At once, everyone became wary.
The Ghost Opera Troupe was already an old enemy, and they had gathered quite a bit of intelligence on it.
The organization had risen from the ashes. Originally, it had merely been ruthless and unscrupulous, and had been wiped out by the Mystic Sect circles. But after rebuilding itself, it had been reborn entirely.
With the support of the Jianmu Organization, and the imperial court tightening its control over cultivators, many evil cultivators and monsters had joined them, allowing the Ghost Opera Troupe to expand rapidly.
Apart from the mysterious "Troupe Leader," the identities of the others had also been determined.
The Ghost Opera Troupe had split into countless small teams, most of them consisting of five people in the Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, Chou configuration. They were a mixed bag, with uneven levels of strength.
These two before them, however, were core members.
The Ghost-Faced Rakshasa's real name was Liu Hongyu. She had originally been the heir to a puppet-making lineage. Her ancestor, Liu GuChan, had hidden mechanism puppets satirizing current politics inside a performance of Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother at the prince's palace. He had been executed along with his entire lineage under the crime of "using opera to mock the ruler."
At the age of twelve, Liu Hongyu had witnessed her relatives being made into human-skin shadows and hung on the stage "as a warning to others." Driven mad by resentment, she had fused the family's inherited Puppet Illusion Opera Score with vengeful spirits, creating an evil art.
Half her face had been disfigured by a branding iron. She wore an asura mask all year round, possessed an extreme obsession with opera, and often slaughtered entire villages, turning the victims into shadow puppets to manipulate and perform with.
In the Jiangnan region,