Chapter Forty-Nine: Seeing the Six Paths and Finding the "Dark Grid"

Han Xiaoyue packed her luggage and moved into the dry temple to live. After a night's rest, all three of them have regained their energy.www.biquge.info Mingji stayed awake all night, discussing Han Xiaoyue's affairs with the two masters of Mingjing and Mingde all night. Although, there has never been a precedent for two people to undergo ten tests at the same time, considering that Long Jiu was dying after all, the three of them still agreed.

On the second day, in the hall of Daxiong. Mingji was sitting under the huge Buddha statue in the center of the hall, and Mingjing and Mingde were sitting on both sides. A total of 72 disciples of all the monks in the temple sat in a circle on a futon, surrounding Mingji, Mingjing, Mingde, and the Great Buddha in the center. Han Xiaoyue, Li Jingxian, and Long Yan sat in front of Mingji, looking solemn and nervous. Ming Ji hurriedly discharged ten planks on the ground, arranged the planks neatly and said, "Donors, how did you rest yesterday?" Han Xiaoyue nodded: "I'm tired of Master Mingji, we have a good rest." ”

Mingji smiled when he heard this: "That's good! As he spoke, he pushed the wooden board in front of Han Xiaoyue, "Master Han, after yesterday's discussion, the two masters agreed that you and Yan'er would face the test together. The ten planks in front of you all have a dark grid, and there are questions in the grids, and the old man has numbered the questions, and they can be completed in order. Han Xiaoyue picked up a wooden board, turned it over and looked at the bottom, and sure enough, it was marked with a number. He understood that the reason why Mingji was like this was also to reduce the difficulty of the test. Pull out the dark compartment and it will be a neatly folded piece of paper. After opening it, he read the text on it and said: "Enter from the entrance of the Tibetan Scripture Building, look for the dark grid, and look at the ...... of the six roads" Reading this, Han Xiaoyue glanced up at Ming Ji. Ming Ji smiled: "What, Lord Han Shi is ready?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Mingde cleared his throat and said, "Master Han, this tenfold test will be completed within three days, and the timer will start from the moment you open the first question. With that, he stretched out his hand and waved at a man who looked like a common man in the distance. Seeing that the man nodded, he turned the hourglass on the stone table beside him upside down. Matilda continued: "That hourglass is a timekeeping tool, and it will be leaked in three days. If the benefactor can complete the test within three days, the old man and the abbot will be waiting for him. ”

After hearing this, Long Yan slapped Han Xiaoyue's chest and said, "Brother Xiaoyue, what are you anxious about?" Now the timers have begun! Han Xiaoyue was so anxious that she hurriedly saluted the three masters: "Three masters, since this is the case, the juniors will be gone!" Ming Spiegel stood up and stuffed the two cloth bags into the hands of Han Xiaoyue and Long Yan: "These are the two of you for three days' rations, see you in three days!" Han Xiaoyue thanked her, and hurriedly pulled Long Yan and ran towards the Scripture Building. Li Jingxian stood up and looked at Han Xiaoyue's back, feeling a little apprehensive. On the contrary, Ming Ji was very calm, waved his hand to Li Jingxian, and said, "Little donors don't have to worry, with Yan'er's help, these ten tests must not be difficult for them." Relax, let's wait here for the two of them. Then he folded his hands and closed his eyes and recited. Subsequently, all the disciples present also chanted the sutra together, and Li Jingxian had to sit down quietly.

The two ran all the way to the door of the scripture building, but saw that the door was closed, and it seemed that they were not ready to open it for the two of them. Long Yan rushed up with an arrow step, lying outside the door and looking inside, only to see that it was pitch black inside. "It's strange, didn't Master Mingji inform the monks here in advance?" Thinking about it, Long Yan patted the door and said, "Is there anyone?" Excuse me, anyone? The two waited for a moment but no answer. Han Xiaoyue stepped forward, looked the door up and down, and said, "Yan'er, this is the test of the first level?" After that, Yan'er "poofed" and said, "Brother Xiaoyue, you are really funny." Is the first test to open the door? Han Xiaoyue also smiled: "It seems that you and I need to work together to knock this door open!" ”

Just then, there was a coughing sound from inside the door. The two took a step back, only to see an old monk open the door from the inside and said, "The two donors came so early!" Han Xiaoyue looked at it and saw that it was the old monk who was cleaning the bookshelves here yesterday. Seeing that he was dressed was no different from other disciples, except that there was an extra duster in his hand. The old monk patted the hair duster in his hand as he walked out. The dust rose into the air in an instant, causing the two to hurriedly cover their mouths and noses. When the dust cleared, Han Xiaoyue gave a deep salute and said, "Senior, the two of us are here to accept these ten tests. The old monk did not look up, as if this was commonplace, but tucked his hair behind him and said, "Oh, then you can go in!" As he spoke, he picked up the basin that had been prepared on the ground and walked towards the pool next to it.

