Snake Coiled Turtle, Paper Figure Appears

Clang~ Clang-clang!

"Zi Hour has arrived. Mind the lamps and candles."

The clapper sounded, and the entire city of Luoyang fell silent.

Yesterday's ghost market had claimed a life and involved the Commandery Commandant Office. The whole city was therefore under search, and several local scoundrels had even been beaten to death in the streets. On top of that, the Paper Figure Case had left everyone panicked.

As night fell, even the pleasure quarters and theaters had closed their doors early.

At that moment, however, Mangshan north of Luoyang had grown lively.

Whoosh~

The night wind howled mournfully, as if sobbing and lamenting.

Although the light rain had stopped long ago, the dark clouds overhead had yet to disperse. The stars and moon gave no light, leaving everything pitch-black.

In the darkness, the wind sounded like something whimpering.

Before long, thick fog rose from the ground.

The elders often said that wind dispersed fog, and that strong winds were the nemesis of heavy mist.

Yet now, the stronger the wind blew, the denser the fog became.

The mist seemed to gush outward from cracks in the mountain, carrying the unique fishy stench of snakes and making it even harder to see. This was precisely the "Snake Mirage" triggered by the Suihou Pearl Serpent.

It was not as though Xuan Gate People had never cultivated on Mangshan.

This place was both a burial ground and a sacred land of the Xuan Gate.

On Cuiyun Peak, Laozi and Zhang Tianshi had once lived in seclusion and cultivated, earning the titles of "Source of the Dao" and "Ancestral Court"...

Pingfeng Mountain had once been home to the territory of the Hu clan, maternal kin of the Yan and Huang tribes. The Yellow Emperor's Dragon Horse had been buried there, and it was known