diskusbooks Chapter 206: Magic Cube. Imperial Master
Chapter 206: Magic Cube. Imperial Master
After drinking Zhang Xiangyun's blood, Hao Duanzhuang was not completely unconscious. He knew what Ye Shengxin wanted, and endured the pain and dug out a black lump as big as a thumb from his body.
"I can only give you this much. If I give you more, I will be unconscious for a long time," he said.
Ye Xingxin took the things and said with some emotion: "I didn't expect you to be so generous. I thought you could just give me something a little bigger than the rice grain."
Hao Duanzhuang: ...
Hao Duanzhuang didn't want to talk. He lay in the bronze mirror, curled up silently, and healed his wounds alone.
Just when they were short of some agricultural seeds to fill up the backpack that the embroiderer of the Ye Mansion had hastily made, the last game came.
This time, it was not the seven examiners, nor was it Master Tongshan who set the questions twice in a row, but each other who set the test questions.
Master Tongshan will choose one of the final winners of this game and give him a relic that has been enshrined by the successive abbots of Fo'an Temple for five hundred years.
Wearing this relic can prolong life and cure all diseases. If you are lucky, it will be even better.
All diseases are cured?
Ye Shengxin was very skeptical about the effect of the relic, but since he had seen several magical objects in this world, and knowing that Master Tongshan was not a charlatan, Ye Shengxin began to believe in the effect of the relic.
Thinking about how my grandmother occasionally suffers from leg pain and swollen throat these days, even though Sanchun Madam is taking care of her, the old lady is old and will always suffer. If she had the relic... Ye Shengxin pursed her lips, her eyes determined. She must work harder and must get the relic.
At this time, Zhou Huaijin came over with his friends, "Master Ye, Master Xu, have you thought of the competition topic for us Dongli?"
Speaking of this, Ye Sheng is confident, but she will not act arbitrarily and only use her own ideas.
She looked at the people around her to ask for their opinions, and saw four pairs of eyes staring at her, which made her a little dazed.
She tried asking, "What do you think?" Don't just look at me.
Xu Changyu: "Shengxin is flexible and I am willing to listen to you."
Zhang Hanyin: "Me too."
Wen Wenqin: "I think so too."
Qian Liao: "I do have an idea, but as Lord Xu said, perhaps Lord Ye's idea is better than mine." He looked willing to hear the details, which made Ye Shengxin's mouth twitch.
Well, since everyone is optimistic about her, she will not be polite, because she is so determined to get the relic.
Glancing at Su Yao who was smiling at her from the audience, Ye Xingxin said confidently, "Our problem here is the seven-order Rubik's Cube."
Zhou Huaijin didn't understand: "What is a Rubik's Cube?"
Ye Xingxin explained the rules of the Rubik's Cube and concluded: "Mr. Zhou, as long as you can restore the Rubik's Cube that we disrupted within one day, you will win."
Zhou Huaijin understood: "I understand. When will the magic cube be given to us?"
Ye Xingxin looked at Su Yao and said, "The examiner of this competition did not say that we cannot request external aid, nor did he limit the end time of the competition. I think he has given us the right to make the rules completely. In this case, the moment you get the Rubik's Cube, the competition will begin."
"it is good."
Xu Changyu: "I wonder what the question is, Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou Huaijin looked at Lord Sun Shuying, who had used the formation to help them travel quickly. Lord Sun stepped forward at the right time and said with a cupped hand, "Our test question is the formation."
"As long as the five of you can walk out of my formation circle within one day, you will win."
"Of course, before the formation is activated, you five can ask for help from outside, but after entering... you can only rely on your own abilities."
Formation?
This was a completely new area for any of them, and all five of them were at a loss.
Xu Changyu was embarrassed: "I wonder when this formation will be activated?"
"Master Ye needs time to make the Rubik's Cube. We set a deadline of seven days. If Master Ye hasn't delivered the item after seven days, we won't wait any longer."
Ye Xingxin assured: "We will do it as soon as possible."
After getting off the stage, Ye Shengxin took Su Yao and the four friends to the private room of the restaurant they had been to before. In the room, Emperor Jingming, Zhang Xiangyun and Cui Luoshan were waiting for them.
After everyone sat down, they all looked at Su Yao first. Ye Shengxin's attitude made it very clear that this woman might be able to make the Rubik's Cube they needed.
Su Yao can indeed make it. In the past, when she was under work pressure or unhappy, the Rubik's Cube was her tool to relieve her mood.
After more than ten years, she has become very good at manufacturing and assembling low-level Rubik's Cubes and restoring high-level Rubik's Cubes. If she had time to participate in Rubik's Cube competitions, she would definitely win first place.
