After the assignment was completed, everyone went their separate ways. Abner and Qiao went in one direction, while Chu Qianli and the others went in another direction.

Covered with light snow, the black rocks are mottled. On the open ground stand several stone pillars that look like primitive totems or dead tree trunks.

Earth and rocks were flying, shovels were waving, and workers were busy at the Sanqing key point.

Country H is a vast country with few people. In addition, the site is located in a remote area. The Sanqing Bell Key Point is located on an inconspicuous flat land between mountains. If the snow on the surface has not been cleared by humans, people passing by here will not find that there is something else underneath.

Chu Qianli observed one of the stone pillars and removed the ice from the hole at the top of the pillar. Unexpectedly, there was a rusty bell hidden inside. However, the old bell could not be shaken and could not make any sound.

Chu Qianli touched the bell hanging in the stone pillar and found that it could not be moved. She hesitated and said, "These things have been there for many years. They won't be rusted and unable to be activated, right?"

Meiru Z checked it and replied, "It was originally fixed."

Tan Muxing: "This bell looks very similar to the Sanqing Bell."

"Indeed..." Chu Qianli looked at Mei Ru Z, "We should try to ring the Sanqing Bell."

At this time, Liu Jun looked around the scene. He brought Xu Zaiyuan over and told Chu Qianli and the others: "The key points of the compass and the peach wood sword have also been found, but it will take time to clean them up. I'm afraid it's too late today."

"Let's go back and meet up with Professor Pan first, and come back tomorrow to investigate the situation."

Abner and his men had already spent most of their time arriving at the Gate of Truth. Now that it was getting dark, it was not suitable for any activities. Some personnel stayed behind to complete the ice clearing work, while Chu Qianli and others returned to the embassy abroad.

In front of the seven-seater SUV, Liu Jun opened the door and acted as the driver. Seeing that Zaiyuan wanted to sit as the co-pilot, he suggested, "Zaiyuan, you should sit in the back."

Everyone was stunned.

Facing their confused looks, Liu Jun said helplessly: "The co-pilot has a gun."

The group suddenly realized what was going on. Taking the girls' ease of movement into consideration, Tan Muxing and Xu Zaiyuan quietly sat in the back seat of the SUV, leaving the middle seats to Chu Qianli and Meiru Z.

The car door closed slowly, blocking out the cold air outside. Chu Qianli rubbed her hands, glanced at the co-pilot, and said dryly, "I almost forgot that my identity had changed."

Originally Liu Jun was a Taoist priest of the Qian Sect, but now he has to protect everyone's safety, and he was not used to it for a while.

"I hope I don't have to use it, but at least I'm prepared."

Chu Qianli was chattering as she sat near the car door. She asked Mei Ru Z to take out the Sanqing Bell and have a look at it, and then she turned around and asked Tan Muxing in the back to look at the snow scene outside the window. This made the atmosphere in the car quite lively, which formed a sharp contrast with the silent Xu Zaiyuan in the back seat.

Liu Jun smiled as he drove, "He really looks a bit like Professor Pan."

Pan Yicheng is a very friendly person. He can chat with anyone and never puts on airs.

Xu usually sat in the middle of the car with the Taoist priests of Qianmen, or quietly followed Liu Jun. This was the first time he sat next to someone he didn't know well. He quietly observed the situation in the car and listened to the gossips of the people. Whenever Chu Qianli talked to Mei Ru Z or Liu Jun, he would look at that person, but he never spoke.

Tan Muxing was being yelled at by a naughty kid to look out the window. He had just taken a photo of the glacier when he turned around and met Xu Zaiyuan's gaze. He couldn't help but look back at him in confusion.

You must retract your gaze immediately.

Tan Muxing tentatively handed over his phone and asked politely, "Do you want to see this?"

Xu Zaiyuan hesitated for a few seconds, then he took a look and said, "Thank you."

Tan Muxing found that he was not very interested in the photos, and noticed that he was always paying attention to the situation in the car, and now he slowly figured out something. Xu Zaiyuan seemed to want to blend in, but he had no way to get a word in, and could only follow everyone with his eyes.

Chu Qianli speaks very quietly. She used to be able to chat with Qiu Qingkong all day long, and she was used to talking about Muxing. However, she did not expect that Xu Zaiyuan, who was equally talented, had a completely opposite personality.

