Chapter 205 The Uninvited Door
Chapter 205 The Uninvited Door
Lin Fan was so startled that he couldn't dodge in time.
hiss.
The entire hand, along with a section of the forearm, was bitten by the strangely shaped porcelain bottle, which looked like a twisted, deformed, porcelain-white fish.
Countless tiny white teeth pierced into Lin Fan's arm. The feeling of being tightly enveloped by a fleshy cavity covered with countless bumps was both painful and numb, yet quite peculiar.
Thankfully, it was my left hand.
Lin Fan's left hand had been completely transformed into a mechanical wooden hand with Sun Ruolan's help. He used it once to summon a clone, but Chen Ergou took it back.
This mechanical hand is also very hard. The porcelain bottle's countless teeth could only penetrate a little before continuing, let alone bite off Lin Fan's entire hand.
Lin Fan now felt that turning his hand into wood was absolutely the right thing to do. If it were a fleshy hand, the porcelain bottle would probably bite and pull, scraping away all the flesh and leaving only bones.
Niu Dadan wanted to come over and help, but Lin Fan stopped him, saying, "It's full of small teeth; you can't pull it out by force."
Even wooden hands will hurt when scratched, and repairing them is a waste of time. So, think of other solutions first, and only resort to force if none of them work.
Lin Fan's middle and index fingers had reached the deepest part of the porcelain bottle. The two fingers could only move slightly. Lin Fan felt carefully and seemed to touch something round.
Power pill!
Lin Fan was overjoyed; as expected, there was still some left in the deepest part!
Lin Fan's fingers seemed to have touched the deepest part of the porcelain bottle, and with each scratch, it seemed to writhe as if it couldn't bear it.
However, Lin Fan tried several times, but it wouldn't let go. In fact, it felt like his entire arm was being sucked even tighter. It was really strange. What was this thing?
Wait a minute, Lin Fan suddenly realized that this thing could store items, and he hadn't thought about it carefully before, but the amount of super pills poured out of this bottle far exceeded its apparent capacity.
This... this... could it be a legendary spatial artifact, or at least a storage bag? Only the interior is filled with flesh, teeth, and saliva.
Following this line of thought, since it is a container magic weapon, there must be a way to control it.
Can using the Soul-Suppressing Pearl calm it down? But how can we control it to put things in and take things out?
The porcelain vase is now several times larger and crooked, but it is still smooth white porcelain and doesn't look like it has any hidden mechanisms.
Lin Fan loosely clenched his right hand, closed his eyes, as if he were holding a knife, and slowly gathered knife energy in his hand.
Zhan Peng said it was sword energy, but Lin Fan always felt something was wrong. The energy he was drawing from his body felt chaotic and viscous, not the sharpness of sword or blade energy. Moreover, Lin Fan didn't really think he was a genius at using swords.
From the perspective of modern people, this should be an unknown energy that was summoned by accumulating sword energy, which is why it can be used as sword energy.
Lin Fan used his hand as a knife to cut a small amount of sword energy into the porcelain bottle.
The porcelain bottle shook and immediately became still, like a boiled octopus, with tentacles splitting open at the mouth and curling backward.
Lin Fan hurriedly took out the Viagra pills covered in sticky liquid and set them aside without counting how many there were.
Continue to focus your attention on manipulating the porcelain vase.
After some experimentation, he confirmed that as long as he controlled the changes in the sword energy, he could make the porcelain bottle grow larger or smaller, and perform basic operations such as swallowing and spitting it out.
Wiping the sweat from his brow, Lin Fan finally nodded in satisfaction. After his initial joy, he felt incredibly foolish for only realizing how convenient this storage device was until now.
The Niu couple were stunned. They had just seen Lin Fan holding a porcelain bottle that could freely change size and could swallow and spit out things, and it seemed to be made of meat inside. Although they had seen many strange things, this one was still far beyond their comprehension.
The couple leaned closer to each other, exchanged a glance but said nothing. They were neither curious about Lin Fan's affairs nor dared to be curious about them.
Unfortunately, Chen Ergou wasn't in the carriage and didn't see it, so Lin Fan's actions were met with fewer gasps of shock.
Lin Fan counted the twenty pills he had taken out. They were covered in sticky liquid, and after wiping off the liquid, the surface was pitted and uneven, as if they had been corroded.
However, the pills that were taken out before were all normal, with no mucus and no pits on the surface.
He frowned and thought about it, but still couldn't come to a conclusion.
Lin Fan suddenly remembered that he had another porcelain bottle containing gray pills, and excitedly took it out and reached inside with his hand.
