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[Northwest China in the 1990s]

There's a strange place here

called Xiaofeng Village.

This adventure of mine and Chen Yong's

is related to the Wei Fang Dragon Stone buried beneath this village.

It all started

with the Guo family's grave relocation.

Southern Dipper on the left

and Northern Dipper on the right.

Five Emperors in front

and Three Ministers behind.

Great Emperor Zhenwu...

Listen...

to my command!

Southern Dipper on the left...

We've dug nearly ten meters,

why haven't we found the coffin yet?

Darn it, Chen Yong.

Why aren't you here yet?

The master is here.

Hey,

don't leave!

Only you can solve this.

I can't believe you tricked me into doing this.

Dig it yourself!

It's so strange.

We can't find the coffin.

There aren't so many strange things.

Look carefully, there are always clues.

Mislocating the ancestral tomb

due to a prodigal son has emptied out it.

Dead buried in a death spot...

Hey, who is that?

Him?

That's Chen Yong, the coal gas delivery guy.

Brings bad luck to descendants.

Drop the master!

Start digging!

Lift the coffin!

Stop!

Catch!

Open the coffin.

Hurry, open the coffin!

Get away.

A bunch of cowards.

Ah!

Master Han,

You must help our Guo family overcome this hurdle.

The price

is negotiable.

Darn it!

A zombie!

Chen Yong!

Chen Yong, save me quickly!

Hurry up!

Darn it!

[Talisman]

It's alright now.

Even the fiercest uncorrupted corpse

can't escape my talisman.

It hurts!

It hurts!

Crazy Feng!

Why was he biting people?

How can it be him?

It really is this idiot.

Speak!

What were you doing in the coffin?

Heh heh...

Lying in there,

not talking,

get out,

then eat roast chicken!

Who?

Who will give you roast chicken?

The one

with white headwear

will give me two chickens!

Stop!

Delicious!

I pawned everything

in the coffin

to pay off debts.

All that's left

is this rag.

It's worthless.

Guo Two,

you've got guts,

using Crazy Feng to scare us!

You cursed son,

stealing from your ancestor' coffins!

No wonder the Guo family was so unlucky.

Choose an auspicious day to bury the ancestor

facing the Ziwei star.

Your family's descendants will be blessed with official positions.

The Guo family will have someone make a living with a pen.

If anyone in your family can study,

make sure to support them.

Hey,

Chen Yong,

your father Chen Qifeng

asked me for this map.

He said he was looking for the Wei Fang Dragon Stone.

Now,

since you've helped our Guo family,

I'll give you this map.

Hey.

Chen Yong doesn't like to talk about his father.

It's said

when his mother was seriously ill,

his father abandoned them.

It's said he died in a tomb while looking for the Wei Fang Dragon Stone.

Chen Yong has always been bitter about it.

Ancestral secret techniques include recorded methods

to search dragon veins and auspicious spots.

Based on the five elements and the directions,

the coffin has four spirits to guard against evil,

thus protecting the late ancestors

and blessing the descendants.

Azure Dragon brings wealth!

White Tiger guards the fields!

Vermilion Bird brings thriving population!

Black Tortoise protects the hall!

[Dragon Stone Password]

Come, draw the lottery!

First prize is a Panda TV!

Candied hawthorn!

Candied hawthorn!

Hey!

Qi Yiran hasn't come for half a month.

Seems like she's seeing someone else.

It's fine if she doesn't come.

It makes us more comfortable.

Hey,

she's almost engaged to someone else.

Crazy woman.

Is this photo

for me or for you?

Whoever wants it.

Hey,

excuse me.

Do you

buy things here?

Yes...

Come in, please!

It's a family heirloom.

We need money.

Name your price.

Chen Yong,

come quick.

Help me appraise it.

[Antique appreciation, fortune telling, and divination]

Get lost.

This is clearly from illegal channels.

Get out of here,

the further the better!

Hey...

Hey, buddy...

Don't act all high and mighty.

Hey...

Hey...

Buddy!

Come back!

Buddy!

Chen Yong,

if we don't get

some genuine old items soon,

this shop will turn into a craft store.

Fatty,

those items are of unknown origin.

Well,

those with a clear lineage

cost money to acquire.

Look at you,

you haven't dealt in grave goods for over ten years.

Are you determined to deliver gas tanks for life?

What's wrong with delivering gas tanks?

Delivering gas tanks

is better than grave robbing.

If your dad were here, it would be great.

He has truly keen eyes.

It's a pity

he's still missing.

