Chapter 26: Skull Yin-Yang Fish

  That sharp pain in his chest was caused by the breastplate given to him by Peng Tianyang, and just as Jiang Yunshui was about to take that step forward, some sharp thorns emerged from the inside of the breastplate.

  This breastplate is actually quite special, inside it has thirty-six quills of a hedgehog, and the hedgehogs and quills are all specially selected. The hedgehogs must have been soaked in medicinal water to grow up, and they must be twelve years old. The quills on the hedgehog's body must also be the ones that have not fallen off and are the longest in the middle.

  These thorns were then sent to the Taoist temple by those who wore the breastplate "to awaken the spirit", so that after a person was disturbed and lost in the midst of all things, the thorns that had originally entered the breastplate would suddenly emerge, instantly pricking the person awake.

  So at that time, Peng Tianyong would lend this extremely precious breastplate to Jiang Yunshui temporarily. If it weren't for this breastplate, Jiang Yunshui might have really fallen here this time.

  At this time, those thorns that had come out had already retracted, but the painful feeling still lingered, causing Jiang Yunshui to grit his teeth.

  Jiang Yongshui, who had been hesitant in his heart, put down the hand that was touching his chest and made a decision: whether to continue on his way back or to turn around and head forward once again.

  If he were to turn back, he didn't know if he would fall into the illusion of that "nightmare" again. But if he turned around and continued along the plank road, the "Zhong Dingwen" that made Jiang Yunshui feel uneasy in his heart seemed to be reminding him that if he continued forward and downward, something even worse might happen.

  Nowadays, Jiang Yunshui didn't expect to be in a difficult situation, but since entering here, everything seems to be going according to his plan, yet it gives him a feeling that he is not completely in control.

  When Jiang Meng fell into a "nightmare" like illusion and then broke away from it, this feeling became even stronger.

  Jiang Fengshui grasped the railing of the gangway with both hands, first looking forward and then turning back to glance behind him. Finally, he resolutely turned his head and chose to continue heading back.

  This time, Jiang Yunshui walked all the way to the place where he first saw the "Zhong Ding Wen", but what surprised him was that the "Zhong Ding Wen" in that place had actually disappeared!

  Jiang Fengshui again carefully searched the area, but still couldn't find any trace of the "Zhongdingwen" that he had previously discovered. The "Zhongdingwen" that was originally engraved on it had actually disappeared like this.

  Now, Jiang Yunshui felt his head getting a bit dizzy, these consecutive scenes were constantly impacting him, making him more lost and confused. What he saw and happened in this place, was it real or not? And which ones were true?

  Just as Jiang Feng was puzzled, he discovered the mechanism under the golden silk cushion in the coffin, and now Cha Qian and others were delighted to find out that this mechanism in the coffin might be the key for him to leave this place.

  However, the mechanism inside this coffin is very strange, it's completely made up of two extremely twisted and ferocious skulls in a yin-yang fish shape, and in the middle of the yin-yang eyes, it looks like two babies are curled up.

  People like Cha Qian, who had never seen such things before, were also eerie and strange. The yin-yang fish diagram was originally a very sacred thing, but it appeared to be overly gloomy and frightening here, let alone appearing in this coffin, which might be related to the mechanism of their departure.

  Zha Qian said to a very short and small person: "Qian Dali, can you handle this?"

  "Second brother, I've never seen this mechanism before either. I feel it's related to some yin-yang variations and I'm afraid I won't be able to grasp the key points."

  After hearing Qian Dali's words, Cha Qian looked at Jintouzi and said: "This thing is not easy to decipher, but since there are people who understand the mechanism, plus my words, it may be possible to crack it open."

  Zha Qian said: "Then you two try it out, I don't think there's any need to say what the situation is like now."

  Jin Douzi nodded and looked at Qian Daliu: "This brother from Haoziying, then let's join hands to break this mechanism."

  Qian Daliin bowed his hands to the golden helmet, then took out an object from several small pockets tied to his waist belt.

  Qian Dalin said to the people around him, "Please everyone retreat a bit, I'm afraid there may be some harmful mechanisms in this coffin."

  After hearing what Qian Dali said, Qian Zong and the others all retreated a few steps back, even Jin Douzi who was about to help also temporarily backed away.

  That thousand great forest walked to the front of the coffin, and with a light flick of his middle finger, the black object began to change, and soon it was completely different from before.

  The front end of the object has appeared with uneven serrations and the entire thing is several times larger than before.

  Upon seeing what was in Qian Dalin's hand, Qin Ling said: "It is the 'Mechanical Village's' untransmittable 'Mechanical Inch'!"

  Wu Jiang also stood there with an astonished expression and said, "Indeed it is 'Ji Guan Cun', this mechanism change is originally a very clever thing, some are as big as covering the sky and moon, while others are as small as mosquitoes. And what can respond to it is precisely this 'Ji Guan Cun'!"

