A small underground space,

There are heavy traces of man-made, and the stone slabs laid on the ground are somewhat dark, and it can be seen that these stone slabs have undergone a very long time.

In the slate casting room, on the walls deep in, a large number of mysterious rune inscriptions,

A large, irregular circle stubbornly shimmered on the walls.

And in the circle, in a circular pit, there seemed to be something missing.

"This is part of the node of the magic circle, and those four stupid thieves don't know if they are lucky or unlucky, but they can actually dig here."

Hu Tao took the restored round magic weapon and walked to the circle.

The magic circle, which had only a faint light, seemed to sense something, and the light became even stronger.

The surface of the disc magic weapon in Hu Tao's hand also had a little light flowing,

Align the disc artifact with the gap in the center of the circle,

With a 'click', the disc artifact snapped firmly into the void in the center of the circle.

The originally bleak circle suddenly lit up, and then calmed down again.

But it's definitely not the bleakness just now, but the aura is restrained.

"Okay, that's fine."

Hu Tao clapped his hands to indicate that it was done.

Wang Daoyi looked at the converging magic circle in front of him, his eyes full of interest.

When the disc magic weapon didn't return to its place just now, the runes on this magic circle flickered, which was still a normal magic circle.

But after the disc magic weapon returned to its place, not only the aura of the magic circle was constricted, but those irregular runes were also hidden.

"Brother Dao, what are you looking at?" Hu Tao looked at Wang Daoyi curiously, and then followed his line of sight to look at the magic circle, "Are you looking at the array?" Don't look at it, after the ballast returns, the magic circle will naturally be hidden, and only when the ballast is taken out will the magic circle appear. ”

"Hall Master Hu knows this circle very well?" Wang Daoyi withdrew his gaze from the circle and turned to Hu Tao.

Teyvat First Fire A patted his chest, looking like I could understand: "Of course, we have been taking care of this place for so long, so naturally we have some understanding." ”

"Oh, can you tell me about that?" Wang Daoyi's eyes lit up and he asked very curiously.

Hall Master Hu's face turned red, and then he scratched his head embarrassedly: "This, that ......"

"Isn't it convenient?" Wang Daoyi asked.

The Hall of Death has been passed down for thousands of years, and if it is some very important information, it is estimated that it will be inconvenient to tell others.

If Hu Tao is inconvenient to say, Wang Daoyi can also understand it, and it's a big deal to go back and ask Zhongli directly.

"That's not it, although the matter of the magic circle is top secret, but Dao Yi you have a relationship with the immortals, and it's nothing to tell you, it's just, I don't remember much, so I know the name of this magic circle."

Hu Tao said with some embarrassment.

Wang Daoyi gave Hu Tao a puzzled look.

"Oh, since the master of this hall inherited the Hall of Death, he has mainly learned the knowledge of rituals, and as for the stories and the like that have been passed down from the Hall of Death, I read them as miscellaneous books, so naturally I can't remember much."

When Hu Tao was young, he inherited the position of the master of the Afterlife Hall,

Although she is gifted and intelligent, once she took over the Afterlife Hall, she stabilized the status of the Afterlife Hall, and she did not miss any of the various death rituals.

But after all, she was just a little girl, familiar with all kinds of death rituals, practicing the Death Hall to inherit marksmanship, and controlling the staff of Goma, these things had taken up a lot of Hu Tao's time.

She really didn't have time to read the stories and some of the secret books that had been passed down from within the Hall of the Dead.

Unless there is a special situation that needs to be consulted, she just flips through it and uses it as a reading material for her leisure time.

In this case, it is naturally difficult for her to remember more detailed knowledge.

"I see, but I misunderstood the hall master." Wang Daoyi arched his hand at Hu Tao.

Hu Tao patted his chest magnificently: "It's okay, it's okay, I remember what this magic circle is called [Deception]." ”

"[Deception]? What a name. Wang Daoyi said with emotion.

Hall Master Hu didn't feel anything, and grinned greatly: "Haha, who said it wasn't, in fact, it was a hidden magic circle, and the main thing was to ensure that the narrow space between life and death would not be discovered by outsiders." ”

Wang Dao smiled, and his divine thoughts emanated, sweeping across the entire Wufu Slope.

