Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 101 Hexagram

Qin De said at this time:

"Since the benefactor has said so, then our trip to the Black Prison is still very necessary, but the prisoners in Cell No. 5 must not be released."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

Qin Dedao:
"Because the person imprisoned in cell number five is Qing Shi Rong Jian!!"

When Qing Shirong heard these four words, most people in the field took a breath. It was obvious that they had heard of this name before!

However, Gong Tianwu was somewhat confused about this, so he said to Qin De:

"I just came out to travel not long ago, so I don't have much experience. What is the origin of this person?"

Qin De glanced at Gong Tianwu and said:

"According to ancient records, there has always been a lineage of corpse cultivators. Among them, the beautiful corpse Cui Ying and the demon corpse Gu Chen are both famous figures."

“Although Qingshi Rongjian’s cultivation is far less advanced than the other two, he was a bat spirit before he practiced corpse cultivation techniques, so his physique is very special.”

"After being killed four or five times, he still managed to come back to life and kill his enemies one by one!"

"The reason for this is that Qingshi Rongjian has a strange magical power that can extract the essence and blood of others, which allows him to recover quickly. Therefore, the fatal injuries of ordinary people are not worth mentioning to him."

"There are rumors in the martial arts world that this beast is capricious, acts recklessly, is crazy and unruly, and is impossible to predict."

"If we let it out, the Green Corpse Rong will be extremely hungry and thirsty. We will definitely become its prey, and the casualties will be extremely heavy."

Gong Tianwu was immediately stunned when he heard this, because he remembered that he seemed to have heard this name somewhere?
He immediately remembered that in his first life, he had heard his grandfather Gong Gengjun talk about the cause of the ice sea:
Zhou Ming, the leader of a small sect, obtained a Xuanyin Pearl. However, he was targeted by Rong Jian, a demon from the lineage of the demon corpse Gu Chen, and was ambushed.

Unable to defeat his opponent, he angrily detonated the Xuan Yin Pearl, thus forming this gloomy land, causing icebergs and zombies to appear in this sea area all year round.

I didn’t expect that the big villain in the legendary story would actually show up like this!
However, the story that Gong Gengjun heard was probably just what those in power wanted people to hear, and the truth of the matter was hidden in the dust of time.

Just when Gong Tianwu was distracted, he did not expect that the dog demon in the cell immediately roared angrily:
"You are talking nonsense, you are a piece of shit. It is true that Master Rong kills and sucks blood, but who doesn't know that his words are law?"

Facing the anger of the dog demon, Gong Tianwu simply ignored its existence and said to Qin De:
"I have another question for you."

Qin Dedao:
"You said."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Who are you? Why do you know so much?"

Qin De smiled bitterly and said:

"I am a disciple of Cang Xu. About half of the Taoist friends present here know me. Because I like formations and construction all my life, I was fortunately given the nickname Shengongzi."

As soon as the name came out, two casual cultivators exclaimed:
"Ah? So you are Shengongzi?"

"Isn't it rumored that you abducted the sect's treasure and ran away?"

"The bounty for you outside has reached three thousand spirit stones!!"

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After hearing this, Qin De smiled helplessly:

"I really didn't expect that it would cause such a big misunderstanding."

Gong Tianwu said calmly:
"As long as you are still alive, everything can still be saved."

Qin De nodded, then sighed and said:

"But it was precisely because of this false reputation that I was targeted by this mysterious organization called Xu Tong, and they captured me to design and build this very special villa for them."

"After I completed most of the design, I was imprisoned here by these people. According to my guess, when this place is completely built, I will be completely silenced."

"Hypostasis?"

Gong Tianwu silently memorized the name in his heart.

Then Qin De continued:

"So, I am actually the first prisoner of this prison. I have been imprisoned here for thirteen years. I even designed this prison myself. Do you think I am not familiar with this place?"

After hearing this, everyone felt as if they had suddenly realized something, and their suspicions about Qin De were all gone.

