GOR Chapter 15: Study Treasure II – The Greatest Female Astrologer
Du Wei picked up a candlestick. After considering it for a moment, he picked up a hanging weapon from the wall. Of course, considering his weak physical strength, he chose a short sword. After pondering for a moment, Du Wei picked up a few more candles and placed them into his bosom.
After that, Du Wei stepped into the secret room on the wall.
The weak candlelight could only illuminate a distance of about two to three steps. Thankfully, Du Wei's innate mental strength was stronger than that of ordinary people. Thus, his perception of his surroundings was much stronger.
This was a secret passageway embedded into a huge stone wall. Both sides of the passageway were cold and hard stones. Who knows how many years have passed since the passageway was filled with dust. Even though Du Wei tried his best to be as gentle as possible, he was still unable to avoid stirring up the dust and sneezing again and again.
Occasionally, his feet would step on some small stones. Under the flickering candlelight, Du Wei could only slowly and carefully move forward.
Thankfully, this place seemed to be ventilated. Although the candlelight was flickering, it did not extinguish due to the lack of oxygen in the air.
After walking through the secret passageway for a while, a flight of stairs appeared before him. The flight of stairs spiraled all the way down. The stairs were very narrow and made of stones. It appeared somewhat crude, but thankfully, it was sturdy enough. Du Wei estimated that he had walked down over 30 flights of stairs. Finally, he saw a small door.
The metal door handle had long since rusted. Du Wei gripped the door handle and twisted it twice. However, he found that the door was locked. The door could not be opened. He sighed. Suddenly, he recalled the words engraved on the bookshelf …
"The spoon is the key …"
Du Wei thought about it for a moment. Then, he raised the candlelight and shone it around the door. Finally, he saw a pattern on the ceiling above the door.
This was a carved pattern, and according to the pattern, Du-Wei could barely make out that this seemed to be an astrological chart. He wasn't very knowledgeable about astrology, but because of the "spoon" problem in his mind, he was able to clearly identify the "Big Dipper" shaped like a spoon on this astrological chart.
"The spoon is the key …" Du Wei muttered. The ceiling was too high for a thirteen year old like him. Even if he stood on his tiptoes, his hand would not be able to reach the ceiling. Using the dim candlelight, Du Wei carefully studied the pattern.
The first candle was nearly burnt out. As Du Wei was about to light the second candle, he suddenly thought of an important question!
Key?
What a joke!
If this secret passageway was discovered, even if they did not have the key, would they not find some tools to pry open the door? Even if they did not have the key, they could still use brute force.
If that was the case, then, the key was the key. However, since the hint specifically stated the word 'key', there must be a deeper meaning behind it!
In other words, if they did not have the key, then using other methods such as prying or smashing would be ineffective.
This "key" probably couldn't be interpreted literally.
Du Wei sat down and thought for a moment. When he stood up again, he used all his strength to jump up. He raised the short sword in his hand and barely managed to knock on the Big Dipper pattern on the ceiling.
Peng!
Du Wei's eyes lit up! The sound was somewhat hollow.
He gave up on trying to pry open the door. Instead, he bent down and found a gap in the stone floor. Then, he fiercely inserted the short sword into the gap, allowing it to stand upright on the ground. After that, Du Wei supported himself against the wall and stepped on the short sword. This way, he stood a little higher. Although he was still wobbly, he could reach out and touch the ceiling.
There was a thick layer of dust on the ceiling. Du Wei felt around for a moment. He could feel that the Big Dipper pattern on the Big Dipper was different from other places. He tried a few methods, such as knocking, twisting, turning, etc.
Finally, he did not know where he was touching. With a forceful twist, he managed to twist a piece of the Big Dipper. With a 'ka ka' sound, a piece of the floor in the corner of the room suddenly caved in!
A black passageway appeared on the floor. Inside the passageway was a flight of stairs that led downwards!
Success!
Duwei exclaimed in a low voice and jumped down from the hilt of the short sword with a smile.
As expected, this was a trick to deceive people! Du Wei was convinced that his guess was correct.
The rusty door beside him was simply a smokescreen! The real secret was not on the door! If the person who came here did not pay attention to the 'Big Dipper' pattern, then even if they used brute force to open the door, they would not be able to find the real secret!