And then...... Nor did he find the narrow line between life and death.

At the time of Millelith's funeral, he had clearly seen the entrance to the narrow room of life and death.

But now I can't find the entrance.

"Interesting." Wang Daoyi muttered in a low voice.

"What's interesting?" Hall Master Hu suddenly poked his head out from under Wang Daoyi's line of sight.

"It's nothing, by the way, under the [Deceptive Heaven] Circle, how did Hall Master Hu find the entrance to the narrow room of life and death?" Wang Daoyi asked curiously.

Even he couldn't detect where the entrance was, but Hu Tao could easily enter it, so there must be something special.

Hu Tao didn't mean to hide it, she reached out and held it in the void, and the crimson scepter appeared in her hand.

The unruly fire fluttered slightly, and the strong true intent of purifying demons permeated the small space.

"Of course, it's by relying on the staff of Goma, the masters of the Hall of the Past Generations, as long as they hold the staff of Goma, they can open the entrance to the narrow room of life and death."

The red scepter flipped in Hu Tao's hand, and the top of the scepter shone like a jewel surrounded by red flames.

Wang Daoyi noticed that when the Staff of Goma appeared, a glimmer of light appeared simultaneously on the magic circle on the wall, but it quickly disappeared.

"The Staff of Goma...... It's the key. ”

Wang Daoyi suddenly understood.

In fact, it wasn't the first time he had seen this scepter inherited from the Afterlife Hall.

As an heirloom, the existence of the Staff of Goma is never a secret.

Many people know that there is such a scepter in the hands of the Afterlife, or the spear.

But almost no one can snatch it from the hands of the Afterlife.

Wang Daoyi once asked Zhongli, and Zhongli's answer was that others couldn't take the staff of Goma.

At first, Wang Daoyi thought that it was because the main purpose of the staff of Goma was to carry out the ritual of death, so others could not take it away.

But now it seems that serving as the key to the narrow gap between life and death is the real use of the Goma Staff.

"Ah~" Hu Tang Lord yawned, "It's been so long, I have to go back, do you want to go together?" ”

The master of the hall Hu flashed his peach blossom eyes, what to go together, she just wanted to take Wang Daoyi's ride.

"Let's go back together, and I want to go to the Hall of Death to find out about this [Deception] Circle, is that okay?" Wang Daoyi asked.

Hu Tao waved his hand magnificently: "It's a trivial matter, it's okay to watch it for as long as you want." ”

"Haha, the hall master is magnificent."

Wang Daoyi said 'compliment', and then looked at the passage when he came, "Since this place has been repaired, there is no need for the passage to exist." ”

With a thought in his mind, the rock elemental surged, completely sealing the small passage.

"Let's go, Hall Master Hu, let's go back."

"Okay, go back, I'm hungry."

……

Liyue, Crimson Cloud Slope, Afterlife.

The hall master and Wang Daoyi returned here together,

Originally, Wang Daoyi also wanted to ask Zhongli to learn about the [Deception] Array, but Zhongli was not in the Afterlife Hall.

According to the answer of the inadequately concerned Zhenjun, Mr. Zhongli went out early in the morning, and he didn't say where he went.

Wang Daoyi, who didn't find anyone, couldn't do anything, but Master Hu was still very powerful.

Directly took Wang Daoyi to the secret room of the Afterlife Hall.

After bypassing dozens of hidden rune traps, Hu Tao led Wang Daoyi to a secret room.

The secret room is not big, about the size of an ordinary room,

There were no treasures stored inside, only four rows of bookshelves neatly arranged with various correspondence documents.

Master Hu grinned and pointed to the innermost bookshelf: "The oldest materials are on the innermost bookshelf, you can find them yourself, I'll go eat something first, but I'm starving." ”

After saying that, he didn't seem to be worried about Wang Dao rummaging things around, and went out directly.

Wang Daoyi raised his eyebrows slightly, Hu Tao trusted him.

He smiled, walked over to the innermost bookshelf, and flipped through it.

