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Chapter 593 Tortoise Shell Burning Divination (4000)

Just when Wu Liang was thinking so.

Zuo Ci has already taken out a turtle shell from his body.

However, unlike later generations who thought that the tortoise shell was a divination method, Zuo Ci's tortoise shell was not used to hold copper coins, and there was no operation of putting copper coins into it and shaking it while chanting.

He only took out a turtle shell, and then borrowed a lighted torch from a soldier.

Then he put the tortoise shell on the flame of the torch and roasted it, lying quietly to the side and listening.

"What is he doing?"

"Who knows..."

"Didn't he just say that he wanted divination?"

"Maybe this is divination?"

"It's different from anything I've seen..."

"..."

Seeing Zuo Ci's actions, some soldiers couldn't help whispering.

Most of them are mud-legged people who can't even write their own names well, and their knowledge and knowledge are very limited. The most important thing is that they are far worse than the divination methods of the swindling gods and witches in the villages they usually see. .

"Shut up!"

Hearing the whispering voices of many soldiers, Yan Lu immediately stared over, and warned in a deep voice, "From now until the end of Master Zuo's divination, whoever dares to make any more movement, even coughing, will stop." Blame me for being cruel!"

"..."

The soldiers immediately shut their mouths, and no one dared to touch Yan Lu's brow at this moment, unless Xiao Ming didn't want it anymore.

However, Wu Liang saw this scene.

But he feels more and more that Zuo Ci should have mastered some real skills by now.

Although he didn't understand the essence of divination, he had seen a divination technique very similar to Zuo Ci's in the "Book of Changes", which was handed down to later generations. This technique was called "tortoise shell burning divination".

This is an ancient method of divination.

When the tortoise shell is roasted by the flame, it will continuously make a crisp "cracking" sound. This sound is a kind of noise to ordinary people, but to witches who master the divination technique, it is conveyed by heaven The sound of nature, which contains endless secrets.

In addition, along with the "cracking" sound, there are cracks on the tortoise shell burned by flames. These cracks are also full of infinite mystery in the eyes of witches who master the divination technique.

And if you understand the meaning of "sound" and "shape" and interpret the two together, you will be able to understand the future and break through the secrets of the way of heaven.

Therefore, Zuo Ci's actions may seem a bit weird to ordinary people, but they are extremely orthodox.

At least as far as Wu Liang knows, the divination activities in the Shang Dynasty and before were all in the form of "tortoise shell burning divination".

The "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" discovered in later generations were also used to record divination and sacrificial activities. Although the archaeological world later changed the full name of the definition of this kind of writing to "Tortoise Shell Animal Bone Writing", but in the beginning it was actually It is also based on the purpose of these characters that they are collectively called "divination words" or "divination characters".

Also.

Apart from Zuo Ci, Yan Lu obviously knew something about it.

That's why he warned the soldiers not to make any movement, in order to prevent them from disturbing Zuo Ci's listening to the "divination sound" of the tortoise shell, thus affecting the final result of the divination.

However, this does not mean that Zuo Ci will not falsify the results of divination.

After all, he still has to interpret the results of divination. People have two mouths, even if Zuo Ci is really good at "burning divination with a tortoise shell", he can still use his own will to deceive people and make things develop in the direction he wants.

……

This process lasted for about a stick of incense.

Zuo Ci stood up and looked at the tortoise shell with many cracks in his hands for a long time, then suddenly his face showed joy, and he cupped his hands and said to Yan Lu: "Mr. It means that Mr. Yan will encounter some twists and turns during his trip, but as long as Mr. Yan can stick to his own opinion and overcome all difficulties, he will finally be able to achieve what he wants.”

"..."

Hearing Zuo Ci's conclusion, Wu Liang couldn't help but look at Zuo Ci more.

This is the most panacea statement. If the subsequent actions are not smooth, it can also match the hexagram image, and through these words, a big pie has been hung on the unknown road ahead, which can increase invisibly. Yan Lu's confidence made him persevere in the face of adversity, and even until the moment of dying, he always believed that he only needed to persevere a little longer to achieve what he wanted.

So this is undoubtedly the most ingenious lie.