Du Wei was convinced that the real secret of this place was the black passageway that had caved in on the floor!
He walked to the side of the passageway. The entrance was very narrow, barely enough for one person to enter. It was pitch black inside. Du Wei first lit a candle and threw it in. With the help of the candle's light, he could see that the stairs below were not deep. It was only about two to three meters high. It should be a secret room.
Du Wei did not immediately go down. Instead, he sat at the entrance of the passageway and waited for a while. Seeing that there was nothing unusual below, he carefully walked down the stairs.
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This was a room that was sealed off on all four sides. On both sides of the walls were a row of iron cabinets. Many of them were sealed and the locks on them were all rusty. In the middle of the room was a huge stone platform.
This stone platform was about the height of Du Wei's waist. The surface of the platform was engraved with many abstruse and difficult to understand patterns. In the middle of the platform was a large arc. The surrounding areas were all decorated with the positions of stars.
Du Wei looked at it for a while. Feeling that he had no clue, he simply gave up on studying the patterns on the platform and focused on searching the iron cabinets at the side.
The iron cabinets here were all locked. Due to the passage of time, the locks inside were probably rusty. Du Wei searched for a long time. Just as he was feeling a little depressed, he finally cheered. He found an unlocked drawer!
This was the only unlocked drawer in the entire iron cabinet!
After opening it, a stone box was quietly lying in the drawer.
On the front of this stone box, there was a Rowling family emblem engraved on it!
Du Wei lifted the box with difficulty. Then, he sat on the ground and carefully opened it. Inside the box was a roll of parchment.
This roll of parchment was densely packed with words. After unfolding the parchment, a hexagonal gem-like green crystal fell out from the roll of parchment.
Du Wei patiently lit the third candle he brought. Then, he quietly read the words on the parchment …
"Dear believer:
Dear reader, you must be a descendant of a Rowling family. First, you must know that this is a letter left behind by your ancestor. The one who wrote this letter is me, the wife of the seventh generation Rowling family Patriarch, Astrologer Saimel. "
Seeing the first two sentences, Du Wei could not help but feel surprised.
Astrologer, Saimel?
Of course, Du Wei knew of this. In the history of the Rowling family, there was once a peculiar Patriarch. That Patriarch was very interested in astrology and even married a female Astrologer as his wife. The castle that Du Wei was currently in, the tallest building in the castle, was a tall white tower. It was specially built by that Patriarch so that his wife, the Astrologer, could stay on the tall tower at night to better observe the stars in the night sky!
What Du Wei did not expect was that this letter was actually written by that Patriarch's wife, a female Astrologer!
He continued to read on.
"… When you read this letter, I hope you can understand that what you are about to face will be a very risky adventure. You may be opening a door that has been forbidden for countless eras, because it is very likely that behind this door, there will be a forbidden realm that humans cannot touch.
At the same time, this is the result of my lifelong research.
If you are ready for this adventure, then you can take the gemstone that is wrapped together with this letter. Then, you can carefully explore the stone platform in the room. You will find a socket. After inserting the gemstone, you will receive the most complete message I have left behind. In order to ensure that the message does not fall into the hands of outsiders, the blood of the Rowling family's descendant is required to activate the message. Please drip your blood on the gemstone. The Rowling family's bloodline will guide you to receive the message I have left behind. "
At the end of the letter, there was another line of words:
"May the great Rowling family prosper. Because of my husband, I have fallen deeply in love with this family!
Your ancestor, Saimel Kira Rollin, left this message. "
Du Wei finished reading in one breath, and his heart could not help but be a little more shocked!
Because according to the family history he had read, Saimel Kira Rollin (whose real name was Saimel Kira. It was only after marrying into the Rollin family that she took on the surname of the Rollin family) that he had a very deep impression of this name.
This woman was the wife of the seventh generation Patriarch of the family, a famous female Astrologer. In the field of Astrology, she was worthy of respect! Du Wei's first teacher, Old Scholar Rossiat, was also an Astrologer. During the one and a half years of Du Wei's education, Old Scholar Rossiat would occasionally mention Du Wei's ancestor's wife with great respect. He had even unintentionally mentioned that this female Astrologer named Saimel was the most outstanding Astrologer in the Empire in the past two hundred years!
