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Li's deep eyes glanced at Yi Ze, who was kneeling beside him.
The tortoise shell engraved with the mysterious eye symbol is suspended in mid-air in a way that violates the laws of physics.
Newton wanted to hit someone when he saw it.
In mid-air, it was actually about a foot or two above the ground, and the height just reached Yi Ze's chest.
Like the blood beads that were slowly spinning before, the tortoise shell was also spinning in mid-air.
Like a turtle still swimming in the water.
Li's movements were very gentle, and he lifted up a small charcoal-fired cauldron.
The small tripod has three legs and is surrounded by carved patterns of various exotic animals, which is very exquisite.
If it can be brought back to modern times, it will definitely be an exquisite American treasure that is not inferior to the Siyang Fang Zun.
But even such a beautiful appliance is only used to make a stove at the moment.
Three legs, two ears and one cauldron coincide with the Taoist saying that one is born, one is born two, and two is born three.
But at this time, there was no so-called Taoism in later generations.
Therefore, no one knows what the meaning of this small tripod with three legs and two ears is.
Maybe it's just because it's so stable.
In the small cauldron, the charcoal fire was blazing, emitting an orange flame.
It can be seen that the temperature inside is very high.
The calendar action is not over yet.
He took out a bamboo slip from his arms, and then took out a simple writing brush and wrote simple symbols on it with cinnabar.
There is no doubt that bamboo slips were the most important writing carrier during the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
As for the fact that all the bones discovered in later generations were turtle shells and animal bones, it is easy to understand.
After more than three thousand years have passed, no matter how tough the bamboo slips are, they will decay with the wind and frost.
Only the tortoise-shell animal bones buried underground have been preserved forever due to the special nature of their materials.
As for whether there was what we call ink at that time, it is no longer known.
Pen, ink, paper and inkstone, now known as the four treasures of the study, did not come into being at the same time.
The pen is definitely the earliest one among the four.
The black ink commonly used in later generations was still in the form of natural ink in the past, such as soot, pigment, cinnabar, etc.
On the oracle bones that have been discovered so far, there were traces of characters written in cinnabar.
After more than three thousand years, it is still clearly identifiable.
Later generations often said that Meng Tian improved the brush and made it better for writing.
But in the ancient pottery age, people had already created the writing material brush.
Writing with a brush during the Yin and Shang Dynasties is not a strange phenomenon.
Yi Ze was very curious about what Li wrote on the bamboo slips.
He leaned over and took a few glances, but he didn't recognize any of the symbols on it.
This is very embarrassing.
Yi Ze could only watch helplessly as the meticulous writing was completed, and then he put the bamboo slips into the small cauldron.
The blazing high temperature quickly ignited the bamboo slips, and a ball of flame spurted out.
"Maybe this is Shangda Tianting?"
Yi Ze muttered in his heart.
Regarding the divination process in the Yin and Shang Dynasties in later generations, they were basically based on incomplete historical facts and reasonable speculations.
However, due to the incomplete nature of historical facts, no one dares to say whether there are any gaps in the details.
After all, the words in history books have undergone changes for more than three thousand years. No one knows whether someone will add or delete a sentence or two, or say a few words in the meantime.
As a history book written in written language, its structure is rigorous and there is basically no vernacular. What's more, less important information will be eliminated.
Therefore, today, more than three thousand years later, the divination process of the Yin and Shang Dynasties based on reasonable speculations based on historical records seems more general and somewhat unrealistic.
It always gives people a feeling without much sense of ceremony.
It seems that this divination is nothing more than that.
But as the Yin and Shang Dynasties were an era that had supreme respect for ghosts and gods, how could it be possible that there were any gaps in the details of divination involving ghosts and gods.
Just like when you enter a Buddhist temple now, no one goes in and shouts "Infinite Blessings and Blessings".
The simple details of the ceremony may seem inconspicuous, but they are actually the essence of a faith.
This represents a widespread and simple propaganda that is too complex or completely indifferent to work.
Amitabha, God of Infinite Blessings, Amen, these simple and catchy short sentences actually have a strong religious color behind them, and they are also golden signs created by religions to better promote themselves.
