"Have you heard?"
"What?"
"There was a pregnant woman in Fuzhou, carrying a child. She was harmed by some evildoer, who tore out the placenta while she was still alive, resulting in two deaths."
"What kind of grudge could that be? What a sin."
"Huh? There was one in Fuzhou too? I came from the north. I heard that some time ago, a pregnant woman in Xiangyang suddenly died. Someone used a Strange Poison to dissolve the placenta in her womb. Tsk, tsk... They say the woman even wore a strange smile after death. It scared people half to death. They say she turned into a Vengeful Spirit and is searching for the murderer to take revenge."
"Gasp... There's such a poison? It can dissolve the placenta?"
"Really? You've had such a thing here too? I thought it only happened in Huzhou."
"What? Someone died in Huzhou too?"
"She died at home. In the dead of night, the pregnant woman suddenly let out a terrible scream. By the time her family rushed over, the floor was covered in blood, and the woman was already dead, her face horribly contorted. Everyone there says a Demonic Daoist harmed her, trying to raise an Evil Ghost. He specifically targeted pregnant women, using a secret art to kill them and turn them into a 'Mother-Child Flesh Bodhisattva.'"
"No, why are so many places suffering from such bizarre incidents?"
"Exactly. When a nation is about to perish, monsters and calamities always appear." A Bearded Man spoke up.
The group chatting heard this and hurriedly growled, "Don't talk nonsense!"
The Bearded Man glanced left and right before saying, "Don't be so sure. The Yuan Emperor has destroyed countless nations, leaving slaughter piled as high as the heavens. That caused resentment throughout the world to boil, leaving