"Old Liu stood up and said in a deep voice, "Coffin Gate, what a Coffin Gate. In this life, I, Liu, will help our lord to crush the Coffin Gate."

Old Liu's simple sentence actually triggered karma. Outside the Eight-Foot Coffin Shop, ghosts wailed and gods howled. The mysterious and unpredictable power of karma simultaneously wrapped around me and Old Liu.

Although the power of karma was invisible and intangible, it triggered a burst of palpitations in me at that instant.

Old Liu's face was gloomy. He unfolded his folding fan and swept it across Yao Bachǐ's throat. Blood spurted from Yao Bachǐ's throat and splashed on Old Liu's face, but he didn't even wipe it. He slapped the fan down on Yao Bachǐ's corpse, and a faint green fire burst out from his seven orifices.

This was the first time Old Liu had taken action, but it shocked Wang the Butcher, who was standing beside him: "Thousand Ghost Soul-Chasing Fan. Thousand Souls Extinguished!"

Old Liu only made a single sweeping motion, which couldn't even be considered a move. From a martial artist's point of view, one could only see that he knew how to use a fan to kill people, and couldn't tell which school he came from at all.

However, Wang the Butcher keenly felt that Old Liu was not using internal force but Yin energy. In other words, Old Liu was a living Ghost King; only fierce ghosts would use Yin energy to kill people.

According to legends in the world of術士 (shùshì, Taoist sorcerers), there were only three martial arts that used Yin energy, and the "Thousand Ghost Soul-Chasing Fan" was one of them. Then the fan in Old Liu's hand should be the Thousand Souls Extinguished, ranked fifth among the Ten Great Evil Weapons.

Old Liu said with a gloomy face, "I've made Sect Master Wang laugh."

Wang the Butcher changed the subject in time: "The *Evil Coffin Manual* is gone, what should we do?"

"Let's contact our lord first!" As Old Liu spoke, he took out several "fire fluff balls" that術士 (shùshì) used to set fires, and threw them at the coffins in the house.

After the walnut-sized fire fluff balls stuck to the coffins, they began to emit black smoke. In just a short while, flames more than a foot high shot up from the fire fluff balls.

Only after seeing the coffins ablaze did Old Liu step out of the Eight-Foot Coffin Shop and, standing in the soaring flames, called me: "Master, I've caused you trouble."

Old Liu told me what had happened. When he realized that I hadn't said a word, he tentatively said, "Master, do you want me to go and negotiate with the Coffin Gate?"

I said in a deep voice, "No. Inform the world of術 (shù, spells and esoteric arts). Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) is officially breaking away from the Coffin Gate. Anyone who discusses Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) in terms of the Coffin Gate, I, Li Po, will fight him to the death."

"Also, do not have any contact with the Coffin Gate. Even if they come to our door, beat them out first."

"I will find a way to deal with Qiao Gongliang's mission." I hung up the phone and walked back to the car.

My voice and Old Liu's weren't too loud, but with the hearing of Ye Yang and the other two, they could hear it clearly. A murderous intent had already appeared in Ye Yang's eyes: "Where do you want to go?"

"To the morgue!" I said calmly, "When Old Liu went to the Eight-Foot Coffin Shop, I suddenly realized that I have been making a mistake. That is, I've been afraid of falling into Qiao Gongliang's trap."

"Or, this is what makes Qiao Gongliang so terrifying. He first creates an illusion for me, as if he were a god, invincible. This is to constantly increase the psychological pressure on me. When I feel that I have nowhere to hide and nowhere to retreat, that is when he will unleash his killing move."

"But what is his killing move? We haven't had any real collisions, so I wouldn't know how capable he is. Perhaps, this is a psychological warfare; whoever is afraid loses."

I paused here and said, "The Coffin Gate incident made me understand a principle. Some things, the more you hide, the more you can't hide from them; the more you fear, the more you can't escape."

"Just like us and the Coffin Gate, the more I don't want to have any contact with them, the more I can't avoid meeting them. If I don't look for them, they will come looking for me. Since I can't avoid it, there must be an end to it."

I looked out the window and said, "People! It's best not to do things that you can't do. For example, I admire Old Liu's steady and calm demeanor, and I also envy Ling's flawless calculations and ability to predict the future."

"I've also thought about changing myself one day, turning myself into a calm and capable Hall Master of Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall)."

"When people change, their style of doing things also changes."

"But I found that when my thinking changed, the style that originally belonged to me was gone."

"If you were born a wolf, why bother trying to be a fox?"

"Wolves will run away, but they will never compromise. We will not compromise with ghosts, with the Coffin Gate, or with the martial world. If there is no path, I will carve out a bloody path."

As I spoke, my voice sank slightly: "Doesn't Qiao Gongliang think that I can't break his story? Then I'll jump into his story and see if I can turn it upside down and kill him."

"Go, go to the morgue and find Du Fei's body!"

Ye Yang stepped on the accelerator and suddenly accelerated.

Feng Ruohang said, "Li Po, you're right! You are the Wolf King of Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall). Lead your pack and tear a bloody path through the jungle. The stronger you are, the safer your pack will be. The crazier you are, the less your pack will be harmed."

"You are used to charging ahead, so go and carve out a world. You have us behind you, everyone in Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall). If there are things you don't know, someone will help you complete them; if there are things you can't do, someone will do them for you."

"Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) is a collective. Heaven brought us together, not to have you be one against a thousand."