"About the impact of the Demon God's wreckage on the epidemic and how to solve it. 》

"Some points of making potions from blood"

"List of Stove God's Favorite Foods"

"Characteristics of Plague Infection and How to Eliminate It"

……

A large number of old but complete books are randomly placed here.

Judging from the various titles, it can indeed be proved that these books are the oldest knowledge here.

With the exception of a few books about the Liyue gods, most of the books are about epidemics.

This is also normal, because the Hall of the Dead at the beginning was established to clean up the plague caused by the remnants of the demon god.

It wasn't until the end of the Demon God War that the Hall of the Dead gradually transformed into a caretaker of life and death.

The gaze was withdrawn from these ancient books and gradually shifted to the corners of the bookshelves.

A dark yellow book lay there quietly,

The Effectiveness and Maintenance of the Deceptive Circle

Sure enough, the Hall of the Dead does have the responsibility to maintain the magic circle.

Wang Dao stretched out his hand one by one, and the dark yellow books flew directly into his hands.

Although the book is still clean, it seems that no one has opened it for a long time, and probably the last time I looked at it, it was still a walnut when I was a child.

Gently open the book,

The first sentence that caught the eye made Wang Dao's pupils shook.

['Deception' Circle, which originated from the demon god of alchemy, Hargentus, has a strong concealment effect, according to the information left by Hargentus, the circle can even deceive the sky, so it is called the Celestial Deception Circle. 】

Originated from the demon god Hargentus of alchemy.

The demon god Hargentus, that is, he is good at alchemy, and may even hold the authority of alchemy, which the king knows.

He heard Grandma Ping and others tell the story of the end, and alchemy is what the end is best at.

For now, the immortals still have some of the alchemy artifacts left behind in their hands.

Some are ordinary little things, while others are powerful magic weapons.

However, Wang Daoyi really didn't expect that the Heaven Deception Array of Wufu Slope was actually from the hand of Hargentus.

"Isn't that too much of a coincidence, though?"

Wang Daoyi frowned slightly,

He returns to Liyue to find Zhongli, who tells him to find the Dragonlord, who tells him how to bypass the original shell and then tells him to find the remnants of Hargentus.

Then the circle left by Hargentus naturally appeared in front of him.

If there is no problem with this, Wang Dao will not believe in death.

Flipping the book in his hand slightly, Wang Daoyi read while thinking about these coincidental things.

"I have become a god, and the so-called power of fate can no longer lead me, but it does not mean that I cannot be 'calculated', as long as the external factors are used well, these coincidental experiences can still be arranged."

"First of all, I returned to Liyue for my marriage to Xiangling and to exchange information with the Emperor outside of the world.

Secondly, for the first time, I learned that Hu Tao and Xingqiu Chongyun went to Wufu Slope, and I also heard from the emperor.

Again, I went to find the Dragon King of Ruotuo, which was also signaled by the emperor,

In the end, the four stupid thieves were able to dig through the magic circle that shrouded the narrow space of life and death, and then send it to me, which is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. ”

Gnosis flowed in his mind, and the corners of Wang Daoyi's mouth twitched slightly.

He probably already knows who's behind it.

He was able to perform so many actions on the land of Liyue, and calculate the existence of Wang Daoyi that he was not yet aware of.

Except for the Rock King Emperor, there is probably no second person.

figured out the driving force behind the scenes, but Wang Daoyi still had some doubts.

"But why didn't the emperor tell me directly?"

Obviously Zhongli knew all these things, but why didn't he just tell himself, but instead went around in such a big circle?

"Unless there's something that restricts Zhongli from speaking these things directly."

Wang Dao's eyes flickered slightly.

In this world, there are things that can restrain Zhongli, but there are not many, but Wang Daoyi happens to know a little.

Indenture.

Among the common things, only the contract can bind the god of the contract.

Zhongli would never break the contract he had made.

If someone made a contract with Zhongli that he couldn't tell the story of the [Deception] Circle, then that would explain Zhongli's practice of going around in circles.

"I just don't know who the person who signed the contract with the emperor is." Wang Daoyi thought silently in his heart.

It could be Hargentus, or it could be some other high position.

But it definitely can't be the sky.

