Ghost Mountain's second level ran in the opposite direction from the first.
The Ghost Offering Altar in the deepest part of the second level stood directly above the entrance to the first level.
Because Luo Zheng and his companions traveled in a straight line, their actual route was several times shorter than on the first level, and their pace naturally increased considerably.
It had taken them six hours to cross the first level, but only one hour to cross the second.
After they passed through the area filled with prisons, a towering black wall appeared ahead.
A semicircular red arched door was set into the center of the wall, studded with golden brass nails.
"We're here. The Ghost Offering Altar is behind that brass door," Qiang Yu said.
"Are we certain to see humans at the Ghost Offering Altar?"
Nuwa asked.
Qiang Yu considered for a moment, then said, "There's a good chance. I saw human Great Ghost Priests both of the last two times I came."
Whenever the Ghost Offering Altar opened, twelve Great Ghost Priests presided over it. The human Great Ghost Priests were quite likely to be chosen among those twelve.
"Then we can rest easy," Fuxi said, nodding.
Qiang Yu thought for a moment before adding, "There are exceptions, though. There have been several occasions when no humans appeared..." Even an incomplete count put the number of Great Ghost Priests in Ghost Mountain at sixty, and four humans were known to have become Great Ghost Priests. The chance of selecting a human from those sixty Great Ghost Priests was therefore one in four.
Just then, Luo Zheng said, "The chance of being selected as a Great Ghost Priest is very low, isn't it?"
"Extremely low. You'd be lucky to succeed once in several hundred attempts. We've