Jin Muchen and Zhou Qingxi glanced at each other and said with a wry smile: "Boy, although what you said is good, the Nine Star Sect is really not so easy to break through. Besides, you can only see these ruins in front of you, how sure are you that you can find the entrance to the Ancient Star Monarch's Mansion?"

Cheng Ling smiled slightly, didn't speak, just looked at the two indifferently.

Ye Zhining and Chu Tianheng were very excited, although they also knew that the Nine Star Sect was not easy to break into, but as Cheng Ling said, they had to seize the opportunity when it came.

Especially Ye Zhining, she and Cheng Ling broke through the ruins of the Thousand Machines Sect together, and she had long been convinced of his ability. Seeing that the two seniors were opposed, he said helpfully: "Two seniors, what Cheng Ling said is very reasonable, if you don't try it, how do you know that you can't find it." ”

Chu Tianheng saw Ye Zhining speak, secretly glanced at the master, and said, "Master, senior Zhou, I think you might as well give it a try!"

The three little ones all agreed, Jin Muchen and Zhou Qingxi glanced at each other, and the latter said: "Brother Jin, it seems that I am too cautious, it's just that, since everyone has such an idea, then look for the location of the Xingjun Mansion, anyway, I can't leave now!"

Jin Muchen was helpless, so he could only say: "Okay, but you must be careful." ”

Cheng Ling said: "Everyone takes the Xuanwu statue as the center and extends outward in eight directions until it hits the wall, so that you can avoid omissions to the greatest extent!"

When everyone heard this, they all thought that this method was very good, and the army of 3,000 divided into eight directions and searched along the road.

Cheng Ling also chose a direction, radiating his divine sense to the maximum along the way, carefully observing the situation in the ruins. Regrettably, the whole day passed, and no trace was found until the edge of the wall.

He immediately returned to the Xuanwu statue, and saw Jin Muchen and Zhou Qingxi meditating on the side, so he asked, "Two seniors, what have you discovered?"

Zhou Qingxi replied: "Not yet, none of the troops sent out have turned. ”

Cheng Ling also knew that he was too anxious when he heard this, so he sat cross-legged on the ground like them, but his mind was still thinking about the direction of the entrance.

What kind of place is the most suitable place to set up the entrance to the Jiupin Sect? Looking up, there are houses and metal wreckage everywhere, and there is no edge in sight. After thinking about it for a while, my heart moved, if the most magnificent building in this place is supposed to be this Xuanwu statue.

Didn't you mean that the real entrance was hidden in the statue? He suddenly stood up and looked up at the huge statue in front of him.

The shape of Xuanwu is carved vividly, but after thousands of years of historical precipitation, it presents a dull black and gray. One of the legs in front of him was mutilated, and the other didn't notice anything unusual, and his eyes went deep into the statue.

Suddenly, he found a large shadow under Xuanwu's abdomen, at first he thought it was the part that connected the statue, but now looking at the shadow area is a little strange.

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, he immediately got up and jumped on the statue to take a closer look at the shadows. After a while, I found that there seemed to be five hexagonal patterns above the shadows, and the patterns were like cracks on Xuanwu's back, arranged very neatly, but a piece was missing in the middle.

He stretched out his right hand, lightly touched the concave layer above, and pressed it vigorously, but there was no movement. With a turn in his mind, he grabbed a hexagon on the edge again, moved it slightly, and found that it could be moved.

It's just that after the block moved, there was no sign of any exit.

Waited for a moment, but still didn't respond. At present, the position he is standing in is very awkward, reaching out and can touch a hexagon, but he can't touch those few pieces without a few pieces, and there is no place to borrow strength under his feet, and he can't fly.

After a moment's silence, he jumped down from above. At this time, Jin Muchen and Zhou Qingxi also discovered his movements, and when they saw him landing, they asked, "How, did you find anything?"

"I found that there was a hexagonal pattern on Xuanwu's abdomen, but the pattern was hanging in the air, and I couldn't use it. ”

"That's simple, there are building wrecks everywhere here, just look for a few pieces at random, and build a temporary upward passage!"

Cheng Ling nodded and immediately took action.

At this time, the army sent out to find the entrance all turned back, and after seeing the three of them, they all shook their heads helplessly, indicating that they had not found any special entrances and exits.

Cheng Ling's spirits perked up, and he was even more sure that there must be some mystery in Xuanwu's abdomen. At that moment, he asked those sergeants to come forward to help, and with the joint efforts of everyone, they quickly built an upward staircase, so that he could stand on it and touch Xuanwu's abdomen.

Cheng Ling stood up the stairs and looked at the pattern in front of him even more clearly. It was only then that he realized that the pattern above it was not a hexagon, but a square, but its four sides were so worn-out that it was difficult to spot without looking closely.

The middle of the square is divided into nine areas, three from top to bottom, three from left to right, which is a nine-square grid pattern. In the motif, there are five small squares that can be moved.

