Chapter 175 Breakthrough
Yi Tiancheng muttered something and his fingertips moved slightly. The wind blew up his wide sleeves and the sunlight shone down, adding a sense of mystery to him.
Except for the people on Tao Nanfeng's side, the rest of the reporters, colleagues, and Hong Kong businessmen who were watching the fun around Yi Tiancheng all stared at Yi Tiancheng nervously, wanting to see the master using the seventy-two evil-breaking needles.
Yi Tiancheng suddenly opened his eyes and raised his finger: "Southeast Xun Gua, put down three; northeast Gen Gua, put down three..." As his fingers moved, the disciples worked in groups of two and hammered the iron axes into the soil one by one according to the directions pointed by Yi Tiancheng.
Taking the solitary grave as the center, find three locations in the eight directions and drive three iron hammers into the grave.
Three times three equals nine, and □□ seventy-two, this is Yi Tiancheng's “Seventy-two Evil-Breaking Needles and the Rotating Stars Feng Shui Formation”.
After everything was settled, Yi Tiancheng explained to everyone: "The mountain is shaped like a dragon, and the solitary grave is the dragon scale nailed to the dragon's back. If you want to take out this dragon scale, the dragon will swing its tail and the boulder will roll down. It will be difficult for gods and ghosts to stop it."
Everyone nodded and exclaimed, "Great!" According to Yi Tiancheng's explanation, everything made sense. Can the dragon scales be peeled off casually? You absolutely can't do that. If the dragon scales are peeled off, the dragon will feel pain and will surely get angry. It's normal for it to overturn the rocks, right?
Yi Tiancheng continued, "I am laying down these 72 evil-breaking needles to temporarily subdue the dragon with the power of the 72 constellations. Now that the formation is complete, let's hurry up and dig up the grave."
Li Zuxiao nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, Master. I will get the workers to dig up the grave right away."
One after another, thick iron rods were driven into the ground, surrounding the lonely grave. The top of the iron bell that was exposed above the ground shone brightly in the midday sun, just like the starry sky at night.
Above the sky, in the distant starry sky, there are seventy-two constellations...
Just hearing the name of this Feng Shui formation makes people feel high-end, grand and mysterious.
Yu Haonan was dazzled as he watched from the sidelines. He exclaimed, "Seventy-two Evil-Breaking Needles, it turns out that they can be used like this!"
Tao Nanfeng glanced at him and said, "Don't be too happy too soon."
Xiangbei looked at her calmly and asked quietly, "Can't you break it?"
Tao Nanfeng looked at Li Zuxiao who was directing the workers to dig the soil and grave, and sneered: "You are playing tricks, and you will be finished sooner or later."
When Yu Haonan heard this, his eyes widened: "You mean... this evil-breaking needle is useless?"
His voice was a little loud and was heard by the reporters at the bottom of the slope. They were all filled with righteous indignation and started cursing with their faces raised.
"How can it be useless? Don't you see that the excavation is going smoothly now?"
"The evil-breaking needle is located right in front of the rocks, firmly holding them in place. Naturally, we are not afraid of the dragon's tail swinging."
"Young people are so ignorant and boastful!"
Standing on the high ground and looking down to the north, the positions of the seventy-two evil-breaking needles are clearly visible. As everyone has said, these iron plates are arranged very carefully. Calculating the location of nearby rocks and placing obstacles in low places in advance can be considered a technical means of "slope protection".
He asked Tao Nanfeng: "Does a Feng Shui master also need to understand construction techniques?"
Tao Nanfeng nodded: "A Feng Shui master must know a little bit about everything. In our professional terms, he must understand engineering structure, foundation and basis, building construction, psychology... Most importantly, he must be proficient in the Book of Changes and the Eight Diagrams and master a unique set of rhetoric, otherwise he will not be able to deceive people."
Xiangbei suddenly realized something. He observed Yi Tiancheng's movements and saw that seven or eight men were digging the grave busily. A corner of the coffin had already been exposed. For some reason, he felt a chill coming over him. His keen sense of danger made him raise his hand to protect Tao Nanfeng, and he subconsciously shouted, "Be careful!"
As soon as the word "be careful" was uttered, something unexpected happened.
The worker dug with a hoe and there was a "ding" sound. The iron tool collided with the stone, making a harsh sound that scratched the ears of everyone present.
This collision marked the beginning of a landslide.
The huge rock on the hillside began to shake. The three iron stakes buried in front of the rock could not stop its falling trend at all, and the rock rolled down with the soil.
One, two, three...
One after another huge rocks rolled down the slope with a whistling sound. The people below were so frightened that they cried for help and ran away in panic.
