Chapter Forty-Eight: The Endgame

Originally, the color of the seven gems was arranged in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple from the bucket handle to the bucket ladle, but at this time, the color of the first stone became orange, and the second turned green, and the color of each subsequent stone was not the same as before. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Lin Yanlan looked at the seven gems for a moment, and after a while, he saw that each stone changed color again.

Lin Yanlan stood in front of the stone wall and looked at the half-pillar incense time, and gradually figured out the color change law of gemstones.

Each of the seven gemstones changes its color, from red all the way to purple, then to white, and then to red.

Lin Yanlan looked at it for a while, then felt hungry in her belly, and secretly thought: "Although the gem is good, it can't satisfy hunger after all, so you still have to find a way to find something to eat." ”

However, although the cave is dark, after all, there is still the light of gems, but in the water, it is pitch black, Lin Yanlan has the heart to go into the water to catch fish to satisfy hunger, but because the sky is not yet bright, he can't see in the water, so he has to sit down against the cave wall and wait for dawn.

Lin Yanlan was bored, so he watched the seven stones change color from red to white.

The cave was dark, I don't know how long it took, six of the seven stones had turned white, and the seventh had also turned purple, Lin Yanlan stared at the seventh stone with great interest, and said in her heart: "Such a coincidence is rare. ”

Lin Yanlan had been observing for a long time, knowing that each color of a few stones would only appear for about half a cup of tea before changing to the next color, and at this time, six of them were already white, so he looked closely at the only remaining purple gem, and unconsciously whispered in his mouth: "Quickly change, become fast, change quickly!"

Suddenly, the seventh stone also changed from purple to white.

The seven stones all turned white for a while, and I don't know how many years it would take for such a coincidence to occur, Lin Yanlan looked at it in his eyes, and he was as happy as a child.

Suddenly, the corner of his eye flashed, and after all seven stones turned white, there was a faint light in the darkness, and on the wall three paces away in the direction of the gem on the Heavenly Pivot, a stone the size of a goose egg lit up faintly, and it became brighter and brighter, but for a moment, the light of the surrounding gems was obscured.

Lin Yanlan's heart moved: "Sure enough, there is a mystery!"

Lin Yanlan stretched out her hand to grab the stone, spun it left and right, did not move at all, pressed it hard, and with a "snap" sound, the stone was pressed flat into the wall.

The sound of chains scraping came from the side wall, followed by a thud of rubble falling to the ground.

When Lin Yanlan heard the voice, she had already taken a few steps back and flashed aside.

I saw a boulder on the wall slowly lift up, revealing a passage behind it that could be used for two people to walk side by side.

The passage is long and narrow, and I don't know how deep.

Lin Yanlan shook the fire fold and put it at the entrance of the cave to try it, the flames went straight up, there was no wind, and the cave was not connected to the outside.

Lin Yanlan walked along the passage and walked towards the cave step by step, being very careful along the way, but fortunately he did not encounter any news along the way.

After walking thirty feet and up and down, he came to the end, and there was no way to go.

Lin Yanlan raised the fire and looked around, picked up a piece of gravel on the ground, knocked on the stone wall in front of him, and knocked on the stone wall next to him.

Lin Yanlan looked around by the firelight, and there were ordinary stone walls all around, and there was no mechanism to open with the Night Pearl as in the cave just now.

Lin Yanlan remembered that the luminous stone looked like an ordinary stone in a place of light, and blew out the fire in one gulp, and suddenly fell into darkness in front of her.

Lin Yanlan closed her eyes and waited for a moment before slowly opening them and looking at the surrounding walls.

Sure enough, on the left wall, near the shoulder, there was a palm-sized stone that faintly glowed blue.

Lin Yanlan stretched out her hand and pressed it, and the stone wall in front of her turned around, and it suddenly opened up in front of her, and she was actually in a stone room.

The stone chamber was very wide, and although it was opened between the bellies of the mountain, I didn't feel bored at all when I stayed inside.

Lin Yanlan turned around, and saw that the entire wall on the right side was inlaid with luminous gemstones, and the entire stone house was filled with soft and bright light.

In the middle of the room is a stone table, two stone benches are placed opposite each other, and on the stone table is carved a nineteen-way chess game, a game of endgame is laid out by Wuzi, and a three-legged bronze bottle.

There are still many pieces in the two chess pieces on the stone table.

Lin Yanlan knows very little about qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, except for some miscellaneous books, and the handwriting is okay, but he is far from calligraphy, and he knows nothing about the three arts of qin, chess, and painting.

Lin Yanlan thought secretly: "Since there is a chess game here, there must be people who play chess." ”

However, he looked around, and the whole cave was clean and tidy, and it was clear at a glance, but he did not find half a skeleton. In addition to the stone table and bench and a plate of endgames, there is only a large stone cabinet next to one wall.

There are three layers of stone cabinets, the first layer has a few clothes neatly placed, and the second and third floors are each placed four or five large jars.

Lin Yanlan carefully opened the mud seal of a jar on the second floor, and a fragrance immediately wafted out.

"Is it food?" Lin Yanlan sniffed vigorously, "It's so fragrant, it's actually beef!"

I don't know how long the food has been here, but the jar is so well sealed that when it is opened, the taste is not lost at all, not even a little water has evaporated.

The sauce was fragrant into her nose, and Lin Yanlan's stomach gurgled and screamed.

Lin Yanlan looked at the food in front of her, but she was really hesitant in her heart.

Lin Yanlan has been on the mountain for more than three years, and all he eats every day are grains and fruits and vegetables grown on the mountain.

