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Lou Xiaoyi pondered for a moment and began to make his move.
The first move was to see if he could drag the huge Corpse Lotus out of the ancient battlefield. The Corpse Lotus was thirty feet in diameter. Purely in terms of weight, Lou Xiaoyi's strength would not be a problem. But in fact, he gave up on this method after a few attempts.
No matter whether he pushed or pulled, the Corpse Lotus did not move an inch. This meant that it had a mysterious connection with this space that did not belong to the mortal world. This was not something he could do now.
The second move was to carve a corrosive formation! Even though he had been sealed, he didn't have any memories. He hadn't forgotten the strange inscribed sword formations that he had learned when he was building his foundation. Even though he didn't have any spirit stones or mana, he still had some inner energy. He could activate part of the formation's power to a certain extent. He couldn't use it to kill, but he could still cause trouble.
He tried again, but it still ended in failure. Because it was impossible to carve anything on the huge petals of the Corpse Lotus. When the tip of the sword scratched, the petals recovered instantly. There was no chance for the formation to take shape.
Cultivation methods could not be used, and the methods of the mortal world were also useless. Lou Xiaoyi fell into deep thought. He needed to make some high-tech things!
After many attempts, he found that the secret of the reincarnation of the Corpse Lotus was probably in the juice of the lotus petals. Perhaps it was not the secret of reincarnation, but the medium that carried the energy of the Corpse Lotus. Since he could not cut it with a sword, he could only use his mind to take drastic measures.
This was an ancient battlefield. Although it was ancient, the special environment allowed the human bones and weapon remains to be relatively intact. They were not eroded by the wind for a long time.
Among the countless broken weapons, he found a few well-preserved long weapon grips. He also found a few intact armors and a mace head. He began to make it.
First, he used a few weapons to make a fixed frame, which was less than ten feet away from the Corpse Lotus. Then, he used the mace head as a shaft and placed it horizontally. There was no bearing. That thing was too delicate and was not something he could make now. So he just used it.
After dismantling a few sets of armor, he used his longsword to cut out six or seven pieces of equal size. After bending them slightly, he fixed them onto the spikes of the mace, forming a simple device with the mace as the axis and seven pieces of leaves on it.
The most troublesome part was how to seal it … There had to be a suitable water inlet pipe. As for whether there was an outlet pipe or not, it didn't matter, right?
This was a thick iron spear shaft. It was unknown which general had used it to be so thick. He needed to hollow out the middle to form a hollow pipe, which was obviously difficult to do with the Seven Ants. Although it could melt iron like mud, it was not long enough.
Lou Xiaoyi looked at the Sword Spirit, who had nothing to do. This thing was a standard drill!
In the end, it was a crude water pump! Fortunately, he did not need the lift, nor did he need the flow, nor did he need it to be sturdy and durable … He had come into contact with these things in his previous life. It was from a small shop that specialized in water pumps that he became familiar with.
There were countless loopholes. Fortunately, he did not need to draw water from the bottom of the well. There was not even a difference in height! There was really no other way. If he was a mortal, then he could only rely on the limited mechanical knowledge he had in his previous life.
In theory, inserting a pipe and sucking in a mouthful of water seemed to be a good method. However, the juice of the Corpse Lotus was rather viscous. Moreover, he did not want to drink a mouthful of Corpse Lotus juice. The nutrients of this thing were too disgusting.
It took him a few days to finish this set of things. He could not make it too detailed. He did not even have a pair of pliers on hand, so he had to make do with it.
No matter what, this was a great attempt. It was a challenge from an industrial civilization to a cultivation civilization. He did not have much confidence. The only good news was that this Corpse Lotus did not have the ability to fight back. Perhaps in a different cultivation environment, it would have the ability to defend itself. However, in this place, it was a big flower!
The shaft of the spear, which was the water inlet pipe, had been fixed. The entire device was like an iron pulley. A spear handle extended from the front, and the tip was cut into a sharp wedge.
Lou Xiaoyi pushed this thing forward. Under the tremendous force, the sharp wedge was inserted into the several feet thick petals of the Corpse Lotus!
Lou Xiaoyi jumped up and grabbed the handle he had made himself. He bent his waist and began to shake with all his might. His hands were dancing in the air … After dozens of breaths, not a single drop of juice flowed out from the mouth. He could only give up. What had gone wrong with this terrible operation?
He withdrew from the device and looked at the sharp wedge at the entrance. Some of the juice had already solidified. This was a self-protection mechanism of the Corpse Lotus. It was like platelets to blood. It could not keep flowing. There had to be a special biological function to prevent it from flowing out!
The key point was that before the juice solidified, he did not have enough suction force to suck it out!
His intuition was that the rotation speed was too slow! The industrial civilization used electric motors, while the cultivation civilization used magical power. He had nothing at the moment. How high could the rotation speed be if he only relied on the strength of a mortal?
He once again looked at the Sword Spirit. Wasn't this the best electric motor? No matter how fast he spun, he wouldn't get dizzy, right?
They had been together for a long time. They could be considered to have the most basic communication. Moreover, he had demonstrated it before. It was not difficult for the Sword Spirit to understand such an action.
The Sword Spirit was somewhat reluctant, but it recognized this companion, so it could only reluctantly do it. Although it always felt that this thing was a little strange, its root could not be wrong. It was a comrade of the Sword Vein.
After removing the membrane at the sharp wedge, he once again stabbed the long shaft into the Corpse Lotus. When the Sword Spirit turned the handle, the rotation speed was not something Lou Xiaoyi could compare with. It was several orders of magnitude faster!
It felt like a low-quality, second-hand electric motor.
The idea was beautiful, but the reality was cruel. After dozens of breaths, there was still no movement at the entrance. Lou Xiaoyi had to stop the Sword Spirit, who was spinning crazily. This fellow's speed was really fast. He was worried that his crude device would fall apart.
What was the problem? Was the seal not good? He admitted that the seal was not good enough, but he did not ask for too much. It was not like he wanted to draw a deep well or raise a river. He deliberately made the device very low, even lower than the petals of the Corpse Lotus. If it was water, it would have flowed out by itself, right?
Water? Lou Xiaoyi realized a small oversight. It was basic knowledge!
He took out the two large leather water bags on his back. There was no water inside. There was no water in this damned place. It was the blood of insects. In this place, he could only rely on this to quench his thirst!
He carefully poured the blood into the water inlet until the entire inlet was filled. Then, he gradually filled up the leaves. Because of the seal problem, there were traces of blood leaking from the joints. Fortunately, it was not serious!
After the vase was filled, he no longer hesitated. With a strong push, the shaft once again stabbed into the Corpse Lotus petals. At the same time, the Sword Spirit quickly spun …
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