The reason why Du Wei had such a deep impression of this name was not because this Saimel was a great Astrologer, but because of another reason.
This was because in the Rowling family records that Du Wei had read, this female Astrologer was also a woman who deeply loved her husband.
The seventh generation Patriarch of the Rollin family, who married her, did not live long and passed away at around the age of fifty. This female Astrologer named Saimel was obviously an infatuated woman. On the third day after her husband's death, she committed suicide on the tall white tower that her husband had built for her.
Before her death, this female Astrologer carved a sentence on her tower:
"Because of love, we will live forever."
It was because of this sentence that Du Wei remembered this famous female in the family history.
Without any hesitation, Du Wei immediately crouched down and groped around the stone platform. Soon, he found the socket that was mentioned in the letter.
The socket's size was about the same as the shape of the gemstone. Without hesitation, Du Wei cut his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the gemstone.
Following that, the gemstone was inserted into the socket. Du Wei subconsciously took two steps back … …
All of a sudden, the decorative patterns on the square stone platform in front of them burst out with an intense light. This light illuminated the entire room as if it was daytime! The intense light was so dazzling that Du Wei was unable to open his eyes!
Following that, the light gathered bit by bit and finally formed a pillar of light on the stone platform. In the middle of the pillar of light, a human figure appeared!
This wasn't a real person, but a mirage formed by these lights that resembled a real person!
The size of this mirage was exactly the same as a real person. Du Wei could not help but widen his eyes!
He suddenly realized a very important matter!
This Saimel, this legendary female Astrologer, was most likely also an outstanding magician! Because everything that happened just now, and this mirage before him, was clearly a type of magic!
The mirage's light gradually dimmed. In the end, the intensity of the light was just right for the naked eye to bear.
Du Wei was finally able to clearly see the figure standing in the pillar of light.
It was a woman wearing a red robe. She had a head full of snow-like silver hair and her entire body was shrouded in the bright red robe. Her face was exceptionally beautiful and her eyes seemed to contain gentleness. However, those pair of black eyes gave Du Wei a slightly demonic feeling.
"To the one who opened the message, I am your ancestor, Saimel Kira Rollin." The mirage slowly opened her mouth. "This is the last magic message I left behind before I die. The magic array I left behind requires the magic crystal imbued with my own magic and the blood of the Rowling family in order to open it. Since you can see this message, it means that you are a descendant of the Rowling family. Thus, you can also obtain all of my secrets. "
Du Wei looked at the lifelike and beautiful woman before him. He could not help but feel shocked!
To be able to use a magic array to preserve a message for a hundred years! With this kind of magic ability, she was already a first-rate Master Magician! This Saimel actually had such an ability!
"I do not know how many years have passed since you activated this message. I also do not know how much magic I left in the magic crystal. Thus, please listen to every word I say because I am afraid that there is no magic left to activate this magic array a second time."
Saimel's mirage spoke slowly.
Even though he knew that the Saimel in front of him was not the real person and was only a mirage left behind, Du Wei could not help but nod his head.
"First of all, I want to make this clear. The things I left behind for you may bring you endless benefits or endless troubles. Because apart from my husband, no one else knows about the results of my lifelong research. To the one who opened this message, since you are able to come here, you must have a certain level of understanding of astrology. At the very least, you must have some understanding of astrology. First of all, I want to tell you the most important thing. All the astrologers in this world are wrong! They, all of them, every single one of them, are wrong!
Because astrology is definitely not a shallow thing that only uses the changes of the stars to predict the future. Although everyone now thinks that astrology is just a kind of prophecy. But what I want to tell you is … … astrology is actually a kind of magic, a powerful and profound magic.
Astrologers should not only be regarded as scholars of astrology, but also should not be shallow and deliberately mystifying prophets.
A real astrologer should have the power to rival all magicians!
Since magicians can summon the power of the wind, borrow the power of rain, storms, flames, and all the other forces of nature. Then, why can't astrologers borrow the power of the stars?
In fact, we Astrologers can go even further than that! Because, I discovered a power that magicians are unable to grasp, or even will never be able to grasp … … This is … … the law! "
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