Xiao Hua had already entered the ancestral hall, so he had not noticed the earlier upheaval at all. The warning sign of the barrier being torn open had likewise been blocked by the ancestral hall's Yuan formation.
The ancestral hall spanned a full hundred zhang. Its vermilion wooden doors were tightly shut. Standing before them, Xiao Hua narrowed his eyes and examined the place. The ancestral hall was built of blue bricks and green tiles, and faint inscriptions upon it slowly flowed along with the rolling clouds and rosy mists, sealing off divine sense and the like. Moreover, Xiao Hua could clearly hear the faint sounds of wooden fish percussion and scripture chanting coming from within.
"It must be here!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. "There could be no more suitable place than this ancestral hall to suppress the Ghostly Judge."
"Benefactor!" Zhu Cheng, Xun Qing, and Zeng Jing, who had entered afterward, stood respectfully behind Xiao Hua and asked softly, "How should the three of us enter?"
Xiao Hua raised a hand in indication. "The three of you should naturally push open the doors and enter!"
He then explained, "The clouds and rosy mists earlier were restrictions blocking entry into the ancestral hall. Now that we have arrived here, there should be no other obstruction. Just go in!"
"Good!" Zhu Cheng nodded, then knelt before the wooden doors and kowtowed. "This unfilial descendant, Zhu Cheng, only found the Zhu family ancestral hall after entering here. I kowtow here to beg forgiveness for my sins. May the Zhu family's ancestors forgive this descendant's offenses!"
As he spoke, tears streamed from Zhu Cheng's eyes.
Before Zhu Cheng could rise, Xun Qing impatiently knelt at his side. His face was likewise drenched in tears as he kowtowed and begged forgiveness. The