Five, nine Wang palace, abdicate and return pearl

  They stood in this deep mountain and dense forest, unable to find a sense of security anymore. Although it was only noon now, the eerie and mysterious atmosphere made people feel gloomy.

  Lu Xi Ling felt that he shouldn't have gotten involved in these matters from the start. He found that they had entered a huge trap and were sinking deeper and deeper.

  Helpless, they still have to move forward, searching for a way out of survival.

  The end of the dense forest was only a few hundred meters away, but they were even more unwilling to accept this end, because it turned out to be a cliff. Xia Xiao stood far away and didn't dare to get close, but there was no way forward, so Lu Xi Ling had to bravely walk to the front of the cliff to see if there was another way out.

  If it weren't for coming to the edge of the cliff, Luoxi Zero wouldn't have dared to believe that below was actually a piece of golden palace! It's said to be a piece because below were actually several palaces lined up, Luoxi Zero counted them and found there were exactly nine, could it be related to the nine great kings of Dalu?

  No matter what, this might be the only way out, so Lu Xi Zero decided to take a brave dash.

  The two tied the vines on the tree to a big tree and then slowly fell to the ground tens of meters below.

  Although it was impossible to take in the entire palace at a glance, Luo Xi Ling knew he wasn't mistaken based on the names outside the halls. They first entered the first segment of Siying's palace - Ying Hall.

  Xiaoxia quickly walked around the palace, which wasn't very large in area, and returned with a disappointed look on her face. "How is there no exit? Are we going to be trapped here forever?"

  Lu Xi took out the nine sarira from his pants pocket and analyzed: "Sarira is different from the bones of ordinary dead people. Its shape changes, with round shapes, lotus flowers, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas; it also has various colors, some like agate, crystal; some are transparent, some shine brightly, some are like diamonds. And these nine sarira should belong to the nine kings. The blue flower vase, black Buddha, green leaf, gray knife, yellow star, brown tower, purple hairpin, white round shape, and golden dragon. Is the disappearance of the three towers of Chongsheng Temple trying to make us return the nine grains of sarira to their true place? Let's try it out, or we might find the answer."

  Xiaoxia regained her determination and ventured deeper into the palace once again.

  The design of the English palace is almost as they imagined, with a pearl palace and a jade throne, but the area is relatively small. Except for the front yard, there are no other layouts, and a small palace has been arranged with furniture such as beds and desks. Duan Siying is an extremely dissolute and incompetent person, and there is no screen to block the dragon bed in front of it, and clothes are scattered all over the floor.

  Lu Xi picked up a bellyband and smiled mischievously, "So ancient underwear was semi-transparent, it seems that people in ancient times were quite romantic!"

  "Pervert! What kind of situation are we in now? Still peeking at women's underwear, you're a dead pervert! Look, Guanyin is staring at you right here!" Xiaxia scolded Luoxi zero with the nearby Guanyin statue.

  Known as the vampire delinquent, Rakushou Zero didn't even bother to look at it, but when he glanced over the Guanyin statue, his gaze couldn't help but turn back.

  "This Guanyin... " Lu Xi Ling curiously walked to the front of the Guanyin statue, pointing at her left hand, "This Guanyin's right hand is holding a willow branch, so her left hand should be supporting a lotus pot, but here her left hand is empty."

  "Could it be——" Xiaohua looked at Luoxiao Zero with excitement, and immediately took out the blue flower vase, placing it in Guanyin's left hand. The originally uneven base of the vase suddenly merged seamlessly with Guanyin's hand, and this phenomenon made the two people suddenly enlightened, confirming their direction.

  The two then came to Duan Sulong's Long Temple to look for clues. Duan Sulong was not pleased with the king, and he abdicated as a monk. His palace was very unique, if they hadn't seen the sign outside the door, they would have thought they had entered a Buddhist holy land.

  There was an altar for worshiping gods and Buddhas in the center of the palace, which was simple and unadorned, with only some Buddhist decorations and no bed. This immediately made Luo Xi think of that black Buddha-shaped relic, but there was already a large Buddha statue here, what did this relic represent?

  "I've heard a phrase that goes 'Buddha in the heart, Buddha everywhere', I wonder if it has anything to do with this sarira?" Xia's words shocked him out of his reverie.

  "This is after all the palace of Duan Sulong, how could it not even have his bed?" Luoxi's lips curled into a smile, full of confidence as he walked towards the Buddha statue. "The answer is - Duan Sulong has become a monk and attained Buddhahood!"

  Luoxi zero put the Buddha-shaped sarira in the heart position of the Buddha statue, and the two really combined together!

  Then they arrived at Duan Sutong's true temple, and they split up to search for things, with each person in charge of four items.

  There is no detailed record of Duan Suzhen in history, so it's hard to find any characteristics. Lu Xi Ling found that the front yard of the temple was full of flowers and thought of the sarira bead that looked like a leaf, but searching for the missing leaf among hundreds of flowers was indeed a laborious task. After careful consideration, although the logic is the same as before, the previous method was not so cumbersome, did he reason incorrectly?

  Luo Xi Ling fell into confusion, her eyes scanning around, wanting to find new clues.

  Suddenly, Luo Xi zero was attracted by a classical ceramic fish tank, not because of its exquisite craftsmanship, but because this desolate place, the fish tank was spotless, and the goldfish had just jumped out of the water!

  People who raise fish in this kind of ceramic tank often like to put a flower or a leaf on the water surface as decoration, does that mean the leaf belongs to the tank?

  As soon as Luo Xi thought of this, he immediately put Ye Zi's relic in the water. The relic miraculously fixed itself in the center of the water and couldn't be taken out no matter what.

