Chapter 15 [Study Treasure II - The Greatest Female Astrologer]

Dewey picked up a candlestick. After thinking for a moment, he took another hanging weapon from the wall, of course, considering his current weak physical strength, he chose a short sword. After a moment's silence, Du Wei picked up a few new candles and put them in his arms.

Du Wei then stepped into the secret room on the wall.

The faint candle flame could only illuminate the space about two or three steps away from the front and back, but fortunately, Du Wei's natural divine power was stronger than that of ordinary people, and his sense of the surroundings was also much stronger.

This is a secret passage embedded in a huge stone wall, both sides are cold and hard stones, I don't know how many years it is, this secret passage is full of dust, although Du Wei has tried his best to lighten every movement, but he still can't help but stir up dust, sneezing again and again.

From time to time, he would step on some small stones under his feet, and in the flickering candle flame, Du Wei could only stagger forward cautiously.

Fortunately, the place seems to be ventilated, and although the candle flame is flickering, it is not extinguished by the lack of oxygen in the air.

The secret passage walked for a while, and a step appeared in front of him, and the spiraling steps led straight to the ground, the steps were very narrow, and they were also made of stones, which seemed a little rough, but fortunately it was strong enough, so it went all the way down, according to Du Wei's estimation in his heart, after walking more than 30 steps, he finally saw a small door.

The metal doorknob was already rusty, Du Wei held the doorknob and twisted it twice, but found that the door was locked, and the door could not be opened at all. He sighed, and suddenly remembered the sentence engraved on the bookshelf in his head......

"The spoon is the key......"

Du Wei thought for a moment, raised the candle and shone it around in front of the door, and finally saw a pattern on the ceiling above the door.

This is a carved pattern, according to the above pattern, Du Wei can barely make out that this seems to be a constellation map, he is not very interested in astrological phenomena, but because he remembered the "spoon" problem in his mind, so it is clear that he found the "Big Dipper" shaped like a spoon on this astrological map.

"The spoon is the key......," Du Wei muttered, the ceiling was a bit too high for a thirteen-year-old, and even if he stood on tiptoe, his hands couldn't reach the ceiling. By the dim flame of the candle, Du Wei carefully studied the pattern.

One candle was almost burned out, and when Du Wei lit the second candle, his heart suddenly moved, and he remembered an important question!

Key?

Joke!

If this secret passage is discovered, then even if the person who enters does not have a key, will he not find a tool to pry the door open?

That being the case, then the keys are not so important. However, the prompt is so special that the "key" is noted, so there must be a different meaning!

In other words, if you don't have a key, you can't use other methods such as smashing or prying open.

This "key" cannot be interpreted literally, I am afraid.

Du Wei sat down and thought for a moment, and when he got back to his feet, he jumped up as best he could, raised his short sword and barely knocked it on the pattern of the Big Dipper on the ceiling.

Bang!

Du Wei's eyes lit up! The voice seemed to be a little empty.

He gave up trying to pay attention to the door, but bent down, found a gap in the stone slab on the ground, and then thrust the short sword into the gap, so that the short sword stood on the ground, and then Du Wei reluctantly leaned against the wall and stepped on the short sword, so that he stood a little taller, although it was still a little dangling, but he could barely reach out to the ceiling.

There was a thick layer of dust on the ceiling, and Du Wei fumbled for a while, and could feel that the star pattern on the Big Dipper was obviously different from other places, and he tried some methods, knocking, twisting, turning, and so on.

Finally, he didn't know where he touched it, ** turned it, and actually twisted a star stone, and with a click, a piece of floor in the corner of the wall suddenly fell!

A black passage appeared on the ground, and in the passage were steps all the way down!

It's done!

Du Wei let out a low sigh and jumped off the hilt of his dagger with a smile.

Sure enough, it was a deceptive trick! Du Wei was convinced that his guess was correct.

The rusty door next to it is a trick at all! The real secret is not in this door at all! If the people who come here do not pay attention to the "Big Dipper" according to the prompts, even if they open the door with brute force, they will not be able to find the real secret here!

