There was another important matter: Chen Ye's safety. He looked at the four roof tiles standing around him. Each bore talismanic writing, and yarn ran between them to form a square.
Chen Ye had helped set it up, too.
He had even dug the holes himself and stood the tiles in them. Chen Ye had dug the holes, and Master Xu had laid the yarn.
Once the yarn had been wound around all four tiles,
Master Xu lit three incense sticks in the northwest corner.
Then he drew a symbol in the air.
With that, the safe spot was complete.
Chen Ye had asked Master Xu whether the symbol was a talisman. Master Xu said that if it made him feel safer, then yes, it was a talisman in the broadest sense.
In truth, it was Ren Bo's name.
After leaving Ren Bo's name there, Xu Feng planted four flagpoles around the outside, each marked with talismanic drawings. Even so, the whole setup looked rather makeshift to Chen Ye.
Especially the yarn on the ground.
Anyone could step right over it.
If it could not stop a person, how could it stop demons or ghosts?
What was more, the four tiles stood inside the ritual altar formed by the table, not outside it. The space was tiny, just two steps across in either direction.
Only one person could stand in it.
The yarn hung barely ten centimeters above the ground.
But Master Xu had arranged it this way, so Chen Ye trusted him.
Before Chen Ye stepped into the pit, Master Xu had given him strict instructions: "No matter what happens out there, as long as the four tiles haven't fallen flat, stay inside and don't worry.
"This is the House-Settling Method.
"It also uses Mountain-Shifting, Form-Changing. I've moved the