Qingyun slowly approached the small courtyard, and then stopped outside for a moment, then opened the small door of the courtyard and walked in. The courtyard was not big, and there were some sparsely planted flowers and plants in the courtyard. There were a few thatched huts.
It's dilapidated, but kept very neatly. It seems like someone must have lived here.
"Is there anyone?" Qingyun stood outside the thatched house and shouted loudly. However, after waiting for a long time, no one answered. What Qingyun wanted now was to quickly reach the exit of the temple, and then return to Xingming Continent with the 'Mill Spirit Mirror'.
He went to break through the 'Soul-Absorbing Entrapment Formation' in the sky. But now he fell in this weird place and couldn't fly, so he thought it would be best if he could find someone to ask for directions.
No one answered, Qingyun wanted to turn around and leave, but by some strange mistake he continued towards the slightly larger thatched hut in the middle of the courtyard. With a 'squeak' sound, he pushed open the wooden door of the thatched hut, and Qingyun saw at a glance that the hut was divided into two.
Half. On one half, there are simple tables and chairs. There are also neat tea sets on the table, which have been wiped spotlessly. On the other half, there is a small table made of jade, with a small table made of spiritual stone on it.
A small bowl containing relatively rare black jade chess pieces.
Although there was no one in the room, Qingyun somehow felt that he was attracted by the black jade chess pieces on the jade table. Involuntarily, he slowly approached the jade table, and then he discovered that there were nine small pits on the jade table.
Nine small pits are arranged in three rows horizontally and three rows vertically, forming a very regular matrix.
"Isn't this the 'Nine Palaces' that I saw in the scrolls when I was a kid?" Qingyun thought with a smile. When he was a kid, his grandfather, Mr. Ren, gave him a lot of ancient scrolls. He read them from beginning to end and learned about some strange and weird things.
Of course, there is a little bit of involvement in the matter.
His eyes moved elsewhere and after careful observation for a long time, Qingyun found nothing special. His original intention was to come here to find someone to ask for directions. Since there was no one, he did not intend to waste time here anymore. Turning around,
Just as I was about to walk out of the hut, I found that the wooden door of the hut closed with a bang. Then I heard an old voice saying slowly: "Boy, since you are destined to be here, why bother leaving in a hurry."
Qingyun realized that this person intended to keep him, so he couldn't help but ask: "Who are you? Since you want to keep me, why do you need to hide your head and show your tail?"
"It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that you are a monk from Xingming Continent, and you also got the 'Nine Flower Blue Buddha Bones' and the 'Mill Spirit Mirror'!" The old voice was still slow and unhurried.
.
Qingyun's heart tightened slightly, and he immediately surged with spiritual energy, preparing to forcefully break open the wooden door of the hut and rush out. Just as he was about to take steps, the old voice sounded again in time: "Boy, don't be nervous. I don't mean any harm. I
I have been waiting here for hundreds of thousands of years just to wait for someone like you to come here."
When Qingyun heard the words, his heart moved: "Oh? What do you mean by this?" As soon as he finished asking, the space in the hut suddenly distorted and vibrated, and then an old but slender figure slowly appeared in Qingyun.
On the chair I saw earlier.
"Who are you?" Qingyun couldn't see through the sudden appearance of the old man's cultivation, so he spoke with some caution and respect.
"I said, it doesn't matter who I am. Since you are here by fate, I will get straight to the point. Have you seen the black jade chess pieces and nine dimples on the jade table in front of you?" The old man has a long white beard and is calm and active.
, slowly stroking his white beard and said in a deep voice to Qingyun.
Qingyun nodded and heard the old man continue: "This is an ancient and magical 'nine-square grid' of numbers. As long as you can correctly place the number of black jade chess pieces into the nine pits, you will have three horizontal rows and three vertical rows."
The number of black jade chess pieces in a row, whether horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, adds up to fifteen. I will tell you a big secret that no one knows. Of course, each of these pits is
The number of black jade chess pieces in the middle can only be from one to nine."
Hearing this, Qingyun couldn't help but reveal a sly smile on his face. "This is too simple." After saying that, he grabbed the black jade chess pieces in the spirit stone bowl and quickly placed them in the pits on the jade table.
.Almost no pauses, all done in one go.
The old man with a long beard was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and walked to the jade table. He clearly saw that there were four, nine, and two black jade chess pieces in the upper row from left to right. There were three black jade chess pieces in the middle row from left to right.
There are five and seven black jade chess pieces, and the bottom row is eight, one and six respectively. Regardless of whether they are horizontally, vertically or diagonally, the total adds up to the number of fifteen.
The old man suddenly rolled his eyes and said to Qingyun: "Boy, you must have seen this 'Nine Palaces' before, right?"
Qingyun clasped his fists and said frankly: "To be honest, I have studied this Jiugongge from an ancient book when I was very young."
The old man stroked his long white beard and nodded: "The boy is quite honest! Not bad, not bad." After saying that, he returned to the other half of the table, poured a cup of tea and sipped it.
Seeing the old man being so leisurely, Qingyun couldn't help but touch his nose and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you say you have some big secret to tell me?"
The old man's cloudy eyes rolled up again, and then he gently put down the tea set in his hand, and then said: "Oh, yes. I have a big secret to tell you." The old man stood up, walked to Qingyun, and walked around him a few times.
, looked at it carefully, and then continued: "Send your name, boy!"
Qingyun was speechless for a while. He was waiting for him to tell him a big secret, but he didn't expect that he would look around him for a long time and say something like this. However, Qingyun was naturally polite, so he still said politely:
"Fu Qingyun."
After hearing this, the old man moved slightly, but quickly restrained himself. "Fu Qingyun, Fu Qingyun, surnamed Fu, a boy from the Fu family, haha." The old man muttered to himself, then sat back on the chair, and suddenly his face turned blank.
, said: "Listen up, Fu family boy. The big secret is that the Savage Temple is actually the Divine Hall, and it has thirteen floors in total."
"What?" Qingyun couldn't help but buzz in his head when he heard this, and he was horrified. There is actually a thirteenth floor in the Savage Temple? This, this is definitely a shocking secret. However, this old man can't be
Are you kidding yourself? The old man looked at Qingyun's reaction and couldn't help but smile. He still had a calm expression and sipped the tea.
"Are you kidding?" Qingyun asked dubiously.
The old man paused, put down the tea set again, and said in a deep voice: "Turn over the nine-square grid of black jade chess pieces you just placed."
"Reversal? How to reverse?" Qingyun wondered.
"Study on your own." After the old man finished speaking, he didn't look at Qingyun again, but drank his tea in big gulps.
Qingyun quickly lowered his head and looked carefully at the jade table again, and soon discovered that the surface where the nine dimples were originally located was actually separated from the jade table. He was so happy that he immediately rotated the nine-square grid in reverse.
Hearing a 'click' sound, the Nine Palaces Grid made a crisp sound. Qingyun felt his feet suddenly become empty and he fell down.
He fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the pain on his body immediately intensified again. Regardless of Qingyun, he stood up quickly, and immediately found that he had fallen on a step. The restricted consciousness spread, and he could sense the sensation coming from above.
Dozens of steps lead down to the dark bottom.
"What's going on, kid? I'm not kidding you? I have a secret that will shock you even more. Do you want to hear it?" The long-bearded old man's voice suddenly sounded in Qingyun's ears.