Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 103: Tui Bei Tu, predicting celestial phenomena

Suddenly, Shirley Yang pointed to the sky.

"The thirty-six celestial beings you are talking about, are they that?"

The two looked in the direction she was pointing.

I saw stars dotted on the top of the tomb, like a galaxy moving in a specific direction.

"That's... the Big Dipper constellation!"

Hu Bayi was shocked.

"How did they do this? They were able to create a constellation map in this tomb, and it can even move and flicker. Isn't Li Chunfeng really amazing?"

The Thirty-Six Celestial Beings are the names of star gods, which originated from the ancient people’s natural worship of the stars.

Taoism believes that there are 36 stars in the Big Dipper constellation, and each star has a general who is responsible for protecting the safety of the heavenly palace and the immortals.

Jiang Hua frowned and thought.

What is the use of this armillary sphere?

What is the connection between the constellation map on the top of the tomb and this armillary sphere?
And do the 36 tomb chambers around here correspond to the celestial stars in the constellation map?

How are they going to crack the mechanism in this tomb?

Doubts arose in everyone's mind.

Shirley Yang speculated: "I think among the tombs here, only one is real, and the others are all traps."

"As long as we open the wrong tomb, we will most likely encounter a crisis."

Jiang Hua nodded, "Yeah, that makes sense."

"The question is, how are we supposed to find the right tomb?"

Shirley Yang said: "Let's go take a look at the murals around here, maybe there may be some answers there."

Jiang Hua and Hu Bayi nodded.

Come to the murals in the surrounding tombs.

At the entrance of each tomb chamber, there is a colorful mural with lifelike figures depicted on it, allowing people to clearly understand what the mural wants to express.

"This is the attire of a fifth-rank civil servant from the Tang Dynasty. It looks like this person is Li Chunfeng."

Li Chunfeng served as Grand Historian.

It was a fifth-rank official position.

The fat man also came over and asked curiously: "What is painted on this mural?"

Shirley Yang pondered for a while and said, "Li Chunfeng used to be the Grand Historian. The Grand Historian is similar to the historian, and both record things that happened in ancient times."

"This mural depicts Li Chunfeng compiling a history book for the emperor."

People kept walking around the murals.

As they walked, they studied the murals. They slowly came to a mural...

Shirley Yang was shocked when she saw the content on the mural.

"Look at this mural."

"What's wrong?" The fat man was startled.

"In this mural, Li Chunfeng is holding a tortoise shell in his hand."

"Jiang Hua, do you think this tortoise shell looks like a dragon bone book?"

"Dragon Bone Book?"

Everyone's eyes lit up.

The reason why they entered this ancient tomb.

The most important reason is to obtain the Dragon Bone Book.

I didn't expect there were clues on this mural.

Jiang Hua also looked at it carefully.

It’s true, the text on that tortoise shell is very similar to the one on Shirley Yang.

It seems that this is indeed the Dragon Bone Book.

However, the mural does not explain where the Dragon Bone Book is.

But at least it can be proved that Li Chunfeng once really had a dragon bone book.

They came to the right place this time!

Everyone came to the next mural.

This is a strange mural.

Strange shapes are carved on the stone wall.

It looks out of place with other painted murals.

The fat man was stunned for a moment, "Why does this mural feel different from the others?"

Shirley Yang fell into deep thought.

She frowned, as if she was vaguely familiar with the content of the mural.

Suddenly, her body shook.

A look of surprise appeared on his face, and then he was overjoyed.

“This is Tui Bei Tu!”

"Tui Bei Tu?" The fat man was stunned. "What is Tui Bei Tu?"

Hu Bayi and Jiang Hua were both shocked.

Obviously everyone has heard of the name of Tuibei Tu.

"It is said that the Tui Bei Tu was created during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, who were ordered by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, to predict the fortune of the Tang Dynasty."

"The Tui Bei Tu uses the names of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes to arrange the images in order, matching them with the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and repeating them in the order of Jia Zi and Yi Chou. There are a total of sixty-four images, predicting the prosperity and order of the future."

"However, when the Tui Bei Tu was handed down to the present day, some of its contents have been lost, and this is obviously the complete Tui Bei Tu, with a total of sixty-four images!"

After hearing this, the fat man lost interest.

For him, it can't be exchanged for money.

What is the use of this Tuibei Tu?

Shirley Yang was obviously very excited. She took out a camera and took careful pictures.

If this Tuibei Tu were to be spread out, it would certainly arouse the attention of historians.

Its value cannot be simply measured by money.

Jiang Hua seemed to be lost in thought. He carefully observed the picture on the Tuibei Tu. He always felt that the Tuibei Tu was a little weird.

But he couldn't put it into words. He had a vague feeling in his heart that this Tui Bei Tu should have other uses, but they just didn't know it now.

Jiang Hua took a deep breath and stared at the Tuibei Tu carefully, as if he wanted to record all the patterns on it one by one.