Suddenly, someone looked up and saw Tao Nanfeng and his group standing on the eastern hillside watching the excitement. He pointed and shouted, "Run over there, it's safe over there—"
Everyone looked and saw, isn’t it? Xiangbei, who was protecting Tao Nanfeng, took two steps back, but in fact the rocks that were whistling down were about five meters away from them. There were sporadic splashes of mud and debris, but they had no effect on Tao Nanfeng and his group.
First, a real estate businessman who recognized Yu Chengda ran towards Tao Nanfeng, followed by the quick-reacting reporters from Hong Kong, then the construction workers dropped their hoes and ran, and finally even Li Zuxiao, Yi Tiancheng, and the Yi sect disciples all ran in this direction.
On the hillside east of the solitary grave, dozens of people gathered together. Some had bruised heads, some had broken hands and feet, some had lost their glasses, and some had smashed their cameras, looking in a miserable state. They finally managed to stand firmly on their feet, but were still in shock.
"What's going on! I thought that after using the seventy evil-breaking needles to immobilize the dragon, this lonely grave could be successfully excavated, but I didn't expect that it still didn't work."
"If we don't move the lonely grave, the feng shui of this land will not improve. Even if we build a villa, who would be willing to buy it? Are we going to live with the lonely grave and the ghosts?"
"Puh, puh, puh! Don't talk nonsense. What lonely ghost? He is also a poor person, a lonely grave with no descendants to worship. We moved it without permission for development. No wonder he is angry and let the dragon turn over."
"Can Master Yi really do it? If even Master Yi can't suppress it, then this piece of land will be useless."
Hearing everyone's discussion, Yi Tiancheng felt a little embarrassed. Li Zuxiao frowned and said, "Master, why... the Sha-breaking Needle has no effect?"
There was a bruise on Yi Tiancheng's forehead, caused by him running too fast and falling, hitting the tombstone. Thinking of all the rumors, Yi Tiancheng felt uneasy. He always felt that he might have bumped into something, otherwise why did his legs go weak and he fell beside the tombstone?
While silently reciting the Heart Purification Mantra in his heart, he secretly made a wish: May the heavens and earth be merciful, and may the Bodhisattva passing by hear clearly. I have offended the owner of the grave today. I will come here tomorrow to burn incense and offer fresh fruits. Please forgive me.
After chanting the spell and making the wish, Yi Tiancheng glanced at Tao Nanfeng and coughed: "Today, there is evil spirit at work, and the dragon is frightened. The seventy-two evil-breaking needles can't suppress it at all."
Li Zuxiao had always respected him, so naturally he believed whatever Master Yi said. He looked at the only woman at the scene thoughtfully: "Master, are you saying that the evil-breaking needle is ineffective because there is a female fortune-teller present?"
Yi Tiancheng neither nodded nor shook his head, but just sighed: "Alas! What a pity, two years of planning, but all the efforts were in vain."
When the group of people who blindly worshipped Yi Tiancheng heard what he said, they all cast condemning looks at Tao Nanfeng.
"That's right! How can a woman be a fortune teller? Women are Yin and men are Yang. This land has been planted with peach and cypress trees for two years. The Yang energy has risen and breaking the Feng Shui formation is just around the corner. But she came and ruined the master's hard work. How despicable!"
“Break the evil, break the evil. I didn’t expect that I couldn’t break the evil of this woman!”
"That damn mainland girl, pretending to compete with the master in Feng Shui, if she has the guts, she can try it."
Facing a bunch of condemning looks and hearing the discriminatory word "mainland girl", Tao Nanfeng got angry. She raised her eyebrows, stood out from behind Xiangbei, slowly walked to a rock, bent down and grabbed a bent iron axe.
With a cold snort, Tao Nanfeng suddenly pulled out the one-meter-long iron axe from the ground.
"Oh——" an exclamation came from the crowd.
This female fortune teller has great strength!
Tao Nanfeng held an iron axe in his right hand, turned around and looked around, his eyes as cold as ice, passing over the faces of those who had just said something wrong.
"Yi Tiancheng, is your performance over?" Tao Nanfeng's voice was filled with a hint of mockery.
Yi Tiancheng felt uncomfortable all over after listening to this. He put his hands behind his back and tried to maintain a profound appearance. "Although the Seventy-two Evil Breaking Needles and the Star-Turning Feng Shui Formation did not exert half of its power today, it has at least penetrated deeper than last time. The coffin has been exposed. I will cast another spell at noon tomorrow. After comforting the dead soul, the grave will naturally be opened successfully."
Tao Nanfeng laughed: "Tomorrow? No need to wait until tomorrow!"
She said to Yi Tiancheng: "Let me lend you my evil-breaking needle." Then she bent down and pulled the iron needles out from the ground one by one.
Everyone was confused and looked at each other.
