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Last year, when I accompanied my master to set up the Dragon Locking Formation, I personally witnessed the bronze token being suppressed at the pivot point of the earth's veins.
Before the words were finished, a strange gust of wind suddenly swept in from outside the window. The carved wooden window slammed against the pillar.
As the candlelight flickered, Wei Changxuan's pupils suddenly contracted—the tea leaves floating in the teacup had automatically arranged themselves into the shape of the Big Dipper.
An eerie bluish light shimmered between the veins of the leaves.
Mu Nanzhi suddenly pulled out a gilded and kingfisher feather hairpin. The moment the cold light pierced the air, ripples appeared on the surface of the bronze mirror.
Something's wrong! She stared at the distorted image in the mirror, a drop of venom condensing at the tip of her hairpin.
The mirror that should have reflected the three people was empty, with only a few wisps of black mist churning at the bottom, like the gaping maw of an abyss.
Luo Yuheng sneered, and three tortoise shells slid out from his sleeve, their surface displaying hexagrams that flowed like an inverted Milky Way.
The tortoise shells floated in a triangular formation, and the moment they crashed into the bronze mirror, thousands of shards of glass scattered all over the ground.
Chapter 323 Response!
Each fragment reflects a different constellation:
Some are adorned with blood moons, some are wrapped in chains, and some reveal the outline of half a bronze token.
Wei Changxuan bent down and picked up a piece.
A dark hole has appeared in the mirror where the seventh star of the Big Dipper is, as if it has been gouged out by something.
A distant, muffled drumbeat startled an owl that shouldn't have been under the eaves at that moment.
The piercing scream broke the silence, sending chills down the back of the three people's necks.
The Thunder Tribulation Wooden Sword emitted a buzzing sound in its scabbard. Wei Changxuan had just touched the hilt when...
The three-inch-long gleam had already broken free of its sheath, and the silver threads and lightning patterns wrapped around the sword 737 crackled and sizzled.
Moonlight streamed obliquely through the window lattice, and the locust leaves in the courtyard suddenly moved without any wind, piecing together a blurry "寅" (yin) character on the bluestone slabs.
The ink was blown away by the night wind before it was dry, leaving only a few withered leaves with black edges.
Yin hour three quarters.
Mu Nanzhi held a fragment of a bronze mirror between her fingers. Moonlight flowed across the mirror's surface, reflecting the seventh star of the Big Dipper, a dim and lackluster star map.
She suddenly froze. The dark red mark at the edge of her glasses gleamed like pearls in the candlelight; this was no ordinary cinnabar...
Luo Yuheng took the fragment and sniffed it lightly; the cinnabar mark between her brows trembled slightly with the movement.
The mermaid's tears of blood would not melt in fire. She brushed her fingertips across the star map in the mirror.
Those dim starlight points suddenly lit up eerily.
Ye Dingzhi's release of the news of the Bronze Token's appearance was indeed a diversionary tactic.
Before she could finish speaking, she whirled around, her eyes gleaming with a brilliant purple light that distorted the shadows in the room.
The big test three days from now is probably meant to draw out the thing suppressed underground.
The sound of the drum came from the distant city tower, startling a flock of crows into flight.
When Wei Changxuan got up, the divination symbols that Luo Yuheng had drawn with tea on the table had already dried up.
But strangely, new patterns appeared—the hexagram that should have been the Mountain Wind Gu.
At the point of change, a tangled chain appeared, with the phantom image of half a bronze token hanging from the end of the chain.
Mu Nanzhi suddenly stuffed a brocade pouch embroidered with the Big Dipper pattern into his palm.
The brocade was cool to the touch, and there was a faint sound of crystals colliding inside, as if some kind of living thing was hidden there.
Last time I went to the East Sea, the merfolk gave me some poison-avoiding beads.
She lowered her voice, the pearls on her gold hairpin swaying gently with her movements.
The pouch also contains my specially made Explosive Flame Powder, for crucial moments.
Observe the situation calmly. Wei Changxuan gripped the brocade pouch tightly, and the Thunder Tribulation Wooden Sword suddenly emitted a clear whistle like a dragon's roar.
The locust trees outside the window rustled; this time, the falling locust leaves would not form words.
Instead, it covered the ground in a dense, intricate web, forming a giant spider web that trapped the three shadows firmly in the center.
The sound of the night watchman's clapper could be heard in the distance, but it was a quarter of an hour later than usual.
Startled, the tortoise shell in Luo Yuheng's sleeve suddenly became hot, and the cracks on the divination image deepened.
The moment Luo Yuheng and Mu Nanzhi locked eyes, the moonlight in the courtyard seemed to freeze for a moment.
Suddenly, a purple-gold light burst forth from the former's pale fingertips, striking Wei Changxuan's brow like lightning.
In an instant,
Wei Changxuan felt a thunderous explosion erupt within his Purple Mansion, and a golden scripture appeared deep within his consciousness.
Every character was trembling, as if it were about to break through his sea of consciousness.
The three large characters "破煞诀" (Po Sha Jue) floated in the air.
Fine lightning patterns entwined around the edges illuminated the surrounding darkness.
Chapter 324 Auspicious Earth Vein Map!
As dusk settled, the bronze bells in the forbidden area of the Star Gazing Tower rang softly without any wind.
Mu Nanzhi lightly leaped down the wooden ladder, the bitter scent of camphor mixed with herbs wafting from her hair.