Look at you,

you'll end up all alone.

Qi Yiran is getting married!

Her dad always treated you like family.

So what if Yiran is getting married?

What's that got to do with me?

Right.

It has nothing to do with you.

Yiran was so good to you.

Don't you really know

what she feels?

Chen Yong,

this sachet is for you.

She treats us so differently.

This sachet is for you.

This one is for me.

Why are you so petty?

I'm petty?

Regarding the music box Zhu gave Yiran,

why was it broken?

Wow!

It's imported.

Yeah.

Zhu bought it for me

on his business trip to Huazhou.

Hey.

It's broken.

How can it be broken when it's new?

Hey.

Be gentle.

Typical you,

anything that passes through your hands

ends up broken.

Zhu was so hypocrite.

Did he think a music box will win her over?

Hey,

the one who wants to be with Yiran this time

is a southern businessman.

He's very rich.

He even donated a lot of herbs to Yiran's dad's clinic.

Hmph.

A southern businessman?

So what?

I bet he's old

with poor eyesight,

and has a combover.

When he eats a meat sandwich,

he can't chew the meat,

but ends up with his false teeth on top of it.

Tch.

Hello.

Are you Chen Yong and Mr. Han?

I'm Su Wenwei, Qi Yiran's fiancé.

Mr. Su!

Nice to see you!

I've seen the photo of you.

Did you come alone?

Where's Yiran?

Excuse me,

has Yiran been here today?

No.

She hasn't been here for a while.

Well,

yesterday,

Yiran and I went to the mountains for herbs.

We split up.

But when it was time to meet,

she never showed up.

Her family and I

looked for her all day and night in the mountains but couldn't find her.

So I came to you for help.

She's been missing for a day and a night?

Yes, I'm frantic.

Don't worry.

Yiran's been collecting herbs with her dad since she was a child.

She should be fine.

Which direction did you go?

Yiran mentioned

it was near Xiaofeng Village.

Xiaofeng Village?

Yeah.

That's bad.

Mr. Su,

what herbs were you looking for in Xiaofeng Village?

It's a kind of traditional medicine

called Polygonatum.

We found in the mountains near Xiaofeng Village.

It's specially big and potent.

Oh my.

It grows this big.

Yiran and I went to the mountains

to find this herb.

These people

are helpers I hired.

The car can only go this far.

From here,

we will have to walk.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Miss,

you're from the south, right?

Follow me

and you'll be fine.

I know this area well.

Oh...

Lights on an eight-immortal table...

It's clearly showed.

What do you mean?

There's a deep chasm to the west and a ditch to the southeast;

rocks to the north without growing anything.

In this area within a hundred li,

if Yiran were still on the surface,

then

it would be like finding lice on a bald head,

and we would have found her by now.

You mean

Yiran is in heaven?

Mr. Han,

please don't say

such unlucky things.

A long mountain range is considered a "true dragon,"

and mountain peaks form the dragon's body.

Here the terrain is lofty,

the energy is strong,

typical of the northern dragon vein.

Look here.

The mountains are continuous.

The dragon's path is long, facing north-south,

backed by the main mountain.

The hall is wide.

Mountains surround, gathering energy.

It's a feng shui treasure land like the Azure Dragon holds a pearl.

Knowledgeable!

Can you explain?

It means there's treasure below.

Chen Yong,

you mean

Yiran is down there?

Rather a high Azure Dragon

than a peeking White Tiger.

See that mountain ahead,

The west side is slightly higher than the east,

indicating the White Tiger suppressing the Azure Dragon.

It's an ominous place.

You know feng shui too?

Exactly.

That side collapsed a few years ago.

Two hundred years ago,

a river flowed through here, and it was once a treasure land.

Besides,

the entrance underground

is at the Azure Dragon's mouth.

Oh my god.

That's Xiaofeng Village's location.

A few years ago,

some descendant from Xiaofeng Village who didn't believe in ghosts

came back during Qingming to honor ancestors.

He burned paper money and saw blue ghostly flames.

Then his hair got singed.

He was frightened,

living in a daze.

By winter solstice, he couldn't get up from bed.

People from Xiaofeng Village

don't return now.

If they honor ancestors,

they do it at the village entrance.

The village is really spooky.

Chen Yong,

do we really want to go in?

Mr. Su.

Yes?

Did Yiran wear a red scarf when she went up the mountain?

Yes.

Why?

There are still people in this village.

Chen Yong!

Darn it!

Did you see that?

A ghost in broad daylight!

Even if it's a ghost, we'll find it.

