Chapter 193 The Box of Destiny
The luminous pearl was placed in front of his feet, leaning against the wall. The light came from bottom to top, and the dagger pierced in the wall cast a very long shadow, reaching up to the roof, like a black beam.
Inch by inch, the dagger slowly penetrated into the wall and was gradually swallowed up. Chen Changsheng held the hilt of the sword and stared at the place where the sword contacted the wall. His breathing became more and more rapid, and his expression became more and more nervous.
His mind was attached to the sword, as if he was walking on a night road without lights, not knowing what he would encounter ahead. This feeling of complete unknown, coupled with anticipation, was more uneasy.
Finally, a clear feeling came back from the dagger. After the tip of the dagger penetrated into the wall for about half a foot, it hit something hard. Chen Changsheng stared at the wall in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he exerted force again to confirm that it was difficult for the dagger to penetrate further. He was slightly surprised. He didn't know what material the things inside were made of, but it was difficult for even his own sword to pierce. At the same time, he was also sure that this was what he was looking for.
He let go of his left hand, raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and then grasped the hilt of the sword again. This time he no longer tried to go deeper, but began to move on the plane, relying purely on the feel of his hand, the dagger slowly Cutting into the hard bluestone wall, there was no sound except for the slightly fluttering stone chips.
The dagger cut silently, walking in the bluestone wall, wandering around, and finally returned to the starting point, cutting a complete pattern on the wall. Chen Changsheng looked at the pattern and felt that it looked familiar. Then I remembered that Zhi Shilin's appearance seemed to be like this.
He drew out his dagger and moved closer to the bluestone wall. He used the sharp tip of the sword to penetrate the slightly wider horizontal gap and carefully began to pull it outwards, constantly prying.
This is the wall to the right of Wang Zhice's portrait. As he moves, a whole piece of bluestone slowly moves outward at a distance of several hairs at a time until it reaches a protrusion visible to the naked eye.
I don't know how much time passed, but there was already half a hand's distance between the cut bluestone and the bluestone wall. Chen Changsheng put the sword back into its sheath, held the smooth and neat ends of the bluestone with both hands, and took a deep breath. With his breath, the true energy slowly spreads throughout the body, transmitting the power to the arms.
A very low and subtle friction sound was heard, and in the soft light of the night pearl, stone chips flew more rapidly. A piece of bluestone with an extremely irregular appearance was slowly taken out from the wall.
A hole has been cut into the bluestone wall, and a box can be vaguely seen deep inside. This box is embedded in the stone wall. It is obvious that it is difficult to separate, but the lid of the box should be able to be opened.
There is such a mechanism and a mysterious box hidden in the wall of a place like Lingyan Pavilion. Who did it when it was built? Who can do such a thing?
If this scene is seen by others, it will definitely trigger a major earthquake in the Zhou Dynasty, which may even go back hundreds of years. Some famous families are afraid of being annihilated.
Chen Changsheng didn't know who placed this box in Lingyan Pavilion. When Lingyan Pavilion was built, countless craftsmen and officials were watching it day and night. How could that person hide it from the eyes of countless people and finally His Majesty Taizong? Divine Eye - He only knew that there was a box he needed in the wall of Lingyan Pavilion.
The box hidden in the wall is quite dark in color. The outer lid can be easily removed, revealing the real lid inside. There are many copper wires on the lid, and there are many delicate copper buttons between the wires. , it looks extremely complicated, and the mechanism that opens the box is in the middle.
Children in Kyoto could look at these copper buttons and wires and guess what they were. It was the most popular nine-link chain in Dazhou, but it was countless times more complicated and seemed to have seventeen sets of links.
The Nine Links, like the labyrinth in the Cooking Forest, was a game that Wang Zhice used to kill time and dissipate his energy after studying hard. Although it was just a game, it was very useful for training the strength of his spiritual consciousness and arithmetic skills. However, the Nine Links were more common. Seventeen sets of chains are very rare, and the difficulty of cracking them varies greatly.
Chen Changsheng didn't hesitate at all. He stared at the extremely complicated copper wires and began to calculate. His eyes fell on a small copper button from time to time, and then he began to connect the wires. His fingers kept plucking the copper wires, as if playing a piano. Connect the copper wire and the copper button together.
This process took him a long time, until much later, he looked at a blank space in the southwest corner of the box lid, took a deep breath, and left the copper wire with his left ring finger, only to hear a soft click as he knitted it. The copper wires began to move on their own, and the patterns continued to unravel and reorganize, heading towards the center.
This is the process of solving the problem. It will take a long time to know whether it can be solved in the end. It is also possible that in the end, you will find that you solved it wrong, and you will have to start over.
There was nothing good except waiting. Only then did Chen Changsheng notice that a lot of sweat had appeared on his head. When he raised his arm to wipe it, he looked at the sweat stains left on his sleeves and couldn't help but be startled. He shook his head with a wry smile and looked up from his sleeves. He took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the sweat off his face.
He was silent as he looked at the ever-changing patterns, copper wires and buttons.
He didn't know who made this mechanism, Wang Zhice or someone else. It was like knowing that there was a box in the bluestone wall. He only knew that these existed, but he didn't know why they existed.
These things were all told to him by Taoist Ji.
Before coming to Kyoto, Chen Changsheng had always thought that his master, Taoist Master Ji, was just an ordinary Taoist with superb medical skills at best. Now that he has experienced so many things, he naturally knew that his master was definitely not an ordinary person, and he should even have another identity.
The Taoist scriptures in the old temple in Xining are all ancient books before the major revision. In terms of the richness of the collection, it can even be compared with the palace. How can ordinary people collect so many Taoist scriptures?
He held the dagger, looked at the portraits of former heroes on the wall, and shook his head. How could ordinary people know that there are so many secrets hidden in Lingyan Pavilion? Even this short sword is extremely unusual.
It was Taoist Ji who told him that if he wanted to change his destiny against heaven, he had to enter Lingyan Pavilion and find the secrets related to it. So from Xining to Kyoto, his goal was to enter Lingyan Pavilion.
His fate is not good. If he wants to live beyond the age of twenty, there are only two ways - to cultivate to the realm of divine concealment, or to change his fate against the will of heaven. Both of these methods sound unreliable, because they are basically impossible, but relatively speaking, the latter is somewhat feasible, because there have always been folk legends about changing one's destiny against the will of heaven.
How can one change one's destiny against the will of heaven? First, you need to know what destiny is. He looked at the copper chain pattern being unraveled and thought silently, could his destiny be hidden in it?
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(Note: Between the two names Mo Shilin and Zhuo Shilin, I finally decided to use the latter because it looks more beautiful. In addition, I finally arrived home. I have been away for twenty days and visited eight provinces or municipalities. I am the same. I admire myself. There will be another chapter tomorrow. I will work hard to write it from the day after tomorrow. Thank you everyone for your understanding.)