"Teach Lao Gongyi how to do things?" Lao Gong flipped his white eye, but he still managed to get there first, disappearing from sight in a moment.
Qiu Jiyue's face remained dark. He stared at the frog that was nailed to death by Liu Ziyu and muttered, "It shouldn't be. It's not very likely."
"Qiu Ji, is there a problem?" Liu Yujie asked.
"It should be fine, if there is, it might be a big problem." Qiu Ji answered weakly.
At this point, Liu Ziyu walked to the mouth of the cave. He moved a stone with both hands to move it away.
The cave entrance was partially covered, and Lao Gong could go in without any problem, as he was a ghost without a physical form. However, for a normal person to enter, the stone block would need to be cleared away.
"Don't move!" Wu Jinluan suddenly shouted!
Liu Ziyu's hand froze, and he looked at Wu Jinluan for a moment, looking slightly confused.
"Step back," Wu Jinlan said again in a low voice.
Only then did Liu Ziyu step back a few steps.
"Siluan Zen master, I know you are also accustomed to using long whips. Use the whip to pull the stone away." Wu Jinluan communicated with Siluan.
After nodding, she waved her hand, and the long whip struck the stone block abruptly, wrapping it around quickly.
Without much effort, the first stone was pulled away about three meters. At the moment when the stone was moved, three small black arrows shot out from below in an instant!
The speed was fast, and if Liu Ziyu had moved the stone, he would definitely not be able to react in time to dodge.
The gentlemen all showed great caution, without exception.
Qiu Ji kept breathing deeply, maintaining composure.
"Jiqui has prepared. If we come looking, the traps here will take human lives," Wu Jinluan said calmly.
Siluan did the same, and she managed to open up two more stone blocks, completely exposing the cave entrance.
When the two stone blocks were moved, the same traps were triggered. After a burst of thick smoke, several small white bones shot out, of course, without hitting anyone.
"Old Gong hasn't come out yet, there should be more problems inside," Siluan whispered.
"There are problems, but it won't be a disaster," I replied.
"Even if it's Lao Gong plus Wei Youming, even Liu Yujie couldn't do anything to them. Ji Qi doesn't even have the ability to do so. The only reason is that there are something strange inside the cave. Lao Gong is now investigating more carefully."
I took a step forward, ready to take Liao Ziyu's place to explore the way.
Since the cave is dangerous and Liao Ziyu is not strong enough, there's no need to add more lives.
But little did we expect, he actually bent down and walked into the cave himself.
I stopped for a moment before saying, "Mr. Wu, follow me and be careful."
Wu Jinlan was not as quick as Qiu Ji, so he followed directly behind Liao Ziyu.
"Don't worry, the disciples of Pure Yang Temple are all capable and have good character. Although Qiu Ji doesn't have the refined skills of his teacher in geomancy, he is still not weak." Liu Yujie was confident in his family.
Therefore, all of us followed.
Wu Jinlan explained to me again, meaning that since Ji Qi would need to come and go here himself, he wouldn't block the path too severely, and wouldn't set traps every step. Having defenses at the entrance was already an unexpected turn of events.
I didn't say anything else.
The cave was difficult to navigate and required us to crawl in a belly-up position.
This is not a cave that was carved out, but rather seems to be naturally formed.
The stone's texture is too hard, and even with enough time for Ji Qi, he wouldn't be able to carve such a cave.
A group of people crawled for a long time. I estimated it would take more than ten minutes at least, but the cave gradually became less narrow, and it suddenly opened up.
Inside was another cave, with a height of at least three meters, elongated and narrow. The air inside the cave was very damp, and indeed, there was a continuous sound of running water.
Lao Gong was standing at the deepest part of the cave, and he was surrounded by a faint gray-purple ghost energy, making him appear very ominous. There were many things inside the cave, including some simple cooking utensils, a stone stove made of rocks, a piece of wood with cotton bedding on top, which served as a bed.
There were several corpses next to the bed, all of which had their heads removed. The meat had been shaved away on one side, and the separation of flesh from bone made it even more terrifying.
The gentlemen looked around, and Wu Jinluan murmured to himself, "Drove off early? That shouldn't be. He would at most know that we were coming here, but would he abandon everything he carefully planned? This place should be like water to fish for him."
"What does 'water mouth' mean?" Wu Jinluan suddenly looked at Qiu Ji.
Qiu Ji didn't say anything. He walked to the spot where Lao Gong was standing, and the rest of us went over there as well.
Looking down, we saw the ground was covered with small, scattered rocks and some iron filings. In a hole that was almost big enough for a person to crawl into, black water was flowing slowly.
Damp, it originated from this water outlet.
And this water outlet was not naturally formed. It could be seen that it was carved out.
The water itself flows through the mountain, but at this particular spot, the rock was the weakest, so when it was broken, the water outlet was exposed.
Ji Qi definitely wasn't just randomly opening this water outlet. It must be related to geomancy!
Certainly, it is related to the ancient Qiang City's secret!
Otherwise, Qiu Ji's face wouldn't be so grim.
"Impossible, he definitely couldn't have entered from here. Damn it!" Qiu Ji's face wasn't just showing an unsightly color, his voice was even more unpleasant, as if it was extremely agonizing and hard to believe.
He didn't want to say the detailed details, which made me even more certain that it has something to do with the secret of the ancient Qiang City!
"Shh," suddenly, Lao Gong made a hushing gesture, and he said, "Let me guess. The ancient Qiang City has many geomantic layouts to suppress evil spirits, with the most complex being the method of burying shadows to view mountains. Mountain shadows, tree shadows, moon shadows, and human shadows are all part of this technique. What the eyes see may not be true. In the yin-yang world, this is one of the most mysterious geomantic techniques."
"Then, to approach the place of suppression, one needs to master the technique and can only be the teacher, or at best, a successor of the Burying Shadows to View Mountains technique. That's why you only feel threatened by him, but the actual threat isn't that great."
"However, there is no mountain to observe without sand, which is the iron law of geomancy. The sand dragons on the surface are positive geomancy, and most geomancy techniques are like this. The suppression of evil spirits in the city is also within a sand mountain. But in fact, yin dragons and yang dragons complement each other, and there must be a yin for every yang. A single yin cannot produce life, and a single yin cannot produce life. Therefore, the water in the ancient Qiang City can be connected to the mountains of positive geomancy through its yin dragon; it may even form a circle where the yin dragon endlessly produces life and vitality will never be lost?"
"If he goes from here, he must have reached the place of suppression?"
Lao Gong's words made Qiu Ji's face change dramatically, shocking him to the extreme.
Wu Jinluan and the others also looked shocked and stunned to the extreme.
Liu Yujie had no expression, Liu Ziyu's face was tense, Siluan wore a veil over her face, so no one could tell her expression.
"Impossible, he definitely couldn't make it. He is not a ghost, not a corpse. If he wants to enter the place of suppression through this yin dragon, he has to swim in the water. How long can he hold his breath? In geomancy without problems, the yin dragon will always be full, and we can compare the ancient Qiang City to a person. This yin dragon water is like a person's blood vessels. How can he breathe? It would take him dozens of days to complete the entire journey, and if he can hold his breath for an hour and a half, he is already a high-level person. Therefore, it is definitely impossible!"
