Chapter 429: Eight Gates Golden Lock Array
The crowd was soon taken to a large house, where they learned from the soldiers' chatter that this was the ancestral hall of the village of Tage. The approximate significance of the ancestral hall is that it is dedicated to the tablets of the ancestors of the past dynasties of Tage Village.
This is similar to the ancestral temple in the Curry Continent, which is used for sacrifices. But what he didn't know was that the interrogation of prisoners or the holding of meetings would also take place in the ancestral hall.
I saw that at the head of the ancestral hall, there was an old man over sixty years old. On his left and right hands, there were eleven old men of his age.
The old men looked calm, as if catching enemy spies was a common thing here.
"Where did you come from and where are you going?" asked the old man in the lead, as if he was going through a process.
"I'm Zhang Genliu of the Yuan Qi World, I was taken into this meson tower by the enemy, and now I'm going out! I've passed the first five levels, and this is the sixth level!"
"Oh, young man, can you make sense of that?"
When Zhang Genliu heard this, he had to tell him all the ins and outs of the matter.
After listening to this, all the old people felt incredible. They got into a controversy for a while, and even sent someone to bring out some classics to consult.
This toss is more than two hours have passed. It wasn't until Zhang Genliu and the others yawned that they made a decision - we will discuss it tomorrow!
The people here are quite kind, saying that until they find out their identities, they let everyone not move around, and prepare food and lodging for them.
This is a delicate courtyard house, and it was nothing to arrange it this way. But Yan Kui's size was so large that he could only stay and meditate on the village grounds.
Strangely, everyone in the village did not find it strange at all when they saw such a giant. This point was recorded in Zhang Genliu's heart, because the people here seemed to be too calm.
According to Zhang Genliu's request, the village chief sent everyone a copy of the Tao Te Ching. They all intensified their study in the hope of gaining enlightenment.
The residents here have a relatively normal work and rest time. When the sun sets, make a fire to cook, and after eating, cool off under the big tree.
The old people drank tea and played chess, the women chatted about the Li family, the children frolicked, and the men drank and bragged.
The words "living and working in peace and contentment" and "national peace and security" are talking about their current situation.
In the dead of night, Zhang Genliu walked out of the room and scanned the layout of the houses in the village. The whole village is octagonal, which is in line with the way of the five elements. If his grandfather Yi Guanglin was here, he would definitely be able to see through the mystery of the layout at a glance.
Zhang Genliu carefully scrutinized at the moment, and the more he looked at this array, the more profound he felt. The layout of a mere mortal village is unbelievable that it is in line with the laws of heaven and earth.
He memorized the location of each house and the route of the village's stream. Then he returned to the room, took out various small objects, and carefully simulated the deduction on the wooden table.
The night passed quickly. When it was dark, there was a hearty laugh in his room.
"What's the matter?"
"What's going on?"
The big water dragon and the otter rushed in at the same time, but they didn't see Zhang Genliu.
"Can you see me?" said Jang Genliu's voice in the room.
"This ...... You can use magic to become invisible?" the otter was so shocked that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
"No, you don't have energy fluctuations on you! And what I see is a transparent shadow. The big water dragon was also stunned.
"That's Miss Yuan, you have a divine body, although you are suppressed by the Meson Tower, you can still see through my little means!" Zhang Genliu appeared and said.
"You came up with it from the Tao Te Ching?" the big water dragon asked.
"Not exactly! I studied the layout of the formation in the village, and only then did I understand some superficial law principles!"
"And you know how to get through?" asked the otter.
"Not yet, but I already have a research direction!"
"Can you tell me?"
"That'......" Then Zhang Genliu explained his guess in detail.
After listening to this, the otter scratched his head before asking, "According to Zhang Daoyou, all the mortals here are hallucination......s?" How is that possible? It's all too real!"
"Nothing is impossible, since we came to this village, the mortals here have behaved too normally!
So I speculate that they are not real people, at least not mortals!"
"Makes sense! And he was too calm yesterday when you stared at the cavalry captain with your withered eyes!" added the big water dragon.
"So, we only need to break the illusion to pass the sixth level?" the otter asked.
"Not necessarily! But if you don't break the illusion, you won't be able to pass the test!" Zhang Genliu replied solemnly.
"So where do we start?"
The three of them discussed for a while and decided to go to Yan Kui first, and then to communicate with the village chief.
Rumble!
But before the three of them could walk out of the courtyard, they heard a loud noise from the direction of the school grounds, and the ground trembled. This should be the sound of Yan Kui hammering the ground, because the mortals here can't make such a big movement.
The three of them hurried out and ran quickly in the direction of the school field. In the process of running, Zhang Genliu suddenly felt unbearable hunger in his belly.
Gollum......
But before he could say anything, he heard a series of gurgling sounds from the stomach of the big water dragon next to him.
"Haven't you seen a goddess hungry?" the big water dragon rolled his eyes.
When Zhang Genliu and the otter heard this, they immediately turned their heads away from her.
Rumble!
The rumbling sound came again, and the expressions of the three of them became much heavier. Because Zhang Genliu has analyzed before, people or things in the illusion cannot be destroyed casually, otherwise it may cause difficulty in breaking through.
"Stop!" Zhang Genliu shouted.