It must have seen Yiran.

Let's go!

Oh man!

Get lost!

Chen Yong?

Chen Yong?

Hey.

Oh!

Ah!

Are we

in the underworld,

huh?

Even King Yama would be scared to death by you.

This should be a burial pit from the end of the Qin Dynasty.

Look,

these bones are all deformed.

They must have been sick when alive.

What was that guy outside doing?

Probably a villager

trying to warn us about the soil here.

Look.

Are they fireflies?

Put it out!

My chest!

Ouch!

It's out.

Darn it.

My chest is exposed.

Luckily, I'm a guy.

These bugs

can actually produce fire!

It's not the bugs producing fire.

It's the phosphorus from the bones.

Moths parasitize the bones,

covered in phosphorus.

And friction causes them

to spontaneously combust.

They're called

ghost fire moths.

Get out of here right now!

Go!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Watch out!

Hurry!

This way!

Hurry!

Keep up!

This way!

Go!

Junior sister,

give my share of money to our master.

Leave here quickly!

No...

No!

Leave here quickly!

Senior brother!

Senior brother!

Senior brother!

Senior brother!

Go!

Senior brother!

Miss,

don't be too sad.

I'm here.

Take your hand off.

Judging by the burial pit's size,

this underground space should be vast.

This is a forbidden area.

We need to find an exit and leave.

Don't disturb the dead.

Darn it!

Is this

roast duck

or smoked ham?

This is silk spun by corpse silkworms.

Anyone who falls in

will be cocooned

until they suffocate.

No wonder people from Xiaofeng Village often disappear.

They probably ended up here.

Shh.

Did you hear that?

What's that sound?

Could it be Yiran?

Yiran?

Is that you?

Maybe she fell here while collecting herbs near Xiaofeng Village.

Crazy woman?

Yiran!

Everyone, don't move.

Darn it!

Don't touch these threads.

That's Nine Stars Alignment Array.

The Big Dipper actually includes nine stars.

Seven visible, two hidden.

The hidden stars are Dongming star as the left assistant

and Yinyuan star as the right assistant,

corresponding to the nine palaces and eight trigrams.

We need the nine stars to align

to break the trap.

The nine stars and eight trigrams disk

is over there.

If we go through,

we'll be sliced to pieces.

Wow!

Nice body.

Oh, no.

Nice moves.

Watch out!

South-Li-Ninth Palace,

Dubhe star aligned.

North-Gen-Eighth Palace,

Merak star aligned.

West-Dui-Seventh Palace,

Phecda star aligned.

Northwest-Qian-Sixth Palace,

Megrez star aligned.

Center-Fifth Palace,

Alioth star aligned.

Southeast-Xun-Fourth Palace,

Mizar star aligned.

East-Zhen-Third Palace,

Alkaid star aligned.

Chen Yong,

hurry up.

Yiran's sound is getting weaker and weaker.

Southwest-Kun-Second Palace,

Dongming star aligned.

One more left.

North-Kan-First Palace,

Yinyuan star aligned.

Check if she's still breathing.

Yiran!

Yiran!

Coward.

I knew it was you.

And me, Yiran. I came to save you too.

I was collecting herbs and walking,

unknowingly entering Xiaofeng Village.

Then I hit the ground

and suddenly fell into a pit.

It went dark.

I was caught in a tight net.

The more I struggled, the tighter it got.

I nearly suffocated.

Since Yiran is okay now,

let's hurry and leave.

This place is full of traps. Don't damage any artifacts.

Report as soon as we get back.

Why are there dead people?

Idiot.

You've only known him for a few days,

but you're already engaged.

I want to.

You nearly lost your life, you know?

You called me crazy woman,

so I'll show you crazy.

Come, Yiran.

I'll help you.

Okay, dear.

Hmph.

Fatty,

judging by these steles,

it's the Wei Fang civilization.

Wei Fang?

Legend says

the Wei Fang kingdom is beneath Xiaofeng Village.

Then the dragon stone should be here.

Where did you get it?

The Guo family's elder gave me this.

Who allowed you to take it?

If I don't take it, it's wasted.

It's not heavy anyway.

Chen Yong,

Uncle Chen came here before.

[Qifeng]

The Guo family's elder was right.

When my mother was seriously ill,

he actually came here.

Was your father looking for the dragon stone?

The dragon stone you mentioned

has probably been taken.

Three!

Looks like the dragon stone is a sacred item to Wei Fang Kingdom.

There must be traps here.

We can't act rashly.

