: The Luo River Script?!

2025-09-09 Author: Gu Zhenren

: The Luo River Script?!

Sun Lingtong exclaimed excitedly, "The mountain's shaking stirred the lake waves, revealing a glimpse of the corridor formation's true nature."

"Hahaha, our luck's good! Niu Cheng indirectly did us a huge favor!"

Ning Zhuo, connected to Sun Lingtong via the Life-Thread, was virtually present on the scene.

He also spotted the clue and said excitedly, "I see it too. The formation inside the corridor is actually closely linked to the outside."

"My mother didn't make this place transparent just for the scenery."

"This formation uses external sunlight to change in real time. No wonder it felt obscure and didn't match any known formation patterns when we studied it before—it seemed really odd."

Some formations have fixed changes, while others are more complex.

Earlier, when Shen Xi was discussing, he kept emphasizing the importance of the Nine Palaces Formation among the top ten formations. One major reason is the Nine Palaces Formation's core has immense computational and deductive capabilities.

This allows the Nine Palaces Formation to change far beyond the other nine major formations.

The formation in the Shuyu Zhai corridor doesn't have the computational power of the Nine Palaces Formation. Instead, it cleverly borrows from the outside, using external variables as its own—a clever trick.

Ning Zhuo sighed, "If not for the commotion Niu Cheng caused, creating huge waves in the Jade Lake, we wouldn't have noticed this trick."

Jade Lake is usually as smooth as a mirror, without a single ripple on its surface.

Sun Lingtong looked up at the sky, staring for a long time. "No, it's not the sunlight—it's the changing cloud patterns."

Ning Zhuo was taken aback and仔细观察ed carefully but still didn't see that layer. It wasn't until Sun Lingtong had passed halfway through the corridor that he suddenly realized Sun Lingtong was right.

The gap in their formation skills was clear at this moment.

After figuring out the formation's secret, Sun Lingtong passed through with ease.

He pushed open the door ahead and entered a courtyard.

In the courtyard paved with blue jade stood a rockery.

The rockery embraced a spring with living water. Red-scaled golden fish danced in the spring like flowing robes.

On the rockery, there was a pavilion.

Inside the pavilion was a table, simply and elegantly furnished.

A plaque above the pavilion bore three characters—Fish Dance Pavilion.

Sun Lingtong试探ed cautiously as he climbed the rockery.

When he stepped into the pavilion, wind chimes suddenly rang without any wind, tinkling softly.

Then, from the ceiling of the pavilion, twelve paper figures drifted down.

The paper figures glowed mid-air and, upon landing, transformed into eight dancers and four tea masters, all looking as if they were alive.

The tea masters held stoves to brew tea, while the eight dancers began to dance with flowing sleeves.

For a moment, the spring water tinkled, wind chimes sounded, and soft singing drifted through the pavilion, creating a soothing and pleasant atmosphere.

Sun Lingtong walked around the pavilion, confirmed it was safe, then boldly sat down, took a sip of tea, and grinned.

He transmitted his thoughts to Ning Zhuo, "Seems this is where your mother received guests."

Leaving the pavilion, Sun Lingtong triggered another series of清脆铃音.

The paper figures reverted to their original forms and, riding the tea steam, floated up to the ceiling, merging into the mural.

Sun Lingtong went to the rockery, glanced at the spring, and said, "These red-skirt golden fish are nice, all at the Foundation Building level. They look really beautiful."

Ning Zhuo looked them over. "They're just for观赏. Boss, it's not worth staying here."

Sun Lingtong hummed in agreement and headed back the way he came.

This time, passing through the corridor was just as easy, and he soon returned to the formation core room.

Moving around this central area was much more difficult and arduous.

But overall, it didn't stump Sun Lingtong, and he managed to open another door.

Outside was another corridor, but both Sun and Ning could tell at a glance it was a new one, different from the last.

After the corridor, Sun Lingtong entered a workshop.

The strong smell of bamboo pulp filled the room.

The room was simply furnished, with a long table and a chair in the center. Along the lower parts of the four walls were rows of low cabinets with many drawers, all closed.

Above the low cabinets, on the originally blank walls, twelve shadow puppets were revealed. A closer look showed they were the twelve zodiac animals.

He stood at the door, not rushing in, and kept using his灵眸 to仔细探测.

Under his灵眸, the shadow puppets turned from solid to虚, revealing their true forms. The戌dog's ear tips were torn, showing golden threads; the寅tiger's claws were broken; the dragon was made of living water silk as a base, supported by bamboo bones in a soaring posture...

