Chapter 4: The Nine Kings of ?āriputra
Their position sank about one meter, and Luo Xi Ling discovered that it was not the entire ground that sank, but a brick. Before Luo Xi Ling could figure out why, Xiao Xia suddenly let out a sharp cry, and Luo Xi Ling only then discovered that about two meters below their feet was a pool of water, with dozens of man-eating piranhas' heads bursting out of the surface, their teeth razor-sharp and terrifying to behold.
Why did only one brick fall down? Did they just happen to step on the mechanism? But this mechanism was obviously not deadly, otherwise they would have fallen into the pool long ago.
"Xiaoxia, stay here and don't move! This time you really have to listen, or else you'll be eaten by those man-eating piranhas down there!"
Looking at those starving piranhas, Xiao Xia really didn't dare disobey Lu Xi Ling's orders this time.
Luoxi Zero suddenly jumped up and grabbed the ground above with both hands, then climbed up. When Xia thought Luoxi Zero would take her along, he ran away instead.
"Xī Líng!" Anxious Xia Xia hurriedly called out, and in less than ten seconds, another brick suddenly fell down. On that brick, Xia Xia found Xī Líng who had fallen together with it.
"Xi Ling, what are you doing?"
"I suspect this is an array, the brick design has high and low levels for a reason. I'll get the array out first and then study it slowly." With that, Lu Xi Ling climbed up again, continuing to "step" on the bricks one by one.
Each tile is about eighty by eighty centimeters in size. After Lakshya Zero brought down nine tiles, the others were silent.
Nine, this sensitive number made Luo Xi zero think of the nine kings who had become monks in this land.
Taking a closer look, the ups and downs of the stairs are all irregular. Is it possible that the reason for this irregularity is related to the king? Luo Xi Ling drew out all the brick patterns on the ground, then marked out the nine descending bricks.
Luo Xi Ling discovered that the falling bricks are in the 2nd row, 2nd grid; 8th row, 8th grid; 9th row, 9th grid; 11th row, 11th grid; 13th row, 13th grid; 14th row, 14th grid; 15th row, 15th grid; 16th row, 16th grid and 17th row, 17th grid. These numbers are the nine dynasties of the Dali Kingdom's emperors who became monks.
The second-generation king, Duan Siying, was accused of being excessively lustful and was later deposed and made a monk. Compared to him, he must have been full of resentment in his heart, even if he became a ghost, he might not be willing to reincarnate. So Luo Xi Ling jumped up again and looked at the second row and second column. Luo Xi Ling found that he had slightly learned how to concentrate his spiritual energy, so he gathered his spiritual energy in his eyes and discovered that there was a hidden pattern on the surface of the brick in the second row and second column! It was an ancient font, looking like the character "Ying". So Luo Xi Ling jumped onto the brick in the second row and second column again, bit his finger, and used fresh blood to reveal this hidden pattern.
Suddenly, a statue emerged from the surface of the floor tiles, sending Lu Xi flying backward in surprise!
"Xi Ling——" Seeing Luo Xi Zero being forced into the pond, Xiao Xia was suddenly scared out of her wits!
Agile Roxas swiftly hugged the idol and stood in the narrow gap of just a few centimeters.
Luoxi Zero, who had just gone through a tribulation, was not afraid at all. First, he let Xiaohua return to the upper layer, then jumped onto the other eight earth tiles one after another, dyeing the hidden patterns with fresh blood.
Nine divine statues appeared one after another, but when the last statue rose up, a strange-smelling smoke screen suddenly spread out from all sides, making it difficult for them to breathe.
"Oh no! Are these gases poisonous? I feel so weak all over!" Xia shouted anxiously.
Lu Xi Ling could also feel it, these gases were causing his body to weaken rapidly, but he knew that he had to pull himself together at this time, otherwise both he and Xiao Xia would likely die here.
Nine declining brick tiles looked indeed the same as the nine dynasties of kings, but when Luo Xi Zero took a closer look, he found that except for the second king Duansiying, the names on the chests of the other gods did not match their respective dynasties. First, in the eighth row and eighth column, the god should have belonged to the eighth king Duansulung, but instead, there was an inscription with a single character "Yu", which meant that this god actually belonged to the sixteenth king Duanyu.
Luoxi Zero shielded his breath, jumped onto the statue, and used all his spiritual energy to move the position of the tiles. The statues of Duan Sulong and Duan Yu were swapped, and the smoke screen actually decreased significantly! Seeing this, Luoxi Zero immediately made an effort to move the other incorrectly positioned statues.
Nine statues returned to their respective places, the smoke screen completely disappeared, but the ground suddenly shattered, and Lu Xi Ling and Xiao Xia, who were caught off guard, both fell into a pond filled with man-eating piranhas!
Xia subconsciously hugged Luo Xi Ling tightly, her heart stopping in shock. Although Luo Xi Ling tried his best to squeeze out his spiritual energy to protect them, he was now exhausted from using too much force earlier. As the devouring fish swarmed towards them, Luo Xi Ling, whose soul had also left his body, closed his eyes and waited for the moment of death, when suddenly a seven-colored light burst forth from the dark pond!
The two of them simultaneously opened their eyes, but found themselves surrounded by nine colorful small stones.
Are these the relics of the nine kings? The idea immediately flashed into Luo Xi's mind, but when he wanted to reach out and touch them, the pond quickly receded, and the two were swept away by the rushing water to a strange forest. When they turned their heads to look for the result, they found that all around was forest, and there was no sign of the three towers of Chongsheng Temple!
