After setting up the nearest boundary marker, Grandma directed the Hurrying Ghost toward the other markers. The road through Phoenix-Induction Town was no longer what it had once been, and many places had been destroyed. It was obvious that whether Grandma was here or not, the situation would have been entirely different.
We continued on to the locations of the other two boundary markers. Without a doubt, both had been knocked down, and some had even been blown apart. Grandma had the Heaven-Swallowing Great Ghost find a slightly inferior boulder and remake them. There were probably many secrets beneath these great formations. The formation stones were merely the keys to activate them. Once they were erected, the yin energy throughout Phoenix-Induction Town seemed to gradually grow less intense.
When we reached the fourth boundary marker, I breathed a sigh of relief after finding nothing unusual. Grandma, however, did not immediately activate the formation stone. Instead, she chose to wait there.
The Heaven-Swallowing Ghost had finished carving the boundary marker, but it had not yet been erected. It sat to one side, waiting for orders.
"Grandma, what's this?" I asked, puzzled. This was where I had last seen her—the small basin far from the woods, on the way into Southern Yue.
"We're waiting for the Blood Cloud Coffin." Grandma spoke decisively, then began calculating the time by counting on her fingers.
My heart jolted. Knowing another great battle was about to begin, I immediately checked and prepared my pack.
The rain stopped, and the sky was no longer so dim. Gradually, a few scattered stars appeared, but the yin energy seemed to pour out of Phoenix-Induction Town through this opening. The surroundings remained unnaturally cold, and numerous vengeful ghosts streamed toward Phoenix-Induction Town from the direction of Southern Yue.
It seemed