Seeing this, he fully understood. The Nine Palaces were the type of changes in the formation, and they were very familiar to him, and in less than a moment, he tried to arrange the first change of the Nine Palaces!

"Click!"

There was a soft sound, as if some kind of mechanical sound had been heard, but there was still no exit visible. He was not in a hurry, but began to change his direction, arranging the second change of the nine palaces.

"Click!"

Another soft sound! He suddenly increased his confidence, and arranged the nine palaces and nine changes one by one at the fastest speed, and finally Xuanwu's abdomen seemed to open something, and a loud rumbling sound came from the inside, and in less than a moment, a three-zhang square circle opened under the abdomen for the two of them to enter!

Ye Zhining laughed without any image, and said, "Cheng Ling, I knew that you would definitely be able to crack the mechanism!"

When Jin Muchen and Zhou Qingxi saw this, they also said: "You really found it, what is the dazzling permutations and combinations before?"

Cheng Ling breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "It's actually very simple, the Nine Palace Formation is implied here, as long as you find out its rules, you can open the entrance!"

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, although their cultivation was much higher than Cheng Ling's, but their understanding of these nine palace arrangements was really not as proficient as him. Jin Muchen said: "That's it, since you have found the exit, then you should lead the way first!"

"Wait!"

Everyone was stunned and looked at him suspiciously.

Cheng Ling explained: "Here, I don't know how many thousands of years have not been entered by living beings, just in case, it is better to wait for the breath inside to overflow first!"

Everyone suddenly realized, and then they understood. At the moment, I also waited patiently with him outside.

Time passed slowly, and after waiting outside for a day, Cheng Ling estimated that the turbidity inside was almost clean, and then he walked into the entrance, and everyone behind him followed one by one.

Walking into the entrance, there is a long narrow passage in front of you, the passage goes straight down, and the surrounding walls are made of some kind of material, exuding a faint light. Cheng Ling stretched out her hand to touch it, the wall was very smooth, and she didn't find anything special.

But the passage was so long, and I walked down the stairs for more than two hours before I came to a circular hall. Looking up at the hall, I saw an hourglass more than one person high in the center of the hall, the sand in the hourglass had already leaked, and the glass in the upper part was oval, smooth and abnormal, and you could see at a glance that there was a portal behind the hourglass.

The crowd followed suit, and soon three thousand people were crowded into the hall. Fortunately, there are many ventilation holes in the hall, so it is not too crowded for so many people to squeeze in.

Jin Muchen saw Cheng Ling standing motionless in front of the hourglass, and asked curiously, "Boy, what's wrong with you?"

Cheng Ling replied: "Just because I didn't find anything, this hourglass came very abruptly, as if there was some mystery, but I couldn't figure it out for a while." ”

Chu Tianheng wondered: "What's the mystery of this hourglass, haven't you seen that the sand grains inside are leaking?

Ye Zhining said softly: "Cheng Ling, there is a passage over there, why don't we go up and take a look!"

Cheng Ling said: "Don't worry, you look carefully at the tail of the hourglass, there are many patterns, what do these patterns represent? ”

Ye Zhining's heart froze, and immediately thought of the many mechanisms she had encountered in the Thousand Machines Sect back then, and she immediately stopped talking.

Zhou Qingxi nodded secretly, Cheng Ling said arrogantly outside, but it was still very cautious to really enter the internal space of Xuanwu.

Cheng Ling paused for a moment, and finally walked gently to the hourglass and looked at the mysterious patterns on the ground.

The pattern is in the shape of a circle, divided into two circles along the bottom of the hourglass, and the patterns depicted in the circle are very sparse, but it can be seen that the two sides are symmetrical, like a method of calculating time.

After a little groaning, he took out an hourglass that counted the hours from the storage ring, placed it next to the hourglass in the hall, stepped forward again, stretched out his arms, and lifted the entire hourglass with a little force, and put it back in one direction.

Just as the hourglass was put back into the ring, a sudden change occurred, and a "gurgling" sound suddenly sounded in the hall, and then a stone door suddenly stretched out horizontally from the passage where everyone entered, and the road was completely closed.

Not only that, but the portal on the other side of the hourglass also closed instantly, as if it had never existed.

Everyone was shocked, and rushed to the wall where the entrance and portal were located and knocked carefully, but no matter how hard they tried, the wall did not open again.

Ye Zhining instinctively asked Cheng Ling, "Cheng Ling, what's going on?"

Cheng Ling was also confused, and said helplessly: "I don't know, it's just that this hourglass is very abrupt, I want to see if it is also used to record time, but I didn't expect that as soon as I moved, the portals on both sides were closed." ”

"What now?"

"Wait, let's see what kind of place this is, what the mystery is!"

Ye Zhining was helpless, so she could only press her temperament, and her eyes kept shooting in the hall. More than 3,000 people are crammed here, and even if it doesn't look crowded, it feels very uncomfortable!