Chapter 3 The Destroyed Penglai Island Chapter 17 Penglai Ruins 2
The ruins sit on a lotus-shaped reef, and the houses look older than the pre-Qin period. But the luxury of the structure is no less than the Tang Dynasty, the circular air corridor, the towering pavilions and pavilions, although there is no classic eaves and corners of the Tang Dynasty, but the huge archway of carving beams and paintings is enough to show the prosperity of the year. The vermilion walls and golden tiles have no signs of being eroded by the sea, and they still maintain the bright colors of the past.
......The four of them were all shocked by what they saw, and they were all the first time in their lives that they had seen such a spectacular complex.
"Thank you, little one......" Kaoru was about to thank the Ice Angel, only to find that the little creature had already returned to the team.
The four of them dived to the seabed together and came to the Penglai ruins. When you look up from the bottom up, you realize that the complex is far more magnificent and tall than you imagined.
The gate that stood in front of everyone alone was as high as two floors. The gate is also carved with a beautiful map of the starry sky.
Huai Xun took out the key, and looked carefully along the crack of the door, carefully and carefully, from top to bottom, from bottom to top, and found no place to accommodate this strange-shaped key.
"Huai girl, have you found the keyhole?" Kong Li swam to Huai Xun, who was wondering.
"I didn't ...... This door is so tightly fitted that there is no place to insert a key. Huai Xun said deflatedly.
"Huai girl, come and see ......" Kong Li pulled Huai Xun and Yi Xixing, and swam into the distance, "This gate is carved with 28 stars!"
"This is the wall, room, and void of the White Tiger in the Western Heaven, and this is the horn of the Eastern Green Dragon......" Huai Xun followed the picture drawn on the door and began to look for the corresponding stars, but these stars were not where they should be.
"Something is really not right, this is obviously a 28 constellation chart, but there is an extra constellation Canis major. And the location of the Big Dipper is also a bit problematic......" Kong Li also questioned.
"If you look at it according to the position of the Big Dipper, this is not the 28 constellation map, but the Fuxi Nuwa map......" Yi Xixing's words made Huai Xun suddenly realize.
"In other words, as long as we put the constellations in place, maybe we can open the door?"
"Sister Kaoru, come and see here!" The sharp eyes saw the stone tablet standing in front of the gate, which seemed to be engraved with the words on the divine anecdote they had seen before.
"Lao Kong, you specialize, let's interpret it. Huai Xun pulled Kong Li to the stone monument.
"Hmm...... Belch...... Ah......" Kong Li stood in front of the huge stone tablet, with empty eyes, holding his chest, touching his chin, like a pedant, but what he said, he wanted Huai Xun to smoke him, "The words are too big, but I don't know ...... anymore."
"When is it, you can't be serious!" Huai Xun really gave Kong Li a punch.
"Just kidding, I'll stand at a distance. Kong Li swam five meters out, "This distance is appropriate." ”
Kong Li touched his thumb and index finger with both hands, compared a frame, and looked at the content on the stele from the frame. Kaoru and the others are still looking for clues on the door to open......
After a while, Kong Li returned to the door and called everyone back: "The stone tablet says: If you want to open this door, you need to use ancient blood, according to the order of the four directions of heaven and earth, dye the red star to engrave the track, and then combine the blood to light up the leader's star, and wait for the stars to rise into the sky before it can be opened." ”
"What do you mean?" Kaoru blurted out without even thinking about it.
"I guess, probably, we need to use our blood to light these stars on the door, and then the door will open automatically?" Yi Xixing asked Kong Li.
"It should be, but it doesn't seem to be that simple, the words on the stele are red according to the order of the four directions of heaven and earth. It doesn't feel like we can just use our blood to dot the stars, and the door can be opened......"
"Uh...... Don't say it sooner...... "Huai Xun had already bitten her fingers, and the blood on her fingers should have spread out in the seawater, but her blood was like in space, forming blood cells one by one, and these blood cells slowly drifted towards the Southern Heavenly Vermilion Bird Star on the gate.
The moment the blood hits the star track, the star track is dyed red, and the round star also faintly glows with a pale pink light.
"Huai girl, can you squeeze some more blood out?" Kong Li pouted Huai Xun.
"It hurts! Why don't you break your own fingers?" Huai Xun tried to bite Kong Li's hand as he squeezed his blood.
"In order, in order, since you broke your finger first, and were still received blood by the stars of the Suzaku Palace, then we can only wait for you to light up the stars of the Seven Stars of the Suzaku Palace, and then we will order it. Kong Li said that the head was the Tao, and he didn't give Huai Xun a chance to refute at all.
"I ......" Huai Xun grabbed his fingers and glanced at Yi Xixing, and found that Yi Xixing was also looking at him with expectant eyes.
There's no way to squeeze the blood, after the well is lit, it is the ghost house, followed by Liu, Xing, and Zhang Su......
"Damn! There are too many stars that make up Tsubasaku!" "When Kaoru saw Tsubasaki, she almost fainted.
"No way, there are two constellations in the wings, one is Cancer, and the other is Hydra. Come on...... Kong Li patted Huai Xun's shoulder as if comforting.
