Chapter 6: The Struggle of Feng Shui

  Jiang Yunshui was about to follow Zhou Futong, when Zhou Futong said to him: "Go ask Second Brother if it's okay for you to stay by Tianying's side."

  Zha Qianzhong happened to hear Zhou Futong's words, and he also knew that this was said for his own sake. So he said to Jiang Yunshui: "Then you can follow Tian Yang, but don't disturb him."

  After receiving Cha Qianzong's reply, Jiang Yingshui looked at Zhou Futong with gratitude and then moved towards Peng Tianrang.

  Peng Tianyang was measuring the mountain in front of him with his palm, and when he heard a noise behind him, he didn't turn around, but said: "This kind of thing about Feng Shui, if you talk about it at the very beginning, indeed, as long as someone brings you along, you can understand. But later on, no one can bring you along anymore, because everyone's understanding of Feng Shui is different."

  After saying this, Peng Tianyang turned around and looked into Jiang Yunshui's eyes, seriously asking him: "How much do you understand now?"

  Jiang Fengshui shook his head and said: "I don't understand."

  Peng Tianrang continued to ask: "Is it that you don't understand or is it that you can't comprehend?"

  Jiang Yunshui was puzzled and said: "I don't understand Feng Shui."

  Peng Tianrui finally cracked a smile and patted Jiang Yunshui's shoulder, saying: "Alright, now this is more like it."

  Listening to this, Jiang Yunshui was a confused mess and had no idea what kind of tricks Peng Tianrang was playing inside his gourd.

  Peng Tianrui glanced at Jin Douzi opposite him, then unhurriedly said to Jiang Yunshui: "Follow me this way."

  Jiang Yunshui saw that the direction Peng Tianyang pointed to was actually far away from the central Emperor's Crown Mountain, on the right side of the mountain peak. He couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Peng senior, didn't you compare?"

  Peng Tianyong said casually: "I've already measured every place in Emperor Crown Mountain, just now was just a show."

  Looking at Jiang Yunshui's bewildered expression, Peng Tianyang pulled him straight to the right mountain peak. After walking for a while, they stood on a precipice of rock, and as the evening mountain breeze blew in, it rustled the weeds around them noisily.

  Peng Tianrang said to Jiang Yenshui: "Close your eyes and feel the wind."

  Jiang Yingshui, who had been following the instructions, opened his eyes after a while. Peng Tianyang asked him: "What did you feel?"

  Jiang said frankly: "It's a bit cool, but I feel that the wind has changed since it arrived here."

  After hearing Jiang Yunshui say this, Peng Tianyong's eyes lit up and he continued to ask: "What changes? Describe them."

  Jiang Fengshui closed his eyes again and replied with an open mouth: "I feel the wind is blowing in a whirl from here."

  Peng Tianrui's expression changed, and his eyes became even brighter. He said to Jiang Yunshui: "What you feel is the wind in Feng Shui, but this is the most superficial aspect of Feng Shui, because it is perceived through one of your basic five senses."

  After Peng Tianyang's explanation, Jiang Yunshui seemed to have understood, but he was still confused. He tried again to capture the wind that blew past him, but it didn't feel the same as before.

  Peng Tianrang stretched out his hand and made a grasping motion in the air, asking him: "Do you say that my hand now has wind or no wind?"

  Jiang Fengshui thought for a moment and said: "There is wind, but it's not the wind from just now, it's the current wind."

  Peng Tianrang heard Jiang Yunshui's answer and smiled, saying: "Half right, actually this wind is still in my hands, it is the wind I just grasped, and also the current wind."

  Now that you mention it, Jiang Feng's expression became confused again, thinking to himself that the art of feng shui was indeed complex and he couldn't understand it at all.

  Peng Tianyang looked at Jiang Yunshui's appearance and comforted him, "Actually, you've already done very well to reach this level. I was just like you back then."

  Here is the translation:

  "Speaking of this, Peng Tianyong turned around and looked at the towering mountain peaks behind him. He said: "The art of Feng Shui, its most basic principles are actually very close to some truths. I think you should have heard a saying like this: 'Looking at mountains as mountains, looking at water as water; looking at mountains not as mountains, looking at water not as water; looking at mountains still as mountains, looking at water still as water.'"

  Jiang Yunshui knew this sentence, of course, but now hearing it from Peng Tianying's mouth made him feel a little different, and he couldn't help but mutter it out loud.

  "Look at the mountain behind me, it's one hundred and fifty-eight zhang high. The wind passes through eight curves and forty-eight turns. Now look at where you're standing, every time it rains, about fifty dou of water accumulates here. This water flows to the central Emperor Crown Mountain after two hundred and thirteen steps. What's special about this? To put it simply, the wind dragon and water dragon have both gathered. Look at how these three mountains are arranged, the one on the left is set back ten zhang, the peak on the right is set back nine zhang or more. The energy rises from the earth, circles around the mountain, and gathers into a dragon."

  Jiang Yunshui, who was standing beside him, felt dizzy and followed Peng Tianyong's pointing fingers as they turned. He didn't quite understand these things, but he found them extremely interesting.

  At this time, Peng Tianyang suddenly let out a cold snort. Jiang Yunshui didn't know why, but he saw that the direction Peng Tianyang was facing was exactly where Jinchouzhi was located.

