Chapter 220 - Chapter 220: Chapter 172: Why is it exactly the same as described in the novel? (5000-word chapter) (1/2)
Chapter 220: Chapter 172: Why is it exactly the same as described in the novel? (5000-word chapter)
“A novel?”
Old Yao was taken aback again.
Even Professor Qi, who had dabbled in Feng Shui, couldn’t help but frown.
If Qin Sisi had claimed she learned everything from a novel before she answered, he would have scoffed at it.
Who takes novels as truth?
Naturally, a novel is fictional.
But Qin Sisi’s answer was verbatim, precise, and correct; she even knew about the disruption in the transmission of the Touch Gold Captain’s Sixteen Maxims and the missing Yin-Yang Technique parts.
That was something only a few in the tomb-robbing lineage knew.
Qin Sisi nodded: “Yes.”
Old Yao turned to ask Professor Qi, beginning with, “Qin just mentioned those sixteen words; are they real?”
“Ahem.”
Professor Qi cleared his throat, his expression returned to calm, and then he spoke, “Those sixteen words are real, but Qin probably only understands part one, not part two.”
“Please enlighten me,” Qin Sisi respectfully said to the professor.
Old Yao too leaned in, ready to listen to the professor’s lecture.
Professor Qi’s face glowed with anticipation, thrilled by the archaeology team members’ eagerness to learn, and he couldn’t resist starting to share:
“As Miss Qin just said, the Yin-Yang part is lost, leaving only the Feng Shui component. You often hear a few rhymes.”
“—Seek the dragon, divide the gold, observing the entwining mountains, each layer of entwining signifies a barrier; if a gate appears with eight dangerous intricacies, it won’t be without the form of Yin, Yang, and the Eight Trigrams.”
“Do you understand the meaning of that?”
Having said that, Professor Qi looked at everyone.
Old Yao and the others shook their heads, indicating they didn’t understand.
Qin Sisi glanced at Professor Qi, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
Seeing everyone’s puzzled faces, Professor Qi laughed, “Captain Yao, you need to strengthen training in this area.”
Old Yao chuckled: “That seems appropriate.”
Professor Qi continued, “This rhyme is not a fabrication by tomb raiders out of thin air; it comes from Yang Junsong, a Feng Shui master of the Tang Dynasty, from the work ‘Shaking Dragon Scripture.’ In fact, the real meaning of these phrases is to describe the internal structure of an ancient tomb.”
“Oh?” Old Yao’s eyebrows raised in curiosity.
Professor Qi raised his hand, gesturing as he laughed, “Captain Yao, you’ve been to quite a few great tombs, you should know that in the great tombs there are layers upon layers of walls; these walls are like barriers. Once you break through these barriers, you can see the VIPs inside the tomb – that’s exactly what is meant.”
Old Yao suddenly understood, repeatedly saying, “I see, I’ve learned something new.”
“Some novels in the outside world portray this sentence as something incredible, which is somewhat biased,” Professor Qi said with a chuckle.
At this moment.
He glanced at Qin, who had eagerly answered before, and casually asked, “Miss Qin, do you have a different opinion?”
Qin Sisi looked a bit troubled, glanced at Professor Qi, and then at Old Yao.
Old Yao nodded at her.
Then Professor Qi said, “Miss Qin, treat this as an academic exchange; if you’re wrong, no one will blame you.”