After all, this circle is used to deceive the sky.

The wandering thoughts gradually stabilized, and Wang Daoyi's attention turned back to the book in his hand.

[There are a total of thirty-six main nodes in the 'Deception' array, and each node is equipped with a demon god material ballast,

Secondly, there are three hundred and sixty secondary nodes, each of which requires a high-level magic weapon-level ballast weapon.

Finally, 3,600 small nodes were arranged on the periphery, and each node was equipped with at least one well-class ballast.

Ballasts need to be self-healing, stealth, and absorb elemental power, and are usually cast in a circular shape. 】

Wang Daoyi's face was a little silent, and he had a little understanding of the handiwork of this magic circle.

If he wasn't mistaken, the circular ballast he had seen earlier belonged to one of the thirty-six main nodes.

Although the function of the circular ballast is very simple, it can repair itself after being damaged, and the ability to absorb the pure elemental power of Wang Daoyi, it can be called a five-star magic weapon.

Coupled with the other characteristics described in the book, Wang Daoyi made a bold guess.

This magic circle requires 36 five-star magic weapons, that is, 36 heirloom magic weapons, 360 four-star magic weapons, and 3,600 excellent magic weapons.

Coupled with the huge circle carving, countless precious materials can be arranged.

Moreover, these ritual instruments must have a uniform function, and perhaps even a unified style.

I have to say that this is the largest and most terrifying magic circle that Wang Daoyi has seen since he came to Teyvat.

"I can only say...... It's really a magic circle that can deceive the sky. ”

"However, such a magic circle is a hidden magic circle between the narrow circle of life and death, so is the secret of the narrow circle of life and death more important?"

Wang Daoyi couldn't help but have a rhetorical question in his mind.

Something that is protected by a super invincible safe should be more valuable than the safe itself.

Wouldn't it be funny otherwise?

【Key to Circle Maintenance:

After the circle is arranged, the array pattern has the ability to repair itself, please focus on protecting the central ballast.

If the ballast is damaged, it needs to be supplied with high purity elemental force, and the ballast will be repaired automatically.

If a peripheral node is destroyed, insert the 'key' into the central node and the circle will repair itself.

……

If there is no change in the gap between life and death, the maintenance time is recommended to be checked every ten years. 】

"Sure enough, the magic circle that can support thousands of years has the ability to repair itself."

Wang Daoyi was not too surprised.

After all, this circle is too big and too complicated.

If the circle didn't have the ability to repair itself, then it would require each generation of the Guardian Afterlife Hall to cultivate a great grandmaster who specializes in the Heaven Bullying Circle, which is obviously unlikely.

As for the 'key' mentioned in the article, Wang Daoyi felt that it was most likely the staff of Goma.

"However, there is only a method of maintenance and a record of the maintenance of the magic circle by the masters of the Dead Hall in the past generations, and there is no way to arrange the magic circle."

Wang Daoyi's heart fluctuated slightly,

He already had a rough idea of what this deceptive circle was of use to him.

If such a circle could be arranged on the edge of a world rift at a hidden point, would he be able to hide the perception of the Heavenly Principle maintainer and travel freely outside the world?

Even with the help of the power of the magic circle, block out a part of the connection between the primordial shell and the heavenly principle, can you touch the possibility of turning the primordial shell into your own use?

Another point is that although Tianli is asleep now, if he wakes up, who knows what will happen.

So a magic circle that can deceive the sky, which is very important for Wang Daoyi.

"The deceptive magic circle shrouds the slope of Wuxuan, the most critical place is the narrow space of life and death, if you want to fully analyze the magic circle, I am afraid you need to go deep into the narrow room, in order to see the whole picture of the magic circle."

Closing the book in his hand, Wang Daoyi had already decided in his heart that he wanted to find Hu Tao and talk about entering the narrow space of life and death.

Putting the books on the Heaven Deception Circle back on the shelves, Wang Daoyi didn't leave in a hurry, and took out the other ancient books again and read them.

These are all the wisdom accumulated by the Death Hall over the generations, and as a god who pursues knowledge, such a good opportunity naturally cannot be given up.

(End of chapter)