At this point, Mao Jing paused.
Then he continued:
"This is how it can be identified through the Five Elements.
From the positions of the Eight Trigrams, the Kan trigram represents water and governs the north.
Three-Mile Marsh happens to lie at the core position of the Kan trigram within the Eight Trigrams.
Within the Kan trigram, the yin lines sit above and below, while the yang line is trapped between them.
It is much like the yang energy here being surrounded layer upon layer by dense yin energy.
This causes a severe imbalance between yin and yang. Yin energy holds absolute dominance, forming an extremely cold yin land.
If I'm right, there should be a patch of hard earth in the middle of this marsh.
It represents the enclosed yang within this formation."
Mao Jing's attainments in Feng Shui were remarkably high.
Not only could he analyze it from the perspective of the Five Elements, but he could also explain it through the Eight Trigrams. That level of Feng Shui expertise was truly extraordinary.
After hearing Mao Jing's words, I was shocked, but I also believed him completely.
Logically speaking, such an extremely yin-filled place was unsuitable for burying the dead.
If my senior sister's burial ground was here, her ghost would surely suffer from the cold yin energy.
Even if this place possessed yin without sha, with a patch of yang earth within it, it was still not a good burial ground.
Compared to my eldest senior brother's burial ground at Black Stone Peak, I felt it might be related to the manner of my senior sister's death.
"Brother Jiang, your senior sister was buried here? This place is extremely yin. I'm afraid it isn't suitable for burying the dead!"
I looked at Three-Mile Marsh. "I'm not too