I watched the crazed Lin Xian and said, "Old Liu, do you think Zhu Ziyan is deliberately disgusting me, or did she really do something to Lin Xian?"

Old Liu said, "Master, now is not the time to discuss this. Something has happened at the ancestral ground of the Gui Guan Men (Ghost Coffin Sect). You must come with me!"

Lin Zhao's expression also changed. "What's wrong with the ancestral ground?"

"You'll know when you get there!" Old Liu took a few steps, then returned and whispered a few words in the ear of the coffin-backer. The latter used his hands to prop himself up from the ground.

I glanced under the coffin and realized that the coffin-backer really only had half a body, yet he used this half a body to drag a stone coffin weighing a thousand pounds.

In the next moment, the coffin-backer used his hands to support himself on the ground, running forward quickly.

Old Liu said, "Follow him. Only he can lead us into the ancestral ground."

Old Liu said as he ran, "That coffin-backer is the key to the ancestral ground of the Gui Guan Men, or rather, he is the personal ghost servant left by the previous Gui Guan Men sect leader. When the previous sect leader passes away, he will be placed in the coffin behind the coffin-backer and become a guardian of the Gui Guan Men ancestral ground together with him."

"Without the coffin-backer's approval, no one can enter the Gui Guan ancestral ground!"

I asked back, "You said something happened to the Gui Guan Men? What happened?"

Old Liu said, "Actually, for the sake of safety, the first ambush location I designed was inside the ancestral ground! However, the coffin-backer insisted on seeing Lin Zhao before agreeing to let us in."

"I originally planned to force my way into the ancestral ground and quietly release a ghost god. However, that ghost god disappeared without a trace. That's when I realized something was wrong!"

"In order not to alert the enemy, I set up an ambush outside!"

Old Liu paused and said, "I suspect that the fierce creature inside the ancestral ground has already escaped. They are also waiting for the Gui Guan Men's successor to enter the ancestral ground."

My expression couldn't help but change.

I originally thought that this trip to the Gui Guan Men would be easy.

I didn't expect such complications to arise.

When I looked at the coffin-backer, he had already arrived in front of the stone gate of the courtyard. He suddenly pressed his hands on the ground, and his body leaned backward. The stone coffin stood upright on the ground, lifting him to the position directly facing the knocker on the gate.

When I looked from the side, I also saw several long nails on the coffin-backer's body.

He had been nailed to the stone coffin with nails.

As I was frowning slightly, the coffin-backer had already grabbed the knocker and gently tapped it on the stone gate a few times.

Seeing no response from inside the stone gate, he immediately increased the force.

I whispered to Lin Zhao, "Is he sending a message to the people inside?"

"Doesn't seem like it!" Lin Zhao shook his head. "That's not the Gui Guan Men's secret code. It sounds like normal knocking."

As Lin Zhao was speaking, a ball of fire suddenly ignited on the hand of the coffin-backer holding the knocker.

He tried to withdraw his hand, but his palm seemed to be stuck to the knocker. He couldn't pull it back no matter what. The strange flames were spreading rapidly across his body, turning him into a ball of fire in a matter of seconds.

The coffin-backer only let out two screams before exploding into a sky full of fire, leaving only the stone coffin in front of the stone gate.

I asked Old Liu, "After you saw the coffin-backer, did he say anything?"

"No! We have been communicating in writing!" Old Liu led me to an open space near the stone gate, where there were indeed some writings. It seemed that the coffin-backer was writing and erasing while communicating with Old Liu.

Old Liu said, "At that time, I was anxious to set up the ambush. Although I suspected the coffin-backer, I didn't have time to investigate the secrets inside the stone gate. Now it seems that the coffin-backer was not waiting for Lin Zhao, but rather, didn't want me to enter the stone gate."

I looked at Lin Zhao and said, "Did Sect Leader Xue say anything about any special features in the ancestral ground?"

"No!" Lin Zhao said, "According to the sect rules, only the sect leader's successor is qualified to know the secrets of the ancestral ground. The sect leader will not tell us anything about the ancestral ground before the successor is determined."

I pondered, "In this case, the contingency plan that Xue Shaoyuan left in Bu Jia Village may not be entirely to guard against traitors in the sect. Xiao Chun, go and inquire about the Gui Guan Men, the more details the better!"

After Nie Xiao Chun left, I kept looking at the stone gate. "Could this be a ghost welcoming gate?"

Most people are careful to guard against ghosts outside the door, but few people guard against ghosts inside the door.

The older generation believed that even if people were not at home, wandering ghosts would not dare to enter the door easily. Because every home has the Qi of living people and offerings to the God of Wealth and the Kitchen God. Ghosts that do not belong to the family would not dare to mess around.

However, there are always exceptions. Sometimes people come home and actually encounter ghosts standing inside their door, waiting for the owner to open the door.

If the person returning home is not prepared, and cannot open the door even though they have unlocked it, then they have encountered a ghost pulling the door. That is, the person is pulling the door from the outside, and the ghost is pulling the door from the inside. The door will not move under the stalemate between the two sides.

The person outside must quickly let go. Once they let go too late, and the ghost inside lets go first, the person outside will pull the door open, and the Yin wind and ghost will pounce on them, making it impossible to dodge.

When the person sees themselves walking into the door, it means that their soul has been shaken out, and the ghost is occupying their body and walking home.

The person will never be able to enter the door again.