She deliberately leaned close to Wei Changxuan's ear, her warm breath brushing against his reddened earlobe:
The Thunder Department's secret techniques, suppressed for three hundred years in the forbidden area of the Star Gazing Tower
Before he finished speaking, a muffled thud suddenly came from the lotus pond outside the courtyard, startling the night owl on the eaves into letting out a long, mournful cry.
The three of them touched the ground with their toes, like three afterimages sweeping across the corridor.
Under the moonlight, the mechanical wooden kite floating in the lotus pot gleamed with an eerie, cold metallic light—it was the same Qingfu bird that Yan Feifei had shot down during the day.
Its charred wings curled up like withered butterfly wings, yet its twisted skeleton remained in a diving posture, as if it were still chasing some obsession before its death.
With a click, the bird's beak slowly opened, and a roll of parchment glowing with a ghostly blue phosphorescence slid down the water stains, leaving a spiderweb-like trail of light on the water's surface.
The moment Wei Changxuan reached out to touch it, a bone-chilling cold shot up his spine from his fingertips.
The dark red blood-like lines on the parchment meander like living creatures, weaving into an intricate and complex labyrinthine pattern.
It was exactly the same as the bronze token pattern he had seen in Falling Star Abyss during the day.
The verse in the corner reads: "The lamp burns at midnight, the rooster crows at dawn; this is the time for a man to seize power and reveal his brilliance."
Each character carries the sharpness of a sword tip carving its way in, and even the last stroke has a drop of dried blood clotted on it.
The lost art of mechanical manipulation of the Zhuge family... Pale golden Samadhi Flame rose from Luo Yuheng's fingertips.
As soon as the flame touched the edge of the parchment, a strange thing happened—the paper did not burn, but instead, tiny silver characters appeared in the firelight.
The words, like awakened serpents, swam and converged on the paper, gradually outlining the complete map.
When the seven seal characters of the "Heavenly Revelation Earth Vein Geomantic Map" lit up, Luo Yuheng's pupils shrank sharply—the star positions marked on the map were exactly the same as the divination he had performed over the past forty-nine days.
The vermilion mark at the entrance to the underground palace was surprisingly hidden beneath the foundation of the academy's library!
The surface of the lotus pond suddenly trembled violently, and the reflected moonlight shattered into countless silver scales.
The tail feathers of the mechanical wooden kite moved automatically without wind, the clicking sound of gears meshing mingling with a low hum coming from the bottom of the pool.
It sounded like the low growl of an ancient behemoth before it awakens.
Asking for flowers
Mu Nanzhi suddenly staggered and grabbed Wei Changxuan's wrist, her icy fingertips digging deep into his flesh:
Look! She flipped the map over with trembling hands. The star chart on the back glowed faintly in the moonlight. The Big Dipper, composed of seven silver nails, perfectly matched the celestial phenomena reflected in the bronze mirror.
The candlelight on the rock wall suddenly and eerily shifted to one side, illuminating the words "suppress evil spirits and seal demons" on the parchment with a bloody glow.
With a wave of his wide sleeves, Luo Yuheng caused three tortoise shells to float up. As the runes flowed, they suddenly emitted a piercing buzzing sound—a muffled sound of chains breaking came from deep underground, startling the entire Star Gazing Tower into a slight tremor.
Beneath the surface, the bronze gears within the wooden kite's chest cavity began to spin wildly, dark red runes spreading like veins.
It seems they are gathering strength for the impending upheaval.
The candlelight on the rock wall suddenly flickered eerily, casting the shadows of the three people on the stone wall in a distorted and twisted manner.
Mu Nanzhi's fingers trembled slightly as she gripped the sheepskin map.
The old parchment, under the candlelight, gleamed with a dark brown sheen, as if imbued with the vicissitudes of time…
Chapter 325 Bizarre and Evil Runes!
At this moment, the totem of the bronze cauldron in the center of the 6th position is lifelike, and the taotie pattern on the cauldron seems to be breathing out invisible mist.
Seven stars, like scattered pearls, encircle the surrounding area; the position of each star and the direction of each connecting line...
All of them perfectly overlapped with the starry sky reflected in the glass mirror just now, like an exquisite design of harmony between heaven and man.
Wei Changxuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and the Thunder Tribulation Wooden Sword at his waist suddenly trembled violently.
"737"
The surface of the scabbard shimmered with fine electric light, like countless silver snakes writhing.
A clear, melodious buzzing sound emanated from the sword, as if it were responding to some ancient and mysterious call, transcending a thousand years of time.
The small silver characters on the parchment flickered with the candlelight, and words like "suppress evil" and "seal demons" appeared and disappeared in the firelight.
It exudes an indescribable eerie atmosphere, as if every word seals a thrilling past event.
The Zhuge family actually drew such a detailed diagram of the underground palace's structure...
Luo Yuheng's slender fingers gently touched a winding passage in the picture, his dark sleeves hanging down like ink clouds.
His brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of seriousness flashed in his eyes. The array nodes marked here perfectly matched the Seven Star Locking Array that his master had set up last year.
Before the words were even finished, wisps of spiritual energy began to ripple in the air, like undercurrents surging beneath a calm lake, invisible yet unsettling.
Mu Nanzhi suddenly bit her lip, and blood dripped from her bitten fingertip.
She smeared the blood droplets on the glass mirror, and with a soft shout, the mirror refracted a strange light.
The originally blurry lines gradually became clearer under the crimson light, transforming into a line of fine seal script: