Chapter 707

This object is the only one of its kind in the world; once destroyed, it can never be restored.

More importantly, the seven of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon are indispensable.

Su Xuan was also not sure if rashly destroying one of them could crack the secret of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, so he still did not take that risk, choosing instead to slowly crack the object.

On the side of the bronze box, in the middle of the gear-shaped star pattern, there was a protruding circular button. It was like the combination lock of a safe in later generations. Su Xuan carefully recalled the music he had heard from the Phantom Sound Box earlier and began to try to input the password to open the bronze box.

This process was actually not troublesome.

It was not only because the Yin-Yang School had studied the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon deeply, but also because Su Xuan was proficient in many strange techniques and arts; he was not without understanding of those methods of Qi Men Dun Jia. He was quite proficient in their mathematical principles and mysteries, especially since he was skilled in the art of "Star Numbers," which is far more mysterious than the Yin-Yang School's astrology laws.

Astrology laws, in the original work, were an important technique for cracking the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon.

Su Xuan understood the "Star Numbers," which are more powerful than astrology laws, and using them to comprehend the secret of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, it didn't take long for him to understand the secret.

Although the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon are widely circulated in the world and contain extremely deep secrets, when it comes down to it, they are just seven password boxes.

After obtaining the "Phantom Sound Box," the key object for cracking the password, it was no longer a difficult problem for Su Xuan to crack this object.

Before long, all seven boxes were opened.

Before opening the boxes, Su Xuan had guessed what was hidden inside, but when he truly saw clearly what was inside, he was stunned.

It was only because what was hidden in the seven boxes were seven pieces of turtle shell.

And the turtle shells were broken.

This made Su Xuan somewhat surprised.

He took out the seven pieces of turtle shell, and after touching them with his own hands, he felt the extraordinary nature of these turtle shells. On the turtle shells, there seemed to be a unique power contained within, a power that made them incomparably sturdy, almost immortal.

Coupled with the sturdy bronze boxes containing these objects, presumably the creator of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon had already planned for this object to circulate in the world for hundreds or thousands of years; otherwise, there was no reason for it to be so sturdy.

Su Xuan carefully examined the turtle shells and discovered that there were many patterns on the back of the broken turtle shells. These patterns were not naturally formed but were engraved by people later on.

He placed the seven pieces of turtle shell together and pieced them together.

Immediately, they formed a complete turtle shell.

On the back of the turtle shell, the patterns wound around, forming an incomparably mysterious map, and on the map, some tiny characters were also written.

Those were extremely ancient characters.

Su Xuan carefully identified them and recognized some of the content on them, which were surprisingly characters like "Penglai, Fangzhang, Yingzhou."

"The three fairy mountains overseas, so, is this a sea chart?"

Su Xuan was somewhat surprised, and immediately, he couldn't help but examine this turtle shell.

"Don't tell me this turtle shell is the shell of the legendary Great Ao?"

Su Xuan muttered to himself.

Mentioning the three fairy mountains overseas, he first thought of the legendary story of Longbo fishing for the Ao. It is said that in the original eastern sea area, there were a total of five fairy mountains. The roots of these five fairy mountains were not connected, and they often moved up and down following the waves of the tide, never stable for a moment.

Gods and sages all hated this, so they reported it to the Heavenly Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor, fearing that the fairy mountains would drift to the western extreme and break the balance of heaven and earth, causing the residents of the fairy mountains to lose their homes, sent Yu Qiang, the god of the North Sea, to drive fifteen giant Ao, divided into five groups, to support the fairy mountains with their heads. In the blink of an eye, sixty thousand years had passed, and the five fairy mountains began to stabilize and no longer drift. However, there was a giant in the country of Longbo who lifted his feet and reached the place where these five divine mountains were in a few steps. With one hook, he caught six giant Ao. Because the giant of Longbo country caught the six Ao, it caused "Daiyu" and "Yuanqiao" to lose the giant Ao that carried the mountains, and they drifted to the North Pole and sank into the vast ocean. From then on, only three fairy mountains remained.

In the "Chu Ci - Heavenly Questions" written by Qu Yuan of the State of Chu, this was even questioned: "The Ao carried the mountains, where did they go?"

It can be seen that this legend has been circulating in the world for a long time.

Seeing the words for the three fairy mountains overseas on the sea chart on the turtle shell, and coupled with the fact that it was a turtle shell, Su Xuan couldn't help but think of this.

Immediately, he shook his head. How could this be the turtle shell of a Great Ao? A Great Ao can carry mountains, and its volume must be much larger. This is just an ordinary turtle shell.

"However, I didn't expect that the three fairy mountains overseas actually exist!"

Regarding the fact that the treasure of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon is hidden on the sea, he was not surprised. After all, in the original work, the Yin-Yang School used the power of the State of Qin to build the incomparably huge Mirage, all for the sake of going out to sea.

The only thing Su Xuan is truly curious about now is whether these three fairy mountains are fairy mountains where gods truly live, or... some islands given the name of fairy mountains?

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For example, some island nation?

"But even with the sea chart, wanting to find the location of the fairy mountains is not an easy thing!"

Su Xuan recognized the reality again.

If the fairy mountains refer to some island nation, that would be fine; the fear is that what it refers to are truly fairy mountains in the real sense.

The latter seems incredible, but in reality, there is still this possibility.

The main reason is the "Huang Shi Heavenly Book" and the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden" who left this heavenly book in the human world. Through the Huang Shi Heavenly Book, Su Xuan caught a glimpse of the image of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden from the past. He can be very sure that the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden is not a creature of this world but an existence that broke through the realm. Judging from the various methods she displayed, she is very likely a true... Immortal!

Since there are true Immortals, the existence of fairy mountains is not something that cannot be understood.

After looking carefully at the sea chart on the back of this turtle shell again, Su Xuan slowly put it away.

Although the sea chart is very exquisite, wanting to find the three fairy mountains overseas pointed to by the sea chart is not that easy.

Because a crucial thing is still missing.

Through the characters on the turtle shell, he had roughly guessed what this final thing was.

The supreme treasure of Shushan—the divine tree Fusang!