At this time, Gong Tianwu also threw a gold-patterned antidote to Qin De and others. After all, the three disciples of Qingcheng Sect would definitely go down to rescue people at this time. They and themselves were enough to use force to ensure that the team's voice was not lost, so they felt relieved and bold to rescue.

Then, while the gold pattern antidote was taking effect, Gong Tianwu said to Qin De:
"Lao Qin, I rescued you from here, you owe me a favor, right?"

Qin De immediately said seriously:
"I will always remember your life-saving grace and will repay you handsomely when I get out."

Gong Tianwu said:

"I don't want your big reward, can you draw me a topographical map of this place?"

Qin Dedao:
"Ah? Of course that's no problem. I'll draw it right away."

Gong Tianwu searched among the many storage bags and took out a pen and paper for him.

It was clear now that Qin De's reputation as a master of engineering was well-deserved. The sketch he drew was quite neat and beautiful. It could be said that he drew it quickly and well. It was obvious that he had not lied before - the structure and drawings of this place were already well known in his mind.

After the drawing was completed, General Gong Tianwu took it and looked at it. His pupils suddenly contracted and he took a breath of cold air, but he immediately suppressed the shock in his heart.

The others probably also noticed this abnormality, but they didn't dare to ask what was going on.

After everyone had mostly recovered, Gong Tianwu took out food and water from the storage bag for everyone to eat. While they were eating, he also gave each person a dagger. Everyone was ready to fight and went straight to the last level of the dark prison.

At this time, Gong Tianwu was still leading the charge. After all, in such a cramped space in the prison cell, he would definitely have the advantage with his strength as a martial saint, and what's more, Qin De, the designer, was there to give instructions?
As a result, as soon as I arrived at the Black Prison, I suddenly saw an iron fence blocking the way ahead, and someone was already waiting at the opening of the fence.

After seeing Gong Tianwu, who was wearing a cloak and half-covered his face, coming down, he yawned and said casually:

"What the hell are you doing? It's not right to send midnight snacks later and later! Who are you?"

Before the man could finish his words, Gong Tianwu already knew something was wrong and immediately attacked!

After he took a deep breath, the blood in his body surged and ran at an extremely high speed. His palms suddenly expanded to at least twice their size, the surface was bright red, and there was a gust of hot wind, and he slammed them hard on the iron fence in front of him.

The force of this blow was so terrifying that the iron railing twisted in an instant, making a teeth-grinding creaking sound. Then the entire iron fence was pulled out from the bottom and hit the jailer hard.

You know, this iron fence is the last line of defense to prevent prisoners from escaping from the prison. The fence is at least as thick as a chicken egg, but it was twisted and blown away like this! !
After the successful attack, Gong Tianwu exhaled and shouted, and his feet moved forward quickly in small steps, seemingly slow but actually fast. As soon as the jailer landed on the ground, he grabbed him fiercely.

At this time, Gong Tianwu's palm was as big as a palm-leaf fan. It stretched out suddenly and grabbed the man's face. It was really a striking first move, overwhelming and shocking.

In the feeling of the person being chased, it was as if he had just been knocked away, and the next second the enemy appeared in front of him as if teleporting and clawed down!
The jailer had an extremely strong body, and at this moment of life and death, he burst into great potential. He stretched out his left arm with all his strength, and reached directly for the sword from his waist with his right hand.

But what he never expected was that as soon as his left arm was grabbed by the enemy, an indescribable strange force immediately came from it, pulling him up involuntarily, and then slamming him hard against the wall in front of him.

With a muffled "bang", the guy let out a heart-wrenching scream. His legs were stuck in the gap next to him, so his entire left arm was torn off alive! The whole person also rolled out, and blood quickly gushed out from the wound.

Of course, the other jailers inside were not dead at this time. They also rushed out after hearing the huge noise.

The man who appeared first had a silver badge with the word "Team Leader" hanging on his waist. After seeing Gong Tianwu, he roared, made a sword gesture with his fingers, and the sharp short sword on his waist turned into a ray of light and shot out, stabbing towards Gong Tianwu's chest.

