Chapter 475 Unparalleled Might
Lin Sanguang was momentarily stunned by Zhang Wanlou's question. He then awkwardly scratched his head and chuckled, saying, "Well... I truly don't know how, nor do I understand the principles behind it. I did hear my daughter mention before that the box could be opened, but, well, I've never actually seen it done."
Lin Sanguang's words were half true and half false. He certainly wouldn't admit that he had used one-twentieth of the jade pendant inside.
Lin Sanguang then said to Zhang Wanlou, "How about this, I'll call my daughter. She said her friend opened it once in public."
Immediately, Lin Sanguang took out his phone and dialed Lin Xichen. Once connected, Lin Sanguang asked, "Daughter, can you contact Mr. Chen's location? And can you ask him how to open this Dragon Blood Nanmu box?"
Lin Xichen heard this and replied, "Dad, why don't you just call Chen Yang directly? I'll hand the phone to him. We just finished showering and are about to start cooking!"
Lin Sanguang was startled by this. He instinctively asked, "What? Showering? You're all showering together? I... I... I don't know what to tell you, Chenchen. Although Chen Yang is a good person, you... you can't..."
Lin Sanguang stammered, clearly becoming nervous upon hearing the word "showering."
As a father, he hoped his daughter would find a suitable husband soon, but hearing that she was so intimate with another man made him uneasy.
Lin Xichen on the other side chuckled, "Dad, what are you thinking? I was showering with Lin Jie in the swimming pool. Alright, alright, you can talk to Chen Yang now!"
Then, Chen Yang's voice came through the phone.
Chen Yang said, "Opening the Eight Tones Treasure Box requires following musical principles. However, the musical notes change according to the time of day, the location, and the direction, so the musical patterns are constantly different."
"Around the Eight Tones Treasure Box are the Twenty-Eight Constellations and the I Ching's Eight Trigrams. Combined with the current year, month, day, and time, one can deduce the changes in the musical notes. Once this is achieved, by playing the changes of the five musical notes—Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, and Yu—according to the musical principles, the Dragon Blood Nanmu box can be opened."
Lin Sanguang listened and then hung up the phone. He turned to Zhang Wanlou and said, "Elder Zhang, the method to open this Dragon Blood Nanmu box seems a bit complicated. He said it requires observing the Twenty-Eight Constellations and the changes in the I Ching's Eight Trigrams around the box, combined with the current year, month, day, and time to deduce the musical patterns. Playing the corresponding notes will open the treasure box."
Zhang Wanlou was stunned, then he suddenly stood up and clapped his hands, exclaiming, "So... so that's how it is! Damn, I had a thought earlier. Since there's an Eight Tones Treasure Box above the Dragon Blood Nanmu box, I figured it must be opened by music. But I tried various melodies before with no success. So... the melody needs to be arranged according to the changes of the constellations and the Eight Trigram formations around the box, depending on the time of day. Brilliant, amazing!"
"Director Lin, who is this young person who can open my Dragon Blood Nanmu box? Can Director Lin introduce him?"
Lin Sanguang immediately shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Elder Zhang, I can arrange for you to meet, or I can ask for you, but I really cannot make the decision to let you meet."
"The person is indeed just a young man, but I cannot see through him at all. I cannot sense any internal energy from him, yet I know he is immensely powerful. A young man in his twenties who can achieve this, his strength far surpasses mine. I dare not disobey his wishes in the slightest."
Zhang Wanlou's eyes lit up when he heard this. He nodded and said, "I understand, thank you, Director Lin. It seems I cannot open this Dragon Blood Nanmu box on my own."
"It requires someone proficient in celestial changes, the I Ching, Eight Trigrams, and the Five Elements, as well as someone skilled in numerology, and a musical genius, to open it together."
Zhang Wanlou sighed, truly surprised that such a multi-talented young person existed in this world. He was full of admiration.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while longer, and Zhang Wanlou did not dare to linger. He took the Dragon Blood Nanmu box and got up to leave.
In the luxurious villa by the Huangpu River.
Lin Xichen and Lin Yueyu, clad in simple bathrobes, were busy in the kitchen.
It was drizzling outside.
Chen Yang watched the raindrops falling from the sky, and he couldn't help but miss Liu Ran and the others.
Just then, Lin Xichen ran out of the kitchen barefoot, exclaiming anxiously, "Oh no, I've forgotten a crucial ingredient! I asked the security department to buy me the Liu family's secret spices earlier, and they put them in the security room after buying them! I have to go get it now. Without that spice, the snake soup won't taste good."
Saying that, Lin Xichen grabbed an umbrella and was about to go out.
Chen Yang saw Lin Xichen wearing a bathrobe and felt speechless. Wearing a bathrobe was no different than wearing a bikini; it was too alluring.
Chen Yang stood up and said, "Alright, alright, I'll go get it."
Lin Xichen chuckled upon hearing this and said, "Okay then, go to the security booth and get the spice for me. It's a truly rare ingredient, one of a kind in the whole country!"
Lin Xichen then handed the umbrella to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang did not take it. He walked directly out of the villa door. With a "swish," Chen Yang's figure turned into a blur, instantly weaving through the rain.
At this moment, Chen Yang couldn't help but use the Heavenly Witch Secret Technique, Tian Xing.
With the Tian Xing Secret Technique activated, Chen Yang could easily dodge the dense raindrops.
His movement was incredibly strange, each step taken at an incredible point. His figure appeared unhurried, yet his speed was astonishingly fast. In a matter of seconds, Chen Yang had arrived at the security booth.
Upon entering the security booth, Chen Yang said, "I'm here to collect the spice that Miss Lin bought."
The security guard heard this and respectfully handed a packet of spices to Chen Yang. Chen Yang walked out of the security booth and once again activated the Tian Xing Secret Technique, his figure instantly vanishing into the rain.
The few security guards in the booth looked outside. Then one of them mumbled, "Huh? Where did he go? I was planning to find him an umbrella. How strange, he didn't bring an umbrella in the rain. Those spices can't get wet, or they'll be ruined."
While the guard was still worrying, Chen Yang had already returned to the villa's main hall, carrying the packet of spices, as if nothing had happened.
Entering the hall, he called out towards the kitchen, "The spices are back!"
Lin Xichen rushed out of the kitchen, exclaiming, "What? They're back? You were gone for less than half a minute and you're already back from the security booth?"
Chen Yang nodded and handed the spices to Lin Xichen.
Lin Xichen looked puzzled. She glanced at the rain outside, then at Chen Yang, and said, "Chen Yang, you always boast. Such a long distance, and you didn't even take an umbrella, yet you didn't get a single drop of rain. You're trying to trick me! The security guard must have brought it to me."
Muttering to herself, Lin Xichen took the spices back into the kitchen to continue cooking.
Chen Yang sat on the sofa, lost in thought.
This was the first time he had used the Tian Xing Secret Technique, and he hadn't expected it to be so much more powerful than he had anticipated. With this Tian Xing Secret Technique, his strength had at least doubled!
However, this seemingly simple Tian Xing Secret Technique consumed an enormous amount of internal energy!
Even with Chen Yang's strength, he couldn't sustain it for long periods.
He wondered who had created this Tian Xing Secret Technique. At least in Chen Yang's opinion, even the most powerful human being could probably not create such an ethereal and ghostly Tian Xing Secret Technique!