Therefore, as the Yin Shang who respected ghosts and gods to the extreme, they paid more attention to the rituals in the divination process, and there could be no mistakes.
The complex techniques displayed at this moment actually illustrate this point.
Whether it is the special gesture of trimming the tortoise shell, or the concentration when sitting upright and writing bamboo slips and putting it into the small tripod, it actually shows an attitude and an ancient ritual passed down from generation to generation.
It is not clear whether ghosts and gods can be seen or not, but people must do what they should do.
The bamboo slips were burned into fly ash, and there was a fresh smell of bamboo in the air.
Li raised his hand and took off the tortoise shell, placing it directly in the small cauldron.
In an instant, all the flames were suppressed.
Even the scorching temperature was completely hidden.
The thin tortoise shell was like a pot lid suppressing the fireworks at this moment, suppressing all the scorching heat under the body and bearing it alone.
The strange thing is that with such a hot temperature, the tortoise shell did not crack directly the moment it entered. Instead, it gradually began to become somewhat transparent because of the flames.
Not only was Yi Ze surprised, but even the audience found it unbelievable at this moment.
"Just now the bamboo slips were burned when they were put in. How come there is no reaction at all when the tortoise shells are put in?"
"This is really weird. Could it be that this is also a special effect?"
"No, it's just a fire. There's no need for special effects."
"The tortoise shell feels like it's almost burned through. Is the blood flowing inside it?"
The audience stared unblinkingly at the tortoise shell in the small cauldron.
At this moment, the color of the tortoise shell gradually became lighter, and seemed to be developing towards transparency.
The tortoise shell gradually became transparent, and the situation inside was also revealed at this moment.
The dense red mesh-like threads are constantly changing, like small insects that are constantly squirming.
Yi Ze looked at the somewhat strange tortoise shell inside the small tripod, and then at Li who was frowning slightly, feeling a little wary in his heart.
What exactly happened?
Judging from the look on his face, it seems that such a situation is rare.
Is it possible that something could go wrong with an ordinary divination?
Yi Ze didn't understand what the different connotations were.
The content of divination in the Shang Dynasty has long been lost in history.
What we know now is that divination was popular and superstitious in divination during the Shang Dynasty.
As for things that are more accurate, people in later generations are completely blind to it.
Therefore, Yi Ze's existing knowledge is completely insufficient to solve these problems.
Yi Ze did not forget that he originally came only to witness the divination process and to see the carvings on the oracle bones.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived here, my identity was revealed by Li, and a divination was performed in a confused way.
Was this an unintentional accident, or was it intentional?
Yi Ze didn't understand, but the divination had already begun, and Yi Ze was also curious about what the result would be.
Divination is speculation about the future, so what will Yi Ze's future be like?
People can never stop being curious about the future. Weather forecasts can predict cloudy and sunny conditions within a week, and workers on the three-point and front lines can see the general flow of their lives in the next month. But these are all general things. As for
The detailed details, no one will know.
And these predictions are all based on certain facts.
Divination is not like that. It is just giving a proposition and then starting to calculate.
Therefore, even though Yi Ze knows that he will generally continue to broadcast the show in the future, he does not know whether there will be any changes.
The most important thing is that there is a system in Yize. What kind of changes will it bring to him, good or bad? These are all questions that Yize needs to think about.
If nothing can be done, ask the ghosts and gods.
When you are powerless, ghosts and gods will become your ultimate refuge.
But Yi Ze was just out of curiosity.
If divination can change the outcome of an event, or predict what will happen in the future, then why do we still need human effort?
Wouldn't it be freeing to tell your fortune and lie down at home?
Yi Ze prefers so-called divination, which is nothing more than a psychological suggestion.
It's like a booster shot to boost people's spirits.
Just like when a teacher was in class when he was a child, when faced with shy and timid students who were not good at speaking, he would enlighten them with an encouraging attitude, or use small prizes to guide them.
Inside the small cauldron, the tortoise shell was gradually burned until it was completely transparent.
The flames below gradually covered up the fine red network.
Seeing this situation, Li stretched out his hand and sprinkled a layer of fine powder directly on the tortoise shell.
His movements are elegant, like a nobleman.