These were the guards of this place.

If Sun Lingtong rashly entered, he might activate these twelve zodiac shadow puppets and face their围攻.

"The key to破解 is on the long table," Sun Lingtong finally fixed his gaze on a seal on the table.

He used his thieving skills, tried several times, and finally managed to steal the seal.

Activating the seal, he neutralized the hidden traps and dangers, allowing him to move freely here.

Sun Lingtong opened the drawers of the low cabinets one by one, finding them categorized with materials for making paper puppets.

He went to the central table and chair, checked them, and found tools for crafting paper puppets. There were cold jade paper cutters, yin-yang dotting brushes, etc., all at the法器 level, not high grade.

"This must be where my mother made paper puppets during her lifetime," Ning Zhuo thought.

He envisioned a scene: Meng Yaoxin sitting in the chair, leaning over the table, taking apart paper and making paper puppets. When she needed a certain material, she would flick her fingers, remotely open a drawer, and the material would fly out onto the table.

Sun Lingtong glanced at the twelve zodiac shadow puppets and left this paper puppet workshop.

He returned to the formation core room and pushed open another door.

Passing through another corridor, he arrived at a different room.

Both Sun and Ning perked up!

Clearly, this was a storage room, with materials neatly arranged.

On the north wall's shelves,云泪晶were held in jade bowls, with clouds and mist rising inside like miniature seas of clouds. Next to them,蜃楼贝were stacked, their shells opening and closing to幻化七彩华光...

On the west wall, many jade hooks held水棘木, their wood grains appearing and disappearing in the light. Crystal urns were also hung, with mysterious sand flowing inside on its own...

On the east side's stone platform, glue was stored in a cold jade box, emitting glowing mist. A full bowl of gold essence shimmered with golden light...

In the southwest corner stood a jade pillar half a person's height. Inside the pillar was a三尺-long piece of沉湖玉髓, sealed within.

Most of these materials were at the Foundation Building level, with only a few reaching Core Formation, and none at the Nascent Soul level.

After looking around, both Sun and Ning felt their joy fade.

Both had seen greater things. Compared to Tian Shuang's entire wealth or the treasures in the Wangchuan Immortal Manor, what was in Shuyu Zhai wasn't much.

A short while later, Sun Lingtong entered the fourth room.

The light here was dreamlike.

The穹顶was embedded with a千年蜃珠, filtering the light into柔纱.

The bed was a giant, open贝壳. Besides bedding, the edges were scattered with三百六十颗梦游珠.

The蜃珠combined with the梦游珠and the formation here allowed one to design dreams and have desired dreams.

Ning Zhuo sighed, "Mother was very diligent in the Wanxiang Sect. With this setup, she didn't even let sleep time go to waste, continuing her苦修in dreams."

Sun Lingtong said, "Such methods have a drawback—they can tire the soul. But we both have百万souls. Aside from being a bit feminine, this place is quite suitable for our cultivation."

Sun Lingtong searched around and found a jade box under the pillow.

Opening it, he found only two items.

One was a divine contract, proving ownership of a talisman-making workshop that Meng Yaoxin owned during her lifetime.

The other was a talisman made from a jade tablet, carved with dragon patterns,洁白如雪, its purpose unknown.

Sun Lingtong left this living quarters, returned to the formation core room, and entered the fifth door.

Soon, he pushed open the door and arrived at a courtyard.

The穹顶was high and broad, like a light shield, with Jade Lake water outside.

The lake water was extremely clear, breaking the sunlight into亿万片晃动的银箔, silently scattering down.

Fine light spots danced in the courtyard, water light shimmered,凝聚成无数水滴落下.

In the center of the courtyard was a pond, or more aptly, a water pit.

The pit was full of bumps and hollows, filled with various rough jade pieces. These pieces varied in shape and color—there were dull green jades, muddy yellow Xiuyan jades, white marbles, blood-streaked jades...

Water droplets fell on the jades, causing奇异变化.

Rough green jade surfaces, like sand, became smooth and细腻 where droplets slid.

Dull yellow Xiuyan jades seemed to shed their dusty coats. Under the droplets' soak, their colors turned from turbid to clear, from dark to bright.

Some jades even had surface cracks that, filled by droplets, had their edges blur and shrink, gradually forming natural, leaf-vein-like patterns.

Every cave abode has its specialty.

Shuyu Zhai's specialty was漱玉.

