Fairy cage

Hot and humid.

The steaming heat filled the remaining stone houses, causing drops of water to fall one after another on the roofs.

Snap!

Yu Lie was covered in sweat and his feet were wet. He was bare-chested and holding a hammer and poker in his hand, just like a blacksmith, working hard in his stone house.

A glowing red fire pit occupies nearly one-third of the stone house. The charcoal fire in it is paved layer by layer and arranged in the shape of nine palaces and eight trigrams.

Yu Lie used the tongs to stir the top layer of coals, put down the hammer with his left hand, scooped up a ladle of turbid liquid from the water tank, and poured it into the fire pond.

Stab! A smelly mist immediately rose from the fire pit, turning into gray-white mist and burning.

Yu Lie's face was washed by the evaporated water mist, and his face suddenly felt burning, and his nose was filled with a foul smell.

What he just poured out was not an ordinary liquid, but a mixture of horse urine and donkey blood, which was a mixture of fire-promoting liquid.

If you want to complete the transformation of copper bars and iron bones, you need to use ordinary charcoal, which cannot meet the temperature requirements for melting gold and iron.

Fortunately, there is a burning consumable called animal charcoal in Blackwater Town.

The blocks are carved into the shape of animal heads or skulls. It is a kind of charcoal. The temperature is just right to meet the needs of transformation. It is also the main fuel for blacksmithing in the town's ware yard.

It's just that during the burning process of animal charcoal, it needs to be repeatedly poured with special water liquid to fully burn it without producing poisonous gas that kills people.

However, when horse urine is mixed with donkey blood, the smell is really unpleasant and irritating to people's eyes. Many Taoist boys in the town who worked on fires and forged iron often suffered from harmful eye diseases, and their eyes were narrowed to a slit all day long.

Whoops!

Yu Lie stared at the red naked eyes. He identified the color of the flames in the fire pit and found that it was changing from red to blue-purple.

After waiting for a moment, he decided in his mind: "The potion is prepared and the fire is burning. It's time to start!"

Yu Lie gritted his teeth. He took off his lower body clothes and stood naked by the fire pit. He took a clay pot and took out a handful of pale golden ointment with his hand, and then smeared it on his body.

He applied it very carefully, whether it was the eyelids, auricles, vagina, the top of the head, the soles of the feet, etc., all exposed skin was wiped by him.

After all the smearing was done, Yu Lie's whole body was glowing with gold. He stood by the fire pit, like a bronze statue, with dark gold shining.

This ointment was the transformation ointment that Yu Lie spent a lot of money to buy from the alchemy room, mixed with half of the spirit stones, and ground it carefully.

The ointment has the effects of promoting muscle growth, activating blood circulation, and resisting fire and relieving heat. Only by applying it can Yu Lie step into the fire pond to undergo transformation, and even if he fails, his life will not be in danger.

The next moment, Yu Lie took a deep breath and slammed the clay pot into the fire pit.

boom!

A burst of bluish-purple fire burst out, the clay pot shattered, the charcoal rolled, and the spirit stone powder remaining in the pot caused the temperature of the entire fire pit to rise sharply.

There are also flames rolling in the remaining columns:

"Success or failure depends on what happens next!"

He held his breath, immediately stepped into the fire pit, and walked step by step towards the center of the fire pit.

A burning, burning feeling appeared on Yu Lie's body. He felt as if someone was peeling off his skin, and there was no pain anywhere on his body.

And this is because he has a strong physique and is protected by ointments.

If it had been an ordinary Taoist boy, or if there was no ointment, he would have screamed out in pain immediately, unable to hold back his breath, feeling fearful, and the success rate of transformation would have been reduced by three points on the spot.

Enduring the pain, Yu Lie walked step by step to the center of the fire pit and stood on a white iron lotus made of hammered iron sheets.

The iron lotus burned red, and it could be said to be the hottest place in the entire fire pond.

The soles of Yu Lie's feet fell, and even with the ointment to protect him, he still heard a burning sound, like grilling meat on an iron plate.

But even so, Yu Lie still showed no sign of jumping away. Instead, he lowered his body and knelt down among the iron lotus flowers, getting even more exposed to the high temperature.

There is another point worth noting in this step.

That is, the Taoist boy must sit on his knees, not cross-legged or slumped down, and his legs must be close together and tightly, completely separating the lower body and the iron plate!

Otherwise, if the lower vagina is burned by the iron plate, it will be very easy to scorch the outer kidney of the Taoist boy, which will make people regret it. Of course, Taoists without external kidneys do not need to consider this, they can choose the posture at will.

After Yu Lie sat down, his whole body was immediately wrapped in purple flames.

