The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 298 Shen Le: Am I going to start doing my old business again?

forward.

forward!

Where is the front?

Shen Le went forward, backward, turned left, turned right, but the copper plate was vague and did not give him clear instructions. At this moment, Shen Le missed the scroll very much:

That's a small portable map!

When you open it, the virtual map it projects can even mark each person's location and direction of movement!

Unfortunately, Hua Juan was sent to seek refuge and has not returned yet. Shen Le had no choice but to use his own stupid method:

Stand still, take three steps forward, ask, be denied;

Retreat, take three steps back, ask, and be denied again;

Three steps to the left...

Finally, Shen Le followed the guidance of the copper plate and walked step by step to the center of the second level of the formation, the jade palace.

When he arrived, there was already a large crowd outside the temple. A group of monks, Taoists, and researchers were intermingled and scattered in all directions:

Those who took the compass took the compass, those who took the bowl took the bowl, and those who set out their instruments set out their instruments.

Shen Le even saw a researcher in a white coat adjusting something that looked like sonar and poking the monk next to him:

"Knock the bowl again, controlling the force, just like before... OK, knock the wooden fish again... Knock the wooden fish and the bowl together..."

"You think I'm a percussionist! Move, hit, move, hit?"

"Amitabha, Master, you are obsessed... I am here to study the vibrations of the protective shield... And, Master, do you also know the timing of movement?"

"..."

Shen Le covered his mouth and laughed until he was shaking.

Outside the jade palace, there was a layer of flowing light curtain covering the palace door, windows, and roof tiles, covering it tightly.

At this moment, the light curtain was much dimmer than when Shen Le first saw it.

The bowl was struck once, the wooden fish was struck once, and an invisible wave passed by, and the light curtain moved slightly. The feedback information also appeared on the instrument display screen in various waveforms.

He walked around the temple in a circle. From all directions, people were studying this jade temple and the secrets inside it.

Forget about those professionals. Shen Le might not understand their research content. He looked around and found a place where there were many old Taoist priests. He poked his head in and asked:

"…So, where did these monsters come from?"

Around him, several veteran Taoists looked at each other, their faces becoming more and more stiff.

However, Shen Le had rushed forward and released a wave of lightning before, and was obviously a super strong outputer on their side. They couldn't just ignore him, so they had to be vague:

"Well... maybe we touched something we shouldn't have touched..."

"what?"

"Not here, but inside... The hall is closed now, and we need to open it..."

The research on the light curtain took a whole day. Working in three shifts, we collected information 24 hours a day, sent it back to the rear, and worked hard to calculate it.

After this wave of research was completed, several old Taoists each held a bell, a whisk, a flag, and a wooden sword, and danced for a long time in the Yu step.

Suddenly, the sound of a jade chime rang out, and flags, wooden swords, and whisks all pointed at the light curtain. Rays of light appeared out of thin air and hit several points on the light curtain!
"Tsk—beautiful!"

Shen Le praised in a low voice. The light curtain shook for a moment, as if a specific button had been pressed, and it retracted with a swish.

Shen Le followed the Taoist priests in and saw that the temple was divided into three rooms, a very traditional Taoist temple main hall model.

There is a statue of Laojun enshrined in the center, with incense curling in front of it, and fresh flowers and fruits, as if they were just picked, with water droplets still condensing on the tips of the petals;
The room on the left looks like a lecture hall or a chanting hall. In the middle is a jade stool, black and white embracing each other, clearly in the shape of a Tai Chi diagram. It is unknown whether it was naturally formed or carved later.

Below the jade stool, two rows of cushions were spread out to the left and right, just like disciples listening to their master's teachings. The cushions were large and small, with the large ones being nearly two meters in diameter and the small ones less than half a meter in diameter.

The workmanship varies in degree, some are quite delicate, evenly proportioned and smooth, and use grooved stems of different colors to weave a Bagua pattern;
Some are very rough and uneven, and the distance between the grass strands used to weave the futons is thick and thin. It seems that the weavers are very impatient...

Each futon had obvious marks of indentation and wear, and it was obvious that it had been used for a long time. Shen Le had reason to believe that these futons were all made by the users themselves.

Could it be that every monster weaves his own futon?

Otherwise, why is there such a big difference in size?
Shen Le moved forward and was about to touch it, but was immediately stopped:

"Wait, wait! Let's check first!" Two people in white coats rushed past him. With tweezers in one hand and evidence bags in the other, they picked up hairs from the futon and the edge of the futon one by one and stuffed them into the evidence bags.

While plugging it in, he muttered:
"This doesn't look like human hair... Is it from a beast? Or a monster?"

"I'll have to do a thorough appraisal when I get back..."

"It's a pity that there are no hair follicles, otherwise a DNA test would reveal everything..."

