Build the Traveler Alliance from scratch

When Lin Zhongtian first arrived, Gongshu Mu was actually very nervous and excited.

He had already seen Yun Ye's ability. Yun Ye could easily unlock Gongshu's Lu Ban lock, and he could also increase their twelve-pillar Lu Ban lock to fifteen-pillar overnight.

This wisdom was naturally amazing in Gongshu Mu's eyes.

But Gongshu Jia's letter said that Brother Yun Hou's talent was ten times better than Yun Hou's. How could Gongshu Mu not be fascinated by this?

It happened that the gate of Yushan Academy had undergone a preliminary transformation under Gongshu Mu's argument. The maze was just built and the mechanism was just completed, which was just right for him to try.

Looking at Gongshu Mu who was observing Lin Zhongtian outside the courtyard wall through a periscope, the elegant old man beside him chuckled and said, "I heard that this young friend Lin is both civil and military, and has the courage of ten thousand men. Aren't you afraid that he will ignore your maze and directly climb over the wall?" Gongshu Mu glanced at him and said lightly, "This is a dispute over knowledge. Since young friend Lin is Brother Yunhou, how could he act like this?" After saying that, he no longer paid attention to everyone and focused on observing Lin Zhongtian in the maze. Unfortunately, Lin Zhongtian did not use various exquisite means to solve the maze as he imagined. He just walked a few steps on the corridor that was originally connected to the gate, and then stopped to think. Not long after, Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly, looked ahead, and actually ignored his mechanism design and walked straight through the middle of the road. Gongshu Mu was stunned for a moment, and the old man next to him said with interest: "Sir, your maze doesn't seem to work!"

"Don't you know whether it works or not?" Gongshu Mu came back to his senses and said unhappily, "Since I built the maze, more than a hundred students in the academy have tried it. Who can reach the end?"

"Even you old guys have secretly walked through it, have you passed it?"

The old man smiled awkwardly, coughed and said: "Your ancestors have a unique skill and are famous all over the world. What they do is unpredictable. What I have learned is different from Senior Gongshu, so naturally I can't see the clues."

As he said, he thought: "However, Yun Ye's master's inheritance is somewhat similar to Gongshu's..."

While speaking, Lin Zhongtian had passed through the front part of the maze at a very fast speed and stopped in front of a screen wall.

Looking at the screen wall in front of him with Confucius's aphorisms engraved on it, Lin Zhongtian thought about it, suddenly raised his hand and placed his hand on the eight big characters.

"When three people walk together, there must be one who can teach me!"

These are the eight characters written on the screen wall.

Each character is made of fine iron, and there is a comma in the middle to serve as a punctuation mark.

But what Lin Zhongtian finds most strange is this comma, because Confucius' original text does not have punctuation marks, and Gongshujia did not need to use commas to punctuate the screen wall.

This will make the eight characters on the screen wall lack some architectural symmetry aesthetics.

Don't underestimate this symmetry aesthetics. As a family of machinery that is as famous as the Mohist school, Gongshujia will not allow flaws in this regard, so this sentence must be strange.

Lin Zhongtian raised his hand and touched the characters on the screen wall, and found that these characters were alive and could be pressed.

He pressed the characters on the wall one by one, and when he pressed the comma, he found that he could not press it, so he skipped the comma, pressed the characters behind first, and then came back to press the comma in the middle.

Sure enough, it could be pressed this time.

Lin Zhongtian understood that the screen wall in front of him was actually a large combination lock.

The eight Chinese characters are an eight-digit password, and the comma is the Enter key after entering the password.

After Lin Zhongtian pressed the comma, a mechanical sound came from the screen wall, and then all eight characters popped out again.

It seems obvious that "Three people must have my teacher" is not the correct password.

Seeing this scene, Lin Zhongtian couldn't help but frown.

This is meaningless!

There are millions of permutations and combinations of eight-digit passwords.

The exhaustive method obviously doesn't work, and we can only find patterns from the meaning of words.

Okay, then reorganize the sentence and try to open the door.

Lin Zhongtian rearranged the sentence according to the sentence pattern, and only tried twice, and successfully opened the screen wall.

"Three teachers must have my people!"

Lin Zhongtian tasted the meaning of this password, and then looked forward in amazement.

With the sound of the mechanical sound coming from the screen wall, the wall in front of him rumbled to both sides.

But at this time, something embarrassing happened. The mechanism in the wall seemed to be used for the first time. It lacked maintenance and lubrication. The secret door stopped halfway, leaving only a gap of about 20 centimeters.

Lin Zhongtian pulled the corner of his mouth, reached out, grabbed the gap, and pushed it open easily.

"Click, click--"

The sound of the mechanism breaking came from the wall.

Lin Zhongtian paused, and then looked at the dozen middle-aged and elderly men with different expressions outside the door and smiled awkwardly.

"Sorry, I used too much strength..."

"It's okay!" An old man in a robe waved his hand, looking at Lin Zhongtian with a smile on his face, "Sir, you are worthy of being Brother Yunhou. Since the construction of this maze, no one has ever been able to pass it. Mr. Lin, you are the first one!"