Li Zuxiao asked Tao Nanfeng: "Master Tao, are you ready to break the impasse now?"
Tao Nanfeng pulled out 72 evil-breaking needles in one breath and motioned Xiangbei and Yu Haonan to take them. She said as she walked: "Yi Tiancheng, if I can successfully excavate this lonely grave today, does that mean you lose?"
When Yi Tiancheng heard that she didn't even call him "Master" but just called him Yi Tiancheng, he felt very angry and said bitterly: "Although I can still dig up this lonely grave tomorrow, if you can succeed today, then you win!"
Tao Nanfeng gave him a mocking look: "You will succeed tomorrow? Stop bragging! You, a Feng Shui master, are just playing tricks."
Yi Tiancheng was so angry that he jumped up and down: "You bastard! Shameless!"
Tao Nanfeng said loudly: "Look carefully, see how a woman like me can break this feng shui!"
After saying that, she walked quickly, starting from the lonely grave, and headed southwest step by step. He held an iron hammer in each of his left and right hands and inserted two of them every five steps.
Her movements were vigorous and powerful. The meter-long iron pin was as light as a feather in her hand, just like a small thumbtack. She inserted it into the ground easily without the help of a hammer or the cooperation of two people. The reporters from Hong Kong were all shocked.
"Oh my god, this strong woman has such a great technique."
"Is this the Xuanmen method? The iron axe weighing more than ten pounds looks like a small iron nail in her hand."
"She borrowed the Po Sha needle, but the placement of the needle was completely different from Master Yi's. I wonder who is more skilled."
After all 72 evil-breaking needles were inserted, Tao Nanfeng turned around and looked behind him. The iron axe was inserted into the ground, with only the inch-long tip exposed, and densely packed black dots winding around like a dragon.
Tao Nanfeng smiled brightly, his snow-white teeth sparkled in the sunlight. He looked full of energy and had an indescribable carefree air.
"Okay, we can open the grave now!"
After hearing what Tao Nanfeng said, Li Zuxiao, who had been staring blankly at Tao Nanfeng's axe, didn't react. Until someone reminded him: "Mr. Li, Master Tao is talking to you."
"Ah, ah..." Li Zuxiao was speechless, but he did not move. He just stared at Yi Tiancheng.
Yi Tiancheng gritted his teeth and stared at Tao Nanfeng's every move. Her nimble skills and miraculous strength shocked Yi Tiancheng greatly. How could a disciple of metaphysics... actually degenerate herself? Why would she study such books and become an architect? Wouldn't it be good for a Feng Shui master like him to be sought after and supported by Hong Kong people?
Seeing Li Zuxiao's inquiring eyes, Yi Tiancheng sighed: "She is young and energetic, so let her be."
Li Zuxiao wanted to ask the workers to dig the grave, but they were all so frightened that they refused to move forward. Even if Li Zuxiao took out a hundred-yuan bill, it could not shake the workers' determination. They all shook their hands and said, "Mr. Li, please spare us. We have to live to enjoy our wealth. This lonely grave is too evil, we dare not touch it."
Walk north to the grave, pick up the hoe, raise both hands high, and dig hard!
bite! The same sound of the hoe hitting the stone was heard, and everyone's heart was lifted. Yu Chengda looked at the cold and gleaming needle nervously, praying secretly in his heart that everything would be safe.
Yu Haonan was a man with an impatient temper and couldn't hold back his words. He clenched his fists, stared at Xiangbei's every move, and muttered: Please don't let anything happen to you, please don't let anything happen to you.
Reporters from Hong Kong media held their breath and dared not blink, for fear that digging to the north would cause an even greater shock, and the entire group of people would be killed in the mountains.
Yi Tiancheng was in a complicated mood. He was afraid that Tao Nanfeng would win, but also afraid that Tao Nanfeng would lose.
If Tao Nanfeng loses, the digging to the north will cause a landslide. Dozens of people will be guarding the hillside. If something happens, none of them can escape. It is not easy to live in this life, and he does not want to die on the spot.
If Tao Nanfeng wins, the coffin can be taken out successfully, the lonely grave can be filled, and Li Zuxiao's land can be developed smoothly. But from then on, the three words "Yi Tiancheng" will be greatly discounted in the Feng Shui circle of Hong Kong City. I am afraid that no one will be willing to offer sacrifices every month, and no one will be willing to pay a high price to ask him to look at Feng Shui.
The group of people were thinking about their own things, and all eyes were focused on Xiang Bei who was concentrating on swinging his hoe.
In the sunlight, Xiangbei's bronze skin, well-proportioned muscles, and strong arms are full of strength and masculinity, which weaken the gloomy atmosphere brought by the lonely grave and coffin.
A pillar of love passed by and nothing happened.
