Sikong Ju squatted humbly to one side, clutching his head with both hands, while two Embroidered Uniform Guards kept watch over him without pause.
"Sir!"
At that moment, Yu Huatian and Young Master Luo walked over in sync. Seeing the commotion from not far away, Madam Jinzhu also came over instinctively.
One of the Embroidered Uniform Guards approached with a sheet of 3A-sized paper. It was covered in numerous markings.
"Sir, we copied down and compared all the marked entrances one by one. There are still as many as forty-two unmarked entrances... Please take a look!"
Yu Huatian simply had the guard hold up the markings so everyone could examine them together.
Each circle contained an inverted triangle. The inverted triangles ranged from empty to having four dots, making five different variations in all. Only one showed an upright triangle carved inside the circle.
"Lord Yu, the notes don't seem to contain any explanation for this kind of mark," Young Master Luo said thoughtfully.
Yu Huatian said, "These should be Sikong Zhaiyue's personal markings... Let's hear what this fellow has to say."
Everyone's eyes turned toward Sikong Ju at once. Under the immense pressure, Sikong Ju couldn't help trembling again. In a quavering voice, he said, "The, the circle represents a path that has been traveled. The inverted triangle means danger, and adding one dot means the danger is... is even more terrifying."
Sikong Ju swallowed, then looked at the raised diagram. "For example, the one with three dots is much more dangerous than the one with two..."
What's going on? That old bastard never said anything about a mark with a fourth dot... Could the Embroidered Uniform Guard have copied it wrong?
Why is there only one mark with... four dots?
Could it be...
"An inverted triangle means danger,