Cheng Yu no longer bothered about their envy towards the spatial treasures. He kept all the resources and his own spatial treasures.
Since the treasures were already in his hands, he had to consider how to leave this place.
Compared to the great halls they had been to before, this hall seemed to have nothing left after the resources were moved away, except for the shelves and other things.
When they were in the palace below, at least there were so many drawings of humans and beasts on the stone walls. However, there was nothing on the stone walls here. Regardless of whether it was carvings or drawings, there was nothing.
"Young Master, now that we have moved everything away, why hasn't the exit appeared?" Elder Feng was puzzled.
Previously, their young master had told them that where the treasures were, there should be an exit.
However, after they searched for a while, they were unable to find any exit. Now that all the treasures in this palace had been taken away by them, they were unable to find any special place in this palace that could open up an exit.
"This isn't up to me to decide. I am only guessing. However, I will still say the same thing. Since there are treasures here, this palace will definitely not be a place of death.
Even if there isn't an exit in this palace, there must be an exit that leads to other palace halls. Perhaps, the exit to leave this place is set up in another palace hall, "Cheng Yu explained.
This was also the first time he had come to this place. Although he had his own experience, it was impossible for him to understand everything clearly.
Besides, everyone's thoughts were different. There were some things that could be followed. When the master of this place designed everything, he might have intentionally avoided these rules.
Therefore, he could only rely on his own experience to speculate. However, he couldn't guarantee that his speculations were 100% accurate.
However, no matter how monotonous this palace was, at least there was a passage to leave this place, even if it was a passage to another palace hall.
"This palace is only left with these shelves. Could it be that these shelves are the mechanism to open up a new passage?" Elder Fang stood in front of one of the shelves, carefully fiddling with it.
The scene of him being locked by the stone lock was still vivid in his mind. This caused him to be more cautious when doing things. He was always on guard. Once there was an abnormal situation, he could guarantee that he would be able to dodge at the first moment.
It was just that this shelf could not be pushed or turned. It did not seem to be some kind of mechanism.
When Elder Yang and Elder Feng heard this, they checked all the shelves in the main hall but they didn't find any reaction.
This meant that there was no secret to these shelves. They were just shelves used to store resources and magic treasures.
"It seems like the mechanism is hidden somewhere else!" Elder Yang looked around the hall and said.
"Look at the roof of this hall. Isn't it hinting at something? I feel that there's something special about the design of the roof! "At this moment, Elder Feng raised his head and looked at the roof of the main hall.
The few of them immediately raised their heads and looked at the top of the hall. It turned out that the design of the top was indeed a little special.
Although there were no carvings on the walls of this hall, the ceiling was made of different slabs of stone. There was a pattern to it, and it was unknown whether it was intentional or not.
"Young Master, there seems to be a groove on the stone slab!" Elder Fang stared at it for a while and said.
"There are indeed some circular grooves. What do they mean?" Elder Yang was also puzzled.
"Could it be that these circular grooves are the secret of the mechanism?" Elder Feng said.
"There's this possibility! However, these grooves look a little messy and not very obvious. If you don't look carefully, you might even miss it. " Cheng Yu looked at the large and small stone ceiling above his head. There were indeed some circular grooves of the same size.
However, these grooves were not very deep. In fact, they were somewhat shallow. Especially under the dim light of the main hall, if one didn't pay attention, they might not even notice it.
Furthermore, more importantly, he realized that the number of grooves on the stone slabs varied. Some of the stone slabs didn't even have a groove on them. It seemed to be completely irregular.
"I feel that the more disorderly it is, the more it proves that there's a secret behind it!" Elder Feng said.
"Indeed, you can say so. It's just that the top of such a big hall actually has this kind of circular groove. This means that we have to combine all the stone ceiling of this hall together to study it.
If we were to look at one or a few stone slabs alone, I reckon that it would be very difficult to see anything! "Cheng Yu nodded.
"I think the most important thing is that it's really tiring to look up at this thing like this!" Elder Yang said.
"Isn't that simple? As long as we all lie on the ground and look at this stone ceiling, wouldn't we not be so tired? "Elder Feng smiled as he lay on the ground and looked at the stone ceiling.
