Led by Qu Ruilin, our group quickly arrived at the northwest corner of Ping'an Village.
Previously, when we left the village, we always entered through the main gate on the south side. This is the first time I've been to another place.
Standing in the open and looking ahead, the woods in this area are noticeably more lush than those in other locations.
Just by looking at the terrain here, I frowned and asked Qu Ruilin, "The northwest is associated with the element of metal, which is the element of metal. Metal is supposed to overcome wood, but the forest here is much more lush than in other areas. There is obviously something wrong with this. As a successor of the Earth Eye, how could you not see such an obvious problem?"
"I was too confident."
Qu Ruilin sighed: "When we first arrived here, I noticed something was off about this forest. However, I was too overconfident in my feng shui skills, and since we were entering the forest to track the people from Ping'an Village, I thought the chances of trouble were slim. So I rashly went in, but who knew..."
Seeing that even the usually arrogant Qu Ruilin had this expression, I suddenly realized that this forest was not as simple as it seemed. Since I had been called here to help, I didn't discuss those trivial matters with him and went straight to the point: "Do you still remember the general direction you entered the forest?"
“I remember there was a broken tree stump by the roadside when we entered the woods, but after I came out, I couldn’t find it anywhere! I walked around the woods for at least two hours. Even if the stump had been pulled out, there should have been some trace of it.”
Qu Ruilin stared intently at the woods ahead: "Someone must have cast a spell here, but I've tried everything I know, and I can't break it."
"You mean, no one except the people of Ping'an Village can enter this village?"
The monkey blinked: "When we went to India, didn't we also encounter strange things in the forest? It was Wei Shengnan who solved the mystery back then. How could she get lost in a place like this?"
Qu Ruilin sighed: "That's exactly what I find strange! You should know that the forest outside Ping'an Village is a huge maze. The reason we were able to find Ping'an Village was because Wei Shengnan led us! But after the accident this afternoon, I found that I was the only one who came out!"
I proposed a hypothesis: "Is it possible that Wei Shengnan also left this forest, but is in a different location than you, which is why you haven't met?"
"I think that's unlikely."
Qu Ruilin shook his head: "I was able to leave this forest entirely by chance. I tried almost every method I could think of before I managed to get out of this place! This locust forest is only so big. If Wei Shengnan could have come out, she would have left a mark or taken a detour. But so far, I haven't received any news from her."
"In that case, we have no choice but to go in and take a look."
I surveyed the dense forest and said, "Since this forest is a maze, there's no point in us searching for an exit. Let's just go in and find a way to break out of this predicament!"
After listening to my plan, Qu Ruilin explained, "There are many paper figures wandering in this forest. Those guys might suddenly appear from somewhere and attack people. We gradually got separated because of their attacks. You need to have a contingency plan for this."
"Group them!"
I quickly came up with a solution: "Once inside, the six of us will split into three groups: Manjing and Jiangman in one group, Monkey and Linque in another, and Qu Ruilin and I in the third. No matter what happens, everyone must keep a close eye on their teammates. That way, even if we get separated, we can still look out for each other!"
After everyone was divided into groups, I led them all toward the woods ahead.
As soon as I got close to the woods, I felt a gust of wind.
I could clearly feel the wind blowing on my face, but the trees in front of me and the grass around me did not sway at all.
A cold wind.
Legend has it that the yin wind is the airflow produced by ghosts when they breathe.
There are three most common places where you can feel the cold wind: cemeteries, temples, and construction sites.
What these three places have in common is feng shui.
Whether it's choosing a burial site for the deceased, building a temple or Taoist temple, or launching a construction project, people who understand feng shui will generally help with site selection and make some feng shui arrangements to change the magnetic field.
The so-called "yin wind" is more like airflow "locked" by a magnetic field, creating an invisible barrier in the air that blocks out everything inside.
I had already witnessed the feng shui of Ping'an Village when I entered the village.
Faced with this place that could trap even Wei Shengnan and terrify even Qu Ruilin, I was filled with vigilance.
We walked forward for about ten meters, and suddenly an open space appeared in front of us.
On this open ground, thirty or forty paper figures were densely packed together.
At this moment, these paper figures are kneeling on the ground, worshipping the moon in the sky.
Because they lack human muscles and their joints are not very flexible, the way these paper figures kneel before the moon looks quite comical, like puppets on strings.
The monkey looked at the paper figures in front of it and swallowed hard. "Young Master Duan, when we were outside the forest, the visibility was pretty good. We were only a dozen meters apart. We shouldn't have been able to see these paper figures!"
"It's an illusion! But I'm still not sure whether these paper figures are fake, or whether the forest we just saw was fake."
I opened my crossbody bag, took out a paper packet, poured the liquid from a small porcelain bottle onto the powder in the packet, mixed it, and handed it to everyone: "Take some with your finger and apply it to your eyelids!"
Lin Que dipped her finger in the contents of the paper packet, then applied a little to her eyelids. She then widened her eyes and exclaimed, "Big brother, what are you using on us? This is amazing!"
"The ash from burning ox tears and rhinoceros horn is just a little trick for communicating with spirits. This kind of formation involving Qimen Dunjia mainly changes the magnetic field. People with different magnetic fields can see different dimensions. To put it simply, there is a door here. Only the person who comes in with the key can see what is behind the door, while others can only see the scenery outside. This thing is like a master key that can deal with most illusions."
As I explained to Lin Que, I also applied something to my eyelids.
Upon closer inspection, the paper figures used for worshipping the heavens were gone. In their place stood pillars in the open space, along with white spirit banners hanging from them, fluttering in the wind.
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