Chapter 30: The Six Ding Method (2)

  "What's wrong, Qin Feng?"

  Currently, Qin Feng was quite troubled by the situation. Just this six-ding array alone was enough to keep him busy. Looking at the murky water still flowing out from under the copper pipe, Qin Feng didn't know if he had grasped the method to break this yin water formation. "Can't this yin water formation be broken now?" Fang Yu asked doubtfully, holding the Kui Xing sword that Qin Feng had left for him to ward off evil spirits.

  "The Yin Water Bureau is not just a matter of simply pulling out these few copper pipes to crack it. The Yin Water Bureau is only one of the six bureaus, and before figuring out the relationship between the six, don't make any rash moves, otherwise you may trigger other mechanisms set up by the array maker."

  "My goodness, so many details! Then what should we do?" Fang Yu asked again.

  "Let's go ahead and take a look first, the tomb is just in front of us. Let's find the tomb and see what the situation is before we do anything else."

  The sky was gray and overcast, as if it were about to rain. In order to gain time, the three of them quickened their pace. According to Qin Feng's idea, since this place had appeared with a yin water formation, they had already entered the six Ding array set up by the array master, and they must be cautious and careful about everything around them, otherwise they might go crazy like those two policemen for no reason.

  Walking further forward, they had arrived at a vast open area. There were fewer trees here, only two or three small locust trees and several piles of jujube seedlings growing recklessly. The grass in this place was very long, the withered yellow grass had already reached Qin Feng's knees.

  "Look carefully, the tomb should be around here." Qin Feng nodded again and then bent down to search cautiously.

  Finally, in the open land near the center position, Qin Feng found a raised earth mound. Although the mound was not large, the grass on top grew exceptionally lush, and the withered yellow completely covered the soil. There were no trees around to rely on, and Qin Feng looked very surprised as he took out his compass and looked at it. He discovered that the needle was indeed in a throwing state, and he knew that this must be a grave.

  Looking around again, Qin Feng found that although the surroundings of the tomb were empty, not even a tombstone was present, it was indeed too strange. Zhou Qin came to Qin Feng's side and carefully looked at it before discovering that it was indeed a needle-like state. He said to Qin Feng, "What should we do? Let's dig it open and take a look now."

  "Don't!" Qin Feng immediately stopped Zhou Qin and said: "We haven't broken the Liu Ding formation yet, it's easy to get confused and mess up."

  "My god, really!?" Fang Yu replied with half belief and half doubt.

  "This is still light, the Liu Ding formation has been a mysterious and powerful array since the creation of the Maoshan sect. Especially when this formation is used on tombs, setting up three Sha and six Ju, it's even more terrifying. If not handled properly, we might all die here." Qin Feng's words were not meant to scare them, but the Liu Ding formation was indeed a profound and mysterious technique that few people used until now.

  After listening to Qin Feng's words, Zhou Qin and Fang Yu looked at each other, although they didn't know whether it was true or false, but at this moment, they would rather believe in its existence than not. Now that things have come to this point, there is only one way to temporarily stop. Zhou Qin asked: "What are the three Sha and six Ju you mentioned? Is it really that powerful?"

  "The three killings and six bureaus are a set of six middle road techniques, with the three killings referring to the seeking relatives killing, yin-yang killing, and locking killing. The six bureaus are arranged according to the positions of the six dings. Since ding is yin, the six bureaus are also known as the six yin bureaus. The six yin bureaus refer to the xing mu bureau, yin shui bureau, zou sha bureau, duo po bureau, tou jiang bureau, and si hu bureau. The three killings are hidden, concealed within the tomb, while the six bureaus are distributed separately in the eight directions, set up independently according to yin-yang principles. With the three killings inside and the six bureaus outside, a circular trap is formed. From our current position, it seems we have already fallen into this three killings and six bureaus."

  "What's going on? Are we going to go crazy like those two policemen?" Fang Yu exclaimed.

  "Don't worry, it shouldn't be a problem. We all have things that can ward off evil spirits and temporarily hold them back. Those two police officers didn't understand these things, so they mistakenly entered this place and ended up collapsing and going crazy halfway through. It's not difficult to cure them, just break the 'seeking relatives' evil spirit in this six Ding array."

