(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

(Text)

"Shaoxia, what if we can't open this 'stone box'? Does that mean that it is impossible for us to capture Yiling Pass? Fang Shuran asked.

"It's possible." I said.

But at this time, we have decided to attack with the whole army, and even without the help of the 'stone box', I still have to do everything possible to attack Xiayiling Pass. I slowly closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, the answer would appear in front of me. I looked up and smiled, clutching the bracelet in my pocket.

Wait, I seem to have overlooked something, why I always feel that the mechanism on the 'stone plate' has a sense of déjà vu, but I can't tell where I've seen it.

I looked carefully at the stone plate in front of me, where had I seen it? My mind was in a mess and I was constantly looking for something......

Shimen ...... My mind turned ...... 'Xuantian Stone Gate'! I suddenly remembered the scene when I first saw that stone door.

The stone gate doesn't seem to have anything special, it doesn't have a handle, and it seems that it doesn't rely on brute force to open this stone door. Looking at this stone door carefully, there are no carved pictures and texts on the door, and there is no problem, it looks extremely ordinary, but the more ordinary it looks, the more difficult it is to open the stone door, and the information I have now is too little and too little.

Sure enough, the structure of the stone door in the backyard of the palace was different from the 'stone box' in front of him. All the designs are not fancy, and it seems that the designers don't want to give too much information to other people.

The only difference is that there is an octagonal stone plate on the side of the stone gate, and there are some words on it, which looks like no one has touched it for a long time.

The stone is coiled into an octagonal shape, with a text corresponding to each side. The words on the stone plate are written ------- Ning, Fan, Tian, Guang, You, Tian, Mo, and Xuan.

The 'stone box' in front of me also has words on it, which are written ------- Qi, words, heart, and fire.

Why is the design so similar?

"Don't you think the design of this 'stone box' is very similar to the 'Xuantian Stone Gate' in the backyard of the palace?" I asked.

"That's right, if it weren't for Shaoxia saying this, I wouldn't have reacted yet, it's really a bit like it." Fang Shuran said.

"That's right, I've also seen the design of the 'Xuantian Stone Gate', and it does have some similarities with this 'stone box'." Mo Qifeng also agreed.

"But what is the connection between this 'stone box' and the 'Xuantian Stone Gate' in the backyard of the palace?" Li Huayi asked.

Yes, although the structure of the 'Stone Box' mechanism is similar to that of the 'Xuantian Stone Gate', what is the relationship between the two? Is it just a coincidence?

"Did I say that this 'stone box' has already been opened?" The blacksmith took the 'stone box' and studied it.

'How could it be !!' The stone box has always been kept in the stone cave of the palace, and no one has ever been able to enter the stone cave, even as the guards of the palace, we don't know how to open the 'Xuantian Stone Gate', let alone anyone who can enter it. Mo Qifeng said.

"But haven't you left the palace for many years, and now that the young man has entered the stone cave, don't you know it?" The blacksmith retorted.

"Blacksmith, what Mo Qifeng said is right, when I entered the palace, Elder Wang also told me that no one had ever entered the 'Tianxuan Stone Gate'." I kind of helped Mo Qifeng say a word.

Elder Wang once told me that no one had ever entered the 'Tianxuan Stone Gate', so who strengthened the 'Stone Box'?

Wait, no one has ever entered the 'Xuantian Stone Gate'? No one has ever entered the 'Xuantian Stone Gate'? I suddenly realized that I was wrong, it wasn't that no one had ever entered the 'Heavenly Mystery Stone Gate'!! But even if this person enters, we don't think it's just that.

"Someone has entered the 'Heavenly Xuanshi Gate' before me!!" My words were so loud that I could clearly see the shocked looks on their faces.

"How is that possible!! Shaoxia isn't joking, right? Mo Qifeng looked incredulous.

"I'm not joking, and I'm afraid this person has already entered the 'Xuantian Stone Gate' before you left the palace." I said confidently.

"Shaoxia, this is not a joke!! The four of us have been guarding the palace for many years, and we have done our best, and we have never heard of anyone breaking into the 'Xuantian Stone Gate'. Li Huayi said.

"Yes, young man, don't make such boring jokes." Su Qinyu couldn't help but criticize my statement.

"I'm not kidding, this person can easily enter the 'Xuantian Stone Gate', and the most important thing is that he won't be discovered by you." I said slowly.

"This !! This is by no means possible!! The four of us aren't the best at it, though. But if we don't find the four of us, we can unlock the 'Xuantian Stone Gate' and enter the stone cave. It's just nonsense. Mo Qifeng seemed to be a little angry.

"Mo Qifeng, it's not that I'm hungry, I'm joking, there is indeed one person who can." I stared at Qinqi, calligraphy and painting and said, "This person is Wang Lao, the owner of the -------- Palace!! ”

Suddenly, it was quiet, so quiet that there was no sound.

"This ...... This...... Isn't this nonsense? Of course, Wang Lao, the owner of the palace, has entered the 'Tianxuan Stone Gate', what's so strange about this? He is the only one who knows the mechanism of the 'Heavenly Xuanshi Gate', and it is only natural that he can enter it. The angry expression on Mo Qifeng's face soothed a little.

"Shaoxia, I thought I would say whom, Elder Wang, this is not an obvious thing." Fang Shuran said disdainfully.

"What if he's already opened the 'stone box'?" My words made them look different again.

"Nonsense!! Wang Lao is in charge of the entire palace, and he is even more in order to protect the 'stone box', how could he open the 'stone box' by himself? It can be seen that Su Qinyu is really angry.

"Young man, don't talk nonsense !!" Mo Qifeng also said sternly.

"Shaoxia's speculation really can't be agreed, if I still think so, I'm afraid that my four people of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting will not be able to continue to help Shaoxia." Li Huayi has already made his attitude clear. There is no objection to the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Although I don't have full proof to explain my guess, I know that my guess is not wrong, but I haven't thought of why Wang Lao did this, there must be some truth in it, if he really just wants to get the contents of the 'stone box', he can leave with the contents of the 'stone box'. Why in the palace? What's inside the 'Stone Box'? Without figuring these out, it is impossible to know the real answer.

(End of chapter)