In a matter of moments, the three of them had arrived at the school grounds. The scene in front of him was the last thing he wanted to see, but it had already happened.
"I'm hungry...... I'm so hungry......"
I saw Yan Kui muttering while grabbing the surrounding cavalry and stuffing it into his mouth. Blood ran down his jaw, down his chest, and dripping onto the ground. As he ate more and more mortals, Yan Kui's eyes became more and more glazed.
The scene was extremely bloody, but the soldiers had no fear at all and were still trying to subdue Yan Kui.
Bang!bang......
Zhang Genliu and the three of them didn't have time to think about it, and one of them rushed forward with a brisk stride, and there was a slam on Yan Kui's front door.
But this guy's body is made of rock, and this kind of blow can't hurt him at all.
In a hurry, Zhang Genliu glanced around. I saw that in addition to various weapons on the knife holder, there were also war drums and gongs.
So he hurried over and plucked the gong from the wooden frame. Then he jumped on the horse's back and drove the horse to Yankui.
Jump, bang the gong.
Boom!
The sound of the gong sounded in Yan Kui's ears, and his eyes suddenly became clear. But before everyone could be happy, his eyes slowly became dull again.
Knock! knock......
Seeing this, Zhang Genliu struck the gong again continuously. And stood on his shoulder, and shouted loudly: "Yankui...... Yankui ......"
"Uh...... What's the matter? Why is it so noisy? Stop knocking!" Yan Kui finally spoke.
Seeing this, Zhang Genliu jumped off his shoulder and said, "You have been tricked and have eaten a lot of mortals!"
When Yan Kui heard this, he looked at the half of the corpse in his hand, and then looked at the messy school field, and was a little overwhelmed at the moment.
"Bundle up!" a majestic voice sounded on the edges of the length.
It turned out that the village chief and his group of think tanks were here, and there were thousands of soldiers behind him. At this time, Zhang Genliu realized that the size of these soldiers was almost the same, as if they were born and raised by the same couple.
"Wait, village elder, please listen to me!" shouted Zhang Genliu.
"Cannibalism at will is no different from wild beasts, and you can't escape the punishment of the village rules even if you try to quibble!" the village chief drank sternly.
"I only ask the village elder one thing, when and when were you born?"
"What year...... He Yue ......: "The village chief seemed to be in deep thought.
"What year...... He Yue ......: "The other old men are also sluggish.
Then the other people, like the village chief, became more and more sluggish. They seem to be trying to remember, but they can't remember the date of their birth.
Seeing this, Zhang Genliu beckoned to Da Shuilong and the others. And use gestures to tell them to get out of here gently, and don't disturb them.
The group wandered around for a long time before leaving the village, and then came to the school again.
Thundered...... Thundered......
But before they could knock on the door, there was a roar in the village behind them. It's as if there are some monsters in there, fighting each other.
The four of them looked at it blankly for a while, and finally Zhang Genliu said, "Ignore them first, go to the school and have a look!"
After he finished speaking, he took the lead in pushing the door of the school open. It's quiet inside, and there's no sound of reading or playing.
Walking through the corridor to a large hall, everyone was stunned. It was full of schoolchildren, hundreds of people. But no one spoke, not even breathing, as if they were all dead. But they did have their eyes open, and their faces were ruddy, without a hint of death.
Looking at the podium again, the old gentleman looked at his students calmly. His expression remained like that, as if he had been restrained.
However, Zhang Genliu carefully observed that there was no trace of the spell being cast on his body.
It's all so strange, it's as if time has been frozen.
The crowd walked in to get a closer look. First of all, the old man, when Zhang Genliu walked over, he was still motionless, like a puppet.
Body temperature is normal, pulse is normal, but he is not breathing. Then I checked on the schoolchildren, and the situation was the same as that of the old man.
"What do you think?" Zhang Genliu really couldn't see the clue, so he had to ask the others.
Yan Kui was too big and didn't enter the hall. He stood outside and said, "If you want me to say, most of these people are puppets, otherwise how could mortals not breathe?"
When Zhang Genliu heard this, he instantly felt enlightened. Sometimes that's the case, what you think is an incomparably complex problem is not a problem at all in the eyes of others.
Following this line of thought, Zhang Genliu plucked one of the old man's hair, and then put it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully.
Sure enough, this is not hair at all, it belongs to the silk drawn from the sap of some kind of tree. If you look closely at the old man's skin, it is also made of some kind of resin.
It's just that these puppets are so realistic that they even have a pulse. And there is also bright red blood, which is constantly flowing in the body. If they breathed, they would be like Terrans.
The problem now is that Jang Genliu's initial speculation may have been wrong. Because the puppeteer couldn't make a fuss when he saw Yan Kui. So the question is, what exactly is the question in the sixth level?
Kill all the puppeteers, destroy all the villages, and these must not be right! Because Li Da'er is a human race, and according to the analysis of rumors, he cannot be a murderer.
"Eh, who are you waiting for, why are you disturbing the order of the school?" the motionless old man suddenly asked.
"Sir, sir, they will eat people!" said one of the schoolchildren.
"Sir, they are alien immortals!"
"Sir, that brother with glowing eyes has comprehended the mystery of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array!"
......
The schoolchildren were talking babblingly, and the old man seemed to listen to them all.