Build the Traveler Alliance from Scratch.

Chapter 966 Jade in the Stone and Clouds in the Sky

When Lin Zhongtian just arrived, Gong Shumu was actually very nervous and excited.

He had already seen Yun Ye's abilities. Yun Ye could easily unlock Gongshu's Lu Ban lock, and could also increase their twelve-pillar Lu Ban lock to fifteen pillars overnight.

This kind of wisdom is naturally amazing in Gongshu Mu's eyes.

But Gongshu Jia's letter said that Senior Brother Yunhou was ten times more talented than Yunhou. How could Gongshu Mu not be fascinated by this?

By chance, the gate of Yushan Academy had undergone preliminary renovations due to Gongshu Mu's arguments. The maze had just been built and the mechanism had just been completed. It was just in time for him to give it a try.

Looking at Gongshu Mu who was observing the sky outside the courtyard wall through the periscope, the elegant old man next to him chuckled and said: "I heard that this little friend Lin is both civilized and military, and has courage that no man can match, so you are not afraid that he will ignore your maze. Just jump over the wall and enter?"

Gongshu Mu glanced at him and said calmly: "This is a dispute of knowledge. Since Lin Xiaoyou is Senior Brother Yunhou, how can he act like this?"

After saying that, he ignored everyone and focused on observing Lin Zhongtian in the maze.

But unfortunately, Lin Zhongtian did not use various exquisite methods to solve the maze as he imagined. He just took a few steps on the corridor that initially connected the door, and then stopped to think.

Looking at the screen wall in front of him with the mottos of Confucius engraved on it, Lin Zhongtian was thoughtful and suddenly raised his hand and placed his hand on the eight characters.

"When three of us travel together, we must be my teacher!"

Not long after, Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly, looked ahead, ignored his mechanism design, and walked straight through the middle of the road.

It seems obvious that 'there must be a teacher among us' is not the correct code.

Lin Zhongtian raised his hand and touched the large characters on the screen wall, and sure enough he found that these characters were alive and could be pressed.

The eight Chinese characters are the eight-digit password, and the comma is the Enter key after entering the password.

After Lin Zhongtian pressed the comma, a mechanical sound came from the screen wall, and then all eight words popped up.

But what Lin Zhongtian found most strange was this comma, because the original text of Confucius did not have sentence breaks, and there was no need for Gongshu to use commas to break sentences when building the screen wall.

"Even you old guys sneaked through, right? Did you pass?"

Each large character is made of fine iron, with commas in the middle as sentence breaks.

"Don't you know whether it works or not?" Gongshu Mu came back to his senses and said angrily, "Since I built the maze, more than a hundred students in the academy have tried it. Who can make it to the end?"

As he spoke, he said thoughtfully: "However, Yun Ye's sect inheritance is somewhat similar to that of the public loser..."

The old man smiled awkwardly, coughed and said, "Your ancestor has a unique skill and is famous all over the world. Everything he does is unpredictable. What I have learned is different from that of my predecessors, so naturally there are no clues."

This will make the eight characters on the screen wall lose some architectural symmetry.

He pressed the big characters on the wall one by one. When he reached the comma, he found that he couldn't press it, so he skipped the comma and pressed the subsequent characters first, then came back and pressed the comma in the middle.

Sure enough, this time it can be pressed.

Lin Zhongtian knew clearly that the screen wall in front of him was actually a large combination lock.

As he spoke, Lin Zhongtian had already passed through the maze in the front section at an extremely fast speed and stopped in front of a screen wall.

Gongshu Mu was stunned for a moment, and the old man next to him said with great interest: "Sir, your maze doesn't seem to work very well!"

Don't underestimate the aesthetics of symmetry. As a family of institutions as famous as the Mohist family, Gongshujia will not allow flaws to exist in this regard, so this sentence must be strange.

These are the eight characters written on the screen wall.

Seeing this scene, Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but have black lines on his head.

This is no longer interesting!

There are millions of possible combinations of eight-digit passwords.

The exhaustive method is obviously not feasible, and the rules can only be found from the meaning of words.

Okay, then re-arrange the sentences and try to see if you can open the door.

Lin Zhongtian rearranged the sentences according to the sentence structure and successfully opened the screen wall after only two attempts.

"If there are three masters, there must be someone like me!"

Lin Zhongtian tasted the meaning of this password, and then looked forward in wonder.

With the sound of machinery coming from the screen wall, the wall in front of him rumbled open to both sides.

But at this time, something embarrassing happened. It seemed that the mechanism in the wall was used for the first time and lacked maintenance and lubrication. The secret door stopped halfway open, leaving only a gap of about twenty centimeters.

Lin Zhongtian twitched the corner of his mouth, reached forward, grabbed the gap, and pushed it open easily.

"Click, click-"

The sound of a machine breaking came from the wall.

Lin Zhongtian made a movement with his hands, and then looked at a dozen middle-aged and elderly men with different expressions outside the door and smiled awkwardly.

"I'm sorry, I used too much strength..." "It's okay!" An old man in robes waved his hands and looked at Lin Zhongtian with a smile, "Sir, you are worthy of being Senior Brother Yunhou. Since I built this maze, No one has ever been able to pass, Mr. Lin, you are the first!”

