The stone steps are not long, but they are very tortuous, spiraling down thirty or forty steps, and the front is open, but it is a very spacious stone room.

The Yuji Palace is half-embedded in the stone mountain, and the entrance of this staircase is on the innermost side of the main hall, and the distance is out of the main hall, and it is estimated that this place has reached the belly of the mountain in terms of direction.

Walking to the bottom of the stone steps, Hua Bushi had found that it was much hotter than the hall outside, and the exposed skin was slightly burning, and when he entered the stone room and saw the situation, the eldest young master couldn't help but be amazed, and immediately understood why it was so hot.

In the middle of the stone chamber, there is a large pit more than ten zhang square, and there is a raging flame in the pit, and the fire is shining, and the entire stone chamber is printed into a red color. Next to this large fire pit was a larger square pool, and the pool was black and mushy, all covered with black oil.

Such a huge oil pond can almost be called a small lake, although I don't know how deep this pool is, but even if it is only one or two feet deep, there are at least tens of thousands of catties of black oil in it.

At the top of the chamber, directly above the burning fire pit, was a huge hole that went straight upwards, and dozens of smaller square holes were carved into it, but standing below, it was impossible to see where the holes led or what they were for.

When Hua Bushi and the three of them walked into the stone room, Xiong Bailing was standing next to the oil pool and the fire pit, staring into the fire pit and looking inside. Suddenly, only a "rolling" sound was heard, as if a mechanism was activated, and then the flames in the fire pit slammed to the ground, and suddenly jumped up.

Hua Bushi, Sima Rulan, and even Guolou Meng were all startled, but Xiong Bailing, who was the closest, looked as usual, and there was no surprise on his face. But I saw that the flames in the pit burned violently for a moment, and then gradually fell again, and returned to its original state.

Xiong Bailing saw the three of them coming, and said: "Lan'er niece, Young Master Hua, come and see, the pool over there is full of flammable black oil, and there are organic brackets in between, and every once in a while, the machine bracket starts on its own, so that some black currents flow from the pool into the fire pit through the pipe channel, so that the fire in this pit continues to burn and not be extinguished." The setting of these mechanisms is very ingenious, and not long after Nan'er and I entered the main hall, we found this strange stone house, but we don't know what it is for. ”

It turned out that before this, the black oil flowed into the big pit, and the flames flickered several times, so Xiong Bailing would not be surprised.

All three of them stared intently at the fire pit and the oil pool beside it, and for a moment they couldn't guess what it was for. This kang looked somewhat similar to a huge furnace, and the whole stone house was baked and scorched, but if it was really a furnace used to smelt steel and make weapons, it was a little too large, and the stone chamber was empty except for the fire pit and oil pool, and there was no other equipment needed for casting iron.

Hua Bushi's gaze turned from the oil pool to the fire pit, and then looked at the hole above his head, and suddenly realized, "I see! ”

Guo Lou Meng said: "What do you see?"

Hua Bushi pointed to the top of his head and said, "Look at those square holes of different sizes, if I am not mistaken, they must lead to the rooms on all floors of the Yuji Palace, and this big fire pit is actually a big furnace for heating the entire palace." ”

Sima Rulan and Guolou Meng are both smart people, and when they heard this, they immediately understood.

This fairy cliff is the top of the Holy Maiden Peak, covered by ice and snow all the year round, it is really an extremely cold place, living here, it is not easy for people with high internal strength to keep out the cold. When the people of the Demon Dao built the Yuji Palace, they took into account the need for heating, and chiseled this stone room here, burning black oil here, so that the hot air blew through the holes to the rooms on the various floors of the palace, and its function was like a huge fireplace in the belly of the mountain.

It is no wonder that as soon as you enter the Yuji Palace, you can feel warm like spring, and the white mist around the entire mountain peak must also be due to the dissipation of the heat, which is caused by the condensation of water vapor in the air. It is precisely because of the formation of water mist that the Yuji Palace looks from a distance, just like the Qionglou Yuyu where the gods live above the clouds.

It's just that in order to keep such a large fire pit and furnace burning, there must be a lot of black oil, but I don't know where the people in the demon path got so much black oil, and how they transported it to the top of this dangerous peak.

But at this time, I saw a Qingyunwei hurriedly coming down from the stone steps tunnel, and said to Hua Bushi: "Young master, the head and master of the Seven Great Sects have a dispute above, send someone to invite the young master to come over!"

Hua Bushi frowned and said, "How can this be, let's go and take a look." ”

This eldest young master is now the leader of the "Eight Factions Alliance", and if there is a problem between the various factions, of course he can't stay out of it, and now that he has captured the Yuji Palace, the Immortal Old Demon and the Six Absolute have not yet seen a trace, let alone a good time to fight with each other.

The place where the dispute between the seven sects occurred was not in the main hall on the first floor of Yuji Palace, but on the second floor of the palace. This floor is not as wide as the first floor, and there is a corridor in the middle, and there are many stone rooms on both sides, which are about the ordinary living rooms of the demon Taoist sect stationed in Yuji Palace. The place where the head of the seven sects is located is in a stone hall at the end of the corridor, in addition to the head of the sect, many master disciples of the various sects also gather here.

