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Chapter 228 Two Compass
Chen Ziyang put his legs together first, and then put his compass on the ground, just in front of his closed toes.Then he took out the red string he was carrying and tied it to the frame of the compass. At the same time, he took out the compass of the feng shui master named Du. After similarly adjusting the pointer on the compass, Chen Ziyang started to move.

"Look at the mountain to know the shape of the dragon, look for the dragon to add the eye, the master of the earth will find the means, and Fengshui will naturally be clear." Every time Chen Ziyang utters a word, Chen Ziyang takes a step in a certain direction.There are 20 characters in this formula, and when he finished chanting this formula, he has already taken [-] steps.Then Chen Ziyang put his legs together and took a No.[-] step.

21 happens to be three sevens, and Maoshan Taoism respects sevens, which coincides with the number of Beidou Tiangang.The set of footwork used by Chen Ziyang was taught to him by Taoism, and it is called the three-seven footwork.A total of 21 steps need to be taken, and these 21 steps are taken in different directions.When the 21 steps are completed, the distance between the starting point and the end point is exactly ten meters.

This set of three-seven steps was created by the old Taoist for Chen Ziyang. It combines the old Taoist Feng Shui with the reasoning of hexagrams, Chen Ziyang's leg length and the size of his stride, and is specially measured for Chen Ziyang. The tailor-made one was given to Chen Ziyang as a gift from his apprenticeship.

In order to let Chen Ziyang concentrate on practicing this set of footwork, the old Taoist beat Chen Ziyang a lot and asked him to practice continuously until he made sure that every time he finished using this set of three-seven footwork, the landing point was exactly the distance from the starting point. It took more than ten meters to finish.

At the beginning, Chen Ziyang didn't understand the use of this set of footwork studied by Lao Dao.What's the point of finding out the distance of ten meters even more accurately?All kinds of equipment can be said to emerge in an endless stream, covering a variety of functions, and any tool that can be taken casually can be more accurate than this set of footwork measurements.

Therefore, in Chen Ziyang's mind, this set of footwork is basically useless, and it is only kept as a gift from his master.However, although he felt that footwork was useless, Chen Ziyang still practiced very hard.After all, it was specially created by his own master for himself.

However, in this dark space without any reference objects, in this place without a tape measure or other measuring tools, this set of footwork allowed Chen Ziyang to accurately measure the distance of ten meters.Chen Ziyang has practiced this set of footwork countless times. Even if he hasn't practiced this set of footwork for several years, it is still perfect when he walks out this time.

After putting the second compass in front of his toes, Chen Ziyang squeezed out some blood again and dripped it on the ball, and then waited quietly for a while, until the black water on the ground flowed to another After the direction, Chen Ziyang calibrated the compass in this direction.

Comparing with the pointer on the compass, Chen Ziyang took the compass and slowly moved back and forth along the straight line of the black water flow, and at the same time tightened his red line on the first compass until it was on the same line as the second compass. After the ten paths of Tianxin coincided, Chen Ziyang was sure of one thing.

Now the destination I want to go to and the place where the two compass are located form an isosceles triangle, and the length of the base of this triangle is exactly the ten meters he measured with the three-seven-step method.And the angle size of the two base angles of this isosceles triangle can also be known through the parameters on the compass.

After a simple calculation using mathematical formulas, Chen Ziyang roughly estimated the distance between the destination and here, but because the base length of ten meters is too short, and the place he is going to is really a little Compared with the distance between himself and the destination, the distance of ten meters is insignificant, so it is very likely that there is a relatively large error in his calculation.

After moving another ten meters in the same way, Chen Ziyang was already 20 meters away from the first compass. In fact, it wasn't that he didn't want to continue to extend the distance, but that he really couldn't do it. Arrived.

This space is very dark, and visual inspection can only see a distance of five or six meters. Chen Ziyang couldn't see the first compass a long time ago, so he can only use the red rope in his hand to correct it.But the red ropes in my hands are only more than 20 meters long, and the current distance of 20 meters is already the limit that I can stretch.

This time, the angle on the compass was much more accurate. After Chen Ziyang calculated again and combined the results of the first calculation, he roughly estimated that the destination he was going to was about one kilometer away from where he was now. distance.

I know the direction and the approximate distance I have to go. In this way, even if there is a slight deviation on the road, as long as I have walked the distance of this kilometer and searched carefully in the vicinity, I will basically not miss it. destination.

At the same time, Chen Ziyang thought that he had two compasses in his hands, and he could calibrate the two compasses with each other, and mark the other compass to ensure that the direction he was walking was always correct. There will be too much deviation.

With these two compasses in hand, Chen Ziyang's confidence increased greatly. At the same time, facing the direction of the second mummy in his memory, he sighed. Maybe this dead Feng Shui master named Du was the noble person he was destined for.If he hadn't entered here years ago and died here, it's likely his compass would never have survived.

And at this time, I am in this dark space without any reference objects. If I don't have these two compass in hand, I will probably lose my way when I move forward, and I may lose track of the destination I want to go. Passed by.

Chen Ziyang heard a story that a scientist once did an experiment, put a person in the desert without any reference, and let him move in one direction, but the final result was that the person left A very, very large circle, but this person always thought he was walking in a straight line.It is said that this phenomenon may be related to the rotation of the earth.

This is the case with Chen Ziyang now. Even if he knows the direction he is going in this dark space, if there is no reference, it is easy to have a big deviation.But because there were two compasses at this time, the possibility that he could keep going in the same direction became a reality.

If the two exchanged, it was Chen Ziyang who came to this place first, there is a very high possibility that he would get lost here and die here.I just don't know if this feng shui master surnamed Du will find his own body if he enters here later, and will he use the same method as himself to determine the destination.

However, Chen Ziyang came here later, and the feng shui master surnamed Du left Chen Ziyang with the compass he needed most.This is what Taoism calls chance.

Holding two compasses in his hand, Chen Ziyang watched the compasses align with each other and moved towards his destination.

(End of this chapter)