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, without close examination, the difference wouldn’t be recognizable. 

I walked to that tile and got on my knees, giving 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...