Chapter 198: The End of the Road

Flipping through it, Zhan Chen's expression became more and more solemn and focused. This small booklet seemed to become heavier and heavier in his hands, and the truth expounded in it seemed profound and simple, as distant and near, as vast and subtle, as large as the whole universe, as small as a grain of sand, all-encompassing, all-encompassing.

He seems to understand and doesn't seem to understand, it is this state of seeming to understand but not to understand makes him anxious, eager to exhaust the mysteries, time seems to have stopped, but his mind is expanding infinitely, big to infinite, deep to infinite.

I don't know how long it took for Zhan Chen to wake up, as if he had experienced a thousand years, and as if it was only in an instant.

"How much time have I spent reading books, this is not a place to stay for a long time, I want to leave quickly. Thinking like this, Zhan Chen hurriedly put the "Book of Changes" into the Qiankun bag and went straight to the fourth floor.

On the fourth floor, there was only an empty bookshelf, and there was nothing else, Zhan Chen felt a little lost in his heart, guessing that there might be a heaven-level martial arts on this shelf, or a powerful internal strength method, but it was obviously already preemptively obtained.

He walked a few steps, found a teleportation array on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and stepped on it again. A streamer flashed, and his body completely disappeared into this martial arts pavilion.

When he opened his eyes again, it was still the teleportation array, and it was still the couplet, but Zhan Chen's heart seemed to have a bottom, staring at the couplet tightly, and thought: "Qiantian Kundi, it must refer to the two hexagrams of "Qian" and "Kun", and Lihuo Kanshui refers to the two hexagrams of "Li" and "Kan", so what does Jitailai and Water and Fire mean?"

Zhan Chen fell into deep thought, constantly recalling what he had seen in the I Ching before.

Suddenly, he stomped his foot, came to his senses, and shouted, "Yes! It must be so, in the Book of Changes, "No" and "Tai" are two of the 64 hexagrams, and they happen to be composed of the two hexagrams of Qian and Kun reversed to each other!"

As long as the positions of the two hexagrams of "Li" and "Kan" are reversed from each other, two new hexagrams can be formed, which are the two hexagrams of "Jiji" and "Weiji".

The word "ji" in "water and fire" written by the Hanshan Taoist alludes to the word "ji" in these two hexagrams.

Secondly, in terms of meaning, "Ji" has the meaning of success, and these four hexagrams are also worth playing, "No", "Tai", "Weiji", "Jiji", isn't it the tip of the Hanshan Daoist?

"As long as I follow this order, I will definitely be able to break out of this death loop!" Zhan Chen suddenly opened his mouth, and his eyes were different when he looked at the teleportation array again.

However, to really implement it, he still has scruples, and he hesitated for a long time with one foot above the "Qian" hexagram and didn't step on it.

"This is my first step, success or failure is another move, just do it, just do what you want!" Zhan Chen gritted his teeth and finally put his feet down gently.

A flash of light flashed, and he only felt that the world was spinning, and he quickly opened his eyes to look, only to find that he seemed to be still in the original attic, and had not been teleported out.

But Zhan Chen was ecstatic in his heart, he knew that he had been teleported, and everything had changed!

"The second step is the 'Kun' hexagram!" Zhan Chen walked to the center of the formation and firmly raised his foot and stepped on the position of the 'Kun' hexagram......

The order of "No", "Tai", "Weiji", and "Jiji" is Qian, Kun, Kun, Qian, Li, Kan, Kan, and Li.

Zhan Chen had to be teleported a total of 8 times, and when he stepped on the last "Departure", there was another trance, this time, where would he appear?

A beam of light flashed, and Zhan Chen found himself in the middle of a rooftop, and when he looked forward from here, he could see a huge palace thirty meters high prostrate in front of him, with three big characters "Hanshan Palace" written on it, and he suddenly understood in his heart that this seemed to be the final destination he was going to reach.

Now, whether you want to or not, you must enter this cold mountain hall, because the way to escape is likely to be in this hall.

Along the avenue, towards the hall, the road seemed particularly quiet, there were no bronze people and stone bats, and there were no mechanisms, but Zhan Chen's heart could not be calm, because he knew that there would be challenges waiting for him in the future.

Sure enough, as soon as he stepped into the gate, he heard the sound of soldiers, and at a glance, he saw Gongzi Bai, Duanmu Meiqi, Wu Junsheng and other martial emperors, who were fighting fiercely around 8 puppets.

The Demon Luo Sect, the Cult Worship, the Righteous Dao Sect, and the Martial Emperor of the Treasure Explorer are united in everything at this moment, regardless of good and evil, regardless of camp, and they share the same hatred for the enemy.

What kind of powerful puppets can unite these people? Zhan Chen couldn't help but look at the eight puppets. 7 of them are covered in silver and white, each of them has the strong strength of the middle level of the Martial Emperor, and the remaining one is even more conspicuous, it is a golden puppet, and its strength and speed have reached the level of the Great Perfection of the Martial Emperor!