Shen Le shook his head and retreated to the central hall. Even the flowers and fruits in front of the statue of Laojun were being studied by people.

I dare not touch it without permission, and I dare not take it or take a bite of it, but I dare to take pictures and scan it, and carefully take a little sample from the broken edge and send it back for testing...

Is there anything you dare not study?
Shen Le slipped and continued to walk to the right. The room on the right was empty, with a jade altar built in a classic three-story style.

The bottom layer is square, and the top layer is circular, symbolizing the roundness of the sky and the squareness of the earth; the middle layer is octagonal, with the eight gates of birth, rest, death, stop, injury, scenery, shock, and opening.

This should have been a solemn and dignified altar, but now it was in a mess. The candles were overturned, the flags were broken, and the exquisitely carved jade tiles were cracked by being stepped on.

Various black footprints of humans and animals crisscrossed the ground, and mud and corpse water dripped from the center of the altar to the outside of the hall...

"So, those monsters came out from here?"

Shen Le was prevented from entering, so he stood on tiptoe and stretched his head to watch from afar. There was a sound of rubbing beside him, and an old Taoist wearing a silver-embroidered robe squeezed over and said sadly:
"Yes... When we first came here, we saw a glow on the jade altar, like a light gate..."

Then, he touched it or adjusted it. The light gate suddenly expanded, and a large group of monsters rushed out, causing this attack?
You are really lucky to be alive today.

Shen Le was full of admiration. The copper sheet was already buzzing, impatiently urging him to come forward. Shen Le had no choice but to press it down hard and communicate with it patiently:
"Don't worry, there are so many people here... What if I go up and mess things up now, and the entire Jade Altar is destroyed, or if a bunch of monsters come over, what should I do?"

The copper piece refused to listen to his explanation at all. It just vibrated desperately, releasing wave after wave of urging.

Shen Le had no choice but to turn around and get out of the crowd to find the commander of this exploration. As soon as he slipped to the command center, he was grabbed by the middle-aged man he had treated:
"We were just looking for you! - Can you still detect the map you drew? Can you scan it to see what the other side of the jade altar looks like and where it is?"

"I'm not sure... I need to bring it closer, preferably to the edge of the Jade Altar... Then, as usual, the map..."

If you want to get close to something, you have to wait patiently.

Shen Le could enter only after the researchers had scanned everything in the three halls, taken all samples, and cleaned the halls, the jade altar, and the dirt on the jade altar.

He hurried out of the mountain and charged the small oil lamp, and then he was notified that he could come over to explore.

Even so, the two operatives were still following him, step by step, looking like they were ready to carry him and run away at any time:
"Mr. Shen, if there is any danger, you must tell us as soon as possible! We will take you back immediately!"

...Is it possible that I can run faster than you guys if I run alone?
Shen Le calmly and steadily sat down beside the jade altar, and even asked for a cushion to put under his buttocks——

Of course, it is not the cushion made by those suspected monsters next door, but the cushion produced by the Special Affairs Bureau, which is specially used for meditation for calming the mind.

He slowly adjusted his breathing, one hand on the jade altar, the other on the edge of the scroll. As for the copper piece, forget it, it fell on the heart anyway, close to the skin...

"Come on... let me see what you look like from behind..."

Shen Le silently recited in his heart. His mental power linked the painting scroll, magnified it through the copper plate, and penetrated deeply into the jade altar.

In just a moment, a surprised, bewildered, and joyful voice rang out in the sea of consciousness:

"It's so far... so... far... ah..."

The scroll tried its best to shine, almost standing itself up, pouring all the light into the jade altar.

Even so, it was impossible to explore the boundary of the third layer. It seemed that the third layer of this formation was too far away from the previous two layers, so far that it could not be touched at all.

The copper sheet was still the key to success at the critical moment. It vibrated slightly, and an extremely powerful force was generated, which activated the jade altar directly, allowing the light of the scroll to shoot into the interior of the jade altar;
Then, the light of the scroll rotated and scanned again and again, outlining a three-dimensional model that was detailed and very different from the Jade Altar:
"Is this... the structure inside the Jade Altar... the talisman structure... the energy structure?"

Shen Le was surprised and delighted, and tried his best to spread his mental power to see. He traced it over and over again, and after a long time, he regretfully confirmed one thing:
"This thing seems to have been stepped on... It needs to be repaired before it can be started... So, do you need me to fix it?"

Am I going to start doing my old job again?

[No need!] The copper piece confidently sent out a sense of consciousness. Another light spot lit up on its surface, this time, it was lit in the mountain and river pattern:

[I can swallow it! Swallow this jade jar, and then the door opposite and the area behind the door will all belong to me. Only I can open it!]

"No!"

Shen Le was sweating profusely:

"This space, this resource, belongs to the country! What do I need it for personally?"

　Thanks to @天天天情 for the 823 starting coins

　　
　
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