"We discovered the demon and secretly followed it..."
Inside the little boat's covered cabin, Wang Dao Xuan took a sip of wine, bit viciously into a piece of roast chicken, and continued, "The falcon led the way. Brother Lu and I ran all night before finally finding their lair."
"Where?"
"Right in the old Chu King City."
"The former site of Chu King City was once the county seat of Zigui County. Later, a torrential downpour caused the mountain foundations to collapse. Chu King City became a land of lakes, turning into what is now Chu King Lake, while Zigui County was relocated to Gui Prefecture City."
"I deduced that beneath the original Chu King City should be a hollow tomb surrounded by an underground lake. That fish monster was the Tomb Guardian Beast. But changes in the earth veins freed it. After eating all the fish and shrimp underground, it somehow burrowed out and began causing trouble."
"There was a rusty iron spear in the fish monster's body. It was ancient, so it was probably the work of tomb robbers. The calamity back then may have been triggered when they rashly disturbed the tomb. Now, the Ghost Cult is gathering a large force and digging beside Chu King Lake..."
"There are several villages around Chu King Lake, but they were infiltrated by the Ghost Cult long ago. The villagers overturned the Land God Temples and began killing people openly to sacrifice to ghosts..."
"Those people were all insane. They wanted to kill children as sacrifices. Brother Lu San and I couldn't hold back and went to save them, but who would have thought that soldiers from Tusi City were hiding nearby? We were pursued for an entire night..."
The two were clearly starving. Wang Dao Xuan could still maintain