70: Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams!

As the words fell, Wu Jing and the others, who were about to examine the patterns on the walls, hurriedly withdrew their focus and kept a distance from the walls.

They were terrified that even the slightest contact would bring about a catastrophe.

Cai Xukun was still unconvinced, but seeing the grim expression on Ye Bai's face, he sheepishly rubbed his nose.

He really wanted to say that this place might not necessarily be that dangerous, and it was just a wall, so nothing should happen.

But he didn't say these words.

"What do we do now? Should we go in?"

Wu Jing looked at the Statues inside, still feeling a sense of dread.

At this moment, he wanted to ask for Ye Bai's opinion.

"Hmm!"

Ye Bai nodded, sheathed his black gold ancient blade, and walked toward the interior.

Seeing the yin-sha qi of the Statues inside the Tomb, Yang Mi and Reba felt flustered.

But seeing Ye Bai walk in just like that, they took a deep breath, suppressed their inner fear, and stepped inside.

As soon as everyone entered, they felt like sheep entering a tiger's den, especially with those terrifying Statues.

The moment they stepped in, the fierce and malicious gazes of the Statues seemed to fixate on them, sending shivers down their spines.

"Sister Mi, why do I feel like I'm being watched by someone? The hairs on my body are standing up."

Reba looked around, nervously eyeing the Statues, and even couldn't help but move closer to Yang Mi.

"I have the same feeling too..."

Yang Mi was actually very flustered as well, but she was trying her best to control it.

Bai Lu, Yang Chaoyue, and Meng Ziyi were the last to enter, and the three of them were gripping each other's hands tightly, as if this could give them encouragement.

Hua Chenyu, Cai Xukun, Huang Zitao, and Zhang Dada were the last to enter, and their expressions were equally grim.

"Do we really have to come in? Why do these Statues look more terrifying the more I look at them?"

"I felt uncomfortable the moment I came in. This is likely the entrance to the Tomb, so why are we coming in? Wouldn't it be better to wait for the Archaeological Team?"

"Yeah! They say it's an Ancient Tomb, and that's a place for dead people. Isn't it bad luck for us to just go in like this? Besides, does us going in count as being Tomb Robbers? I don't want to ruin my future!"

Zhang Dada, Hua Chenyu, and Huang Zitao were shivering with nervousness, very resistant to entering this palace.

Wu Jing followed behind Ye Bai. He also felt a sense of dread, but it was mostly nervousness. It was his first time encountering something like a Tomb, so he was naturally a bit on edge.

The Cameraman was actually also a bit scared, but he still turned the camera to broadcast these Statues live.

【Holy crap! It felt bad looking from the outside, but now that we're inside, this bad feeling is even more intense!】

【Oh my god! I'm so scared, what's going on? What's the deal with these fierce and malicious Statues?】

【What else could it be? It's just as we see it. Why did the ancient people make these Statues, and what is their purpose?】

【Maybe it's to scare us. Just look at them, wouldn't you be scared?】

【If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Didn't Brother Ye Bai say it earlier? This is a sacrificial ground. Since it's a sacrificial ground, there must be some reason behind it. If you don't understand, don't talk, it's embarrassing!】

【Damn! The guy above, you're right, I believe you!】

...

The audience felt that one of the netizens was right; perhaps this really did have something to do with sacrifices.

It was just that these things looked truly terrifying; anyone who saw them would feel a jolt to their soul.

Inside the Forbidden Ground.

Ye Bai was currently examining these nine Statues, observing that their positions were somewhat peculiar.

Outside, vines grew rampantly, but inside, there wasn't a single weed; it could almost be described as barren.

"Strange, this place must have been here for many years, so why isn't there a single weed? This isn't right!"

Wu Jing looked carefully and felt something was wrong. It wasn't just the lack of weeds; it was also cold inside the room...

Yes, it was cold, a bone-chilling cold.

"It's so cold in here! It feels like a bone-chilling cold."

Reba also felt it, and she hurriedly rubbed her arms.

"Is it because it's too cold here that there are no weeds?" Yang Mi tentatively asked.

"It is cold, but it's not the dead of winter, so it shouldn't be completely barren..."

Wu Jing didn't think that was the case; there must be another reason.

"Yin Qi."

Ye Bai calmly uttered two words.

Wu Jing and Yang Mi thought about how this place was a sacrificial ground, and the Tomb might be right below, so having Yin Qi was normal.

"Ye Bai, what are you looking at?"

Reba looked at him suspiciously. Since they came in, he had been staring at these Statues. Could there be something wrong with them?

Then she followed his gaze, and upon looking, she truly discovered some problems.

"The positions of these Statues... are so strange! Why do they look so irregular..."

"This looks more like a Formation."

Yang Mi also noticed the situation with these Statues and stated her opinion.

"You know about Formations?"

Wu Jing was taken aback and somewhat surprised.

Yang Mi nodded. When she was filming, she had once researched the topic of Formations; after all, it was a Xianxia drama, and many things needed to be realistic.

"Then what Formation does this correspond to?"

Wu Jing also felt that the arrangement of these Statues was truly... very strange.

"The Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams!"

Ye Bai calmly took over, the gravity in his eyes even deeper than before.

"Xun-Four, Li-Nine, Kun-Two, Dui-Seven, Qian-Six, Kan-One, Gen-Eight, Zhen-Three."

Ye Bai pointed at these eight trigrams one by one, reciting them in order, which just happened to be the positions of the nine-grid square.

And this central position was exactly where they were standing, which was the sacrificial position of the sacrificial ground.

To enter the Tomb, one must first be sacrificed.

Only by becoming a sacrificial offering could one enter the Tomb.

This intention was truly unique.

After hearing about the positions of these Statues, Yang Mi, Wu Jing, and Reba carefully examined their appearance.

On top of those fierce and malicious heads, there was a symbolic object.

Yang Mi frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

Then she thought about the numbers Ye Bai had just mentioned.

"Ye Bai, did you notice that the positions of the Statues are wrong?"

Yang Mi looked sharply at Ye Bai.

Ye Bai nodded slightly.

"Sister Mi, what are you saying? How are the Statues wrong? Aren't these Statues just as they are now?"

Bai Lu was even more confused upon hearing this, but seeing the expression on Yang Mi's face, her inner anxiety continued to grow.

It seemed like something bad was about to happen.

"Xun-One should be in the top left corner, and in the Eight Trigrams, Xun represents wind, representing gentleness and compliance. However, in the place of Xun-One, Gen-Eight is placed, and this Gen represents a mountain, symbolizing stability and obstruction..."

"If the wind is obstructed, then there is a problem with this sacrificial ground."