Chapter 1: Ritual Search — You follow Liu Fengze back to the Yue Lao Temple as he prepares for a vital ritual, one that has the potential to open a passageway between worlds. Yet at the same time, everything is new; the old woman on the street who seems to watch his every move is both familiar and strange, and buildings/restaurants/streets all seem slightly blurred, like the veil between the land of the living and the land of spirits.
Today happens to be the Shansi, or the great day this week, for the purification ritual, and Fengze has taken the penitential strictly according to the instructions received through divination. Now all that remains is just one last step to set up the mirrors, light your candles, burn your incense , and seal the balance between yin and yang.
Every gesture, every shift of the coins in the hero’s hands, guides him through the ancient city of Liangkou where it is feng shui and long absorbed to the very bone,s symbolics that shape the road However, the ritual is also arduous: the bag carrying the relic disappears, the phone is rendered ineffectual, and familiar landmarks become a startling challenge.
Chapter 1: Ritual Search
Liu Fengze has only one thing left — his silent prophecy, a book that never fails to predict the outcome. Using it, he scans around, looking for the clues, and getting himself ready for the passage between the worlds, knowing the time and space surrounding him is already changing.
- First off, examine the Wordless Prophecy and note the important symbols and order hints. Next, go to the Snack Shop and press Four Offerings, then Ash Stew, then Three Heirs, then Joss Candy, and press Ash Stew again to receive a bowl of Ash Stew.
- Then return to the coffin-bearers and place the Ash Stew into the outstretched hand to receive an Ancient Coin and clear the path.
- After that, go to the plaza and insert the Ancient Coin into the Gacha Machine to receive a Six-Armed Statue and a Longevity Shoe.
- Next, follow the stairs down to the shore and throw the Longevity Shoe into the water to collect a Wig and a Tie. Then go back to the Shopping Street and fasten the Tie around the broken flagstaff to obtain the One-Armed Statue. A
- fter that, inspect the Tow Line on the Paper Cart and note it as an important clue. Then place the Six-Armed Statue and the One-Armed Statue onto the Display Shelf and arrange them to match the image shown.
- Next, collect the Paper Ingot from the spot where the Paper Cart stood. Then go to the Park Entrance and match the tassel colors based on the dance steps and plaza lights to complete the routine and obtain a Toy Car.
- After that, place the Wig on the bald tourist’s head, then give the Toy Car to the boy holding the doll. Next, take a photo with the tourists’ camera and pick up the Joss Coin from the ground.
- Then return to the Shopping Street and spend the Joss Coin to buy Joss Candy. After that, go back to the plaza and place the Joss Candy into the Gacha Machine to receive a Ticket. Then go to the Park Gate and show the Ticket to enter the Mountain Pass.
- Next, place the Paper Ingot onto the funeral procession’s offering table and complete the stacking puzzle to reveal a clue.
- Then arrange the tassels on the palanquin to match the banners on the offering table and clear the path. After that, take the Memorial Photo from the procession member and give it to the Peddler near the Park Entrance to receive a Portable Fan.
- Then return to the Shopping Street and place the Portable Fan on the newsstand to knock over the cardboard figure.
- After that, inspect the last page of the book and then inspect the back page of the newspaper for additional clues.
- Finally, return to the Mountain Pass and arrange the characters on the two flags to match the clues from the book and newspaper to finish this section.