Hua Bushi and the others went up the stone steps to the second room, and walked through the corridor into the stone hall, but saw that the hall was not too big, and it was already crowded with people, and there was a stone door in the innermost part of the hall, and it could be seen that there was a jade staircase going up the door.

On the forehead of the stone gate, there are three golden ancient seal characters: "Treasure Building".

Although the stone gate was open, no one entered, just because the front of the door had been blocked by a group of people, led by the "Wudang faction" Baoxuan Daojun, the "Kongtong faction" Feiyunzi, and more than ten masters under these two factions, Baojing Zhenren, Shan Sinan and others were also among them.

Opposite them stood the men of the other factions.

I only heard Feiyunzi say loudly: "The entrance to this treasure cave was discovered by the disciples of the 'Kongtong' and 'Wudang' factions, so we should go first to take a look, and after seeing it, we will let you in." ”

"Emei faction" painstaking master Tai said: "This 'treasure building' three such big characters are engraved outside the door, as long as you come here, you can see it, how can there be any difference between discovering first and then discovering?

"Shaolin School" Master Yuanjue said: "Amitabha, the master is reasonable, this Yuji Palace is captured by everyone, and the treasures in it should be divided equally by our eight sects, and the two of you are blocking the door and not allowing others to enter, but do you want to monopolize it?"

Feiyunzi sneered: "What did you say to join forces to attack Yuji Palace, this way up the mountain, most of the distance is my 'Kongtong faction' disciples to open the way, fighting the wolf king on the cliff, the 'Wudang faction' Baojing Dao brother also contributed a lot, what did you' Shaolin faction ' and 'Emei faction' do, just follow along, you want to share the treasure with us equally, the two of you are monks, but they are too greedy!"

Gu Fan, the head of the "Huashan faction", said: "Brother Feiyun Dao, this is not right, your 'Kongtong faction' just sent a few disciples to be the vanguard of the halfway journey, fighting the wolf head, Gu Mou also made efforts, why did you even stop my 'Huashan faction' from the door?"

The painstaking master said: "Speaking of contribution, just now when I attacked Yuji Palace, my 'Emei faction' disciples also killed a lot of people in the Demon Dao, as well as the Tibetan tribes outside the mountain, and this faction also participated, why not share the treasure with you equally?"

The heads of these famous sects are usually dignified grandmasters, but when it comes to the interests of the sect, they are bound to compare, and they refuse to give in at all.

At this time, Hua Bushi and his entourage had already arrived outside the crowd, and Guo Loumeng shouted: "Get out of the way!"

Seeing the arrival of the eldest young master of the alliance leader, the heroes dodged one after another, making way for a way, Hua Bushi walked a few steps and came to the stone gate of the treasure building.

Tang Zilan was standing aside, but when he heard Hua Bushi's arrival, he stepped forward and said, "Young Master Hua came just in time. This stone gate must be where the treasures of the people in the demon road are hidden, and now the heads of the two factions of 'Wudang' and 'Kongtong' are blocking the door, and no one is allowed to enter, so everyone has a dispute, and asks Young Master Hua to mediate one or two. ”

Hua Bushi nodded, coughed lightly, and said: "Now that we have captured the Yuji Palace, the head of the Demon Dao has never appeared, maybe there is another conspiracy in it, everyone should still work together, and we can't hurt the harmony because of the temporary conflict of interests." ”

Although this is reasonable, when the heroes of the various factions in the stone hall heard it, most of them showed disapproval on their faces. In their opinion, this joint attack on the Immortal Cliff and the seizure of the treasure is a very important purpose, as for whether the Demon Dao has another conspiracy, that is a matter of time to talk.

Hua Bushizi also saw the expressions of these people, he paused, and then changed his words and said: "Besides, whether there is really a treasure in this treasure building and its value has not yet been determined, isn't it too early to start arguing about how to distribute it at this time?"

This sentence is said to everyone's hearts, the door of this treasure building has just been discovered, the "Kongtong faction" and "Wudang faction" have preemptively stopped everyone, everyone has not entered alone, if it is just an empty building, then it is meaningless to fight here, it becomes a joke.

The painstaking master said: "Young Master Hua's words are reasonable, but Brother Feiyun Dao and they stopped at the door, how do we know what is hidden inside." ”

Hua Bushi turned to Feiyunzi and said, "What treasures are hidden in this treasure building, why don't you go in first to see what is going on, and then discuss how to distribute it, even if it is the treasure of the Demon Dao, it is impossible for one or two factions to monopolize it, what does the Dao Chief think?"

Although the strength of the "Wudang faction" and the "Kongtong faction" is not weak, it is not enough to join forces with the other six factions, and Feiyunzi understands this even if he is arrogant. And when he fought against Pei Niang on the mountain road before, he was able to win thanks to Hua Bushi's reminder, and he also accepted the love of this eldest young master, so it was inconvenient to object at this time, so he turned his head and glanced at Bao Xuan Daojun, obviously asking his opinion.