Chapter 496: Swallowing its shape, becoming its appearance, sharing the same appearance
Ji Yunzhang's request was that he wanted to enter the underwater mechanism with Xie Yingmian and others.
Xie Yingmian glanced at Yu Lingye.
Yu Lingye, who was quietly serving as a background board, nodded slightly.
Xie Yingmian quietly approached Yu Lingye: "Are you sure?"
Yu Lingye whispered, "This must be the emperor's order. If we refuse, Ji Yunzhang and the others will use other means to explore the underwater mechanism. Let Ji Yunzhang take two people with him."
Xie Yingmian understood.
Instead of letting Ji Yunzhang figure it out on his own, it’s better to keep him under your watchful eyes.
"Okay." Xie Yingmian said, "You can also bring two Purple Lion Guards to protect you."
After Wen Juexia collected the corpse.
Everyone walked to the white jade lotus seat in the center of the lotus platform.
Thirty-six lotus stamens flashed a faint cold light in the moonlight.
Each lotus core is about fifteen centimeters long, and the core tip is inlaid with moonlight white fluorite.
Hua Yingxue said, "The lotus core mechanism is arranged according to the directions of the celestial constellations. The place where the core base meets the lotus seat corresponds to the names of the thirty-six celestial stars."
"To open the mechanism, you need to count the numbers in the right places."
Hua Yingxue placed her fingers on the cores corresponding to the Big Dipper and injected three-tenths of her internal energy into activating it.
After the fluorite on the lotus core was activated, it emitted a green light, proving that the activation was successful.
Then activate the other five key mechanisms according to the direction of the arrangement of the stars.
"Fortunately, you didn't touch the mechanism carelessly. This mechanism is very vicious. If you touch it in the wrong place, a lotus seed hidden weapon will pop out from under the lotus seat. If you are hit, you will die instantly."
After the twelve key lotus stamens were activated, the thirty-six lotus stamens opened at the same time. After being arranged neatly according to the direction of the stars, the white jade lotus platforms sank into the water.
Xie Yingmian asked, "Are you going into the water now?"
They were still standing on the white jade lotus platform. Wouldn't the water in the lake drown them?
Xie Yingmian's doubts didn't last long.
The moment the white jade lotus platform entered the water, the long bridge suddenly retracted, forming an arc-shaped dome.
The dome separates the lake.
As the white jade lotus platform descended to the bottom, a bronze underground palace door slowly rose above the lotus seat.
There is a huge lotus carved on the door of the underground palace.
There is a groove on the Twin Lotus Door, which requires a specific Twin Lotus Jade Pendant to be placed in order to open it.
Hua Yingxue placed the double lotus jade pendant on it, turned the mechanism, and the door opened.
The mechanism is very cleverly designed, and there is air circulation even under water.
The torches could burn normally and they could breathe normally.
Sui Sui, who was staying in the empty stone space, was yelling, "Hey, hey, sister, look, look at that little lotus platform in the center. It's not simple. There's a familiar aura on that little lotus platform."
Xie Yingmian looked over.
The shape of the small lotus platform is very unique, black in the middle and white around it.
The colors black and white blend into one.
Xie Yingmian suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Hua Yingxue said, "This twin lotus platform is where my sons' bodies will remain intact. Only here can they remain in good condition."
“For me, this is a miracle.”
Sui Sui dismissed it with disdain: "This isn't a miracle. This is clearly just a strange-looking empty stone."
Xie Yingmian agreed with Sui Sui's statement.
This small lotus platform does have a part of empty stone.
To be precise, the black part of the small lotus platform is the empty stone.
The energy emitted by the empty stone nourishes the conjoined twins and the Queen Gu in their bodies.
"Sui Sui, be prepared."
Sui Sui: "Are you going to absorb it?"
Xie Yingmian's lips curled up.
With such a large empty stone in front of us, how could we not absorb it?
What's more, Ji Yunzhang and Zi Ni Wei are here.
She just wanted to watch Ji Yunzhang and Zi Ni Wei absorb the Void Stone, so that the emperor could confirm that only she could control the Void Stone.
In a way, this is a good opportunity.
Xie Yingmian placed his fingers on the black stone.
I smoke like crazy every year.
Soon, the black stone turned into powder, and Sui Sui burped.
The black and white lotus platform is now only a white shell.
"This..." Hua Yingxue was extremely shocked.
Ji Yunzhang was more reserved, just narrowing his eyes and examining Xie Yingmian.
Xie Yingmian said, "The so-called miracle is not something profound. It is just the effect of the energy of the Longevity Stone."
"This black stone is the stone of immortality."
"The Immortality Stone is a very special stone that contains a great deal of energy. Placing your child's body on it will nourish it with its energy, which will prevent the body from decaying."
"Similarly, the Longevity Stone also nourishes the Gu worm. The Gu worm absorbs the energy of the Longevity Stone and reproduces in a special way."
Hua Yingxue's expression changed several times.
She wanted to ask something, but didn't know where to start.
Ji Yunzhang seemed to be lost in thought.
"Yingmian." Yu Lingye said, "This way."
Xie Yingmian walked over.
Yu Lingye pointed at a line of words below the lotus platform and asked, "There's a line of strange characters here."
Xie Yingmian looked at it carefully.
It is not the common language of the 29th century, nor is it a cipher.
It looks a bit like the small seal script of the Qin Dynasty in the distant history.
"Sui Sui, it's your turn."
Sui Sui: “I don’t know him either.”
Xie Yingmian: "Hmm?"
Sui Sui: “It’s not in my language library, so I definitely don’t know it.”
"The twin lotuses devour it, swallow its shape, and take on its appearance. They are born with the same body and have the same features." Ji Yunzhang's voice came faintly.
Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye looked at Ji Yunzhang together.
"Master Ji knows him?"
Ji Yunzhang's expression remained unchanged. "I once came across the writing systems of some small tribes while investigating a case, and I've done some research on them."
Xie Yingmian: "According to the translation, the Queen's name is Twin Lotus Gu. Twin Lotus Gu can devour its form and create its appearance."
A bit strange.
Especially the last sentence, what does it mean to be born with the same appearance?
Twins are divided into identical twins and fraternal twins.
Identical twins are either all girls or all boys. They share a set of genetic material, so their appearance is more than 90% similar. It is difficult for outsiders to tell them apart except for those who are familiar with them.
Fraternal twins can be all boys or all girls, just like ordinary brothers and sisters, they are just born together.
If we take the literal meaning of "same appearance, same birth", it is not useful for identical twins, but it is somewhat useful for fraternal twins.
But, what’s the meaning?
They go to great lengths to raise a poisonous insect, and then organize the Twin Lotus Sect to search for twins everywhere. The purpose of planting the poisonous insect on the twins is just to make them look the same?
That certainly can't be the case.
Xie Yingmian couldn't figure it out.
Yu Lingye seemed to be thinking about something.
"Master Ji," Xie Yingmian asked Ji Yunzhang, "In which small tribe did you see this kind of writing?"
Ji Yunzhang said: "I don't quite remember."
Xie Yingmian knew that Ji Yunzhang had reservations.
Ji Yunzhang didn't say anything, so she didn't ask any further.
The underwater mechanism leads directly to the Lotus Fairy Temple at the east end of the town.
Unlike the time Hua Yingxue escaped, this time the underwater mechanism was intact, and the group arrived safely at the exit of the Lotus Fairy Temple.
It was already dawn.
Hua Yingxue looked up at the eastern sky: "Can I make one last request?"
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