Chapter 22: The Confession of the Gods
When Chen Zhi and the others came to the Escape Pavilion as promised, Old somersault was waiting for them in the front hall.
"Master Jin, the big project is finally here? Let's stop rambling and let's be direct, shall we? Where to go and at what price? "Fat Wei has been ready for negotiation since last night.
"Don't get me wrong, I can't be the master of your work, you guys come upstairs with me! My boss is waiting for you upstairs. The old somersault said as he invited them upstairs.
"Master Leopard is back?" Chen Zhi thought in his heart.
"Orange, when the price comes, don't talk, I'll talk to them, this old man is an iron rooster, and he can't pluck his feathers easily." Fat Wei said in Chen Zhi's ear.
The old somersault took a few of them to the study they had come to before, walked to the west wall, flicked the oil paintings on the wall, and with a "gada" sound, the wall cracked a doorway more than one person high. The old somersault beckoned everyone to walk in, and it turned out to be a dark room inside.
Chen Zhi entered the dark room and saw that this was about a room of about 100 square meters, two rooms, and the interior decoration was simply exquisite. Several rows of solid wood bookshelves and display cabinets are placed in a staggered manner, and there are many safes, all of which are made of golden silk nanmu, which is engraved with delicate patterns, and it is a place to put valuables at a glance. There are some utensils on the display case, which look like antique treasures. Chen Zhi saw a scimitar on the display case next to the door, which was inlaid with gems of various colors, and the annotation plate read, "Hundred blades of courage - used by Genghis Khan in 1179 - 1227".
"You're here?" Leopard Ye walked out slowly from behind the bookshelf, wearing a white Tang costume and holding a book in his hand, looking more like an elegant poet.
"Sit casually" The leopard master pointed to the Ming and Qing Dynasty-style wooden chairs in the middle of the room, sat down first, and sat on the side respectfully.
"If there's anything you want, tell us, where do you need us to go? What will be fetched for you? As long as you speak, we will go to the soup, as long as the price..."Fat Wei began to gush endlessly.
Leopard Ye interrupted him with a wave of his hand, looked at Chen Zhi with his eyes and asked, "Do you remember what I said before?" Something about the gods. ”
Chen Zhi nodded, and looked at Chen Zhi puzzled, but didn't dare to say anything.
The leopard master picked up the teacup and said: "Let me put it simply, in ancient China, there were indeed gods, but they were not as magical as the legend, and no one could control them. Until the Shang Dynasty, there was a person who discovered the secret of the operation of this world, and using this secret, he recorded all the gods and could control them, this person was called Jiang Ziya. ”
After hearing this, Chen Zhi and Fat Wei were shocked and all opened their mouths wide, like two ceramic dolls, motionless.
Leopard Ye ignored them, took a sip of tea and continued: "Jiang Ziya's booklet to record the gods is called "Fengshen Zai", I guess you have all heard the legend of the Fengshen List, it is too deified, but some of the plots in it are indeed true. The Confessional Chronicle records the provenance, lifespan, divine powers, and most importantly, their tombs.
"Tombs?" , Chen Zhi asked in surprise, aren't the gods immortal?
"The gods are not immortal, most of them are descendants of the ancient primitive gods, very similar to us humans, but their lifespan is very long, from what we have learned, the last gods did not die until the end of the Ming Dynasty. Now there should be no gods in the world, or we haven't discovered it. Leopard Ye said.
"Then what are the secrets that Jiang Ziya discovered? Can you control the gods through it? Chen Zhi asked.
"Jiang Ziya shouldn't be able to control the gods, and it is more likely that Jiang Ziya can trade with the gods with the help of this secret and get the help of the gods." After the leopard master finished speaking, he turned his head to the old somersault and said, "Take it out."
Old somersault walked to the innermost wall, this wall is inlaid with a fish tank, old somersault taps the surface of the fish tank with his fingers, "Ding Ding Dong Dong" seems to be playing the piano, Chen Zhi has seen it on TV, this is called the note password, if it is not the password owner himself willing, others will not be able to imitate it if they are tired. If you imitate the wrong note, the safe will explode immediately.
