I don’t know why, but when I saw his disappointed expression, I blurted out: I will beg you, Master, to let you come with us.
To this day, I still don’t understand why I said that. Maybe it was that disappointed expression that touched me. I am a person in metaphysics. At first, when my master asked me to follow Qin Bukong to break through the Eight Gate Formation, I was full of resistance. However, as the progress continued, the biggest secret Just as it was about to come out, my desire for this secret became stronger and stronger without even realizing it.
In other words, if Qin Bukong told me now that I no longer need to participate in the following events, I think my mood would be the same as Songzi's at this moment. When I said this, Songzi's body trembled slightly, but his expression did not change, as if he didn't believe what I said.
However, that’s not because I don’t believe in me, but because I don’t believe that my master will agree to my request.
I don’t think it’s possible for Songzi to keep kneeling like this. Although he was wrong for stealing my things before, after all, when he first got out of the hole, I was the one who used the throat lock technique on him, so this can be regarded as an even deal. . So I walked up to him and reached out to pull him up, but he seemed unwilling to get up, but he was really no match for me when it came to brute strength. I forcefully pulled him up and told him that no matter what, I would try my best.
In fact, I think I am somewhat selfish, because after getting along with him for just a few days, I feel that this person is a very smart person, and he is also proficient in Feng Shui. If I take him with me, maybe there will be bigger friends in the future. After all, the reality is that although we have found the center of the formation, we are unable to peel off the last layer of protective shell. Among them, there is still a Seven Evils barrier.
After talking to Songzi under the tree for such a long time, the lights in the surrounding rooms had already been turned off. I told Songzi that since the Taoist Master said that you can get up as long as I ask you to get up, you should go back to your room to rest now. I also took a break. Let’s talk about everything tomorrow.
Early the next morning, I got up before dawn. The whole night, I was thinking about how to say this to the Taoist master. After all, he said no more in front of the whole master the night before. If you intervene, if you agree to my request now, will you look a little too wavering in front of your apprentice? So I basically didn't sleep all night. Before everyone got up, I got dressed and stood under the podocarpus tree in the yard to wait.
The first person to get up and go out was Taoist Gao. Seeing that I was already waiting in the yard, he asked me very kindly, "Mercy, did you sleep well last night despite the simple conditions?" I nodded and said it was not bad, and expressed my gratitude to Mr. Gao for his generous accommodation last night. Then the Taoist Taoist asked me, where is my scoundrel Songzi? I asked him to kneel here for a long time, but mercy forgave him? I said yes, and I asked him to go back first last night. It's a coincidence. Senior, I was just going to tell you about your apprentice.
So I very earnestly told the Taoist Master what I had prepared for a long time last night. The reason why I chose to do it early in the morning was because the other disciples should not have gotten up yet, so that it would not cause embarrassment to the Taoist Master. After listening to my request, Taoist Taoist Master thought for a moment and said, "This compassionate person has no regard for past grudges and can still accept Songzi under such circumstances. His broad-mindedness is really rare." I wonder if my bad disciple mentioned to you last night his relationship with me as master and disciple?
I mentioned it, and he explained the origin of his name, "Pine Nut," and it was a wonderful story. Taoist Gao said, in this case, he must have mentioned to you that the reason why I accepted him as a disciple was because he did not choose to leave after being rejected, but could not afford to kneel down, which led to the subsequent scene of harmony among all things. Is it right? I say yes. Taoist Gao then said, if you insisted on leaving last night, or if I had not stayed with you for one night, there would not have been these conversations between you and Songzi, and you would not have made the request now. All this seems to be so similar to when I collected the pine nuts.
When I think about it, it seems that this is really the case. It's just that I don't understand why he brought this up with me when I was obviously asking for someone from Taoist Taoism. The Taoist Master said, "In this case, I will agree to your request. It was an opportunity that allowed me to keep the pine nut at my door, and it was also an opportunity for you to let him go down the mountain with you."
Taoist Gao's words seemed to make sense, but I didn't understand them for a while. Seeing that he agreed to me, I felt very happy. When Songzi finds out later, he will probably be extremely happy. But the Taoist priest added at this moment, but after Songzi came down from the mountain, everything he said and did when he was involved in the soul of the Witch King had nothing to do with my Yunsheng Palace. The people in my sect will still do what they say and will no longer interfere. Intervene in the matter of the Witch King's soul.
I can understand his reasons for saying this. He is choosing such a way. On the one hand, he will not let me go home disappointed. On the other hand, he also allows his disciples to participate in the experience. The most important thing is that he can avoid suspicion because of this.