Du Wei is sure that the real secret of this place lies in this black passage that has sunk into the ground!

He walked to the side of the passage, this entrance is very narrow, only one person can barely enter, it is dark inside, Du Wei lit a candle first and threw it in, by the light of the falling candle, he could see that the steps below were not deep, about two or three meters high, it should be a secret room.

Du Wei did not go down immediately, but sat at the entrance of this passage and waited for a while, seeing that there was nothing abnormal below, so he cautiously went down the steps.

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It was a closed room on all sides, surrounded on all sides by enclosed stone walls, and on either side of the walls were placed rows of iron cabinets, many of which were sealed, and the locks on them were all rusted. And in the middle is a huge stone platform.

This stone platform is about the height of Du Wei's waist, and the table is carved with many esoteric and incomprehensible patterns, with a large arc in the middle, and all the surrounding dots are the positions of the stars.

Du Wei looked at it for a while, felt clueless, and then simply gave up the study of the patterns on the table and concentrated on searching on the iron cabinet next to him.

All the iron cabinets here are locked, because of the age, I am afraid that the locks inside have long been rusted. Du Wei worked hard for a long time, and just when he felt a little depressed, finally, he cheered and found a drawer that was not locked!

This is also the only drawer in the entire iron cabinet that has not been locked!

After opening, a stone box lay quietly in a drawer.

On this stone blind man, the front is engraved with the coat of arms of the Rollin family!

Du Wei struggled to lift the box, then sat on the ground and carefully opened it. In the box, there is a roll of parchment.

The parchment was densely covered with words, and when the parchment was unfolded, a hexagonal green crystal in the shape of a jewel fell from the parchment.

Du Wei patiently lit the third candle he had brought, and then quietly read the words on the parchment......

"Sincerely, Initiator:

Dear readers, you must be a descendant of the Rollin family. So the first thing you have to know is that this is a letter from your ancestors, and I am writing this letter from the wife of the seventh generation patriarch of the Rollin family, the astrologer Semel. ”

Seeing the first two sentences, Du Wei couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Astrologer, Semel?

Of course, Du Wei knew that in the history of the Rollin family, there was a peculiar family patriarch who was very interested in astrology and even married a female astrologer. And the family castle where Du Wei is now located, the tallest building of the castle, a tall white sè tower, was specially built by the patriarch of the family back then, so that his astrologer's wife could stay on the high tower at night to better observe the stars in the night sky!

What Du Wei didn't expect was that this letter was actually written by the patriarch's wife, a female astrologer!

He continued reading.

“...... As you read this letter, I hope you understand that what you are about to face is going to be a risky adventure. You may be opening a door that has been forbidden for countless ages, for it is likely that behind this door will be a forbidden realm that cannot be touched by humans.

At the same time, it is also the result of my lifelong research.

If you are ready for an adventure, then, you can take the gem that is wrapped in this letter, and then you grope carefully for the stone platform in the room, and you will find a socket, and after inserting the gem, you will get the most complete information I have left. And in order to ensure that the inheritance of the information does not fall into the hands of outsiders, the blood of the bloodline of the Rollin family must be used to activate the message, please drop your blood on the gem, and the bloodline of the Rollin family will guide you to the information I left. ”

At the end of this letter, there is another line of text:

"May the great Lorraine family prosper, for I am deeply in love with this family because of my husband!

Your ancestors, Semel•Kira•Lorraine"

After reading it in one go, Du Wei couldn't help but feel a little more shocked in his heart!

Because according to the family history he had seen, he was very interested in Semel•Kira•Lorraine (whose real name was Semel•Kira. It was only after marrying into the Rollin family that he was given the surname of the Rollin family) The impression of this name is very deep.

This woman is the wife of the seventh-generation patriarch of the family, a famous female astrologer, and she is worthy of admiration in the field of astrology! Du Wei's enlightenment teacher, the old scholar Rossiat, is also an astrologer, and he was full of respect when he occasionally mentioned Du Wei's ancestral wife during the year and a half that he had taught Du Wei. He even inadvertently mentioned that this female astrologer named Semel almost seemed to be the best astrologer in the empire for nearly two hundred years!

