The “Cries in the Distance” quest in Where Winds Meet centers around the dreaded yin-yang puzzle, a.k.a. the dragon statue puzzle, which involves a riddle about tai chi, heaven, earth, and stuff like that. A very unhelpful fellow named Feng Jisheng will gladly recite the riddle, but finding the solution is up to you.
Here’s how to complete “Cries in the Distance” and how to solve the yin-yang statue puzzle in Where Winds Meet.
How to start the ‘Cries in the Distance’ quest in Where Winds Meet
To find the “Cries in the Distance” quest, go to the southwestern part of Qinghe and climb Moonveil Mountain. When you get close to the top, you’ll hear a voice shouting for help. Instead of entering the temple at the top of the mountain, you must follow the voice into a small cave on a lower ledge, on the southwest slope.
Inside the cave, drop down through the hatch. You’ll land on a yin-yang symbol surrounded by small statues. For now, just look for the doorway that’s blocked by branches, and remove the obstacle with a burning arrow. Behind the branches, step on the round pressure plate to release the mysterious person, who turns out to be a young man named Feng Jisheng. Return to the yin-yang symbol to speak with him.
To complete the “eight trigrams formation,” step on the pressure plate opposite Feng Jisheng. Your next task is to “unravel the Tai Chi mysteries,” and solve the yin-yang puzzle in Where Winds Meet.
How to solve the yin-yang puzzle in Where Winds Meet
To solve the “Cries in the Distance” yin-yang puzzle, you must turn the dragon statues. If you speak with Feng Jisheng again, he’ll give you a few clues:
- Those in the heaven and earth spots may turn freely without affecting each other.
- For those in the water and fire spots, if one turns, the opposite must move in reverse.
- Heaven and earth must face each other.
- Water and fire must be connected.
First, let’s determine which statues are “heaven” and “earth,” and which ones are “fire” and “water.” If you turn the statue next to Feng Jisheng, the opposite statue also turns, so these two are water and fire. The remaining two statues can move independently, which means they’re heaven and earth.
To fix the water and fire statue positions, turn the large yin-yang dial in the middle once, so that the two small circles on the ground do not connect to the water and fire statues anymore. This allows you to turn the water and fire statues independently. Now, turn both statues until the dragon heads on the statues face away from the yin-yang symbol.
Next, we’ll turn the heaven and earth statues so that they face each other. First, turn the yin-yang dial in the middle once. Then, turn the heaven and earth statues until the dragon heads are turned inward.
Finally, turn the yin-yang dial in the middle one more time, so the steam connects the water and fire statues. This will solve the yin-yang statue puzzle in Where Winds Meet.
Explore the cave’s secrets in Where Winds Meet
After completing the statue puzzle, the yin-yang dial disappears. Drop down into the lower room and interact with the five marked objects. Follow Feng Jisheng into the next room, where you must fight a bear.
This is no ordinary fight, however; you must use the tai chi mystic ability (which you unlocked earlier Where Winds Meet’s main quest) to pick up the bear and throw it against the piles of stone. There are three piles of stone in the combat arena, so you must repeat this step three times.
It’s best to take position right in front of a stone wall. Wait for the bear to attack, evade, move behind him, and then use the tai chi ability. If you use tai chi from the opposite end of the arena, you’ll never throw the bear far enough to hit the stones.
Once you’ve hurled your furry fiend into the third wall, he’ll disappear. Be sure to collect the three treasure chests behind each wall. Speak to Feng Jisheng to complete Where Winds Meet’s “Cries in the Distance” quest. You will receive Medicinal Tales, a “Letter to Brother” quest item, a “Strange Stone Ring” quest item, 14 pieces of ebon iron, one oscillating jade, and a variety of other materials and money as a reward.
