Just now, Leo asked Brice about the precious black coffin used for his mother’s burial.
A black coffin, when buried, can withstand corrosion and decay for at least a hundred years. Three years is a negligible time frame for a black coffin.
Standing beside the second grave, Leo formed hand seals and then struck the seal into the pit.
In simple terms, Leo’s action was actually the formation of a spiritual object. By now, he had become extremely proficient in this technique.
Besides living objects, any other items can be synthesized using Spiritual Power, although there are still limitations in terms of time.
Leo used the spiritual object formation because, apart from Brice’s mother’s black coffin, the coffins in the other graves were likely already fragile and decayed. If they were lifted as they were, it would damage the remains.
Therefore, Leo used Divine Awareness to locate and, combined with the spiritual object formation, enveloped the decayed coffins with the transformed spiritual object coffins, thus avoiding damage to the remains.
It was only after protecting the coffin of the ninth grave that Leo walked up to the supervisor and instructed, “We can now begin excavating the soil and lifting the coffins. After lifting each coffin, place it into a new one in the corresponding order.”
The supervisor acknowledged and went to command the twenty-seven workers to continue their work.
In front of the sacrificial table were nine new coffins.
Although the coffins appeared black overall, upon closer inspection, one would notice a slight purple hue.
Those with some knowledge of wood would know that the materials used to make these coffins were extraordinary.
Upon closer inspection, one would also notice that these nine coffins were larger than ordinary coffins.
Leo had specifically noted this on the paper he handed to Brice. Since the new coffins were meant to hold the decayed old coffins, forming the concept of a “coffin within a coffin” in geomancy, they were intentionally made larger.
“Hey, be gentle! Don’t damage the coffins,” the supervisor reminded as he watched the strong men shoveling the soil out.
Soon, the first coffin on the right was unearthed, and two strong men in white robes were called over to assist in lifting the coffin with the three diggers.
As Leo had anticipated, Brice’s mother’s coffin showed no signs of decay.
After the five men placed the coffin into the first coffin on the right side of the sacrificial table, the remaining eight coffins were successively unearthed.
At this moment, someone exclaimed in astonishment, “It’s truly amazing! These coffins have been buried underground for so long, yet they look brand new.”
“You don’t understand. These coffins must be made from the finest wood, said to resist decay for a thousand years!” another person chimed in.
The supervisor shouted, “Stop chattering and get back to work!”
Leo didn’t idle either. He stood at the sacrificial table, picked up a yellow brush, and began drawing talismans.
After about ten minutes, all nine coffins were placed into the nine larger coffins in front of the sacrificial table, and Leo had completed three talismans.
The talismans Leo drew were called “Soul-Sealing Talismans.”
He tossed the three talismans into the air and proclaimed, “May good fortune prevail, and may the offering be pure. Seal the coffins!”
As Leo’s voice fell, the three talismans ignited in the air. After burning, they transformed into sparkling objects that scattered and disappeared upon landing on the nine coffins.
Leo nodded to the supervisor, who then began directing the men to close the lids of the nine coffins and set up the support frames for carrying.
Other men came over with shovels to fill and level the large pit left by the exhumed coffins. They then dug up the tombstones, marked them with the corresponding numbers as the coffins, and carried them away.
Meanwhile, Leo continued drawing talismans.
Once the coffins were sealed, and after Leo completed the ninth talisman, he called over the supervisor, Fisher.
After giving a few simple instructions, Fisher understood and began assigning tasks to the bearers.
After everything was prepared, there was a person standing in each of the four directions around each coffin.
Among them, a man dressed in white stood in the front, while a man dressed in black stood in the back.
Leo picked up the talismans from the altar and started walking from right to left in a special manner. As he approached each coffin, he would stick the talisman in his hand onto the coffin lid.
After sticking the ninth talisman on the ninth coffin, Leo shouted loudly, “Lift the coffins!”
Thirty-six men simultaneously lifted the nine coffins, and then Fisher ordered the remaining man in white to walk in the front, while the man in black and Fisher and Brice walked in the back.
Others carried the altar and other objects and followed behind. The group set off orderly towards the outskirts of the valley.
The nine coffins were carefully placed into two trucks, and everyone left the place.
They passed through Blue Flower Town and headed straight towards Azure Dragon Temple.
After traveling on a county road for a while, they arrived at the foot of the mountain. The trucks couldn’t continue forward, so under Fisher’s command, the men started carrying the coffins down in an orderly manner.
This time, Leo took the lead, holding a large soul-calling banner in his hand and chanting a few spells every few steps.
Behind him was a man dressed in white who occasionally scattered some paper money from a copper basin in his hand.
In the middle were the coffin bearers, followed by the man in black and Fisher and Brice.
They entered through the gate of the Azure Dragon Temple and, led by Leo, bypassed the empty open space in front of the temple and headed towards the back.
Behind the temple was a small grove of trees, but the trees were sparse, so even with dozens of people carrying the coffins, it didn’t appear crowded.
Leo called Fisher over and asked him to prepare the things he needed. Leo planned to assess the geomancy of this place on the spot.
Geomancy assessment is not necessarily based on what the eyes see. True geomancy requires the use of Divine Awareness and Spiritual Power, along with corresponding secret techniques and methods. Many special geomancy patterns even require the experience of a geomancy master.
Geomancy assessment is not only highly systematic but also extremely complex. It demands various abilities from a geomancy master and serves as an assessment of their comprehensive capabilities.
In many cases, the same location can yield different conclusions when assessed by different geomancy masters.
Soon, Fisher arranged for the items Leo needed to be prepared. The altar, a yellow compass, incense, cinnabar, and other essential items for the ritual were all there.
Leo asked everyone to step back nine meters while he walked up to the altar and began preparing.
He lit three incense sticks and, before the geomancy assessment, paid respects to the spirits of the four directions.
After paying respects in all four directions, Leo inserted the lit incense sticks into the incense burner and then bent down to open a wooden box next to the altar.
The box contained incense, but this incense was special. Not only was it larger than regular incense sticks, but it was also yellow in color.
This was called yellow incense, specifically prepared by Leo at the request of Brice.