crypto/bn256: fix incorrect constant in MulXi#34659
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The comment formula showed (i+3) but the code multiplies by 9 (Lsh 3 + add = 8+1).
This was a error when porting from upstream golang.org/x/crypto/bn256 where ξ=i+3.
Go-ethereum changed the constant to ξ=i+9 but forgot to update the inner formula.