People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

They could only slowly move towards the deep, bottomless cave entrance.

She felt a pang of regret; she should have sided with the Moon Goddess back then.

At least for now, the Moon Goddess won't let her go on adventures.

Instead, they went against Cao Ze!

The Moon Goddess sneered disdainfully. This was the consequence of siding with Yan Fei; she was born to be a consumable.

The Grand Master of Fate swallowed hard and subconsciously glanced back at Consort Yan.

Yan Fei raised her hand and released a stream of dragon-like energy, which swirled around the Grand Master of Fate, and a pale golden energy rope appeared in her hand.

"Go down. If anything goes wrong, I'll pull you back up."

The Grand Master of Fate breathed a slight sigh of relief, his expression brightening with joy, and said respectfully, "Thank you, Lord Dongjun."

It seems Lord Dongjun is not bad; he won't let me die in vain.

There was something strange in Cao Ze's eyes.

It wasn't surprising that Yanfei had the 'golden rope,' after all, the Yin-Yang School was known for its many fancy and unconventional methods.

Instead, they were somewhat surprised by Yan Fei's methods and her ability to win people's hearts, wondering if it was instinct or a mastery she had mastered.

No wonder the Moon Goddess was so suppressed that she couldn't even lift her head.

Should he send the Black and White Sisters to infiltrate the Moon Goddess's realm as infiltrators and give her a helping hand...?

Everyone waited quietly for a while.

Yan Fei noticed the unusual movement of the Qi Rope and pulled hard, lifting the Da Siming, who was originally below, up, his body slightly wet.

The Grand Master of Fate breathed a sigh of relief. "Lord Dongjun, there's a stone passage inside, nothing but poisonous miasma."

"Yes, let's go down together."

Yan Fei stepped in first, followed by Cao Ze, and the group entered the stone passage.

There was some dim light in the fake tomb chamber above, but the stone passage was completely dark.

It was even accompanied by a faint sound of deep water flowing.

As expected, everyone took out tinderboxes, adding more light to the stone passage.

Cao Ze took a small breath of the poisonous miasma and determined that the toxicity of the miasma here was even stronger than that above.

There are two rows of wooden and stone wall lamps on both sides inside the stone path.

The Moon Goddess murmured, "This is... a wood and stone mechanism?"

Having interacted with the Yin-Yang School and the Mohist School for hundreds of years, they were naturally familiar with the art of wood and stone mechanisms.

Yan Fei pondered for a moment and said, "It is said that the art of mechanisms originated from ancient times, so it is not surprising that there are mechanisms here."

Cao Ze looked at the stone wall; it was covered with water stains and moss, making it very slippery.

The faint sound of flowing water was coming from outside the stone wall.

Thinking of the ancient tomb beside the pool, Cao Ze pondered, hoping that Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, was not Lao Bi Deng, otherwise things would be troublesome.

The group took a few steps, then stopped several times to make sure there were no traps or weapons lying in ambush before continuing.

The imagined crisis did not materialize along the way.

After entering a circular tomb chamber, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zhuanxu was one of the Five Emperors and the ancestor of Chinese civilization. It is unlikely that he would have left any traps or hidden weapons in his tomb."

Yan Fei said this.

The usually inconspicuous Da Siming suddenly asked, "Lord Dongjun, could this really be the tomb of Emperor Zhuanxu?"

Everyone was stunned by these words.

To this day, the identity of the owner of this ancient tomb remains unconfirmed.

The tomb of Zhuanxu is merely their preconceived notion.

The Moon Goddess said softly, "According to the 'Great Wilderness North Classic' in the 'Classic of Mountains and Seas,' 'Beyond the Northeast Sea, in the Great Wilderness, between the rivers, there is Mount Fuyu, where Emperor Zhuanxu and his nine concubines were buried.'"

"Furthermore, the *Classic of Mountains and Seas, Northern Regions* states: 'On Mount Wuyu, Emperor Zhuanxu was buried on the sunny side, and his nine concubines were buried on the shady side.' The *Classic of Mountains and Seas, Eastern Regions* also states: 'On Mount Fuyu, Emperor Zhuanxu was buried on the sunny side, and his nine concubines were buried on the shady side, guarded by four snakes.'"

"Whether it is 'Fuyu', 'Wuyu' or 'Fuyu', none of them have anything to do with Diqiu or Puyang."

She had a strange feeling that she was about to be betrayed by her senior sister.

Ya Fei said in a deep voice, "The author of the Classic of Mountains and Seas is unknown, and it was written at an unknown time. It is all ancient language and cannot be trusted."

Yan Fei was very composed. "Whether it is the tomb of Zhuanxu or not, we must find out."

Like the tomb chamber above, the round chamber was completely empty, without even murals; it was just a bare stone chamber.

The women and Cao Ze were knocking and tapping around, but they didn't notice anything unusual.

"Could this have been set up by the tomb's occupant to mock future generations?"

Ya Fei had some doubts.

Jing Ni seemed to have discovered something at this moment.

She squatted down below, using a tinderbox to light the way, and said, "Look, isn't the arrangement of the stone bricks on the ground like a distributed pattern?"

"This is……"

Cao Ze stood next to Jing Ni, examined her for a moment, and said with certainty, "This is the Five Elements Array Diagram, divided by the color of the stone bricks. However, due to the long time that has passed, the pigments on it have faded and are difficult to distinguish, and are close to the black and blue of the stone bricks."

