"That's right, all the tombs are built in the north, so the fire coffin must be in the mountains and forests in the north." Chu Sen suddenly realized.

"So, we just need to look in the northern area." We turned and walked towards the north of the forest.

There are many ways to look at Feng Shui, including Flying Star Feng Shui which determines the location of the house by the stars, Connecting Star Feng Shui which achieves certain effects by adjusting the layout, Yang Gong Feng Shui, San Yuan Feng Shui and so on.

What my uncle taught us was Yang Gong Feng Shui, a Feng Shui technique whose fundamental purpose is to find dragons and points.

The strongest point of Yang Gong Feng Shui is that it can accurately identify all the physical details of a "Golden Dragon Cave". The top Feng Shui masters in this field can clearly see all areas of the dragon head, dragon body, and dragon tail, and even the internal structures such as "dragon blood and tendons" can be seen clearly. If a Feng Shui master can have such powerful eyes, he can tell when a tomb will win or lose. This is the top Feng Shui master who can judge the fate of a tomb.

Of course, we are far from having such ability. According to my uncle, no one in the entire Longhua Village has such vision, except for the third old man, who is the ancestor of my family.

I have a vague feeling that the reason why my uncle cultivated my ability to read Feng Shui might be related to the special ability of my grandfather. Because when I was browsing the family library again, I accidentally saw a line of text in a sheepskin diary, which clearly described the special ability of my grandfather. He could capture the location of the earth's energy with his naked eyes.

This kind of thing happened to me once. I saw with my own eyes the earth energy coming out from the ground in the alley where my cousin Li Zhao lived.

But that was only this time, and I have never seen an element similar to earth's energy since then.

During the days I was studying in Longhua Village, I always imagined that I had special abilities, and that I could show off my keen eyes in the search for dragon caves, and find one "real dragon cave" after another. But today, let alone finding any "dragon cave", the whole forest seemed to me to be flat, with no mountains or water, and no outstanding features at all.

Of course, the most challenging part in determining Feng Shui is in this kind of terrain. As the saying goes, magic can be found in decay, and being able to find a burial site in a completely identical area is a true skill.

The woods in the north are not very dense compared to the other three sides. They are planted with hardwood species such as pine and cypress. It is unknown how many years they have been growing. Each tree is huge and blocks out the sun. Therefore, the light in the woods is not very good and it is rather dark.

The land was covered with green grass, and it was unrealistic to find the burial place through the ground. There was no other way, so I could only find the "dragon" first based on the limited knowledge I had learned.

In fact, Feng Shui terrain is not complicated if you put it in plain words. It is not as mysterious and complicated as described in ancient books. To put it simply, an area is composed of three parts: "dragon, dragon body, and dragon tail". The dragon is generally the area with higher terrain in the local area. This is the most intuitive terrain, and the area extending downward along the high and low terrain is the dragon body, and the next area with undulating terrain is the "dragon tail".

Seeing this, you may ask, since the head of a "dragon" is all high ground, how do you distinguish the tail?

This can be seen from two aspects. First, we need to look at the terrain characteristics of the two areas. Generally speaking, the upright and majestic terrain is the first, and the narrow and towering one is the tail; or the straight and wide terrain is the first, and the winding and twisted one is the tail. If it happens that the terrain of the two areas is exactly the same, then the north side is the first and the south side is the tail, because the dead are buried in the cemetery with their heads facing north and their feet facing south.

But the problem is that the land in this forest is actually flat. We walked around but couldn't see any high ground.

This was a bit of a hassle. My ankles were sore from turning around for so long, so we sat down against a tree. Chu Sen said, "This place is as flat as a swimming pool, with no special features. If they just dug a hole and buried the coffin , how would we find it?"

"Don't speculate. Uncle won't make things difficult for us. There must be some way to find this coffin, but we just haven't thought of it yet."