  The fourth section of the temple was built during the 31-year reign of Duan Sili, but at that time, the country was in a state of turmoil. Gao Zhichang held great power with his meritorious service and dominated the court. Duan Sili was unable to quell the rebellion, and in 1063, the noble Yang Yunxian launched a rebellion. Duan Sili was powerless to suppress it and had to request Gao Zhichang to send troops. It seems that the weapon rack inside the temple was meant to symbolize the war situation at the time, but surprisingly, there were no weapons on the wooden rack. Seeing this, Luoxi zero placed a knife-shaped relic on the weapon rack.

  The small relic stood upright in the gap between the shelves, making Luo Xi Ling believe that she had not misjudged.

  The two then arrived at the fifth segment of Shouhui's Huidian. The interior of the palace was no different from that of an ordinary imperial palace, with the same magnificence and splendor as Afang Palace. What was strange, however, was a landscape painting hanging on the wall, which was dull and somber, and did not match the luxury of the bedroom.

  This time even Xiaxia noticed the problem, "Will the answer be in that painting?"

  Lu Xi nodded and continued, "After Duan Shouhui ascended to the throne, he was often anxious. That year, the sun and moon shone together during the day, and the stars were visible at dawn. Duan Shouhui thought it was a sign from heaven, so he became a monk. But this painting depicts a dusk scene, yet there is no sun or moon in the sky."

  Luoxi zero put the crescent-shaped sarira in the sky of the painting, and they really merged into one.

  Next is the sixth palace, which belongs to Duan Zhengming's Ming Hall. As soon as Xia stepped into the palace, she was shocked by the high piles of memorials on the desk, "After seeing the palaces of the previous few kings, this one still looks the most decent!"

  "Duan Zhengming was a good king, he was a kind and frugal person, so the palace is relatively simple. He was also a politician when he was alive." Lu Xi Ling walked to the desk and found an open memorial. The memorial seemed to have been placed there for a long time, covered with dust, but the position where the seal had not been stamped yet was clean, with a shape like the bottom of a pagoda.

  Seeing this, Xiaoxia immediately excitedly pulled out the tower-shaped relic from Lu Xi's pocket and placed it in that position.

  Xiaoxia's slender hand suddenly attacked the sensitive edge, making Lu Xi zero numb all over, and the young man couldn't help but hold Xiaoxia in his arms and kiss that tender and tempting mouth like cherry blossom petals.

  Xiaoxia puffed out her chest and pushed away the overbearing hug, pouting and complaining: "We're still in a life-or-death situation, how can you be in the mood for this kind of thing!"

  "Who told you to tease me! Remember, this is a warning!" Luo Xi's fingers lightly placed on Xiao Xia's lips, swiftly sweeping across like an electric current.

  Xiaoxia stuck out her tongue and deliberately turned away, hiding a sweet smile.

  The seventh palace is Duan Zhengchun's Chun Palace, where Duan Zhengchun deeply loves his wife. Inside the palace, there is a dressing table with complete decorations and cosmetics, but it lacks a hairpin. The two return the hairpin to its original owner and then enter the eighth palace, which belongs to Duan Yu.

  They fought more bravely, but grew increasingly anxious. Only the white circular and golden dragon remained, because of their fame and TV dramas, they all thought that the dragon belonged to Duan Yu, but Duan Yu's palace was nothing special, although he was diligent in government affairs, his desk had no unusual features, except for thinking that he was the son of the dragon, Lu Xingzi really couldn't think of anything else related to him.

  The two of them fumbled around in the temple until they were both physically and mentally exhausted. Xiaoye lazily sat down on the bed, suggesting: "Why don't we go to Emperor Duan Zhengxing's palace first? Our minds are currently blocked by this dragon, so it's probably hard for us to think of an answer for now."

  Luoxi zero also agreed with Xiaxia's statement and went to Xing Temple.

  "What's so special about this Zhēng Xīng again?" Little Xia asked anxiously.

  "Duan Zhengxing's history has no special records, I only know that he used five year numbers, including Yongzheng, Dabao, Longxing, Shengming and Jiande." Lu Xi Ling was also at a loss this time.

  "These names don't seem to give any hints, except for Long Xing." Xiaxia let out a casual inference, "The carvings here are the same as those in other palaces, all with dragon carvings, but this one is not special. Could it be that the dragon of Long Xing should be placed before the 'Xing' character in Xing Palace?"

  Xiaoxia's words shocked Lu Xizero again, and he immediately ran out of the hall to find that the layout of the two characters "Xingdian" on the plaque was not harmonious. There was an obvious mismatched space in front of the character "Xing". So Lu Xizero took a risk and placed the dragon-shaped relic in front of the character "Xing", and it miraculously enlarged, turning into a carving that matched the two characters "Xingdian" perfectly.

  "Dragon unexpectedly belongs to Duan Zhengxing, then what's the relationship between the round thing and Duan Yu?" Xia Xia held up the round relic with a look of distress, when suddenly a beam of light shot straight into her eyes, forcing her to turn away. But to her surprise, the relic in her hand was sucked away by the sun!

  Duan Yu was the most outstanding among the nine kings, could he be implying that the sun is the most important thing in nature?

  Having completed their task, both of them let out a sigh of relief at the same time. The nine sarira recombined and flew onto Luo Xi's head!

  Just as Luo Xi Ling thought the exit would present itself to them, the heavens and earth suddenly underwent a violent tremor!

  The crust burst instantly, and the two immediately stretched out their hands to catch each other, but the speed at which they fell downwards was too fast, they were unable to touch each other's hands, falling separately into the dark abyss.