pertwk Chapter 1744: Tampered Instructions
Chapter 1744: Tampered Instructions
Chapter 1744: Tampered Instructions
The monster's mouth was big enough to fit at least three Wu Shidao in. The latter walked past it and saw its belly rising and falling regularly, but suddenly three snake heads appeared behind him, approaching him and hissing.
This is not a real snake, but the tail of Ya Taowu. It has eyes and can not only observe the visitors, but also feel their emotions.
These creatures were really sharp. Wu Shidao felt a little nervous, but they actually smelled it out.
Once it is determined that something is wrong, the tiger-like Ya Taowu will wake up and bite him directly.
Wu Shidao secretly used his heart skills and forced himself to remain calm: "It's me."
They were indeed old acquaintances, and there was a certain affinity between them. The snakehead circled around and looked at him a few more times, confirming that he was the real deal, and then retreated.
The main body of Ya Taowu never opened his eyes.
Wu Shidao then hurried forward.
Behind Ya Taowu is a small door that is only wide enough for one person to pass through.
It is a gatekeeper beast. Once any enemy breaks in, they must pass it first.
After passing this door, there is another cave.
This cave is small, and when the door is closed it becomes a secret room with airtight stone walls on all sides.
There was no debris in the cave, only a rectangular cold stone counter in the middle, ten feet long and six feet wide, with no patterns on it.
He walked to the front of the counter and knocked on it three times.
With a bang, the counter opened by itself. It was empty inside, and there seemed to be a metal disc underneath.
Wu Shidao closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then took out the warrant from Master Xiao and the bottomless bag given to him by Bai Ziqi, and put them into the disc.
"Bang", the stone cabinet closed.
Life or death, success or failure, all depends on this step.
He turned around and looked at the stone wall opposite. There was actually an invisible door on this wall, leading to the last two levels of the treasure cave, but it could not be opened at ordinary times. It could only be entered during the inspection and verification every five years.
Normally, everyone from the elders to the disciples who wanted to store or retrieve items had to stop in this secret room, and then put their warrant at the counter and wait for verification.
Once passed, the scale monster behind the shadowless door will start to allocate the supplies and then push them to the doorman through the counter.
From beginning to end, the disciples and the scale monster do not need to face each other, which reduces the interference of living people on the work of the scale monster.
Once the warrant fails the verification, Ya Taowu and the steward outside will immediately receive the news and rush over to check.
This procedure is not only strict but also inhumane, with no attempt to curry favor or say nice things.
Wu Shidao still remembered that when the former steward first brought him into this secret room, he said that people tend to slack off and are easily conquered, so this cannot be used here.
He took two steps back and began to wait, and before he knew it his palms were covered in cold sweat.
The warrant fell into the bottom of the stone cabinet and was soon passed to the shadowless door, where it was collected by the scale monster.
The plate was originally part of the scale monster.
The appearance of this monster is a standard bronze balance scale, with a wide base, a load-bearing straight rod, and a large bronze plate on each side.
As soon as it lifted up Master Xiao's handwriting, the ruby on its forehead emitted red light, instantly making the paper transparent.
This step can distinguish the authenticity of handwriting. If it has been altered, forged or even modified, the font will turn green.
After two breaths, the verification was passed.
This letter was identified as being written by Xiao Wencheng himself, and the magical fluctuations in it also belonged to him. After inspection, it was found to be correct, so a silver weight jumped out from the chassis of the scale monster.
The shape of the weight is very strange. It looks no different from an ordinary weight, like a small bucket, but it has hands and feet and can run, bend over and pick up objects like a human.
It rolled over the handwriting, and the words about the quantity of matter stuck to the weight.
Eighty thousand kilograms of top-grade black crystal!
Next, the scale monster will grab the supplies according to the weights.
Its figure disappeared from behind the Shadowless Gate, and then appeared on the last floor of the treasure cave.
As Wu Shidao knew, there was a cave here that was used to store black crystals. There were more than a dozen rows of large racks against the wall, half of which were filled with treasure chests of various sizes.
These treasure chests contain various grades of black crystals.
The scale monster appeared directly in front of the narrowest row of shelves, holding the scale high.
After the silver weight jumped onto the shelf, it became larger, at least half a person's height. It opened the lid of the box with extraordinary skill and tilted the entire box forward.
With a clang, the black crystal inside jumped out of the box and fell onto the scale pan right below!
The black crystals in this box are all red-purple or purple-black in quality. As the saying goes, "red to purple" refers to this color. Not long ago, the Emperor Liujiang was in great demand. He Lingchuan went through several days before and after, and only received a dozen pieces of this quality Emperor Liujiang cream.
And in the inconspicuous cave of the Huan Sect, there was a large box.
After one box is emptied, the weight man moves the second box.
Each black crystal will be accurately placed on the plate and will never fall to the ground. No matter how much is poured, the bronze plate will never be full.
If you look carefully, you will find that the black crystal shrinks rapidly in the process of being put into the plate. Even if a whole box is poured in, it is only as big as a sesame seed.
This is five hundred kilograms of black crystal!
In a blink of an eye, the second box was emptied.
The weight man moved the third box, the fourth box without hesitation...
When it had accumulated 5,000 kilograms, it jumped onto the scale and weighed it, and it was right, neither more nor less.
Then it continued to move the black crystal. The balance tilted, and the five thousand kilograms of black crystal poured into the bottomless bag.
The mouth of the bag is so small that the speed of pouring out the black crystal is not fast.
The scale monster's movements were very agile, but "80,000 kilograms of top-grade black crystal" was a huge number and it was difficult to handle it in a short period of time.
Any intelligent creature would doubt the numbers on the handbook, even if it was indeed written by Master Xiao and contained a trace of his true power.
But the scale demon doesn't do that, it just executes orders mechanically.
The reason why Qian Huan sent it to guard the treasure house was because of its machinery and its ability to follow the rules.
Creatures with higher intelligence will develop self-awareness; with self-awareness, they will have more distracting thoughts.
Being in a treasure house and dealing with so many treasures all day long, who wouldn't have evil intentions?
Qian Huan saw through human nature and wanted such a dull, but loyal and selfless magical weapon to guard the treasure house.
However, every advantage has its disadvantages. The scale demon is actually a spirit. It has no self-doubt and cannot make self-judgment.
Wu Shidao seized on this point and used the mirage powder bestowed by Miao Zhantian to secretly alter Sect Leader Xiao's order, changing the statement "eight hundred kilograms of medium-grade black crystal".
This scale monster was originally one of Qian Huan's magical weapons. It is not surprising that it cannot see through its master's illusion.
Since it is an order from the master, it must be carried out exactly and meticulously.
Eighty thousand kilograms of top-grade black crystal, not a single piece can be missing!
Time passed by little by little, and more than a hundred boxes of black crystals were put into the bag.
(End of this chapter)