Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 376 Star Test
"Er Yang, why is the test of your Taoist holy land like a joke, and the first puzzle was solved so easily?" Seeing Guo Huaxing's confident look, Yang Lei said in surprise.

"It can't be that simple. He just saw a general direction. The area of ​​the northwest is getting bigger. Just knowing the direction is useless. How far should we go? Where are we going? I don't know all of these yet. I think there may be further hints." Chen Ziyang said not very sure.

"Liu Cong, bring the map." Because he found an important clue from the astrology, Guo Huaxing was so excited that even when he gave Liu Cong an order, there was a trill in his voice.

Liu Cong hastily took out the map and spread it on the ground. At the same time, he took out a black raincoat and covered Guo Huaxing who was lying on the map, so as to ensure that Guo Huaxing would not look at the map. Let the light source of the flashlight leak out.

The other people looked at the raincoat and scratched their heads anxiously, but no one dared to disturb Guo Huaxing. Although everyone was curious and wanted to stick their heads into the raincoat to see what Guo Huaxing was looking at, no one had the guts.

"This place is located in the northwest of Xi'an, between the Jingshui River and the Weishui River. This area used to be called Chang'an Bashui. Xi'an was also Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. From this point of view...the Taoist holy land is really likely to It has something to do with the Tang Dynasty." Guo Huaxing was talking to himself while looking at the map.

Suddenly, Guo Huaxing yanked off the black raincoat that was draped over his body. This action came so suddenly that everyone around was startled.

Liu Cong hurried forward and turned off Guo Huaxing's flashlight which was still on the ground.On the other hand, Guo Huaxing opened his mouth wide and looked up at the starry sky.He looked east and west, shaking his head quickly, as if he was comparing something with the starry sky.

Now Guo Huaxing's appearance is as if he has been possessed by a demon, he doesn't care about other things at all, only the sky full of stars is reflected in his eyes.

Chen Ziyang thought in his heart that only a person like Guo Huaxing who is so obsessed with astrology can become a qualified Maoshan star master and be able to solve the first mystery of the Taoist holy land.Compared with this old real person, my ability is a little worse. I don't know if I can pass the test of the Taoist holy place about Maoshan.

At this moment, Guo Huaxing, who had been looking at the starry sky for a long time, suddenly took out a huge compass from a big leather pocket he was carrying.

As soon as the compass was taken out, Chen Ziyang almost bit his tongue in surprise. Good guy, the compass that Guo Huaxing took out is too big.

Originally, the biggest compass Chen Ziyang had ever seen was the bronze compass made by Zhang Taixu left behind by his grandfather, which contained the information of the Taoist holy land, but the side length of that compass was only more than 40 centimeters.

Now, the outer side of the compass that Guo Huaxing took out is at least 60 centimeters long, and it may even be longer.Seeing how huge the compass was, Chen Ziyang leaned over and stared at the compass carefully.

This compass is still divided into three parts. There is a circular Tianchi in the center of the compass, but there is no magnetic needle inside.There is a square outer disk on the outside of the compass, but unlike ordinary compasses, this compass has more than one inner disk.

There is only one inner disc of the traditional compass. Although there are concentric circles on the inner disc of the compass, which divide the compass into layers, the inner disc is still a whole. When the inner disc is turned, the whole inner disc rotates around the Tianchi in the center as a whole of.But the inner disk of the compass in Guo Huaxing's hand is not a circle, but dozens of rings nested together.

These rings may be big or small, the big rings are surrounded by small rings, layer by layer, squeezing the square outer disk to the brim.

In addition to the different styles, the patterns on Guo Huaxing's compass are also different from ordinary compasses.The inner disk of an ordinary compass is divided into some fan-shaped areas by straight lines diverging from the center of the circle, but the patterns on this compass are chaotic, giving people a feeling of being dazzled and unable to look down.

The entire surface of the inner disk is covered with countless points and countless line segments, each point has at least one line segment connected, and even at most seven or eight line segments emanate from the same point.

