Jin Muhuan and Zhou Qingxi looked at each other and said with a wry smile: "Boy, although what you said is good, the Nine Star Sect is really not that easy to break into. Besides, you can only see these ruins in front of you, how can you be sure? Find the entrance to Gu Xingjun’s Mansion?”
Cheng Ling smiled slightly and said nothing, just looking at the two of them indifferently.
Ye Zhining and Chu Tianheng were very excited. Although they also knew that Jiuxing Sect was difficult to break into, as Cheng Ling said, they should seize the opportunity when it comes.
Especially Ye Zhining, she had gone through the Thousand Machines Sect ruins with Cheng Ling, and she had long been convinced of his abilities. Seeing that the two seniors had objections, he helped and said, "Seniors, what Cheng Ling said makes sense. If you don't try it, how will you know that you can't find it?"
Seeing Ye Zhining speak, Chu Tianheng glanced at the master secretly and said: "Master, Senior Zhou, I think you might as well give it a try!"
The three minors all agreed. Jin Muhuan and Zhou Qingxi looked at each other, and the latter said: "Brother Jin, it seems that we are too cautious, that's all. Since everyone has such an idea, let's look into Xingjun Mansion. I can’t leave now anyway!”
Jin Muhao had no choice but to say: "Okay, but you must be careful."
Cheng Ling then said: "Let's take the Xuanwu statue as the center and extend outwards in eight directions until we touch the wall. This way we can avoid missing it as much as possible!"
Upon hearing this, everyone thought this method was very good. The three thousand troops were divided into eight directions and searched along the road.
Cheng Ling also chose a direction, spreading his consciousness to the maximum extent and carefully observing the situation in the ruins. Unfortunately, a whole day passed and no clues were found until the edge of the wall.
He immediately returned to the Xuanwu statue and saw Jin Muchao and Zhou Qingxi meditating aside, and asked, "Seniors, have you discovered anything?"
Zhou Qingxi replied: "Not yet, none of the troops sent out have turned around."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Ling knew that he was too anxious, so he followed their example and sat cross-legged on the ground, but he still kept thinking about the direction of the entrance.
What kind of place is most suitable for setting up the entrance to the ninth grade sect? Looking up, there were houses and metal wreckage all over the place, with no edges visible at all. After thinking about it for a while, something clicked in my heart. If the most magnificent building in this place should be this Xuanwu statue.
Could it be that the real entrance is hidden in the statue? He stood up immediately and looked up at the huge statue in front of him.
The shape of Xuanwu is carved lifelike, but after thousands of years of historical precipitation, it shows a dull black and gray color. One of the two legs in front was incomplete, and the other one didn't find anything unusual, and his eyes went deep into the statue.
Suddenly, he found a large shadow under Xuanwu's abdomen. At first, he thought it was the part connected to the statue, but now the shadow area looked a little strange.
An idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately stood up and jumped onto the statue, observing the shadowed parts carefully. After a while, I discovered that there seemed to be five hexagonal patterns above the shadow. The patterns were like cracks on Xuanwu's back. They were arranged very neatly, but there was a piece missing in the middle.
He stretched out his right hand, gently touched the concave layer above, and pressed hard, but there was no movement. After thinking about it, I grabbed a hexagon on the edge, moved it slightly, and found that it could be moved.
However, after the block moved, no exit appeared.
After waiting for a moment, there was still no response. The position he was currently standing in was very awkward. He could reach out and touch a piece of the hexagon, but the remaining pieces were out of reach. He had no place to rely on under his feet, and he couldn't fly.
After pondering for a moment, he jumped down from above. At this time, Jin Muhuan and Zhou Qingxi also noticed his movements. Seeing him landing, they asked: "How is it? Did you find anything?"
"I found a hexagonal pattern on Xuanwu's abdomen, but the pattern was hanging in the air and I couldn't use it."
"That's easy. There are building debris everywhere here. Just find a few pieces and temporarily build an upward passage!"
Cheng Ling nodded and took action immediately.
At this time, the troops sent out to find the entrance turned back one after another. When they saw the three people, they all shook their heads helplessly, indicating that they had not found any special entrance.
Cheng Ling's energy perked up, and he was even more certain that there must be some mystery in Xuanwu's abdomen. At that moment, the sergeants were asked to come forward to help. With the combined efforts of everyone, they quickly built an upward staircase, allowing him to stand on it and touch Xuanwu's abdomen.
Cheng Ling stood up the stairs and saw the pattern in front of him more clearly. Only then did he realize that the pattern above was not a hexagon, but a square, but its four sides were very badly worn, making it difficult to spot without looking carefully.
The middle of the square is divided into nine areas, three from top to bottom and three from left to right. It is a nine-square grid pattern. In the pattern, there are five small squares that can be moved.
Seeing this, he completely understood. The Nine Palaces is a type of change in the formation, and it is very familiar to him. In less than a moment, he tried to arrange the first change of the Nine Palaces!
