Blackwater Village was surrounded by mountains. After leaving the village, the rugged and steep peaks soon came into view. It was the afternoon; the sky was at its brightest, and the green peaks looked like a shy girl—looming, charming and quiet.

An Rugu was holding her mobile phone, and its camera livestreamed this beautiful scenery.

[The environment of Blackwater Village is also great, it is my dream village. I want to travel here.]

[You can take a screenshot of each frame and use it as wallpaper.]

[Plus one, the fresh air seems to be transmitted through the screen.]

[Speaking of which, in addition to the beauty of the wild, there should also be many bugs. In order to prevent bugs, those on the archaeological team, each one wore thicker clothes than the other—why is the host wearing so little?]

[Plus one, I went back to my hometown in the countryside last summer. When I came back, I felt like my whole person lived inside the mosquito bag.]

An Rugu saw these barrage and took something out of her pocket. It was a talisman, and she moved it in front of the camera. The complex symbols written on it came into view of the audience in the livestream channel.

“This is the vermin-repellent talisman that I brought with me. Since I am wearing it, I will be protected from all bugs and insects.”

What was not being shown in the livestream channel was that wherever An Rugu stepped, many bugs hurriedly twisted and crawled to the side, all trying to avoid her.

[66666, can mosquitoes be prevented?]

[If it can repel mosquitoes, I am willing to award you the Nobel Prize.]

[All things have animism, but mosquitoes do not.]

“Yes, if you want to buy one, come to Cloud Rise Temple.”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

After she finished speaking, she continued to walk forward.

There were no roads here, but people had obviously stepped on some areas many times and had created a path over time. The villagers often came out here to cut firewood, and the path was winding.

An Ru followed the path all the way. She walked forward, but the trail soon ended and disappeared after a while. There was dense thicket in front of her, and only the music of crickets all around her.

It seemed that the villagers’ exploration was limited to this place, and they rarely went forward anymore.

She stood there and thought for a while. After that, she walked decisively forward a few meters more.

At this time, she suddenly understood why the villagers did not move forward past a certain point.

Right in front of her, the winding path sharply ended in a cliff.

The cliff was close to 90 degrees, extremely steep, and had been washed for thousands of years by flowing water. Over years, ravines have formed on the surface. Wild pines have built a canopy on the cliffs, and green vines were entangled along it.

Walking to the edge of the cliff and looking down, the deep canyon below was filled with unpredictable mist.

The bottom seemed to absorb all the daylight until it was gone. The light couldn’t penetrate it at all. It was dark, as thick as ink, and bottomless.

[F*ck! I’m afraid of heights!]

[Ah ah ah ah, it’s so scary. Can the host take the phone back? I feel like I will fall to the bottom.]

[Just checking the depth visually, it’s at least more than a hundred meters drop. If you fall there, there would not even be bones left.]

[Am I the only one who finds this interesting? It’s like a place where treasures are passed down in martial arts novels.]

[Hahahahaha, I think so too, the host should go hunt for treasure! Here’s your chance to become a martial arts master!]

An Rugu saw these barrage: “…”

There were no martial arts secrets here, only snakes and insects.

She thought for a moment, then looked repeatedly around her, carefully staring at the mountain peaks in the south from her post at the edge of the cliff, her eyes not missing any strange place.

After a long time, she came to a conclusion and casually shared some simple knowledge, “The ancients believed in feng shui, so if you want to find an ancient tomb, you must consider it from the perspective of feng shui. Ancient tombs in the Ming Dynasty were usually on the sunny side of the mountain. Whether it is in the mountain or elsewhere, a tomb should be by the water. They all pay attention to hiding the wind and gathering qi. To put it simply, if you are able to find a container to collect qi, you will find the tomb.”

[Knowledge of the esoteric has increased.]

[The brain knows it, but the hands don’t. ]

[Hey, after hearing this, I’m going to loot a tomb. Now I’m going to buy a shovel.]

“You can’t loot tombs, it is extremely damaging to one’s moral character.”

An Ru walked to the side, raised her slender hand, and pointed at the mountain in front of her, “Look at this mountain and the surrounding trees, what do they look like when taken together?”

In the livestream channel, many people immediately became serious and looked at the mountain being shown in the livestream.

The towering mountains hold their heads high and were surrounded by many trees with green grass under them. The trees were high and grass low, well-proportioned.

[I can see it.]

[I can see it too.]

[I haven’t seen it yet, why have you all seen it??]

[It’s very simple, this mountain looks like a mountain!]

[…And those are definitely trees, right?]

An Rugu: “…”

When she saw what they were saying, she walked to the side, “The green hills are winding and undulating. Look. From a distance, they look like half of a ruyi pattern…

“It’s exactly half of a ruyi longevity lock.”

The longevity lock was an ancient traditional ornament and was considered a symbol of good luck. According to legend, wearing the longevity lock can seal life. Many children wore longevity locks when they were newly born to keep them safe. They wear it until they were twelve years old—or even for life.

The longevity lock could be traced back to the Xia Dynasty. It was said that Dayu established the Xia Dynasty after he controlled the floods. A few generations later, it was passed to Shaokang. When Shaokang was a child, his mother placed a longevity lock on him. Later, Shaokang received the help of noble people, and the custom of wearing the longevity lock was passed down.

[66666666.]

[? ? ? I suspect that the host’s eyes are not ordinary eyes. How can this be seen? ]

[The winding hills look really unique.]

[I have a ruyi longevity lock at home. Looking at it this way, this mountain really does seems to be really like a ruyipattern. Nature is so uncanny.]

[In this case, the ancient tomb should be on the bottom of the mountain, but the cliff is so deep that only helicopters could be used to land down there.]

After coming to this conclusion, An Rugu was firm in her thoughts and did not believe that this was the tomb of gods as the villagers said.

Only people cared about feng shui.

An Rugu shook her head after seeing the comments barrage, “Three people went in without using helicopters, which means there must be other ways to get down.”

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: Ruyi literally means ‘according to one’s wish’ and is a very powerful symbol of good fortune. As a longevity lock, it seems to be a popular pendant or bracelet charm. The jade-carved ones I saw while googling for an image were especially lovely.