Su Yao looked at everyone and said seriously: "I will hand over the design drawings of the Rubik's Cube to everyone before tonight. You just need to find a few skillful carpenters."
"With the help of these people, if we seize the time, we can polish the Rubik's Cube within three days."
Ye Xingxin held Su Yao's hand, with a grateful look in her eyes: "Thank you, Sister Su. You have worked hard."
Su Yao laughed: "It's not hard, but if I hadn't come, what would you have done?"
Ye Xingxin blinked: "Of course, I will use the round ball maze with only two openings left."
Ye Xingxin learned this trick from a TV drama, and used it here. She believed that not many people could solve it, so just in case, she would only give half a day.
Su Yao tapped Ye Xingxin's head and said, "You're so smart."
"Shouxia, we are not well versed in the Dongli Kingdom's formation test questions. Lord Zhang Liang knows a lot about this. Should we go and ask him for advice?" After solving the problem of the Rubik's Cube, Xu Changyu raised this question.
"We can split up into two groups." Ye Xingxin said, "You, Wenqin and Hanyin go to ask Master Zhang for advice on the formation, while Master Qian and I will go to the Imperial Master's Mansion."
Knowing that the Imperial Master was Ye Xingxin herself, Xu Changyu's face froze. He calmly advised, "The Imperial Master has closed the door to visitors since returning to the capital. If you go, I'm afraid you won't be able to see anyone."
Ye Xingxin certainly knew her own worth. She looked at Emperor Jingming, who was calm and composed, making tea for her, and gave him a flattering smile:
"Little duck, what do you think..."
Emperor Jingming raised his hand and said, "I don't care what I think, I care what you think. If you think it's appropriate, then go ahead."
Emperor Jingming did not know that Ye Shengxin was the imperial teacher. He agreed with Ye Shengxin's idea, but he was not in a position to express his attitude. He just wanted most people to think that he did not know his true identity yet.
Not rejecting or denying is support.
Ye Xingxin gulped down the cup of tea that Emperor Jingming had just poured for him and encouraged himself: "I will buy a gift and go to the Imperial Master's Mansion to pay my respects to the Imperial Master later."
Xu Changyu: ...Then you will probably be disappointed.
Emperor Jingming held his forehead and said, "My tea!"
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Ye Shengxin learned from Zhang Liang that the Imperial Preceptor of the Great Zhou loved money, so without saying a word he took 20,000 taels of silver and came to the gate of the Imperial Preceptor's mansion.
She, Qian Liao and Zhang Xiangyun went up and knocked on the door, but no one answered for a long time, not even someone to open the door.
After waiting for a long time, Ye Shengxin was still unwilling to give up. He grabbed a passing servant, gave him five taels of silver, and asked about the news about the Imperial Master's Mansion.
The servant was very angry: "Since the return of the Imperial Master, the gate of the Imperial Master's residence has not been opened. We heard that the Imperial Master is practicing meditation in the residence, preparing to become an immortal, so he doesn't care about worldly affairs."
Qian Liao: "But I heard that the Imperial Master used his magical powers to solve a drought in a certain place a while ago."
Servant: "My lord, it is true that the Imperial Master has displayed his magical powers, but he has not left the palace. A few days ago, many people came to visit the Imperial Master with gifts, but in the end, none of them went in."
At this point, the servant's face turned mysterious. "Not only that, there are no servants coming out to buy things. Everyone says that the Imperial Master is a deity in the world, and he doesn't need to eat the food of mortals like us."
"If you two want to ask the Imperial Master for help, I'm afraid even His Majesty won't be able to help you. Give up."
The servant said what he needed to say, took the silver and left happily, leaving Ye Shengxin staring at the plaque of the Imperial Master's Mansion with an unwilling look on his face, refusing to move a step.
Qian Liao thought of what Xu Changyu had told him before they came here, that if they could not see the Imperial Master this time, they should persuade Ye Shengxin to give up. As soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Ye Shengxin holding Zhang Xiangyun's arm and asked hopefully:
"Ancestor, who do you think is more powerful, you or the state teacher?"
"If the two of you fight, who has a better chance of winning?"
Zhang Xiangyun scratched his head, and with his pretty brain, he analyzed the little information he had, and answered: "If the Imperial Master can't kill me, I don't know if I can defeat him."
Can't be killed?
Ye Xingxin narrowed his eyes, clapped his hands after a while, and made a decision: "Since you will be fine, then you can accompany me to break into the Imperial Master's Mansion tonight."
Qian Liao: ...
As expected of someone favored by His Majesty, Lord Ye is very courageous.