Han Xiaoyue and Long Yan looked at each other, feeling a little incredulous in their hearts. "This ...... Just let us in? Han Xiaoyue smiled, "Don't you have any advice or explanations or anything like that?" Long Yan grabbed Han Xiaoyue: "Okay, don't ink." With that, they stepped in.

The weather is sunny today, but the dark hole in the scripture building is terrifying. If it weren't for the dim candlelight that lit it, it would have looked like a large cemetery. The two walked between the bookshelves, and Long Yan's eyes were glued to the bookshelves on both sides, searching for the so-called "dark grid" in her eyes. She believes that this "dark grid" must be some hollowed-out grid on the bookshelf. Han Xiaoyue originally wanted to write down the path she had walked, so as not to find the way she came after getting lost. But her pace was far from keeping up with Long Yan, so she had to be pulled by her to walk quickly. As expected, the two of them went around for a long time, but they still couldn't find the so-called "dark grid". What's even more terrifying is that Long Yan finally got lost.

"Oops! The design of this scripture building is really ......" Long Yan wanted to scold a few words, but after looking at Han Xiaoyue, she held back again. "Yan'er, we should think about the topic of this level." As he spoke, he took out the exam questions from his arms and read them carefully again: "Looking for the dark grid, looking at the six-way ......" read it twice, Han Xiaoyue suddenly felt that the key point was the word "dark grid".

"Yan'er, do you think it will be 'dark grid'? For example, a 'dark grid' is not a grid, but a tunnel or a grid-like object? Han Xiaoyue said, looking at Long Yan. Long Yan nodded and said, "Or, is the 'dark grid' not visible to our naked eyes, or do we need to stand at a sufficient height to look down or look up at what we see?" Speaking of this, Long Yan looked at the top of the scripture building. After visually measuring the height of the bookshelf, he put on a posture ready to jump with light power.

"Yan'er, what are you going to do?" Han Xiaoyue took her hand and said. Long Yan shook him off and said, "I'll jump on the bookshelf and take a look, maybe there's some secret at the top." As she spoke, Long Yan jumped up with a slight jump. Only then did she realize that there was no way to settle on the top of the bookshelf. Not only does the collection of books fill up the shelves, but there is no place to pick up or hold on.

When she fell, Han Xiaoyue saw her frowning, and said with a depressed face: "There is no place to stay at all!" As he spoke, he sank into his breath, "Brother Xiaoyue, let's see if there are any other hints, I'll look for them again." "With that, keep jumping. Seeing that Long Yan was working so hard, Han Xiaoyue continued to study carefully. "Seeing the Six Paths......" Han Xiaoyue said in her mouth, "Could it be that this flaw is not in the 'dark grid', but in the 'eye'?" Thinking of this, I immediately stuck to the bookshelf, reading and listening, and so on, for fear of missing any useful words or sounds. Starting from the bottom, I groped upwards a little bit, and finally when I reached the sixth floor, a line of words came into view. And this line of words happens to be connected by the last word of this layer of spine: "The shore is the head back, the head is the end" When he read it out, he couldn't solve the mystery. After a while, it dawned on me: "Haha, it turned out that I read it backwards." It should be 'the end of the line, turn back to the shore'! As he spoke, he laughed and said, "Yan'er, don't fly around, I've found the answer!" ”

After hearing this, Long Yan ran two steps to Han Xiaoyue's side, wiped the sweat on her face, and gasped: "Oops! I'm exhausted! What answers did you find? Han Xiaoyue smiled and pulled her to the bookshelf, pointing to the eight books in front of her: "You carefully read the last word on the spine and connect them!" ”

Long Yan approached the spine of the book and read word by word: "'At the end of the line, turn back to the shore'." Does it mean to bring this road to the end and go back to the side? Saying that, Long Yan smiled and said, "Brother Xiaoyue, what kind of answer are you?" Han Xiaoyue said unhurriedly, "You come with me!" With that, he pulled her on. When it came to the end, it was a fork in the road, and there were many such forks in this scripture building. Long Yan coughed lightly and said, "According to your prompt, shouldn't we go back and go again?" ”

