The 

cold

 wind didn’t last long. After the three of us entered the hall, the wind ceased. 

We

 used our flashlight to search around the ancestral hall for quite a long time. Eventually, 

Baldy

 found something strange!

He found a piece of tile 

that

was a different color from the others

. It 

was just a bit lighter and, w

ithout 

close examination

, 

the difference 

wouldn’t be recognizable. 

I walked to that tile and got on my knees

, 

g

iving

 it a few good knocks. The sounds echoed lightly. 

It appeared that there was a space underneath. 

I couldn’t hide 

my happiness

. Excitedly, I rushed back to the car to fetch the big wrench used in case of a flat tire. I stabbed it into the slit between the tiles and pried. 

I was soon able to 

pry up a flat blue stone slab. 

Li Mazi and 

Baldy

 hurried to hold the stone slab, 

exerting themselves

 to lift it and put it aside. A pit-black entrance appeared in our sights. At the same time, a cold wind howled through the 

hole

. 

I hurried to pull the other two aside. After the wind completely 

disappeared

, I took the lead, 

going 

down 

the hole

. 

There was a small ladder connected to the entrance

, and 

after around ten steps, we got to the bottom. At the same time, I 

was hit with the 

strong, pungent 

odor 

of 

a 

decomposing corpse. It seemed 

there was a

 dead body 

around

 this entrance. 

Despite Li Mazi’s attempts to brighten the area with his flashlight

, the Yin energy was 

so 

thick that the column of light from 

the 

flashlight couldn’t go far enough. 

“Be careful!” I reminded 

my companions 

one more time.

Slowly and carefully, I 

edged forward

, afraid that I could accidentally touch any gears which would trigger some hidden mechanism. 

After walking for dozens of meters, an 

old square

 table appeared in front of us

. O

ur eyes had 

finally adjusted

 to the darkness

, so

 I vaguely saw a few red trays on the table, 

which 

held some withered, dried fruits, and other offerings.

The table 

was covered with 

a thick layer of dust, appearing as 

if 

no one had come here to clean the place for years. Behind the table stood a shelf 

that

 held a row of black jars. Each of the black jars had a portrait of a person on the back.  

Those were 

probably

 the Hou family’s ancestors

.

 I gave them a respectful bow, muttering

,

 “Please don’t blame or punish us as we accidentally 

disturb

 your rest!” 

Then, I moved around the table, heading toward the area exud

ing

 the rotten corpse smell. 

It seemed it was the first time 

Baldy

 had come to such a place. He had a layer of sweat on his face

, and h

e pinched his nose, 

not 

dar

ing

 to breathe while following me. 

I reached the place where the pungent odor of a decomposing body was emanating

.

I then saw a big, dark

blue iron chest. 

“Perhaps it’s the family heirloom the woman told us about

, b

ut why does it smell so bad?” Li Mazi observed the iron chest. However, even after searching fo

r

 a long 

time

, he couldn’t

 understand

how

 to open it. 

It seems we 

couldn't 

open this chest! 

Baldy

took out

 his pistol. “How about using 

a

 pistol to open it?” 

I thought for a moment and concluded that it was the only 

option

 we 

had

. I moved aside, giving 

Baldy

 room. He shot the iron chest twice,

 and

 we all 

went over 

to check

, finding

 a crack in the middle of the chest. 

This chest was made by a master. Once it was closed, the gears inside would 

come 

together. It seemed one of the bullets had 

shaken

 the gears and dislocated them

, resulting in

 this crack. 

I rushed to the chest and tried to open it. I didn’t mind the 

terrible

 smell, craning my neck to see what was inside. 

We thought that it 

would be

 their family’s treasure. Shockingly, it was Hou San’er’s head inside the chest! 

Baldy

 had followed me to take a look. Seeing the head, he couldn’t 

help but jerk

 backward

. He landed

 on his butt

 and

vomited

. 

My stomach also

 twitched

. A few hours ago, we saw this man fighting Gao Erhu in the yard. How 

come

 someone cut off his head and put it here? 

“Little 

B

rother Zhang, 

l

et’s get out of here

! T

hat woman has tricked us!” 

Li Mazi sounded 

very 

calm 

at

 this moment. He pulled 

Baldy

 up

, and t

ogether, we ran outside. I suddenly 

figured it out. T

he problem 

was

 with Hou San’er’s wife! 

She proactively gave 

us

 the key to this ancestral hall and deliberately told me that the family heirloom was hidden in this iron chest. 

What

 was

 her 

goal in this

? 

Isn’t she afraid that I would go back and deal with her after I saw the head?

 Or does she believe that I 

won’t be able to escape this place

? 

Suddenly, I had a bad premonition. I screamed, feeling panicked

,

 “Hurry! Get out of here!” 

Unfortunately, w

e were too late! As soon as I 

finished speaking

, I heard a low thud above our heads. The stone slab we had lifted was put back 

in

 its place. 