As I expected, Songzi was very happy when he found out. However, we did not rush down the mountain that day. Instead, I stayed in Yunsheng Palace for a few more days. During this period, Songzi took me around to see how big the mountain was. , but there is a fairy spirit everywhere, which makes me, a Taoist, yearn for it.
Around the 10th day of the first lunar month, Songzi and I said goodbye to Taoist Gao and went down the mountain. Two days later, we returned to Qin Bukong's home in Hankou. I briefly told him what I had seen these days, but I did not mention the matter of pine nuts stealing my Luban Ruler. When Qin Bukong heard Songzi's name, he was surprised for a long time, so Songzi had to explain the whole story to him. Continuous travel can still make people tired. After a few days of rest, we began to study the so-called Qisha Pass.
According to what Songzi said before, the Seven Evils refer to different ghosts in it, in a way similar to the previous Eight Gate Formation, but since we haven't seen it yet, we don't know whether it is a single ghost or a collection of evil spirits. During the days that Songzi and I were away, Qin Bukong finally figured out how to arrange the eight vajra prongs. According to what he said, if the core of the previous eight-door formation is regarded as the "ninth gate", this question seems to be easier to answer.
Logically speaking, the result should be after the eighth gate, but it is not, which means that we did not break the formation, but only destroyed part of the formation. The calculation of Bagua is divided into Fuxi's innate Bagua and King Wen's acquired Bagua. However, when the eight vajra prongs are brought together to activate the center of the formation to a certain extent, then this method should be the acquired Bagua method. Because the innate number is the eighth house, and the acquired number is the ninth house.
However, for the "Seven Evils" we encounter later, assuming we successfully defeat the Seven Evils, and each broken Evil is counted as a step, there should be seven steps in total. But after completing these seven steps, you will face the eighth step, which is to take the soul of the Witch King at the center of the formation. Therefore, these eight steps are actually a Bagua pattern, but this time, they have become innate Bagua.
Qin Bukong said that according to the attributes of the hexagram positions of the demons, demons, demons, demons and demons, they are actually divided into odd and even combinations. In other words, if we want to break the Seven Evils, the order we need to choose should be to break the odd numbers first and then the even numbers, or the opposite order. We cannot follow the order of words or the order of odd and even numbers, because then, it will be the same as The corresponding words on the stone pillar at the center of the formation do not match the eight gates corresponding to each word.
Seeing that Song Zi and I looked confused, Qin Bukong probably lost his patience, so he said, if the calculation is correct, according to the order of the innate eight trigrams, in the "Kan" hexagram, this should be the fifth from the count, and it is an empty hexagram. Therefore, the vajra prong we obtained in Xiumen at the beginning should be left empty and should not be inserted into the round hole. For the remaining seven roots, according to the hexagram positions of the Qisha, the Vajra Prongs obtained from the acquired eight trigrams in the previous eight gate formation are converted into the hexagram positions after the innate eight trigrams and inserted respectively.
Probably knowing that we didn't understand, Qin Bukong deliberately drew a picture on the paper. There were many brackets on it, and in the brackets were written the relationship between the hexagram positions and the seven evil spirits after his conversion: (筑, Qian Gua, Kaimen) ); (Mei, Kun Gua, Death Gate); (魍, Zhen Gua, Shangmen); (魉, Xun Gua, Dumen); (魭, Li Gua, Jingmen); (郭, Gen Gua, Shengmen) ; (Kui, Dui Gua, Jingmen). In addition, the Ximen of Kan hexagram should be counted as the center of the formation, which is the soul of the Witch King, and this place has a bye for the time being.
This calculation makes it much clearer. Qin Bukong also said that Kaimen, Shengmen and Xiumen are the three auspicious gates, and they are all odd numbers. There are four odd numbers and four even numbers in the Bagua arrangement, but the fifth number in the odd number is a bye, so one, three, and five correspond to luck, injury, and life respectively. Two are good and one is bad. This is what we want to do with the seven evil spirits. In the order of levels, the first level is "魑".
I asked Qin Bukong how we could find this so-called "pass"? Qin Bukong said that he guessed that when the seven vajra prongs are inserted, the Seven Evils will be activated, and after the eighth is inserted, it will be the "key" to unlock the soul seal.
After hearing this, Songzi clapped her hands, saying that the calculation was brilliant. And he himself is relatively proficient in Feng Shui Yin and Yang Kanyu, and his understanding of these is much faster than mine. So I also clapped inexplicably. Qin Bukong was probably a little embarrassed, so he said, don't be too happy too early. Now we know how to activate Qisha Pass, but we don't know where Qisha Pass is. It's in vain.
At this time, Songzi said, I think I have some clues. Do you still remember the row of small words when you erased the words on the stone bricks?