"Crack!"
There was a soft sound, as if some kind of mechanical sound was heard, but there was still no exit. He was not in a hurry, but began to change the position, arranging the second change of the Nine Palaces.
"Crack!"
There was another soft sound! His confidence suddenly increased, and he arranged the Nine Palaces and Nine Transformations one by one as quickly as possible. Finally, something seemed to open in Xuanwu's abdomen. A loud rumbling sound came from inside. In less than a moment, a three-dimensional structure opened under his abdomen. There is an entrance for two people to enter!
Ye Zhining laughed heartily and said, "Cheng Ling, I knew you could crack the mechanism!"
When Jin Muhuan and Zhou Qingxi saw this, they also said: "You really found it. What was that dazzling arrangement and combination before?"
Cheng Ling breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "It's actually very simple. The Ji Kuo here implies the Nine Palaces formation. As long as you understand its rules, you can open the entrance!"
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Although their cultivation was much higher than that of Cheng Ling, their understanding of the arrangement of these nine palaces was not as proficient as his. Jin Muchuan said: "That's all, since you have found the exit, you should lead the way first!"
"Wait a minute!"
Everyone was stunned and looked at him in confusion.
Cheng Ling explained: "No living being has entered this place for who knows how many thousands of years. Just in case, it's better to wait for some of the aura inside to escape!"
Everyone suddenly realized and understood. At the moment, I waited patiently with him outside.
Time passed slowly. After waiting outside for a day, Cheng Ling estimated that the turbid air inside was almost gone. Then he walked into the entrance, followed by everyone behind him.
Walking into the entrance, there is a long and narrow passage ahead, which goes straight down. The surrounding walls are made of unknown materials and emit a dark light. Cheng Ling reached out and touched it. The wall was very smooth and there was nothing special about it.
But the passage was so long. I walked straight down the stairs for more than two hours before arriving at a circular hall. Looking up towards the hall, I saw an hourglass as tall as a person standing in the center of the hall. The sand grains in the hourglass had long since leaked out. The glass in the upper part was oval and unusually smooth. At a glance, you could see a streak behind the hourglass. portal.
Everyone followed suit, and soon, three thousand people were crowded into the hall. Fortunately, there are many ventilation holes in the hall, so it is not too crowded with so many people squeezed in.
Seeing Cheng Ling standing motionless in front of the hourglass, Jin Muhao asked curiously: "Boy, what's wrong with you? Did you find anything?"
Cheng Ling replied: "Just because I didn't find anything, this hourglass came very unexpectedly. There seems to be some mystery, but I couldn't figure it out for a while."
Chu Tianheng wondered: "What's the mystery of this hourglass? Didn't you see that all the grains of sand inside have leaked out? Do you still want to turn it over again?"
Ye Zhining said softly: "Cheng Ling, there is a passage over there, why don't we go up and have a look!"
Cheng Ling said: "Don't worry, look carefully at the tail of the hourglass. There are many patterns. What do these patterns represent? If you don't understand it clearly, there may be some unexpected dangers if you rush into it."
Ye Zhining's heart froze, and she immediately thought of the many mechanisms she encountered in Qianji Sect, and immediately stopped talking.
Zhou Qingxi nodded secretly. Cheng Ling spoke arrogantly outside, but was still very cautious when actually entering the inner space of Xuanwu.
Cheng Ling paused for a moment, and finally walked gently to the hourglass and looked at the mysterious patterns on the ground.
The pattern is in the shape of a ring, divided into two circles along the bottom of the hourglass. The patterns carved in the circle are very sparse, but it can be seen that the two sides are symmetrical, like a method of calculating time.
After pondering for a while, he took out an hourglass for calculating time from the storage ring and placed it next to the hourglass in the hall. He took another step forward and stretched out his arms. With a little effort, he lifted the entire hourglass and tipped it in one direction. Then put it back.
Just when the hourglass was placed back in the ring, a sudden change occurred, and a "shuddering" sound suddenly sounded in the hall. Immediately afterwards, a stone door suddenly stretched out horizontally at the passage where everyone came in, completely closing the road ahead. .
Not only that, the portal opposite the hourglass was also instantly closed, looking as if it had never appeared.
Everyone was shocked and rushed to the wall where the entrance and door were located and knocked carefully, but no matter how hard they tried, the wall did not open again.
Ye Zhining instinctively asked Cheng Ling, "Cheng Ling, what's going on?"
Cheng Ling was also confused and said helplessly: "I don't know either, but this hourglass is very abrupt. I wanted to see if it was also used to record time. Unexpectedly, the door on both sides was closed when I moved."
"Now how to do?"
"Wait, let's see what kind of place this is and what mysteries are!"
Ye Zhining had no choice but to suppress her temper and keep scanning the hall with her eyes. More than 3,000 people are crowded here, and even if it doesn't look crowded, it still feels very uncomfortable!
