Only a little over a month had passed since their last visit, but things had changed. Xu Feng had undergone a transformation, and so had this place.
There was good news, though.
Xu Feng and Master watched from a distance. Following Xu Feng's gaze through the Precious Mirror, Master sighed. "Heaven has its wisdom. With the Earth Qi here, the corpses can't run rampant."
Xu Feng reined in his horse, and he and Master dismounted.
The horse sensed the danger too. Once it reached this spot, it refused to take another step, even with an Ox-and-Horse Pacifying Talisman on it.
Xu Feng kept hold of its reins so it would not bolt.
"Yes," Xu Feng said. "And there's no sign of Ghost Face either. Who knows what strange changes have happened in there?"
Master looked toward the site. "How do you plan to catch one? With your Ritual Robe again?"
"My Ritual Robe would certainly work. But I want to try the decoction formula."
Master gave no answer. He stared into the distance, but he could not see clearly at night, so he lit a torch and planted it beyond the Earth Qi's reach. Then he watched it.
When night fell, the Earth Qi burst forth. A wind rose in the distance, whipping up sand and stones!
It was nothing like before!
It even blew out the torch!
"Leave this long enough, and disaster is certain! Either the Lesser Calamity-Stitching Art, or we find a way to let it flow instead of blocking it."
Master delivered his verdict. But he clearly did not mean to perform the Lesser Calamity-Stitching Art himself. He knew he could not stitch this thing.
He was discussing it with Xu Feng.
Xu Feng teased him. "Didn't you say we were Corpse Sewers and shouldn't meddle