The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 186 The Ghost Granny and the Feng Shui Qi
The stiff woman said dryly, "It's such a coincidence to see Grandma here..."

"That's quite a coincidence," the old woman chuckled. "Young lady, do you know me?"

"I've heard about my mother-in-law's reputation," the woman said timidly.

Being called "little girl" made the woman feel a little uncomfortable, but in the eyes of the old woman in front of her, she really was a little girl.

"It's good that you've heard about it, it's good that you've heard about it." The old woman looked at the five mountain peaks in the thin mist. "Grandma, I heard that something strange has happened here, and there might be something good appearing? You appeared here first, so could it be that you've already gotten your hands on something good?"

She looked again at the woman and the two men, one old and one middle-aged, her gaze sweeping over them like a cold, venomous snake, making them feel uneasy.

The woman quickly said, "Mother-in-law, you misunderstand. The changes here are so significant, how could we possibly benefit from them?"

The old woman laughed and said, "Really? I hate it when people lie to me, young lady."

The woman quickly said, "The fog here is very strange, and it gets even stranger as you go further. We don't even have the ability to get close to Wuxuan Mountain. Only someone like Grandma can get close to it."

"We believe we are not capable enough, so we are preparing to leave here to avoid causing trouble for ourselves."

The old woman patted the baby wrapped in swaddling clothes in her arms and smiled, "But my dear grandson told me that he smelled blood. Things don't seem to be as simple as you say."

The woman smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, Mother-in-law, a mysterious person came just now and killed one of our companions. It scared us quite a bit, so we decided to leave."

"Really?" The old woman glanced ahead. "Don't go any further. Lead the way for me and get me inside. Don't worry about your safety; I'll definitely protect you."

The woman's expression changed. She exchanged a glance with the two men, then silently turned and walked back the way she came.

Seeing her behavior, the two men, though unaware of the old woman's background, knew she was someone not to be trifled with, and followed her to her side.

The old woman followed the three of them at a leisurely pace.

After walking for a while, the woman whispered to the two men beside her, "Her name is Granny Ghost. She is a very troublesome person. Many years ago, she offended the Changshan Sect, but the Changshan Sect could not do anything to her, which allowed her to live until now."

"She's always been on Changshan's wanted list, ranking within the top twenty..."

These words made the other two men's expressions even more unpleasant.

In this southern region, Changshan's strength is beyond doubt.

The fact that this person was able to survive after offending Changshan shows that Changshan had no way to deal with her, so her strength must be considerable.

No wonder this woman was so docile in front of this old woman...

Noticing that the old woman behind her didn't react and seemed not to have heard her, the woman breathed a sigh of relief and continued in a low voice, "This old woman's grandson is young. In order to resurrect her grandson, she committed many sins, and you..."

"Are you talking about my grandson?" The old woman's voice came softly, interrupting the woman.

The woman's heart skipped a beat. She wanted to explain, but found that she could no longer open her mouth.

A sharp pain came from her back, as if something had pierced her spine.

After the excruciating pain spread throughout her body, she was horrified to find that her body was no longer under her control, and she walked stiffly like a puppet.

At this point, only her eyeballs could move.

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the two men beside her had also stiffened.

Without a doubt, the two men were also turned into puppets by the old woman.

"My child, my child, tell me, why do people always think your mother-in-law is foolish? Luckily, your mother-in-law has some tricks up her sleeve, otherwise others would bully her again." The old woman's voice
The woman and the two men in front felt increasingly heavy-hearted.

When they reached the spot where they had parted ways with Li Zhen, the old woman ordered the three of them to walk in the direction where Li Zhen had disappeared.

Some subtle changes seemed to be taking place within the fog.

The old woman following behind the three paused, sniffed, and looked in one direction: "A familiar smell... someone familiar is coming. Can you smell it, child? Can't you smell it? Then your sense of smell isn't as strong as your grandmother's."

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Following the direction of the aura, Li Zhen gradually approached the small village at the foot of Wuxuan Mountain based on his intuition.

The village is small, with only about 20 households. The houses are very simple, all made of brick and tile. Lights are on in every room, so it looks like people live there.

