"Of course it's because the dew on the black jade lock is the agar mentioned in ancient books!" Jiang Zhonglou said.
"What? Agar paste? What is it?" Bai Zhi asked curiously.
"Qiong is a kind of beautiful jade, and ointment refers to concoction. In myths and legends, agar ointment is an elixir made of jade on Penglai Island. After taking it, one can live forever..."
Su Ye explained: "Brother Jiang, why do you think the dew on your black jade lock is the legendary agarwood?"
"Of course it's because of the ancient prose you memorized just now..."
Jiang Chonglou said: "The "Shi Yi Ji" you just recited said that people give agar paste to Chongming birds, which may be as old as one year old or not for several years. Chinese people all sweep the doors and display agar paste in the hope of Chongming.
Collection...
In other words, the Chongming bird loves to eat agar, so everyone uses agar to feed it. Sometimes it comes several times a year, and sometimes it only comes once every few years...
Therefore, everyone often sweeps the door and puts agar in the yard, hoping that the Chongming bird will come again...
So, where did people in ancient times get so much elixir agar? If eating this agar really could lead to immortality, everyone would have eaten it themselves. Would they still put it in the yard to attract the Chongming birds?
So I guess the agar paste mentioned in "The Supplementary Notes" should refer to the dew condensed on the jade!"
"this..."
Everyone was stunned.
"Brother Jiang is right. Qiong Gao is the Penglai elixir, but it is just a myth. Literally, Qiong Gao is indeed the dew condensed on jade!" Su Ye nodded.
"Oh, this big naked rooster likes to drink the dew condensed on the jade. It's really magical!"
Sanya looked at the Chongming bird on the top of Ruomu tree.
I saw it tilting its head, its eyes staring at the black jade lock on Jiang Zhonglou's chest.
"I guess not all the dew condensed on jade is liked by Chongming birds, because it is said in "Shiyiji" that everyone puts agar paste on it, but it may not attract Chongming birds..."
Jiang Chonglou also analyzed: "Qiong means beautiful jade. It can be seen that the Chongming bird probably only drinks the dew condensed on some special jade...
This special jade may contain some kind of substance that we cannot understand, which is something that the Chongming Bird is very interested in...
And my black jade lock is said to have been made by Mo Zi himself, and it has a great relationship with the underground city of black ink. Therefore, the dew condensed on my black jade lock may be the favorite drink of the Chongming bird...
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That’s why it helped us defeat Yin Lingzi after drinking the agar ointment from my Black Jade Lock!"
"Oh...so that's it!"
Everyone nodded.
"It seems that this black jade lock is not only the key to open the underground black city, but also a talisman for actions in the underground black city!"
Mo Lian sighed thoughtfully: "Without this black jade lock, even if you enter the underground black city, it will be difficult to move forward!"
"Even with this black jade lock, we almost died in our sleep just now, and we will never wake up..."
Jiang Chonglou sighed.
"Sanya, didn't you say that the Ruomu fruit is not poisonous? Why did we fall asleep after eating it?" Bai Zhi said.
"I don't know, I tasted it and it's not poisonous, and I didn't fall asleep either!" Sanya scratched her face depressedly.
"Um...didn't you just fall asleep and have a dream?" Bai Zhi asked curiously.
"No, I've been fine. You fell asleep and I couldn't wake you up!" Sanya said.
"What happened just now? Please tell everyone carefully." Mo Lian asked.
"You guys just went to bed after eating Ruomu Guo, and I was just playing nearby..."
Sanya said: "After a while, I saw four silver spirit moons flying down from the big Ruomu tree and floating on your heads...
I was so frightened that I ran over to take a look, only to find that those silver spirits were just floating above your heads and trying to hurt you...
I don't dare to touch the Silver Spirits, for fear that they will come out again and wake you up...
But, you can’t wake me up one by one!
I was so anxious that I climbed on top of Brother Jiang, patted his face and called him. He opened his eyes in a daze, hugged me tightly and said, something is wrong here...
Of course I knew something was wrong, but Brother Jiang looked stupid, his eyes were red, and it hurt me to hug him...
I broke away from Brother Jiang, scooped up some water with the shell of Ruomuguo, and wanted to splash the water to wake Brother Jiang...
However, when I went to scoop up water, I saw this big rooster squatting on Brother Jiang and pecking at him with his beak...
I suddenly became anxious, so I threw away the Ruomu Guo in my hand and used the lighting rod to hit the big cock...
Unexpectedly, it was very smart and ducked as soon as it lowered its head. My lighting rod hit the Yinlingzi moon above Brother Jiang's head...
As a result, those Silver Spirits were offended. They formed a sword and came to kill Brother Jiang...
Brother Jiang woke up, but we still dare not kill those Silver Spirits...
At this moment, this big rooster flew out and knocked away all the silver spirits that had been turned into swords. Then he pissed off all the silver spirits and turned them into the person just now..."
Sanya then chirped and told what happened just now.
"Oh...so that's it."
Everyone nodded.
"After I fell asleep, I had many, many dreams. I thought it took a long time, but unexpectedly, it only took a short while?" Bai Zhi sighed.
"That's right, it only takes an hour at most from the time you fall asleep to the time you wake up." Sanya nodded.
"It seems that there is something wrong with the Ruomu Guo, which is why we fell asleep after eating it and had many dreams!" Bai Zhi said, "We can no longer eat these Ruomu Guo!"
"No, there should be no problem with Ruo Mu Guo!" Mo Lian said, "At most it has a sedative and hypnotic effect. It is impossible for us to fall into a dream and be unable to extricate ourselves!"
"this..."
"Xiao Zhi, Sister Mo Lian is right. If there is something wrong with Ruo Mu Guo, why is Sanya okay? She eats the most!" Su Ye said.
"This..." Bai Zhi was stunned again.
"Yes, if Ruo Mu Guo was poisoned in our dream, would those Silver Spirits still need to fly above our heads to control us?" Jiang Zhonglou also agreed that Ruo Mu Guo had no problem.
"So...we let those silver spirits control our minds?"
Bai Zhi was stunned: "Is this too magical? Are these silver spirits the same as old witches?"
"Of course these Silver Spirits don't do witchcraft, but they can release mysterious pheromones..."
Mo Lian frowned and thought: "Since humans can create pheromones to control insects, I think Yin Lingzi can also create some kind of pheromones to control us...
So I guessed that these silver spirit seeds may have produced some kind of pheromones, which invaded our nervous system after we fell asleep...
Then, they fly above our heads, release a large amount of that pheromone, and completely control our dreams, making us dream all the time and never wake up again!"
"Then why was Sanya not hypnotized and controlled?" Bai Zhi asked curiously.