And what impressed Du Wei about the name was not because this Semel was a great astrologer, but because there were other reasons.

Because, in the records of the Rollin family that Du Wei has read, this female astrologer is also a woman who loves her husband deeply.

The seventh-generation patriarch of the Rollin family, who married her, did not live long, and died at the age of about fifty. This Semmeless astrologer, who was apparently an infatuated woman, committed suicide on the third day after her husband's death, on the high white tower that he had built for her during his lifetime.

And before she died, the female astrologer carved a sentence on her tower:

"Because of love, we will live forever. ”

It is precisely because of this last sentence that Du Wei remembered the famous female xìng in the history of this family.

Without the slightest hesitation, Du Wei immediately leaned down and groped under the stone platform, and soon found the socket prompted in the letter.

The socket is about the same size as the shape of the gem. Without hesitation, Du Wei cut his finger and dropped a drop of blood onto the gem.

As the gem was inserted into that socket. Du Wei subconsciously took two steps back......

In the dim secret room, all of a sudden, a strong light erupted from the patterns on the square stone platform in front of him, and this light illuminated the whole room as if it were day!

Immediately, these rays of light gathered little by little, and finally formed a pillar of light on the stone platform, and in the middle of the pillar of light, a figure appeared!

It's not a real person, it's a very human-like phantom put together by these lights!

The size of this phantom is the same as that of a real person, and Du Wei couldn't help but open his eyes!

He suddenly reacted to a very important thing!

This Semele, the legendary female astrologer, is probably also a magician!

The light of the phantom gradually dimmed, and finally the light was strong enough for the naked eye to bear.

Du Wei could finally see the figure standing in the pillar of light.

A woman wearing a red sè robe all over, with long silver sè hair like snow, her whole body was shrouded in a bright red robe, a face was extremely beautiful, and her eyes seemed to be tender, but the pair of black sè eyes made Du Wei feel a trace of bewitchment.

"O one who opens the message, I am your ancestor Semel•Kira•Lorraine. The apparition spoke slowly, "This is the last magical message I left before I die. The magic array I left behind can only be opened with the magic crystal that is infused with my own magic power, plus the bloodline of the Rollin family. Since you can see this message, it means that you are the heir of the Rollin family, and you can also get the secrets of everything that I have unreserved. ”

Du Wei looked at the lifelike and beautiful woman in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a little shocked in his heart!

Can use a magic array to keep a message for a hundred years! Such a magic skill is already a super-first-class magic master! This Semel actually has such a skill!

"I can't tell how many years have passed since you activated this message, or how much magic I have left in the magic crystal, so please listen to every word I say, because I'm afraid there is no magic power to activate this magic circle a second time. ”

Semele's apparition said slowly.

Although he knew that the Semel in front of him was not a real person, but just a phantom left behind, Du Wei couldn't help but nod.

"First of all, I want to make it clear that what I have left you may bring you endless benefits or endless troubles. Because of the results of my life's work, no one but my husband knows about it. Whoever opens this message, since you can make it this far, then you must have some understanding of astrology, at least astrology. So first of all, one of the most important things I want to tell you is: all the astrologers in this world are wrong!

Because, astrology, is definitely not a shallow thing to predict the future just by the changes in the stars. Although now everyone thinks that astrology is nothing more than a kind of prophecy. However, what I'm going to tell you is...... Astrology is actually a kind of magic, a powerful and esoteric magic.

Astrologers should not only be considered astrological scholars, nor should they be shallow and mysterious prophets.

A true astrologer should have a power that rivals all magicians!

Since the magician can summon the power of the wind, with the help of rain, storms, fire, and all the other forces of nature. So, astrologers, why can't you borrow the power of the stars?

We astrologers can even go further, for I have discovered a power that magicians cannot, or even never, can grasp...... That's what it is...... Laws!"