Lin Zhao said in a low voice, "From the moment they rushed to the ancestral land, it meant they had already betrayed the Gui Guan Men (Ghoul Coffin Sect)."

"I hope they don't go down a dark path!"

As Lin Zhao spoke, people were already carrying coffins up, bringing them into the ancestral land from the secret passage.

Before long, a gap opened in front of the stone temple. Seventh Elder Xu Hong smiled and said, "The ancestral land's restrictions are open. Let's go down. Fourth, you stay here and wait for Lin Zhao."

"Remember, don't fight Lin Zhao head-on if you meet her."

"Li Po and Ye Yang are not easy to deal with. If a fight really breaks out, we'll be the ones to suffer."

"Lin Zhao is soft-hearted and easily embarrassed. You have to find a way to pressure her, to put her in a dilemma. As long as Lin Zhao doesn't attack, Li Po and Ye Yang won't attack."

"At the very least, you have to force Lin Zhao to gouge out one of her eyes before coming down."

"But…" Fourth Elder said, "Li Po and the others aren't the type to give in easily. I'm afraid…"

Seventh Elder Xu Hong smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? No matter how arrogant the Liang Jie Tang (Two Realms Hall) are, they still have to be reasonable. As long as you stand on righteousness and reason, they won't be able to attack. Besides…"

Xu Hong sneered, "Reason can be twisted!"

"Just keep an eye on Lin Zhao. If they attack, run and get the Lin family. Use the sect rules to suppress them. Understand?"

Fourth Elder nodded, "I understand!"

Not long after Seventh Elder Xu Hong led his men down into the secret realm, Ye Yang, Lin Zhao, and I appeared outside the stone temple.

As soon as Fourth Elder saw Lin Zhao, he immediately took the initiative, "Lin Zhao, how dare you show your face here?"

My figure flashed, and I suddenly appeared in front of Fourth Elder. The curved blade in my hand pierced through his stomach, protruding half a foot from his back.

Fourth Elder's eyes widened as he trembled, "You… how can you be so unreasonable?"

"I am a barbarian!" I pressed down on his shoulder with one hand and pulled out the curved blade with the other, immediately stabbing him again.

After two strikes, he was lifeless.

Ye Yang walked up, tore open his clothes, dipped his finger in his blood, drew a "Chanshen Curse" (Entanglement Curse) on the corpse's forehead, and kicked the body down the secret passage.

I later learned why Ye Yang drew the Chanshen Curse on the dead man.

The Chanshen Curse is a type of evil curse used in the funeral profession.

In the old days, people paid attention to harmony in everything, from weddings and funerals to digging wells and raising beams.

This wasn't just because the older generation believed in "harmony is precious."

It was also because people couldn't afford to offend those in those professions.

Carpenters with Lu Ban's heritage were one thing, but the truly terrifying ones were the masters in the funeral profession.

Although handling funerals was considered a low-class job in ancient times that people were unwilling to do, the intricacies involved were terrifying.

If you offended them, those masters could do something that would prevent the dead from resting in peace.

The dead wouldn't dare to seek out the funeral master, so they would have to find their own family.

If the family didn't offer generous gifts and apologize, the matter wouldn't be resolved.

Among the most powerful secret curses in the funeral profession was the Chanshen Curse.

Once the Chanshen Curse was written on a corpse, it would go home on its own, entangling each member of the family until they were all worn down and killed.

The family might see the entangled corpse at any time.

Moreover, the haunting ghosts knew their target's habits and could kill in an instant.

Ye Yang's Chanshen Curse had been improved by the Embroidered Uniform Guard and was even more terrifying than the secret methods of the funeral profession. He released the Chanshen Curse to make Fourth Elder chase after the people ahead.

Ye Yang waited for a while before waving his hand, "Let's go down too."

Following the bloodstains on the ground, I walked more than a hundred meters down before seeing Fourth Elder's corpse sitting cross-legged on the ground. The blood flowing from his body had already gathered into a pool on the ground. The corpse's eyes were wide open, staring fixedly at the fork in the road ahead.

Ye Yang waved his hand in front of the corpse's eyes, "The ghost has entangled someone."

After Ye Yang used the corpse's blood to draw a rune on a mirror, the mirror gradually reflected the shadows of Seventh Elder Xu Hong and the others.

The image I saw in the mirror was from the dead man's perspective. He should be stuck on someone's back, with two eyes peeking out from the person's shoulders, watching the Ghoul Coffin Sect disciples at work.

I asked Ye Yang in a low voice, "Is your curse reliable? Don't let them find out."

"The Embroidered Uniform Guard's techniques rarely fail!" After Ye Yang recovered his memory, he remembered many of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's secret methods, but he hadn't had a chance to use them until now. "Don't make a sound. Let's see what they're up to."

When I looked into the mirror again, I saw Xu Hong standing in front of a room. The room was connected to the kitchen. The stove was right next to the heated kang, and next to that were the water tank and wardrobe.

Lin Zhao said, "Damn it, that's a 'Yi Wu Cheng Guan' (Room as a Coffin). The whole room is a coffin. If they can't break this coffin, not only will they die, but we'll be doomed too!"