Chapter 47: Asking the Heavens Clues Hidden Stone Stele
The 910th floor, the 930th floor, the 950th floor, the 970th floor. As the floors get higher and higher, there are fewer and fewer wooden shelves. The gloominess on the floors becomes stronger and stronger.
The feeling caused cold sweat to break out on Elder Mingzong's back.
No, still no, he still couldn't find any information related to Zheng Qiu's strange ability.
Counting on his fingers, he found that it was now the 979th floor, and there was not much left before the top floor. Could it be that the answer could not be found in Wentian Pavilion? Elder Ming Zong sighed and decided to finish the remaining floors.
When his eyes moved towards the stairs, two words jumped into his sight: vegetation, life.
He turned back and took a closer look, and found that this sentence read: "The grass and trees are withered, the earth is dead and the mountains are barren. Wherever the spirit can reach, vitality grows."
Elder Mingzong repeated this sentence over and over again, pondering the meaning inside. The plants and trees died and lost their vitality, and then they regained their vitality. Yes, isn't this the same as roasted seeds sprouting?
Elder Ming Zong's eyes brightened instantly. He raised his head and looked at the thing placed on the wooden frame, which was a stone tablet.
The stele must be very old. Its surface is covered with spider-like cracks. In some places, the cracks cross the surface of the stele and are so big that you can fit your fingers in. There are lines of words engraved on the front of the stele. The words are round and unlike today.
Commonly used text, but the content is barely legible.
The stele seems to have been exposed to wind and sun for many years, and a thick layer of rock on the surface has been scraped off. This makes the text near the bottom of the stele quite blurry, and the bottom has been completely smoothed. I don’t know if there is anything left at this location.
There are no missing statements.
Elder Mingzong raised the lampstand high, allowing the light from the lampstone to illuminate the entire stone tablet. The first sentence on the top of the stone tablet read: "There are spirits in heaven and earth, and they are invisible."
He continued to read down, wondering, what about the next sentence? Why did he suddenly write: "Consolidate the foundation and guard the heart..." They belong to two sentences: invisible and strengthen the foundation and guard the heart. No matter how you look at it, they don't connect together.
Elder Mingzong looked up and down the text on the stone tablet, and found that the lines of text were not arranged in order, but had no rules at all, one sentence left and one sentence right. It looked like the writer was writing whatever he thought of at the last moment.
Now it's troublesome. The sentences are irregular and the words are hard to read. If you try to piece them together sentence by sentence, there will definitely be mistakes. What to do, what to do, Elder Ming Zong circled back and forth in front of the stone tablet.
After a while, he made up his mind. Since he couldn't understand it now, he could memorize it by rote. He memorized the above words, copied them on paper and slowly spelled them out. Thinking of this, he twisted his neck to stretch his muscles and stared at
The content on the stone tablet began to be recited.
I don't know how long it took, but Elder Ming Zong finally memorized all the words on the stone tablet. He took a deep breath, raised his arms and leaned back, relaxing his stiff back.
The process of going downstairs was easier than going upstairs. When he walked out of the gate of Wentian Pavilion, he found that the sky outside was already dark.
There was silence all around, and only the faint chirping of insects could be heard. A woman's voice suddenly came from behind, making Elder Mingzong tremble violently in fright.
"Ming Zong, you just came out."
Elder Ming Zong turned around and found that the person behind him was Ming Sizu. She was holding a lampstand in her hand and her long wet hair was draped over her shoulders. She must have just washed herself.
"Ahem," Elder Ming Zong looked back and asked, "How long have I been in there?"
"How long did you say it took from yesterday afternoon to midnight today? Mingzong, what are you doing climbing to such a high altitude? There don't seem to be many exercises left at the 900th floor."
Ming Siju had the key to Wentian Pavilion in his hand, so he naturally knew the situation in the pavilion. Elder Ming Zong snorted: "What do you care about me? I am an elder. Which floors above and below Wentian Pavilion can't I go to?"
"Okay, I don't care, just do whatever you want." Ming Siju covered his mouth and yawned, "Oh, I'm sleepy, I have to go to bed."
Elder Mingzong turned his head and did not look at her: "Save it, you are still sleeping with your level of cultivation, who are you kidding?"
"I have to take care of myself. How can I do it if I don't sleep?" Ming Sicui touched his face, smiled and walked away slowly.
Elder Mingzong hurried back to Fangcao Tower and copied the words on the stone tablet on paper overnight. Unfortunately, he was disturbed by Ming Siju just now. He really couldn't recall five sentences, and he didn't know whether these five sentences were important.
, will it affect the content of the stele?
After copying, Elder Ming Zong cut out the text sentence by sentence, put it on the table and spliced it back and forth.
This spliced sentence was put together in the morning. Looking at the rising sun outside the window and the messy notes on the table, Elder Ming Zong pulled his hair hard. This was too troublesome. He really couldn't handle it.
Difficult sentences. Why not throw them to Huisi Bookstore and let them spell them out.
As soon as this idea came up, he was rejected by himself. No, this thing is hidden in such a high position of Wentian Pavilion. It must be very important. If it escapes from the study hall, the sect leader will have to eat him. It seems that he can only
Bite the bullet and do it slowly.
"Master, are you there? Master..." Zheng Qiu's shout came from downstairs, indicating that the apprentice was here.
Master Mingzong put down the note in his hand and flew to the bottom of the building.
Zheng Qiu seemed very happy to see his master: "Master, where did you go yesterday? I can't wait for you all day."
Master Mingzong touched Zheng Qiu's head: "You've been waiting all day? Silly boy, master has something to do. If you can't wait, you should go back to the small pavilion to rest."
"It's okay, I'm not tired." Zheng Qiu shook his head, "By the way, Senior Sister Mingkong Zilin came yesterday. She came to see the master."
"Mao Yatou?" Master Ming Zong jumped up. He looked around frantically and asked anxiously, "What is she here for? Did she take something away?"
"No, just, I just broke some things."
"What!" Master Mingzong was shocked. He grabbed Zheng Qiu and asked, "Tell me, what was broken? What was broken?"
Zheng Qiu pointed to the tea seat in the hall: "Over there, the tables and chairs are broken, and there are tea sets."
Phew, Master Mingzong breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just these things: "It's okay. If it breaks, it will break. I will replace it with a new one later."
He stroked his beard and thought, that's not right. When Zi Lin Mao Yazi came this time, there was no disaster in the Fangcao Building. It's strange, it's not like her style. Master Ming Zong asked: "Zi Lin Mao Ya Zi just said she was looking for me.
,Didn’t you say anything else?”
"No."
"Looking for me..." the master thought to himself, "I didn't take anything, I just broke the table and chairs. It seems that you have something to ask me for. Humph, then I won't go to her, let her do it by herself."
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Master Mingzong smiled confidently, took Zheng Qiu's hand and walked towards the ladder: "Apprentice, leave her alone, let's go to class first."
"Master, I only visited half of Fangcao Peak the day before yesterday, and I haven't seen the other half yet."
Chapter completed!