He was completely imrsed in the interpretation of the secret symbols of the ancient inkstone at that mont, not noticing that there were a dozen others in the sa situation as him.
And these dozen individuals were without exception the most distinguished figures in Yunjiang Prefecture.
Take Cui Yunqi for example, when the smoke above the ancient inkstone rose and condensed into a ring with secret symbols, his response was actually more intense than Zhou Zhuo’s.
Cui Yunqi never expected that the secret hidden within the ancient inkstone, which had been gathering dust in his ho for ten years, would turn out to be these secret symbols —
Symbols so similar to the puzzle he had once encountered in the Star Array!
It was precisely that problem which shattered Cui Yunqi’s Dao Heart.
And Chen Xu... right, what about Chen Xu?
Could he solve the secrets within it once again?
Unable to resist, Cui Yunqi glanced at Chen Xu. There he was, sitting cross-legged by the andering stream, not even standing up, just slightly raising his head and gazing at the halo and ring in the sky.
Cui Yunqi observed the others around him.
Most of the foolish onlookers had bewildered expressions, understanding nothing, rely caught up in the spectacle.
They were completely unaware of the opportunity hidden within the secret symbols of the ancient inkstone, and so were even discussing it, urging.
From the mountain path ca clamorous voices: "What’s going on? Why has everyone gone silent?"
"Ah, isn’t that Liu Xi crying injustice and pleading for rescue? Why has he stopped crying halfway through? Will he be saved or not? It’s enough to drive a person frantic!"
"His face has been changed, and his identity is no longer his own. Truly pathetic. How will he prove he is who he claims to be?"
"How do we know he’s not lying? Is he really Liu Xi?"
"Oh, right..."
"I don’t know why, but I’m afraid to think deeply about this. The more I think about it, the more terrifying it seems."
anwhile, by the andering stream, others were comnting:
"Mr. Shu Yun’s ancient inkstone is indeed bizarre. In my opinion, this puzzle doesn’t test knowledge, but rather luck."
"Ignorant!" soone retorted, "Look at those in the field, imrsed with unusual expressions; aren’t they all renowned talents of Yunjiang Prefecture?
Claiming the puzzle doesn’t test knowledge? What a laughable ignorance."
"You... indeed are sothing. With such keen insight, why don’t we place a bet on who might ultimately erge the victor in this contest?"
"What, you’re challenging to a gamble?" Peng Xuan smiled, "I bet it’s either Chen Xu or Zhou Zhuo."
"Why didn’t you choose Brother Cui? Aren’t you always on good terms with Cui Yunqi?"
"Brother Cui was the top scorer in the last court examination. With such grace and composure, how could he compete with newcors?"
"Chen Xu’s deanor is too casual. I heard he’s from an ordinary family, not even considered a humble scholar.
The puzzle might be just as inscrutable to him as it is to us common folk, so how could he solve it?
Peng Xuan, there’s indeed a gap between top scorers, so don’t place too much faith in the title of top scorer!"
...
The cacophony made Cui Yunqi’s ears ring and his vision blur.
He forcibly reined in his scattered senses, compelling himself to focus all his attention on the luminous halo in the sky.
Yes, he, Cui Yunqi, was once a top scorer, a distinguished figure in Yunjiang.
How could he completely lose his spirit because of this?
In that Star Array, he got trapped by a peculiar geotric puzzle. After returning ho, he had passionately sought out similar problems countless tis.
He had also spent countless tis in silent study, focusing his mind in a dark room.
So why not seize the mont here to redeem his past sha?
In the halo, the flowing lines twisted left and right, connecting and overlapping.
They seed to exist in this world yet also belonged to the boundless universe, elevating one’s divine thought in an instant.
Cui Yunqi saw lightning and thunder, the genesis of all things;
Zhou Zhuo saw the autumn harvest and winter’s latent energy;
Ningyu Studio saw interwoven threads amidst torrential rain;
And as for Wei Song, he too saw, witnessing a dark fla buried deep underground, struggling to break through every crevice!
Chen Xu sat in place, slightly raising his head.
He saw a vast sea of stars, with the sun and moon revolving, stars rising and falling, ti erasing and changing the world.
There was also a seed crossing mountains, riding with the free wind to land on a sheer cliff.
Undaunted, it struggled to take root.
Storing water when rain ca, absorbing energy under sunlight, lying dormant and waiting amid the wind, growing silently in darkness...
Until one mont, it broke through layers of rock pressure, spreading its branches and bearing fruit on the cliff!
So, what was it truly?
It was infinite possibilities, but at this mont, it condensed into a rune before Chen Xu’s eyes:
Life!
The Rune of Universal Creation—
It was a rune capable of endowing plants with spirituality, allowing them to beco spiritual materials!
No, not just this one rune, there was also a second.
In the halo, the twisting curves nad as topology, which Chen Xu knew from a high-level scientific field in his previous world chasing the truth of the heavens and earth.
But now that he thought about it, wasn’t science just another form of mysticism?
In the current Mythical Realm, mysterious topology revealed its roots, twisted and transford, gaining the na "Talisman!"
Chen Xu rembered the first "Universal Creation Rune."
Soon he rembered the second: the Spirit-imbued Fate-Tying Talisman.
And a third on the brink of rapid transformation: the Truth Discerning Talisman.
So the Ancient Inkstone Puzzle was about talismans hidden within the inkstone?
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