Seemingly hearing Li Zhen's footsteps, a window in a room creaked open from the inside, and a disheveled woman with dark circles under her eyes, looking rather neurotic, poked her head out.

Upon seeing Li Zhen, her eyes became somewhat puzzled: "It wasn't them... Hey, did you see four people? Three men and one woman."

"That's strange, how come they went out for one trip and never came back? If you see them, tell them that no matter whether they come back or not, the money won't be refunded!"

Li Zhen carefully examined the woman.

The woman seemed somewhat frightened by being stared at; she shuddered and then closed the window.

A man's angry voice and a woman's soft voice could be heard coming from inside the house.

Then, the sounds changed to the sounds of tables and chairs falling over, and a woman crying out.

The voice sounded so pitiful that any normal person would feel pity for it.

But Li Zhen remained unmoved.

He pulled out a piece of white paper with a plan written on it from behind the succubus.

This piece of paper was given to Detective Li by Xiaoming.

After carefully reviewing what the feng shui masters had taught him, Li Zhen, based on his own understanding, placed the solution most likely to solve the problem first.

Try each solution one by one; eventually, some will work...

The runes' evaluation of these things gave Li Zhen even greater confidence.

According to the consensus between Xu Xiaoming and those feng shui masters, the entire Zhenshan Xuanyin (Suppressing Mountain Mysterious Seal) is definitely not isolated, but is connected with the surrounding mountains, rivers, trees, and even the flow of energy.

The peculiar flow of energy within the fog, to some extent, corroborated their words.

Following Xu Xiaoming's instructions, Li Zhen glanced at the five mountain peaks behind the village, listened carefully, and then walked to the left where he heard the sound of splashing water.

He hadn't walked far when he saw a stream in the village.

The stream flows from five mountains, passes through the village, divides the village in two, and flows into a bottomless depression.

The edge of the pit was overgrown with weeds, and the side facing Li Zhen was covered with tall trees. Some of the trees grew at an angle along the edge of the pit, and the yellow mud under the trees looked like it was about to fall into the pit. It seemed that the pit was constantly expanding and eroding outwards.

A chilling aura, mixed with moisture, gushed out from the hollow, causing the wild grass beside it to sway constantly.

This scene was exactly as Xu Xiaoming had described.

Li Zhen looked at the blank paper in his hand and admired Xu Xiaoming's knowledge of feng shui.

Xu Xiaoming clearly explained that the Zhenshan Xuan Seal, as a magic array to suppress a terrifying existence, has its aura suppressed for many years. If there were no outlet, the array could not have been maintained for so many years.

The saying goes that only living water can prevent stagnation. The same applies to the principles of feng shui formations. For a formation like this, which utilizes the terrain and natural features of mountains, to be maintained in the long term, there must be a constant flow of energy in and out.

According to Xu Xiaoming, Li Zhen walked upstream along the stream for a while.

When he arrived at the stone slab bridge that separated the village from the stream, he noticed something was wrong. The water flow slowed down under the bridge, and the special airflow that had been flowing down the stream was also blocked here, converging under the bridge and no longer flowing downstream.

This should be one of the nodes where yin energy gathers, as Xu Xiaoming mentioned.

Just like Xu Xiaoming said, if there's a problem with the Mountain-Suppressing Mystic Seal, this juncture is very likely the problem...

Li Zhen descended the stone steps to the water's edge and dipped his right hand into the water.

But before his arm could be submerged in the icy water, he abruptly pulled his hand out of the water.

A terrifying serpent covered in red and white patterns, its body as large as half of Li Zhen's arm, followed closely behind, leaping out of the water and biting at Li Zhen's face.

Li Zhen, who remained on guard, turned his head to watch the strange snake leap past his face and crash into the rock behind him.

Suddenly, he reached out and accurately grabbed the snake by its vital spot, then casually tossed it upwards into the vampire's hands.

The vampire's stiff hand bent slightly, and it grabbed the rather large snake in its grasp.

No matter how much the monstrous snake struggled, it could not break free from the vampire's grasp.

Li Zhen stood up and looked at the water under the bridge.

Numerous strange snakes, no thicker than a finger, were frantically fleeing on the surface of the water.