Tan Muxing had not actually communicated with Xu Zaiyuan much, but he was afraid that the other party would feel ignored, so he had to force the topic and asked softly, "Are you adapting well on your first day here?"

Xu Zaiyuan was caught off guard by the conversation. He was silent for a moment, nodded slowly, and continued, "The six stone pillars just now represent the six gods, namely the Azure Dragon, the Vermillion Bird, the Snake, the Gouchen, the White Tiger, and the Black Tortoise."

Tan Muxing was startled: "Ah, is that so..."

Liu Jun held the steering wheel, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Zaiyuan, people care about you, what is your response?"

Xu Zaiyuan was facing the confused Tan Muxing, and after hearing Liu Jun's words, he pursed his lips and said, "The inner wall of the stone pillar bell is also engraved with the Wanwu Fu and Xuanhuang Keying Song. It seems to be related to Xinyi..."

Tan Muxing was confused and couldn't continue the conversation: "So that's how it is."

"Stop, stop, stop. Don't talk about work during the break!" Chu Qianli suddenly turned around and muttered, "You can't talk without telling the truth, right? That's not what Xingxing wants to ask. He wants you to say something nonsense."

"Boring?"

Chu Qianli spread his hands: "Yes, just eat, drink, and get used to it, and then talk about your own feelings. I don't force you to speak your true insights!"

Xu Zaiyuan fell silent, looking confused. He didn't quite understand this, as he used to talk more about fortune-telling.

Liu Jun stepped in to help: "Zaiyuan originally lived in the mountains, with only fellow disciples around him, and rarely interacted with people."

Mei Ru Z was surprised and asked, "Have you always lived in the mountains?"

"right."

Chu Qianli was full of curiosity: "Did he slip through the net of the nine-year compulsory education? Did he not experience the baptism of knowledge?"

Xu Zaiyuan: “I went to school.”

"Good guy, you react the fastest when someone questions your ability."

As soon as Chu Qianli finished interrupting, the car became lively and she seemed to always be able to talk to people.

Xu Zaiyuan was quite amazed by this. In his opinion, Chu Qianli was quite unrestrained and had no feeling that her life was coming to an end. She was even more talkative and lively than the average person. His master had clearly taught him to be restrained and to conserve his strength carefully, but she did the opposite of what his master had taught him.

The vehicles returned to the overseas embassies.

Chu Qianli and Mei Ru Z got off the car first, followed closely by Tan Muxing and Xu Zaiyuan.

Outside the car, Xu Zaiyuan saw Tan Muxing not far away. He hesitated for a moment, lowered his eyes and said, "It's okay to be here. It's a little cold."

Tan Muxing was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and said gently, "It is indeed a bit cold."

You must humbly ask for help: "Is this also nonsense?"

"...No, no, no, this doesn't seem to be the official name for this kind of communication." Tan Muxing felt that the little Taoist priest was being led astray by the naughty kid. He shook his head in embarrassment, "If I must force an explanation, then it's just words without any purpose, but to express friendship?"

Xu Zaiyuan seemed to be thinking about something, and whispered, "That boring talk is actually quite interesting."

In the embassy, ​​Huang Jue had been sent to the hospital. Pan Yicheng learned about the situation from Liu Jun. He frowned and said helplessly, "I'm afraid I can't go to the ruins later."

Liu Jun's expression changed slightly.

"It seems that other countries have heard the news recently. I guess the next few days will be unstable." Pan Yicheng said, "You just need to protect their safety, and we will handle the rest."

Although China and Mondsen have agreed to jointly develop the site, the various forces around Country H seem to have heard of it and are now ready to make a move. Chu Qianli and others' deciphering of the ruins does not mean the end of the matter, but rather the beginning of a dispute.

Liu Jun said solemnly: "I promise to complete the task."

On the other side, Lin sat in the room with an expressionless face, crumpling the document in his hand into a ball, staring at the family emblem in front of him without saying a word.

Q arranged for Abner to be in charge of the development of the ruins, and only let Lin intervene in the peripheral coordination, which was indeed a big blow to the next leader of Mondsen. Lin was completely sitting on the bench in the house today, while Abner and others were advancing the exploration in an orderly manner.

Shi Zhuoqu noticed that Lin looked unhappy, and said tactfully: "But Q also let you be in charge of the development of baby stone."