His eyes were in a trance, as if there were poisonous snakes licking his whole body, very poisonous.

The pale golden ointment on his body was also burned and glowed, making him seem to be like a piece of iron and gold that had been cooled by the heat in the furnace.

Yu Lie could clearly feel that traces of hot but pure spiritual energy were eroding his body.

Every part of the skin on his body was constantly undergoing a process of destruction and repair, and his muscles were also trembling.

But even greater pain appeared all over Yu Lie's body.

At this time, Yu Lie finally couldn't bear it anymore and growled lowly in his throat:

"It hurts! It hurts, it hurts..."

Compared with the severe pain at this time, the sea of ​​​​oil fire he experienced last time in Daoluyuan was simply child's play. It was really just a test.

Yu Lie also suddenly realized that the stone-grinding oil pan and the mountain of knives and the sea of ​​fire at that time might be related to the current transformation process, allowing Taoist boys to experience the transformation process of "copper ribs and iron bones" in advance and test their potential.

While Yu Lie could easily pass the four levels in the first place, his potential to complete the transformation now is naturally huge.

Therefore, in the fire pit, Yu Lie only roared in his mouth, but his body did not shake at all, and he accepted the burning of the fire pit without any fear.

The coals of beasts burn, and the flames roll.

A full half hour passed, and Yu Lie was really like a bronze statue, sitting on his knees among the iron lotus flowers, motionless.

Because he knelt for too long, the petals of the iron lotus had pierced into his legs, and the blood flowed out and was immediately scorched black, leaving the iron lotus with mottled spots.

Another half hour passed.

After enduring the heat for an hour, Yu Lie finally opened his eyes suddenly, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

During this hour, he was not only suffering from torture and pain, but also absorbing the spiritual power and medicinal properties of the medicine.

At this time, Yu Lie could already feel that the membranes all over his body had been polished. It was no longer as painful as before when fried!

But the transformation has not been completed yet. To be precise, the burning for an hour just now was just a warm-up or warm-up.

The transformation of copper tendons and iron bones requires not just roasting the skin, but also finding ways to temper the bones in contact with them!

The last step is the key to determining the success of transformation, and it is also the step where Taoist boys are most likely to die and be seriously injured!

Facing this step, even Yu Lie, who was confident, couldn't help but his face sank and his hands shook a little.

But he looked around at the dimming fire pit and knew that he didn't have much time to hesitate.

The next moment, Yu Lie's face turned serious. He closed his eyes tightly again and touched the top of his head with his hands.

A slippery feeling appeared on his fingers, which felt great.

Before the transformation of copper tendons and iron bones, Taoists not only need to burn incense and bathe, but also need to clean their whole body, shave their hair and pluck out their hair, so that not a single hair on their body can be left.

Otherwise, the hair will block the ointment and hinder its application, thereby affecting the absorption of the medicine.

Moreover, after the Taoist boy steps into the fire pit, he will be burned for a long time. No matter how tough the hair on his body is, it will be burned away. Rather than keeping it, it would be better to dispose of it as soon as possible.

Therefore, Yu Lie is now hairless all over his body, and his head is as smooth and smooth as a peeled egg, and even the hair stubble is not obvious.

He rubbed the top of his head, and sharp claws suddenly grew on his hands, making a straight stroke with his pointed fingers.

There was a hissing sound.

Yu Lie's face was distorted and veins popped out on his forehead.

Roar!

Such severe pain made him roar again, his facial features ferocious.

But his body still didn't sway at all, his back was straighter, and he reached out his hand and steadily pulled down a mechanism next to him.

Just above Yu Lie's head, he saw a jar of boiling hot oil, from which gurgling sounds kept coming out.

The mechanism was pulled down, and the fire oil mixed with the other half of the spirit stone in the jar immediately fell down and poured onto Yu Lie's body for tempering.

Stab!

There was the sound of frying and splashing oil, and there was also a burnt smell. No matter how firm Yu Lie's mind was, his body was trembling violently and shaking like a madman.

An even louder howl sounded in the stone house.

First, roast the body in a fire pit, and then use dense oil to temper the bones. These two steps are the standard transformation process of copper ribs and iron bones!

The former uses high temperature to force the medicinal power of the spirit stone into the skin and muscles of the Taoist boy, polishing the whole body.

The latter uses the burning of the kerosene attached to the bones, and then forces the remaining half of the spiritual stone medicine into the Taoist's bones.

And the latter is not just a matter of time, because the skull is only part of the human bones, and Yu Lie has to continue to temper all the exposed bones and receive the fire oil shower one after another.

