Mercenaries of the Heavens

Chapter 157 Nine Palaces and Eight Gates
Entering the Hades, they found braziers around them. The monk stepped forward and lit the braziers one by one with a lighter.

Immediately, the hall was illuminated by fire, and everyone went to the coffin to check.

Xue Li said strangely: "According to what Senior Brother said, there should be two coffins here! Why is there only one?"

Wang Zhi said: "What's so strange about this? Look around, most of them are objects from the Tang Dynasty. Obviously, this descendant occupied the predecessor's tomb and removed his coffin!"

While speaking, Wang Zhi took out the stylus, put it into a nest in front of the coffin, then spun the stylus, and the mechanism sounded.

A sign was raised in front of the coffin, which was full of small seal characters. Shirley Yang could understand the words on it, and said to everyone:

"This place was originally a man named Xibo. He studied the 64 hexagrams, built this tomb, and was buried here after his death. Later, he was transformed by Li Chunfeng, and it became what it is now! The rest is not above, it should be below. !"

Fatty got angry and pulled out the sign, then the mechanism sounded, and the entrance was blocked by a stone door.

Everyone stared at Fatty dumbfounded, with disbelief in their eyes, wishing they could beat him up.

Fatty trembled in fright at the appearance of the crowd, took a step back, and lowered his head, not daring to look into the eyes of the crowd.

Then, a chessboard was raised in front of the coffin, on which was an endgame.

Wang Zhi knew this would be the end, and he also knew that it was necessary to get the remaining half of the tortoise shell.

After telling everyone not to move around, Wang Zhi stepped forward, stretched out his hand on the stone gate for a try, then stepped back, and punched a 'half-step jump punch'.

With a sound of "bang", the stone door shook for a while, and the dust fell, but the stone door was still closed tightly.

Wang Zhi withdrew his hand, dropped it a few times and said, "GRD is a gate made of a huge boulder weighing [-] jin. It seems that we can only crack the mechanism here!"

Seeing that Wang Zhi couldn't open the stone gate, everyone looked at the fat man who caused trouble, and Hu Bayi said helplessly:
"Fatty, you've caused a big disaster this time, and I can't save you!"

The fat man flinched and said, "No, Lao Hu, do you say the same about me? I~~"

Saying this, her voice changed, as if she was about to cry.

Wang Zhi stepped forward and said, "Okay, let's see what is written on the wooden sign! Fatty, give the sign to Shirley!"

The fat man agreed aggrievedly, and handed the sign to Xueli.

Shirley snorted, grabbed the sign roughly and looked at it, then sighed and said:

"There are no words on the sign. It seems that only by defeating the owner of the tomb can we open the mechanism and leave the tomb! But no one here knows how to play Go!"

At this time, Qin Qing took a step forward and said, "I have learned to play Go before, let me try it!"

After finishing speaking, he approached the chessboard and studied it carefully.

Xue Li suddenly thought: Song Taizong played chess with Jia Xuan, back then he was forced to make a three-kalpa draw, maybe this is the same reason now.

So he said: "Perhaps what the owner of the tomb wants is not for us to win him, but for a draw!"

Hearing Shirley's words, Hu Bayi's eyes lit up, he nodded and said:

"That's right, judging from the institutions we encountered along the way, killing the game everywhere, but leaving a glimmer of life, just in line with Xue Li's idea, yes, it is a draw, Qin Qing, you just play draw and you will be successful!"

Qin Qing nodded, reached out and took out a sunspot from the side. After thinking for a while, he dropped the sunspot.

When Heizi fell, the sound of organs sounded all around, and eight stone doors full of antiques fell down.

The fat man looked at the antiques that appeared around him, and shouted, "There are so many treasures, we've made a fortune!"

Hu Ba slapped the fat man on the head one by one, and said angrily:
"Fucking money, these eight stone gates are arranged according to the gossip. Only by unlocking the mechanism on it can we get the other half of the tortoise shell, so those things can't be messed with. Once any mechanism is touched, we will really kill it." Trapped to death here!"

Wang Zhi nodded and said: "Old Hu is right, fat man, last time you shared a lot of treasures in Jingjue Ancient City, don't mess with the things here! Old Hu, let's start deciphering!"

Hu Ba nodded and thought while explaining:

"The eight gates are based on the three auspicious gates of opening, rest, and life; the three evil gates of death, shock, and injury; and the middle level of the Du gate and Jing gate. According to common sense, as long as you find the gate of life, you can go out!"

The fat man yelled: "Then what are you waiting for, Lao Hu, hurry up and find the door of life!"

Hu Bayi ignored the fat man's bluff, shook his head and said:

"Although the owner of the tomb has saved us a way out, it is definitely not that simple."

"Then, according to the meaning of the nine palaces and eight gates, now, one should find the artifacts corresponding to these eight gates to unlock the mechanism."

Xue Li continued: "That is to say, the eight gates must correspond to the number of the nine palaces to find the correct mechanism?"

Hu Bayi glanced at Shirley appreciatively, nodded and said:

"Yes, the Nine Palaces are the nine directions referred to by the number of the Nine Books. Put the eight gates of Qimen Dunjia in the Nine Palaces!"

"The first palace of Xiumen, the second palace of Kunmen, the third palace of Zhenmen, the fourth palace of Dumen Xun, the fifth is the middle palace, the sixth palace of Qianmen, the seventh palace of Jingmendui, the eighth palace of Shengmen Gen, and the ninth palace of Jingmenli. , that is, the nine palaces and eight gates."

"Look at the head of the coffin facing the stone gate, the first nine correspond to Li, the feet are opposite to Kan, and so on, then, that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is the organ!"

Wang Zhi jumped off the stone platform, jumped lightly, turned the bronze statue, the mechanism was activated, and the floor of the tomb began to shrink slowly.

Wang Zhi said: "Continue, Lao Hu, this is a countdown mechanism, we must find out all the mechanisms within the specified time!"

Hu Bayi agreed and said loudly:

"The eight palaces of Qiankunkan Lizhen Xun Gendui correspond to heaven, earth, water, fire, wind, thunder and mountains. Except for Qin Qing and Xueli, everyone went to the eight gates to find the corresponding ghost weapon!"

After the words fell, several men ran to the eight gates one after another, looking for the corresponding ghost weapon.

Fatty looked at the ghost weapon in front of him and shouted loudly: "Old Hu, I found the ghost weapon corresponding to the mountain!"

As he spoke, the fat man climbed up the stone wall, reached for a coral underworld, and immediately turned around.

When Wang saw the fat man turning the coral, he knew he was about to suffer, so he hurried to him and shouted:
"Fatty, what the fuck are you spinning around! The coral is out of the water~~~"

While speaking, the mechanism was activated, and the ground under Fatty's feet quickly retracted into the wall. Seeing the abyss under his feet, Fatty trembled, lost his grip, and fell down.

Wang Zhi hurried forward, threw the rope in his hand to the fat man, and shouted: "Grab the rope, I will pull you up!"

The fat man waving his hands in the air was lucky enough to grab the rope before falling into the abyss. The weight of the fat man carried him and the rope swinging back and forth over the abyss. Wang Zhi struggled and finally withstood the pulling force of the fatty. Stand your ground.

The fat man yelled, "Help me quickly, pull me up!"

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