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Sir, you are Gong Shujia's father, right?"

Gongshu Mu stroked his beard and said, "Exactly!"

Lin Zhongtian cupped his hands politely and said: "The public loser's mechanism skills are indeed well-deserved!"

Hearing Lin Zhongtian's praise, Gongshu Mu's face turned bright, but soon he sighed and said, "Sir, you are so complimentary. The labyrinth I built with the help of the academy actually didn't even take a stick of incense in front of you." It also failed to stop..."

The old man next to him smiled and said with relief: "Brother Gongshu, don't belittle yourself. Mr. Lin is Yunhou's senior brother. He is a disciple of a master and has learned from many sources. This is Mr. Lin's ability, not Brother Gongshu's fault!"

Gongshu Mu nodded and said with renewed vigor, "That's right. You old guys failed to pass anyway, that's enough!"

The smile on the old man's face froze, and he couldn't help but look helpless.

Lin Zhongtian cupped his hands and asked with a smile: "You haven't asked for advice yet?"

The old man's expression became serious, he straightened his clothes, cupped his hands and said, "My surname is Li Minggang, and I am the headmaster of Yushan Academy."

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Li Gang. Before my junior brother, Lin had heard his name many times, and whenever he mentioned it, he would always call him Master Li. This shows how much my junior brother respects him."

Hearing Lin Zhongtian's words, Li Gang was extremely helpful and couldn't help but smile.

Gongshu Mu next to him was a little unhappy, and asked curiously: "I admire your talent, sir, but there is one thing I don't understand. If Marquis Yun enters my labyrinth, how long do you think you can stop him?"

Lin Zhongtian thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Probably about the same as me..."

Gongshu Mu's body trembled, and he said with a sense of loss, "Is this really true?"

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said: "Before entering, Lin observed the mountain direction of Yushan and found that the terrain of Yushan Academy was low, so after entering the maze, he walked downhill."

“Although Mr. Gongshu’s design is sophisticated and uses a sloped road to confuse the heights, no matter how he designs it, the overall altitude will not change.”

"Lin was able to discover this because of his meticulous observation and perception, but my junior brother is from Yushan Academy. He knows the terrain of the academy far better than I do, so he can naturally grasp the key faster..."

After hearing Lin Zhongtian's words, Gongshu Mu, Li Gang and others all nodded thoughtfully, seeming to deeply agree.

Gongshu Mu hesitated and said hesitantly: "Sir, may I ask... what is altitude?"

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said: "Altitude is the vertical distance above or below sea level. As for why sea level is used as the starting point, it has to do with the difference between height and relative height..."

Gongshu Mu looked solemn, cupped his hands and said, "Sir, please give me a try!"

In this way, Lin Zhongtian's first meeting with the academy masters quickly turned into a discussion of knowledge.

Gongshu Mu took the lead and consulted Lin Zhongtian on the art of mechanism and architecture.

Lin Zhongtian answered fluently and showed a knowledge reserve that far surpassed Yun Ye's. Gongshu Mu was amazed and benefited a lot.

Later, Master Li Gang, Mr. Yushan, Mr. Lishi and many other masters changed the subject without leaving any trace, and asked for advice in many fields such as Confucian classics, history, literature, and Yun Ye's best specialty, geophysics.

But no matter what field they are involved in, Lin Zhongtian can refer to classics and deal with them easily.

After some exchanges, it was already midnight.

Li Gang and others had a great conversation with Lin Zhongtian, and they all wanted to keep him and talk in detail all night.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and declined, saying that Wangcai was still waiting outside the courtyard gate, so he would not stay overnight in the academy.

Gongshu Mu looked disappointed and reluctantly sent Lin Zhongtian out of the academy with Li Gang and others.

When Lin Zhongtian gradually left in pursuit of wealth, Mr. Li Gang couldn't help but sigh.

"...What do you think?"

Mr. Yushan looked complicated and slowly said four words: "Amazing!"

"Yes!" Li Gang looked up at the night sky and sighed, "Yun Ye once said that he was the most incompetent person under his mentor. At that time, I thought Yun Ye was being modest about himself, but now I see..."

Mr. Yushan nodded and said: "This talented person is astounding in his knowledge. He knows the ancient and modern times. He is extremely proficient in both the classics and history, as well as the study of objects."

"It can be said that he can do everything Yun Ye can do, and he can do anything Yun Ye can't do. What's even more rare is that this person is both civil and military, and he is also like a peerless general in terms of military force. Even Cheng Chumo can't do more than three rounds under him..."

At this point, Mr. Yushan sighed softly and said with great emotion: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that there are such amazing people in the world!"

Mr. Li Shi chuckled and said, "Why, do you regret marrying your granddaughter to Yun Ye?"

Mr. Yushan glanced at him, shook his head and said: "Of course not. To tell you the truth, although I am really impressed by this person's talent and learning, I don't have the slightest feeling of intimacy with him. "

"If we say that Yun Ye's pride is like a jade in a stone wrapped in layers."

"Then this person's pride is like the illusory clouds in the sky!"

(End of this chapter)