"It's already taken!"
Lin Fan looked at the sign that read Guo Xiaotong's tomb, a sense of powerlessness rising in his heart.
"I should have known, dragon lairs aren't that easy to find."
"The question is, what about the other dragon lairs?"
Lin Fan was filled with anxiety.
He couldn't be sure if Li Yusheng had ever been to Gushan before, just like himself.
What if the other party had come before, and even if they had only ruled out a few occupied dragon lairs, that would still be a huge advantage!
"No, I have to hurry."
Seeing no one around, Lin Fan flickered and darted into the woods.
Taking the main path would definitely be too late.
Moreover, what he found would likely be occupied dragon lairs anyway.
Lin Fan searched for places where spiritual energy converged, shuttling through the mountains and forests like a monkey.
"Ah!"
A female tourist screamed in fright when she saw a human figure flash through the woods.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Her male companion asked.
"I just saw a ghost flit past."
The female tourist was still shaken, pointing to where Lin Fan had passed.
"Don't say foolish things. It's broad daylight, there can't be ghosts. Besides, so many people come and go on this island every day. Even if there were ghosts, they would be the ones running away."
The male companion put his arm around her shoulder and comforted her in a soft voice.
At this moment, Lin Fan saw another dragon lair.
"Not it!"
"This is so troublesome."
Lin Fan's feet didn't stop. He turned and ran towards another location.
...
At the entrance of Gushan.
The Xingshi Sect and the Liqi Sect were clearly separated, finding their own places to rest.
Zhong Chen looked worried, his body held taut.
"Old Zhong, in your opinion, what are Lin Fan's chances of winning?"
An Hai asked.
"Hard to say."
Zhong Chen shook his head. "I don't know what Guo Cheng was thinking, actually sending them to Gushan to find dragon lairs. If it were an open terrain, I'd dare say Lin Fan would have at least an eighty percent chance."
"But on the small Gushan Island, with so many ancient tombs interfering, the difficulty is greatly increased. It requires not only profound feng shui surveying experience and intellect, but also physical strength and a certain amount of luck."
Zhong Chen sighed. "Now the outcome is unpredictable. We can only wait."
"Yes, it would be the same no matter who came."
An Hai also sighed.
He prayed in his heart that Lin Fan wouldn't lose the first round.
The Liqi Sect's constant taunts of "mud legs" were infuriating!
On the Xiling Bridge.
Song Tian put down his phone, his gaze fixed on the lush green Gushan.
"They've really come up with something new."
"Master, how are they competing?"
Yuan Fei was scratching his head anxiously, wishing he could replace Lin Fan and settle the score with Li Yusheng right now.
Others might fear Li Yusheng, but he didn't!
"It's like this..."
Song Tian recounted the competition rules he had learned from a friend.
"Hiss~"
Yuan Fei's face changed drastically after hearing this, and he gasped.
Song Tian asked, "Yuan Fei, if you were to compete with Li Yusheng, what would you do now?"
"Master, the 'Han Long Jing' says, if the dragon mountain arrives first, then reduce the dragon and yield to the tiger, the lair must be on the left. If the tiger mountain arrives first, then reduce the tiger and yield to the dragon, the lair must be on the right. The formation of Gushan..."
Yuan Fei gazed at the terrain of Gushan and began to expound at length.
Song Tian listened attentively, nodding with a smile.
He believed that even Li Yusheng would have to deduce slowly before taking action.
And under the mutual interference of the nine-eyed dragon lairs, two and a half hours was a very tight schedule, even for someone with exquisite skills.
"If Lin Fan is completely in the dark, then the joke will be on him, hehe."
Song Tian looked at Gushan from afar, as if seeing Lin Fan at his wit's end, and laughed gloatingly.
A flock of white water birds was flying towards the sky.
"Huh?"
Song Tian's brow furrowed. "What's going on?"
"Perhaps, it's just a coincidence?"
As soon as Yuan Fei finished speaking, he saw another flock of gray water birds fleeing in panic and flying towards the sky.
Master and disciple exchanged a look, a single question in their hearts: "What happened on the island?"
...
"Not it again!"
In the dense forest, a dark figure slowly landed on the ground.
Lin Fan looked at the stone monument standing before him and wished he could kick it.
This was the fourth time he had encountered such a situation.
He even suspected if he had forgotten to check the almanac before leaving home today.
How could he be so unlucky?
Logically, even a blind cat should have found a mouse by now!
"Damn it, I came all this way. I have to succeed, even if it's just for pride!"
Lin Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead, stomped his foot, and leaped up.
Using the trunk of a tree for leverage, his figure disappeared into the woods in an instant.
Finally!
When he saw a suspicious location for the fifth time, Lin Fan smiled with joy.
On the gentle slope, the grass and trees were lush and green, looking completely untouched.
And on the hillside, there was a depression that resembled an eye socket, which would pause here whenever a gentle breeze blew.
Spiritual energy was slowly gathering!
"The wind gathers here, and the qi converges. That's it!"
Lin Fan swooped down like an eagle hunting.
But as soon as he landed, the smile on his face froze.
"Wrong!"
"The earth qi is wrong!"
Lin Fan's sword-like eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
It was true that the wind gathered here and the qi converged, but the earth qi did not nurture life.
If the earth qi were truly flourishing, the vegetation here would not be so short.
Moreover, the closer he got to the dragon lair, the more uncomfortable he felt.
"Alas~"
Lin Fan sighed. He thought for a moment, then found a few stones and piled them up under his feet.
"It's already been over an hour. If I can't find it, it's better than nothing."
After doing this, Lin Fan took to the air and plunged into the dense forest.
Half an hour later.
At the highest point of Gushan.
Li Yurou held a compass in one hand and grabbed her brother's arm, looking back at the sloped depression they had just passed. "Brother, look, that's the dragon's throat that binds the qi. As long as we follow the mountain range forward and find the lip, the dragon lair will definitely be nearby."
"Mmm!"
Li Yusheng nodded vigorously, feeling immense joy.
His sister had not disappointed him again.
The so-called geniuses in the world were nothing compared to his sister!
If she weren't a woman, she would have soared to the heavens long ago and become a renowned feng shui master!
Now, he, her brother, could only accept this honor on her behalf.
"Brother, hurry, I'm afraid Lin Fan will get there first."
Li Yurou's face was covered in sweat, yet she didn't want to rest for a moment.
"It's alright, sister, be careful."
Li Yusheng smiled gently and carefully supported his sister as they continued to advance.
Rustle rustle...
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the nearby woods.
"This is bad!"
Li Yurou's face instantly turned pale.
From her vantage point, she could clearly see something in the woods moving rapidly towards the Emperor Dragon Lair.
"Brother, let's go quickly!"
Li Yurou disregarded everything else and ran forward like lightning.
Li Yusheng followed closely behind.