In the deep cave, the long pearl quietly bloomed with soft light, so quiet that only Lin Yue's own breathing was left.
The two corpses sitting opposite each other and the rusty iron sword hanging in the air were like a fence, blocking Lin Yue's face.
Behind the 'fence' is the secret door on the stone wall at the end of the cave.
"You two, I'm offended."
Lin Yue cupped his hands, and without touching the rusty iron sword between the two people, he rolled up the hem of his robe, raised one leg, and prepared to step over directly.
However--
"Buzz..."
Hearing a faint chirping sound, Lin Yue had just stretched out his leg a little when he felt a sudden coldness on his toes.
Immediately, silently, the tip of the riding boots on his feet, together with a small piece of white footwear, fell off his feet at the same time. Then they were gently bounced away by an invisible force and fell on the ground. on the ground.
"what happened?"
Lin Yue felt a chill in his heart and immediately retracted his foot subconsciously.
Then I looked down and immediately discovered that the thick soles of the boots, which were specially designed for mountaineering, were missing a section from the toes, and the toes were faintly exposed.
The incision was extremely smooth, as if it had been cut in an instant by an extremely sharp knife.
I almost had my toes cut off.
"Could it be...this sword?"
Lin Yue immediately had a suspicion. He looked at the rusty iron sword held in the woman's withered hands and couldn't believe it.
The blade of this sword is stained with rust and doesn't even move. How did it get cut off?
Could it be the sword energy or sword intention that comes with this sword?
When Lin Yue came to this cave before, he was shocked by the two corpses. In addition, he did not expect that there was a secret door at the end of the cave, so he never tried to step over the two corpses.
Now it seems that this has violated some kind of taboo?
Lin Yue took half a step back, then picked up the Changming Pearl, and looked slightly closer at the rusty iron sword.
The tip of the four-foot-long sword was buried in the chest of the male corpse, and its rusty blade was pointing upward.
It looks unremarkable.
Lin Yue frowned.
He had been inexplicably afraid of this murderous iron sword before. Although the blade was stained with rust, he felt a chill in his heart just by looking at it, so he did not dare to move.
Although I thought it might be a treasure, I still didn't dare to touch it.
Now it seems that I was right not to touch it.
"I'm not allowed to pass? Or are you not allowed to cross?"
Lin Yue stared at the rusty iron sword and thought in his heart.
Judging from the Taoist classics he has read these days, it seems that a few of the magic weapons of master practitioners are spiritual.
There are even legends about the 'weapon spirit' that is the legendary treasure of the Holy Land of the Three Religions.
Perhaps, this iron sword is a spiritual magic weapon?
If so, he could understand it.
It is said that the sword is the king of hundreds of weapons.
It is also said that the sword is the weapon of a gentleman, and an upright soldier would rather break than bend.
The sword passed across his crotch, which was indeed humiliating.
This makes sense.
Or could it be that this sword simply didn't want him to pass?
"Hey, can you speak? If you don't want to pay attention to me, can you let me pass? If you can understand, you can shake once. If you can't, you can shake twice."
Lin Yue tried to be as friendly as possible with the rusty iron sword and exchanged a few words one-sidedly, but he never received any response.
"No weapon spirit came out to communicate." He couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
It seems that although this sword has spirituality, it has not yet reached the point of giving birth to a weapon spirit.
"Forget it, let's test it."
Lin Yue thought about it for a while, then turned around and left the cave.
After a while, he returned to the cave with a bare branch, came to the two corpses again, and tried to pass the branch over the sword.
At the same time, he carefully observed the rusty iron sword.
"Buzz..."
There was another faint sound, and the rusty iron sword suddenly trembled slightly, and the end of the branch broke silently, and the small broken branch was bounced back by an invisible force.
Lin Yue looked at the branch missing a small branch in his hand and nodded slightly: "As expected, you are not allowed to pass from the top, but what about the bottom?"
He tried to move the branch from under the sword blade, to the side, or against the wall, but every time the branch was cut into a section, it bounced back mercilessly.
"Don't let it pass?"
Lin Yue couldn't help but frown slightly.
What should we do?
Is it possible that we have to wait until the secret about this sword is revealed before finding a way to get over it?
Today's secret has been received in the morning, and it will take at least eight or nine hours to wait.
If he had been waiting here and not returned to Qingdu for so long, it might have aroused Baili Fengzhi's suspicion.
If the next secret has nothing to do with this sword, then we will have to wait another twelve hours.
By that time, Xia Honglie had completely awakened his bloodline. Even if he got the secret about this sword, it would be too late.
Therefore, we must go now.
"There must be another way."
Lin Yue squatted on the ground, narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the rusty iron sword and the female skeleton with the light of the long pearl, and silently thought about the method in his heart.
How on earth should we get around this rusty iron sword?
He also observed the female skeleton, hoping to find some inspiration.
