Chapter 68
Some of the figures in the murals are working hard in the fields under the sun, with sweat dripping down their cheeks, but their eyes are not on the ground, but looking up at the sun above their heads.
At first glance, it looked like they were looking at why the sun was so hot, but when I looked closer, I could vaguely make out an ancient Chinese character for "Du" in the rays of light depicting the sun.
I ran to another painting and saw that there were indeed words on it in the sunlight rays. It was the word "injury".
There are eight paintings in total, eight suns, forming a circle on the wall of this hall, which corresponds to the "Kai, Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Si, Jing" in Qi Men Dun Jia.
Before I could tell them the news, the sun suddenly began to collapse, the whole hall began to shake, and finally turned into eight doors, behind which was a dark passage.
We looked at the eight doors together, and I told them what I had just discovered.
"Will we be saved if we go out through the escape route?" He Man asked.
"That's not the case. According to Qi Men Dun Jia, an open door is a very auspicious door, symbolizing success and opportunity," I said.
"Then let's quickly go in through the open door. I'm having trouble breathing."
That's right, the air here is getting thinner and thinner and is about to run out.
But I didn't move and continued, "But Dumen also means hiding and protecting. We are in a closed space, and Dumen may also be a way of escape."
He Man then grabbed my hand and said, "We believe you!"
I glanced at Mao Jianming and Zhang Song, and they both nodded at me. I then looked at Professor Wei, who said, "You choose. We don't understand these things, so you have to trust your own judgment!"
I'm making the final decision.
The Kaimen is located in the northwest Gan Palace, which belongs to the metal element and is a very auspicious door. The Dumen is located in the southeast Xun Palace, which belongs to the wood element and means escape. However, among the five elements, metal overcomes wood, so the Kaimen is more suitable no matter how you look at it.
"Let's go!" I led them towards the door. Whether we could survive depended on this time.
Before leaving, Zhang Song deliberately kicked Mr. Feng, who was already dead, as if to vent his anger. Unexpectedly, this kick led to an unexpected discovery. Since Mr. Feng was already dead, Zhang Song's kick hit his face, taking off a piece of skin.
We all noticed this change. Zhang Song bent down and pulled the skin, and an extremely wretched old man's face appeared in front of us.
"This is not Mr. Feng!" He Man said.
I asked him why he was behaving so strangely, and it turned out he was an imposter.
But we can’t care about so many things now. The important thing is to escape first.
I led them to the door and was about to step in when I suddenly stopped and broke out in a cold sweat.
The door is located in the northwest Gan Palace, which is correct according to the direction on the murals in the hall. However, when we came in, we found the entrance by taking the sun as the Gan position. The murals also have obvious sun carvings, which shows that the sun should be a totem or key point!
There is still a sun in the hall that I have overlooked. When we came in, our attention was all on the murals and no one paid attention to it. Right under our feet, in the middle of the hall, there is a circular sunken pool.
At first I thought it was just a staircase, but when I looked back, I saw that each staircase was different. How could staircases be built so messily?
After understanding this, I looked at the steps again and immediately saw the key.
Although those steps looked messy, they were in the shape of an octagon, with three steps on each side, which represented the three Yaos. I recalled the records of Fuxi's Eight Diagrams in the Yin Fu Lu, and they corresponded exactly to the eight hexagrams of Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui.
What is opposite to the Gan position is not the opening door, nor the closing door, but the death door!
Suddenly, something clicked in my mind, and I said, "I know!"
I led them to the gate of death and stepped in.
Mao Jianming and Zhang Song followed me without hesitation. He Man hesitated for a moment and then came in.
Only Professor Wei seemed hesitant.
But in the blink of an eye, the dome suddenly collapsed, and a stone door fell behind us. Professor Wei saw this and hurried to follow us without hesitation. But it was too late. As he took a step, a large rock fell and hit him. The rock half-crushed him, and it was obvious that he was dead.
"Bang!" The stone door fell heavily.
Now we have no choice but to go down this path.
In front of us was a staircase that spiraled downwards. On the wall on one side of the stairs, there was a perpetual lamp, just like when we first entered the hall.
There is also a legend about this eternal lamp. It is said that after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he sent Xu Fu to seek the elixir of immortality overseas. After Xu Fu's first departure, he did not bring back anything, and Qin Shihuang was furious.
Xu Fu said that he had found the fairy mountain, but the fairy asked for three thousand boys and girls in exchange.
Qin Shi Huang ordered the capture of three thousand boys and girls and asked Xu Fu to exchange them for elixirs.
However, Xu Fu still did not bring it back, and this time his excuse was that there were monsters blocking the way at sea.
Qin Shi Huang immediately went out to sea with his men and killed a large fish. While out at sea, Xu Fu got the opportunity and escaped successfully.
Later, Qin Shi Huang discovered that the fish fat from large fish could be used as lamp oil to keep it burning for a long time, so he used it to make an eternal lamp.
That big fish was said to be a mermaid, which is what we now call a merman.
I looked at the eternal lamps that were burning at this moment. They had been burning in this dark space for hundreds of years.
We walked down the stairs and came to another huge space. However, this space was a bit eerie, with rows of sculptures that looked like Terracotta Warriors covering the entire floor.
These pottery figurines were buried with the dead in ancient times to protect the tomb owner, but here, they are probably used to protect the treasure.
But after we strangers came in, the terracotta warriors sensed our breath and began to fall off rapidly.
A cloud of dust flew up from the ground, blurring my vision.
When the smoke and dust cleared, the terracotta warriors were all turned into pieces, but what followed was a large amount of resentment that almost filled the entire space.
I thought to myself that this was not good. I was afraid they would not be able to bear so much resentment.
As expected, He Man was caught almost instantly.
Her face quickly became ferocious, and then returned to normal. This was the result of the struggle between the resentment and the magic weapon in her body. The same was true for Mao Jianming and Zhang Song. They both had the evil-repelling objects made by Master Zhang and I in my childhood. The resentment could not do anything to them for a while. Under the struggle between the two forces, they became better and worse.
I quickly drew a circle of fire around the four of us on the ground, and my black flames burned rapidly, consuming the resentment.
Mao Jianming and the others felt better. After they came to their senses, they looked at the room full of resentment with fear.
I don't know where this resentment comes from, it's almost solidified. Even if there were hundreds or thousands of people, there would definitely not be such a strong resentment!
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