Chapter 162: Seven Stars Governing the Moon, a Maze of Mechanisms

Author: The Leaf Against the Water

Chapter 162: Seven Stars Governing the Moon, a Maze of Mechanisms

According to Wen Yu, this Wuming City was originally a fortress built by Yang Jing, a master of the previous dynasty. It was originally built on the fertile plain north of Jiangling, but it was later moved due to unknown reasons. After the move, Wuming City

, no one knew where it was, and after that, news of Yang Jing's death suddenly came out, and the city also disappeared.

However, Wen Yu got a treasure map in his hand, and based on the guidance in the map, he found the location of this ancient city.

There is a large mountain stretching for hundreds of miles to the north of Lushan County. There is a tableland in the mountain surrounded by water on three sides. The surrounding areas, including the river bank, are surrounded by thousands of cliffs and ravines. Only one side can go up the mountain. The terrain is dangerous.

The Uming City after the migration was built here.

There are many snakes, insects, rats, ants, tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves in the mountains. Although everyone is a good player, the beasts in this world are extremely ferocious, not to mention that in such poor mountains and rivers, it is not unusual to encounter any monsters.

As for those poisonous insects and the like, most of the poisons used by poison-killing masters are refined using these things, and it is even more important not to be careless.

The level of danger in the mountains is much higher than Jiang Yang imagined, and ordinary experts cannot cope with it.

There are cliffs and deep ravines everywhere in this mountain, which can cause danger if you are not careful. It took two full days of trekking through mountains and rivers to finally reach the ruins of Wuming City that Wen Yu talked about.

The city was built in a place like this, which can definitely be called a steep pass. Except for the hillside where people go up the mountain, the other three sides are cliffs. According to Wen Yu, there were many plank roads on the cliffs, and there was a big river at the bottom of the mountain, so water transportation was very convenient.

The design of building a city in such deep mountains and old forests without affecting traffic at all is simply ingenious.

And it’s no wonder that no one in future generations can find this kind of place.

It was already dusk, and the setting sun filtered through the dense woods and fell on the ground covered with fallen leaves. Looking ahead, we could vaguely see the upright trees planted around the ruins, guarding the ancient city like soldiers.

, but the city wall has already collapsed. Walking through the woods into this collapsed site, you can see many broken walls.

At a glance, the ruins were covered with weeds, almost completely covering up the ruins. The entire ruins felt like they could not be seen at a glance. Jiang Yangchu made a rough estimate, and it was at least several hundred acres in area.

Jiang Yang noticed that in this ancient ruins, there were several tower-like buildings that seemed to have not completely collapsed, and there were also some remaining stone palaces, standing among the ruins under the sunlight.

"We're here." Wen Yu said.

Jiang Yang stopped in front of the ruins of the city wall. Several crows fell on the broken bluestone wall, making a piercing cry.

He smelled some putrid smell and blood, looked forward, and saw a few strange black birds pecking at something. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be the body of a wild beast.

He suddenly frowned, and the others also looked surprised. They approached cautiously and took a closer look at the twilight light coming from outside the mountain at dusk. It should be the body of a tiger. The body was broken into two parts, with internal organs.

Something was spilled all over the floor.

Jiang Yang bent down and took a look. This tiger was larger than the one in the world, like a cow, but it was broken into two parts from the spine. There was no trace of a sword, but it looked like

It was torn apart by something with huge force.

At this time, Wen Yu only heard a reminder: "There are many monsters here, everyone, be careful."

"Brother Wen, have you encountered anything before?" Jiang Yang asked.

Wen Yu explained: "When I came here before, I found that all the people in this city had turned into ghosts and were wandering around at night."

"I encountered a lot when I first entered."

Jiang Yang looked a little solemn when he heard this. He hadn't encountered such a thing in a while. Wen Yu said that this city is full of ghosts. In such a big city, the number of monsters is probably enough to make people's scalp numb.

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Lin Yushu next to him asked doubtfully: "In this case, why don't we come back during the day to avoid these ghosts?"

Wen Yu explained: "I discussed this issue with Mr. Chen before, let Mr. Chen explain it."

At this time, everyone's eyes turned to the middle-aged man dressed as a scribe.

Chen Zimou stroked his beard and said, "Have you ever seen those high towers in the ruins?"

"Brother Wen and Chen previously discussed the layout of this ancient city. If Chen guessed correctly, this should be the layout of seven stars arching over the moon recorded in ancient books."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and pointed to the tower-like building standing in the dusk in the distance: "There are seven tall towers in total, connected end to end."

"And this place happens to be the leading position of the entire undulating mountain range. We chose this treasure place to set up a seven-star moon formation to hide the wind and gather energy. It is also a huge formation. If ordinary people enter it, they will immediately lose their way.

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"And the layout of these towers coincides with the stars. Every time the moon rises, the energy of the moon and the moon flows with the formation and converges towards the eye of the moon. Only at this time can we use the stars and the moon to identify the direction in the formation. At the same time,

Only at this time can we have the opportunity to open the mechanism and enter the underground of this historic site."

Wen Yu nodded and said, "That's exactly it."

"According to my previous investigation, there should be a large area underground under this historic site, and that area is the core of the Wuming City we are looking for and where the treasure house is located."

Jiang Yang was stunned when he heard this. It was really not easy to find a way to open the mechanism in this situation, not to mention that he was just entering this ruined city, and there was no trace of the treasure house mentioned before.

Jiang Yang then asked: "How to open the mechanism? What should we do?"

Wen Yu explained: "The entire ancient city itself is a huge maze. Although there are only broken walls left, the maze effect is still intact, so we can only enter it according to the rules and a specific route."

"Otherwise, once you get lost, it will be difficult to find a way out, and you will have to face endless soul monsters."

"I will lead you into it later. We will pass through seven towers in turn, leaving a small team at each place to enter the bottom of the tower until all seven teams have penetrated deep into the bottom of the tower. After that, I will use paper cranes to inform you."

"We need to open the mechanisms at the bottom of the tower in a specific order, so everyone who receives the paper crane is asked to open the mechanisms as soon as possible. Don't miss the time and mess up the order."

Jiang Yang secretly marveled, is it so troublesome?

He glanced left and right and found that other people had different expressions. Lin Yushu and others looked surprised, but the man who moved the mountain gate looked like he should be.

As for Gu Qing, he paid close attention and seemed to have no discernible expression.

The next step is to divide the team. According to Wen Yu, this place becomes more dangerous the further you go in, so those who need to enter the last tower must not be weak.

At the same time, Liu Yan, Wen Yu, and Chen Zimou are the only three people who know how to navigate the maze in the city. Therefore, these three people must lead the teams separately in order to take the seven teams to the abandoned palace in the center in the shortest time after activating the mechanism.

—The entrance to the underground palace.

The final division result is:

The Wei brothers are the first team.

Pei Dutou and Chen Zimou were the second team.

Three of the six people who moved the mountain gate were in the third team.

Lin Yushu and Gu Qing are the fourth team.

Wen Yu and Jiang Yang are the fifth team

Moving Mountain Gate Zou Yan and the remaining three people are the sixth team

Liu Yan is the seventh team

After dividing the teams, Jiang Yang was secretly shocked. Senior Brother Liu was indeed Wen Yu's senior brother, but he actually entered the last tower alone.

At this time, everyone came to the entrance of the ancient city.

It was just about night time.

There are almost no roads in the city, only weeds and trees taller than a person covering the collapsed walls.

The quiet wind blew and the grass and trees swayed, as if there was something unknown hidden deep inside.

Wen Yu said: "We can go in."
Chapter completed!