The chairman gestured to his assistant, stood up from his seat, and walked out of the meeting hall first.
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Chapter 409 The Great Cauldron (Third Update)
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A large, dark blue cauldron stands on the flat ground in front of the main building. A sense of weight and solemnity arises spontaneously.
The cauldron is 2.33 meters tall, with an inner diameter of 1.2 meters at the mouth. The three "thighs" around the body are each 1 meter long. The bottom of the cauldron is 33 centimeters above the ground. The two handles at the top are 1 foot above the mouth of the cauldron and extend outwards diagonally on both sides of the mouth, looking like two wings about to take flight.
The mottled body and three legs of the cauldron looked severely rusted. According to Guo Xiangyang, who obtained the cauldron from the Yan Emperor's Mausoleum, this kind of cauldron should theoretically have no value. The rust on the cauldron and three legs had already been tested by the relevant departments, and the conclusion was that it was ordinary cast iron rust with an astonishingly high impurity content. In terms of its intrinsic value, it was not even as valuable as the replica cauldron on the other side of the main hall of the Yan Emperor's Mausoleum. At least the replica cauldron was made of higher materials than the original cauldron.
Lin Yao, still seated in his wheelchair, didn't see it that way. Looking at the towering cauldron before him, he felt incredibly small. He stared blankly at it, head tilted back, silent and motionless. The elders, Yi Potian and Yi Zuojun, dared not disturb him, assuming he was practicing his internal energy or contemplating something. The entire "urban forest" fell silent, save for the city's hustle and bustle outside the walls, which only served to accentuate the tranquility.
The cauldron was brought in, and it took several months to get it. However, Lin Yao had no intention of waking Xiao Cao up to discuss how to deal with her. Xiao Cao's recovery was the most important thing right now, and he wanted to avoid worrying her or disturbing her. Besides, Lin Yao didn't think Xiao Cao could remember anything. It was more appropriate for her to slowly familiarize herself with and explore the cauldron on her own.
Lin Yao was absolutely certain that the cauldron held some secret.
The fact that the ancient creature Xiaocao immediately noticed it and desperately wanted to obtain it indicates that the cauldron itself was not simple. Even if it was made of cast iron, it must have special secrets and functions, and it would definitely not be an ordinary cauldron. Otherwise, a cauldron that could only be used to boil water and cook porridge would not have attracted Xiaocao's attention at all.
"Elder, please lift me up so I can see what's above and inside."
Lin Yao turned to ask Elder Yi Potian for help. At this moment, he tried to conserve his energy. The original poison of "Morning Mist" was too powerful. Even his body, which had been tempered by the original witch power, had become weak and feeble. Although the bones in his legs had healed, Lin Yao still felt weak. All of his energy and true qi were used to fight against the poison. It was difficult for him to do anything normally, and even going to the toilet was difficult. Therefore, as a "super heaven level" expert, Lin Yao had no choice but to ask for help.
The First Elder, Yi Potian, didn't speak. He simply bent down and grabbed the base of the wheelchair. With a swift movement, he lifted Lin Yao above his head, making him taller than the cauldron.
The surface of the cauldron was very smooth, without even any signs of rust. This surprised Lin Yao. Logically speaking, after thousands of years of erosion by water vapor and electrolytes, such a smooth surface should not exist. This means that the cauldron itself has a secret.
A tripod? A furnace?
In a flash of inspiration, Lin Yao suddenly realized a problem that had been overlooked. He quickly examined the mouth of the cauldron and even reached out to touch its smooth surface.
A vessel with a lid is called a ding (鼎), while one without a lid is called a lu (炉).
Since Xiaocao is certain that this is a large cauldron, it must also have a lid. Otherwise, it would just be like the alchemy furnace she usually uses for refining pills, and could only be called a furnace, even if the legs and the body of the cauldron were made exactly the same.
"Zuo Jun, immediately notify Guo Xiangyang in Hunan and have him find the area where this large cauldron was discovered and who was involved. Ask him to help find the lid. The reward is 100,000. If that's not enough, increase it to one or two million. You must find the lid and bring it to me."