Three.

Three.

Three!

Three.

Three!

Calm down!

Three!

Calm down!

Stop hitting!

Stop hitting!

This is Three!

He's not Three anymore!

Calm down!

Ah!

Fatty!

Save me...

Save me...

Save me...

Darn it.

Isn't that his helper from the south?

Why is he hitting so hard?

He scared me to death.

My people nearly got us all killed.

It's arsenic.

Highly toxic.

It's hard to come by in nature.

It causes neurological disorder.

No wonder they went crazy.

We can't stay here.

Since Uncle Chen was here,

there must be an exit.

Did you learn Uncle Chen's skills?

He's him, and I'm me.

How would I know the way out?

If you don't know, who does?

Ask your Mr. Su.

Hey.

Coward.

Bastard!

You piss me off.

The moon phase carvings here

correspond to the eight gates of Tianxing School Feng Shui,

using the moon phase to divine.

The exit is behind this rock wall.

Then let's dig now.

However,

above is Li, below is Xun, both interior and exterior are void.

The way ahead is unknown.

Where the path behind this rock leads,

we still don't know.

We can't stay here anyway.

We'll figure it out later.

Kun.

Wow,

they're well prepared.

You're carrying shovels and explosives.

Those who know might think you're here to dig for herbs,

but those who don't might think...

You're here to rob graves.

He's a businessman.

He always thinks ahead.

Hmph.

Let's go.

What now?

Quick, go!

This way.

Ah!

The ancestral secret techniques say

this is a rare golden python.

I didn't expect it to be so huge.

What now?

Let's rush past it.

No way.

It's too fast.

We can't outrun it.

Then we'll blow it up!

The snake didn't get here overnight.

We're intruding its territory.

Fatty,

lead them out of here and be quick.

What are you going to do?

Mr. Su,

you guard the rear.

Don't worry.

Yiran,

run fast later.

Chen Yong,

what are you going to do,

huh?

Fatty,

lead them out of here first!

Chen Yong!

Chen Yong!

Chen Yong!

Chen Yong!

Chen Yong!

Hurry!

Go!

Chen Yong!

Hurry in!

Go!

Oh!

This place and the Wei Fang Kingdom's hall

are seemingly not from the same era.

This is a tomb of a Ming Dynasty general's wife.

The general, guided by a master named Qian,

buried his wife here, at the Wei Fang Kingdom site.

He used the dragon stone as her pillow.

According to the stele,

the Ming general

buried the Wei Fang dragon stone

with his wife.

So, the dragon stone

should be in the general's wife's tomb.

What's wrong, Mr. Su?

Are you interested in the dragon stone?

No.

Just curious.

Forget the dragon stone.

I want something practical now.

Hurry!

Yiran!

Yiran.

Get up.

This is a deadly trap.

Chen Yong,

are we going to die here?

It's all your fault, crazy woman.

The mercury is spreading over.

Go.

Chen Yong!

Yiran!

It's my greed.

I shouldn't have messed around!

Explosives.

You have explosives, right?

Quick, blow the door open.

Mr. Han,

we better not.

If the mercury spills,

we're all dead.

Your fiancée is still in there.

You heartless bastard,

wasting that handsome face!

Chen Yong!

Yiran!

Ah...

Ah...

I'm telling you,

that Mr. Su is no good.

Be careful.

Chen Yong,

are you jealous?

Since we're at this point,

don't you have anything to say to me?

What's this?

You,

come with us to find the coffin.

I knew you were no good.

Miss,

why help this villain?

Everyone has their own difficulties.

Let's move.

I'll quietly release you later.

Ah!

We're going to die anyway.

Say it,

what do you think of our relationship?

You'll anger me to death before it poisons me.

Hey.

Yiran.

Yiran.

Yiran!

Fatty!

Fatty!

The mercury is leaking.

Hurry, lift the door!

Lift the door.

Lift the door.

Ah...

Ah...

Ah...

Thank you.

Old friend, have you forgotten the past

now that you've joined the big boss?

Whether it's true or not,

I know very well.

You and your brothers

don't think changing your appearance

will fool me.

You're with the Funiu School.

The Funiu School?

These small sects

still exist?

We're just here for money.

We don't want to harm anyone.

Can't get in?

Why not knock?

Ha ha...

Since we're at this point,

I'll be frank.

I have a friend specializing in the overseas market

specifically wants the Wei Fang Dragon Stone.

Overseas market?

Stop sugarcoating it.

You're smuggling artifacts, you liar!

