I retorted, "What do you mean?"

Lin Zhao said, "A room turned into a coffin is the core disciple test of the Gui Guan Men (Coffin Sect). Only those who pass the test are qualified to become core disciples."

"Inside a room, there are about five to six coffins. They separately seal the limbs and torso of a fierce being."

"If the head and torso were chopped off and sealed, then there are six coffins; if not, there are five coffins. Gui Guan Men core disciples must find the six coffins, merge the corpses inside into one, and then reseal the corpse using the existing items."

"Gui Guan Men disciples have all done such test questions."

"The first barrier of the ancestral ground is a room turned into a coffin. It's definitely a test to see if the people who come without the sect leader's guidance are Gui Guan Men disciples. If they make a mistake, the ancestral ground might enter a state of alert."

I glanced at the mirror and said, "The water vat, stove, wardrobe, and kang are all coffins? That means there's still one or two coffins missing."

"You mean: they might open the wrong coffin?"

"That's right!" Lin Zhao said, "The order of opening the coffins, and how to suppress the fierce being after opening them, all have strict procedures. If you miss one step..."

As Lin Zhao was speaking, he saw Xu Hong open the wardrobe.

Lin Zhao's expression changed drastically. "Damn it, he opened the wrong one! The head should be released from this coffin first. Control the opponent's spirit..."

Before Lin Zhao could finish speaking, the stove, water vat, and kang exploded simultaneously, and visible Yin energy gushed out from the burst openings.

The pitch-black Yin energy instantly covered the mirror surface. The only thing I could see was the green light spot in the mirror—the torches used for lighting by Gui Guan Men disciples had turned into green flames under the invasion of Yin energy.

This was a sign of a fierce ghost's arrival!

Compared to modern lighting equipment, people in the art prefer to use torches and the like to explore secret realms.

Green flames rose in the mirror, but after a few seconds, they were forcibly extinguished by an explosion. When the firelight rose again, the wardrobe that had been opened was now closed shut, with blood flowing from the seams.

Xu Hong held his breath and used his knife to pry open the wardrobe door. A headless corpse wearing the clothes of a Gui Guan Men disciple fell to the ground with a thud.

Xu Hong shuddered instantly. Not a single disciple present was missing, so who was this dead person?

Didn't this mean that a ghost was standing among them with a dead man's head?

The first reaction of Seventh Elder Xu Hong was not how to exorcise the ghost, but to shout, "Everyone, run back! Find Lin Zhao!"

I was immediately stunned. "Is he crazy? What's the point of looking for you? Can't they make coffins to trap the ghost?"

Lin Zhao gritted his teeth in anger. "Let's run too! Forget about them."

Lin Zhao turned around and wanted to run away, but I grabbed him back. "What are you running for? Don't we need to enter the ancestral ground?"

Lin Zhao struggled and said, "The fierce beings sealed by Gui Guan can only be used once per coffin; it won't work the second time. They're trying to shift the blame. Run!"

Nie Xiao Chun suddenly said, "We can't run! The end point of the map is a house. It might be the one in front of us."

While Lin Zhao was still struggling, Seventh Elder rushed over with his men. "They're over there, quickly go near them."

I roughly understood what Seventh Elder Xu Hong meant. He was planning to mix with us and let the ghost that had just broken the seal entangle with us.

I pulled Lin Zhao back with a grab. "Charge towards them, don't kill anyone, just block them all!"

Ye Yang and I stood up at the same time and rushed straight towards the crowd, throwing punches and palms at the Seventh Elder who was coming towards us.

The other party originally wanted to entangle with us, but when the force of our fists and palms pressed into the crowd, the leading elder's expression immediately changed. "Di Sha (Earthly Fiend) Realm Peak! No, it's the Tian Gang (Celestial Star) Realm... the intelligence is wrong!"

Before they could react, they were knocked off balance by Ye Yang and me.

Ye Yang and I joined forces and charged into their midst, creating a path through the crowd, passing through dozens of Gui Guan Men disciples and sprinting towards the house.

In fact, the other party had misjudged the strength of Ye Yang and me. At most, we had reached the peak of the Di Sha Realm, and there was still a line separating us from the Tian Gang Realm. It was just that the momentum we unleashed was more intimidating, causing the other party to misjudge our strength.

As Ye Yang and I landed inside the house at the same time, Nie Xiao Chun shouted in a low voice, "Shatter the ground, quickly!"

Ye Yang and I struck the ground together, and the stone slabs on the ground shattered on the spot. Ye Yang and I fell into the passage below along with the rubble.

What I didn't expect was that the passage didn't lead us underground, but turned towards the back of the mountain, and outside the passage was a vast village surrounded by the stone walls of the mountain.

If we hadn't just experienced a dark tunnel, I might even have thought I had strayed into a paradise.

I was just about to tentatively move forward when Ye Yang stopped me. "There are graves ahead. Don't go forward."

Graveyard turned into a village!

How could I not see the trickiness inside?

Could it be that my ghost eyes were failing again!