Han Xiaoyue waved her hand: "Definitely!" Yan'er, please take a look. As he spoke, he said to the bookshelf, "With the direction I am facing the bookshelf now, 'turn back to the shore'." When I look back......" said and turned back to myself. Long Yan looked at him and exclaimed, "You turn around like this, you are facing a road!" ”

"That's right!" Han Xiaoyue said, "In other words, this 'turning back is the shore' is for us to take the bookshelf as the orientation." Thankfully, we didn't have a lot of mistakes in the way we had taken, otherwise, we would have really been stuck in the first level! Long Yan laughed and said, "Brother Xiaoyue is really amazing! Without further ado, let's keep looking! With that, the two of them continued along the path indicated by the prompt.

Han Xiaoyue thought that what she thought must be completely correct. But according to this method, the two finally came to a dead end. "I can't be mistaken! It's a dead end! Long Yan said, looking at Han Xiaoyue. Han Xiaoyue looked carefully at the bookshelves around her, and there were indeed no hints, so she said, "We followed the hints all the way here, but there are no hints here. Depending on the situation, this should be the destination. ”

After hearing this, Long Yan snorted and said, "In other words, we are completely trapped, right?" As he spoke, he squatted on the ground and sighed, "I didn't expect the first level to be so difficult." Before we even arrived at the actual exam room, we were already blocked out. ”

"Outside the door?" After hearing this, Han Xiaoyue thought about it and said, "Maybe what you said is right, this dead end is actually a door. If we admit defeat here, we will really be blocked out! ”

"Brother Xiaoyue, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand it? Long Yan said, stood up, and hit the wall at the end twice, but there was no response at all. Han Xiaoyue took out the title again and said, "Look, the title is for us to find the 'dark grid'. And you look at this dead end, what does it look like? Long Yan nodded and said, "You mean, this 'dark grid' actually refers to the end of this road?" ”

"Not bad. Yan'er, now you can jump up with light power to see if the shape of this dead end coincides with the 'dark grid'. Long Yan listened and jumped up slightly. When she fell, she saw that her face was a little excited: "Brother Xiaoyue, I admire you so much!" This place is really like the appearance of the dark grid in the wooden board in your hand, it turns out that this 'dark grid' refers to here! Han Xiaoyue nodded and smiled: "This question is really not easy. It's just that, although we have found the 'dark grid', what do we need to do next? Long Yan thought for a moment and said, "Then it's better to open the second question, and maybe I can find some clues." ”

Han Xiaoyue nodded yes, took out the second plank, pulled out the dark grid, and took out the question. "When Yunlong enters the Sea Pavilion, you must take the three treasures and step to the top......" Han Xiaoyue read, and then subconsciously glanced up, "'Stepping to the top', is it the highest point for me to climb to the shelf?" Long Yan shook her head: "No! This bookshelf is so high, if one accidentally falls down, it will be either death or injury! "Yan'er, I still need to trouble you to fly up again to see if there are any 'Three Treasures' mentioned in this question."

Long Yan nodded, jumped up lightly, and fell down in a moment and said, "What are these so-called 'Three Treasures'?" There are indeed things on top of the shelves, do you want me to take them off? Han Xiaoyue shook her head and said, "Since there is something, then we guessed correctly." With that, he walked over to the bookshelf. The bookshelves here are really different from before, and there are enough gaps between books to climb up. Long Yan saw that he was about to climb, so she hurriedly stopped: "Brother Xiaoyue, are you really unsure?" It's dangerous to climb up like this! ”

"Danger also climbs!" Han Xiaoyue said, not daring to look back at her, and said as she climbed, "'Climb to the top' to 'get the Three Treasures', if you fly up to get it, it will be bad." Don't forget, no one who can come here to be tested will be able to do it. As he spoke, he slowly took advantage of the gap in the bookshelf and climbed little by little. Long Yan looked at him below, anxious in her heart: "Don't have an accident!" Thinking so, I was also prepared. If you accidentally fall down, be sure to catch him.

It was smooth at first. By the time I reached the ninth floor, I had almost exhausted my energy. Huge beads of sweat fell from Han Xiaoyue's face, and a few drops entered her eyes uninterestingly, stinging her eyes painfully. Even then, there was no free hand to wipe at all. "Why does this bookshelf climb higher and higher, it seems that it can't climb to the top at all!" Thinking in his heart, his hands slowly became a little weak.

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