Holding a lantern, guiding souls across, Lady Hou comes from the underworld.

Upon seeing Lord Ren arrive, the yamen runners who had previously huddled at the back rushed out, eager to go with him.

Yu Lang: "..."

Yan Zhengchu said, "The secret passage is narrow. It's enough to have two people with us to keep an eye on things. We don't need too many people."

He had barely finished speaking when he caught a glimpse of a red figure appearing at the entrance of Fu Lou.

Hearing the light footsteps, Ren Fengjue subconsciously looked back and paused slightly upon seeing Xia Ximo.

He was about to say something when Xia Ximo walked right past him.

There was absolutely no room for negotiation; she went into the secret passage on her own.

Seeing this, Yan Zhengchu couldn't help but smile and said to Ren Fengjue, "Let's go, young marquis."

For some unknown reason, when Xia Ximo accompanied him, Yan Zhengchu inexplicably felt that the burden on his shoulders had become much lighter.

Looking at the slender figure ahead, he was somewhat puzzled.

He thought to himself that the secret hidden in this woman must be extraordinary.

I just don't know whether what happened last night actually happened or was just a dream...

Thinking of this, Yan Zhengchu couldn't help but quicken his pace to catch up with Xia Ximo, and whispered, "Last night...did you come to my room?"

That's a rather inappropriate question.

He then changed his tune: "I meant... that the spirit came."

Xia Ximo glanced at him and replied with three ambiguous words: "I don't remember."

"..."

How could I forget something like this?

Yan Zhengchu wanted to ask more, but Ren Fengjue silently followed behind him, so he had to swallow his words.

Surely it can't really be a dream?

The secret passage was deep and dark, filled with a chilling aura. After walking for a while, a bone-chilling cold began to creep up my legs and spread throughout my body.

Yan Zhengchu couldn't help but shudder.

However, when Xia Ximo and Ren Fengjue looked at each other, they seemed completely unaffected.

Truly worthy of having a body of pure Yang and an extremely Yin constitution...

At the end of the secret passage, another stone door appeared.

Yan Zhengchu shone the lantern on the mark on the door and his expression immediately changed drastically.

"This... is the Dharma Seal of our Yunhe Mountain."

He ran his hand along the stone door inch by inch, as if suddenly realizing something: "I know, this place... is a 'yin tomb'."

Ren Fengjue frowned as he listened.

This is the capital city. Even though it's far from the palace and not in the bustling East and West Markets, it's still right under the emperor's nose.

How could such an evil thing possibly appear?

What is a "grave of the dead"?

Xia Ximo suddenly asked a question.

Yan Zhengchu then said to Ren Fengjue, "Do you still remember what I told you about the 'Yin Yang Sha' incident fifty years ago?"

"Um."

"According to my grandmaster's notes, the 'Yin Yang Sha' was completed precisely when the previous dynasty's fate was about to end."

At that time, the country was beset by internal and external troubles, and it seemed that chaos was imminent.

The appearance of "Yin Yang Sha" has made the situation even more irreconcilable and chaotic.

Strangely, those ghosts gathered in the capital one after another, and even began to run rampant in the palace.

Therefore, the former emperor had no choice but to send his trusted general to Yunhe Mountain to seek help.

Yunhe Mountain has always taken it upon itself to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits. How could it sit idly by when it heard that the imperial family was in trouble?

Immediately, all disciples were dispatched to descend the mountain and head to the capital.

It took more than half a month to subdue all the ghosts in the capital.

Yan Zhengchu continued, "At that time, although our master led his disciples to subdue and expel all the ghosts and evil spirits, some of them had been lingering in the human world for a long time and were not under the control of the underworld, nor could they go to reincarnation."

"Under these circumstances, the only option was to seal them away in one place, hence this place became known as the 'Yin Tomb'."

Ren Fengjue understood. "So, this is the place where your sect's ancestor sealed the evil spirit?"

Yan Zhengchu examined the markings on the stone gate again. "It's most likely it."

He gently stroked the talisman on the door and explained, "The talisman on this stone door should have been carved by my master himself and reinforced with a jade sword dipped in cinnabar and pure yang blood."

"The talisman is called the Nine Stars Clear Radiance Spell, which can suppress all ghosts and also suppress malevolent and evil spirits."

"I think that's the key reason why the entire Fu Building looks so 'clean'."

Following his words, Ren Fengjue made a connection and understood even more clearly.

He frowned and asked, "If the 'Yin Yang Sha' technique is mastered, will it unleash the evil spirits beneath?"

Yan Zhengchu nodded: "The evil spirits will inevitably become more ferocious under the influence of the 'Yin-Yang Sha'. Although the ancestral master's talisman is powerful, it has been many years after all. The cinnabar and pure yang blood have faded, and its magic power is definitely not as good as it used to be."

Hearing this, Ren Fengjue was relieved that only the three of them had entered the secret passage.

Otherwise, if these words were to reach the ears of Yu Lang and others, who knows what kind of panic it would cause…

He glanced at Xia Ximo, only to see that the other was just staring at the door, his expression unchanged.

Indifferent, detached, as if it were none of their business.

"Since this place is sealed with evil spirits, we shouldn't stay any longer. We should get out as soon as possible."

Ren Fengjue suggested, and was about to take the lantern to lead the way back.

Xia Ximo, who was standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.

"This talisman has already been tampered with."

She pointed to the middle of the stone gate.

Yan Zhengchu hurriedly stepped forward to examine it closely and found that a small piece of the "Crane Seal" used to reinforce the talisman was missing.

He was startled and involuntarily took a big step back.

Unexpectedly, Xia Ximo directly reached out and pushed the stone door. With a muffled "boom," the stone door rose up, revealing a hideous skeleton standing behind it, staring at the three people outside.

Seeing this, Ren Fengjue subconsciously took a step forward, intending to protect the person behind him.

But Xia Ximo was half-closing his eyes, "admiring" the white bones in front of him.

Instead of fear, they became more interested.

Yan Zhengchu had not anticipated the situation behind the stone gate.

Because the stone chamber behind the stone door was empty except for a skeleton.

Strangely, although the air here was thick with malevolent energy, there were no ghosts or spirits.

There wasn't even a trace of a ghost.

"It's over."

Yan Zhengchu's first reaction was that the ghosts inside must have already been released.

But if that were the case, how could the capital be so peaceful?

Or was the ghost just released?

He sighed anxiously, wishing he could fly back to Yunhe Mountain right now and invite his master over.

Ren Fengjue stared at the skeleton for a while, making his own speculations.

This is the skeleton of a man, and judging from the jade crown on his head and the silk robe on his body, he must have been of noble status.

He raised the lantern and looked around the remains, only to discover shocking fingernail scratches behind the stone gate above.

It is evident that this skeleton was trapped and died here.

As for his identity…

Ren Fengjue walked around the skeleton again, and then he saw a gold medal faintly visible between the wide sleeves.

He bent down to look closer by the light of the lamp and saw four characters engraved on the front: “承天之祜” (Cheng Tian Zhi Hu).

There is also a large gilded character on the back – Qi.

If he wasn't mistaken, this was the seal of the Crown Prince of the previous dynasty!