However, in the eyes of Yi Ze and the audience, this looks a bit like a skilled barbecue chef spreading cumin chili noodles during barbecue.
The white powder covered the tortoise shell and quickly suppressed the transparent color.
Yi Ze watched everything in the small cauldron closely.
He was a little surprised to find that the white powder scattered on the tortoise shell gradually blended into the tortoise shell under the action of high temperature.
But there are obviously no other cracks on the tortoise shell except for the mysterious eye symbol.
Thinking of the eye symbol, Yi Ze focused on the middle eye.
He stared at it for more than ten seconds.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the eye symbol in the middle of the tortoise shell seems to move slightly.
It's like a person moving his eyes.
Yi Ze looked up at Li, who looked as usual, and then at the tortoise shell that began to undergo new changes under the burning flames. For a moment, he was filled with thoughts.
He had ten thousand questions he wanted to ask.
For example, why is the process of divination so strange?
What is the special meaning of the mysterious eye symbol in the middle of the tortoise shell?
What is the white powder you scattered?
Why hasn’t the tortoise shell changed much until now?
There were many questions, but when they came to his lips, Yi Ze had to swallow them down honestly.
He had a feeling that even if he asked, the middle-aged man with a normal look in front of him would not answer.
"well."
Sighing, Yi Ze felt like a kitten was scratching his head.
But now he can only continue to wait.
Waiting for this long divination ceremony to end.
Click... click click click...
More than half a minute later, a crisp cracking sound suddenly came from my ears.
Yi Ze's eyes instantly focused on the tortoise shell.
Visible to the naked eye, as the flames continued to burn, the seemingly indestructible tortoise shell had developed several cracks.
The crack is in a strange way, centered on the mysterious eye symbol in the center, which just divides the entire tortoise shell into three parts.
Some are like a circle divided into three sectors.
However, the shape of the tortoise shell is more like a smooth hexagon, so the three parts it divides into do not appear to be very uniform.
One piece is exceptionally small, while the other two are almost evenly matched.
What does this mean?
Yi Ze looked at the tortoise shell and then at the calendar.
He doesn't understand.
The audience didn't understand either.
This kind of mysterious divination is a black eye for them.
All I can do is stare!
Li glanced at the tortoise shell inside the small cauldron and said nothing.
Yi Ze understood that this meant that the divination was not over yet.
As these three cracks appeared, more and more cracks began to appear under the continuous burning of the flame.
Different from the three big cracks that appeared at the beginning, the cracks at the back are much smaller.
And it's even more irregular.
The crisp crackling sound kept coming.
The tortoise shell inside the small tripod cracked.
However, the lotus root was not broken into several large pieces.
The sound lasted for more than ten breaths.
Then, everything fell silent.
The strange thing is that as the cracks stopped appearing, the flames in the small cauldron also went out.
If he hadn't really traveled to the Yin and Shang era three thousand years ago, Yi Ze would have begun to wonder if this small tripod was electronically controlled.
Seeing the flames in the small cauldron go out, Li directly stretched out his hand and reached into the small cauldron.
"Be careful..."
Before Yi Ze could finish his sentence, he immediately took out the cracked tortoise shell from the small tripod.
Good guy, ruthless iron hand!
Surprise and doubt flashed through Yi Ze's heart, isn't this person afraid of getting burned?
This is a tortoise shell that has just been burned out from high temperatures.
The temperature is enough to burn a layer of skin off a person.
However, Li took out the tortoise shell without even frowning.
The tortoise shell is full of cracks. After blowing off the dust on it, you can find that the cracks are not very regular.
Of course, Yi Ze doesn't understand what mystery is hidden in this.
Translating this requires specialized talents.
Encrypted letters from ghosts and gods?
Yi Ze smiled self-deprecatingly and quietly waited for Li's actions.
And Li didn't mean to show off, and ended up chanting an inaudible spell for more than a minute. He spoke so fast that Yi Ze had to wonder whether this guy would directly chant about hypoxia.
Soon, as Li closed his mouth, his right hand landed directly on the mysterious eye symbol in the center of the tortoise shell.
At this time, a truly strange change shocked Yi Ze's heart.
Yi Ze never thought that this mysterious Yin Shang divination would unfold like this.