When the old ghost said this, he suddenly let go of his hand, and the floor tile immediately bounced back to its original shape. Almost at the same time, there were only a few "swish" sounds, and a dozen crossbow arrows almost flew over our heads.
Shoot through.
After a while, the corridor returned to calm, and everyone stood up carefully. The old ghost patted the dust on his hands and said to everyone: "If someone steps on the mechanism again later, be sure not to lift your feet immediately."
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Everyone nodded immediately.
The group of people continued to move forward. In order to prevent anyone from accidentally stepping on the mechanism, the old ghost asked everyone to follow him. After making sure that the floor tiles he stepped on were safe, others would step on them again, one after another. In this way,
The chance of stepping on a trap again is greatly reduced.
We were lucky enough to reach the end of the corridor without triggering any more mechanisms. However, there was a closed stone door at the end of the corridor, blocking our way. If we wanted to continue moving forward, we had to
Open this stone door.
The stone door is made of a single piece of bluestone, about two meters high. The door is engraved with exquisite patterns, and on the wall next to the stone door, there is a stone disk that seems to be able to rotate.
Wen Qingshan stared at the disc and said, "Is this the mechanism that opens the stone gate?"
The old ghost nodded and walked forward slowly. Because he was too short, the disk was more than ten centimeters higher than the top of his head. He had to raise his head and stare at the disk carefully.
Checked it out.
I looked at the disc carefully and found that the entire disc is actually composed of an inner circle and an outer circle. The inner circle and the outer circle are divided into eight grids. Each grid is engraved with a symbol, which is the hexagram symbol of the Bagua.
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The old ghost stared at the disk for a long time and said: "The inner circle and the outer circle of this disk are composed of eight grids. They should be able to rotate. Every time it rotates, the grids in the inner circle and the outer circle will rotate.
Forming completely different combinations, that is to say, there are a total of 8,864 combinations, but only one combination can open this stone door."
When Jianjian heard this, he immediately said: "So, we have to try sixty-four times!?"
The old ghost glanced at Jianjian and said, "Humph! If we had tried so many times, I'm afraid we would have been shot into a sieve of chaff long ago."
"What do you mean?"
The old ghost said: "This method is correct only once. Once you make a mistake, not only will you not be able to open the stone door, but you may also trigger the hidden weapon of the crossbow."
After hearing the old ghost's answer, everyone looked at each other. There were sixty-four possibilities, and it was too difficult to make a mistake. I couldn't help but think of the many possibilities that faced each time in the evil stone tomb, every time I opened the stone door.
And Wen Qingshan can always understand the mystery. Maybe he can also open the stone door in front of him. Thinking of this, I turned to Wen Qingshan and asked: "Boss Wen, how do you think we should turn this stone door?"
Open it?"
Wen Qingshan stared at the disc with his eyes, frowning and said: "In the setting of the formation mechanism, the Bagua generally represents the direction. If you want to open the stone gate, I guess I still have to examine the direction."
The old ghost turned his head and glanced at Wen Qingshan: "There are some sensible people here who can see that this mechanism has something to do with the location."
Wen Qingshan said with a smile: "Haha, I made Senior Gui laugh. In front of you, I am just doing tricks. Besides, there are only eight directions in Bagua, but there are sixty-four combinations. For this
One thing, I haven’t figured it out yet.”
The old ghost said: "This mechanism seems simple, but in fact it uses both the Innate Bagua of King Wen and the Houtian Bagua of Fuxi. Generally, the Houtian Bagua is used to determine the position, but the Innate Bagua is rarely used, because the Innate Bagua and the Houtian Bagua are rarely used. The position order of the Bagua is completely different. For example, in the West, the innate Bagua is the obstacle position, while the acquired Bagua is the redemption position. Therefore, if you start from the acquired Bagua alone, you will not be able to crack this mechanism no matter what."
Wen Qingshan hurriedly asked: "Senior Old Ghost, in your opinion, how should this mechanism be broken?"
There was a proud look on the old ghost's face, and he said: "Our current location is located in the northwest of the imperial mausoleum. In the acquired Bagua, the northwest is the Gan position, and in the innate Bagua, the northwest is the Gen position, so as long as we find it accurately These two hexagram positions can open the stone gate."
"Then which of these two gossips is the innate gossip and which is the acquired gossip?" I asked.
Wen Qingshan replied from the side: "Generally speaking, the inner circle is the innate Bagua, and the outer circle is the Acquired Bagua."
The old ghost nodded, turned to me and said, "Why don't you come and open this mechanism."
"Me!?" I didn't expect the old ghost to ask me to open the mechanism, and I was a little surprised.
"You were the one who helped me just now! The location of this mechanism is a bit high, and I had a hard time reaching it, so of course I had to ask you to help me." The old ghost said confidently.