Unfortunately, it was just an ordinary porcelain bottle, so there were only six gray pills left.
I wiped off the sticky substance from the Power Pill and put it together with the gray pill. Anyway, I felt that it might be inappropriate to keep the Power Pill there.
Lin Fan then took out some of his own items and tried putting them into the "living porcelain bottle"—well, the "living porcelain bottle" was a name Lin Fan had temporarily come up with.
Under the manipulation of the blade energy, everything can be easily put in and taken out without getting sticky.
Lin Fan stroked his chin, deep in thought. This porcelain bottle was clearly alive, and if it was alive, it would have to eat. So what had it been eating to survive all this time? He had never fed it.
and many more!
A sudden inspiration struck Lin Fan, and he realized why the last twenty strength pills couldn't be poured out, and why only they were covered in saliva and were pitted and uneven.
"So that's how it is. The living porcelain bottle treats the Power Pills as food. It has already started to digest these twenty pills, so it can't spit them out. I wonder how many it has already eaten before," Lin Fan murmured.
Then I thought about it again and realized that I was a genius. Could it be that I have a talent for reasoning?
After confirming that Niu Dadan and Sun Ruolan hadn't heard what he had just said, he looked at them. The main problem was that they had been watching him the whole time without saying a word of shock, which was rather unacceptable for them as bystanders.
Lin Fan first looked at Niu Dadan, and when he thought of Niu Dadan's impressive intelligence, he felt that there was no point in showing off in front of him.
Then he turned to Sun Ruolan and said with a smile, "Miss Sun, this thing seems to be alive. Do you know how it survives?"
Sun Ruolan looked at Lin Fan with her clear, large eyes, puzzled. She didn't understand why he was suddenly asking her this. After a moment's thought, she replied, "Brother Lin, the pills you just took out had saliva on them, and their shape resembled vomit. If there was nothing else inside, I think it must have been feeding on pills."
hiss.
Forget it, forget it, reasoning ability is completely useless.
"Thank you, Miss Sun. I thought so too."
Sun Ruolan smiled sweetly at Lin Fan, "Brother Lin, you don't need to be so polite with me." Then she gagged twice. Pregnant women are prone to vomiting, and the swaying of the carriage, coupled with the scene of Lin Fan fiddling with that sticky porcelain bottle, was truly nauseating.
Lin Fan sighed and began to think about what to put into the living porcelain bottle.
"Old Niu, get me some dry rations."
Lin Fan has put some dry food into the living porcelain bottle. He doesn't know if it will suit its taste. In any case, it's best not to let it starve to death, and don't let it eat anything else that he put in.
After arranging his belongings on the carriage and thinking for a while, Lin Fan didn't feel conflicted.
Most of the items, including the Crane Spirit Wood Greatsword, were put inside. These were things that normal creatures couldn't eat, especially the Crane Spirit Wood; it's hard to imagine that a porcelain bottle could eat it.
The Soul-Suppressing Pearl should definitely continue to be kept close to the body, and since the living porcelain bottle is alive, it's unknown what reaction will occur if the Soul-Suppressing Pearl is placed inside.
The black knife remained sheathed on his back. Keeping all weapons in one place would certainly be foolish.
With the living porcelain bottle, Lin Fan could even prepare several ordinary wooden swords and sabers inside as backups.
The living porcelain bottle is quite voracious; it didn't seem to be full even after being filled with many things. Although it was somewhat heavy in the hand, it didn't weigh as much as all the contents inside combined, suggesting that this thing has the ability to reduce weight.
Lin Fan looked at one thing last.
A small trinket found in the magistrate's treasury. A jade artifact shaped like a teardrop. In terms of size and shape, it somewhat resembles a snuff bottle, but it is completely sealed, with no holes whatsoever.
This item was recorded in the Cao County Magistrate's own account as "the essence of the Wujiang River".
There is a river called Wujiang in Wujiang County, which is located to the north of Wujiang County.
Pick up this teardrop-shaped jade artifact and shake it gently. You can hear a clattering sound inside, which confirms that it is not a single piece of jade but rather contains some kind of liquid.
To be honest, the things "harvested" from the county government were mainly gold, silver, grain, weapons, and even armor, as well as some antiques and paintings, mostly ordinary items. Only this one item, which Duan Ye had someone examine, seemed to possess some kind of supernatural power, but he didn't know exactly what it was, so he gave it to Lin Fan.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Fan put the 'water droplet jade' into the living porcelain bottle.
After doing all this, Lin Fan felt much lighter; physically, he no longer had to carry so much stuff.
Just as I was about to sit down and rest for a while, the carriage suddenly braked sharply.