Lin Yao turned his head and gave orders to Yi Zuojun on the ground below. He had figured out the reason for the smooth mouth of the cauldron. It was because it needed to be tightly closed with the lid that the mouth of the cauldron was so flat and smooth. As for why the mouth of the cauldron had not been corroded after so many years, that was a secret that he had to discover next.
Yi Zuojun responded loudly, turned around and rushed towards the villa building to find the contact number of Guo Xiangyang, the Hunan distributor.
Looking at the internal structure of the cauldron from above gave Lin Yao a different feeling. It was as if this space, which was 1.2 meters in diameter and 2 meters deep, possessed a magical power that drew his gaze and spirit into it.
It was an independent world, filled with countless unknown wonders! This was the impression that involuntarily arose in Lin Yao's mind.
After Lin Yao regained consciousness, he suppressed the mysterious feeling and carefully examined the internal structure of the cauldron. He found that the mottled rust was also present. In fact, due to years of being placed in the open air, rainwater and dust had accumulated inside the cauldron, forming a thick layer of silt. There were also traces of moss growth on the inner wall at the bottom. The entire cauldron looked completely unremarkable.
"Elder, please put me down, put me under the cauldron, the closer the better."
Lin Yao sighed, thinking to himself that he couldn't find any answers just by looking at it. Otherwise, this cauldron would have been taken away by someone with ulterior motives long ago. Apart from the smooth and flat rim, there was really nothing special about it.
This is probably why it was placed as a decoration in front of the main hall of the Yan Emperor's Mausoleum, because it has no patterns or carvings of oracle bone script, cuneiform script or other symbols, and looks very ordinary.
"Elder, feed me a few 'Creation Pills' when I'm feeling weak."
Lin Yao took out a small jade bottle from his pocket and handed it to Elder Yi Potian, intending to investigate the secrets of the cauldron even at the cost of his injuries.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Yao solemnly formed a hand seal. The energy of heaven and earth gathered at an extremely fast speed, which greatly surprised Yi Potian beside him. This was the first time he had seen Lin Yao form a hand seal. As a Heaven-level cultivator, Yi Potian was very sensitive to the energy of heaven and earth. Only now did he truly understand how Yi Fei had reported feeling the energy of heaven and earth before.
Lin Yao's weakened body greatly affected his ability to cast hand seals, but he persevered through gritted teeth and completed the forty-nine basic hand seals.
Lin Yao shuddered as a tiny but extremely hot incandescent flame appeared at his fingertips. Standing two meters away, Elder Yi Potian suddenly felt a scorching heat rushing towards him, and his surprise intensified. He instinctively felt that this tiny flame could cause him extremely serious harm, and the temperature of the flame was unimaginably high.
go!
With a wave of his hand, Lin Yao sent the incandescent flames away from his fingertips and towards the cauldron.
Ah~~~
Suddenly, Elder Yi Potian witnessed an astonishing scene: the flames disappeared as soon as they reached the cauldron, as if they had never existed in this world, or as if they had directly penetrated into the cauldron. There wasn't even a trace left on the part of the cauldron that had come into contact with the flames.
Lin Yao clutched his head and screamed, feeling an excruciating headache. The moment the pseudo-elixir fire passed through the cauldron and entered its interior, an extremely desolate and domineering aura rushed into Lin Yao's brain, accompanied by numerous inexplicable images and characters, causing him to suffer a severe headache.
Ten seconds later, Lin Yao fainted, causing the First Elder Yi Potian to panic. He immediately used his own true energy to help Lin Yao recover, but to no avail. The true energy that entered Lin Yao's body seemed to sink into the sea without making a ripple.
Half an hour later, under the anxious and concerned gazes of Elder Yi Potian and Yi Zuojun, Lin Yao slowly woke up. His face looked even worse, and blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth. This was blood that had flowed from his lip when he accidentally bit it during his severe headache. He did not let Yi Potian and Yi Zuojun wipe it away, because they were worried that touching Lin Yao would cause an adverse reaction.
"That's amazing!"
The inexplicable words that came out of Lin Yao's mouth puzzled Yi Potian and Yi Zuojun, but they did not ask any questions.
"Elder... give me the medicine."