Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 928
It was so quiet under the altar that you could hear a needle drop.

The practitioners under the stage held their breath, watching the scripture slaves in black put on white gloves, and stretched out their hands to the black boxes placed on the top of the altar.

There are a total of five black boxes on the altar, and everyone knows that there are a total of five Taizu Handbooks inside.

One book per box.

It is said that there are a total of nine copies of Taizu's manuscripts, each of which is more sophisticated than the other. Among them, Dongwu has five unique copies, and the remaining five are one for each of the six countries in the Great Wall of the former Qin Dynasty.

The reason why Soochow has so many books is mainly because of this sacrificial ceremony at the Great Court Meeting.After all, the conditions for holding high-level ceremonies are too strict. In most cases, the first time practitioners who have not become a great immortal official see the handwriting of Taizu is only at the great court meeting before the middle-level ceremonies.

However, although the middle-level ceremony has the function of rewarding the winners of the primary ceremony to show them the manuscripts of the ancestors, a country in Soochow was divided into five manuscripts, which still caused a lot of controversy back then.

There was a rumor that the reason why Soochow got so many manuscripts was that it might be the hometown of Shao Shiming, and the chief minister was eccentric.

Back then, Emperor Taizu handed over the distribution of the manuscripts to his national teacher, and Da Siming distributed all five manuscripts to Soochow, which caused an uproar in the Shanhai Continent.

People originally guessed that Da Si Ming would distribute the most letters to his hometown, Nanchu, but they never expected that Soochow would get the most letters in the end.

Throughout Da Si Ming's life, she really didn't have much contact with Soochow, so everyone had to suspect Da Si Ming's apprentice.

After all, Da Siming's preference for his apprentices is world-famous.

But no matter what everyone guessed, the five Taizu manuscripts were personally sent to Soochow by Da Siming, and it has become a symbol of Soochow's status in the practice world.

Eight years before the Azure Dragon God completely disappeared, Soochow did not completely lose its position in the practice world, and I have to say that it has the credit of these five manuscripts.At the same time, because of the favor of sending the five manuscripts at the beginning, although it was rumored that Da Si Ming's apprentice had lost the Azure Dragon God, Soochow did not vent their anger on the former Qin and Da Siming too much.

Of course, we still have to hunt down that Shao Siming.

After all, the crime of losing the Eight Beast Gods is too great. If it weren't for the solid foundation of Soochow, this would be a disaster for the country.

Thinking of the information from previous investigations, Ying Baoyue looked at the five black boxes on the stage with a delicate expression.

At this time, the oldest man who was the leader on the stage waved his hand, and all the scripture slaves knelt down and bowed to the box on the high stage.

Looking at this scene, Ying Baoyue felt slightly uncomfortable.

Emperor Ying is dead, but these people bow down to dead things like this, in her opinion, it is a bit foolish.

These scripture slaves have been thoroughly brainwashed, and she has no doubt that in the eyes of these people, these black boxes are more important than thousands of lives.

After kneeling down, the scripture slaves on the backstage stood up respectfully and stood up the rectangular black box.

"Huh? There is a serial number on it? No lock?"

It was only then that everyone discovered that the front of the black box was written in seal characters from one to five in order. The surface of the box was smooth and there was no lock.

The black boxes shone brightly in the sunlight, which was neither gold nor jade. The teenagers opened their eyes wide and found that these black boxes were actually made of obsidian!

"Hey, I thought it was made of wood or stone, but I didn't expect it to be such a big obsidian... How rich is Qin before?"

A practitioner's tongue-twisting sound came from behind him, and Ying Baoyue recognized it as Murong Feixing's voice.

Such a large obsidian is of course expensive, but what surprised everyone was that such a valuable box was not locked.

"Open the box!"

At this time, when the old man in black spoke, the slavish man wearing white gloves stepped forward and reached out to touch the surface of the black box, only to see countless long strips floating on the surface of the black box, which looked like countless Intricate mortise and tenon joints.

"This is..." Ji Jiashu's eyes froze.

"It's Lubansuo." Ying Baoyue said quietly.

Luban lock, also known as gossip lock, was invented by Luban, a master craftsman of the former dynasty. It looks like a tightly stitched cross cube on the outside. not open.

The hands of the scripture slaves moved quickly on those long protrusions, which dazzled the young practitioners in the audience.

"No wonder you have to use locks and keys, which are much more secure than locks."

"I heard that every scripture-keeper slave was personally cultivated by Emperor Taizu, and every one who dies is one less."

"No wonder no one can replace these scripture slaves. No one can unlock these locks except them..."

Listening to the whispers of the people around, Ji Jiashu's expression became more serious.

After Emperor Taizu's death, as the world's largest cultivation country, many immortal officials in the Southern Chu Yuchan Province coveted the five Taizu Handbooks of Soochow, and even asked his father to ask for it as the strongest son of God.

He said it was asking for it, but how could Soochow let it go, in fact, he let his father grab it.

At that time, he remembered that his father just said indifferently, "The point is not about those boxes. If any of you have the ability to bring those scripture slaves to Southern Chu alive, I will go to Soochow."

The Southern Chu immortal officials who were arguing at that time suddenly fell silent, because as long as they have dealt with the slaves, they know that those people are not normal people at all. Staying in Soochow, they will stay in Soochow for the rest of their lives.If anyone forces them, that group of people will die without hesitation.

Ji Jiashu didn't understand why his father wanted those scripture slaves, but now he understands.

Without this group of people, no one would be able to open those black boxes at all.

And if those black boxes were forcibly opened, the Taizu Handbook inside would also be destroyed.

The crime of destroying the Taizu's handwriting can be regarded as the most serious crime in the practice world. Not only the scripture slaves will live with him, but the whole practice world will also regard him as a sinner.

With a snap, the black box numbered one on the stage opened.

The eyes of all the practitioners under the stage stared round.

Everyone didn't dare to blink, they just wanted to see what the legendary Taizu Handbook looked like.

I saw a book about eight inches in the bright black box.There are strange pictures on the surface of the book, and the pages are yellow and worn out, but what surprised everyone most is that the spine of the book is not the familiar wire binding, but circles of metal circles.

"what is this?"

"Sure enough, it's Taizu's Handbook, which is different from ordinary books!"

"It looks like a coil made of silver wire? It's really an exquisite mechanism!"

Exquisite mechanism?

Ying Baoyue listened to the praise of the practitioners in the audience with complicated emotions, and stared at the yellowed book in the black box with strange eyes.

She knew what it was.

Because in that box...

It's a coil notebook!

　Surprise or not, everyone

　　Luban lock: Also known as gossip lock and Kongming lock, it originated from the mortise and tenon structure in ancient Chinese architecture. It is an intellectual toy widely spread among Chinese folks in China. It is said that Luban invented it from the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States period. It is good for relaxing the body and mind, developing the brain, and nimble fingers. It is a leisure toy suitable for all ages.

　　
　
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