Upon seeing Xiao Mu's countenance, Li Guangyou felt a sense of relief.

He had quite a bit of faith in Xiao Mu's abilities. If the latter dared to say that he could protect his entire family, then he must have a considerable degree of confidence.

Otherwise, he would never have said such a thing.

He cast a deep gaze at Xiao Mu, "Mr. Mu, please follow me."

Saying so, he led Xiao Mu once again towards the Ancestral Hall.

Xiao Mu took the opportunity to glance at the Ancestral Hall.

The Mu family Ancestral Hall now appeared even more decayed. A thick aura of misfortune surrounded the hall, seemingly poised to collapse, ruin, and regress at any moment.

Li Guangyou's concerns were not unfounded. Tonight, there might not be any evil zombies from the underlings of the iron corpse coming to his house, but an evil ghost would definitely come.

This strong aura of decay is most attractive to evil ghosts.

Most likely, it would be a severe ghost.

As for the possibility of a blood demon, Xiao Mu didn't think it was likely.

After all, the one that invaded Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin was just an iron corpse. Even if it was a second-grade iron corpse, it was still of the same level as a blood demon.

The misfortune caused by the Iron corpse invading Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin should not lead to a Blood Demon knocking on their door.

If it's just a severe ghost, Xiao Mu indeed has ways to deal with it.

The stench given off by decayed fish and shrimps in the ancestral hall was even stronger now, but Li Guangyou still couldn't smell it.

Upon entering the Ancestral Hall, Xiao Mu didn't look at anything else, but at the spiritual tablets of Li Guangyou's grandparents.

Li Guangyou's grandfather's spirit tablet was still intact, after all, Xiao Mu had timely killed the Iron corpse intending to invade Li Guangyou's grandfather's grave.

However, Li Guangyou's grandmother's spirit tablet had already dimmed. The coffin had been invaded, the corpse had been devoured, the tombstone had been toppled, the grave had been dug up, and even the portrait had been destroyed. By now, Li Guangyou's grandmother's Yin spirit had completely died off.

Having completely died, there was no longer any significance in continuing to keep the spirit tablet.

Xiao Mu turned to look at Li Guangyou's grandfather's spirit tablet.

As for Li Guangyou's mother's spirit tablet, Xiao Mu ignored it completely because Old Man Li is still alive. Li Guangyou's mother's status in the Li family is not as esteemed, and without great power, she doesn't have the ability to protect the Li family.

Perhaps due to the death of his spouse's Yin spirit, Li Guangyou's grandfather's spirit tablet had no Yin spirit residing on it. Despite this, looking only at this spirit tablet, one can feel the gasping for breath and deep despair of Li Guangyou's grandfather, who is likely somewhere else.

These, however, were not of concern to Xiao Mu.

After another look at Li Guangyou's grandfather's spirit tablet, Xiao Mu took out a Dao Talisman.

A Soul Sealing Talisman!

This Dao Talisman happens to be the highest-ranked one among all the talismans in Xiao Mu's hands, a half grade higher than the True Fire Talisman.

The purpose of the Soul Sealing Talisman is to call back ancestors, allowing the ancestor spirits to return to their positions.

For a common family, even though they make spiritual tablets for their ancestors, establish ancestor halls, and provide offerings with incense day and night, the ancestor's spirit is always a Yin Spirit, not an Ancestor Spirit.

Without being appointed, a Yin Spirit will never become an Ancestor Spirit.

If it's not an Ancestor Spirit, it can only receive offerings but doesn't have the power to protect descendants. When the time comes, they must reincarnate.

But once one becomes an Ancestor Spirit, things change immediately. Not only can they enjoy offerings like Yin Spirits, but in the process of enjoying these offerings, Ancestor Spirits truly possess power and have the means to protect their descendants.

This is the Ancestor Spirit.

In a sense, the existence of an Ancestor Spirit is like a Divine Spirit.

Take, for example, the Land God, the Stove God, and the City God.

