Mr. Qin has several thread-bound incomplete books wrapped several times in oilcloth. The pages are yellow and brittle and the handwriting is blurry. The title of the book has long since disappeared, and the content inside is even more difficult and obscure, mixed with a large number of formulas, astrological diagrams and incomprehensible symbols (fragments of the "Burial Sutra", a simplified version of "Qing Nang Ao Yu" or folk Feng Shui chants). Mr. Qin may not have learned everything himself, but he combined his scattered ancestral memories and decades of experience in herding sheep through ditches and ridges to teach me some things in the most earthly and intuitive way.
* Point to the mountains in the distance and teach him to identify "dragon" (the main mountain range), "sand" (the small hill for protection), and "hole" (the point where wind and energy may be stored).
* Teach me to look at the "water mouth" (the intersection or turning point of the water flow) of the river, and say that "water embraces life, and water reverses death."
*Teach me how to distinguish soil colors: "Five-color soil" is a treasure (it may also be formed in certain geological conditions in reality). Black soil is not suitable for being wet and cold, while loess is best if it is dry and moderate.
*Teach me stargazing: "The Beidou guides the way, the blue dragon and white tiger show the direction" (identify the direction in the simplest way).
* More are formulas: "One inch higher is the mountain, one inch lower is the water"; "Qi will disperse when it rides on the wind, and it will stop when it is bounded by water"; "If you sit down without true Qi veins, you will see tens of thousands of mountains in front of you"... I am like a thirsty sponge, trying my best to write down these half-understood words, and then use the branches to draw on the sand repeatedly when I get home...
Concept: The world buried deep underground suppresses the last gasp of this land. "The tomb robbers want the price of gold, the tomb guards want the meaning of the inscriptions, but all the tomb owner wants is a handful of undisturbed soil."