Zhang Enpu nodded and said, “Yes, this place was definitely inspected by a geomancer. Otherwise, how could it have ended up exactly on top of a ‘coffin lid’!”
“A coffin lid? Isn’t it a blessed burial site?” Zhao Shan asked, puzzled.
Zhang Enpu replied, “Indeed, there is a stone coffin on the Four Saints Ridge. However, the spot where your grandfather-in-law was buried is not the entire site. Moreover, the geomancer who handled the burial has already ruined it. In other words, your Zhao family has been deceived.”
Zhao Shan exclaimed angrily, “Who is this guy? So despicable! We have no grudge against him, yet he still dares to harm us like this!”
Shaking his head, Zhang Enpu said, “As a geomancer, one must not look directly at a true dragon and true feng shui site, or else one’s eyes will go blind (which is why most capable fortune tellers are blind). However, even so, there should be no intention to destroy someone’s feng shui. I believe there must be a hidden reason behind this!”
Zhao Shan asked, “A hidden reason? I haven’t heard of anything suspicious going on.”
Zhang Enpu pondered for a moment and said, “Perhaps your grandfather-in-law didn’t fully reveal the truth to your grandfather, so naturally, you don’t know anything about it.”
Zhao Shan asked, “Since you understand feng shui so well, could you help me figure out what’s really going on here?”
Zhang Enpu smiled and said, “This can’t be deduced. I can only tell that this grave has been improperly placed.”
Zhao Shan looked disappointed and asked, “Then, Master, do you know any way to resolve this? I still want to marry a wife and hope for a smart and capable son. Is there still any hope?”
Zhang Enpu shook his head, “It’s difficult.”
Zhao Shan said, “Difficult means there’s still a glimmer of hope. Could you kindly give me, your humble junior, some guidance? You are truly my benefactor in life. Of course, as far as payment is concerned, just name your price, and it won’t be a problem.”
Zhang Enpu replied, “It’s not about money or not. It’s just that you don’t understand the power of the Big Dipper Seven Killers Coffin.”
“The Big Dipper Seven Killers? Coffin?” Zhao Shan was even more puzzled.
Zhang Enpu turned around, facing the serene Four Saints Ridge, and asked, “As a person from Xiushan Village, do you know why it’s called Xiushan Village?”
Zhao Shan replied, “Not exactly. I’ve heard that Xiushan Village is backed by seven large hills, which are arranged exactly like the seven stars of the Big Dipper in the sky. Since the scenery is very elegant, people named this place Xiushan Village.”
Zhang Enpu nodded and said, “That’s correct. But do you know why there are seven hills here in the first place? Oh, of course you don’t know.”
Then Zhang Enpu told Zhao Shan a more astonishing mystery about the stone coffin: “Long ago in ancient times, the sky suddenly had a huge hole, causing the seasons on earth to become unpredictable and making life unbearable. At that time, Nuwa, the goddess who created humanity, was deeply distressed. She gathered the essence of heaven and earth and forged thirty-seven ‘five-colored stones’ on the summit of Mount Tai. These five-colored stones were incredibly solid and possessed great supernatural power. Nuwa used thirty-six of them to patch the hole in the sky, restoring it to its original state. Thus, under her protection, people were finally able to return to their former harmonious and happy lives.”
“However, not long after, chaos broke out again across the land. Two tribes led by Gonggong and Zhuanxu fought each other for the imperial throne, and years of war once again brought devastation to the people. Worse still, Nuwa had exhausted most of her magical powers repairing the sky and could not recover quickly enough to stop this disaster. Helplessly, she could only watch her descendants destroy each other. Even more terrifying was that the last remaining five-colored stone, which contained boundless magical power, was stolen by Gonggong when Nuwa was at her weakest, using underhanded methods. At that time, compared to Zhuanxu, Gonggong’s forces were much stronger. So while fighting Zhuanxu, he invited seven malevolent stars to set up a Big Dipper Formation on Kunlun Mountain, planning to use the stolen five-colored stone from Nuwa in this formation to forge a Celestial Stone Coffin for himself. According to the records of the Heavenly Book, anyone who dies and enters this coffin made from the five-colored stone will absorb the essence of heaven and earth and be reborn after 500 years. And the reborn person will be invincible in the universe, capable of becoming the ruler of all things. However, perhaps the will of heaven did not allow this tyrant to become king, Zhuanxu surprisingly defeated Gonggong at Buzhou Mountain despite being outnumbered. Gonggong could never have imagined such an outcome, so he angrily rammed his head against one of the pillars supporting the sky at Buzhou Mountain. With a deafening roar, the heavens and earth tilted toward the southeast. Because of this powerful impact, during the tilt of heaven and earth, the stone coffin, which had just emerged from the Big Dipper Formation, rolled southeast down the slope. Rolling and rolling, soon the stone coffin separated into its lid and body, disappearing into the undulating land without a trace…”
Zhao Shan asked, “According to what you said, is that Celestial Stone Coffin made from Nuwa’s five-colored stone the same one on the Four Saints Ridge in our Xiushan Village?”
