Master said this.
Not to mention Zhang Youguo was scared half to death, even my heart was pounding.
What does it mean to have left our world?
Left for where? Did they go to the underworld?
That's where the dead go, the destination of spirits.
How could the living go to such a place?
I thought to myself.
Zhang Youguo cried out "Ah":
"Master Gu, what you said means, my, my daughter, is my daughter dead?"
Master waved his hand:
"She's not dead, she's just gone to another place.
But it's not the underworld.
You may not understand yet.
Miss Zhang and the others should have accidentally entered the Yin-Yang Gate when it opened.
Now, they are just trapped in another, another place, but this place doesn't belong to our human world, nor is it considered the underworld.
Do you understand now?"
Master explained it to us with great effort.
After listening, I raised my eyebrows slightly and said:
"Master, what you mean is,
Chu Yue and the others have gone to another dimension?"
Master nodded:
"Yes, yes, yes, 'dimension' is a better explanation.
Have you seen a movie and story called 'Painted Skin'?
It's a world within a painting.
Now, Miss Zhang and the others can be understood as accidentally entering such a world.
Now that we've figured out the reason,
As long as we control the timing, we can enter from the same place.
This way, we can find them, and then find a way to bring them out..."
After Master finished saying this,
Zhang Youguo was a bit confused.
But I roughly understood what was going on.
It's probably the world of 'Painted Skin', right?
I just didn't expect that such a magical thing would happen to me.
Speaking of this, Master asked again:
"Boss Zhang, can you check what time, even down to the second, Miss Zhang and the others entered and exited the elevator last night?
This is very important, it relates to whether we can quickly enter the place they are in."
"Oh, alright!"
Zhang Youguo nodded repeatedly:
He took out the surveillance video from his phone to watch.
It showed the time, accurate to the second and minute.
The time they exited the elevator was 10:31:23 PM.
After getting the accurate time, Master analyzed again:
"10 PM, the second stroke of the Hai hour, first minute, twenty-three seconds.
The Hai hour belongs to Water in the Five Elements, and its Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are also Yin branches..."
Master muttered to himself, continuously calculating with his fingers.
Finally, Master stopped calculating and spoke directly:
"That's right, the entry time should be the Yin branch of Water in the Five Elements.
The exit time should be the Yin branch of Fire in the Five Elements."
With that said, Master ran around the garage with his luopan, seemingly searching for something.
Finally, Master stopped in front of the elevator entrance.
He saw the constantly spinning needles of the luopan in Master's hand.
They all stopped abruptly here.
All pointing towards the elevator shaft.
"It seems this is the only entrance and exit."
Zhang Youguo, who had been running with us, was already out of breath from exhaustion.
Hearing Master say he had found the entrance, he asked eagerly:
"Master Gu, since, since you've found the entrance, then, then hurry and go save my daughter!"
Hearing this, I frowned.
Master had just said that the entry time was the Yin branch of Water in the Five Elements.
Among the twelve hours, the Yin branch of Water only had two hours.
They were the Hai hour and the Zi hour, two points, four hours.
The Five Elements Fire was the opposite, in the Si and Wu hours in the morning.
But now, we had to focus on how to enter.
According to Master's calculation logic,
Our entry time would be within the Hai and Zi hours.
During these four hours, there were four opportunities to enter.
They were 9 PM, 10 PM, 11 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM, each at thirty-one minutes and twenty-three seconds.
So, after hearing Zhang Youguo's words, Master sighed and said:
"Alas! This humble Daoist wishes to enter as well.
But the time is not yet right, and the Yin-Yang Gate is not open.
This humble Daoist can do nothing!
Now, we can only wait until the Hai hour tonight!"
Hearing this, Zhang Youguo let out a cry of "Ah", almost losing his balance and staggering back two steps.
I quickly reached out and steadied him:
"Uncle Zhang, Uncle Zhang..."
Zhang Youguo couldn't help but shed tears.
And said with great sadness:
"Then, then my daughter, won't she, won't she be in grave danger..."
"Uncle Zhang, don't be too pessimistic.
If I remember correctly, after we parted last time,
We gave Chu Yue a peace talisman for protection. As long as she has the peace talisman on her,
She should be fine."
I said.
Hearing this, Zhang Youguo regained some spirit:
"Yes, yes, yes, Yueyue has a peace talisman on her.
She will be fine, she will be fine!"
At the same time, Master said to me:
"Xiao Qin, now let's start practicing entering the elevator according to the process of Miss Zhang entering the elevator last night.
As long as we grasp the timing, we should be able to step into the Yin-Yang Gate by entering at the exact moment Miss Zhang entered the elevator."
"Understood, Master!"
I replied.
Next, Master and I began practicing riding the elevator, controlling the timing.
I also asked Master about "Yin-Yang Gate" for more information.
Master said that the Yin-Yang Gate is a passage connecting to the underworld.
The spirits that die in the human world would pass through these passages to leave the human world.
These passages are everywhere.
Constructed and managed by the City God.
But only the dead could see and walk on them.
However, accidental entry could also occur, that is, the living mistakenly entering the Yin-Yang Gate.
The best outcome would be to come out safely.
The worst outcome would be to get lost inside until death.
Or perhaps, to be killed by the malevolent spirits within the Yin-Yang Gate, forever wandering inside...