"Then what do you want me to do?" I asked.
The old ghost said: "You only need to turn the Gan position in the outer circle Bagua and the Gen position in the inner circle Bagua to the twelve o'clock position."
"Why is it at twelve o'clock?" I asked in confusion.
"Because twelve o'clock is the upper position. From ancient times to the present, the upper position is respected. Moreover, if a circle is regarded as a reincarnation, twelve o'clock is the origin of this reincarnation. As the saying goes, it starts here and ends here, so, I estimate that this twelve o'clock position is the key point to activate the mechanism."
After listening to what the old ghost said, I took a deep breath and walked towards the disk.
I reached out and was about to turn the disc when Jianjian suddenly shouted: "Brother, wait a minute!"
I turned around and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Jianjian said: "I just want to ask, what would happen if the twelve o'clock position is not the key point to open the mechanism?"
The old ghost replied lightly: "It's hard to say. Maybe nothing will happen. Maybe, dozens of crossbow arrows will be fired."
"Holy crap! Then my brother won't be shot into a sieve of chaff, right?" Jianjian said in shock.
"Don't worry, if I'm going to be shot into a sieve, it will definitely be me first. You guys are all wearing bulletproof vests!"
Although the old ghost said it very easily, I still felt a little nervous when I thought about the possibility of triggering the mechanism. I turned my head and looked at the others. Their eyes showed both worry and expectation. I hesitated for a while. , finally mustered up the courage to reach out to the disc again.
I thought about first turning the stem position of the outer circle Bagua to the twelve o'clock position, and then turning the inner circle. Out of habit, I chose to turn the outer circle Bagua clockwise, but what I didn't expect was that the outer circle But it couldn't turn at all. Even if I tried a lot of strength, it still wouldn't move at all.
I couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, so I turned to the old ghost and said, "This thing can't turn!"
The old ghost was also a little surprised. He pondered for a while, then raised his head and said to me: "Try to see if you can turn it counterclockwise."
I tried to turn the outer circle of Bagua in the counterclockwise direction. As expected, the old ghost got it right, and he really could turn it. I was about to turn the stem position of the outer circle of Bagua to the twelve o'clock position. The ghost suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute!"
The surroundings were very quiet, but he suddenly shouted, which startled me. I thought something had happened, so I quickly retracted my hand, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
The old ghost said solemnly: "We may have made a mistake!"
When Wen Qingshan heard this, he quickly asked: "Senior Old Ghost, what do you think is wrong?"
The old ghost did not answer him immediately, but asked: "Just now you said that the inner circle is the innate Bagua and the outer circle is the acquired Bagua. Why are you so sure?"
Wen Qingshan replied: "Because the acquired gossip evolved from the innate gossip. Generally speaking, if a compass contains both the innate gossip and the acquired gossip, the innate gossip will be in the inner circle and the acquired gossip will be in the outer circle. So I I think the design of this mechanism should be the same."
"You are right. I originally thought so too, but the outer ring can only rotate counterclockwise. This made me suddenly think that the design of this mechanism and the compass may be exactly the opposite!"
Wen Qingshan was slightly startled: "Why does Senior Gui think so?"
The old ghost replied: "Because if the eight hexagrams of the Xiantian Bagua are arranged in order from beginning to end, they are in the counterclockwise direction."
"You mean, is it possible that the outer circle gossip is the innate gossip?"
"It's very possible!" the old ghost said, then raised his head and said to me: "Try the inner circle again and see if it can rotate counterclockwise or clockwise!"
I quickly followed his instructions and tried the inner circle of the disk. Unexpectedly, I thought it could only rotate clockwise!
From this point of view, although the old ghost's inference seemed a bit unreasonable, it was not impossible. I didn't know what to do for a while, so I asked him: "Senior Old Ghost, how should I turn this mechanism now?" Woolen cloth?"
The old ghost lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "You should change it, first turn the Gen position of the outer circle of Bagua to the twelve o'clock position, and then turn the Stem position of the inner circle of Bagua to the twelve o'clock position. "
I hesitated for a while and then turned the two gossips on the disk as the old ghost said.
After a while, the positions of the two hexagrams were adjusted, but nothing happened. No crossbow arrows were fired, and the stone door was not opened.
Everyone was very nervous and waited quietly for a while with bated breath, but there was still no movement.
Jianjian couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a low voice: "Why didn't you respond?"
The old ghost was also puzzled. He stared at the disc and suddenly thought of something. Without saying anything, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the disc. Unexpectedly, the entire disc turned out to be like a button. was pressed down by him.
The moment the disk was pressed down, a "click" sound came from the wall, followed by a "boom" sound, and the stone door slowly opened.
Seeing that the stone door was opened like this, everyone was surprised and happy. The old ghost took the lead in stepping into the stone door, and the others followed closely.