  Peng Tianyang said, "Look at that Jin Douzi's outfit, isn't it very strange?" Before Jiang Yunshui could speak, Peng Tianyang continued, "His Daoist robe is called 'Yi Tian Duan Jue Pao', and the ruler in his hand is called 'Jie Long Chi'. Although this person also practices 'Men Jia Shu', he has gone astray like that person from back then, taking a deviant path."

  Jiang Yunshui had long suspected the relationship between Peng Tianyong and Jin Douzi, and now he was even more certain that these two people were likely to be as he had guessed, coming from the same school.

  Peng Tianrui continued: "The most important thing about 'Men Jia Shu' is to follow the will of heaven, no matter how you arrange the feng shui and the direction of the dragon's lair. But Jin Douzi was different, he learned from that person to go against the will of heaven, so this person never followed the orthodox method of 'Men Jia Shu'. The 'Jie Long Chi' in his hand is actually a tool for destroying the original feng shui layout. Unfortunately, Jin Douzi still doesn't understand, and the death of that person back then was precisely because he made a mistake on this point."

  Peng Tianrang said this, his eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of sadness, as if recalling some unpleasant memories.

  During this time, Jiang Yunshui had been listening all along. He looked at the elder in front of him and only now did he notice that Peng Tianying also had a few strands of white hair behind his head. It turned out that this person was not as he seemed on the surface, and perhaps everyone who appeared here was not as they originally seemed on the surface either.

  Peng Tianrui turned around again, looking at the torches lit by Haoziying and Pang San's men in the distance. He said to Jiang Yunshui beside him: "Do you want to follow me to learn Feng Shui? In the future, can you determine the direction of Feng Shui gas veins and become a dragon-probing cave expert?"

  If Peng Tianyong hadn't told Jiang Yunshui about the golden helmet, and if Jiang Yunshui hadn't seen Peng Tianyong's white hair, he would have agreed without hesitation. But now he hesitated.

  Peng Tianyong didn't blame him and smiled: "This matter is not urgent, after we settle the affairs here and leave this place, you can tell me whether you want to learn or not."

  "Alright, Tianying, you can start now."

  Peng Tianrui's face gradually became solemn, and his voice was also an emotionless murmur: "Is the battle of Feng Shui about to begin?"

  Jiang Yingshui followed Peng Tianyang towards the central Emperor's Crown Mountain, where Jin Douzi and the others were already waiting.

  Zha Qianzong and Zhou Futong looked at Peng Tianyong as he walked over, intending to ask if he had any business, but after seeing Peng's expression, they both closed their mouths without a word.

  Jin Doupeng saw Peng Tianyong standing still and said, "You start first."

  Peng Tianying said coldly: "I'm afraid you can't keep up."

  Jin Douzi didn't argue with Peng Tianyang at this time, Peng Tianyang walked to the foot of Emperor Crown Mountain and started walking while counting. When he took ten steps out, he stepped one step to the left again, and then walked out another ten steps.

  Watching Peng Tianyong's movements, Jin Douzi also had a flash of surprise in his eyes. He didn't think that Peng Tianyong could actually comprehend the "Men Jia Technique" to such an extent. So, he too stopped delaying and immediately began measuring with the "Jie Long Chi" in his hand. Moreover, every time he stopped, he would insert the "Jie Long Chi" into the ground.

  Jiang Fengshui looked at these two people's different methods, and suddenly remembered what Peng Tianying had told him before. He seemed to have understood something all of a sudden.

  Peng Tianrui's approach was just as he said, to follow the will of heaven, so every step he took was measuring the direction of the local energy pulse, and while doing so, it seemed like he was communicating with heaven and earth, using the power of heaven and earth to find the most accurate position to enter the Emperor's Crown Mountain "Surprise Gate".

  Jin Douzi's approach was the complete opposite of Peng Tianyao. Each time, he would use the dragon ruler to cut off the direction of the wind and water veins, thus affecting some subtle changes, allowing him to feel the abnormal places and find the location of the "Surprise Gate".

  Everyone gave the two people enough space, and they held their breath, with only the occasional "crackling" sound of wood bursting from the burning torches, making the place even more quiet.

  Pang San Ye was visibly more tense than others, looking at Jin Dou Zi's appearance, as if he couldn't wait to go up himself. It wasn't that Pang San Ye didn't believe in Jin Dou Zi, but because Pang San Ye knew that Jin Dou Zi's opponent was extremely strong.

  As for Cha Qianzong and Zhou Futong, as well as the brothers of the Huozi Camp, they were somewhat more relaxed, after all, they often saw Peng Tianyuan's skills, and knew that in this field of Feng Shui, Peng Tianyuan was a figure to be reckoned with.

  Just as everyone's thoughts were different, Peng Tianyang was the first to stop in his tracks. If someone who understood would notice that he had walked exactly in the shape of a yin-yang fish. However, Peng Tianyang standing there couldn't be certain that this was indeed the "Surprise Gate", after all, there were two places with yin and yang, virtual and real.

  Jin Douzi also stopped, his dragon-cutting ruler fiercely stabbed into the ground and finally pierced through. Jin Douzi said to Pang San Ye: "This is where the Surprise Gate is located!"