But for now, this Tuibei Tu is really useless.

The next picture shows the scene where Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang jointly compiled "The Book of Prophecies".

Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, both of them are very famous in ancient Chinese history.

And the Tuibei Tu that they compiled together is definitely not that simple.

At this point, you have finished viewing the murals.

But the crowd still hasn't found the mechanism to unlock the tomb.

Jiang Hua frowned. What should he do next?
He came to the armillary sphere and observed it carefully.

The armillary sphere is composed of the armillary sphere and the armillary globe. The armillary sphere is the guide tracks that make up the armillary sphere, including the ecliptic ring, horizon ring, meridian ring, sextile, ecliptic ring, inner equatorial ring, right ascension ring and so on.

And Hunxiang is the name of each constellation.

By rotating the armillary sphere, the corresponding celestial phenomena can be measured.

This armillary sphere occupies a very important significance in ancient astronomy.

Jiang Hua seemed to be thinking about something. He looked at the armillary sphere in front of him and had some guesses in his mind.

The mechanism of this tomb should be related to the armillary sphere. If you want to crack the mechanism, you have to turn the armillary sphere so that it gets stuck in the right position.

But since it is a mechanism, we must not move it around randomly. We must find a pattern, otherwise the mechanism will kill them all.

"What is the rule?"

Jiang Hua stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, the entire tomb began to shake.

Everyone was shocked.

Hu Bayi subconsciously looked in the direction of the fat man.

I saw the fat man standing next to the mural of the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book, standing there at a loss, with a trace of confusion on his face.

"Fat man, what are you doing?"

As soon as Hu Bayi saw it, he knew that the changes in the tomb must have been caused by the fat man.

"what?"

The fat man was a little confused and said: "I didn't move anything."

"I just touched the dragon bone heavenly book mural, and that's it..."

Hu Bayi said angrily, "Fatty, can you please change your bad habits and stop wanting to touch everything you see?"

The next moment, the surroundings of the tomb were still shaking.

The strange beast statues on the surrounding stone pillars suddenly spewed out silver liquid from their mouths, and a disgusting stench wafted over.

Jiang Hua and Shirley Yang's faces changed.

"Oh no, this is mercury!"

"Lao Hu, Fatty, put on your gas masks quickly, this mercury vapor is highly toxic!"

Jiang Hua hurriedly took out a gas mask from the storage space and put it on his head in time.

"What do we do now?"

"Do you want to leave here first?"

Shirley Yang asked anxiously.

But the next moment.

boom!
There was a loud noise at the door, and the stone door smashed to the ground and closed immediately.

"Damn it, this bastard Li Chunfeng is so cruel that he wants us all to die here and be buried with him!" The fat man couldn't help but curse.

Old Hu said unhappily, "You are the one who messed with the things, right?"

The fat man said aggrievedly, "I don't know either. I just touched the mural and it actually triggered the mechanism in the tomb?"

Jiang Hua said in a deep voice, "Don't worry about that for now. We must quickly solve the mechanism, otherwise the mercury will flow more and more and we will be submerged in the mercury."

"That's right. Moreover, if we stay in a mercury environment for a long time, our skin will absorb mercury vapor and cause a poisoning reaction." Shirley Yang also said.

"Then let's find a solution now!"

The fat man shouted hurriedly.

He doesn't want to die in here.

Jiang Hua said to Hu Bayi: "Old Hu, if we want to crack the mechanism of this tomb, we two must work together."

"Well, Jiang Hua, you decide what to do, and I will cooperate with you." Hu Bayi nodded seriously.

Jiang Hua pointed to the star map above and said, "There must be some inexplicable connection between this star map and Hun Tian Yi."

"Just now, after the fat man touched the mechanism, I noticed that the star map above seemed to be activated and began to rotate counterclockwise."

"So I guess that in order to crack this mechanism, we must make the star map move to a specific orbit, and this armillary sphere should be the controller that controls the star map."

"I will turn the armillary sphere in a moment, and you, Old Hu, will observe the changes in the star map to see what orbit the mechanism will reach before it can stop."

"Well, I will definitely try my best."

Old Hu nodded seriously at Jiang Hua.

Jiang Hua walked to the armillary sphere without saying a word, took a deep breath, looked at the star pattern on the instrument, and reached out to turn it.

Kaka-

There were constant sounds coming from the armillary sphere, and as it rotated, the star map above was also changing.

Lao Hu is constantly observing the changes in the stars.

Shirley Yang and the fat man on the side were also looking at the star map nervously.

See the astrological chart change.

The fat man said excitedly: "Haha, this star map is rotating clockwise, has the mechanism been cracked?"

Shirley Yang was a little speechless and said: "Fatty, you think too well."

"This star map cannot be deciphered by simply rotating it clockwise."

"You have touched the mechanism. Now you can't stop unless we can find the correct tomb door."

"what?"

The fat man was a little dumbfounded.

He really thought this star map was simple!