Qingyun slowly approached the small courtyard, then stopped outside for a moment before pushing open the small door of the courtyard and walking in. The courtyard is not big, and there are some flowers and plants planted sparsely in the yard. Several thatched huts, although dilapidated, are kept very neat and tidy, and it seems that they should be inhabited here.

"Anyone?" shouted Qingyun as he stood outside the thatched hut. However, after waiting for a long time, no one answered. All Qingyun wanted to do now was to hurry up to the exit of the temple, and then return to the Xingming Continent with the 'Soul Mirror' to break through the 'Spirit Absorbing Sealing Array' in the sky. But now that he had fallen in this strange place, and couldn't fly, he thought it would be best if he could find someone and ask for directions.

No one answered, and Qingyun wanted to turn away, but the ghost made a fool and continued to walk towards the slightly larger hut in the middle of the courtyard. With a 'squeak', he pushed open the wooden door of the hut, and Qingyun saw at a glance that the hut was divided into two halves. There are simple tables and chairs on one side, and there are neat tea sets on the table, which are spotlessly clean. On the other half, there is a small table made of jade, on which there is a small bowl made of spirit stone, and the bowl contains relatively rare black jade chess pieces.

Although there was no one in the room, somehow, Qingyun felt that he was attracted by the black jade chess pieces on the jade table. I couldn't help but slowly approach the jade table, only to find that there were nine small pits on the jade countertop. These nine small pits are three horizontal and three vertical lines, forming a very regular matrix.

"Isn't this the 'Nine Square Grid' I saw from a scroll when I was a child?" Qingyun thought with a smile. When I was a child, my grandfather gave me a lot of ancient scrolls, and I read them from beginning to end, and of course I dabbled a little in some strange things.

Looking elsewhere and observing carefully for a long time, Qingyun didn't find anything else special. His original intention was to come here to ask someone for directions, and since there was no one, he didn't plan to spend any more time here. When he turned around, he was about to walk out of the hut, but found that the wooden door of the hut had closed with a bang. Then I heard an old voice say slowly: "Boy, since you are destined to be here, why rush to leave." ”

Qingyun sensed that this person intended to keep him, and couldn't help asking, "May I ask who your Excellency is?" Since you want to keep me, why do you hide your head and show your tail?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. The important thing is that you are a monk of the Star Ming Continent, and you have also obtained the 'Nine Flowers and Green Buddha Bone' and the 'Millet Spirit Mirror'!"

Qingyun's heart tightened slightly, and he immediately drummed up his spiritual power, preparing to forcibly break open the wooden door of this thatched hut and rush out. Just as he was about to step out, the old voice sounded in time: "Boy, don't be nervous. I have no ill will. I've been waiting here for hundreds of thousands of years to wait for someone like you to come here. ”

When Qingyun heard this, his heart moved: "Oh, what does Your Excellency mean by this?" As soon as he finished asking, he saw that the space in the thatched hut suddenly distorted and vibrate, and then an old but dignified figure slowly appeared on the chair that Qingyun had seen before.

"Are you?" Qingyun couldn't see through the cultivation of the old man who suddenly appeared, so he spoke with seven points of caution and three points of respect.

"I said, it doesn't matter who I am. Since you're here, I'll get straight to the point. See the black jade chess pieces and nine pits on the jade table in front of you?" The old man's white beard was long, windless and automatic, and he slowly stroked the white beard and said to Qingyun in a deep voice.

Qingyun nodded, and the old man continued: "This is an ancient and magical 'Digital Nine Square Grid'. As long as you can correctly place the number of black jade chess pieces into nine pits, so that the number of black jade chess pieces in three horizontal and vertical rows, whether horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, adds up to fifteen, I will tell you a big secret that no one knows. Of course, the number of black jade chess pieces in each of these pits can only be one to nine. ”

Hearing this, Qingyun's face couldn't help but show a somewhat sly smile. "It's a little too simple. As he spoke, he grabbed the black jade chess pieces in the spirit stone bowl and quickly placed them in the pit on the jade table. There is almost no pause, all in one go.

The long-bearded old man was slightly stunned, then quickly got up and walked to the jade table, and clearly saw that there were four, nine, and two black jade chess pieces in the upper row from left to right. In the middle row from left to right, there are three, five, and seven black jade pieces, while in the bottom row there are eight, one, and six pieces. Whether horizontally or vertically or diagonally, the sum is a number of fifteen.

The old man suddenly rolled his eyes and said to Qingyun, "Boy, you must have seen this 'Nine Square Grid' before, right?"

Qingyun hugged his fists and said frankly: "To be honest, this Nine Palace Grid has been studied from an ancient book when I was very young. ”

The old man stroked his long white beard and nodded: "The kid is quite honest! As he spoke, he returned to the other half of the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and sipped it lightly.

Seeing that the old man was so leisurely, Qingyun couldn't help touching his nose and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say that you have a big secret to tell me?"

The old man's cloudy eyes rolled up again, and then he gently put down the tea set in his hand, and then said, "Oh, yes. There is a big secret to tell you. The old man stood up, walked to Qingyun's side, walked around him a few times, looked at him carefully, and then continued: "The kid is named!"

Qingyun was speechless for a while, he was waiting for him to say the big secret with his ears pricked up, but he didn't expect him to look around him for a long time and come up with such a sentence. However, Qingyun was naturally polite, and he still said politely: "Fu Qingyun." ”

The old man's body moved slightly after hearing this, but he quickly retracted. "Fu Qingyun, Fu Qingyun, surname Fu, Fu family boy, hehe. The old man muttered to himself, then sat back in the chair, suddenly looked stunned, and said, "Listen up, the boy of the Fu family." This big secret is that the Savage Temple is actually the Divine Temple, and there are thirteen floors in total. ”

"What?" Qingyun couldn't help but buzz in his head when he heard this, and his heart was shocked. There is even a thirteenth floor in the Savage Temple? This is definitely a terrifying big secret. However, this old man is not joking with himself? The old man couldn't help but smile when he looked at Qingyun's reaction, still with a calm and breezy look, sipping tea lightly.

"You're not kidding?" Qingyun asked incredulously.

The old man paused, put down the tea set again, and said in a deep voice: "Reverse the black jade chess piece nine-palace grid you just placed just now and take a look." ”

"Reversal, how to reverse?" Qingyun wondered.

"Do your own research. After the old man finished speaking, he didn't look at Qingyun again, but took a big gulp of his tea.

Qingyun hurriedly lowered his head and looked carefully at the jade table again, and soon found that the nine pits were originally separated from the jade platform. I was overjoyed, and immediately rotated the nine-palace grid backwards for a week. Listening to the sound of 'click', the nine-square grid made a crisp sound, Qingyun suddenly felt empty under his feet, and the whole person fell.

He fell to the ground with a bang, and the pain in his body immediately intensified again. Qingyun ignored it, quickly got up, and immediately found that he had fallen on a step. The limited divine sense spreads, and it can sense dozens of steps from top to bottom leading to the dark bottom.

"What's the matter, boy, I'm not joking with you? I have a secret that is even more shocking to you, do you want to hear it?"