This is also because they subconsciously overlook it; without careful observation, they might not even notice anything unusual.

Snow Maiden and Li Ji stood behind the Great Master of Fate. The three of them looked at the Five Elements Array at their feet, their beautiful eyes filled with confusion, which seemed to say, "We don't understand."

Jingni and Yafei were equally confused.

Cao Ze and Yan Fei Yue Shen each began their own exploration.

A short while later, the three of them stood together in the central palace position.

Cao Ze used the empty tinderbox as a charcoal pencil to draw a simple Five Elements array on the floor inside the room.

"The Five Elements formation here does not follow the cycle of mutual generation and restraint, but rather the reverse restraint, violating the logic of mutual generation and restraint, and thus falling into a vicious cycle."

After Cao Ze finished speaking, he looked at Yan Fei and Yue Shen. The Yin Yang School were experts in the Five Elements; they wouldn't fail to see through it.

Yan Fei's expression was serious. "Therefore, once the formation is activated, it will cause the Five Elements Formation to suffer from energy depletion, and what is being depleted is us inside the formation."

The Moon Goddess looked at the simple diagram drawn by Cao Ze, frowning in thought, "Fire does not produce earth but overcomes metal, metal does not produce water but overcomes wood, wood does not produce fire but overcomes earth, earth does not produce metal but overcomes water, water does not produce wood but overcomes fire..."

"This is due to the blockage of Qi, with the Kan water position (the gate of life) being suppressed by the Li fire position (the gate of death)."

Yan Fei nodded and said, "That's right. The central palace, where we are now, is the core of the formation, suppressing the formation diagram."

"The North Kan Water Life Gate is hidden in the Six Killings position, while the South Li Fire Death Gate is located near the Heavenly Doctor Star, disguised as an exit."

"This means we need to reverse the Five Elements again."

Cao Ze began drawing a loop diagram next to the simplified diagram.

The Five Elements Formation here is not complicated.

He had at least some experience working at Longhu Mountain, and was well-versed in the Five Elements, Eight Trigrams, and Qimen Dunjia, so solving the puzzle wasn't too difficult for him.

Earth ← Water ← Fire ← Metal ← Wood ← Earth

Fire (South) → Metal (West) → Wood (East) → Earth (Central Palace) → Water (North) → Fire (South).

This forms a reverse closed loop.

Then, using the following method to break the pattern: Kan Water ← Central Palace Earth ← Li Fire ← Zhen Wood ← Dui Metal ← Xun Wood.

“The central palace takes the earth element of Xu and sprinkles it towards the water position of Kan, thus resolving the earth's resistance to water.”

"After the Kan water is activated, the lead water is poured into the Li fire position, forming a balance of water and fire."

"The fire of Li transforms into the earth of Kun, but it is necessary to burn the wood of Jia in the Zhen position."

"Finally, at the Dui metal position, Geng metal cuts off the Yi wood at the Xun wood position, completing the restoration of the five elements."

"Therefore, although the Water Virtue is the Gate of Life, we must first strengthen the Earth element to remove the seal, and then use fire to refine metal and metal to cut wood to reconstruct the Qi mechanism, so as to finally achieve the escape path of 'Water of Kan connects with the mystery, breaks evil and returns to the truth'."

After speaking, Cao Ze paused.

The Gate of Life is associated with the element of Water. Could this really be the tomb of Emperor Zhuanxu?

After hearing Cao Ze's solution, Yan Fei's beautiful eyes shone with admiration, and her jade-like face was full of appreciation. No wonder she was able to write "Journey to the West".

The Moon Goddess found it hard to believe; Cao Ze's understanding of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements was almost as profound as hers, how could this be?

She had just begun to see a breakthrough when Cao Ze revealed the solution in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

This deeply affected her, and she wanted to go back to the Yin-Yang School, tear up all those books, and stop studying them!

Meanwhile, the five women on the other side were completely confused after Cao Ze and Yan Feiyue used a bunch of technical terms.

However, it seems that Cao Ze is even more knowledgeable about the Five Elements than Dongjun and Yueshen of the Yin-Yang School.

The more they learned about Cao Ze, the more amazed they became.

Ya Fei couldn't help but ask, "What should we do?"

There's nothing here, yet you want soil, gold, and water? Where are you going to get all that stuff?

Cao Ze clapped his hands and laughed, "According to the rules, rearrange the five-colored stone bricks under your feet. So..."

He paused, then said, "Let's start moving bricks."

This Five Elements arrangement is very interesting, as it contains the idea that "reversal is the movement of the Tao".

Fortunately, he had good reverse thinking and used the reverse five elements to break the surface-level generating and restraining relationships.

Cao Ze and the Seven Fairies worked hard together to move bricks. Fortunately, they were both quite capable, and they managed to place the 25-square-meter bricks in the appropriate positions in just half an hour.

Holding the last dark blue stone brick, Yan Fei scanned her surroundings with her beautiful eyes before fixing them on Cao Ze.

Cao Ze nodded slightly. "Put it down."

He didn't understand the principles of mechanical devices, but he figured they were activated based on the different weights of the stone bricks.

He discovered this while he was moving bricks.