Carefully examining the Stone Disc embedded in the small stone door, Mo Wen was overjoyed. His luck was truly remarkable; he had managed to recover this item in such a way. At that moment, the Stone Disc only showed a faint imprint on the stone door, its color and texture blending seamlessly with the surrounding rocks. Unless one meticulously inspected the entire mountain, it would be nearly impossible to discover it. The urgent task now was to secure this reclaimed Stone Disc. Given its significant implications, he could not allow it to fall into someone else's hands or remain here.
After staring at the Stone Disc for half an hour, his initial excitement began to wane. It seemed that the Stone Disc was originally part of this door and had now become a mechanism button for it. Unable to think of a proper way to extract the Stone Disc, Mo Wen decided to sit down and ponder slowly, though his gaze never left the Stone Disc, fearing it might vanish again.
The sunlight cast by the mountain and the wall of dark clouds had started to dim, signaling that the day was coming to an end. Yet Mo Wen still could not think of a solution.
"A great man once said that practice is the only criterion for testing truth; I might as well give it a try," he said as he took out his tools and began to carefully tap along the edge of the imprint of the Stone Disc. However, he quickly gave up when he realized that the Stone Disc was not simply embedded in the stone door but had fused with it.
"Could it be that even someone as clever as I am stumped by this thing? Is there something I overlooked?" He packed away his tools, took a deep breath, and began to calm his mind while seriously recalling everything that had happened since he entered the cold mist, focusing particularly on the scene when the two stone tablets fused together, replaying it repeatedly in his mind.
"The Tai Chi Xuantian Formation... No, according to Old Lu, the Tai Chi Xuantian Formation is infinitely variable. Although there were many changes when the two stone tablets fused, they had not reached an infinite level of transformation." It seemed he had thought of something; Mo Wen opened his eyes. It was now midnight, and moonlight covered the ground like a layer of white frost. He glanced at the position of the Stone Disc and saw no changes before closing his eyes again.
"The Tai Chi Xuantian Formation... After obtaining the second stone tablet, entering this place seemed much easier. Could it be...?" When dawn broke, Mo Wen opened his eyes again. This time his gaze sparkled with insight as if he had discovered something crucial.
"The five characters that appeared during fusion were 'Tai Chi Xuantian Formation,' and both backs of the stone tablets bore a command character. Just as I suspected—ha ha!" Before entering this place, he had speculated that the stone tablets might serve as tokens for entry; however, having already entered, he overlooked that important command character. Now that the Stone Disc was embedded in the center of the stone door, it seemed to indicate that the Stone Disc itself was indeed the token for entering through the grand door. But why was it not embedded in that massive stone door but instead appeared on this Small Door several feet away? Could it be that this Small Door was part of a mechanism? Was this what they called a linked mechanism? Everything still needed verification.
Standing up and stretching lazily, he prepared himself before approaching the Small Door. He reached out to press on the imprint of the Stone Disc but hesitated momentarily. What if something went wrong? "If I make a mistake, I'll deal with it then!" With determination, he pressed his palm against the Stone Disc.
"Click! Click!" The sound of mechanisms turning echoed from within the stone door, filling Mo Wen's heart with anticipation.
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