  Looking at Qin Feng, Zhou Qin asked: "Then how should we break that reunion curse?"

  "Xún qīn shā, yīn yáng shā, suǒ guān shā these three shā are all extremely yin shā. The practitioner needs to place the Three Corpse Talismans under the grave or on the corpse's body in order to perform the ritual. Therefore, if one wants to break the three shā, they must dig up the grave and lift out the coffin."

  (Xunqin Sha, that is, anyone who mistakenly enters will be affected by the collision, no matter where they go; Yin Yang Sha is a relatively small power among the three Sha, mainly playing a regulatory role of yin and yang, converting the surrounding yang energy into yin energy; Suoguan Sha is the most troublesome among the three Sha, if the array is not broken, then Suoguan Sha will suddenly make the six yin formation exert its maximum power, trapping all intruders to death inside.)

  Just then, Qin Feng sighed and motioned for Zhou Qin and Fang Yu to quickly withdraw from the tomb and head outwards. As they walked, he said: "And in order to dig up the tomb and destroy the three corpses symbol, we must first break through the six yin formation..." At this point, Qin Feng's words were not yet finished when he discovered that the water flowing out of the yin water formation earlier was slowly flowing along the perimeter of the tomb about a dozen meters away. Seeing this situation, Fang Yu asked Qin Feng: "What's going on?"

  Qin Feng said: "The water in the Yīn Shuǐ Jú is like a moat, constantly guarding the yīn qì for the tomb. Let's search and confirm the location of these six bureaus first."

  In the layout of the Yin house, the six yin bureau is arranged according to the position of the six Ding, so finding the six bureaus is not actually difficult. The real difficulty lies in how to crack it. Each bureau is fatal, like the previous Yin Water Bureau. If there was no use of the Six Emperor Coins to block the evil spirits, I'm afraid that the three of them would have been invaded by the evil spirits and fallen into a coma by now. However, this is still fortunate. The most unfortunate ones are those two police officers from yesterday who mistakenly entered the formation and unknowingly fell victim to the Seeking Relatives Evil Spirit, becoming crazy. For now, the priority is to take a look around and hope to find the Six Yin Bureau mentioned by Qin Feng.

  In the six Ding, Ding Mao is in the east, Ding Si is in the southeast, Ding Wei is in the southwest, Ding You is in the west, Ding Hai is in the northwest, and Ding Chou is in the northeast. Therefore, as long as you search according to these six directions, you can find them. Moreover, the best basis for searching for these six bureaus is that on all six sides, a "zhu mu" (a kind of wooden stake) has been nailed into the ground, which serves as a mutual response and connects them into one body.

  Following this method, as expected, apart from the one Qin Feng had previously found in the northeast, the three of them quickly found the remaining five axle woods. After Zhou Qin's calculations, it was indeed roughly the same distance from the tomb site. However, just as they were confirming the six yin positions, a loud shout from Fang Yu beside him immediately startled Qin Feng, who looked towards the southeast and asked, "What's wrong, Fang Yu?"

  "Look quickly!" Fang Yu pointed to a pile of weeds beside the wooden beam, as if there was something. Qin Feng was bold and walked over to brush it with his hand, his face suddenly changed: "This is..."

  "It's snakeskin. It might be the shed skin of that big snake!" Zhou Qin walked over and saw a complete blood-red snakeskin in the grass pile.

  "I really didn't think there was such a strange snake!" Fang Yu's eyes widened in shock, after all this was his first time seeing such an anomaly, he was so scared that he didn't dare to move forward.

  "Qin Feng, this snake might be hiding right here!" Zhou Qin speculated.

  "Hmm, I think so too. In the past, there were also people who raised snakes around tombs, but specifically, I'm not sure either. Anyway, let's be careful, it might be nearby."

  The sky is getting worse and worse, it seems to be going to rain. Qin Feng and the others looked at such a sky and estimated that they wouldn't wait for long, so they simply went back to prepare their things first, and then came to break through the formation to rescue people.