Sun Lingtong looked around and understood, "This is the漱玉庭."

Here, Jade Lake water was refined and purified into droplets to wash the jades.

The jades' flaws were washed away, defects repaired, and their jade nature awakened and nurtured by the droplets, becoming莹润通透. Piece by piece, gray and stiff jade materials eventually glowed with the warm流光of precious jade.

Having been unattended for too long, the jade pit already held大量被洗漱完毕的玉石.

Sun Lingtong bent down and picked them up directly.

There were羊脂白璧, warm and flawless, like cream or fat, with灵光内蕴, warm to the touch. Pure spiritual energy flowed slowly within. These were rare finds for talisman or formation plate cores.

There were also寒髓冰魄, clear as万年玄冰, with寒气内敛, clearing the mind upon approach—top materials for ice-based magical tools or mind-clearing artifacts. Their cores had a deep blue髓光; Sun Lingtong felt as if he were seeing the苍蓝晚空.

And金鳞火玉, with warm golden jade质地, inside which fine golden鳞-like fire patterns flowed slowly, containing pure fire nature. These were excellent for setting up fire element formations or crafting至阳法宝, combining the hardness of metal with the heat of molten fire.

This haul was substantial.

The latter three jade types were all Nascent Soul level materials, with excellent quality, sure to fetch high prices in the market.

"Xiao Zhuo, next time we come, we must bring lots of low-grade jade materials to fill this pit!"

Sun Lingtong left the漱玉庭 reluctantly and, after some twists and turns, entered the final room.

Seeing the three characters on the door, both Sun and Ning were thrilled.

"Divination Room?"

"Is this where my mother practiced divination? So, there might be divination tools here?"

Ning Zhuo's eyes shone.

Sun Lingtong had more imaginings, "Maybe there are some divination texts too, who knows."

But when Sun Lingtong opened the door, he saw一片废墟.

The mica stone walls had long turned to dust,只剩下阵法形成的光罩隔绝碧玉湖水.

Most of the ceiling and floor remained.

In the center floated a deep blue water vortex.

The vortex was large, taking up most of the room's space, its speed varying.

"What happened here?"

"Was it attacked?"

"Unlikely. If enemies invaded, why weren't other parts of the abode damaged?"

"Maybe the enemy triggered the defense mechanisms here and perished."

"That's possible. If so, the enemy must have been acting alone."

Sun Lingtong looked around and found the place in ruins, having suffered some disaster. Only the mysterious water vortex remained; the rest was worthless.

Sun Lingtong approached the water vortex and suddenly changed expression, "Wait, there seems to be something in the vortex?"

He immediately activated his灵眸and saw扭曲断裂的浑天仪的青铜星轨,玄龟甲片打磨的残缺算筹, and碎开的紫檀木的算盘框架inside the vortex...

His eyes射灵光, pushing his talent to the limit.

His gaze penetrated deep into the vortex's core, where ancient and玄奥的光华shone.

Within the light, something flickered in and out of sight.

"Looks like a page," Sun Lingtong said, surprised.

But the next moment, seeing more clearly, he couldn't help but tremble all over.

"My heavens!"

"This... this is a page of the Luo River Script!!!"

Artifacts, magical tools, spiritual treasures, dao treasures... the Luo River Script is a historically famous dao treasure.

According to historical records, the Luo River Script is neither metal nor jade, neither silk nor stone, but woven from the universe's fundamental principles of mathematics.

When Sun Lingtong used his灵眸to窥探this dao treasure, he triggered it.

On the Luo River Script page, black and white dots appeared endlessly, moving constantly on the paper, suddenly fixing, then scattering into confusion.

During this, Sun Lingtong's mental energy rapidly depleted, his spirit plummeted, and his soul weakened.

But he gained a very deep understanding of the water vortex before him.

"Boss!" Ning Zhuo, seeing the situation was bad, quickly cast a spell through the Life-Thread to remotely assist.

Sun Lingtong, startled awake, quickly closed his eyes, actively cutting off his感应with the Luo River Script page.

Nosebleed悄无声息地流淌下来.

Ignoring it, Sun Lingtong looked very excited, "It really is a page of the Luo River Script, a dao treasure!"

"With the Luo River Script helping me calculate, I understand now—this water vortex is actually a formation, Xiao Zhuo."

Ning Zhuo realized, "I get it. The dao treasure influences its surroundings. My mother left here too long ago, and the dao treasure's spontaneous power destroyed this room, using the environment to form a natural formation!"

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