Only those who have received Madam Bai's order are qualified to leave the city.
Otherwise,
the guards at the city gates will beat them back with clubs.
Among those who leave the city, the most capable is Madam Bai's bestie, a demon corpse buried beside her. This demon corpse was revived after receiving Madam Bai's Guanyin, Jade Face, and White Bone curses, and had followed Madam Bai's orders ever since.
"Her name is Yu Qiang. She's a Carp Spirit."
Whenever Madam Bai spoke of Yu Qiang, her expression softened considerably:
"She is a very kind person. Without her, Hundred Refinements City would have become a terrible place."
She paused, then continued:
"I heard her mention it before. She died because she was struck by the Dragon Gate Curse. Once this curse activates, she must leap through the Dragon Gate. If she fails, she dies. She failed to leap through it back then, so she died. Her corpse was carried hundreds of li by the surging current and landed in Xiniu Hezhou. Many demon gods fought over her remains. In the end, all her flesh was gnawed away, and her useless bones were thrown onto Tiger Ridge..."
Madam Bai slowly recounted Yu Qiang's story.
Yu Qiang was different from Madam Bai.
Since she had only died within the past hundred years, she still remembered some things from when she was alive.
Unlike Madam Bai,
she had been dead for far too long.
So long that the passage of time had completely washed away all her memories from life!
She did not even know her own name.
She only vaguely knew that her surname was Bai.
So she called herself Madam Bai.
According to Madam Bai, after being infected by three curses and revived, she had initially been very innocent. Because she