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Chapter 77 [Going Up the Mountain]

Chapter 75 [Going Up the Mountain]

The mountain road is narrow, but the weather is very good today. Although it is winter and it is almost the New Year, the sun is high in the sky, and there is a rare damp and cold fog in the mountains.

Two cars stopped at the foot of the mountain. After getting off, the group went up along the mountain road.

This mountain was quite large, and Chen Yan had heard Chu Keqing describe it on the way. The mountain was about four or five miles in radius, with three small peaks. Although the altitude was not high, the ridge was a low, continuous terrain.

The He family has lived in this village at the foot of the mountain for generations, and has a history of more than three hundred years.

A hill in the southwest became the ancestral tomb of the He family - only direct descendants could be buried there.

As for the direct descendants, they were all buried halfway up the mountain or on the eastern hilltop.

There are no minerals on this mountain, so no government officials came to develop and expropriate the land, and the mountain has been preserved.

A few years ago, the He family raised a sum of money and went through official procedures to buy the land on this hilltop. In name, they wanted to develop mountain products or orchards, but in reality, it was to insure the land for their ancestral graves.

Although this kind of mountain road in the south is not steep, the mountain is covered with lush branches and leaves, and the path is very narrow. In fact, there was no road on the ground originally, but after walking a lot, a mountain path was trampled out. There are weeds on both sides and branches sticking out.

After all, Chu Keqing was a woman. When she reached halfway up the mountain, her legs became weak and her breathing became unstable.

Chen Yan followed Chu Keqing and looked at her calmly - the Yun Sect's skills that this woman learned were flawed. They lacked the part of drawing in vital energy to nourish the body. So although she had reached the Guiyuan realm, it was only the vital energy realm that had reached it. The vital energy did not nourish the body, and the improvement in physical quality was really limited.

In fact, their physical fitness is only slightly better than that of ordinary people.

Unlike Chen Yan, who walked all the way up the mountain to here without blushing or panting, his forehead was clean without even a drop of sweat.

Fortunately, Chu Keqing's female assistant was a martial artist. She followed her and supported Chu Keqing all the way up the mountain, lending her a lot of strength.

The female assistant supported Chu Keqing with one hand and carried a backpack on her back.

The shoes on his feet were already stained with a lot of mud. Chen Yan walked up the last hill and randomly found a bunch of grass on the side of the road and wiped his shoes on it.

The He family's ancestral tombs are on this hillside, scattered from high to low.

Some tombstones were quite old, and although they had been renovated, the inscriptions had clearly been repainted. Several large ancient tombs had also clearly been renovated by later generations, with cement walls and roofs and new corners.

After Chu Keqing finally climbed up, Chen Yan looked at the woman breathing softly beside him. After thinking for a moment, he handed over the bottle of mineral water in his hand.

"Thank you, senior." Chu Keqing said this in a low voice, took it, unscrewed it and took two sips.

Mr. He had already walked to the cemetery, but his expression was very gloomy and his face was ashen.

Following Boss He's gaze, Chen Yan easily found the old lady's tomb - in the corner of the hillside at the edge.

The tomb had obviously collapsed.

Because of the landslide caused by the previous heavy rain, the soil and broken trees on top were washed down after the collapse.

The ground on the hillside where the old lady's tomb was originally located has cracked, the concrete skirt wall and tombstone of the tomb have collapsed, and the tomb has even been exposed.

The scene Chen Yan saw now was the site that had been excavated and cleaned up by the He family. However, it still looked dilapidated and in disarray.

Chen Yan only took one look and couldn't help but sigh.

No wonder Boss He was so angry—he was a filial son, extremely devoted to his mother. His mother's death had already been a huge blow to him, and seeing her grave end up like this, how could he not be deeply saddened?
Chu Keqing and Chen Yan walked over together. Chen Yan raised his head and looked around. After quickly calculating in his mind, he nodded.

The location of this tomb was originally chosen by Chu Keqing for Boss He - Chu Keqing's skills are not bad, and her acupoint-pressing skills seem to be very good.

The tomb is located on the southern side of the hill. Looking south, there is a stream at the foot of the mountain winding from west to east like a dragon.

The dragon's head is facing the direction where the sun rises, forming the shape of a "dragon chasing the sun".

The water of the dragon seems to be surrounding the old lady's tomb on the hillside, which is a very beautiful place.

There are two hills on the left and right sides of the tomb, the left one is higher and the right one is lower.

The left is higher and the right is lower, this is what makes it so special!

If it were the other way around, with the right side higher and the left side lower, that would be completely wrong.

The so-called Azure Dragon on the left and White Tiger on the right, if the mountain on the right is higher than the one on the left, it will become an evil place of "White Tiger turning back".

When Chen Yan asked about the location of the tomb, Chu Keqing confidently said, "It's a lucky tomb."

It really doesn't live up to its reputation.

Mr. He stared at his mother's grave for a moment, then turned around with a sullen look and nodded to Chu Keqing: "Ms. Chu, please take a look."

Chu Keqing said solemnly: "Okay!"

The female assistant next to her was holding her wooden box and was about to come over when she was stopped by Chen Yan, who reached out to take it. The female assistant had an idea and handed it to Chen Yan, then stepped back a few steps.

Chen Yan brought the wooden box to Chu Keqing's side. Chu Keqing glanced at him, reached out to open it, and took out a white jade compass from it.

Chen Yan took a look and recognized it as top-quality mutton-fat white jade. This compass was worth a lot of money and was much higher quality than the one he bought on Taobao.

Chu Keqing held a compass in one hand and pinched her fingers with the other as she walked around the tomb. Chen Yan took the opportunity to hold the wooden box and followed Chu Keqing.