At the same time, a shadow appeared in front of us, slowly condensing and becoming 

more discernible

. From its thin, weak figure, we guessed it was Hou San’er’s ghost. 

“Brother San, don’t worry. I will take revenge for you!” 

Baldy

 was scared, shivering. 

“Take revenge?” Hou San’er laughed, 

the sound coarse

 and low.

Then, he gazed at 

Baldy

.

“You’re the one that deserves to die the most! If you hadn’t awakened Lu Bu, I wouldn’t have been killed!” 

He didn’t even look at us

, flying straight toward 

Baldy

. I opened the Yin and Yang Umbrella, 

creating a shield 

in front of 

the man

. 

The Yin and Yang Umbrella emitted black and white lights of Yin and Yang energy. Hou San’er’s ghost shrieked in pain

, and h

e 

hurriedly

 retreated 

before shooting 

me a malicious glance. “Who are you?”  

“It’s not important who I am. The important thing is fi

nding out 

why you want to take revenge on him

.

 Lu Bu is your enemy, not him.” I spoke up coldly. 

Hou San’er’s ghostly face turned extremely ferocious. “If it weren’t for him, Lu Bu’s ghost would 

have never 

aw

o

ken!” 

Hou San’er was strangely angry. He didn’t sound as though he was lying.

Anyway, this also connected to the 

question prominent in my mind this who

le time. Why did Lu Bu wake up? I decided to 

discreetly

 ask Hou San’er for the 

entire 

story. 

Even though Hou San’er hated 

Baldy

 to the bones, he was scared of my Yin and Yang Umbrella. 

After h

esitating for a while, he decided to tell me the truth. 

To attract more customers to his hotel, 

Baldy

 chose the name 

‘Moon Overshadowing Beauty

.

’

 Every night, he would hold a 

grand 

party where he invited a bunch of attractive call girls. Plus, to ensure that the hotel fits its name, he spent a huge sum of money to ask some famous 

artists

 to paint several pictures of Diao Chan, which he hung 

on 

the highest floor.  

To describe th

ese paintings simply

, the beauty was drawn without clothes. She was completely expose

d to the extent

 that even modern people would blush while 

looking at 

her drawings. Let alone an ancient man from two thousand years ago! 

Lu Bu and Diao Chan 

were

deeply

 in love. When Lu Bu was killed at White Gate Tower, Diao Chan had a chance to survive, but her love and loyalty to Lu Bu 

were too great

. 

Ultimately

, they both died. 

Naturally, Lu Bu

’s ghost

 was extremely enraged when he saw the woman he loved humiliated 

like that

. That

 was

 why the big fire had happened during the hotel’s grand opening. 

Being the God of War in the era of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu had been arrogant, rebellious, and unwilling to be subdued by anybody. 

In spite of this

, he had kne

lt in front of

 Diao Chan. 

This 

was also the reason 

behind 

his tragic death. 

People would remember the image of Lu Bu 

alone with 

his Sky Piercer standing imposingly in front of Hulao Pass before the 

fierce 

battle against Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and

Zhang Fei.

However, that invincible man couldn’t protect his lover, and he later bec

a

me a notorious servant.  

That

 was

 why Lu Bu had three fixations in his heart. One was Diao Chan, 

another 

was his reputation, and the last was to take revenge on his subordinates who had betrayed him! 

The official’s son, who was the first to die, was Wei Xu’s descendant. 

The man 

happened to come to the hotel on 

its 

grand opening day

, and 

Lu Bu thought that Wei Xu wanted to harm him again. That

 was

 why he killed that poor young man. 

However, Lu Bu’s wrath 

had not been abated with 

only one death. He 

planned to find

 Song Xian’s and Hou Cheng’s descendants and kill them all. 

Later,

Baldy

 accidentally invited Hou San’er 

to the grand opening

. 

Lu Bu 

didn’t know how to 

find 

his targets, but

they had delivered themselves to his door

! 

Lu Bu 

then

 possessed Gao Erhu’s body. At midnight, he sharpened his knife and went to kill Hou San’er. However, 

his plan had not considered

 that Hou Cheng’s soul hadn’t vanished yet. When the 

master

 and the servant met again after two thousand years, they couldn’t help but have a fierce fight! 

Although Lu Bu had been seriously 

injured

, Hou Cheng was not able to stand 

as

his 

equal.

In the end, he was scared

 and ended up

 fleeing. That

 was

 why Hou San’er was killed. 

After listening to the whole story, I couldn’t 

hold back 

a sigh. 

Karma was too real

. 

Something 

that had taken place two thousand years ago was 

causing trouble

 today. 

Li Mazi smacked his tongue. “Isn’t it too melodramatic? I think it’s even better than television dramas.” 

After listening to his story, 

Baldy

 looked as if he was about to crack. I patted his shoulder. “You don’t need to blame yourself. If 

not

 you, someone else would 

have woken

 up Lu Bu 

one day

.” 

