Category: Nine Rings

Story
Nine Rings

by MarineTL — Over three thousand years ago, a massive expedition ventured into the snow-covered forests of the northwest to construct a so-called “Immortal Palace” for a legendary emperor. That entire team vanished without a trace, swallowed by the tides of history.
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Adventure • Alternate Universe • Drama • Male Protagonist • Modern Day • Mystery • Supernatural • Thriller
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Nine Rings C113
by MarineTL — Chapter 113: The Tomb Raider Who Went to His Death Chen Canghai knelt beside me to rest. Seeing me look at him, he made a few hand gestures. After seeing them so often, I could guess most of what he meant. He Yu hadn't seen them much, so he didn't understand and tapped me on the shoulder. "Wh-what was that? What does that mean again?" I explained, "He might have had systematic training in something like Sanda before." Chen Canghai nodded after hearing my explanation. I had guessed correctly,…
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by MarineTL — Chapter 114: A Basketful of Guesses He Yu still hadn't processed it: "But other than half of it being torn away, there doesn't seem to be anything special about this page. Isn't it just another blank sheet of paper?" "No, only the top half of this page remains. The bottom half was torn off," I explained to him. "Normally, if you wanted to destroy paper evidence, you would tear out the entire page like the previous ones. But this page only had the bottom half removed, and the edge is very straight.…
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by MarineTL — Chapter 112: Reinforcements from the Heavens I wondered if he was being a bit dramatic. Lu A'yao had only exchanged a few words with Tian Yuqing, so how did they end up being labeled as thick as thieves? Besides, even if he really was in league with Tian Yuqing, the man was still Tian Xiaoqi's cousin. She couldn't possibly fly into a murderous rage just because she couldn't get the answers she wanted, right? "This is a bit much, isn't it?" I forced a chuckle. Baldy waved a hand dismissively.…
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by MarineTL — Chapter 111: Baldy's Frankness On the sides nearest that stone wall, there were several rows of scattered shrines. I had noticed early on that some shrines held statues while others were empty. My previous experience with Chen Canghai while jumping on the stone pillars made me instinctively think of the Big Dipper. The fourteen shrines on both sides were arranged so that the positions where the statues were placed corresponded exactly to the seven stars of the Big Dipper. Based on my experience,…
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by MarineTL — Chapter 110: The Lotus Statue The light of the fire starter flickered in the stone passage. I stood alone before the stone wall. I didn't know the exact time, but it felt like a long time had passed. I had felt every inch of the gaps in the stone wall, and there was no doubt it was a single, solid piece. The surface was smooth, with no signs of mechanisms or grooves. Baldy had found a stick from somewhere and was tapping it on the ground out of boredom. The contact between the stick and the floor…
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by MarineTL — Chapter 108: The Underground Palace The second before I lost consciousness, in addition to the sight of Tian Xiaoqi moving as if in slow motion, there was an incredibly crisp sound. It was the noise of stone colliding with stone, accompanied by the heavy rumble of a mechanism being triggered. The entire mountain began to vibrate. A piece of rubble struck me squarely, and with a sharp pain in my shoulder, I quickly drifted into oblivion. However, I woke up soon after. Unlike previous times, I was…
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by MarineTL — Chapter 109: The Wrong Path Fifteen minutes to memorize an entire map was no simple feat, especially since the structure was frustratingly complex. After Qiao Sangui finished speaking, I squeezed my eyes shut, forcing my brain to stay calm, then quickly looked down to start memorizing. When a person focuses intently on a single task, time always seems to slip away with inexplicable speed. After carefully examining every section of the map, I had essentially committed it to memory. As soon as the…
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