"What else can we do? We've tried Golden Dragon Identification, Hidden Cave Identification, and Earth Viewing Techniques, but this area doesn't have any unique features. We're like a dog biting a turtle, with nowhere to start."

"Yes, it's just a flat piece of land. Where can I find this coffin?" As I said this, I took out eight probe needles from my geotechnical bag and poked them one by one underneath. Apart from some soil, I found nothing.

"Old Yu, we still don't have the real skills. Although we learned the theoretical knowledge quite well, we are dumbfounded when it comes to actual fighting."

"Don't be discouraged. After all, this is your first solo mission, so setbacks are inevitable."

Chu Sen said, "You are quite optimistic, but if we can't find this fire coffin, we won't have the next mission."

"Yeah, it's not easy for us either. First we eat in the toilet, and then we look for a coffin in the woods. This is the tragedy of life." I sighed.

"Now is not the time to complain. We have to hurry up, the day is almost over."

It was already getting dark. Once it got dark, there would be no street lights in this area, so there was no chance of finding the coffin. When the time came tomorrow morning, we would be automatically eliminated, and all our efforts over the past few days would have been in vain.

Thinking of this, I stood up and said, "I just don't believe this. Why can Luo Tianbao find it, but I can't?"

In my mind at this time, Luo Tianbao is a typical example of "mediocre qualifications", but he is now following the elders of the family to repair tombs, which means that he has passed all the "primary project assessments", which naturally includes finding the fire coffin.

Chu Sen thought for a moment and said, "Old Yu, I think about this matter, why don't you call your second brother?"

"How can that be possible? If uncle finds out, we'll both be kicked out of the house."

"You're such a coward. If you don't fight, you'll be kicked out anyway. Since the outcome is the same, you might as well take a gamble. Luo Tianbao and you have a good personal relationship, so he'll definitely help you."

I secretly thought that although Chu Sen's idea seemed a bit bad, it was the most direct and effective solution given our current situation. Thinking of this, I took out my phone, looked around slyly, and said, "Are you sure you can handle the consequences of being caught? If this news gets out, we will definitely be cut off from Longhua Village forever."

"Go ahead and fight. This idea was mine. At worst, I'll take all the responsibility." I gritted my teeth and called Luo Tianbao.

After waiting for him to answer the call, he asked cautiously, "Second brother, have you ever found a fire coffin in the woods behind the mountain?"

"Oh, you have reached this point, congratulations." Luo Tianbao said with a smile.

"Hey, there's nothing to congratulate. We've been wandering around in the woods for a long time and haven't found the coffin. It's getting dark soon, and we'll be eliminated tomorrow. Second brother, I'm not very good at learning, can you help me?"

I thought of a lot of excuses later, because I felt that he would definitely not agree to it so readily, because he would also be responsible for this matter, and if the news leaked out, he would also be an "accomplice."

But to my surprise, Luo Tianbao told me without hesitation, "At seven o'clock in the north of the forest, you can see a black sycamore tree. There's a bulging lump on the tree. Dig down two meters in the direction of the lump. The coffin is buried there."

I was stunned for a moment and didn't quite believe that he told me this so easily?

"What? Do you think I lied to you?" Luo Tianbao asked when he saw that I didn't answer.

"Oh, that's absolutely not what I meant. Thank you, second brother. I would never betray you even if I were beaten to death."

Luo Tianbao laughed heartily and said, "What are you betraying me about? This fire coffin, let alone your Feng Shui knowledge, even if my uncle used Feng Shui to locate it, he wouldn't be able to find it. The coffin was buried randomly. It's useless to use orderly methods to find disordered things."

I was completely stunned and asked, "Why would Uncle give such a weird test question?"

"This wasn't his idea. It's one of the classic exam questions preserved in Longhua Village. It's second only to eating in the toilet in terms of its subtlety. This test can determine whether you have a sense of cooperation. If you encounter a problem and don't seek help, insisting on handling it all by yourself, you definitely can't get into the civil engineering industry."