City Ruins No. 014, River Channel.

Qingzhi, Huo'er and others gathered by the river, standing on the mud and sand, constantly looking around the stone monument.

Most of the stele is in the river mud, and the exposed part is square-shaped, and there is a small vivid Xuanwu statue at each of the four corners of the top, facing the four directions, and water is constantly spewing out from the turtle's mouth.

The dense ancient inscriptions are carved all over the four sides of the stele, which is very different from the modern Daxia script, but three or four characters can be vaguely recognized.

"North...... Water...... Wang ......"

"Report to the battalion commander, the stele was discovered during our training, and we were comparing who held their breath underwater for a long time," a platoon commander explained, "and then Sanshui was a guy with good water quality and dived directly to the bottom of the lake." ”

"The bottom of the lake?" Qing Zhi asked, "But this stone tablet has already stretched out." ”

"That's right, after Sanshui dived to the bottom of the water, he found the top of the stele, he owed it, and he didn't care what the mechanism was, he just pressed it down." The platoon commander glared at Sanshui, who was standing aggrievedly on the side, "Then the stele arched up by itself, and there is no mechanism, otherwise this kid will be planted!" ”

"Oh." Qingzhi walked in front of Sanshui.

Sanshui was still a recruit, and he couldn't help but be nervous when he saw Qingzhi coming, so he hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Hello battalion commander!" ”

"Put your hand down," Qingzhi said, "show me the hand you touched the stele." ”

"Yes!" Sanshui stretched out his right hand.

The palms were covered in calluses and abrasion marks from training, but otherwise there was nothing unusual.

Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief and patted Sanshui on the shoulder: "Fortunately, it's not poisonous, you go to the side first, and then let the medical soldiers check on you." ”

Sanshui heard the concern in Qing Zhi's tone, and couldn't help but look at Qing Zhi gratefully: "Yes, sir!" ”

"It's called the battalion commander, I don't feel comfortable listening to it, the commander is all comrades in our team, and the name battalion commander is just to distinguish between the commander and the combatant." Qingzhi said seriously.

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" Sanshui's spirits perked up, and the corners of his mouth rose.

"Alright, let's go!" The platoon commander snorted and pinched Sanshui's ears, "Stinky boy, thanks to the good temper of the Qingzhi battalion commander, if it were me, I would have punished you for practicing for a day to hold your breath!" ”

Sanshui smiled and trotted away.

Qingzhi took the lead and pulled up his trouser leg and went down the river, and the others followed.

The river was cold, ankle-high, and gradually rising.

When the river was knee-high, Qingzhi walked to the stone monument.

He felt the mud and sand slowly sinking, and his brow furrowed slightly.

"Be careful, the mud and sand here are very soft, don't come with so many people!"

"Yes!" The people answered, and returned to the shore a little.

Qing Zhi took a deep breath and reached out to touch the stone tablet.

The rough surface is full of traces of time, but the four Xuanwu statues do not show any wear.

"I've been looking for you for almost a month, and I've finally found .....," Qingzhi muttered, putting his hand on the top of the stele.

Inside, the spirit is surging.

In the center of the eyebrows, the spirit snake spirit suddenly shone.

The snake's perception spreads like a spider's web.

Qing Zhi felt that the bottom of the stone tablet was trembling slightly, as if a layer of shackles was being impacted.

He lifted his hand from the top of the stele.

The trembling stops.

Put your hand on it again.

The tremors began again, and they continued.

But the "shackles" are unbreakable and can never be broken.

Qing Zhi held on for another minute, and a preliminary judgment was formed in his mind.

He turned back, motioned for everyone to come ashore, and went ashore himself.

"How?" Huo'er asked as she lifted the black frame.

"From my understanding, the stele should be a mechanism, perhaps connected to the entrance of the Xuanwu Temple, and ordinary people can't open it." Qing Zhi said, "According to the correspondence of the divine soul, only the Xuanwu divine soul should be able to open it. ”

"Xuanwu Divine Soul? Turtles? Huo'er said in surprise.

"I don't know, let's wait for Tatsuno to come over." Qingzhi said.

Everyone stood guard around and waited for Tatsuno.

In the afternoon, a black figure leaped into the ruins of City 014.

"Deputy Commander Dragon?!" The sentry on duty shouted.

"It's me!" Tatsuno replied.

"Over there!" The sentry pointed in the right direction.

"Thanks!" Tatsuno ran towards there.

Qingzhi, who was guarding the scene, heard the sentry's report.

"Deputy Commander Long has arrived at the ruins of City 014!"

As soon as the words fell, a sound of stomping on the ground sounded.

Qing Zhi and the others turned around and saw that Tatsuno had landed steadily.

"Deputy Commander Dragon!" And they all stood up and saluted.

"Hmm." Tatsuno returned the salute and asked, "Where is the stele?" ”

"Here, follow me." Qingzhi said.

The two of them went into the water together and walked to the stone monument.

"Xuanwu idol?" Long Ye saw the statue on the top of the stele and nodded slightly, "That's probably the Xuanwu Temple." ”

"Tatsuno, look at these words." Qingzhi pointed to the four sides of the stele.

"Ancient writing?" Tatsuno bent down, his eyes narrowing slightly, staring at the words carefully.

He recognized some of them, and by guess, he could barely decipher the words.

"The four elephants are the green dragon, the white tiger, the red bird, and the Xuanwu. The Green Dragon, Oriental A and B...... The White Tiger, the Western Gengxin Gold ...... Vermilion Bird, Southern Bingding Fire ...... Xuanwu, the northern nondecant water.

Can be soft and strong, through the clouds: good like water, non-lead and non-tin, not stones and the like, water is the river car god water, born in the first heaven and earth, to the medicine can not be temporarily abandoned. It can nurture all things, so it is called Xuanwu. ”

"The Black Emperor of the North, whose god name is Ye Guangji, is a Xuanwu. The residence of the seven gods in the north actually begins with the fight, the north of the town, and the main wind and rain ......"

"This stele introduces the basic situation of Xuanwu, Xuanwu is one of the four divine beasts of Great Xia, one of the four elephants of the sky, living in the north, and can control the water of the world!" Long Ye said slowly, "This place is the Xuanwu Temple, which was formed by the fall, it is not the bloodline of Great Xia, it is not allowed to enter, it is not the soul of the water turtle, and it is not allowed to be inherited......"

"Is this river really hiding a Xuanwu Temple?" Qing Zhi was surprised, "But in the records, this is just an ordinary river. ”

"This river is a tributary of the Yangtze River, and more than ten kilometers ahead is the Yangtze River." Tatsuno looked up as he spoke, and he saw that there was a low mountain range to the south of the city.

Its shape resembles a sleeping dragon, but it lacks head horns and is more winding, which is the characteristic of a snake.

"It's ......"

Tatsuno felt something touch in his memory, and he turned sharply and looked north.

To the north of the city, a tall mountain peak.

The peak is in the shape of a disc with a protruding arch at the top, echoing the low mountains to the south.

"The image of Xuanwu is in the shape of a turtle and a snake," Long Ye muttered, "That's right, the south is the Snake Mountain, and the north is the Turtle Mountain, and the turtle and snake face each other, which is for Xuanwu." ”

As he spoke, Tatsuno suddenly heard a few noises from the depths of the river, and then, stone tablets rose from the bottom of the river and extended to the depths of the river.