Zhang Enpu nodded and said, “Exactly. After the Celestial Stone Coffin was forged, it split into two parts due to the tilt of the terrain: one part was the lid, and the other was the body of the coffin. Eventually, they landed in your village. However, because they were made from five-colored stones forged with the essence of heaven and earth, the malevolent energy they contained was extremely powerful. At that time, people within five miles dared not approach them. Those who came close were immediately cursed and died from spitting blood. The only way to neutralize the malevolent energy of the Celestial Stone Coffin was to use the vital energy of the ancient dragon of the earth’s veins from Kunlun Mountain, along with the suppression of the Big Dipper Formation, to transform the malevolent energy into harmony and peace. Therefore, in an auspicious year, month, and moment during ancient times, the ancient dragon of the earth’s veins sensed the mission of the universe and used the power of creation to form seven hills behind where the Celestial Stone Coffin lay. The arrangement of these seven hills resembled the ‘Big Dipper’ in the sky, shaped like a ladle. In reality, they formed a miraculous ‘Big Dipper Formation’ to suppress the malevolent energy of the Celestial Stone Coffin. While suppressing the malevolent energy, the place where the coffin was pressed transformed into a sacred and powerful burial site. The dead buried there would bring forth officials and nobles, enjoying eight generations of fortune. From that moment on, your village was renamed ‘Xiushan Village.'”
Zhao Shan exclaimed in surprise, “Oh, so that’s how Xiushan Village got its name. That makes sense. Coincidentally, those seven hills really do align exactly with the Big Dipper in the sky.”
Zhang Enpu said, “Of course!” Zhao Shan then asked, “You mentioned earlier that when the Celestial Stone Coffin was forged, Gonggong had just suffered defeat and crashed into Buzhou Mountain, causing the earth to tilt and the stone coffin to be shaken apart into two parts: a lid and a body. So according to this, the place where my grandfather-in-law was buried is not the entire stone coffin, but only part of it, right?”
Zhang Enpu nodded and said, “Exactly. The place where your grandfather-in-law was buried is where the lid of the coffin lies.”
Zhao Shan said, “Oh, so the real feng shui treasure site should be where these two parts reunite, right?”
Zhang Enpu shook his head and said, “In a way, yes, and in another way, no.”
“How so?”
“In fact, the real feng shui treasure should be where the body of the Celestial Stone Coffin landed. To unleash its true power, the lid must be moved there and joined with the body. Of course, even if they are not joined, each part alone is still a burial site millions of times more powerful than an ordinary one. Take your grandfather-in-law as an example. If that geomancer hadn’t deliberately sabotaged it, your Zhao family would have surely enjoyed generations of wealth and honor. What a pity…”
Zhao Shan, worried, said, “Master, I know you must be an extremely skilled feng shui master. Can you honestly tell me if there’s any other solution, any possibility of turning things around? If not, I might as well just go home and wait for death.”
Zhang Enpu smiled and said, “There are ways, but you must strictly follow what I say.”
Zhao Shan was overjoyed and immediately knelt down to kowtow, “Thank you, Master, for showing me the way. I will never forget your great kindness.”
Zhang Enpu quickly helped Zhao Shan up and said, “You don’t need to thank me. Perhaps it’s just fate that brought us together. Otherwise, I would have gone to another village. Besides, you, Zhao Shan, are not a bad person. Helping you is just going with the flow of heaven’s will. Please, stand up!”
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