It was only at this time that Chen Ziyang noticed the peculiarity of this compass.

It was already late at night, and the Jiuyi Mountain was pitch black, with no light source at all, but the surface of the compass shone with white light, and even without a flashlight, it was still possible to see clearly what was on the compass. point and line.

And as Guo Huaxing turned his fingers, Chen Ziyang discovered that some points on the compass were shining with white light.When Guo Huaxing turned a ring to a specific angle, several points on the ring lit up. Although the brightness was not very strong, it was still very conspicuous in this dark night.

But when the circle is turned by a certain angle, the dots dim again.After looking up at the stars in the sky and looking down at the compass, Chen Ziyang figured out that this was not a compass, but an astrolabe.The dots on the astrolabe should represent the stars, and the lines that emanate from the dots should be the lines connecting the two stars.

As Guo Huaxing kept fiddling with his fingers, the dots representing the stars lit up on the astrolabe, and as time went by, more and more stars were lit up.Slowly, after Guo Huaxing adjusted almost all the dozens of rings, a complete star map appeared on his astrolabe.

Looking at his astrolabe, Guo Huaxing showed a satisfied smile, but then the smile on his face froze.

"The direction is determined, there is nothing wrong with the northwest, but... where is the hint for the second test? Could it be that you go down the northwest direction and then search for the dragon's acupuncture point? It should not be so simple, it must be missed What?" Guo Huaxing frowned and said to himself.

Seeing that Guo Huaxing was lost in thought, the other six people didn't even dare to breathe out, for fear of disturbing his train of thought.Liu Cong also looked anxious. Although there was progress in the astrology, if he didn't get clues about the next test, it would be useless to understand the astrology.

Liu Cong, who wanted to help but couldn't use his strength, had to look at the map that Guo Huaxing had seen before by starlight.After finding the location of Jiuyi Mountain, Liu Cong continued to move his finger to the northwest. After crossing the Jingwei Plain, there was a mountainous area in the northwest.

From this point of view, if there is no next step prompt, it is very likely that the next test will be the test of the Maoshan Earth Master.It should be after entering the mountainous area along the northwest direction, and then looking for some places like dragon lairs.

But the mountain area in this direction is too large, and the direction to the northwest is too vague. If you continue to search like this, after ten or eight years, you can only search roughly, like a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. Finding hints on what to do next is simply impossible.

Staring at the new disk for a long time, Guo Huaxing couldn't see why, so he simply sat on the ground, put the astrolabe on his legs, leaned on his chin, and stared at the astrolabe. Watching without moving.

Because the astrolabe was placed relatively low, this time Chen Ziyang was able to see the entire surface of the astrolabe.Dozens of bright spots that shone slightly white on the astrolabe were very conspicuous, and he noticed that these bright spots formed an independent area on the astrolabe.

Although Chen Ziyang couldn't understand the star chart on the astrolabe at all, he was very interested in these things. Anyway, it didn't cost money to look at it, so he just kept staring at the astrolabe to pass the boring time.

In this small area surrounded by bright spots, countless line segments emanating from the bright spots are either connected to each other or separated from each other, and these line segments are also densely packed in this small area.

"Qian is the sky, kun is the earth, earthquake is thunder, ridge is water, gen is mountain, sunda is wind, li is fire, dui is lake, gen represents the northwest direction, and at the same time represents the mountain, the mountain in the northwest direction... They are all Gen, what a coincidence." After watching for a while, Chen Ziyang was also addicted to it, and he also started talking to himself.

"Stinky boy, what are you doing memorizing gossip formulas here when you have nothing to do?" Guo Huaxing's train of thought was interrupted by Chen Ziyang's voice, and he cursed unhappily.

"Guo Zhenren, I'm sorry, I just looked at your star chart and thought of something else, I'm really sorry, I won't say anything more." Knowing that he interrupted Guo Huaxing's thinking, Chen Ziyang was very sincere Sorry.