Among them, the hand bones and spine are related to the blood vessels and meridians. If you are not careful, you may bleed heavily or the meridians may be damaged. You must be careful when doing it, and there must be no deviation at all. Otherwise, it is very easy to fail and even lead to hemiplegia.

According to records in Taoist books, this step is best done by a famous teacher, and you can also take alcohol and other substances to paralyze the Taoist boy's mind and reduce resistance.

Otherwise, once the Taoist's will is not firm and his techniques are not in place, the possibility of failure is very high.

It's just that Yu Lie is in a place like Blackwater Town and has no master at all. He doesn't dare to spend money to ask others for help. After all, as long as he dies on the stage, all his wealth will belong to others.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Blackwater Town. This also led to a large number of Taoist boys who were clearly qualified to perform the transformation of copper ribs and iron bones, but they were afraid to move forward and did not dare to perform it.

Fortunately, Yu Lie was different. Not only was he willing to be cruel to himself, but he also trained himself in the poisonous mouth of Danfang for several months.

Now, he can be said to be ruthless and accurate in his attacks. Moreover, it is easier for him to absorb the medicinal power in the fire oil without using hemp boiling potion, and he can also exert the effect of transformation.

Snap, sting!

The sound of tempering continued to sound in the fire pit.

The hot spiritual liquid fell drop by drop, clinging to Yu Lie's body and burning.

As the fire oil accumulated more and more, Yu Lie's whole body became greasy and covered with a layer of flames. The combined heat caused the iron lotus flower he sat on to begin to melt.

When the charcoal in the fire pit was about to be burned out, the iron lotus in the center flickered again. A white light appeared, and the entire iron base was ignited, and it slowly moved and closed bit by bit.

These iron sheets shaped into the shape of lotus flowers are not ordinary iron sheets, but are consumables and medicinal materials mixed with lead, mercury and other special metals that can burn by themselves.

At this time, the temperature has reached, it is finally ignited, and the transformation of the copper ribs and iron bones has reached the final moment.

The raging high temperature rippled through the stone chamber like breathing. The firelight on Yu Lie's body changed from bluish-purple to pure purple, and the air in the room was scorched and distorted.

In poisonous smoke, raging fire, and kerosene,

Yu Lie still just buried his head and continued to take care of his skin and bones.

The closer he got to the end, the less he wanted to make any mistakes in his transformation steps, and he needed to continue to stay calm.

If someone were in the stone house now, they would find that his movements were unhurried and slow, as if he was just washing his clothes by the river, lowering his head and washing his clothes calmly.

Yu Lie was already numb from the pain, as if his body was not his own.

After a while,

The iron lotus flower closed completely, and Yu Lie's whole body was wrapped in the flower bones, as if he was put into a blast furnace.

As a result, the fire became more and more intense, roaring to the top, causing cracks on the stone roof and slag falling down.

In the next step, the petals of this iron lotus will be divided into three batches, and they will wither one by one, which is enough to warm them for three days and three nights, and all the medicinal power will be blasted into the rest of the body.

The longer this process lasts, the stronger the tempering effect obtained by Yu Lie will be, and the skin, muscles and bones will be tougher.

The stone room suddenly became quiet, with only the burning sound of the flames.

………………

time flies.

One day passed, two days passed, three days passed.

After three days and three nights, the Iron Lotus completely fell off and shattered into pieces, finally revealing the remaining rows inside.

In the fire pit, Yu Lie was still sitting motionless with his head bowed, covered in ashes, like a man praying.

Zheng!

In the dim stone room, Yu Lie suddenly opened his eyes, his expression changing from numb to wanton.

He raised his head, couldn't help but open his hands, laughed to the sky, and chanted:

“Open the skin membrane and scrape the red bones, then you can plant golden lotus in the fire.

Burn the body and tail, pour oil, and you will get copper tendons and iron bones and skin! "

I saw that he had distinct muscles and was made of bronze and iron. All the flames around him had been extinguished, and everything around him was pitch black, filled with white ash. But around Yu Lie, the temperature was still hot, as if there was still fire burning.

This is how Yu Lie's energy and blood are boiling and surging like a furnace fire that has not been extinguished for a long time!

At this time, the rest of the army has clearly completed the transformation of copper ribs and iron bones. Their Qi and blood are as strong as a furnace, and their skin is as hard as a furnace. From now on, they will no longer be afraid of swords, guns and arrows, as if they were wearing heavy armor.

With just a loud shout, he can disperse some ordinary little ghosts, crush evil spirits, and demonstrate his power as a Taoist.

If he dies, bury his body in the ground and it will not rot for thirty years. It will still be a good material for refining zombies.

Big chapter! More than 4,000 words, one chapter is transformed, easy to read.