Taoism moves mountains

Chapter 149 Dou Su Zhusheng
  Jiang Yang and the four of them were rotating along with the armillary sphere on the high platform. They thought it would stop soon, but it backfired and a greater danger appeared!

I saw the faucet on the stone pillar of Hades Palace beginning to pour out silvery white liquid.

"This is..." Min Gushao was so shocked that he was speechless!

"Everyone, cover your mouth and nose, this is mercury!" Jiang Yang reminded quickly, with a very serious face.

Mercury is also known as mercury.

Mercury is a silvery white shiny heavy liquid that is chemically stable and insoluble in acids and alkalis.

And it can evaporate at room temperature. Mercury vapor and mercury compounds are mostly highly toxic (chronic). It has a long history and is widely used.

In medieval alchemy, together with sulfur and salt, they were called the three sacred elements of alchemy.

It is also an important substance used by some Taoist priests in ancient China to refine elixirs.

As the saying goes, mercury poisoning is metal poisoning. It is different from the toxicity of strong acids and alkali. Mercury is easily absorbed by the skin, respiratory tract and digestive tract.

Mercury substances can damage the human central nervous system, have huge adverse effects on the mouth, mucous membranes and teeth, and can also quickly cause brain and liver damage.

The detoxification elixirs in Jiang Yang's hands can only remove the acid-base toxicity in living things, but have no effect on metal toxicity.

Therefore, they can only rely on their own body's immunity to deal with the current mercury troubles.

Hearing Jiang Yang's reminder, the three of them quickly pulled up their scarves and covered their mouths and noses. The smell of mercury was also very pungent, so they had to cover their mouths and noses even if it was not poisonous.

"Did the agency make a mistake?" Hong Guliang asked anxiously.

“It’s not wrong, it’s just not finished yet.

Li Chunfeng once invented a new armillary sphere with more accuracy based on the old armillary sphere. It has three layers inside and outside. According to the base, we only moved two orbits. "

After saying that, Jiang Yang carefully observed the armillary sphere, immediately found a hidden track, and then started to swing it directly.

When Jiang Yang put the final orbit into position, the armillary sphere seemed to be activated, and all the orbits began to rotate on their own.

Jiang Yang was very surprised by this situation, and he also admired the wisdom of the ancients.

This mechanism is really precise and magical!

I don’t know where this power lies, but it can last for thousands of years.

After the armillary sphere started to rotate, the speed at which the mercury flowed out of the stone dragon slowly became smaller, until finally no mercury flowed out.

The armillary sphere also slowly stopped, and the central part of the high platform also stopped rotating.

At this moment, the mercury on the ground actually flowed back from the base of the stone pillar, spiraled upwards, and returned directly to the stone dragon high above.

Dragon sucks water!
  This mechanism is so amazing!
  That's not all, there was also movement at the top of the Underworld Palace.

The four people looked up and saw the mercury slowly pouring into the twenty-eight stone walls at the top of the Hades Palace, and then outline twenty-eight silver-white calligraphy pictures.

"It's the Twenty-Eight Constellations." Min Gushao reacted immediately after seeing the completion of the calligraphy and pictures.

Because those characters are bronze inscriptions, and they write exactly the twenty-eight constellations.

The three orbits of the armillary sphere have all rotated into position, but the north and south axes have not moved.

Jiang Yang and Min Gushao both guessed that the final step in the design of this mechanism was to select the position of the twenty-eight constellations based on the north and south rotating axes, so that the exit could be opened. Choose one from twenty-eight, this probability is very low.

"What does this mean?" Hong Guliang became even more anxious when he saw the calligraphy and pictures!
  "Choose one of the twenty-eight stars. Only if you choose the right one can you open the door of life here." Jiang Yang responded. There are eight stone doors in the surrounding walls. One of them is a trap for placing suspicious coffins, and there are seven stone doors that have not been opened. , one of the doors is the way out.

"Choose one from twenty-eight? How do we choose?" Kurosumi Liang said with a sad look on his face.

"The Eighteen Constellations, also known as the Twenty-Eight Houses or the Twenty-Eight Stars, divides the stars in the southern sky into twenty-eight groups, and they are a circle of stars distributed along the ecliptic or the celestial equator (the earth's equator extends to the sky) .

It is divided into four groups, also known as the Four Symbols, Four Beasts, Four Dimensions, and Four Directions Gods. Each group has seven stars..."

Min Gushao slowly began to explain in order to provide more clues.

The seven constellations of the Oriental Blue Dragon are: Spica, Kang, Di, Fang, Heart, Wei, and Ji;
  The seven constellations of Xuanwu in the north are: Dou, Ox, Female, Xu, Danger, Room, and Wall;
  The seven constellations of the White Tiger in the West are: Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Be, and Ritel;
  The seven places of Suzaku in the South are: Jing Su, Gui Su, Liu Su, Xing Su, Zhang Su, Yi Su and Zhen Su.

On the twenty-eight square stone walls on the top of the Hades Hall, the glyphs outlined by mercury are inscriptions in gold, meaning the names of the twenty-eight constellations.

Finally, he concluded: “If life and death are determined by the twenty-eight constellations, only the Dou constellation is related to the meaning of life and death.

Dou Su is the head of the Northern Xuanwu Yuangui. It consists of six stars and looks like a dipper. It is generally called Nandou. It and Beidou together control the power of life and death. "

"Yes, Li Chunfeng is also a Taoist, so he will naturally use the numerology of 'Beidou predicts death, and South Dipper predicts life'.

It is explained that when Dou Su is strong, he becomes strong, and when he is weak, he becomes weak. His mood changes greatly, he has the power to break through adversity, and he is very creative.

We are in adversity now, and we should use the power of Dou Su to break through. "

After Jiang Yang finished speaking, he started to move the north and south axis of the armillary sphere without hesitation. He knew that if he hesitated a little, the other three people would affect his decision.

When Jiang Yang turned the north-south axis and pointed it in the direction of Dou Su, one of the stone doors on the surrounding wall rose up.

"Let's go!" Jiang Yang shouted to Min Guxiao, then took Hua Ling'er's little hand and walked towards the exit.

The four of them crossed the stone gate and breathed in the fresh air. Then they breathed a sigh of relief. It was considered that they had made it through without any danger.

Then, they walked along the stairs. The stairs of the tomb passage were downward and very long. It took about thirty meters to reach the end.

However, after they walked out of the tomb passage, another surprising scene appeared in front of them.

The flashlight's light didn't shine beyond two meters.

"The lighting distance is so short, is there no electricity?" Min Gushao asked doubtfully.

"No, it should be an environmental problem here. The surroundings should be coated with light-absorbing materials, even on the stone steps." Jiang Yanggu fiddled with the switch of the flashlight, making the light of the flashlight flash, and then explained road.

"Is this another trap?" Kurosumi Liang was as dead as a frightened kitten. He was afraid that there would be another trap or something, so he was tossing hard.

"I guess so." Jiang Yang looked at her and smiled.

When Hua Ling'er heard that there was another trap, she kindly picked up Angry Eyes Phoenix Chicken to avoid any accidents.

Min Gushao reached out and patted Hong Guliang on the shoulder, and said to her with a smile: "Don't worry, we have broken through so many powerful traps, are we still afraid of traps?"

When Hong Guliang heard the comfort from Min Gushao, her face became better.

(End of this chapter)