First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 389 3 Great Divine Beasts

The layout of Puji Temple is basically the same as that of Fahua Temple.

On the second night, Su Jixiang and Wei Ling also explored Puji Temple, but just like in Fahua Temple, they found nothing.

On the third night, they went to Chaotian Temple.

Chaotian Temple is simpler than the other two temples. The original Taoist temple was just a courtyard with three entrances and exits in the front and back. The backyard was used to store miscellaneous items. Even after it was expanded, no special buildings were added. They only built a large square in the front and erected a few dragon-shaped pillars.

"Could these pillars hold any clues?" Wei Ling asked as he walked around the eight pillars a few times.

He searched the pillars but couldn't find any mechanism or method. He looked up at the stars again and found that the eight pillars did not correspond to any direction.

As far as the naked eye can see, there is nothing special at all.

Wei Ling even studied the floor tiles in the square, but found nothing.

After busying around for a while, he turned around and saw Su Jixiang standing there in a daze.

"What are you looking at?" He followed Su Jixiang's gaze. Su Jixiang was looking at the release pond in the Taoist temple.

"Do you think there is something hidden in this pond?" Wei Ling couldn't help but ask.

"There are ponds for releasing animals in these three places," Su Jixiang said. "Have you ever noticed that the statues in these three ponds are different?"

Wei Ling was stunned. He didn't notice this.

Releasing animals ponds are common in temples and Taoist temples. If you want to say what the differences are, they are only in layout and size.

He recalled that in the release pond of the Fahua Temple was placed a huge basalt sculpture, which was carved very majestically.

In the release pond of Puji Temple is a tiger-shaped statue with its head raised high.

Now, in the release pond of Chaotian Temple there is a stone sculpture of a coiled dragon. The dragon is carved vividly, with its tail coiled in the water and its head sticking out of the water.

The styles of the release ponds in these three places are exactly the same except for the statue in the center. The railings around them are the same, and there are water-spraying dragon heads on the stone walls on all four sides of the three ponds.

Wei Ling's eyes lit up, "Xuanwu, Azure Dragon, White Tiger?" He looked at Su Jixiang.

Su Jixiang nodded, "I think so too, so what's missing is the Vermillion Bird!" Su Jixiang pointed to the mountain, "This is Phoenix Mountain, so the Vermillion Bird should be the mountain itself!"

"You mean the Vermillion Bird position is the location of the treasure!" Wei Ling was obviously a little excited. He had been searching for several days and nights but found nothing. Su Jixiang's reminder today was like a ray of light cast in the fog, and everyone seemed to have found the guide instantly.

"It's possible." Su Jixiang nodded.

She took out a charcoal pencil and the small notebook she always carried with her. "I remember that the head of the Xuanwu in the Fahua Temple was facing south, while the one here was facing east, and the one in the Puji Temple was facing west! It seems that their heads are facing the same direction, but the three places are located in different locations, so the heads of these three mythical beasts are all facing here!"

She started drawing on the notebook with a pen. First, she roughly marked the locations of Fahua Temple, Puji Temple and Chaotian Temple on the mountain. Then she drew the mythical beasts, with their heads pointing in the direction of a point!

"Isn't this what you drew in the yard before?" Wei Ling's eyes lit up. The intersection of the lines was exactly the same as what Su Jixiang had analyzed in the yard before.

"Yes." Su Jixiang didn't look happy at all. She even smiled bitterly. "So where can we get in from here?"

After a long journey, although the inferences drawn from the field investigation have verified Su Jixiang's inference, this is just everyone's guess. Repeated verification does not mean that all inferences are correct. It is also possible that the inference in front of us is also a deception. Unless actual evidence can be found, the evidence that can be entered can fully prove that Su Jixiang's inference is correct.

"At least there is a direction." Wei Ling comforted Su Jixiang and said, "Suzaku should be at this point."

"This point is in the middle of the mountain. How to get in is a big problem." Su Jixiang shook his head and said, "After going around in circles, the problem is back. We still have to find the entrance. If we can't find the entrance, it's useless."

Wei Ling remained silent, just as Su Jixiang said.

He couldn't help but walk to the release pond.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. The only sounds were the wind and the sound of flowing water.

Wei Ling couldn't help but feel moved.

He pulled Su Jixiang over and asked, "Do you listen to the sound of water flowing inside?"

Su Jixiang listened carefully and there seemed to be a very slight sound of water.

This was at night, and everything was so quiet that you could only hear a little bit of it. If it was daytime, the sound of water would be completely covered by other sounds.

The two listened carefully again and confirmed that there was indeed a slight sound of flowing water. Su Jixiang looked at Wei Ling and said, "This water is running water! There is an undercurrent underneath!"

"Yes!" Wei Ling nodded.

This discovery cheered up both of them.

"Come on, take me to Puji Temple." Su Jixiang urged Wei Ling.

Wei Ling took Su Jixiang back to Puji Temple as quickly as possible. As expected, by lying down beside the pond for releasing animals in Puji Temple and putting his ear against the fence and listening carefully, he could hear the subtle sound of flowing water, which was different from the sound of water spraying from the faucet beside the pond.

The two went to the Fahua Temple again, and sure enough, they heard the sound of water, which was extremely easy to be ignored, beside the release pond in the Fahua Temple.

Just when the two were about to talk, Wei Ling heard footsteps, perhaps someone got up to go out for the night or to patrol. He quickly pulled Su Jixiang and hid in a dark corner.

The two of them were huddled together behind a pillar of the bell tower when they saw a man sneaking around in the dark from the corridor.

When he arrived at the pond, he first hid under the railing and then stuck his head out to look around.

After checking again and again to make sure there was no one around, he took out a bundle of ropes from behind him, tied one end of the rope firmly to the railing post, and then threw the rope into the water.

He looked around again, then carefully followed the rope down and slowly entered the pool. Before his head was about to sink into the water, he took a deep breath and then sank in.

Wei Ling and Su Jixiang looked at each other. Just as Su Jixiang was about to lean out to take a look, he was stopped by Wei Ling.

He signaled Su Jixiang to be quiet, then raised his hand and pointed, and saw a few more people walking out from under the eaves...