But in the future... it may very well brew into a huge disaster.

The picture of a hundred ghosts walking at night behind Gu Qilin is enough to penetrate people. What would it look like if it were replaced by Hades?

Chu Ling looked solemn.

She was the one standing with Gu Shen in the dreamland of the Ghost Cage.

That scene was like the eighteenth level of hell.

Even if it's just a dream, it's heart-stopping.

If one day it really becomes a reality...

Chu Ling didn't dare to think about it.

…

…

"Mr. Xiao Gu."

Today's ancestral hall is particularly lively.

As soon as Gu Shen arrived at Long Alley, many people greeted him and saluted him.

He was a little surprised. The Gu family's ancestral hall had always been quiet, and it was not a special time. Logically speaking, only the old man should be meditating alone. As for the few talented people from the Gu family who had the leisure to express their condolences, they all

If you dare to come here, you will most likely be ridiculed and kicked out.

In this case, there shouldn't be so many people.

As soon as he walked to the courtyard gate, Gu Shen understood.

Several elders gathered in front of the ancestral hall, each with a sad look on their face and whispering in low voices.

"Sigh...you tell me, how could such a good thing turn into something like this?"

"This 'holy tree' has been evergreen for hundreds of years and flourishes all year round. Why did it start to wither overnight?"

"Could it be that... something bad happened?"

Gu Shen stopped in front of the ancestral hall. He raised his head and looked at the big banyan tree.

["Have you seen that century-old tree? It guards the entrance of the ancestral hall. It is evergreen all year round and can resist all ominous things."]

What the old man said last night is still fresh in my memory.

He fell silent.

The foot that had just been raised and prepared to step into the ancestral hall also hesitated slightly.

"Xiao Gu!"

An elder came from outside the door and caught a glimpse of Gu Shen's back. He quickly stepped forward and enthusiastically took Gu Shen into the hospital. "What a coincidence. The old man was still chanting your name just now..."

Gu Shen's expression was complicated. He looked at the big banyan tree at the entrance of the courtyard and asked, "What's wrong with this tree?"

The elder sighed, shook his head and said: "Maybe it was because of the strong wind last night? When I woke up this morning, I found broken leaves scattered all over the yard... This is really unlucky, so it attracted the attention of the Presbyterian Council. Maybe you don't know

, this old tree has a history of hundreds of years, and it protects the ancestral hall's feng shui. It is said to be able to ward off bad luck. If the leaves fall overnight, it is likely that something unclean has been encountered."

"How windy?"

Gu Shen squinted at the half-fallen crown of the tree. This lush green banyan tree had become almost bald overnight.

There are fallen leaves all over the yard, so even a simple cleaning would take a lot of effort.

I'm afraid this can't be explained by Feng Da...

There should be only one remaining explanation.

Gu Shen followed the elder and walked all the way to an attic in the ancestral hall.

Mr. Gu was sunbathing in front of the attic space.

After the rest of the crowd has dispersed.

Gu Shen and the old man were the only two people left in the attic space.

"It's quite early."

Gu Qilin was sitting in a wheelchair. The attic faced a small lake. He was fishing in front of the lake. He felt content and waved to Gu Shen to sit down.

Gu Shen shook his head.

"I won't sit down."

He got straight to the point and said: "Old man, you have also seen it... the banyan tree at the door lost all its leaves overnight."

"Um."

Gu Qilin looked unconcerned and said calmly: "Birth, old age, illness and death, people are like this, and so are trees. The old tree with all its leaves at the door reminded me of an old friend, but he had not much hair left.

Sorry... I didn't mean to mock your teacher, but his reputation in Nagano has never been very good."

This is a deliberate change of subject.

Gu Shen sighed softly and said, "As you know, that banyan tree encountered something unclean..."

Something so conspicuous.

How could Mr. Gu not know?

He was in charge of the Gu family, and everything big and small caught his eye. Gu Shen was the only one who came in and out of the ancestral hall last night, and the banyan trees had fallen leaves overnight... Naturally, there was only one possibility.

"If nothing unexpected happens, I should be the unclean thing."

Gu Shen opened the skylight and said frankly, "That's why I won't sit down... in case you also..."

"Stop it, stop it."

Mr. Gu quickly raised his palm to signal Gu Shen to stop talking, and said helplessly: "You brat, can you say something auspicious? I want to live a few more years!"

Gu Shen immediately shut up knowingly.

He stayed where he was, shrugged, and said: "This is probably the situation. In fact, after leaving the ancestral hall last night... I encountered something bad."

Speaking of which.

He paused slightly, stretched out two fingers and twisted them.

A small gap was drawn.

"Although there is no damage, the bad omen in my heart is getting bigger and bigger."

Previously, in the tundra area, Gu Shen had established the base of the Church of the Evening Bell, and after looting the unknown tomb, Gu Shen encountered the rumored "ominous" for the first time.

The next year.

The previous ray of ominousness never showed up, perhaps because the spectator's peaceful state of mind was too solid and unassailable.

But this time after the cemetery, the ominousness appeared again!

"I'm worried that... the 'ominous' will get bigger and bigger and eventually become uncontrollable."

Gu Shen looked at the old man with a sincere expression and said, "So, I would like to ask you for advice. Is there any way to suppress the bad luck?"

Mr. Gu put down his fishing rod.

Wearing sunglasses, he bowed his head slightly and looked at Gu Shen through the slit in his sunglasses.

Once again, he patted the handle of the bench next to him and motioned for Gu Shen to sit over.

This time, Gu Shen sighed, he did not refuse.

Looking at it like this, if he didn't sit over, the old man wouldn't speak.

He sat on the bench.

"The human heart is like a mirror, there are always two sides, one is good and the other is evil. Just like in the human world, there is always day and night, day is light and night is darkness." Gu Qilin stretched out a palm, turned it over slowly, and said calmly: "

You ask me, how to suppress the ominous... This question is like, how to erase the night?"

"The night...cannot be erased."

The old man said calmly: "There is evil in your heart, so there must be something ominous. Everyone has the risk of losing control, but the risk of extraordinary people is greater."

"It's just that...the more powerful a person is, the greater the evil in his heart will be."

"These evil thoughts are very cunning. They will wait for the host to be weak, critically ill, or about to die, and then carry out the final backlash to win this 'war'."

Gu Qilin moved his head and looked at Gu Shen. He was holding the fishing rod with one hand. The tight end of the fishing rod at the far end was shaking violently. It seemed that a big fish had taken the bait and was struggling violently.

On the lake in the distance, there are fierce waves.

Mr. Gu was twirling his cigar with one hand and gently holding the fishing rod with the other hand. The fishing rod was almost bent to the limit and might collapse at any time, but he just maintained this reclining posture lightly, seemingly without exerting any force.

Don't worry that the big fish will break free.

"So... this is a wrestling match. If you want to win, you must not only be strong, but also calm."

"The ancestral motto of the Gu family is that as long as evil dares to appear, beat him severely!"

The old man said word by word: "Evil thoughts, bad omens, loss of control... these just look scary. They only have one chance. Once they show up, we will hit it hard and suppress it! Beat it until it collapses, beat it until it dissolves, beat it
To be continued...