The courtyard of the Bai family's old house was arranged into a Taoist temple.

The Tai Chi Bagua diagram was spread on the ground, with portraits of various gods and the spirit tablets of the Bai family's previous patriarchs hung on the four sides. An old man was calculating the time and direction of today's opening ceremony on the Bagua diagram.

A roll of yellow paper was spread out on the ground, and a disciple squatted on the ground to cut the paper. The cut paper was sent to a small table on the side. The Bai family used a brush dipped in cinnabar to start drawing a talisman to drive away ghosts.

Bai Ran followed the crowd to the gate of the side courtyard of the old house, greeting people along the way. The looks he received ranged from sympathy to gloating. He always had a smile on his face, but eventually, the mask of that smile began to crack.

"Master."

The people outside the side courtyard were all disciples from other families, and they were quite polite to him, so Bai Ran looked a little better. He had been to this place before, but he didn't dare to go in. This time, he followed a group of people here, but he still didn't go in.

Even during the day, especially at noon when the yang energy is the strongest, the side courtyard of the old house seems gloomy and dark, as if the wind would be frozen if it entered. The largest room in the side courtyard faces north, and the midday sun cannot reach the door. Looking in from the outside, one can only see moss and weeds growing wildly in the dark.

"No need to go in here." Bai Ran said, "Just put your things outside."

They felt a chill when they stood outside the side yard. When they heard that they didn't have to go in, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the disciples from other families, although they had no idea what was in the old house, they knew that a place with such a strong yin energy at noon must be a dangerous place or home to some terrifying ghosts, so they didn't want to go in.

They hung portraits of three generations of ancestors outside the courtyard gate to block the entire gate. They also brought in a wooden table, covered it with yellow cloth, and placed grains on a peach wood statue of the door god. Several people held incense and worshiped the door god.

After worshipping the door gods, Bai Ran took out two long objects wrapped in black cloth from the backpack he brought with him, placed them on the altar, and removed the black cloth, revealing two spirit tablets with the words "Spirit Tablet of Bai Zongshan" and "Spirit Tablet of Shen Hui" written on them.

As soon as the two tablets were placed there, the tabletop suddenly vibrated and one of the tablets fell down.

Several disciples from other families looked at the table in horror, then looked at the yard blocked by the statue of the founder, and felt that the house where no sunlight could penetrate became even darker.

"Get some talisman paper." Bai Ran said to one of them, and that person hurried to do it.

They tied up a red rope at the gate of the courtyard and hung up the talismans one by one. This time, Bai Ran straightened the spirit tablet and it did not fall down again.

Bai Ran bowed to the two spirit tablets again and said some words of blessing. The other disciples followed suit. Then the light outside the courtyard gradually grew brighter and the cold wind that was blowing slowly from the side courtyard seemed to have stopped.

While the Bai family's old house was in a state of chaos, in the room where Chi Shen lived, the cabinet in the corner opened with a creaky sound, and a pale hand stretched out. The arm was very long and reached under the bed.

A female ghost with only a head and arms was hiding there, sleeping soundly with a red paper phone in her hand. She had figured it out last night that as long as Chi Shen was not there, her phone would be safe, so she chose to sleep with it in her arms.

Ghosts do not need sleep, but they will take a nap when the sun is shining. After all, when the yang energy is at its strongest, they are also the least energetic.

The hand in the cabinet poked the female ghost in red, and the female ghost in red tightened her hand holding the phone and shrank back into the shadows.

The hand looked helpless, but he still patted the female ghost in red again. The female ghost in red opened her eyes fiercely and glared at the hand, then shrank into the corner, stuck to the back of the bed, and continued to sleep.

The hand paused for a moment, then reached out again, trying to pick up the phone, but before he touched the phone, the door suddenly opened.

"Is this the room where Chi Shen lives?" a voice sounded at the door.

"Yes, Second Grandpa." Bai Ran walked in, supporting an old man.

The hand that stretched out from the cabinet disappeared immediately, and the cabinet door closed with a click.

The person who came was the oldest person in the Bai family, Bai Ximing's uncle, and the elder Bai Hengqing who gave up the position of patriarch to Bai Ximing. The old man took a look at the cabinet, and Bai Ran immediately went over and checked the cabinet.

The ghost face in the cabinet had disappeared into the shadows. He looked at Bai Ran's outstretched hand with trembling eyes, trying his best to restrain his negative energy. The hand swept across his face without stopping.

The cabinet ghost was stunned for a moment, then saw that Bai Ran had withdrawn his hand and closed the cabinet.

Bai Ran then replied: "Clean."

The old man also looked around the room and nodded: "It is indeed very clean where he lives. It is normal that nothing happened in these days."

Bai Ran didn't care: "He's just lucky."

"I don't know where he went," the old man said, "I want to see what kind of person he is. After all, he is the eldest son..."

Bai Ran was furious in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He still smiled and said, "Maybe he was scared away. We couldn't find him the whole day yesterday."

"Let me see him when I find him," the old man sighed as Bai Ran helped him out of the house, "if he is still alive."

The old man and Bai Ximing have different opinions. Regarding that phone call, Bai Ximing felt that someone was using Chi Shen to deal with him, but the old man thought of another possibility, that is, Chi Shen was dead, and the person who answered Bai Ximing's call at the beginning was a ghost. Bai Ximing was disrespectful to ghosts and gods on the phone, so there were subsequent events.

But now seeing that Chi Shen's house was clean, he felt a glimmer of hope again. He thought that Chi Shen might still be alive, but was just frightened and left temporarily.

In his opinion, it is natural for the eldest son to inherit the family. It doesn't matter if he doesn't know anything. He can just let him come back and find a woman of equal status to have a child with and then teach the child.

It’s just that Bai Ximing had driven the person away at the beginning, and he didn’t want to embarrass Bai Ximing. In his opinion, this was a family disgrace, so he didn’t say anything.

After the two left, the ghost in the closet breathed a sigh of relief. He stretched out a hand and felt around in the closet, and touched a palm-sized mirror pressed under the clothes. That was what Chi Shen had put in there last night. The mirror was ordinary and clean, and there was no evil ghost living in it. He picked up the mirror and looked at it, and found that there was nothing reflected in the mirror, and it was empty.

Both the yin and yang energies disappeared under the influence of this mirror. He tried to put his hand under the sunlight shining into the room and did not feel any discomfort.

Putting the mirror back under the clothes, the closet ghost helped Chi Shen tidy up his clothes and closed the closet door again. The room where Chi Shen lived fell into peace again.

The arrangement of the dojo in the courtyard of the old house is still going on.

An ordinary Taoist temple only needs to set up the altar, but the situation in the Bai family's old house was too complicated. The first thing they did was to worship the evil spirits in the old house. They had already worshipped Bai Wan's yard, and then they went to worship the old zombie who lived next door to Chi Shen. Finally, after going around in circles, several people walked to the front of the main house.

"Don't go over there." Bai Hengqing stopped the people who were holding the talisman paper and were hesitant. "Inside is the spirit tablet of my Bai family's ancestors. Don't disturb them."

Several young men nodded, then looked curiously at the main house. When they saw the bloody words on the seal of the main house, they withdrew their inquiring gazes.

There is nothing normal in this house.