"It's too much blood, isn't it...... Fortunately, the last one is only 5 stars......" Huai Xun's right index finger was squeezed bloodless, so he changed his middle finger and continued to squeeze.
The seven stars of the Vermilion Bird Palace were all lit up, and Huai Kaoru sat on the seabed, looking up at the bright lights on the gate, and still felt a sense of accomplishment.
"I'll come next!" Yi Xixing stopped Kong Li, who was about to bite his finger.
"That's fine......" Kong Li nodded.
Yi Xixing bit his finger, lilac blood floated in the water, Kong Li saw this color of blood for the first time, he looked at Yi Xixing in surprise.
"I was born with this color of blood, don't be surprised, I heard Yi Bo say that Fuxi's blood is not ordinary blood red. So ......" Yi Xixing shrugged.
"You demon clan, it's really worth researching!" Kong Li said meaningfully.
Yi Xixing's blood was absorbed by the horn of the Eastern Qinglong Palace, and the light emitted by the Qinglong Seven Stars was completely different from the color of the Vermilion Bird Seven Stars, which was a faint blue-purple color, which was very consistent with the color of the Qinglong, and it was also a little similar to the color of Yi Xixing's blood.
"If it's in order, it should be Xuanwu, I'll come!" Kong Li took a deep breath, and when he was about to bite his finger ruthlessly, the blood of his finger had been absorbed by the Dou Su of the Northern Xuanwu Palace.
After the seven stars of the Xuanwu Palace were lit up, they emitted an orange light.
Several people clasped their fingers, looked at Kong Li, and told him with their eyes: It's your turn.
As soon as Kong Li closed his eyes, as soon as he made a effort, he bit his finger, and the bright red blood floated towards the Kuisu of the White Tiger Palace in the West, and there were many stars in this constellation, occupying nearly half of the stars of the Seven Constellations of the entire White Tiger Palace. However, what is amazing is that the Kuisu that absorbed Kong Li's blood emitted not red light, but white light? This is quite in line with the temperament of the White Tiger Seven Stars.
The twenty-eight nakshatras have been lit up, and the next sign is Canis Major in the center of the door. Although there are more than 5 stars in the constellation Canis Major, there are only 5 stars engraved on the door, and the largest of them in the center of the door should be Sirius, the leader star mentioned on the stone tablet.
"The stone tablet says that the blood will light up the leader star, does it mean that the four of us, each of us will ask for a drop of blood on the four stars around the leader star?"
"Don't ask me...... I don't know. Kong Li's head shook like a rattle, in case the key judgment was wrong, the twenty-eight constellations in front of him would be lit up in vain.
"If it is true that it is said on the stone tablet, then we should indeed count the blood according to the direction. Yi Xixing put his bitten finger on the star corresponding to the position of the Blue Dragon Palace.
After several other people saw Yi Xixing's actions, they also hesitantly put their fingers on the stars corresponding to the stars they lit up.
“1,2,3...... Press!" Yi Xixing ordered, and the four of them pressed their fingers together.
The four stars each absorbed the blood of four people, and sent the blood of all four people to Sirius, the largest star in the center of the door.
When the mixed blood filled Sirius, the nakshatra on the gate suddenly projected into the water in the distance, forming a holographic projection of the celestial sphere, and the stars of 4 colors were reflected in the blue waters, as if they were in the vast universe. At this time, the nakshatras on the celestial sphere begin to move slowly.
As the projected stars moved to their original positions, a shiny comet drew an elliptical circle around the star, and then the holographic projection was retracted to the door, which slowly opened.
"This ...... What kind of mechanism is this? It's a holographic projection, and it's blood authentication. How can you have a fight with the breeding pond of your clan?" In Kong Li's cognition, the technology of the ancient mythological era is no different from today's, how can this kind of thing be understood?
"Whatever he is, let's go quickly, in case this door closes again, won't we waste blood again......" Kaoru Huai pulled him and quickly swam into the gate.
The four men arrived inside the ruins, and the empty room contained nothing but four pillars that were not very straight. The four of them walked around the room and didn't find anything special.
"These immortals are too poor, aren't they?" Kong Li sighed.
"Could it be that they knew that Penglai Immortal Island was going to sink to the bottom, so they moved first?" Huai Xun didn't know the situation at the time, and guessed blindly.
"That's right! I remember! There is such a book about the description of ancient myths called "Liezi". Kong Li thought of the topics he had studied in college, "In that book, it was said that it was probably this area, there were originally 5 immortal mountains, not Daiyu Mountain, Yuanqiao Mountain, Fanghu Mountain, Yingzhou Mountain, and Penglai Mountain." Then it is said that these five immortal mountains are supported by fifteen giant turtles in the East China Sea to ensure the stability of these five mountains. Later, a giant from Longbo Kingdom fished out 6 giant turtles, but the fairy mountain was unstable, and Dai Yu and Yuanqiao in the north drifted away, and I don't know where they drifted......"
"This giant of the Lombal Kingdom is really annoying!" swore Huai Xun angrily.
"But don't you think that maybe the giant of the Longbo Kingdom is the three-eyed giant mentioned in the gods?" Kong Li's associative ability made Huai Xun and them bow down.
"You don't say it, I don't think it's really true that you say that!" Huai Xun nodded in agreement.