The difference is that deep down, the Ancestor Spirit is still a spirit, not a god, and its divine powers are much less compared to that of a true divine spirit.

But even though they're still spirits, once they occupy a position, they become different from the ordinary Yin Spirits.

An ordinary Yin Spirit can only enjoy the incense fire of its own family, having no ability to bless future generations, nor can it enjoy the glory and wealth brought by them.

For example, a 'Mother benefits from the success of her child'.

Suppose a woman in ancient times raises her son, who later becomes a prominent official, but by this time his mother has long passed away.

The son sets up an ancestral hall for his mother and worships her Yin Spirit.

But no matter how much she's worshipped, a Yin Spirit remains a Yin Spirit and can't be worshipped forever, as it will eventually be reincarnated.

However, if at this point, the son who has become a high official has won the emperor's favor, and the emperor suddenly wants to posthumously honor this official's deceased mother, an imperial edict comes down, posthumously honoring her as a first-class noblewoman.

A first-class noblewoman, that's her position.

With this position now, after being posthumously honored, the Yin Spirit is no longer an ordinary Yin Spirit, but has become an Ancestor Spirit.

Unlike Yin Spirits, Ancestor Spirits do not need to reincarnate. They can be worshipped continuously, enjoying the incense fire of their own family, blessing their descendants, and also cultivating themselves due to the prominence of their descendants.

In a way, this is cultivation of the spirit.

The Ancestor Spirit shares the family's fortunes. If the family prospers, so does the Ancestor Spirit. Conversely, if the family declines, so does the Ancestor Spirit.

If someday the family falls into ruin and destitution, the Ancestor Spirit will also suffer, because its fate is closely tied to that of its family.

By the same token, even if it's the Land God, the Stove God, or the City God, once their temple is demolished and their statue shattered, they will likewise lose their position and fall from divine spirits into Yin Spirits.

In a sense, Xiao Mu's Soul Sealing Talisman is like the emperor's canonization.

The difference lies in that the emperor's canonization can grant the Ancestor Spirit a great position, such as - a first-class noblewoman.

Xiao Mu's Soul Sealing Talisman doesn't have this function, at least not at the moment. It can only convert Yin Spirits into Ancestor Spirits, who can enjoy worship by the descendants, and share the family's fortunes and misfortunes.

Even so, the efficacy of this Soul Sealing Talisman is astonishing.

Think about it, will a family with the protection of their ancestors be the same as one without?

Having said that, the canonization of the ordinary world's emperor also doesn't have the function of turning Yin Spirits into Ancestor Spirits, let alone make them divine, yet Xiao Mu's Soul Sealing Talisman can make Yin Spirits divine.

"Go!"

Xiao Mu throws the Soul Sealing Talisman at the Spirit Tablet of Li Guangyou's grandfather.

With a flash of golden light, a divine aura, albeit faint, envelops Li Guangyou's grandfather's Spirit Tablet.

At the same time, invisible threads shoot out from the Spirit tablet, connecting Li Guangyou, Old Man Li, and Li Guangyou's son.

These threads are the Fate Line, signifying that the Ancestor Spirit has now truly bonded with the descendants, sharing their fortunes and misfortunes, being completely linked together.

"That'll do it, Mr. Li, if anything happens, bring your entire family and hide in the ancestral hall. As long as you're in this hall, I can guarantee the safety of your entire family. No evil ghost can harm you or your family in the slightest," Xiao Mu, looking at Li Guangyou's grandfather's Spirit Tablet one more time, confidently tells Li Guangyou.

Usually, after using the Soul Sealing Talisman, the Ancestor Spirit should return to its position immediately. However, since Li Guangyou's grandmother has just passed away, Li Guangyou's grandfather, understandably stricken with grief, has not yet returned.

It's like a scholar who has passed the imperial examination, the bearer of good news has already arrived home, but the scholar, unaware of the news, is selling chickens in the market to buy some rice for his starving mother to cook.

Once he returns and realises he has passed the exam, he would probably be ecstatic to the point of madness.

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