"Did you find anything?" Wang Qiang turned around with a crooked look, almost startling Lin Yi.
The scorpion venom was really powerful, and even after taking the antidote, symptoms similar to the sequelae of a stroke appeared on his face.
When the crisis is over, it will be necessary to give him a few injections.
"There is an eight-treasure core-turning machine lock here, and there is a chain tied to the lock."
"Is there a lock? Oh, that's great. There is a lock only if there is a door. Doesn't that mean we are in the right place!"
Seeing this situation, Qian Sheng and Wang Qiang finally felt somewhat comforted.
"However, this mechanism lock is not that easy to open. You have to hold on for a while and let me study how to open this thing."
"Then you have to hurry up, these guys don't plan to give us too much time."
Lin Yi nodded and asked Wukong to hold the bright flashlight above his head and aim it at the machine lock.
The so-called eight treasures are because there are eight different patterns on it.
Buddhism and Taoism each have their own set of eight auspicious treasures.
A vase, a treasure lid, a pair of fishes, a lotus, a right-handed spiral, an auspicious knot, a banner of victory, and a wheel of dharma.
These are the eight auspicious things of Tibetan Buddhism.
The eight treasures of Taoism are: fan, fish drum, lotus, gourd, sword, flower basket, transverse flute, and yin and yang board.
It comes from the eight kinds of magical weapons held by the "Eight Immortals" of Taoism.
The Eight Treasures mechanism in front of you is locked, and it happens to be engraved with the Taoist Eight Treasures pattern.
But Lin Yi didn't dare to take action at this moment.
If this statue and the lotus seat were both made by an expert in the early Tang Dynasty, then this eight-treasure core-turning machine lock must also have been made by this expert.
The problem is that the front line for the "Eight Immortals" to truly "debut as a group" is very long.
The earliest Tieguai Li came from the Sui Dynasty, and the last Cao Guojiu was already from the Song Dynasty.
The other six appear almost from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty.
Just now, he and Qian Sheng repeatedly confirmed that all the furnishings here could not be completed until the Kaiyuan period, no matter how late they were.
Could it be that this person really has the ability to predict the future?
"Old Lin, why are you grinding so hard? Just drive it! If you can't, just give it a shovel and smash the ball."
Wang Qiang urged while dealing with the group of scorpions in front.
"I would like to smash it with a shovel, but once the lock core inside this thing is forcibly damaged by external force, it will immediately lock and turn into a lump of copper. If you can bring in the entire angle grinder, I won't. Mind breaking it open."
When Wang Qiang heard this, he immediately fell silent.
"Master Lin, let me tell you, at this juncture, we should not hesitate. If we delay for a while longer, I'm afraid there will be no chance of survival at all."
What Qian Sheng said is right.
This is their only chance at the moment. If they delay like this, they will not be able to withstand the attack of the scorpions, and all three of them will have to deal with it here.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi calmed down.
Put aside distracting thoughts and concentrate on studying this machine lock.
There are eight kinds of magic weapons, each on one level.
If you want to unlock this lock, you must first understand the principles on which the person who designed this lock designed the mechanism.
Since they are the "Eight Treasures of Taoism", these magical weapons are equivalent to the incarnations of the "Eight Immortals".
The Eight Immortals are all familiar figures among Chinese people.
And this locking device, in the final analysis, still cannot escape from the Yin Yang Bagua and the five elements' mutual development and mutual restraint.
The Eight Immortals also coincide with the art of Bagua, and each represents a hexagram.
Lu Dongbin is a symbol of dry gold, and his symbol is a sword;
Tieguai Li is a symbol of gold exchange, and its symbol is a gourd;
He Xiangu belongs to the symbol of Kuntu, and her symbol is a lotus;
Cao Guojiu belongs to the symbol of Gen Tu, and his symbol is a yin and yang board;
Zhang Guolao belongs to the symbol of shaking wood, and his symbol is a fishing drum;
Lan Caihe belongs to the symbol of Sunda wood, and its symbol is a flower basket;
Han Xiangzi belongs to the Kanshui symbol, and his symbol is a flute;
Zhongliquan belongs to the symbol of Lihuo, and its symbol is a fan.
According to their current position, they were facing due north.
In terms of the Eight Diagrams for the day to come, the North belongs to Kan Gua, and the five elements belong to water.
If you use the direction as the basis for judgment, turn the flute that marks the "image of Kanshui" to the bottom. Once it is determined, it cannot be changed.
As long as the first step is wrong, one step is wrong, and every step is wrong, the mechanism will be completely locked.
According to the innate Bagua, the north belongs to the Gan position, and the five elements belong to metal.
Calculated by these two methods, there are completely two results.
And he only has one chance!
At this moment, he looked back and saw that Qian Sheng and Wang Qiang were dealing with the scorpions. Fortunately, the diamond umbrella leaves were large enough to completely cover the three of them.
But these scorpions may be too eager to taste human flesh. No matter how they fight back, they just won't retreat.
Almost all the usable equipment in the bag has been used.
Even the parachute rope used for survival was set on fire and thrown out.
"Have you untied it, Old Lin?"
Wang Qiang shouted at the top of his lungs.
Lin Yi shook his head depressedly.
"There is no idea at all. If you make one wrong step, this thing will be completely locked and cannot be opened."
"Master Lin, don't be discouraged. Stay calm and look around to see if there are any hints. Since this expert deliberately left this mark, he must be trying to help us get out of trouble."
With that said, Qian Sheng took out a pack of snake medicine from his pocket, put it in a mineral water bottle and played with it a few times. He stuck his head out from under the umbrella and sprinkled the snake medicine on the umbrella leaves.
Wang Qiang grasped the handle of the umbrella tightly with both hands, turned it suddenly, and threw all the hidden-tailed scorpions down.
"This is the last pack. If this guy continues to climb up, we will have to pinch it ourselves."
The hidden-tailed scorpions that were sprayed by the dissolved snake medicine were stimulated by the medicine, gave up the attack, turned around and fled to the nearest stone statue.
Maybe these stone statues are their nests underneath and are connected to each other.
At this moment, Lin Yi suddenly discovered that the two stone statues closest to the lotus platform were different from the other stone statues.
The way Shi Wenzhong holds the sword in these two buildings is very strange.
Ordinary Wen Zhong holds the sword hilt up and down with both hands, with the blade facing to the left and right.
The angle of the blades of the two Shi Wenzhong's swords was slightly tilted towards the lotus platform, and the tip of the sword did not touch the ground.
The most important thing is that the base under his feet is not square, but an octagon.
The placement of the stone statues is all about symmetry, not to mention that this is an imperial mausoleum level!
You can't just have two stone statues with different shapes here, right?
This accidental discovery suddenly flashed a thought in Lin Yi's mind:
Could this be an important reminder left by predecessors?
He no longer thought about it, and immediately borrowed the bright flashlight from Wukong, jumped up, climbed on the lotus platform with one hand, and looked into the distance with the flashlight.
It was exactly as he expected.
Every two stone statues, there will be a statue with an octagonal base, and the shape is slightly different from other stone statues.
(End of chapter)
