"Brother Lin, since this is your first time in Nine Underworlds City, there are some things I still need to remind you about."
After hesitating for a long while, Hua Qianshu said to Lin Bai, "After night falls, stay at the inn if you can. Even if you want to go out, try to stick to places with more people."
"Whatever you do, don't enter some secluded alley alone."
The reason Hua Qianshu had hesitated over these reminders was that Ji Canghai also knew about what happened in Nine Underworlds City, yet he had not told Lin Bai.
Hua Qianshu could not tell whether Ji Canghai had simply forgotten or had deliberately chosen not to tell Lin Bai.
Thus, after wavering for a while, he decided to tell Lin Bai the truth.
"Why is that?" Lin Bai asked curiously. "Could it be that there's something strange about Nine Underworlds City after nightfall?"
Hua Qianshu lowered his voice. "It's hard to say."
"There are too many strange things in Nine Underworlds City. Many martial artists have left their homes rashly after nightfall, only to vanish mysteriously the next day."
"There have always been rumors of hauntings in the city."
"Hauntings?" Lin Bai let out a disdainful laugh. "Brother Hua, you and I are both martial artists who cultivate the Dao, and we're both at the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm. How can you still believe in such tales of ghosts and gods?"
Hua Qianshu shook his head. "At first, I didn't believe them either. But it truly has happened before, and I even experienced it myself."
Lin Bai asked curiously, "Are there really ghosts?"
Hua Qianshu frowned and shook his head repeatedly. "I can't say whether they're ghosts or monsters, but it was certainly very strange."
"Many years ago, when I