Country bumpkin,

don't speak nonsense if you don't understand market economy.

Chen Yong,

help me find the dragon stone,

and I'll make sure you never worry about making a living.

I don't worry about that now.

Heh.

Chen Yong,

isn't your family

famous for knowing ancient and modern?

Now that we're here, don't you want to take a look inside?

Don't forget,

your father came here too.

Because of what you said,

I'm even more determined not to go.

Su Wenwei,

I thought you were an honest herbalist.

Your real purpose is to drag Chen Yong into this, right?

Yiran,

my fiancée,

we've always had a mutual benefit relationship.

You found me

to provoke Chen Yong, right?

Did you really fall for me?

Miss,

release Yiran.

If you need money,

we can help you.

Shut up!

Chen Yong,

you came to save Yiran after all.

Then be a Samaritan to the end.

Please.

Go.

Be careful. Follow Chen Yong.

Why

are there a stele in the tomb?

It's not a stele.

It's a letter to the tomb owner.

A letter to the dead?

A jade craftsman named Qian

built this tomb for the general's wife,

hoping the dragon stone

would someday awaken his beloved.

Beloved?

This craftsman

had an affair with the general's wife?

They were childhood sweethearts

with no fate to be together.

So the dragon stone

can really bring back the dead?

We'll find out when we find it.

Ah...

If the dragon stone can revive the dead,

it can also cure my fatal illness.

Chen Yong?

Yiran?

Chen Yong?

Fatty?

Senior brother.

Senior brother.

Senior brother!

Senior brother!

Senior brother.

Darn it!

Yiran?

Fatty?

Why did you come here?

Mom was waiting for you when she died.

I came to find the dragon stone

to save your mom.

Dad,

do you know

I miss you so much.

Dad...

Dad, it's me...

Ah...

Ha ha...

Dad,

it's me!

Dad.

Dad, it's me.

Dad.

Dad.

I'm Chen Yong!

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

I'm Chen Yong.

I'm Chen Yong.

Dad.

Wake up.

I'm Chen Yong.

I'm Chen Yong.

There are no ghosts in this world.

Ghosts only exist in people's hearts.

Four spirits guard against evil.

The dragon resides at the center.

The dragon stone is the key to breaking illusions.

Azure Dragon brings wealth!

White Tiger guards the fields!

Vermilion Bird brings thriving population!

Black Tortoise protects the hall!

Those with self-inflicted sins

cannot live.

All these years,

I wronged my dad.

He died looking for the dragon stone

to save my mom.

Uncle Chen was a man of loyalty and righteousness.

Regarding the dragon stone,

why does it look like this?

It's actually a meteorite.

It's radioactive.

It causes mutations.

So,

those polygonatum,

the strange disease in Xiaofeng Village...

And that giant snake

all mutated

due to radiation from this meteorite.

Maybe the arsenic in the Wei Fang hall

also came with the meteorite.

Chen Yong,

where do we run now?

The coffins are always aligned with heads towards Li, feet towards Kan,

which are Jing and Xiu gates.

To seek wealth and power, go to the Life gate.

Burying hunting requires knowing the Death gate.

That way!

We're done for!

Anyway, we're going to die.

Let's fight!

Wait.

The dragon stone is returned to its place.

We'll leave now

and not disturb anymore.

Can this snake understand human words?

A snake, like jade in antiques,

is spiritual.

What's this?

A talisman.

Your father's?

Yes.

Wait.

The Life gate is in the northeast-Gen-Eighth Palace.

Why did you find a way out from the southwest Death gate?

I thought

Qian designed the tomb following "finding life through death,"

hoping his beloved

would find the Life gate

after her death.

It's almost done.

Try it.

Hey.

Don't you see my chapped lips?

Good news!

Ha ha...

Miss Leng from the Funiu School

wrote to me.

She said

her master's illness is cured.

Thanks to Yiran.

Your dad's classmate in Huazhou cured him.

I plan to invite her

to start a business

with us!

What business?

Join the archaeology team.

Every story has two sides.

Graves and artifacts are historical specimens.

They're also our channel to understand the ancestors.

Ancient knowledge and skills

should be used to protect history,

letting traditional culture

flourish.

I,

Chen Yong,

vow to join the archaeology team.

I'll use my family's historical knowledge

to protect our cultural heritage!

Don't ask a dragon's whereabouts when it stays at the plains.

Even ten thousand scrolls of truth can be nothing.

Chen Yong,

you're truly Chen Qifeng's son.

If you've got talent,

I have something for you

to help appraise.