Ao Song's father is called Zhong Kui. At first glance, it sounds a bit like Zhong Kui, supposedly because when his father saw him born so dark, he gave him this name.
The Zhong family seems to be quite down-to-earth, and the old Mr. Zhong isn't very reliable either.
Zhong Kui ran all the way to ring the sound transmission bell that the family only uses in emergencies and then rushed to the Ancestral Hall.
In the Ancestral Hall, the tablets of the Zhong family ancestors are worshipped, but there's also a Secret Chamber inside where the Life Talismans of all living members of the Zhong family are kept, including Ao Song's.
He didn't check the Life Talisman every day, so he didn't notice anything had happened to Ao Song. When he saw it now, Ao Song's Life Talisman was covered with web-like cracks, almost completely shattered.
He reached out but didn't dare to touch it, his hand trembled violently, and he pulled it back.