It's also a loss, otherwise I'm afraid that the birds and beasts on Tianlan Mountain would have been eaten up a long time ago.

Lin Yanlan opened the remaining jars again, but saw that all the contents were beef and mutton.

Lin Yanlan had no choice but to move out of the jar on the last floor, open an altar, and suddenly the aroma of wine overflowed, and the jar was filled with fine wine.

"I don't know who saved so much ......wine here," Lin Yanlan thought and smelled the aroma of wine all over the house, "I guess there were also two seniors who lived here back then." “

And I thought, "How nice it would be if one day I could live in seclusion here with my sister......

He took another deep breath and exclaimed, "What a fragrant wine!"

Lin Yanlan has been hungry for two days, he has never been a rigid and old-fashioned person, at this time, in the face of food and wine, how can he do that thing of "carrying ten thousand gold and not using it"?

Moreover, when he was in the mountains, he played with weak water, and he did not know how many precepts he had violated more serious than eating meat and drinking wine, and after his stomach had barked three times, he no longer hesitated.

Lin Yanlan counted it, and saw that on the shelves in the middle and the lowest layer, there were ten altars of wine and meat.

Towards the void, he said loudly: "Disciple Tianlan under the sect Lin Yanlan, today by mistake into the treasure land, it is really unintentional, hidden in the cave, it has to be eaten as a last resort, it is indeed helpless, it is not the original intention, I don't know which predecessor lives here, where the offense is, I hope to forgive the sin!"

Lin Yanlan knew that there was no one in the cave, and when he said these words, he just wanted peace of mind.

After confessing his sin, he was no longer polite, and took a piece of beef in his hand and put it in his mouth.

Although the beef has been left for an unknown amount of time, the entrance is still extremely tender and delicious, full of aftertaste, Lin Yanlan ate a small half of the jar in one go, and then felt full.

Lin Yanlan put those jars back one by one, looking at the jar of wine that had been opened by herself, hesitating.

It's not that he's worried about breaking the vows, since the meat has been eaten, the wine will naturally be drunk, Lin Yanlan is embarrassed because he has never drunk wine, this wine is so fragrant, it must be aged for many years, in case he gets drunk, I don't know when he will get drunk.

Lin Yanlan didn't eat a drop of water for two consecutive days, and just then he ate a lot of sauced beef, and the aroma of the wine got into his nose one after another, so he couldn't care about it anymore, so he went to the table and took the wine bottle and drank a bottle.

I only felt that the wine was crisp in my mouth, but it had a spicy taste, and although I only took a small sip, Lin Yanlan was still choked and coughed incessantly.

"It turns out that wine is this taste......" Lin Yanlan only felt that her mouth was spicy, and there was a fire in her throat, but her stomach was very warm.

After a while, the spicy taste in his mouth was gone, and he was left with a full mouthful of fragrance, even the exhaled breath was fragrant.

Lin Yanlan drank another bottle.

After drinking seven or eight bottles in this way, he was still full of energy, and he didn't look like he was going to get drunk at all.

Lin Yanlan sealed the wine and put it back in its place.

The wine Lin Yanlan drank was all old, I don't know how long it had been sealed here, he had never drunk it, so he didn't know the depth, and when he saw that he didn't feel anything after drinking it for the first time, he drank it as water.

After half a tea time, the wine came up, and he fell to the ground drunk and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept before I woke up.

Lin Yanlan stood up and walked around the cave.

He was familiar with the cave, and knew that there was no other place to go except the passage through which he came, and he was bored, so he simply sat down on the stone bench and studied the end of the table.

Lin Yanlan didn't know the way of the game, when watching the chess game, he saw that the black and white were entangled and coiled with each other, difficult to solve, the black man just went straight forward, and drove straight into the white atrium;

When you look closely, it seems that there is a scuffle between the two formations, but the subtleties are clear, although it is difficult to understand, but they have their own rules, not a random arrangement.

Lin Yanlan didn't know anything about the way of chess, and he couldn't see the theory of chess when he watched the chess game, he had been diligently practicing the "Innate Yuan Dao Sutra" for three years, so he would unconsciously think about the Tao he was practicing when he saw anything.

I saw that the black and white were like opposites, containing each other, but they seemed to be dependent on each other, and in some places, the sunspots could have attacked in a big way, but they seemed to be afraid of something, and the formation was biased, and they turned elsewhere; sometimes the white son could obviously break through, but he often bypassed, but seemed to be interested in showing mercy to his subordinates.

Lin Yanlan secretly said in her heart: "This game of chess is quite similar to the principle of yin and yang that the master usually says!"

Thinking like this, the chess game in his eyes was no longer a game between two people, but a person holding black and white in both hands, swaying on this chessboard.

Lin Yanlan has a very high level of understanding, at this time, thinking about the chess game with the method of cultivation, a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, and there seemed to be a lightning bolt in the haze, although he didn't know how to play chess, and his heart was itchy, but he still reached out to take the child, wanting to try what he thought in his heart.

However, when he stretched out his hand, he was stunned.

Normally, when two people play a game, they must put one of their own chess pieces in front of each person, but at this time, Lin Yanlan realized that the two chess pieces on the stone table were actually placed on the same side, but the stone bench he was sitting on was empty.

Lin Yanlan's heart moved, and she remembered that when she first came in, she found that there was only a wine bottle on the table, and she didn't care about it at the time, but at this time, she suddenly thought, could it be that this game of chess was placed by one person?

This hidden cave turned out to be a secluded place for a person.