"Whoa, whoa!" Chen Ergou slammed on the brakes. Lin Fan was already squatting beside him.
"Brother Fan, it's not that I'm blind, this thing just suddenly appeared in front of me. I'm not bragging, but any other coachman would have definitely run into it by now."
Lin Fan looked up. Actually, he didn't need to look up to notice that the enormous object in front of him completely blocked out the sunlight in their area.
Looking up, because it was so close, I had to crane my neck to barely see the whole thing.
This is a door.
Its texture is like both wood and bronze, with two huge bronze lion heads, each holding a pull ring as tall as a person in its mouth.
The door looked to be about seven or eight stories high, with no end in sight on either side. The door rings alone were located at a height equivalent to three stories.
"It seems like someone doesn't want us to pass," Lin Fan murmured. "Such a big door couldn't possibly have been made; it might have just appeared out of thin air."
"Well, needless to say, I was driving the carriage just fine when suddenly it got dark. When I looked up, I saw this thing standing in front of me like a wall," Chen Ergou said, still shaken.
Even a two-horse carriage seemed tiny in the face of such a colossal object, let alone a human. Chen Ergou's hands trembled slightly; this was the natural fear humans have of such a massive creature.
Sun Ruolan and Niu Dadan also peeked out and saw the 'Wall of Sighs'. Sun Ruolan asked, "Brother Lin, what is this?"
"I don't know either." Lin Fan looked at the wall in front of him, then turned to Chen Ergou and said, "We can't just block the whole road. Ergou, go around it."
Er Gou wiped the sweat from his forehead. At this point, he wouldn't try to persuade Lin Fan to turn back; such words were useless. So he slowly started the carriage, driving it along the giant gate in one direction.
Dengdengdeng.
Perhaps fearing that the giant gate would suddenly appear in front of him again, Chen Ergou kept his speed slow and his eyes fixed straight ahead.
Lin Fan sat sideways, looking at the giant gate on one side of the carriage.
"Something's not right," Lin Fan said, pointing to the ring on the giant door. "This doorknob has always been above our heads."
Chen Ergou wiped his sweat again, glanced at the spot, and said, "Hey, Brother Fan, there's nothing wrong with this. 'Looking at a mountain makes you run yourself ragged.' When we passed Moju Mountain before, didn't we run for ages without moving a muscle?"
At first glance, it made sense, but Lin Fan still felt something was off. He frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Er Gou, you're wrong. We see the mountain not moving because we're far away from it, so the distance we've moved isn't obvious. But we're actually not far from that doorknob. The carriage has traveled so far; it's impossible for them to still be above our heads."
A crisp female voice agreed in Lin Fan's ear: "Senior brother is right, this door is moving along with us. Let the driver stop, we can't shake it off no matter how fast we run."
Lin Fan did not immediately do as instructed. Instead, he said to the girl, "Junior sister, what's the use of just knowing this? I just tried it. This door is impossible to push open, and the door panel is extremely thick. It would probably take us several months to smash a hole through it."
He looked up at the ring above his head again. "You're not thinking of pulling that ring, are you? Only a giant could do that."
Lin Fan turned to Niu Dadan, "Old Niu, can you fly over there and then throw the rope back?"
Niu Dadan shook his head and pointed to the pull ring, "I can probably only fly that high."
"Junior Sister" shook her head. "First of all, this door is locked. You can't move it by pushing or pulling it. There are also mechanisms on it. If your flying ability isn't particularly strong, don't expect to get over there."
"How did you know?"
"Senior brother, have you forgotten? I am a disciple of the Mo Sect. This item is my master's magic weapon. How could I not know it? This sect is called the Uninvited Sect, meaning that no one may enter without permission. Without the sect master's secret signal, even a thousand troops would be temporarily blocked by this sect."
"Oh, Master really doesn't want you to go, Senior Brother. You know, the price for using this magic weapon even once is huge!"
Without waiting for the carriage to stop, the girl flicked her ink-colored sleeves and jumped off the carriage.
"Ergou, stop the car! Junior sister jumped!"
Although Er Gou managed to stop the carriage in a hurry, he looked at Lin Fan with a bewildered expression. "Brother Fan, don't make yourself sick from worrying! When are you going to have a live junior sister?"
Just as Lin Fan was about to speak, Sun Ruolan popped out of the carriage. "Brother Lin, are you hallucinating again? Isn't your junior sister already dead?"
Lin Fan frowned and said, "What's wrong with you all today? Have you forgotten that Junior Sister has been with us the whole way? Er Gou, have you forgotten that she used her mechanical skills to fight that giant spider with us?"
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