The effect is definitely much better than the so-called "Shang Shang Ji". No matter what happens in the future, Yan Lu will not blame Zuo Ci, and will not easily doubt Zuo Ci's hexagrams.

If he hadn't received Zhen Mi's warning in advance and knew the real situation now, Wu Liang would have almost believed it.

"Can Immortal Master Zuo explain the 'divination sound' I heard just now, and then point out to me what the hexagrams on the tortoise shell represent, and teach me a little bit about the wonderfulness of this 'tortoise shell scorching divination'."

Yan Lu is also a cautious person, after hearing Zuo Ci's words, he did not express his opinion immediately, but put forward a new request with a smile.

"Naturally."

Zuo Ci nodded slightly, and then said solemnly, "The 'divination sound' just now was slow and fast, and the slowest part was like a torrential rain, impenetrable, indicating that this trip may encounter some dangers, but the slowest part is delicate It is as gentle as the sound of water falling on the eaves after the rain. It happens that the slowest part is left at the end, which indicates that the situation will slow down after the rain. I still dare not draw conclusions lightly until I see this..."

Speaking of this, Zuo Ci brought the burnt tortoise shell in front of Yan Lu, pointed to a crack on it and said, "Dr. Yan, please look here, the cracks on the left here vaguely form a 'show' The cracks on the right side vaguely form a character 'Gan', but under the character 'Gan' there is a character 'Ji' vaguely. Yan Gong saw these cracks together as a single character. , can you see what kind of word this is?"

"What word can this be?"

Hearing Zuo Ci's words, Wu Liang subconsciously leaned closer to see what the shape of the cracks Zuo Ci was referring to, because he couldn't connect these three words together just by describing them. into one word.

After all, he couldn't even figure out what the three characters Zuo Ci pointed out were just through pronunciation.

However, Yan Lu narrowed his eyes slightly, and even took a step back on purpose. After staring at the tortoise shell for a long time, he pronounced a pronunciation without confidence: "Isn't Master Zuo saying qi (second tone)?"

"Qi?"

Wu Liang was even more puzzled, and he still couldn't guess what the word was.

Fortunately, the soldiers around were also eagerly listening to Zuo Ci's explanation. Although most of them were illiterate, it didn't affect their curiosity, so no one came up to stop him.

In the end, Wu Liang got behind Yan Lu, stretched his neck and looked carefully at the position pointed by Zuo Ci.

Zuo Ci also glanced at him, but didn't say anything.

at last.

After Wu Liang saw these cracks, he quickly connected them together, and through Zuo Ci's reminder, and Yan Lu's unconfident pronunciation, he finally understood which word "qi" Yan Lu was talking about. up.

Qi.

It is this character, with "Shi" on the left, "Gan" on the right, and the character "Ji" below it. The character "Qi" in the pre-Qin period was written in this way, even the popular Xiaozhuan in the Han Dynasty. No one can tell when the word "Qi" first originated.

And the word "Qi" is indeed a word with a good meaning, which has the meaning of auspiciousness and happiness since ancient times.

only……

In fact, whether it is the character "Shi", or the character "Gan", and the character "Ji" are very irregular, and even the character "Gan" is still upside down. I'm afraid it's hard to link these three characters together, and even the positions of these three characters are a little bit far away, so in Wu Liang's view, it's a bit of a problem to combine them into a "Qi" character. It means far-fetched and forced interpretation.

"Duke Yan is really knowledgeable, it's the word 'Qi'!"

But Zuo Ci immediately affirmed Yan Lu's answer, nodded and said, "It was after seeing this word that I dared to be completely sure that the hexagram is an auspicious sign in nature, and dared to be so sure in front of Duke Yan."

"Um……"

After hearing Zuo Ci's words, Yan Lu frowned slightly, as if carefully weighing the pros and cons.

And Zuo Ci didn't interrupt, just stood aside silently, waiting for Yan Lu to make the final decision.

Wu Liang secretly glanced at Zuo Ci.

At this moment, he is even more sure that this guy came prepared...

……

After a moment.

"Keep going!"

Yan Lu still didn't openly agree with the conclusion of Zuo Ci's hexagram, nor did he question it, but ordered everyone to go deeper with a very vague attitude.

