Seventh Kui and Eighth Kui had said that the Mèi Clan only appeared at night.
It had still looked like daytime when we left the Kui Clan, but once we entered Mèi Clan territory, it was as though we had stepped into the dead of night.
"This place looks like a Mourning Hall," Ye Jinghong said.
A Mourning Hall was a place in the old days specifically used to store corpses that could not be buried for various reasons.
Ye Jinghong said it looked like a Mourning Hall because every household in this village resembled one. A pair of white lanterns hung outside every door, each bearing the character for "Mèi."
They called this Brightening the Dead, and it was also a reminder that the village was inhabited by Mei Ghosts.
We had no intention of disturbing the Mèi Clan and chose to pass through the village and leave quickly.
But things rarely went as planned.
"Giggle!" I heard a woman's voice, but besides Ye Jinghong, were there any other women here? If it was not human, then it could only be a Mèi. In the territory of this ghost clan, the chances of it being a ghost were practically one hundred percent.
Ye Jinghong and I looked toward the source of the voice and saw a breathtakingly beautiful woman standing not far away.
"You must be Mr. Jiang. Our clan leader sent me here to wait for you. It said that if you really came, I would be responsible for taking you to your next destination."
What did that mean? Could the Mèi Clan already know that the Kui Clan had nearly been wiped out?
Otherwise, they would not be acting this way.
"Where is your clan leader? Why didn't it come?" I asked blandly.
"You wish to see