great-warnovel Chapter 62 The "Blue Enchantress" in the Night, Old Six: Sister-in-law, under this lamp...
Chapter 62 The "Blue Enchantress" in the Night, Old Six: Sister-in-law, under this lamp...
At the foot of the mountain behind the Langya Village Academy, there was a... indescribable smell permeating the air.
"Has the Qin family gone mad?"
"Why dig such a huge latrine in front of the perfectly good academy? Ugh—the smell could travel ten miles with the wind!"
Several villagers passing by covered their noses, looking at the figures busy in the pit with disgust and incomprehension.
The pit was as big as half a house, covered with thick stone slabs, with only a bamboo pipe like a snake leading out, all the way to the newly built "Gewu Building" in the academy.
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" Fifth Brother Qin Feng poked his head out from the edge of the pit, his face smeared with ash, holding a piece of sealing putty in his hand, his eyes gleaming with an alarming light: "This is called—[Turning the rotten into the miraculous]!"
"My sister-in-law said that the things inside ferment for forty-nine days (actually only seven days, with the addition of a system catalyst), and then they produce a kind of invisible, intangible, but flammable 'divine energy'!"
"Special? I think it's more like stench!" The villagers burst into laughter, no one believing that flowers could come out of a pit filled with pig manure and rotten vegetable leaves.
"Laugh, laugh, laugh! I'll surprise you tonight!" Qin Yun, the sixth brother, was lying on the ladder, carefully connecting the bamboo tube to a uniquely shaped lamp base.
The lamp base was made of brass, and it was covered with a round, crystal-clear glass lampshade (from the last cave dwelling).
This is the first biogas lamp in the entire Great Wei Dynasty!
……
Night falls.
Langya Village is exceptionally lively tonight.
Hearing that the Qin Family Academy was going to light some kind of "everlasting lamp," the entire village, young and old, even brought their rice bowls and gathered early in the academy's square.
Even the second uncle from the next village came with his grandson pushing a wheelbarrow.
In the center of the square stood a wooden pole three zhang (approximately 10 meters) high. A huge glass lamp hung from the top. Below it, a long bamboo pipe led directly to the biogas digester on the back mountain.
"Why isn't it lit yet?" "Yeah, it's pitch black, all we can see is a broken glass dome!"
The crowd began to stir. Zhang the butcher, munching on a flatbread, mumbled indistinctly, "Third Master Qin! If it doesn't get light, I'll go back and get two catties of lard to light your lamps!"
Standing on the high platform, Su Wan glanced at the sky.
With the night dark and the wind high, it was the perfect time to... no, the perfect time to display miracles.
She wore a flowing, deep blue dress today, standing in the night breeze, the hem billowing like a fairy of the night. She turned to the twins guarding the valve: "Ready?"
"Ready at all times!" the twins shouted in unison. They had just changed into clean school uniforms, their palms sweating with nervousness. This was their first time appearing in front of the whole village; they absolutely couldn't mess it up!
"Open the valve!" Su Wan gave the order.
"Sizzle—" Fifth Brother Qin Feng suddenly turned on the copper valve. An invisible stream of air surged rapidly along the bamboo pipe!
"ignition!"
Qin Yun, the sixth brother, held a tinderbox in his hand, took a deep breath, and suddenly brought it close to the wick!
"call--!!!"
A soft popping sound rang out.
The next second, the once pitch-black night sky was instantly torn apart!
A ghostly blue flame, like a sprite emerging from hell, danced wildly inside the glass lampshade!
As the airflow stabilized, the flame rapidly expanded, turned white, and finally transformed into an extremely dazzling and pure blue-white light!
That brightness was incomparable to the dim, flickering light of an oil lamp! It was stable, intensely hot, and blindingly bright! It was like a small sun, forcibly confined inside that glass dome!
Within a radius of 100 meters, every detail is clearly visible! Even the leek leaf between the butcher's teeth is clearly illuminated!
"Holy crap..." The flatbread in Zhang the butcher's hand fell to the ground with a "thud".
What... what kind of fire is this?! Why is it blue?! Why is there no smoke?! Why is it so bright?!
"Divine fire...this is divine fire!!!" Someone in the crowd shouted, and then a chorus of kneeling sounds filled the air!
"Heavens have opened their eyes! The Qin family has captured the Heavenly Fire!"
"It's blue! It's dragon fire! It's an auspicious sign!"
"Waaaah! The gods have smiled upon us! Please bless my sow so she can have a litter of twelve piglets!"
The villagers had never seen anything like this before. In their minds, fire was red and produced smoke.
This kind of dazzling blue and pure light can't be explained except by a miracle!
Standing under the lamp, Su Wan was enveloped in the blue light, as if she were coated with a layer of holy radiance.
She looked at the villagers below, kowtowing frantically, and her lips twitched slightly. Although she had expected to be shocked, she hadn't anticipated being deified so directly.
"How...how did they do that?" The Ghost Valley Academy spy, who had been hiding in the shadows observing (originally intending to monitor the second son of the Qin family, fearing he might really cause trouble), was so frightened that he couldn't even hold his pen.
He wrote tremblingly in his notebook: [The Qin family of Wolf Fang Village is suspected of possessing ancient fire-controlling techniques! They can command blue ghost flames to illuminate the dark night! This is an ominous sign… no, an auspicious one!]
……
Just as everyone was worshipping that lamp.