This withered female body is dressed in a white robe with golden cloud patterns. It is still brand new and white. It is obviously not extraordinary, and it is unknown which sect's uniform it is.
However, he kept the style and pattern of the white robe in mind, maybe he would use it later.
These two corpses should be quite old, but the bones on this female withered body are still quite intact. They are still as pale as jade, and even have a slight sense of warmth, but...
"Um?"
Lin Yue suddenly noticed——
There is a hole in the white robe on the right rib of this female skeleton. Through the hole, you can faintly see that the fourth rib on the left seems to be broken.
A piece of rib is missing.
By the light of the long pearl, Lin Yue observed the whole body of the female skeleton, and immediately discovered an unknown bulge under the soft white robe fabric on the left side of the hem of her white robe.
After taking a look at the silent rusty iron sword, Lin Yue carefully picked up the only half of the branch and lifted up the white robe a little.
Iron Sword, on the other hand, had no reaction.
It seems that as long as you don't think about crossing its boundaries, you should be fine.
Of course, he couldn't commit suicide by directly kicking over or desecrating the bones of his master.
Lin Yue slowly used the end of a branch to lift off the white robe, and immediately discovered that under the white robe was indeed a broken bone as gentle as jade.
Judging from the shape, it should be the missing rib on the woman's withered body.
"Great, there is a broken bone..."
Lin Yue was overjoyed, and immediately used the end of the branch to slowly pull over the broken bone, which was as pale as jade.
He was very careful during the whole process to avoid accidentally pulling on the white robe.
If he accidentally knocked down the whole body and scattered it, the rusty iron sword might see blood today.
After a while——
"Got it."
Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the small piece of broken bone that was as pale as jade, and said with some hope in his heart, "Maybe it can really happen."
Immediately, he took this small broken bone and slowly stepped back.
He stopped when he almost retreated to the entrance of the cave.
Immediately, Lin Yue took out the human-skin mask-like exotic treasure 'All Living Things' from his arms, then cut his finger with a knife, and dripped drops of blood on the white jade-like broken bones.
After the small broken bone was stained red with blood, Lin Yue immediately picked up the sentient beings and wrapped the small broken bone.
After the pale human skin wrapped the severed bone, it was immediately stained with the blood on the broken bone, and began to quickly absorb Lin Yue's blood. At the same time, it clung to the broken bone, quickly contracted and gathered, turning into a knuckle-sized A ball slowly squirmed in his hand.
The jade-like broken bones are faintly visible among them.
It looked like a broken bone being digested by a living creature, and it looked extremely weird.
This wasn't the first time Lin Yue had seen him, so he just waited patiently.
After half an hour, the living beings finally stopped squirming, and at the same time, they opened a hole and spit out the severed bones.
Lin Yue picked up the broken bone again and took a look, and found that the rib had become slightly smaller than before.
Apparently it was 'digested' a little bit by all sentient beings.
"Success?"
Lin Yue couldn't help but show a hint of joy.
As long as you can obtain a small part of the opponent's body, such as blood, hair, etc., this rare treasure, the 'Phase of All Living Beings', can be decomposed and analyzed.
Put it on again for perfect disguise.
"Try it."
Lin Yue immediately sat down against the stone wall to avoid falling down later.
Then, he completely spread out the human-like skin, raised his head, gently covered his face, and then slowly pressed it tightly, sticking to every inch of his skin.
Then, he had a thought.
next moment--
A turbulent and blazing heat flowed out from this living being, constantly pouring into his body, rushing into every part of his body, like a furnace, as if it was going to completely melt his flesh, blood, and bones.
His consciousness became hazy. If he hadn't sat down in advance, he might have fallen down.
After a while, it finally returned to normal.
When Lin Yue regained consciousness, he took a deep breath and raised his palm.
As white as jade, slender and slender, it looked like it was not his own hand, but probably a woman's catkin.
Then he touched his cheeks and facial features. His eyes were big, his lips were delicate and well-shaped, the bridge of his nose was straight and small, and his skin was like gelatin.
She also has long, ink-like hair, an amazing amount of hair, and a good head shape.
Moreover, his skin was now as smooth as jade, so that the coarse cloth clothes he was wearing, which were a little too wide, could easily slip off.
His shoulders twisted slightly subconsciously, and his shoulders as white as jade were revealed involuntarily.
It's really a slippery shoulder.
Lin Yue pulled up his clothes expressionlessly.
Although I don’t have a mirror and I don’t know what I look like now, I should be a beautiful woman like jade.
"Where's the voice?"
Lin Yue opened his mouth to test his voice and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
The voice is sweet and waxy, or is it a baby voice?
It sounds pretty good.
It seems that she was probably a magnificent beauty during her lifetime.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously twisted his body slightly, revealing a touch of white shoulders.
"..."