This is the weakness of the Martial Saint. Although he has the advantage in close combat, once the cultivator increases the distance, he can use all kinds of endless means to launch an attack.

The other cultivators naturally have defensive magical powers and magic weapons to counter the attacks, but the Martial Saint can only dodge or rely on his own armor and body to resist!

The opponent's sword-wielding technique came at an incredibly fast speed, and Gong Tianwu had just killed a jailer, so even though he tried his best to dodge, it seemed that he was unable to avoid it and was a step too slow.

But at this moment, a soft "puff" sound suddenly came from the cell next door.

Immediately afterwards, the dagger that was flying towards him was suddenly stopped, which allowed Gong Tianwu to narrowly avoid the stab, leaving only a bloody wound on the surface of his skin.

Gong Tianwu looked carefully and found that there was a mouthful of blood and spit on the hilt of the dagger nailed to the wall next to him. He was suddenly moved. This rescue from the dark helped him a lot.

At this time, two more jailers rushed out and wanted to launch an attack, but Gong Tianwu was not fighting alone this time!
A large group of armed prisoners behind him had already rushed forward. These people had already suffered a lot of torture, and now they were filled with anger and rushed forward in a large number. You can imagine how strong their fighting power was.

As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. This group of jailers were almost all killed in a short period of time, and not even their bodies were left intact. This shows how deep the resentment was in the hearts of the people imprisoned here.

There were only four people imprisoned in the Black Prison:

In addition to Qingshi Rong Jian and Qingling Zhenren, there is another person, the elder of Wutai Sect, Hu Jin, nicknamed Lingsuanzi, who is good at grass divination and practices Plum Blossom Divination.

The other person was the Emei female swordsman: Zeng Ping.

This woman had an extremely cold personality and was probably tortured extremely badly. After being released, she said nothing and directly snatched the dagger from the hand of a nearby person and hacked at the jailer's body to vent her anger.

As the saying goes, there are all kinds of people in the world. Gong Tianwu saved these people with the intention of getting involved in cause and effect with them, and he really didn't care about the other party's intention of repaying his kindness.

He immediately delivered the golden antidote to these powerful men one by one, and at the same time asked everyone about the situation of this mysterious Void Pupil Organization.

When Gong Tianwu spoke at this time, most people still gave him face.

One of the casual cultivators, Zhu Xia, provided a piece of information:
"My benefactor, the people of the Void Eye Organization seem to have been looking for people with wisdom from previous lives, and those young talents who are rising rapidly are also among their targets."

"The reason why I was captured was because one of my junior nephews, who had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining at the age of thirteen, was targeted and captured by them. I tried to chase him but failed and was captured."

After hearing what Zhu Xia said, the others also spoke up and said similar things.

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu was also very surprised and suspicious, because he just happened to perfectly meet the conditions for being the prey of the Xutong Organization.

But he remained calm and silently memorized these things in his heart. Then, after everyone had finished talking, Qing Ling Zhenren suddenly said:

"I've heard for a long time that Elder Hu's divination technique is very effective. We are going to take a risk and escape. Why don't we cast a hexagram to predict the direction of escape?"

After hearing this, Hu Jin did not refuse and agreed generously.

Although the word "grass" is used in the art of divination, in fact, a few broken sticks can also be used to tell the hexagram. After Hu Jin performed the art, he muttered something, and the hexagram showed:
Kan below and Dui above,

The upper hexagram is Dui, which is Yin and represents a marsh.
The lower hexagram is Kan, which is Yang and represents water.
It turned out to be a complete dilemma!

The interpretation of this hexagram is: the water in the big lake is leaking, the water plants, fish and shrimps are in a state of poverty. The yang is under the yin, and the hard is covered by the soft, just like the gentleman's talent and wisdom are difficult to display, and he is in a state of poverty. Therefore, the name of the hexagram is Kun.