In the shadows of the platform, a pair of large, burning hot hands silently reached out and grabbed Su Wan's wrists.
"Sister-in-law." Qin Yun, the sixth brother, spoke in a low voice, with a hint of smugness and the urgent panting characteristic of a young man.
While everyone was craning their necks to look at the light, and no one noticed the dark corner under the light, he suddenly pulled.
Caught off guard, Su Wan was pulled into the shadow of the old locust tree next to her.
"Sixth Brother! What are you doing?!" Su Wan was startled and was about to cry out when a warm hand covered her mouth.
"Shh—" Qin Yun pinned her against the rough tree trunk.
Inside is a dark corner where the lights don't reach, the other side of the light. On one side is a brightly lit square, bustling with people; on the other side is a dark, narrow space where you can hear your own breathing.
This stark contrast caused Su Wan's heart rate to spike to 200 miles per hour!
"Don't call me 'sister-in-law'." Qin Yun whispered in her ear, her warm breath brushing against her sensitive earlobe: "They're all looking at the lights, no one's looking at us."
He released his hand from his mouth, instead interlocking his fingers and pressing Su Wan's hand against the tree trunk.
With his other hand, he boldly wrapped his arm around Su Wan's waist, pulling her tightly against him.
"Sister-in-law, look at that lamp, isn't it beautiful?" Qin Yun pointed to the biogas lamp overhead, which bloomed like a "blue enchantress," but her eyes were fixed on Su Wan's red lips, which were faintly visible in the shadows.
"Beautiful...so pretty." Su Wan's voice trembled. They were too close.
The boy's body was like a furnace; even through the thin clothes, the intense heat almost burned her. And… she could feel that Lao Liu's heart was pounding frighteningly fast due to excitement (or something else).
"That's what we made for my sister-in-law." Qin Yun buried her head in the crook of her neck, greedily inhaling her fragrance: "My sister-in-law said she was afraid of the dark, so we lit up this night."
"From now on, wherever my sister-in-law wants to go, we'll fix the lights there." "Even if it's hell... as long as my sister-in-law wants to go, we'll light the lights there."
These sweet nothings... are too much! Who says straightforward, roguish guys don't understand romance?
This kind of romance, tinged with destruction, is simply deadly!
"Sixth Brother..." Su Wanxin was completely soft-hearted and was about to say something.
Suddenly, another hand appeared on the other side of her waist.
"Since we did it together, why should you be the only one carrying it?" Qin Feng's voice came softly from the other side.
Su Wan froze. Good heavens! There was someone hiding behind that tree?!
Qin Feng squeezed through the darkness, not caring about the crowd, and hugged Su Wan and Lao Liu from behind.
This resulted in an extremely bizarre and ambiguous "sandwich" cookie.
"Sister-in-law," Qin Feng's voice carried a hint of bitterness, "I was the one who turned on the valve when we were lighting the fire."
"That biogas digester stinks so badly, I've been suffering from the smell all day..."
"Shouldn't my sister-in-law comfort me?"
As he spoke, he actually leaned in and planted a quick kiss on Su Wan's other cheek!
"Qin Feng!!!" Su Wan's face exploded with shock! This was happening right under the noses of thousands of people!
Even though it's in the shadows, if someone sees her like this... will she still be able to be a "goddess"?!
"Don't shout! Don't shout!" the twins said in unison, squeezing Su Wan even tighter from the front and back.
"Sister-in-law, it's dark here." Old Six chuckled and rubbed his nose against hers: "It's dark under the light, the brighter the place, the darker the shadow."
"Here... even if we eat my sister-in-law, no one will know."
[Beep! Detected a "blind spot" attraction!]
Target: Twins (fifth/sixth child). State: Extremely excited + taking advantage of the situation!
Heartbeat Points: +1500! Rewards: [High-purity methane purification technology] + [Glow-in-the-dark coating formula]!
Just as the atmosphere was about to spiral out of control from ambiguity.
"Hmph!" A cold snort, like ice water poured over someone's head.
Not far away, Qin Yue, the fourth brother, stood at the boundary between light and shadow, fanning himself with a folding fan. The lamplight illuminated half of his face, while the other half remained hidden in darkness, making his peach blossom eyes appear exceptionally deep.
"Fifth brother, sixth brother," Qin Yue said with a half-smile, "the wealthy merchants over there say this lamp is too miraculous, and they're willing to offer five thousand taels of silver to buy one."
"So, are you going to continue this business... or stay here... as tree branches?"
Five thousand taels?! The twins' eyes instantly turned into coin-shaped eyes! Although their sister-in-law smelled delicious, money... smelled delicious too! With money, they could buy their sister-in-law even more nice things!
"Do it! We have to do it!" The two exchanged a glance, instantly released Su Wan, and like two huskies smelling meat, dashed out: "Fourth Brother! Don't sell it cheaply! That's divine fire! We have to pay more!"
Su Wan leaned against the tree trunk and let out a long sigh. Her legs felt a little weak. These little wolves... they're getting harder and harder to manage.
Qin Yue strolled over and stood in front of Su Wan. He reached out and tidied her temples, which had been ruffled by the crowd. His fingertips were slightly cool, yet carried a businessman's shrewdness and...possessiveness.
"Sister-in-law," he lowered his voice, using his folding fan to cover their lips, "If you want something more exciting next time..." "Come find me."
"My place was a den of iniquity, even darker and more untouchable than this shabby forest."