  "It is said that one inch longer means one inch stronger, and one inch shorter means one inch more dangerous. This saying applies perfectly to the 'machine inch'."

  Outside of the Mouse Camp, others also heard about "Mechanical Village" and "Mechanical Inch" for the first time, and didn't know why these two people were so amazed.

  At this moment, Qian Dalin suddenly grasped the edge of the coffin with one hand and lifted his body up into a handstand, while the other hand reached down towards the bottom of the coffin, where there was an extremely inconspicuous protrusion about the size of a fingertip.

  But when Qian Dalin's "机关寸" fell on the convex point of his finger, the coffin that was originally close to the bottom of the seven-inch platform suddenly emitted a sharp sound and hundreds of pyramidal thorns emerged from all sides. These thorns were all dark in color with hidden flower patterns engraved on them.

  Everyone around the coffin turned pale as they saw the sharp cones appearing at the bottom of the coffin. If these cones had come out earlier, there would not be many people standing here now.

  However, Cha Qianzong and Hao Ziyuan's remaining people are fine. If the previous coffin was dangerous, Qian Chenglin would have stopped them from acting rashly earlier. It's because he knew that the mechanism at the bottom of the coffin wouldn't come out, so Qian Chenglin didn't let them pry open the coffin lid.

  Qian Chenglin put the "organ inch" in his mouth, then slowly fell onto the edge of the coffin with both hands supporting his body, keeping his body still on the coffin.

  At this time, he took out the "mechanism inch" from his mouth and said to Cha Qian and others: "The body must be compared with the bottom of the coffin."

  As soon as Qian Chenglin finished speaking, Cha Qiantong and the people of Haoziying immediately prostrated themselves on the ground. The surrounding people were initially somewhat perplexed, but upon seeing Cha Qiantong do so, they quickly understood what was about to happen and hastily followed suit, also prostrating themselves on the ground while keeping their eyes fixed on Qian Chenglin.

  Then, Ji Chenglin saw that the hand holding the "mechanism" quickly pierced into the coffin edge. This time, even Cha Qian and others who were squatting heard the sound of mechanical collision in the coffin. Later, a piece of thing flew out from the coffin edge, and these things rushed to the wall of the tomb chamber in an instant.

  For a time, the dull thud was incessant in one's ears, and flames kept bursting out, spewing sparks everywhere. Before long, several large holes were blasted into the tomb wall.

  Everyone was shocked and felt a chill in their hearts. If dozens of those things had fallen on themselves, they would probably not even have any ashes left now.

  Qian Chenglin was also sweating at this time, and he said to the crowd who were still lying there: "You can get up now."

  After hearing Qian Chenglin's words, everyone stood up as if they had been greatly pardoned, and couldn't help but take another look at the hole that had been blasted out.

  Qian Lin asked: "Qian Lin, is there any hidden danger this time?"

  Qian Chenglin replied: "Second brother, I've already broken all the hidden mechanisms of this coffin. We can start solving the internal mechanism now."

  After hearing Qian Chenglin say this, Cha Qian also let out a sigh of relief. Jin Douzi heard it and although he still had some doubts about the coffin in his heart, after all, it was these two times that made him shocked and broke the mystery of the Haozi Camp, so he also settled down a bit.

  Jīn Dōu Zǐ came to Guān Páng and asked: "This thing is mainly about the mechanism, when you need to know something, just let me know and I'll tell you."

  Qian Chenglin nodded and said, "Alright."

  This time, Qian Chenglin again took out the "organ inch" from his mouth, and then took out another thing from a bag on his waist. This thing looked like a seal, but there were other strange places in the four corners.

  Qian Chenglin pressed the seal-like object onto the skull yin-yang fish diagram, and as the seal approached, the originally motionless skull yin-yang fish diagram suddenly began to move.

  And as the seal moved down bit by bit, the skull yin-yang fish diagram rotated faster and faster. Moreover, in addition to the overall rotation, the skull yin-yang also rotated mutually. At the location of the yin-yang fish eyes on the skull yin-yang fish diagram, those two infant-like yin-yang fish also rotated along with it.

  Jin Douzi watched from the side, secretly impressed by the cleverness of the hidden passage. Although he didn't understand mechanisms, he knew about yin and yang transformations, and Qian Chenglin's move was indeed brilliant.

  The skull yin-yang fish mechanism was originally not activated, so it's impossible to see how the mechanism actually changes. But after being activated by Qian Chenglin, the subtlety of the mechanism can be seen naturally.

  Qian Chenglin put away the thing that looked like a seal, and after staring at the yin-yang fish skull for a moment, he said: "There's some yin-yang change in this, I can't quite see it."