At this moment, some of the soldiers had already believed Zuo Ci's statement, and their state was obviously much more optimistic than before.

Coupled with the threat of Yan Lu's Gu technique, they themselves have no right to choose, but they are no longer as uneasy as before.

Wu Liang naturally didn't want to continue to go deep into the illusion.

But being crossed by Zuo Ci, his original plan has been disrupted, and he doesn't want to take risks at this time to conflict with Yan Lu, so he can only continue to think of other ways...

"Wait a minute!"

Just as everyone was about to leave, Wu Liang howled suddenly.

Everyone stood still and looked back at him with doubts on their faces.

"What's the matter with you?"

Yan Lu asked impatiently.

"Yan Gong didn't know that besides passing down a few secret recipes for making incense, my ancestors also taught me the 'Skill of Qi'. However, my understanding is not enough, and I still can't comprehend this 'Skill of Qi'. Therefore, this technique has become ineffective when it comes to me."

Wu Liangzhang came right out of his mouth, after all, this was not the first time he had said this.

"'The Art of Ridiculousness'? So you are still a descendant of the 'Spiritual Child'?"

Yan Lu said in surprise.

"It can only be counted as half of the descendant of the 'Ghost Boy'."

Wu Liang nodded and said, "Don't dare to hide the truth from Mr. Yan. When I was resting just now, the 'spiritual technique' that was ineffective at the time actually worked inexplicably. It made me wander in this secret realm and accidentally saw Some not-so-good things don't match the hexagrams of Master Zuo..."

"?"

Hearing this, Zuo Ci glanced at Wu Liang in surprise. It seemed that he was not just surprised by Wu Liang's identity as the successor of the 'Ghost Boy', but he probably didn't expect that Wu Liang would intervene at this time.

"Speak straight!"

Seeing Wu Liang's stammering, Yan Lu became even more impatient, and shouted in a deep voice.

"promise."

Wu Liang responded, and then said with a bitter face, "I saw the result of our further deepening. This formation is actually a great killing formation. All of us died one after another. Not even a single corpse was left behind. No one made it to that stone house alive, so I'm afraid it's not a 'moment', but a 'big omen'."

"This……"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers who had relaxed a little earlier immediately panicked again.

One is "Tortoise Burning Divination" and the other is "Heir of the Shaman". They really don't know whose words to believe, but no matter what, Wu Liang's words will definitely affect their morale.

"Bullshit!"

Without waiting for Yan Lu to speak, Zuo Ci was the first to stand up and refute Wu Liang, "I have used this divination technique for many years, and I have never made a mistake. I have explained it to Duke Yan just now, and you have already explained it to Duke Yan. But the art of shamanism is inexplicable, I can explain the hexagram, can you prove the authenticity of your art of waking up the shackles?"

"Master Zuo, don't be impatient. Listen to me speaking slowly. In fact, when I am wandering in this 'Skill of Riding the Witch', I can also see the past and the old people in a place."

Wu Liang looked at Yan Lu and said, "I don't know how much Mr. Yan knows about this secret realm. If he knows enough, perhaps I only need to mention a few details, and Mr. Yan can tell the truth. false."

Wu Liang is gambling again.

The information he had obtained before betting on Yan Lu contained the secret history of the construction of this secret place, so that what Zhen Mi told him just now could be used to make up for it.

And it's not unreasonable for him to bet like this, after all, if he didn't have a certain understanding of this secret place, Yan Lu's goal wouldn't be so clear?
"Oh? Can you tell me what you saw?"

Yan Lu became interested and asked.

"This secret place was indeed built by Danzhu, and the materials used to build the secret place were stolen by the old Tang Dynasty remnant 'Gun', and the things used were the rare treasures born of heaven and earth—'Xi Soil', we Are you right?"

Wu Liang said straightforwardly.

"..."

Hearing this, a look of surprise appeared in Yan Lu's eyes.

And at this time.

"Swish-bang-puff!"

Suddenly there was a series of abnormal noises not far away.

Everyone hurriedly followed the prestige, but they didn't know what happened.

A soldier's head had already rolled to the ground.

But his body still remained standing, and the bowl-sized wound on his neck was spraying out a large amount of blood mist.

(End of this chapter)