Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1574: Chapter 1558: Later Heaven Eight Trigrams

Following the already drawn blueprint of the underground palace, Huo Sining and Gu Xu entered the passageway, taking the left path. When they reached the end of the blueprint’s pathway, they once again used the Heavenly Eye Skill to complete the maze map on the left side.

As they continued forward, slowly, Huo Sining made a surprising discovery.

This underground maze appeared to be circular, meaning if she kept moving forward, she would eventually return to the starting point. She could then reunite with Mr. Huang and the others and complete the outer circle of the maze map.

With this discovery, the next steps were simple. Huo Sining and Gu Xu progressed, taking about an hour to successfully draft the outer ring of the maze map.

The next task was, of course, to complete the inner portion. With previous experience, Huo Sining’s speed increased significantly, and in just over half an hour, a complete maze map was displayed before everyone’s eyes.

”The very center of the maze is empty. I believe this spot should be the final destination of what you’re searching for.”

Huo Sining pointed to the innermost position on the maze map, indicating a space of several hundred square meters. The maze pathways ultimately lead to this hollow section.

When drafting the blueprint, Huo Sining hadn’t gone inside, so she didn’t know what was in the hollow section. However, she could vaguely speculate that this might be where Mr. Huang and Miss Yue wanted to find their object.

With the map, entering the very center of the maze became much simpler. Hearing Huo Sining’s words, Mr. Huang and Miss Yue’s eyes shown with ecstasy.

The group quickly entered the passageway, different from Fujiwara Seiho’s group. Since Huo Sining had already drawn the map, following its instructions, they found the only path leading to the maze’s center.

Ignoring the dual forks in the road, they reached a massive stone door with little effort. During this time, they didn’t encounter Oil Rat’s group at all.

”It seems those people are trapped in the maze.”

Since they hadn’t seen Oil Rat’s group along the way and the stone door was still tightly shut, without a speck of dust displaced, Mr. Huang quickly deduced Oil Rat’s group’s situation. He couldn’t help but smirk, speaking in a tone of schadenfreude.

Huo Sining had no particular feelings towards Oil Rat and Gao Yuyuan, but their goal was to capture those two for further investigation of Old Mr. Zhong’s clues. If Oil Rat and Gao Yuyuan were trapped in the maze, they might need to find them and bring them back. Hearing Mr. Huang’s schadenfreude remarks, Huo Sining didn’t share the sentiment, instead exchanging a glance with Gu Xu.

”Another Bagua!” At this moment, Miss Yue approached the giant stone door and exclaimed upon seeing the same Bagua Chart carved into it.

Hearing Miss Yue, the others were instantly taken aback and crowded around.

The stone door was engraved with another Fuxi Bagua Chart, which was evidently more complex than the one on the stone wall.

What surprised Huo Sining more wasn’t just this Fuxi Bagua Chart, but the series of strange characters carved on the stone door.

Upon seeing the characters, Huo Sining’s face changed dramatically.

Their script matched exactly with the font on her sheets of parchment, Shen Wansan’s nautical chart, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas deposited by Madam Yan in the Jubao Pavilion.

Seeing the characters, not only Huo Sining, but Miss Yue also had a glimmer in her eye.

Beside them, Mr. Huang seemed indifferent to the characters. His focus wasn’t on the fonts and symbols, but rather on the complex Fuxi Bagua Chart.

Watching Mr. Huang stare intently at the Bagua Chart, sometimes frowning, sometimes gasping, and sometimes revealing a look of realization, Master Chen couldn’t help but ask in curiosity: ”Mr. Huang, can you solve this chart?”

Mr. Huang was silent at first, then after a moment shook his head, slowly saying:

”On the stone wall was the Earlier Heaven Bagua: Qian represents the sky, Kun represents the earth, Dui represents the marsh, Li represents fire, Zhen represents thunder, Xun represents wind, Kan represents water, and Gen represents the mountains, following the principle of yang rotating left and yin rotating right.”

”But the chart on this door uses the Later Heaven Bagua.”

Huo Sining, knowing little about the Bagua, was instantly intrigued: ”What is the Later Heaven Bagua?”

Mr. Huang explained: ”The Later Heaven Bagua deals with later-life phenomena, using Xuan Kong Feng Shui, Flying Stars divination, utilizing the nine palaces and numerology for deduction.”

”The Later Heaven Bagua has two formations: one is the nine palaces Luoshu, with Kan in one and Qian in six, and special numerological configurations like the Taiyi Divine Numbers formation, with Qian in one and Kan in eight.”

”These formations encompass eight directions from the center to the southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast. By pairing the numbers with the nine palaces, we can see the corresponding relation between numbers, hexagrams, and directions, then deduce the path of the moving stars according to the hexagrams and the directions they occupy.”

”This path represents the ultimate interpretation of this Bagua Chart, serving as the key to unlock this door’s secrets.”

Huo Sining listened, somewhat confused and only half-understanding, but beside her, Qibao was getting impatient:

”Then Uncle Huang, quickly solve this Bagua Chart, so we can go inside to find the treasure!”

The childlike innocence made everyone chuckle, and their tense nerves relaxed a bit, bringing coincidental smiles to their faces.

”This Later Heaven Bagua is far more complex than the Earlier Heaven Bagua, requiring more calculations, and I need auxiliary tools to solve it. I can’t guarantee success, but I’ll give it a try.”

Mr. Huang’s eyes showed uncertainty, indicating the Bagua Chart was proving quite a challenge for him.

He then retrieved a laptop from his backpack, booted it up, found a program, and started to quickly calculate on the computer.

No one knew what kind of calculation program Mr. Huang was using, but Huo Sining only saw him enter several Bagua positions — words like ”Zhen East, Li South, Qian Northwest” — and before she could discern it clearly, he pressed the enter key.

Soon, the software started running, a series of calculation symbols flashing across the screen, and a few seconds later, a set of data appeared.

Mr. Huang’s face instantly lit up with joy, his eyes brightening. He quickly jotted the numbers down on paper with a pen.