These puppets are really 8 fighting machines that never stop, and everyone's martial arts fall on them, and they can't even leave a single scar.

Especially that golden puppet, it takes Duanmu Meiqi and Wu Junsheng to join forces to barely contain it.

Looking behind them, there was a long staircase, there were ninety-nine steps, and at the end of this staircase was indeed a high platform, and an old man in a Taoist robe, with a white beard, sat upright on the high platform, with a ruddy face and a serene expression, and at first glance thought he was alive.

"Is that the Hanshan Daoist?" Zhan Chen was shocked, the Hanshan Daoist had passed away for a thousand or two thousand years, and his bones could remain immortal! And it seemed that it could be preserved for a long time. Hearing is false, seeing is believing, hearing is better than seeing, today he has seen all kinds of miracles in the realm of Taoism.

More than a dozen Martial Emperors couldn't deal with 8 stone people, and some wanted to leave their "companions" and go up the stairs alone, but they were immediately blocked by puppets, and holding on to the staircase was their bottom line.

Seeing this scene, Zhan Chenqing knew that there was very little hope of passing through their fire, this mausoleum expedition, he had gained enough benefits, obtained the wealth of the six martial kings and powerhouses, realized a trace of the true meaning of the sword intent, and the most important thing was that he got the Book of Changes!

This seemingly inconspicuous booklet will definitely be of great help to his future cultivation path, and for him now, how to get out of here is the most important thing.

Those martial emperors focused their attention on the Hanshan Dao people, and naturally they didn't pay attention to Zhan Chen's "little ant", so he began to observe the entire hall, and found that there were passages on both sides of the hall, leading to the back of the hall, and his heart suddenly moved, there was still a mystery here, so he followed the path next to him and quietly walked towards the back of the hall.

There are many rooms behind the hall, and there are alchemy rooms, refining rooms, cultivation rooms, study pavilions, bedrooms and wing rooms, etc., as if they are simulating the cave where Hanshan Dao lived before his death.

At this moment, a martial king dressed in the costume of the righteous path gate came here with Zhan Chen, and he saw at a glance that there seemed to be many pills in the open alchemy room, and a trace of greed flashed in his eyes, and he rushed forward with a long laugh.

Next, a terrifying scene appeared, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck from the top of the room, hitting the body of the righteous path disciple, he didn't even have a chance to shout, and instantly turned into ashes.

Seeing all this, Zhan Chen let out a cold sweat, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately he didn't make a mistake, otherwise he would end up with the same death as him.

He looked at the room again, and his expression began to become wary, and here was the same as outside, there were traps everywhere.

Suddenly, Zhan Chen saw that there seemed to be a symbol painted above the door of the alchemy room, and when he looked closely, it was the "Earthquake" hexagram in the 64 hexagrams, it seems that the people of Hanshan Dao are very keen on the "Book of Changes", and they have already engraved the hexagram on their doors.

"Earthquake" hexagram? Wait! "Earthquake" is a symbol of thunder and lightning, and wasn't that righteous path disciple just now killed by a thunderbolt?" Zhan Chen suddenly came to his senses.

"It seems that the Hanshan Daoist has marked all the traps arranged in each room, and only those who understand the Book of Changes can escape these dangers, so it seems that I may be able to find clues to escape in these rooms. He thought again.

Now that he had found the clue, Zhan Chen's spirit was lifted, and he began to carefully check the hexagrams on each room, and sure enough, he saw that the top of the refining room was a "Li" hexagram, and the hexagram on the cultivation room was the "Sleepy" hexagram, all of which were dangerous hexagrams.

"Sure enough, where the interests are, there are often risks, maybe I should go to those ordinary-looking wings to find them. By observation, he came to such a conclusion.

After groping and observing one by one, Zhan Chen found a room in an inconspicuous corner on the second floor, and the hexagram on it was like a hexagram on the bottom, which was the hexagram "Escape".

The hexagram "Escape" indicates the meaning of escaping and retreating, but this room contains the mystery of leaving this cold mountain mausoleum. He couldn't help but start wondering.

Zhan Chen decided to enter it and try it, but when he just raised his foot, he hesitated, and the scene of Fang Cai's righteous path disciple being killed by lightning seemed to appear in front of him again.

"Should I go in or should I not? I should go in! If I don't take this step, I'll never want to leave!"

But in an instant, he seemed to wake up again, and finally stepped his foot in, and nothing abnormal happened!

Zhan Chen's heart was full of joy, it seemed that he was one step closer to the exit, so he no longer hesitated, hurriedly entered it, and began to search around.

This room was very simply decorated, with only a hardwood bed, a bookshelf, a table and a chair, and Zhan Chen searched up and down for a long time, but found nothing.

His heart began to be anxious: "Could it be that my previous judgment was wrong?