On the way to Dragon-Carrying Village, with Elder Hai's help, although we encountered more wandering spirits, we were able to move forward without fear. They simply stood frozen in place, as if they could not see us.
Only when we reached the location of Zhao Qian's feng shui Compass did we become fully alert. That place was where the Yin soldiers had crossed through.
"Well, isn't this Zhao Qian's feng shui Compass? How did it end up here?" Elder Hai said with a hearty laugh, pointing at the Compass in the distance.
Zhao Qian was instantly mortified. She ran over and picked it up. "The Yin soldiers were crossing through. I barely made it out."
"Hehe, no big deal. Those Yin soldiers weren't actually targeting you. They were merely ordered to guard this place. And although there are many of them, their numbers are still limited. They aren't a problem for me." Elder Hai chuckled, then pulled a large stack of paper figures from his hiking pack. I had no idea how many there were.
Elder Hai was extremely experienced. He had a very clever way of dealing with Yin soldiers. He wrote a few characters on each paper figure, and once he had finished, he swaggered over toward the Yin soldiers.
"Watch closely. I've come all the way from Dead Town, and I don't even know how many groups of Yin soldiers like this I've encountered. This is how I got past every one of them." Although he had concealed the yang energy on his body, a group of Yin soldiers still intended to question him about why a little ghost from the underworld was here.
Elder Hai directly scattered the pile of paper figures into the river beside the cliff, then began chanting an incantation.
The distant Yin