There was no earthquake, no shaking of the mountains, no boulders rolling down.
Finally, the mound of the solitary grave was dug open, revealing a deep pit, and the rotten wooden coffin lid was completely exposed.
Tao Nanfeng glanced at Li Zuxiao and said calmly, "Why, do you still want my people to do hard labor for you?"
Li Zuxiao finally regained his spirit and ran down the hillside, shouting as he ran: "Master Tao, Master Tao, you are truly a god-like figure, so smart! So smart!"
He ran to Xiangbei and extended his hand respectfully: "Sir, leave the rest to me. Thank you for your hard work."
Reporters from Hong Kong City witnessed with their own eyes how Tao Nanfeng inserted the evil needle into the ground with one hand and set up a formation completely different from Yi Tiancheng's, but miraculously stopped the boulder from rolling down. Seeing that the legend of the fatal grave was no longer happening, everyone became excited. They took out their cameras and kept taking pictures. They even drafted the headlines for the news.
[Master Yi's skills are inferior to others, and the female fortune teller is famous in Hong Kong]
[The lonely grave was finally destroyed, and the powerful and beautiful girl showed her power]
[Yi Tiancheng's seventy-two evil-breaking needles have become a wedding dress for others? 】
The workers recruited by Li Zuxiao saw that there was no danger and took the money to start work. With strength in numbers, they dug out the coffin, carried it aside and put it down. Then someone came and filled the grave, and everything was done.
Yi Tiancheng's face was as gloomy as water and he didn't speak for a long time. The several disciples standing behind him also pulled long faces and looked at Tao Nanfeng with disdain.
One of them said indignantly: "My master clearly prepared this evil-breaking needle, and he spent a lot of effort in setting up the formation just now, and she came and picked the fruits and stole the credit!"
Yu Haonan was so angry that his face turned red: "Just now, Tao Nanfeng has already agreed with your master that if she can successfully excavate this lonely grave today, Master Yi will lose. Now you are accusing her of stealing the credit. Do you want to deny it?"
Tao Nanfeng knew that these people would cause trouble. She walked in front of the reporters and said loudly, "There is no such thing as a dragon wagging its tail. This is just a trick of the Feng Shui masters."
Without waiting for Yi Tiancheng to refute, she pointed to the two rows of winding roads covered by the 72 iron axes and said, "I have checked the local chronicles here. Two hundred years ago, there was an earthquake and landslide in Zijing Mountain. This is the fault zone. The solitary tomb is located in a fragile part of the earthquake zone. The slightest movement will cause the mountain to collapse. I laid iron axes along this fault zone to provide protection and increase the solitary tomb's ability to resist interference."
At this point, Tao Nanfeng turned to look at Li Zuxiao and said, "Don't take down these 72 iron axes. When you are working on the project, remember to stay one meter away from this fault zone. This will ensure that your project will be built smoothly and have a good start."
Li Zuxiao also comes from a construction management background. Is there anything he doesn’t understand after hearing this? He murmured, "But...my father was critically ill and my wife was in a coma. Could it be that this had nothing to do with it?"
Tao Nanfeng smiled slightly: "There are many coincidences in the world that cannot be explained, which is why metaphysics has a place. If you believe it, it exists, if you don't believe it, it doesn't exist. I only break your feng shui situation, as for the rest... I heard that Master Yi has an extremely advanced soul-locking technique, maybe you can ask him."
Li Zuxiao's face changed drastically, and he looked at Yi Tiancheng steadily, his eyes full of suspicion and fear.
With just a few words, Tao Nanfeng brought the flames of war to Yi Tiancheng. All the people who were originally standing beside Yi Tiancheng and trying to curry favor with him subconsciously took a half step back, not daring to approach him. Everyone was afraid that Yi Tiancheng would use metaphysical methods to lock their souls.
Yi Tiancheng was extremely angry and yelled, "Tao Nanfeng, you are slandering me!"
Tao Nanfeng pursed his lips and smiled, ignoring Yi Tiancheng's reaction, and only looked at Li Zuxiao: "Mr. Li, who will win and who will lose in this Feng Shui competition?"
Li Zuxiao shouted: "The winner of this competition is—Master Tao!"
Reporters from Hong Kong media crowded up and held the microphone in front of Tao Nanfeng, cheering, praising, looking up at him, worshipping him...all kinds of words came at him like a tide.
Across the bustling crowd, Yi Tiancheng and Tao Nanfeng's eyes met in the air. A sharp light flashed, and he slumped his shoulders, knowing that his era was over.
He looks at Feng Shui, while Tao Nanfeng discusses human psychology;
He talked about metaphysics, while Tao Nanfeng talked about geological science;
The Yangtze River's waves behind push the waves in front out, and Yi Tiancheng lost completely.
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