765th Break: Plague

The room was filled with tension as Lin Ze and Mo Jiashe looked at each other. No, Lin Ze is glaring at Mo Jiashe while Mo Jiashe's gaze is indifferent.

"Uhm…" Duan Yuan spoke in a small voice. "It has something to do with us, because… because the Ghost City was once part of our kingdom." He said.

"What?!" they all exclaimed in surprise as they looked at Duan Yuan who blushed in embarrassment.

"Really? How did this happen…?" Ke Lin wondered. He has traveled far and wide just to find Qiu Shisan, the next (now) leader of the Wu Sect of the South. So, he naturally heard of the Ghost City, too. But, he didn't go there despite being desperate to find Qiu Shisan. It is because he knows that Qiu Shisan is a coward!

(Qiu Shisan in the imperial capital: achoo! Who's talking bad about me?!)

Qiu Shisan is even afraid of the Wu Sect's gu insects. How much more of the ghosts?

"Well, it happened when one of the kings abandoned that city." Duan Yuan spoke.