Whether it was the other way around or not, he just needed to try the correct last step and treat it as the first step.
Xu Cheng treated the last step of the Maze Fist as the first step.
When he saw that the hidden weapon didn't react, he knew he guessed correctly.
The hourglass was telling him to go back in the opposite direction.
Xu Cheng was very familiar with the steps of the Maze Fist, so he was able to do it backwards.
Then, the stone door closed, and when it opened again, Xu Cheng saw the ancestral tablets in the hall.
He ran over, knelt down, and directly kowtowed. "Thank you for what the ancestors left behind."
But this time, the stone door didn't move.
Xu Cheng blinked, a bit stunned.
He did activate the mechanism by kowtowing before, and this time, he did the same thing. Why didn't the stone door move?
Xu Cheng kowtowed again, using a bit more force, but there was still no reaction.
He was puzzled.
It felt like the outside world wasn't even as scheming as this place.
Xu Cheng stood up, and he could only burn his brain again to look for the problem.
The entire hall was a bit dark. He couldn't light up the whole room with the torch in his hand, but Xu Cheng didn't want to let go of any clues. With his criminal investigation experience, he looked for any clues or flaws.
However, in all the corners, he didn't find any clues or prompts like the one in the hourglass on the fourth floor.
Xu Cheng looked around, and after making sure he didn't miss any details, he stood there in a daze. To be honest, he didn't really believe that the mechanism would be on those tablets, because the person who designed this must be from the Xu Family. Then, he definitely wouldn't use the tablets of the deceased as a button, because that would be disrespectful to the ancestors.
So, Xu Cheng immediately gave up on the idea of moving the tombstones.
However, he inadvertently glanced at the big red table in the hall. After flipping over the red cloth, he looked under the table to see if there were any mechanisms. Then, he also felt around the four legs of the table and under the table.
Feeling a bit defeated, Xu Cheng saw the golden ash urn on the red cloth table. There was an incense stick on it. Xu Cheng tried to turn the urn, and seeing that the stone door didn't react, he lifted the urn up, but there was still no reaction. Finally, he focused on the incense stick. After hesitating for a bit, he pulled it out.
But the stone door still didn't react.
Xu Cheng was confused.
Just as he was about to turn around and continue his search elsewhere, he suddenly paused and turned his head to stare at the incense.
An unfinished incense stick?
There must be something fishy going on!
Xu Cheng looked at the fire rack in his hand, and after thinking for a bit, he reached out to pick up the incense stick and lit it up. Then, he put the fire on the side, sincerely prayed to the ancestors, and then inserted the incense stick into the urn.
In the next moment, the force he used to insert the incense seemed to have triggered the mechanism inside the urn. The heavy stone door closed, and when it opened again, Xu Cheng saw the armory on the other side.
He exhaled.
Finally, he arrived at the second floor.
He picked up the fire rack and carried his backpack as he walked towards the armory on the second floor. Then, he reached out to touch the blade that he had used to open the stone door.
The stone door closed again, then opened again.
Then, Xu Cheng saw the white bones outside and the passage leading to the waterfall. Because when the stone door opened, he heard the loud sound of the waterfall.
After Xu Cheng successfully walked out, he directly walked towards the passage leading to the waterfall. It turned out that it was already bright outside, and it seemed like it was already dawn. He stayed inside for an entire night, tormenting himself. Time really flew by.
However, as for how to get out of this cave, it gave Xu Cheng another problem.
Because, the books in his backpack couldn't get completely wet. Originally, after being stored for a long time, the paper would start to lose its durability, and if it got soaked in the water, it would be a huge loss. This type of martial arts was all about one missing word, and even the wrong intent could cause one to go crazy. So, he really couldn't afford to lose anything.
Thinking up to this point, Xu Cheng could only let himself experience the feeling of walking towards hell again.
Which was how he got in and how he got out. Using the genetic ability to rush out of the waterfall and make sure that he didn't fall into the water, this way, his backpack wouldn't get completely soaked.
Thinking up to this point, Xu Cheng quickly replenished himself with some functional food. He didn't want to experience the pain of the damn blood poison again.
Early in the morning, Xu Banxian was looking for Xu Cheng with the help of a cane.
Just as he was looking around, suddenly, the middle part of the waterfall seemed to have broken off, and an unknown object rushed out like a cannonball towards Sun Wukong. Xu Cheng's entire body danced in the air as he charged towards the stairs on the opposite side of the cliff. However, because of the blood poison acting up, he couldn't control his consciousness and freedom, so the inertia was too great, and his entire body slammed into the stone wall. Also, because he withdrew his genetic ability early on to ensure that he didn't die, he didn't have the tortoiseshell. Just like that, he spat out a mouthful of blood and directly fainted.
Luckily, not long after, Xu Banxian rushed over, called for some people, and carried him back to the village.
When Xu Cheng woke up, he saw that only the old man, Xu Banxian, was in the wooden house. He was hugging his body, both hands holding onto the cane as he looked at the back of his relatives working in the distance.
"You're awake? Are you poisoned? "Half Immortal Xu curiously asked him.
Xu Cheng saw that his head almost exploded, and he was a bit dizzy, but he didn't forget to answer Xu Banxian's question.
"Grandpa, do you think there's a way to live forever in this world?"
The old man laughed, "How is that possible? How many emperors have wanted to live forever? I heard that the oldest one was Taoist Tai Chi, but he passed away at the age of one hundred and fifty. In this world, there is no way to live forever, and it is impossible to live forever. As long as a person is unable to leave the body, the body will become a burden. It will age and decay, and it will wear you down. That is why some people practice internal energy, first nurturing the internal organs in the body, so that they can maintain a healthy state. That is why there is the path of martial arts, but it still can't make your body immortal. Therefore, those who preach the Dao start to practice the Divine Sense, the so-called Art of Spiritual Nourishment. They want their Divine Sense to live forever in this world, but that is all nonsense. There's no such thing as immortality in this world. "
Xu Cheng: "But I met someone who lived for 200 years and still looked like a kid. This time, I was injured by him, and I don't know if I can survive. So, this time, I just want to find my roots and see if there are any descendants of the Xu Family. I haven't met any real relatives in my life."
Xu Banxian sighed, looked at those relatives, and said, "Sometimes, not having any is actually a good thing. At least, there's no fetters and worries."
(End of Chapter)
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