After a night of chaos, they only slept when the sky began to lighten.

The result of indulgence was that, early in the morning, Gu Xu left feeling invigorated and pleased to buy breakfast, whereas Huo Sining lay like a corpse on the bed, wishing she could beat the smug old rascal half to death.

By ten, she finally got up sluggishly, sporting dark circles and a tired face. Upon leaving, not just Yue Shuwen and Ji Kun, but even her teacher, who never joked about such matters, had a mischievous and ambiguous smile in their eyes.

Huo Sining simply kept her head down like an ostrich, pretending she didn’t notice anything.

Leaving Wu Jun and Yue Shuwen at the hotel with the child, Huo Sining and her party headed to Anmin Alley.

In the Sanfang Street area, Huo Sining and Yue Shuwen had already visited once before, and after using the Heavenly Eye to explore, Huo Sining had basically grasped the specific location and scale of the underground Han Tomb.

However, previously, Huo Sining’s public claim of knowing the Dragon Vein Seeking technique was just nonsense. Now, Sanfang Street was covered with concrete buildings, and the scarce exposed soil had all been planted with flowers and greenery, making exploration impossible—not to mention using astronomical and geographical factors to determine if there was an ancient tomb below.

Thus, in such circumstances, Huo Sining certainly couldn’t say she was a hundred percent sure there was a Han Tomb underneath. She could only vaguely sketch an outline, unable to specify the tomb’s precise location and scope.

Of course, the things Huo Sining said at dinner last night, although meant to deceive Zhou Shitao and Ji Kun, were not entirely unsubstantiated.

In fact, the so-called Gathering Yin Formation theory was exactly what Huo Sining heard in her past life from a museum guide when she accompanied colleagues to the Fucheng Han Princess Tomb.

At that time, the guide spoke in a mystical tone about strange events happening around Sanfang Street. The ground couldn’t be disturbed, or accidents would occur; people would inexplicably get lost in the area, get hit by falling flowerpots and die, or despite slow car speed, get run over and killed.

The guide spoke mysteriously and oddly, only to reveal that under Sanfang Street lay an ancient tomb over a thousand years old, with burial pits where nearly five hundred people were buried alive.

Huo Sining didn’t pay much attention back then, thinking the guide was deliberately adding a feudal flavor to the Han Tomb story to impress tourists. However, upon returning to Sanfang Street and realizing it was the same area she had visited for the Han Princess Tomb exhibit, she recalled these past events.

In Anmin Alley, Huo Sining indeed felt a strange element saturating the air, the temperature noticeably lower than surrounding areas, walking into this zone truly gave an uncomfortable feeling.

With the Water-Repelling Pearl within her, Huo Sining naturally felt it more intensely than ordinary people, clearly sensing a cold aura converging from all directions towards a specific point in Anmin Alley.

Seeing this, Huo Sining was quite astonished. Therefore, while using the Heavenly Eye to survey the Princess’s Tomb underground, she cautiously approached the location, and soon made a startling discovery.

At the point where the yin energy converged, there lay a seemingly inconspicuous but rather peculiar Eight Trigrams Array, built with Ancient Jade. Those unfamiliar with it might see the jade as mere burial pit items, but having seen Bai Buzhi handle his formation books, Huo Sining recognized it as an Eight Trigrams Array.

Combining the yin energy converging from all around, Huo Sining felt confident that this spot was the key point of the entire Han Tomb pit, and this Eight Trigrams Array was indeed the legendary Gathering Yin Formation.

Huo Sining’s guess was further confirmed after a phone inquiry with Bai Buzhi. Additionally, she learned from Bai Buzhi the purpose and reason behind the formation’s establishment.

Han Dynasty burials somewhat continued cruel practices from previous eras, such as burying the living—where people were pushed alive into pits and covered with earth, leading to many innocent, wrongful deaths.

Ancient people were superstitious, fearing wandering souls would harm the living, so they hired Feng Shui Masters to create a Gathering Yin Formation, confining the spirits within the tomb—preventing them from escaping to harm, while hoping they’d peacefully guard the owner’s coffin.

Ancient tombs were typically placed in feng shui treasures surrounded by mountains and water, often remote and sparsely populated; hence the Feng Shui Master’s placement of the Gathering Yin Formation here didn’t concern impacts on the living.

However, these Feng Shui Masters couldn’t anticipate that over the years, this secluded feng shui gem in the hills would gradually develop into an urban area, bustling with people and skyscrapers, yet the Gathering Yin Formation still functioned as before, leading to heavy yin energy and frequent strange incidents around Sanfang Street. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Zhou Shitao initially didn’t believe Huo Sining when she said the place was odd, yet after arriving in Sanfang Street, the three men felt a chilling aura upon alighting, simultaneously shivering.

That wasn’t all; while crossing the street, a speeding electric scooter suddenly darted from one side straight towards Zhou Shitao. Thankfully, Gu Xu reacted swiftly, pushing Zhou Shitao away and grabbing the scooter’s head, stepping back seven or eight paces to halt its forward momentum.

Zhou Shitao was drenched in cold sweat by the incident; Ji Kun was also furious, unable to resist scolding the scooter rider:

"Red light, stop, green light, go. How do you look at the road? Don’t you see it’s pedestrian crossing time? Rushing towards an elder—if you truly hit someone, can you bear the responsibility?"

The scooter rider, a girl in her twenties, was scared stiff by the scene. Hearing Ji Kun’s rebuke, she cried fearfully, explaining through sobs:

"No, I saw the red light, and I hit the brake, but for some reason, it just failed. It was fine at the previous intersection, suddenly here it didn’t respond no matter how much I tried. I truly didn’t mean it!"