When

 Lu Bu was killed, 

the seed of karma

 had been 

planted

. No one could stop 

what was happening

! 

I turned to Hou San’er, asking, “What happened to your head?” 

“My ancestor Hou Cheng put it there. He told me that I was killed because of what he had done in the past. He wanted me to be there with him to enjoy the later generations’ worship.” 

Hou San’er’s voice 

lowered

. “However, I’m dead already. What good 

is 

worship?” 

When he 

finished speaking

, 

e

verything was

 clear

. Hou San’er’s wife had deceived us, making us come here to compensate for 

her husband’s

 life with ours. 

She sure was ruthless, but after

 thinking about her life as a widow and her children, I pitied her. 

If we continued to attack each other, more grudges would be created

.

If this continued, w

hen 

would 

this 

vicious

 cycle end

?

I decided to solve the dispute between them. I turned and gave a deep bow to the iron chest, respectfully calling, “General, please show yourself!

 Will

 you

agree to come and talk to me?” 

The iron chest didn’t react. I was skeptical and puzzled, turning to look at Hou San’er. He pointed at the Yin and Yang Umbrella in my hand. 

I 

understood what he meant

. The Yin and Yang Umbrella was 

a 

top treasure that had both Yin and Yang energy. Even Lu Bu was scared of it, let alone Hou Cheng! 

I closed the Yin and Yang Umbrella, putting it away. Then, I sincerely asked Hou San’er’s ghost

,

 “Brother Hou, please invite your ancestor here to see us! If

 we don’t solve

 the 

grudge

 between your ancestor and Lu Bu, your Hou family will have more deaths in the fu

ture

!” 

The ghost hesitated for a while. 

Eventually

, he got on his knees, 

kowtowing twice

 to the iron chest. 

A gust of 

cold

 energy swirled up from the chest, blowing toward us. 

A vague figure appeared midair, wearing 

heavy

 armor and a helmet. He even had a thick beard. 

It was

 Hou Cheng, Lu Bu’s subordinate! 

After showing up, Hou Cheng coldly glared at me from his 

elevated position

. “Kid, what do you want to see me for?” 

I gave a dry cough, 

cupping

 my fists. “Do you plan to hide in this ancestral hall forever, 

s

ir? 

Do y

ou want to see Lu Bu uproot your Hou family?” 

“

N

onsense! Although I, Hou Cheng, was no hero, I won’t harm or get my descendants involved in this. It

 was

 not my will to return to this ancestral hall to take shelter. After I’ve recovered my energy, I will show Lu Bu my strength!” Hou Cheng somewhat blushed, thundering 

in response to my instigation

. 

I disdained him inwardly. However, I 

continued

, “

Putting aside the fact that you’re fighting him alone

, even if Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei joined hands, do you think they could defeat Lu Bu?” 

Hou Cheng 

was silent, and a 

cold wind blew through the room. It seemed he understood the matter well. 

After a while, Hou Cheng asked sheepishly

,

 “Kid, what do you think? What should I do?” 

This was a good sign

. It seemed he also wanted to put aside the grudge with Lu Bu. As such, 

i

t would be much more convenient for me to solve this case. 

I put on a respectful and admiring face, 

saying,

 “General Hou Cheng, for the people in Xu Province, you reluctantly submitted Lu Bu to Cao Cao. And now, for the sake of your descendants, you’ve decided to 

end 

your grudge against Lu Bu. I have to admire your generous deeds, 

s

ir!” 

After saying these disgusting words, I 

hated myself.

Hou Cheng lifted his head, squinting as if he was enjoying my praise. A moment later, he said indifferently. “

Just tell me what to do

!” 

After he said this

, his figure flashed, disappearing into the iron chest. 

“Brother Hou, 

what do you want to do now

?” I asked Hou San’er

’s ghost

. 

He sounded a little embarrassed. “I was blinded by my grudge and hatred

, to the point where I

 almost made a big mistake. If my ancestor decides to 

end 

the grudge against Lu Bu, I have 

no comment

. However, please bring my head back to my body. I want to be buried

 with a complete body

.” 

I knew he was ready to go, so I nodded to him. “Brother Hou, don’t worry! I will help your wife hold 

a proper

 funeral 

for you

.” 

“Thank you, brother!” Hou San’er told me, laughing and disappearing. 

“Where did he go?” 

Baldy

 didn’t understand the situation. 

“He saw through his hatred and grudge. He understood the 

benefit of letting go of his desires

. Without 

this

 fixation, of course, he will leave and reincarnate.” 

Then

, I went to the iron chest to take Hou San’er’s head, putting it into a plastic bag. Carefully, I closed the iron chest. After everything was done, we left the ancestral hall. 

On the way back, Li Mazi asked me, “Little 

B

rother Zhang, who lifted the stone slab for us?” 

I was stunned!