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Chapter 692

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In the quiet room, six bronze boxes were placed in front of Su Xuan.

In order to better trace the whereabouts of the last bronze box, Su Xuan even let Yan Lingji go back to the Yin-Yang School to take back Jing Ni's jade pendant again. He placed the jade pendant in the center of the six bronze boxes.

Then his gaze swept over the six bronze boxes one by one.

From the outside, these six bronze boxes were identical, with no difference. But if one looked carefully, there were actually some differences, which was that there were gear-like stars on the side of the bronze boxes. Several stars were linked together, jointly forming a star map. The star map on each box was different. If these star maps were connected, one could vaguely discover that they could form a dragon shape.

Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, Ji—seven constellations, seven different patterns, representing the dragon's horns, throat, front feet, chest, heart, tail, and the whirlwind formed by the tail's swaying of the Azure Dragon, respectively. The attributes are wood, metal, earth, sun, moon, fire, and water.

It is a pity that now, one is missing.

The missing one is exactly the "Xin" constellation representing the Wei Guo. The Canglong Seven Constellations are the seven constellations located in the eastern sky, so in the original work, the treasure referred to by the Canglong Seven Constellations is hidden in the eastern land.

From east to west, there are seven countries, which exactly correspond to the Canglong Seven Constellations. The Qin Guo is located in the westernmost land, corresponding to the "Ji" of the Canglong Seven Constellations. Ji represents the whirlwind formed by the dragon's tail swaying. A dragon can be large or small, can rise or hide, and its whereabouts are difficult to find. Therefore, if one wants to find the true form of the dragon, one can only start from the whirlwind formed by its tail swaying, find the whirlwind, and then determine the position of the dragon's tail to explore the true face of the dragon.

Back then, Eastern Emperor Taiyi chose the Qin Guo. Besides the Qin Guo having the ability to unify the world, I am afraid the most important reason was that this Canglong Seven Constellation of the Qin Guo is the key to finding the other Canglong Seven Constellations.

Su Xuan only understood this principle at this moment.

Of course, even if it was a bit late to understand, it didn't matter. After all, he had already found six boxes through his own methods.

Besides the "Ji" corresponding to the Qin Guo, the State of Chu corresponds to the tail. The attribute of the tail in the Canglong Seven Constellations is "fire." The State of Chu claimed to be the descendant of the Zhurong clan, so its attribute is fire. And the Wei Guo corresponds to "Xin." The Xin constellation represents the moon; the three stars of the slanted moon are Xin, which just happens to correspond. At the same time, the moon is the assistant minister, which is also the key to the Wei Guo producing many talents.

Well, of course, these are all because of linking the Canglong Seven Constellations with the seven countries from the perspective of metaphysics.

In fact, if one really wants to get to the bottom of it, these statements are not very reliable.

The reason is that there is a shameful country among the seven countries, which is the State of Han.

After the State of Han destroyed the State of Zheng, it never managed to find that Canglong Seven Constellation of the State of Zheng.

So saying that the Canglong Seven Constellations correspond to seven countries is actually just making up the numbers.

Continuing to look at the six bronze boxes in front of him, Su Xuan had many reveries. Immediately, he circulated his magic power and performed a Earthly Fiend Daoist technique.

The Daoist technique he performed this time is called—Star Calculation!

One can know fate by observing the celestial phenomena at night. As for the effect, it is somewhat similar to the Yin-Yang School's Astrology Law, but it is more mysterious than the Astrology Law. After all, this is a well-deserved Daoist technique.

In the original work, the Astrology Law is a key means for the Yin-Yang School to crack the Canglong Seven Constellations.

Even within the Yin-Yang School, there are very few people with talent for the Astrology Law. Therefore, they found Gao Yue, who had great talent for the Astrology Law, and tried to use Gao Yue's power to crack the Canglong Seven Constellations.

Su Xuan doesn't understand the Astrology Law, but he is proficient in Star Calculation and also possesses techniques like "Shooting Cover," "Knowing Time," and "Recognizing Earth." The technique of Shooting Cover is the principle of the I Ching and Eight Trigrams. Knowing Time is knowing the changes of the Heavenly Dao and the principles of the four seasons' operation. Plus, Recognizing Earth is the technique of geomancy and finding dragons. He can be said to be proficient in astronomy and geography. With the assistance of so many techniques, Su Xuan doesn't believe he can't find the whereabouts of the last bronze box.

Along with his magic power surging and blessing the six bronze boxes, vaguely, it seemed to activate some peculiar power contained inside the bronze boxes. Suddenly, the six star maps originally engraved on the bronze boxes flew out into the air, suspended in mid-air, forming a dragon-shaped pattern.

But this dragon-shaped pattern was incomplete. The reason is that this dragon has no heart.

Su Xuan flicked his finger, and his magic power flew into the jade pendant inherited from Wei Wuji. A breath that had been sleeping inside the jade pendant for I don't know how many years was suddenly aroused, and then responded to the dragon-shaped star map in the sky. Finally, it completed the heart of the dragon-shaped star map.

But if one looked carefully, one would find that this heart is illusory and not as real as the other star maps.

"I'd like to see where you are hiding!"

Su Xuan continued to deduce. He circulated his magic power to wrap the illusory "heart" and wanted to lock onto where it came from. Finally, the breath released by this "heart" merged with another faint breath in the distance.

Su Xuan determined where it came from.

"It's actually... in the direction of Nanshan?"

Su Xuan was very surprised.

He never imagined that the last box of the Canglong Seven Constellations, which he had been searching for for a long time and couldn't get, was hidden in Nanshan.

What is in Nanshan?

There is the Daoist School!

The Heaven and Man sects of the Daoist School are in Mount Taiyi, the main peak of Nanshan.

Then, is there anyone in the Daoist School related to the Wei Guo?

Su Xuan first thought of Qing Xuan. This loser wanted to assassinate him that day and was finally decisively executed by Mu Xuzi. Afterwards, it even caused a turmoil in the Man sect.

Qing Xuan's real name was Wei Wushang, which inevitably made Su Xuan think of that Lord Xinling, because Lord Xinling's name was Wei Wuji.

"So, is it related to him?"

"Although he is already dead, he hid the Canglong Seven Constellation box in the Daoist School?"

Su Xuan guessed.

Since he had already found the clue to the last bronze box, Su Xuan felt that, reasonably and emotionally, he had to go to the Daoist School again.

After all, a complete puzzle is only missing the last small piece. Giving up now is really a bit of a pity.

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