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Sir, you are Gongshu Jia's father, right?"

Gongshu Mu stroked his beard and said, "That's right!"

Lin Zhongtian bowed politely and said, "The mechanism of the Gongshu family is indeed well-deserved!"

Hearing Lin Zhongtian's praise, Gongshu Mu's face turned bright, but soon he sighed and said, "Sir, you are so complimentary. The labyrinth I built with the help of the academy actually didn't even take a stick of incense in front of you." It also failed to stop..."

The old man next to him smiled and said with relief: "Brother Gongshu, don't belittle yourself. Mr. Lin is Yunhou's senior brother. He is a disciple of a master and has learned from many sources. This is Mr. Lin's ability, not Brother Gongshu's fault!"

Gongshu Mu nodded and said with renewed vigor, "That's right. You old guys failed to pass anyway, that's enough!"

The smile on the old man's face froze, and he couldn't help but look helpless.

Lin Zhongtian cupped his hands and asked with a smile: "You haven't asked for advice yet?"

The old man's expression became serious, he straightened his clothes, cupped his hands and said, "My surname is Li Minggang, and I am the headmaster of Yushan Academy."

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Li Gang. Lin had heard his name many times when he was with my junior brother. Whenever he mentioned it, he would always call him Master Li. This shows how much my junior brother respects him."

Hearing Lin Zhongtian's words, Li Gang was extremely helpful and couldn't help but smile.

Gongshu Mu next to him was a little unhappy, and asked curiously: "I admire your talent, sir, but there is one thing I don't understand. If Marquis Yun enters my labyrinth, how long do you think you can stop him?"

Lin Zhongtian thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Probably about the same as me..."

Gongshu Mu's body trembled, and he said with a sense of loss, "Is this really true?"

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said: "Before entering, Lin observed the direction of the mountains of Yushan and found that the terrain of Yushan Academy was low, so after entering the maze, he chose to walk downhill."

“Although Mr. Gongshu’s design is sophisticated and uses a sloped road to confuse the heights, no matter how he designs it, the overall altitude will not change.”

"Lin was able to discover this because of his meticulous observation and perception, but my junior brother is from Yushan Academy. He knows the terrain of the academy far better than I do, so he can naturally grasp the key faster..."

After hearing Lin Zhongtian's words, Gongshu Mu, Li Gang and others all nodded thoughtfully, seeming to deeply agree.

Gongshu Mu hesitated and said hesitantly: "Sir, may I ask... what is altitude?"

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said: "Altitude is the vertical distance above or below sea level. As for why sea level is used as the starting point, it has to do with the difference between height and relative height..."

Gongshu Mu looked solemn, cupped his hands and said, "Sir, please give me a try!"

In this way, Lin Zhongtian's first meeting with the academy masters quickly turned into a discussion of knowledge.

Gongshu Mu took the lead and consulted Lin Zhongtian on the art of mechanism and architecture.

Lin Zhongtian answered fluently and showed a knowledge reserve that far surpassed Yun Ye's. Gongshu Mu was amazed and benefited a lot.

Later, Master Li Gang, Mr. Yu Shan, Mr. Li Shi and many other masters changed the subject without leaving any trace, and asked for advice in many fields such as Confucian classics, history, literature, and Yun Ye's best specialty, geophysics.

But no matter what field they are involved in, Lin Zhongtian can refer to classics and deal with them easily.

After some exchanges, it was already midnight.

Li Gang and others had a great conversation with Lin Zhongtian, and they all wanted to keep him and talk in detail all night.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and declined, saying that Wangcai was still waiting outside the courtyard gate, so he would not stay overnight in the academy.

Gongshu Mu looked disappointed and reluctantly sent Lin Zhongtian out of the academy with Li Gang and others.

When Lin Zhongtian gradually left in pursuit of wealth, Mr. Li Gang couldn't help but sigh.

"...What do you think?"

Mr. Yushan looked complicated and slowly said four words: "Amazing!"

"Yes!" Li Gang looked up at the night sky and sighed softly, "Yun Ye once said that he was the most incompetent person under his mentor. At that time, I thought Yun Ye was being modest about himself, but now I see..."

Mr. Yushan nodded and said: "This talented person is astounding in his knowledge. He knows the ancient and modern times. He is extremely proficient in both the classics and history, as well as the study of objects."

"It can be said that he can do everything Yun Ye can do, and he can do anything Yun Ye can't do. What's even more rare is that this person is both civil and military, and he is also like a peerless general in terms of military force. Even Cheng Chumo can't do more than three rounds under him..."

At this point, Mr. Yushan sighed softly and said with great emotion: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that there are such amazing people in the world!"

Mr. Li Shi chuckled and said, "Why, do you regret marrying your granddaughter to Yun Ye?"

Mr. Yushan glanced at him, shook his head and said: "Of course not. To tell you the truth, although this person's talent and learning really amaze me, I don't have the slightest feeling of intimacy with him. ”

"If we say that Yun Ye's pride is like a jade in a stone wrapped in layers."

"Then this person's pride is like the illusory clouds in the sky!"