Gongshu Ce himself probably had not expected this either.
That the Mo Family ancestral hall would be hiding such a formidable figure.
But that was only natural. The current Gongshu Ce, Gongshu Zan, and Gongshu Tong were not truly members of the Gongshu Family; they were merely replacements. Unless they possessed the original owners' memories, how could they have known that an old guy guarding the ancestral hall was actually a major figure of the Mo Family, a shrewd old monster who had lived for two or three hundred years?
Of course, perhaps the Gongshu Family truly did not know either. After all, this should have been secret history of the Mo Family. Or rather, perhaps even within the Mo Family, only a handful knew of Old Ghost's existence. At the very least, Mo Cheng probably had no idea.
Had they known, they definitely would not have sent Mo Qian and several dozen people charging into the Mo Family ancestral hall. Old Ghost possessed terrifying combat strength, and he understood the construction of Qing Yi and the red-clad figures extremely well. He knew how to use the simplest methods to render Qing Yi and the red-clad figures incapable of fighting in an instant.
Perhaps Old Ghost had once been an expert in the Mo Family's Mechanism Arts as well.
Heading south from the Mo Family ancestral hall, we came upon a small mountain. There was actually a mountain inside the underground city, which surprised me.
Old Ghost said, "This mountain formed naturally. There are several more mountains like it around the underground city. We call this one Half-Step Zen Mountain because there is a temple on it called Half-Step Zen Temple. Interestingly enough, this temple had already existed before the Mo Family entered the underground city, though it had long