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Longshui, Xu Shan's newly rented residence, Xu Shan closed the door and locked himself in the house.

Light a lamp and open the human skin book.

The characters on this human skin book are very mixed, some are in mixed seal script, some are in official script, and some are in regular script.

Almost every page is not a font.

There are indeed some spells recorded on it, but Xu Shan seems to think that this spell is not a real spell, but a kind of science.

For example, there is a chapter that says that by adding iron powder to mithril and lighting it with silver-like strips, it will be as brilliant as fireworks and can melt gold.

From the understanding of a modern person who has studied chemistry, this thing should be recorded as a thermite reaction.

This is not a spell at all.

In addition, there are some records similar to Daoyin Shu and Hehuan Shu. Xu Shan has never tried these things and does not know whether they are true or false. On the contrary, practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Xu Shan also plans to Give it a try later.

He then turned back and read page after page. Among them were some methods of making poisons and some methods of drawing talismans to summon gods. These were not things that Xu Shan was interested in.

The reason why he risked going to the tomb to obtain this human skin book was because it was said to contain the art of reincarnation.

He also wants to solve the mystery of his own rebirth.

But until he turned to the last page, he didn't find the so-called art of reincarnation. He only found a map on the last page. The map was very neatly drawn, compared with the map Shi Yao gave him. When I got up, it was like the sky was in the sky and the earth was in the same place.

This map marks many place names in Longshui, and among these place names, a large number of place names are surrounding the bamboo sea, including Changshengqiao Village, Shenghu Temple, Zhulin Temple, in front of the temple, and in front of the temple. Wait for this kind of village later.

There are also some place names that Xu Shan does not know at all. It is estimated that these place names existed in ancient times and have long since ceased to exist. Although there have been no changes in the past few hundred years, generally speaking Population migration, plague, or war can easily cause a village to disappear.

Just like Xujia Village, there used to be a place called Pengjia, located in Xujia Village, and Xujia Village also had a place called Xujiawu, where the ancestors of Xujia Village lived.

In other words, the current Xujia Village was actually the Peng family, and the ancestors of the Xu family were originally immigrants from Pengjia Village. However, a plague later wiped out the Peng family, and the Xu family ancestors luckily escaped. A plague has spread here.

Hence the present Xujiacun.

And Pengjiacun disappeared into the long river of history.

In the past few hundred years, it is estimated that many villages have encountered this situation. After all, at that time, science was underdeveloped and medical conditions were limited. Coupled with floods, fires, and wars, the average life span of people in those days was estimated to be Under 40 years old.

In fact, not only was the average life expectancy at that time less than 39 years old, even in the Republic of China, the average life expectancy was only 51 years old. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the average life expectancy only rose to 70 years old. In later generations, the average life expectancy has exceeded [-] years old. In the past, it was said that it was rare for people to reach seventy, but in later generations, it has become not uncommon for people to reach seventy.

Now Xu Shan looked at the map, but he was confused. He didn't know what this map meant.

You could say it's a treasure map, but no one has marked the address where the treasure is hidden.

You could say that this thing is a territorial map, but it seems a bit too small. It’s just a sea of ​​bamboo. How can we build a country?

As for the so-called reincarnation spell mentioned before, it is even more unreliable, but Xu Shan also felt that this map must have a hidden meaning.You must know that this kind of map is just like the scene in a later American TV series Prison Break. It was tattooed on the body while alive.

And how much pain it would be to tattoo such a large area of ​​map. If this map is meaningless, who would be so full that they would tattoo this kind of map on themselves?

Moreover, the name of this human-skin heavenly book is so big that it scares people. This is a heavenly book.

Although the things recorded earlier are not very reliable in the eyes of modern people, in the eyes of ancient people, they are probably powerful spells and heavenly books. Therefore, the most important map at the end must have its meaning.

Now it’s time to unravel the meaning of this picture.

But if you want to unravel a map that existed hundreds of years ago and break away from history, that is definitely not possible.

So Xu Shan decided to spend some time in the library of Longshui County, looking up information bit by bit, thoroughly understanding the past place names and past history of Zhuhai, and finding the key to cracking it.

When I went out, it started to rain lightly. The rain in the south of the Yangtze River made my clothes wet. Holding an umbrella at this time actually had no effect at all. At most, it only added some artistic conception.

Xu Shan came to Longshui Library, found the reading room where the county annals were stored, plunged in, and read the book without sleep or food.From morning until night, he didn't come out until the library closed. His stomach was growling. He went to a stall on the street and ate a bowl of hot wontons before the stall closed. I went back to the rented courtyard, lay down on the bed, closed my eyes and started to review the books I read during the day.

His memory was astonishing, almost photographic, and he listed in detail the various changes in the place names of Zhuhai Town in the past, trying to figure out a clue. However, even though he tried hard to find the corresponding clues, this messy There are no clues to the place names, but they are as chaotic as stars, with no rules to follow at all.

In fact, this is the case with many things in the world. You may think that everything is in order, but the vast majority of things are actually irregular. There are only a handful of things that can be followed.

Once many people master certain laws, they think they have mastered the laws of the entire world and become arrogant. Such people are ridiculous.

Xu Shan thought about it but couldn't get in. At this time, sleepiness hit him and he fell into a drowsy sleep.

The next morning he went to the library again, and continued to check information and read books.I didn't come out until the evening, went to eat a bowl of wontons, then went back to my apartment to sleep, reviewing what I had learned during the day, to see if I had gained anything.

However, I just messed around all day and got nothing.

This kind of effort lasted for four days. On the fifth day, Xu Shan had to stop his efforts to not hit the wall and never look back.

Because on this day, the Criminal Investigation Building received a case sent from above.