Lin tapped his fingers impatiently on the table and snorted, "He originally asked me to be in charge of the ruins, but now he has suddenly changed his mind. Who knows if things will change in the future."

Shi Zhuoqu didn't know how to answer.

Lin picked up the Mondsen family crest on the table and asked casually, "Do you know where this thing came from?"

The Mondsen family logo is a snake and an apple, which obviously comes from an ancient story.

"It should be that Adam and Eve ate the apple under the temptation of the snake?"

"Yes, but what they ate was not an apple, but the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve did not know good and evil at first, but after they ate the fruit, they gained human intelligence and knew shame, but were expelled from the Garden of Eden by God." Lin raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction, "How unfair is that? Just because they had their own ideas."

"Q is like a high God, but unfortunately I am not Adam and Eve." Lin grasped the badge in his hand, with a fierce light in his eyes, "I will not be expelled so easily."

If he was to be driven out of the Garden of Eden, he would commit a deicide in advance.

The next day, Abner and his team sent a message to the Chinese side, indicating that they had also found the key point and were now beginning to continue their exploration step by step.

The Chinese personnel were assigned to go to the peach wood sword location with Yuan and Liu Jun by car, while Chu Qianli and others stayed at the Sanqing bell location. The compass and tarot cards were located farther away, so the group would drive there tomorrow.

There is a wide area inside the six tall stone pillars. Now the snow on the surface has been completely cleared, revealing countless small stone pillars like plum blossom piles, like chess pieces scattered on a grid-like chessboard, just big enough for one person to step on.

Chu Qianli leaned over to look at the inner wall of the bell: "The Taoist priest is right, there is indeed a record inside."

The bells of the six large stone pillars are inscribed with inscriptions, all of which are examples and formulas of divination, but in classical Chinese. This is like a medical case, where the ancients summarized the cases of divination and compiled them into catchy poems and formulas, making it convenient for later researchers to recite and learn from them.

But Chu Qianli didn’t quite understand. She had studied Zi Wei Dou Shu, but this was not the theory, so she was a little confused.

"They are all mnemonics of the Plum Blossom Divination. I memorized quite a few of them when I was a kid." Mei Ru Z observed them and said in surprise, "But it seems like there are some I haven't seen before."

Tan Muxing: "Didn't they say that there are many records here that are not found outside?"

"That makes sense. After we put the keys away, we'll write down the case records." Chu Qianli held the Sanqing Bell and shook it casually, saying, "I just don't know where to put the bell as a key."

The sound of the Three Pure Bells was rich and suddenly resonated.

The next moment, the bells on the six stone pillars rang in unison. They were originally unable to move, but now they followed suit!

Mei Ru Z was shocked: "What the hell?"

"Are these six bells the younger brothers of the Three Purities Bell?" Chu Qianli was facing the stone pillar bells that sounded at the same time. She had just complained halfway when she felt a familiar headache. She screamed in pain and almost dropped the Three Purities Bell in her hand.

Tan Muxing hurriedly helped her up: "What's wrong?"

Seven bells rang at the same time, images appeared in my mind, and it was like a thousand arrows were shot at once.

Chu Qianli shook his head and said weakly: "This sound has the same effect as the corridor pattern."

Sound can also be used to make divinations. After hearing this sound, she made a calculation with her mind and instantly felt a splitting headache!

"I think I know what to do." Meiru Z looked at the plum blossom piles on the ground, stepped on one swiftly, and said, "You two can ring the bells beside them."

Tan Muxing: "Is it okay to just keep shaking?"

"Yes, it's better to have a pattern. If I'm not mistaken, this should be easy to play." Meiru Z thought nostalgically, "It's quite like the game I played with my grandma when I was a child."

The six stone pillars correspond to the six gods, and the plum blossom piles in the middle also have a pattern. According to Mei Ru Z's speculation, there is a particular order for stepping on the small stone piles. By constantly shaking the Sanqing Bell and then stepping on them in order according to the sound, it is estimated that the mystery here can be solved.

Mei Ru Z walked on the stone pile, and Chu Qianli came to shake the bell. She swung the Sanqing bell and shouted: "Okay! Drop the beat!"

When the Three Pure Bells ring, the six bells will follow!

Meiru Z stepped onto one of the stone piles.