"This is indeed a method. However, Young Master is right. This hall is too big. Even if we lie down like this, we won't be able to see the entire situation of the stone ceiling. This way, it will be very difficult to see the secret behind it! "Elder Yang also lay down. It looked much more relaxed and comfortable this way.
However, this hall was too big and the circular grooves on the stone slabs weren't very obvious. This really increased the difficulty by a lot.
"From the looks of it, there's a high possibility that there's a secret behind such a large strange circular groove.
Since that's the case, let's first draw the layout of the circular groove on a piece of paper. Perhaps it'll be easier for us to understand what it is! "Cheng Yu said.
Elder Fang stood up and shook her head. "Young Master is right. Wouldn't it be better if we just depict it directly? If I look at it this way, my head will be too big. It's too wide. I can't understand what information is being expressed in it!"
Although it was indeed easier to look at it lying down, it was too difficult and tiring for them to look at such a big ceiling.
If they could draw it and look at it on a piece of paper, it would definitely be easier for them to see the secret behind it.
"Since that's the case, in order to save time, let's each divide a area. Everyone draw the grooves on each area. When the time comes, we can directly put them together according to the area!" Cheng Yu said as he took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to the three of them.
"Good! Alright, I'll draw the east area! "Elder Feng took the paper and pointed to the area above his head and said.
"Then I'll draw the west area!" Elder Fang said.
The four of them just happened to have one area each. Cheng Yu drew the south area while Elder Yang drew the north area.
Although this matter seemed very easy, because the hall was very high, the groove was relatively shallow. Every time they drew, they would have to lift it up to find the groove. In fact, it was very tiring.
In such a big hall, the four of them divided the work and actually spent about eight hours looking for it.
Fortunately, this place wasn't like the hall below. Some living creatures would inexplicably jump out from the painting on the stone wall.
Although this work was a bit tiring, as long as there was no one to disturb them, it was still relatively easy to finish drawing.
When the four of them finished drawing their respective areas, Cheng Yu pieced the four pieces of paper together according to the directions of north, south, east, and west.
Looking at the somewhat messy drawing paper, Cheng Yu couldn't help but frown.
"What kind of mess is this? I can't tell what's inside at all!" After the three of them looked at it, they were also confused.
"This won't do. The four of us have a different grasp on the distance between the grooves. The distance between the two grooves on my side is about a foot, but the distance is different for all of you. This way, it will be very different from the original shape on the stone ceiling!" Cheng Yu carefully compared the four drawings on the paper and then compared them to the stone ceiling above him. Finally, he came to a conclusion.
For example, the distance between two points on the stone ceiling was a foot. However, when the four of them were drawing the drawings, the distance on the paper was different for each of them.
This way, even if it was a very simple thing, when they combined the drawings, they wouldn't be able to recognize what it was. Furthermore, this thing didn't seem to have any pattern to it. It looked even more chaotic.
"Since it's like this, then let's unify the distance and draw another one!" Elder Feng said.
"There's no need for that. I'll just take the four blueprints and modify them into a complete blueprint. If the four of us were to draw it together, it's inevitable that the distance and position will be different! "Cheng Yu thought for a moment and said.
Although the proportions of the drawings were different from his, at least the general shape and position were already out.
He only needed to take his piece of paper and compare the three drawings with the grooves on the stone ceiling. Then, he would be able to fill in a complete picture of the grooves on the stone ceiling.
It's just that doing this would take a bit more time.
However, now that they had obtained the treasure, the only thing they needed to do was to find the exit. So what was the point of spending a bit of time?
"Young master, how about this. You continue to repair this drawing. We'll look around the main hall and see if we can find any other clues. "Elder Yang suggested.
"That's fine. However, you must be careful. Once there's any discovery, don't be in a hurry to make a move. Otherwise, you will be like Elder Fang, trapped for no reason.
If there's any clue, inform me immediately. Everyone will discuss before making a decision, understand? "Cheng Yu thought for a moment and reminded the three of them.
Although they guessed that there might be other mysteries on the stone ceiling, it didn't mean that the exit mechanism was really here.
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