"Oh? What did you just say? What Gen? What mountain in the northwest? Tell me, maybe it will inspire me."

"I was just talking nonsense just now. Looking at your old star chart, I thought of something else. It shouldn't matter. I'd better not say it, so as not to make a fool of yourself in front of you. The gossip formulas I just memorized are not even a few years old. Xiao Daotong can recite it, I think it's too simple."

"Tell you to say it, just say it, what kind of nonsense."

"This... well, then don't laugh at me. Take a look at the area in the middle of this star map." After saying this, Chen Ziyang simply drew on the bright spot with his finger In a circle, pointing to the area surrounded by bright spots, said:
"Some of these line segments diverging from the bright spots are connected together, and some are parallel to each other on a straight line, but they are not connected together. Just now I had a whim, and I looked at these connected straight lines. Zuo is the yang line in the gossip, and those parallel to each other but not connected together are regarded as yin lines.

If you look at it this way, all these lines in the star chart have become gossip patterns. I counted them just now, and there are 129 of these lines, which are exactly divisible by three, which means that there are 43 gossip patterns in total.

Among all these gossip patterns, the top pattern is obviously not in the same place as the other patterns and should be independent.On the top of this pattern are two connected lines, which are the Yang lines in the Eight Diagrams, and there are two unconnected lines below, which are the Yin lines in the Eight Diagrams. The sum of the three lines is just the pattern of Gen.

Just now you said that the northwest direction is the place where the purple qi gathers, so the direction we are going to go next is probably the northwest.In gossip, Gen represents the northwest direction, and also represents the mountain. I think this coincidence is a bit funny, so I couldn't help talking about it just now.The test of the dignified Taoist holy place will not be such a joke. "

"Oh?" Guo Huaxing roared in surprise, and he stared at the astrolabe carefully for a long time, looking at every line in the bright area. Just like what Chen Ziyang said, these lines In this area, 43 gossip patterns are formed.

"Oh!" Guo Huaxing slapped his thigh suddenly and stood up, startling the people around him again.

"My silly boy, what kind of coincidence is this? This is a hint for the next step in the Holy Land of Taoism!" Chen Ziyang felt a little pain from pinching.

"I'm getting old, and my brain is useless. I just thought that this test is about the astrology, so I have been calculating the trend of the stars, but I never thought that the next step has nothing to do with the image. It's hidden in this star map. You kid is really capable!"

"Guo Zhenzhen, you have won the prize. It is precisely because I don't understand astrology that I can only see lines other than stars. It is not me who gets the next step, but you.

If you hadn't aligned the chart, the lines wouldn't have appeared so completely on the chart. Knowing that he had inadvertently received a reminder of the next test, Chen Ziyang was also very happy.

"Young people are awesome, young people are awesome. It's really right to let you join, and none of us can match this opportunity with the Taoist holy land alone.

Originally, I didn't have much confidence in this action. There are too few things handed down from Taoism. It is not so easy to solve the puzzles set by the predecessors.

But it's different now. Through what happened just now, I feel that the opportunity to crack the holy land of Taoism has come, and the day when Taoism will flourish is not far away. "Guo Huaxing said excitedly.

"Guo Zhenren, so we know the next step? Where should we go?" Liu Cong asked hastily.

"This..." Hearing Liu Cong's question, Guo Huaxing was taken aback for a moment, and then he looked down at the lines in the star chart.

"If the Gen at the top refers to the mountains in the northwest, then the remaining 42 gossip patterns should be a pair of hexagrams. I can't see what is hidden in them. The 16 or less hexagrams I can still deduce it, but these 42 are really beyond my ability.

Come on, at least I know who to go to next.Now it's the turn of Zhang Linfu, that smelly and shameless thing. My puzzle has been solved. If he can't solve the next puzzle, let's see how I bury him. "

(End of this chapter)