Chapter 1774 The time doesn’t match up

Li Chengxi has some similar puzzle-solving experience, thanks to the old domestic stand-alone games of that time.

But Li Chengxi was not particularly good at it. He still vividly remembered the miserable experience of being stuck in a maze for a whole summer vacation.

After Internet cafes started to appear on the streets, Li Chengxi no longer considered solving puzzles by himself, as there were guides online anyway.

But in this situation, where can you find a guide?

Perhaps the iron knife drinking water for the horse itself is a hint?

Li Chengxi took out the photos he had taken with his mobile phone. In order to facilitate viewing, the photos have been imported into the computer. The larger screen allows for more details to be seen.

But he looked at the photos of Tiedao Yinma from all directions, but still couldn’t make sense of it.

The Iron Knife Watering Horse must be very important and closely related to this place, otherwise Shen Qingshuang would not have gone there to grab it personally.

So Li Chengxi speculated that there might be a groove somewhere in this room, into which the Iron Knife Drinking Horse could be placed, and then a certain mechanism would be opened. This mechanism was closely related to the nine-square grid hidden inside the Iron Knife Drinking Horse.

After that, you have to crack the mechanism and use the golden hairpin to open the box.

Although it is a bit cumbersome, this operation is not impossible. After all, there is a monster called a god sealed here, so it is normal to be cautious.

If this is true, then it will be troublesome. Tiedao Yinma is still in Chen Yulu’s arms. Yang Yiyi and the others have to go out of Erlang Mountain first, go back to the city to find Chen Yulu, and then come back again.

The round trip would take at least a month, at least half a month for sure.

It’s hard to say what kind of unexpected events might happen during this period.

After reorganizing his thoughts, Li Chengxi remembered something was wrong.

Old Eagle said that a treasure that would be extremely unfavorable to the demon race was about to come into the world, but he also said that this treasure had massacred the demon race a long, long time ago.

And when Li Chengxi asked, Old Man Eagle gave a time point before the appearance of the Immortal Qingtian, which was five or six thousand years ago. (See Chapter 1699 for details)
The bamboo slips left by Qingshan Sanren mentioned that he left behind three greens waiting for the right person, and now only a pair of Qingyang whips are left.

The vixen said that the wolf demon was looking for another pair of steel whips, which sounded like the Qingyang Whips.

But not long ago, Ran Xiaoyi said that this place was established by the shamans of southern Xinjiang and the local people 1,400 to 1,500 years ago.

When you put this information together, you’ll notice a problem.

The time doesn’t match up.

The treasure that Old Man Eagle mentioned is the oldest. Assuming that Qingshan Sanren came to this plane at that time, and the treasure refers to the Qingyang Whip, why did he do that?
For monks, there is no need to enforce justice unless the monsters are doing harm to the world.

When Li Chengxi went to Lei Lei’s house before, he said that he would just let the Nine Sections kill the monsters that were causing trouble. However, Lei Lei said that a large-scale massacre would violate the harmony of nature and a cultivator should not do that.

Since cultivators can’t do it, it’s unlikely that Qingshan Sanren would do it. Besides, although it’s unclear when Qingshan Sanren arrived at this plane, it’s also unknown how long he stayed in Erlang Mountain.

But Ran Xiaoyi said that a long time ago this place was a seaside. When the sea water receded, a god was left on the shore, so the god became furious and was eventually sealed by a witch from southern Xinjiang.

If Qingshan Sanren was already here at this time, would he just stand there and watch?
Cultivators like to accumulate merits very much, because it is really useful and will make overcoming tribulations much easier. If Qingshan Sanren participated in the seal, there should be some records on Ran Xiaoyi’s side.

But no, nothing.

What’s more, if Qingshan Sanren had been here before the legend of Qingtian Immortal, he should have had some reaction.

The legend of the Sky-Bearing Immortal is that thousands of years ago, the Sky-Bearing Immortal descended from the sky and shattered the Sky-Bearing Jade Pillar that supported the heaven and earth, and the fragments turned into Sky-Bearing Stones.

If the legend is true, Qingshan Sanren would not have no reaction at all. At the very least, he should come out and take a look.

Then there should be a few pieces of sky-supporting stones or something like that in the valley of Erlang Mountain, which Qingshan Sanren took back for research.

This is not groundless speculation without any basis. The evidence is Taoyuan Valley. Yang Yiyi found the Qingtian Book in the spring water of Taoyuan Valley. Father Eagle said that Taoyuan Valley was built by an immortal named Langtao Zhenren, and it is very old.

It is very likely that when the Sky-supporting Jade Pillar was shattered, Master Langtao was still in Taoyuan Valley, where he discovered the Sky-supporting Book and brought it back for research. In fact, Yang Yiyi did find the Sky-supporting Stone in Taoyuan Valley, and it is very likely that it was brought in at that time.

However, Qingshan Sanren remained indifferent and had no reaction, which definitely meant something was wrong.

Therefore, Li Chengxi guessed that Qingshan Sanren came after the gods were sealed and the legend of Qingtian Immortal appeared.

The time of departure was one thousand two hundred years ago.

The time span is very large and inaccurate, but it doesn’t matter. If you follow this line, you will discover a fact.

The treasure that Old Man Eagle mentioned and the Qingyang Whip left by Qingshan Sanren do not match the time.

Either Father Eagle was wrong, the legend was wrong, or…

Those are actually two different things.

Assuming that the legend of Eagle Father is true, then the only story that can correspond to the time of the legend seems to be the story of the witch sealing the gods.

Li Chengxi felt that there must be some connection here, but it was hard to say right now.

This building was built by Ran Xiaoyi’s ancestors together with the locals in order to strengthen the seal. The thing in the box is most likely the Qingyang Whip, which was used to strengthen the seal.

And the treasure that Father Eagle mentioned…

Combined with Jiufeng’s specific news that a treasure was about to come out, Li Chengxi had a guess: Could it be that the Qingyang Whip was used to seal the treasure that posed a great threat to monsters?

But if that’s the case, then what about the gods that Ran Xiaoyi’s ancestors sealed?
There is still some key information missing, and it doesn’t make sense.

Some of the bandits had already run away, probably to get the gunpowder barrels, but even so, there were still dozens of people left at the scene, probably searching everywhere to see if they could find other mechanisms.

Li Chengxi also wanted to see if these bandits could find something useful, so he pressed the mouse wheel and began to rotate the screen perspective.

After all, if you look at it from one direction, there will be omissions.

As the perspective changed, Li Chengxi suddenly exclaimed.

He immediately raised his perspective and adjusted it.

Normally the default angle is 45 degrees sideways, but now the viewing angle is degrees looking down, and the whole room is a very standard square.

This is exactly the same as the shape of the nine-square grid in Tiedao Yinma.

But as I said just now, the number of black dots marked on the stone tablet and the nine-square grid in the Iron Knife Drinking Horse does not match.

As I looked at this scene, my mind kept thinking about the possibilities, and suddenly it was like a flash of inspiration.

Maybe my thinking is too limited?

It is limited to matching the black dots marked on the stone tablet and the nine-square grid in Tiedao Yinma. The numbers don’t match and of course the positions don’t match either.

If you think in this way, you will never figure it out.

But jump out of the picture you are seeing now and recall the original version of Tiedao Yinma.

Li Chengxi thought that the nine-square grid inside the Tiedao Yinma was folded and stored inside, not unfolded.

When I thought about it, I suddenly became enlightened.

(End of this chapter)