Chu Qianli couldn't help but react when she heard the sound, and gasped in pain. She always felt like something sharp was poking at her head, and wanted to divine the reason, but this thought was even more unbearable.

Tan Muxing noticed that she was tense, so he took out two noise-isolating earplugs from his pocket and put one in each of her ears. He then covered her red, frozen ears with his hands and asked, "Can you still hear me like this?"

Chu Qianli felt her frozen ears reviving in the warmth. She couldn't help but squint her eyes comfortably, and at the same time she found that her ears were much quieter.

Mei Ru Z reminded him, "Don't think about the hexagram. This is a test of your mind. Once you think about complex deductions, you will be affected by the sound."

Chu Qianli watched Mei Ru Z's mouth open and close. She blinked in confusion and asked, "Want to tell fortunes? Listen to the sound?"

"Don't tell fortunes! Don't listen to the sound!"

"Don't stop?"

"That's good, she can't hear anymore, so it should be fine." Mei Ru Z saw Chu Qianli's ears were covered by Tan Muxing. She found that the other party couldn't hear clearly and thought that she would not be affected anymore.

After Chu Qianli could no longer hear the ringtone, the headache disappeared and he began to ring the bell rhythmically.

Mei Ru Z did not ask for divination. She walked on the stone piles as light as a swallow. Soon she could feel a slight vibration, as if the six stone pillars and piles were triggered.

Chu Qianli knew that what he learned was different from what Mei Ru Z learned. Ziwei Doushu uses stars to predict people or fate. It is a technique that focuses on the browsing process, but Mei Ru Z learned Meihua Xinyi, which focuses on results.

The so-called Xin Yi is perhaps the ultimate in prediction techniques. It abandons the trivial and boring mode of divination and relies solely on intuition and inspiration, without the aid of any reference. It can be used right away and the predictions are accurate!

Each technique may reflect the personality of the user to some extent. It is like Chu Qianli always likes to get to the bottom of metaphysics. She wants to sort out the cause and effect of things. But Mei Ru Z is much more casual and direct. She only needs to know the result of the event based on her feelings.

Mei Ru Z now had no idea in her mind. She simply relied on the ringtone to stimulate her sixth sense and approached the stone pile in the center step by step. That stone pile was different from the others and should be the end point.

Chu Qianli was still ringing the bell. She couldn't hear it now, but she felt that the difficulty was increasing.

The next moment, several sharp arrows were suddenly fired from the holes in the stone pillars, attacking the defenseless Meiru Z!

The old device had an unknown working principle, so naturally no one could have expected this to happen.

"Sister Ru Z, be careful!"

Chu Qianli and Tan Muxing were both secretly sweating, but they saw Mei Ru Z dodge nimbly, as if she had expected it.

When Chu Qianli saw her dodge, he immediately rang the bell and helped her to continue walking down.

Next, the remaining stone pillars also shot out sharp arrows, emitting cold light in the air, nearly scratching people on the field many times!

However, Meiru Z always managed to dodge it, as if she had eyes behind her.

The stone pillar in the center is within easy reach.

Meiru Z stepped on them, and the six stone pillars made a loud rumbling sound, and even the bells were shaken to make an ear-piercing buzzing sound!

Chu Qianming had been covered by Tan Muxing's hands over her ears all day, but she still had a splitting headache. She muttered, "This kind of noise won't cause an avalanche, will it?"

Six bells rang out in unison, with an astonishing sound!

Everyone around was affected by the activation of the stone pillar, except for Meiru Z, who was standing there unharmed.

After the violent earthquake, everything returned to normal.

Not long after, the staff nearby reported: "News just came from the hall that a bead fell into the slot!"

One of the seven beads in a row has been completed, and there are six beads left.

Mei Ru Z got down from the stone pile and looked at the sharp arrows that fell to the ground. They were all sharp hidden weapons as long as a finger. She suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she was always interrupted by her grandmother when she was learning Xin Yi. She couldn't help but sigh: "Even the hidden weapons are the same as when I was a child."

Tan Muxing looked embarrassed: "...Sister Ru Z, what did you experience in your childhood?" It always felt like a strange childhood experience.

Chu Qianli: "This may be the generation gap. We played differently when we were kids."

Meiru Z: "Do we have a generation gap?"

Chu Qianli said seriously: "Although there is indeed a word called playing with one's life, when we were young in the countryside, we generally didn't play with it."

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