Only stagnant water breeds insects.

This water appears to be flowing, but its energy flow is stagnant, making it essentially stagnant...

Sure enough, there was a problem here.

Li Zhen frowned.

These strange snakes didn't give him a good feeling.

He sniffed his hands and smelled a foul, fishy odor.

This smells the same as the strange snake.

However, even though Li Zhen hadn't touched the strange snake, his arm still smelled strange.

This is the smell of the water under the bridge.

After the strange snakes had all fled, Li Zhen squatted back in his original position and put his hand into the stream again.

The stream here is only a little over a meter wide and not deep; at its deepest point, it only reaches Li Zhen's elbow.

After feeling around in the stream, Li Zhen slowly pulled a stick, about the thickness of his arm, out of the water.

The stick is about half a meter long, completely black, and looks like it is made of metal, or perhaps some kind of wood.

The stick is covered with carved runes, some of which have been eroded and become pitted and uneven, making them impossible to see their original shape.

The entire stick reeked of a foul stench, just like that of a strange snake.

Just as Li Zhen pulled out the stick, a large stream of black water gushed out from the bottom of the stream.

An even stronger stench emanated from the water, making Li Zhen feel nauseous.

A gentle breeze blew downstream, quickly dispelling the stench.

The black water that had been seeping from the bottom of the stream was gradually washed away.

Li Zhen looked upstream of the stream.

In his eyes, the immense energy flowed down the stream like a flood, without any obstruction.

The entire stream seemed to come alive, brimming with an indescribable vitality.

The five mountain peaks behind the stream have also undergone a special change, gaining more vitality and thus appearing more somber.

The mist shrouding the mountain peaks gradually thinned under the influence of the surging atmosphere, as if it were about to disappear.

Faintly, Li Zhen heard a whisper coming from beneath the Zhenshan Xuan Seal.

For this kind of problem, you really need to consult a professional...

Li Zhen picked up several clean stones from the stream, wiped them clean with his clothes, and then, following the simple diagram on the paper drawn by Li Xiaoming, used his specially prepared ink to draw several special incantations on the stones that resembled neither a diagram nor a talisman.

According to Xu Xiaoming, this is a special secret technique he learned to guide the flow of Qi, called the Qi Returning Flow Technique, which can guide the movement of Feng Shui Qi to influence or even change the Feng Shui of a certain place.

After crafting the talismans on several stones, Li Zhen placed the stones in a triangular shape in the yellow mud by the stream under the stone bridge.

Li Zhen took out incense and candles from behind the female demon, placed three incense sticks in front of the stone, and then circled the lit paper money three times around the pile of stones. Finally, he covered the pile of stones with the unburned paper money.

Due to the heat of the flames, the colors of the special symbols that Li Zhen had drawn on the stone changed rapidly.

Perhaps because the burning of the paper money generated heat, which slightly affected the air pressure here, the wind passing under the bridge suddenly picked up and blew the burning paper money into the stream.

As if a flash flood had erupted, the sound of rushing water came from the upper reaches of the stream.

Three or four distinctive explosions rang out from upstream, as if three or four obstacles had been washed away.

Then, Li Zhen saw an even stronger current rushing down the stream.

The water volume in the stream was almost two or three times that of before, so the water level was significantly higher than before, and even the stones that Li Zhen had placed in the mud were quickly submerged by the water.

The accumulated energy, accumulated over many years, flowed downstream along the stream and into the hollow without hindrance.

Back on the stone bridge, Li Zhen looked at the five mountain peaks.

After the flow of Qi became smoother, the remaining mist also dissipated quickly.

It was already dark, but Li Zhen could still clearly see the five mountain peaks.

Fate Demon...

Li Zhen walked upstream along the stream.

Suddenly, a commotion and shouts came from the village he had come from.

Li Zhen turned his head to look.

He had seen the woman earlier, clutching her head and running away frantically.

A man wielding a kitchen knife, his expression ferocious, chased after the woman and mercilessly slashed at her with the knife.

The woman, who had been slashed in the back, let out a scream.

Driven by the pain, she darted forward a great distance, running towards Li Zhen with reckless abandon.

"Help! Help...help me!"

(End of this chapter)