The corners of Lin Yue's mouth twitched slightly, and he grabbed the collar with an expressionless expression and pulled it up fiercely.
Not that he meant to play.
But the appearance of sentient beings has an obvious side effect——
Once you change into the other person, you will also be affected by the other person's personality traits. For example, after Xia Honglie turned into Su Ziqiu, he also became like a little girl who liked to mutter.
——It seems that this baby-sounding beauty was a bit narcissistic during her lifetime.
Lin Yue stood up holding on to the wall, feeling a little strange that it was empty down there.
Although this is not the first time that he has turned into a woman - when he killed Xia Lie for a trap three months ago, he also turned into the beautiful piano player of Fenghe Villa and took the opportunity to get close to Xia Lie.
However, just looking at the withered bones of this beauty, one would not realize that she is actually quite tall, probably about 1.75 meters tall.
Without thinking too much, Lin Yue held the Everlasting Pearl in his hand and walked into the depths of the cave again.
When he came near the rusty iron sword——
"Buzz-"
There was a clear sword cry, much louder than before, and there was even a joyful mood, as if the child had not seen its mother for a long time.
The master of the magic weapon can be identified spiritually.
Theoretically, nature will not attack its master.
A smile appeared on Lin Yue's lips, but he did not dare to grab the rusty iron sword rashly. He first picked up the branch and tested it carefully.
The branches are intact.
There was no sword energy attack this time.
Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to reach out and grab the sword.
Who knows if this sword has any unique identification method? If after contact, the sword's intention enters the body and finds that he is not the real owner, maybe the false owner will be cut in half.
Therefore, it is better to be cautious.
He is a mortal who has never practiced. Even if he gets the magic weapon, he will not be able to use it. It will make him look even more suspicious.
Even if we want to get this sword, we have to wait until later.
Immediately, Lin Yue slowly raised his feet and carefully stepped over without touching the sword.
——Fortunately, this sword only has simple spirituality at first glance, no wisdom, and can't even move. Otherwise, wouldn't it have already rushed towards his master?
"Phew, finally here."
Lin Yue stood on the inside of the 'fence' composed of two corpses and swords, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.
It's not easy.
Immediately, he picked up the long pearl and looked at the stone wall at the end of the cave.
The end of the cave is quite spacious. The stone wall is more than five feet high and more than four feet wide. It is quite flat overall and looks ordinary. It is impossible to tell that it is a secret door.
"To open the door, the original owner of the cave must tap the nine directions of the stone wall in sequence according to the Luo Shu numbers of the Nine Palaces and Bagua."
Lin Yue looked up at the wall and couldn't help but frown slightly: "But, what's the exact location? Is the entire wall a nine-square grid? Or is it only part of it?"
This stone wall covers an area of more than ten square meters. God knows where the nine palace grids are.
He thought for a moment, put down the Pearl, illuminated his package, took out a charcoal pencil prepared in advance, and planned to draw a nine-square grid on the stone wall.
I can only try slowly.
at this time--
"Huh?"
Lin Yue suddenly discovered that when the light of the Pearl stopped shining on the stone wall, vertical and horizontal lines formed by faint light appeared on the stone wall.
But the lines soon disappeared again.
"It can't be an illusion, could it be..."
An idea flashed through Lin Yue's mind, and he immediately illuminated the wall with the light of the long pearl, but did nothing.
After a while, he put the long pearl back into the box.
Darkness returned to the cave.
At this moment, vertical and horizontal lines once again appeared on the stone wall in front of him. Two vertical lines and two horizontal lines formed a nine-square grid.
"I see...fluorescent substance."
Looking at these glowing lines, Lin Yue couldn't help but smile.
Most fluorescent substances need to absorb light before they can glow.
After he illuminated the stone wall with the light of the long pearl, the fluorescent substance on it absorbed the light, so it lit up in the dark.
"very good."
Lin Yue immediately took a charcoal pencil and drew two vertical lines and two horizontal lines along these shimmering lines, forming a nine-square grid.
Immediately, he took out the long pearl and wrote the Arabic numerals from 1 to 9 on the nine-square grid.
Luo Shu numbers, from one to nine, follow the order of wearing nine shoes, one on the left, three on the right, seven on the right, two and four on the shoulders, six and eight on the feet, and five in the center. When added vertically and horizontally, the number is fifteen.
"alright."
Lin Yue looked at the nine-square grid he had drawn with satisfaction. Now he would not take the wrong position.
"Although the secret door of this cave must be clicked by the original owner according to the numbers of the Nine Palaces, the changes in the appearance of all living beings are almost perfect, so in theory it should be possible."
Lin Yue looked at the stone wall and took a deep breath, "I just don't know if this great beauty who I have changed is the original owner of this cave..."
He took a deep breath, and immediately started tapping the positions on the stone wall one by one according to the numerical order on the nine-square grid.