But Hu Jin's brows relaxed at this time and he smiled:
"Heng; Zhen, great fortune, no fault; words are not believed! This is auspicious, the hexagram shows that as long as we stick to our original intentions and do not waver in our thoughts, we will succeed and get out of trouble."

"And when I was casting the divination, there happened to be thunder in the distance, which should be in the southeast direction, so the best direction to escape is southeast."

Qin De took a breath of cold air at this time:

"Southeast? There's a vast ocean there. How can it be the best choice?"

Hu Jin shook his head and said:

"This is the hexagram. My skills are limited and I cannot interpret its deeper meaning. Anyway, as for divination, it works only if you are sincere. I am just giving you some suggestions. You can listen or not."

At this time, the imprisoned Emei female cultivator Zeng Ping suddenly stood up, her face as gloomy as if everyone present owed her tens of thousands of taels.

Then he snorted coldly, looked around, and walked out without looking back. It seemed that he was going to act alone.

With her taking the lead, the rest of the people also said goodbye to Gong Tianwu and thanked him for saving their lives.

Especially the four masters and disciples of Qingcheng, who strongly invited Gong Tianwu to join them. After being rejected, they did not get discouraged and kept inviting him to join Qingcheng one day.

At this time, the group of people were also eager to escape, and they dispersed in a blink of an eye. Only Taoist Hu stayed until the end, and then said to Gong Tianwu:
"To be honest, I have nothing to repay you for saving my life, so I secretly read your fortune for you, but the fortune is very strange. I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu laughed and said:

"The Taoist priest's words are golden, and it would be great if you could point me in the right direction."

Hu Jindao:
"The hexagram the Taoist priest drew this time was actually the Gen hexagram of the mountain above the mountain, and the line 64 reads: Gen his body, and there will be no fault."

"It roughly means that you have a huge disaster, but as long as you stop your actions, you can get through it safely!"

Gong Tianwu also found it a little unbelievable after hearing this. He certainly knew that he was facing a huge disaster, because the destined heavenly calamity was about to come, and it should be in five days. What the old Taoist Hu Jin said was really accurate.

But now I am in the prison cell of the mysterious organization Xu Tong. If I stay there and get caught, I will be in even greater trouble and die even faster. How can I get through it safely?

Hu Jin hesitated for a moment and said:

"According to my personal interpretation of this hexagram, you will have a disaster recently, and it will be quite serious. Although this place is dangerous, it also hides opportunities that will allow you to successfully overcome the disaster."

"So the hexagram shows the Gen hexagram, which means that if you want to survive the calamity, you can't leave. You have to stay and look for your own opportunity."

Gong Tianwu pondered for a moment and said:

"Then may I ask, Master, where is my chance?"

Hu Jindao:
"When I was casting the divination, you were in my northwest direction, so your chances will be better if you go in that direction."

"Of course, everyone has his or her own destiny. The old Taoist's words are only for reference. Goodbye."

Gong Tianwu nodded slightly. At this time, he was the only one left in the entire layer A. This was also what he did deliberately.

After all, after Gong Tianwu's careful analysis, he found that the Xutong organization was actually extremely powerful, with internal discipline and organization.

The key is that there are powerful standard weapons and unique secret skills, which is terrifying.

There is a saying that goes "A glimpse of the whole picture reveals the whole picture"!

In a highly specialized society on Earth, it is hard to imagine how many aspects and how high the technological content are involved in independently manufacturing a small, usable smartphone:
From operating systems, chips, components, industrial design, structural design, ergonomics, to satellite installation and base station construction in communications, the level of complexity is truly terrifying.

This is somewhat similar to a small grass on the ground that bears fruit, but the root system underneath that provides it with nutrients is densely packed, complex, and thousands of times longer than the ground.

Similarly, in this world, in order to mass-produce such extremely sharp bamboo daggers, one must also research a series of powerful and strange skills. The enormous strength hidden behind this is so terrifying that it makes one's hair stand on end.

(End of this chapter)