Chapter 431: Hints from Ghosts

Looking at the strange movements of the ghosts of these three children, and then at the earthen wall at the end of the alley where he slept not far away, Chen Ziyang suddenly thought of where those traces on the wall came from.

The ghosts of the three children have been throwing at the earthen wall at the end of the alley, although Chen Ziyang does not know what they are throwing, but from the movements of the ghosts, it can be seen that the ghosts of the three children seem to be throwing javelins or something.

It is very likely that the three children's ghosts threw something before their deaths, causing many traces of water droplets on the earthen wall. Through the movements of the three ghosts, Chen Ziyang now seems to be engaged in a game of competition, when the javelin throw is more accurate, the other two ghosts will applaud there, and if the javelin is thrown inaccurately, the other two ghosts will laugh at the javelin thrower.

Staring at the teardrop-shaped marks on the earthen wall, recalling the various movements of the ghosts he had seen before, Chen Ziyang's breathing became rapid.

These ghosts seem to be repeating what they liked to do the most in their lives, or what they did the most in their lives. The chef cooking porridge, the three children in front of him, and the vendor selling things on the road, these ghosts are all repeating the same thing without exception.

Thinking of this, he came up with a bold idea, if these marks on the earthen wall were really made by the three children when they were alive before, then is it possible that there will be some other imprints left in the ruins of this ancient country.

Even if these marks have disappeared over time, you can tell what was in this ancient city from the actions of these ghosts, for example, the chef who is cooking porridge should have a porridge spoon in his hand, and there should be a pot in front of him that is cooking porridge.

If this is the case, then you can use the actions of these ghosts to find the treasure of the ancient kingdom you want to find, or the secret room where the treasure is located.

Thinking of this, the exhausted Chen Ziyang was already sleepy. After sorting out the contents of his backpack, he turned around and walked in the direction of the palace ruins. Only this time, Chen Ziyang was no longer in a hurry, but walked leisurely through this ancient city of the sand sea, looking carefully around as he walked.

Under a broken wall beside the road, a ghost was lying on the ground, and behind it were two female ghosts waving their hands from side to side. Through the remaining broken walls, Chen Ziyang judged that the place where the ghosts were lying should have been a relatively wide room before, and the ghosts of the two women seemed to be maids, fanning their owners.

Not far from the other side, there was a ghost slowly pacing in a small area in a clearing, although there was nothing around this ghost, just a sandy field, but Chen Ziyang deduced from the ghost's movements and the range of its actions that there should have been a room or a courtyard here before.

After speculating on this, Chen Ziyang smiled, his own deduction just now proved that his idea was correct, and it was very likely that it was feasible to speculate on the original appearance of this ancient kingdom through the actions of these ghosts.

Although the entire ancient city was deserted, leaving only ruins, the unexpected appearance of these ghosts changed the fact that there were no clues to follow, and this method should be more efficient than blind excavation, and it may be more accurate to guess the location of the ancient treasures.

In this way, Chen Ziyang carefully observed the movements of the ghosts around him as he walked, so as to judge what these ghosts were holding in their hands before they died, or what the place where the ghosts were located looked like before. While watching, thinking, and walking, he came again to the small square in front of the palace.

The diamond was still flashing black light above the altar, because the diamond was the root of all this, so Chen Ziyang stood there from a distance and looked around the altar, trying to find a clue from it, after all, at that time, this diamond was likely to be the treasure of this ancient country, and the treasure was also closely related to this diamond, so it was definitely beneficial to look here for a while.

Staring at the center of the square for a long time, Chen Ziyang didn't show any useful clues, and then he raised his head and sighed. Staring at the stars in the sky, Chen Ziyang thought that the reason why the diamonds would release these ghosts now was probably related to these stars.

After all, among the few verses about the treasures of the ancient country, there are two sentences involving the stars, and it was at night that he activated the diamond himself, so that a large amount of water was released from the diamond, which not only saved the remaining 20 people, but also found the clues to the ruins of the ancient country.

The diamond was placed on the altar twice before, the first time the diamond made the entire ancient ruins see the light of day, and the second time there was no reaction, it is very likely that the reason why the diamond was placed on the altar for the second time did not react was that the timing was wrong, only after the diamond, the altar and the starry sky were combined, the next reaction of the diamond could be stimulated.

Now Chen Ziyang is very glad that he left the diamond on the altar before, if it weren't for that, he wouldn't have seen these ghosts. And he thinks that Instructor Liu, Yang Lei and himself have misunderstood the words "one line of propion", and it is very likely that this sentence does not refer to any direction, nor is it an Orion constellation, but refers to the timing of placing the diamond on the altar.

But in any case, under the yin and yang, I can be regarded as finding the clue of the next step. In that case, I must not waste this opportunity, if it is very bright in a few more hours, it is likely that these ghosts will disappear, and if I have not found a clue by then, it is likely that I will have to wait another day.

So Chen Ziyang stared more carefully at the scope of the square, constantly observing the actions of every ghost in the square, hoping to find clues that would be useful to him.

After looking at it carefully for a while, he noticed a very strange place. The square is not very large, but none of the ghosts that chase children or the ghosts that pass by in the square make it into a circular area of a few meters in diameter centered on diamonds.

