mtl008 Chapter 402: Winged Turtle, this is a tomb!
Chapter 402: Winged Turtle, this is a tomb!
He is indeed worthy of being the youngest minister of the special department.
If it weren't for Minister Bai, Lingcheng City's performance this year might still be at the bottom, and people from other branches would look down on us.
In previous years, people from other branches often laughed at their branch and called it a garbage dump, but this year they can finally hold their heads high.
All this is thanks to Minister Bai. He must work harder and emulate Minister Bai. I believe that with Minister Bai, Lingcheng City will get better and better every year!
If he had the chance, he would definitely cling to Minister Bai's thighs! Li Qingyun silently set a goal for himself in his heart.
Bai Ningyu naturally had no idea what Li Qingyun was thinking, nor did she know that her image in Li Qingyun's heart had been raised so high, and she had no idea that he made clinging to her his life goal.
If it were daytime, everyone would definitely notice that when Li Qingyun looked at Bai Ningyu, there were almost stars in his eyes.
Was I too weak just now? As a cultivator, I couldn't see through such a trick. How shameful!
Thinking of this, Li Qingyun silently bit the corner of his clothes in his heart.
No, I must perform well in front of Minister Bai!
This way, Minister Bai will notice me, and it will be easier for me to curry favor with him.
Thinking of this, Li Qingyun's eyes were determined as if he wanted to join the party. He walked towards the secret passage, vowing to complete the task assigned by Bai Ningyu beautifully.
Seeing this, Lao Xiao hurriedly followed.
It was a staircase that went down almost vertically. It was pitch black inside. As they approached the entrance, a musty and rotten smell entered their nostrils.
Li Qingyun walked down first. The sinister, damp and cold feeling made Lao Xiao, who was following closely behind him, shiver unconsciously.
After the two came down, they actually saw a road paved with bluestone slabs, extending forward, and not far ahead, they saw a sculpture that looked like a turtle.
The entire sculpture is green, probably due to the rust formed by the oxidation of copper. It sits in the Kan position and faces the Li position.
[How strange! Who would put a giant turtle under their house? Is there any significance to this?]
[It's said to be a turtle, but it doesn't seem very similar. What is this thing? ]
"It's the Winged Turtle, I understand! The mechanisms inside are arranged according to the positions of the nine stars!" Li Qingyun was quite capable and recognized the statue at a glance.
[Wow, this is exciting! I heard about the Winged Turtle in a TV show I liked a while ago, and I actually saw it on a live stream!]
Now that you mention it, I remember that thing about the five elements being inseparable from the earth and water, and the nine stars always accompanying the gods. At the time, I just felt completely lost, like some kind of heavenly book. It was something I couldn't understand, but it felt incredibly powerful.
[Host, please explain to me in detail, what are the Nine Stars and the Assistants? What do they mean?]
Seeing the netizens' eagerness to learn, Bai Ningyu naturally began to explain without hesitation: "Everyone knows the Big Dipper, but what you don't know is that the Big Dipper is actually nine stars.
The other two, one is called Fu and the other is called Bi, are located on both sides of the Big Dipper.
Because the two stars Fu and Bi are usually invisible, you would think that the Big Dipper has only seven stars, which are the so-called nine stars.
Yi and Zhen represent the seven southern constellations of Vermillion Bird among the twenty-eight constellations. The Yi and Zhen turtles are used to balance yin and yang, and also symbolize protection and continuation. They are usually placed in tombs.
So, this is actually the tomb that Fei Toujiang prepared for the dancer!
These nine stars can be arranged into the Nine Palaces, which is called wearing nine and stepping on one, three on the left and seven on the right, two and four are shoulders, and eight and six are feet.
But the Nine Stars are not static, they can move according to a law, and this law is the dividing line between life and death of the mechanism.
In the Nine Stars method, one, six, eight, and nine represent the gates of life, while the remaining five represent the gates of death. The slightest mistake could trigger the mechanism and put one's life in danger."
[If we know the arrangement of the Nine Palaces, wouldn't it be very easy to find the corresponding Shengmen?]
[The above poster, you need to know that the center palace position may not be five. If the center palace position is replaced with other numbers, the positions of the nine palaces will all change. How can it be as easy as you think?]
"Huh? Doesn't that mean if the Queen guesses wrong, everything's lost?"
Even though Li Qingyun could see that this was a mechanism using the Nine Stars method, he had no idea about the center palace position.
Why is it so difficult to show off in front of Minister Bai? Li Qingyun looked at Bai Ningyu with a sad face and asked with some shame: "Minister Bai, what exactly is the position of the Empress?"