you going into the water now?"
Gong Yuanzheng shook his head: "First use tools to measure the water depth, have a meal, take a break, and then go down."
Without a plan, you are just reckless - that was in the past.
But now he is a young man with both wisdom and strength, beauty and courage.
I will never embarrass Zhao Zhao!
Oh, I almost forgot, there is also my brother, let’s start again.
He would never bring shame to Zhaozhao and his brother!
The ambitious young man walked out of the cave with high spirits and after searching for a while, he came back holding a ball of colorful ropes and a silver hair pendant.
"You're going to use these to measure the water depth?" Young Master Xue came over curiously, "How do you measure it? Isn't this rope too thin? Will it freeze and break?"
"will not."
Gong Yuanzheng tied a hair pendant with one end of a colorful rope, grabbed a section of the rope with both hands and pulled it hard, while demonstrating and happily sharing with his friends the knowledge he learned from Zhang Xueming.
"This is made of sixteen strands of colored thread mixed with gold. It is very tough and can hold up three adult men at the same time without breaking."
It can be used as a fishing line when a fishhook is hung, and as a flying claw when a claw hook is hung. It can be used as a ball to kick after it is retrieved, and can also be processed into buttons, headbands, hair ropes, and belt-like decorations... It has a variety of uses and is highly concealed, making it a must-have item for home and travel.
Prince Xue exclaimed in admiration: "How amazing!"
"Zhao Zhao played it for me. He connected a lot of lines and released them all. It was a full 150 feet (50 meters) long."
"Zhao Zhao treats you so well."
"That's not the case!"
The boasting straight man was chatting happily, but Xue Chongzi looked upset: Xiaoxue, don’t you think that the analogy used by Gong Yuanzheng is problematic?
He asked Zhang Xueming hesitantly, "Has he tried it?"
Zhang Xueming smiled shyly: "I've tried it, it's very useful without a front hook."
Xue Chongzi smiled awkwardly, wishing time could go back to the time before she asked the question.
Gong Yuanzheng had shown off enough, so he put the end of his hair with the pendant into the pool and kept letting out the string.
When there were only a few balls of colored rope left in my hand, I felt that my hair had hit rock bottom.
Gong Yuanzheng took back the colored rope, and the pure silver hair pendant turned black.
Xue Zhongzi was shocked: "The water is poisonous?!"
Mr. Xue was also frightened: "What's going on? Did someone sneak in and poison us while we were at the front mountain? But wasn't the key with you, Daxue?"
The two were panicking and guessing, and Gong Yuanzheng said hurriedly: "It's not poison. Silver will turn black when it comes into contact with sulfur, which means that the water at the bottom of the pool is indeed from the Flower Palace."
Xue Zhongzi and Xue Gongzi looked at each other in bewilderment. This wasn't even mentioned in the book.
Gong Yuanzheng didn't explain much and pulled the wet colorful rope open to show Zhang Xueming.
Zhang Xueming picked up the hair pendant and looked at it, then smoothed it up and said, "Go outside to a bright place and look."
When they got to a place with bright light, they looked carefully and found that the part of the hair that was pinched by Zhang Xueming's fingers was about forty feet (eight meters), and the color was slightly lighter than the above.
"The water depth is about 135 feet, and it sinks about 95 feet into the warm water area." Zhang Xueming concluded.
Xue Zhongzi and Xue Gongzi looked at each other. Very good, this time they have even found out where the diversion line is.
The preliminary work is finished, put away the tools and head to the kitchen.
The meats brought over were all semi-finished products. The three men, big and small, were directed by Zhang Xueming to light the fire, wash the pot, wash the vegetables, cut the vegetables, heat the oil, put the vegetables in the pot... they were very busy.
When the food was served, Mr. Xue couldn't wait to pick up a piece of twice-cooked pork with bean paste, took a bite, and squinted his eyes comfortably.
After taking two bites of rice and swallowing the food in his mouth, he said with emotion: "I never thought that one day I would be able to cook such delicious meals. Daxue, I will cook delicious meals for you every day from now on."
Xue Zhongzi was slightly startled, then lowered his eyes and smiled: "Okay."
Gong Yuanzheng was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhang Xueming: "Zhao Zhao, when we get back, I'll cook a meal for you and your brother?"
Zhang Xueming also smiled: "Okay."