The entire area of a few meters around the altar was blank, and not a single ghost had come to the place at all. It is understandable that this altar is a sacred relic of the ancient kingdom of Sumi, and the people who live here dare not desecrate it. But these ghosts, or the people who lived here before, shouldn't have controlled the boundaries so accurately.

Chen Ziyang saw with his own eyes that when the chasing and fighting children passed by around the altar, the ghost of a child was about to enter the empty area, but the ghost of this child suddenly turned in a different direction and naturally avoided the empty area around the altar. What is the reason for this?

It is understandable that adults do not dare to approach the altar because they are afraid of the diamonds on this altar, but what does a child of a few years old know, let alone in the case of chasing and fighting, even if the adults warn the child not to approach this place, but children will not care so much when they are playing.

At this time, Chen Ziyang saw a female ghost slowly walking to the boundary of this empty area, and then the ghost bent down, made a movement similar to digging with both hands, and then turned away. When the female ghost left, the way he walked changed significantly.

Before, the female ghost's walking posture was very natural, but now looking at the ghost's back, Chen Ziyang noticed that the ghost was one shoulder high and the other was low, and the ghost's right hand was separated from his body at a very awkward angle, hanging there motionless.

Staring at the ghost's back for a while, Chen Ziyang suddenly realized that this woman was fetching water! In other words, it is not that these people deliberately avoided the confines of the altar, but that it was supposed to be a cistern before. It's just that because of its age, this cistern has disappeared.

Chen Ziyang, who thought that there was an important clue, couldn't smile bitterly after thinking of this, thinking about it, the reason why this ancient city can become an ancient oasis is because there is no shortage of water here. The water comes out of the diamonds, so you can't let the water flow into the sand, so it makes sense that there was a cistern here.

Seeing that there was no way to get any useful clues here in the square, Chen Ziyang walked to the ruins of the palace behind the diamond. After passing by a few ghosts guarding the palace gates, he came to the largest area of the palace.

It may be because it takes a certain amount of time for Diamond to release these ghosts, but this time, when Chen Ziyang entered the palace again, there were many more ghosts in his current palace than when he came out just now.

Dozens of ghosts appeared in this place that resembled the palace hall, and in addition to the guards standing guard around this hall, there were more than a dozen female ghosts dancing in the very center of this hall.

Although the dancing of these dancing girls was very beautiful, Chen Ziyang was not in the mood to appreciate it, he kept walking through the rooms of the palace, deducing where this was the palace before through the ghosts that appeared in the palace one by one, so as to find clues to the treasures of the ancient country.

Although the ruins of this palace are much smaller than those of later imperial palaces, there are many rooms here, and it takes a lot of time to see them one by one. What's more, Chen Ziyang still has to stay near each ghost for a period of time, judging by the ghost's movements, so before he knows it, a few hours have passed like this, and the sky is almost dawn.

Before dawn is the darkest, it was not easy to see the movements of these ghosts in the dark, it took a lot of time, but now the light is even worse, but Chen Ziyang has not found a clue, he began to be anxious.

Before, with the help of starlight and moonlight, Chen Ziyang could still see ghosts far away, but now he couldn't even see the ghosts that were only a few meters away from him. Although Chen Ziyang felt that there was a great possibility that the diamond would still release these ghosts tomorrow night, he didn't dare to gamble, and he didn't want to miss the opportunity in front of him.

After judging that the ghost in front of him was a washerwoman, Chen Ziyang decided not to look at it one by one anymore, time was not allowed, so he walked quickly to the broken wall engraved with various patterns, wanting to see what was going on here before.

The chef's ghost was still stirring the porridge pot that didn't exist in front of him, and not far in front of the chef's ghost, under the carved wall, there was a smaller ghost.

Coming to the vicinity of this ghost, Chen Ziyang squatted down and looked at it carefully. As he had guessed, the ghost looked like a little girl who was only seven or eight years old, and the ghost of the little girl was standing there and nodding her fingers in one direction. After a few moments, the little girl would turn her head, crouch down, and draw something on the surface of the broken wall with something that did not exist in her hand.

Chen Ziyang carefully watched the movement of the little girl's ghost fingers, and the ghost he now drew on the wall should be the more than 1oo villain patterns lying on the horizontal line that he saw before.

After drawing the figure pattern, the little girl made a few more strokes on the edge of the pattern. Then it stood up again, turned its head, and tapped its finger in the same direction it had before, then turned back again, drawing patterns on the wall.

After looking at it for a while, Chen Ziyang saw a rough idea. The symbols on the side of the figure on the horizontal line must be numbers or something, because judging by the little girl's finger movements, it seems to be counting something, and every time it loses once, it will draw one of these figures and record the numbers next to it.

Because the time was relatively tight, Chen Ziyang didn't care about looking closely, he hurriedly looked in the direction of the little girl's counting, but it was pitch black, and he couldn't see what was in the distance at all.

Chen Ziyang, who was anxious, hurriedly walked in this direction, and kept looking around, hoping to find what the little girl counted. Although this clue may not be useful, after all, there is no better way to do it.

After running out for a distance of dozens of meters, Chen Ziyang became even more anxious. Within a few tens of meters, except for a few ghosts scattered at all, there was nothing worth caring about at all.

"Could it be that I'm wrong? Or have I already missed it? Just when Chen Ziyang was a little suspicious that he had gone astray, something suddenly appeared in front of him that surprised Chen Ziyang.