"Mr. Mu, have you discovered something?"

Xu Qingyuan couldn't help but ask again.

Xiao Mu's actions were making him increasingly anxious.

Xiao Mu nodded but did not elaborate.

Then, he opened the door once more.

He bent over again to look at the hoof and chariot tracks on the ground.

Upon closer examination, he made another discovery.

The tracks of the chariot and horse did not extend beyond the gate; in fact, they vanished immediately when they reached the gate.

It seems that the so-called Yin Horse and Nether Vehicle have entered the Ghost Gate.

Entering the Ghost Gate was evidently to welcome the suspected evil spirit.

Presently, the Yin Horse Underworld Chariot had departed. However, Xiao Mu wasn't certain when it would return.

According to his estimation, it would either return tonight or the following evening.

In any case, there was a more than ninety-nine percent chance it would be during the night rather than the day.

During the day, under the suppression of sunlight, the power of any evil absurdity would be more or less affected. Only at night would evil activity intensify.

Time was of the essence, and he had to act quickly. Otherwise, once the evil spirit emerged from the Ghost Gate, it would be too late.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Xiao Mu urged.

"Mr. Mu, please follow me."

Xu Qingyuan cast a deep glance at Xiao Mu, his expression serious. However, he still led the way, guiding Xiao Mu towards the rear ancestral hall.

After passing through an alley, they entered the back end of the property.

Under Xiao Mu's direction, they consciously avoided the gloomy road that radiated a malevolent light.

This road was undoubtedly ominous; Xiao Mu dared not walk on it without careful consideration.

However, when they skirted the sides of this road, Xiao Mu once again detected the strong scent of incense smoke.

He conjectured that an evil ghost or similar creature had burned incense on this road. The aroma he had previously sensed near the wall in Xu family's courtyard must have originated from here.

The rear area was quite vast. As soon as they entered, Xiao Mu's gaze involuntarily drifted to a corner on the left.

There was a flowerbed there, and a potent Yin Qi emanated from behind it.

The Yin Qi was so strong that the flowers and the trees in the bed had withered and died.

Deciding to proceed straight there.

"Mr. Mu!"

Xu Qingyuan called out, unable to grasp why Xiao Mu was doing this, but quickly followed him nonetheless.

They soon reached the flowerbed. Simultaneously, their gazes fell upon some disorderly objects scattered around.

"Ah!"

Xu Qingyuan couldn't help but gasp. Staring fixedly at the ruined and disorderly items, he exclaimed in horror, "How... how could this happen?"

These disorderly objects were nothing else but paper horses and paper carriages made from yellow paper.

The paper horses and carriages were permeated with Yin Qi, freezing cold to the touch. Even though they seemed to have been discarded and shattered into pieces, they were unmistakably molded after olden war horses and chariots.

Faintly, Xiao Mu could discern a special kind of aura emanating from them.

Although they were paper horses and carriages, a strange force had transformed them.

"How... how could this happen?"

At the same time as he panicked, Xu Qingyuan suddenly thought of something and asked tremulously, "Are these the paper horses and carriages made by Wallpaper Master Li San?"

Xiao Mu nodded gravely.

Xu Qingyuan's guess was accurate. These paper horses and carriages were indeed crafted by Wallpaper Master Li San. The reason why they were destroyed and discarded was apparently because they didn't meet the required standards.

The satisfactory ones had already been magically manifested by the evil ghost and sent through the Ghost Gate to greet the evil spirit.

"Why are there these paper horses and carriages? What... what are they doing with these paper horses and carriages?"

Xu Qingyuan asked in horror.

Xiao Mu did not answer, but countered, "Do you remember yourself saying that last night in the latter half of the night, you heard the sound of a horse neighing and a carriage passing in the courtyard?"

"Could it be... could it be..."

Xu Qingyuan suddenly understood something. His expression was panicked, obviously greatly shocked.

Xiao Mu nodded his head. Even without saying anything, Xu Qingyuan had already guessed.

This situation was actually easy to guess and didn't require any explanation. If Xu Qingyuan couldn't figure it out, Xiao Mu would have scorned him.

"Mr. Mu, what... what are they trying to do? This... this is a war chariot, isn't it?"

Upon closer examination of the shape of the paper horses and carriages, Xu Qingyuan recognized on the spot that these were made based on the archetype of a war horse and war chariot.

He couldn't help but feel a surge of terror.

War horses, war chariots—now that the chariots had been made, what exactly was the evil ghost intending to do?

Xiao Mu casually explained, "If all goes as expected, these evil ghosts are making paper horses and chariots, probably to welcome some formidable entity. According to my guess, this must be a very powerful and high-ranking evil spirit."

"A powerful evil spirit? This...gulps."

Xu Qingyuan was once again scared, his teeth chattering.

The fright induced by a powerful evil spirit, even without seeing it and just hearing about it, was already enough. After the World Mutation, one bad news after another circulated online.

Whenever a powerful evil spirit or an evil object appeared, the places were usually wiped out, bringing a complete extermination of a family.

Now, with the presence of an evil spirit in his own home, didn't that mean his family would also encounter the same disastrous situation as the ones spread online?

"Don't worry!"

Seeing the horrified look on Xu Qingyuan's face, Xiao Mu couldn't help but comfort him. He patted his shoulder and said in a soothing voice, "With me here, I definitely won't let that evil spirit enter your house."

"Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Mu!"

Xu Qingyuan hastily expressed his gratitude, feeling deeply thankful.

Xiao Mu's words put him at ease considerably.

"Let's go, let's take a look inside your ancestral hall. Just a head's up - I've been feeling something off about this ancestral hall of yours. So, once we enter, no matter what we see or encounter, we must act accordingly."

Xiao Mu continued.

"Act accordingly? Mr. Mu, what you meant by 'seeing or encountering anything' refers to what?"

With a belly full of confusion, Xu Qingyuan couldn't help but ask for clarification.

"I can't say it exactly, but in short, your family temple is very strange to me. I suspect there might be problems in the ancestral hall, even with the ancestors worshiped inside."

Xiao Mu voiced his suspicion and reminded again, "So, once we go in, you have to act accordingly, and watch my expressions."

"Okay, Mr. Mu, I understand."

Xu Qingyuan looked tensed, his heart filled with concern.

With Xiao Mu describing it so terrifyingly, he couldn't help but worry about the fate of his ancestors.

Could it be true as Mr. Mu said, that something unfortunate had already happened to his ancestors?

If true, it would be too horrifying!

The two of them first walked towards the ancestral hall where the spirit tablets of the ancestors were placed. Before entering, Xiao Mu took a preliminary look at the hall.

The sight of the ancestral hall was just like the exterior of the family temple when they first saw it - radiating a peaceful and serene aura, not at all looking like a place where something had happened.

For this very reason, Xiao Mu became even more suspicious.

With the appearance of the Ghost Gate and the Ancestral Blood Path, how could the most important ancestral hall remain unscathed?

As soon as he got closer, Xiao Mu's gaze fell on some items.

Around the ancestral hall, encircling it, incense had been lit, forming a circle.

The incense was inserted into numerous small mounds of earth, looking like several tiny grave mounds.

Incense inserted on grave mounds!

The sight was to the extreme of eeriness.

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