After the old somersault finished playing the password, the fish tank moved up one meter, (a safe was exposed inside), the old somersault entered a few more sets of passwords, opened a few layers of doors, and finally took out a small key from the neckline, opened the last door, and took out a small box.
Old somersault put the small box on the table, and Chen Zhi and Fat Wei immediately gathered around to observe the box carefully. This small box is black, it seems to be bronze, and it seems to be jade, and it seems to be carved with the shape of a woman.
The leopard master put his hand on the box and said to everyone: "Brothers, I can ask you to sit here, it is 100% trust in you, from today on, the lives of the brothers will be linked to the lives of my Bao Ping." This is the essence of all things in the world - spirit stones. After the leopard master finished speaking, he opened the box, and suddenly a cloud of light dispersed.
When the glow faded, Chen Zhicai saw clearly that it was a golden stone, about the size of a ping pong ball, golden and yellow, several times brighter than gold, dazzling and indescribable, making people feel a desire to take it for themselves when they saw it.
The leopard master held the box and said to them: "The matter in the world is divided into two types: visible and invisible, and it goes without saying that what can be seen. The invisible, we call it "qi", from ancient times to the present, many people have studied "qi", most people do not believe in its existence, but it not only exists, but also determines the "fate" of a person and even the world.
The leopard master lit a cigarette and continued: "We often feel that sometimes we are very unlucky and do not do things well, and sometimes we are very lucky and everything goes well. The same person may be unsuccessful in officialdom, but he can make a fortune in business. What determines these fortunes is qi. The combination of various qi forms an aura, and the aura determines fate, but human beings themselves cannot see it. The aura of people born is fixed, such as how the official spirit, how the wealth is, how the marriage is angry, and even how the bad luck is, all of which are fixed numbers and patterns, and it is difficult for human beings to change themselves, but through one thing, it can greatly change the fate of people, that is, "spirit stone".
"Then if you find a large number of spirit stones, won't you become the emperor?" Fat Wei looked at the leopard master in disbelief, suspecting that he was listening to the story.
"It's not that easy," Leopard Ye said, "The layout and combination of the aura are quite complicated, and that is a numerical value that needs to be carefully calculated, such as putting a spirit stone of the main career to a person, and this spirit stone is comparable to the other aura of this person, then this person may not even survive the next day." So it's not so easy to change your life. Master Leopard patted Fat Wei's shoulder and said.
"Did those gods become gods after possessing spirit stones? Then if we have a spirit stone, can we also become gods? Chen Zhi asked with wide eyes, because what he heard now was so unbelievable that his eyes were about to pop out now.
"The gods are different from us, they seem to use a method to integrate the spirit stone into their body, and then exert their divine power, so in their dead corpses, they will definitely see the spirit stone. Because of the age, the hand-me-down information is scarce, and we can't study the specifics. Don't forget, these gods are only genetically similar to us, that is, there are a small number of genes that are different from us. Leopard Ye said.
"What is the function of your big gem? If I'm not mistaken, it's a fortune stone, right? Fat Wei asked.
"Yes, this spirit stone belongs to the Lord's wealth, and with this small piece, all my business in the Northeast can be done smoothly, and this is also my only piece. Master Leopard replied.
When everyone was looking at the spirit stone, the old somersault took some documents and said, "Let's look at the information, I printed a copy for each of them."
The leopard master stood up, put his hands behind his back and continued: "From ancient times to the present, no matter how difficult it is to find the emperor's tomb, it is less than one ten-thousandth of the god's tomb. As far as I know, from ancient times to the present, there is only one god tomb found, and it is still a small tomb, but the tomb is very strange and dangerous. It is by no means comparable to the tomb of an emperor. We've been hunting around for years, looking for news about it, but most of it is a meaningless rumor until we hear it. Master Leopard pointed to the information in everyone's hands.