Chen Yan used the art of observing qi to look around, nodding slightly as he looked.

The He family's ancestral tomb is located in a very impressive place. With its advantageous geographical location, it surrounds the vital energy on all sides, and it seems to be gathering and absorbing it slightly.

Under the Qi-gazing technique, Chen Yan squinted his eyes and could see the vital energy of heaven and earth, in an extremely subtle and weak manner, gradually gathering towards this place. This effect was achieved purely by relying on the Feng Shui and the favorable conditions without any magical array.

Although the effect is far inferior to his own spirit gathering array.

But... this is a cemetery. If it is left here for decades, hundreds of years, and hundreds of years... over time, its momentum will naturally increase slowly!
Obviously, when the ancestors of the He family chose this place as their ancestral tomb, there was someone knowledgeable who helped them choose the place.

Next to the tomb, there were two coffins.

One of them was obviously damaged on the surface, with the paint scratched off in many places. The coffin was also damaged in many places, even cracked.

The other one should be a new coffin that was rebuilt later.

Chen Yan glanced at Chu Keqing, who understood and immediately walked towards the coffin. Chen Yan took the opportunity to follow her.

When I got closer, I saw that the nails on the lid of the old coffin had been removed. Although the lid was still closed, there were obvious traces of it being opened some time ago.

Chen Yan used the Qi-gazing technique to take a look, then shook his head.

There is not a trace of yin energy.

The so-called Yin Qi is also called corpse Qi. Wherever there are living beings, dead beings, and decaying corpses, some Yin Qi will be left behind.

Chu Keqing pinched her fingers together, muttered some incantations, opened her eyes and looked around, then suddenly felt Chen Yan kicking her heel lightly.

When he turned his head, he saw Chen Yan signaling him with his eyes and looking at the coffin lid.

Chu Keqing immediately understood what Chen Yan meant and asked He Jianbo, "Mr. He, I need to open the old lady's coffin and take a look."

Director He's face was solemn. After a moment's hesitation, he nodded. "Look! The body is missing, so opening the coffin now wouldn't be disrespectful to my mother. As long as you can find the root of this matter, this place is yours to explore!"

Chu Keqing nodded and deliberately shouted to Chen Yan: "Help me open the coffin!"

Director He glanced at Chen Yan, then turned to his two subordinates who had followed him and said, "Go and help."

"No need." Chu Keqing immediately stopped him: "Opening the coffin has its own rules. Mr. He, your men should not come over. Otherwise, they will ruin my plan."

Mr. He didn't understand what was going on, but he trusted Chu Keqing, so he nodded and waved his hand to let his two men step back.

Chen Yan walked forward, took a deep breath, and first circulated his vital energy around his body.

He first reached into his pocket with one hand, activated a [Talisman to Bring Good Luck and Turn Misfortune] hidden in his pocket with his vital energy, and slapped it on his leg.

Then he took his hands out of his pockets and pushed the coffin lid with both hands.

After a few clicks, the coffin lid was pushed open one-third. Chen Yan let out a breath, then walked to the side of the coffin with Chu Keqing and looked inside.

The coffin was empty, but the silk padding was still intact. In addition, there were some spices left over from the burial inside the coffin.

Chen Yan sniffed it, then glanced at Chu Keqing. Chu Keqing squinted her eyes and said nothing, just lowered her head in thought.

Chen Yan's eyes searched the coffin carefully, and suddenly his eyes moved. He stretched out his fingers and gently touched a corner inside the coffin. Then he retracted two fingers, rubbed it with his fingertips, and twitched the corners of his mouth.

Then he reached into the coffin and fumbled around for a while before he let out a breath, retracted his hand, and stood beside Chu Keqing.

The two stood beside the coffin for a full two minutes before Chu Keqing looked up at Chen Yan and saw that Chen Yan shook his head slightly.

Chu Keqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Close it."

She walked away from the tomb, to the side, and exhaled.

The female assistant came up and took out a small silver basin from her backpack. It was called a basin, but it was actually the size of a large bowl.

She put the silver basin in place, then opened a bottle of water she had brought and poured it in.

Chu Keqing came over, took out a talisman and shook it to make it burn out, then threw the talisman into the water and let it dissolve gently.

She stretched out her hands, rubbed them twice in the basin, then turned her head to look at He Jianbo: "Mr. He, come over and wash your hands too."

Mr. He was stunned for a moment, and Chu Keqing slowly said, "This is the rootless water I brought with me, diluted with talismanic power. We walked through the cemetery today, so it's inevitable that we've been exposed to some negative energy. We need to wash our hands."

Director He raised his eyebrows, walked over and rubbed his hands in the water twice, then glanced at Chu Keqing: "Did you see anything?"

Chu Keqing shook her head: "Mr. He, let's go back and talk about it."

He Jianbo looked at Chu Keqing silently, then nodded.

Afterwards, everyone gathered around, washed their hands in the silver basin, and finally returned down the mountain the same way they came.

Chen Yan discovered that when going down the mountain, Mr. He looked back every three steps, reluctant to leave his mother's damaged grave, and his eyes were slightly red.

Seeing Mr. He's reaction, Chen Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

When I think about how my old lady just passed away, I must have expressed my grief for losing a loved one.

The group walked to the foot of the mountain, got in the car and left.

But the car had only been driving for a few minutes when a group of people playing music came towards us on the village road we came from.

Some people even set off firecrackers along the way, and the sound of ping-pong was endless.

Seeing the procession carrying white banners and white tents, filial sons and grandsons marching in mourning...

It turned out to be a funeral procession going up the mountain!
(End of this chapter)