"What's the worst that could happen?" Lou Huixiang asked in a low voice, his complexion pale as paper.
After a few seconds of silence, Nalan Shuo spoke again, "I read in an ancient book that at the end of the Song Dynasty, there was a significant casualty during the Nuoyi Ceremony in the palace because it seemed to have provoked other evil spirits."
"Isn't this ceremony supposed to exorcise evil? How could it attract other evil spirits?" Zhang Songde, looking burly and fierce-faced, was in fact not very brave. Nalan Shuo's words startled him, even altering the tone of his voice.