Fatty wasn't sure if it was because he'd been through too many high-level games, but he felt that a lantern made of human skin wasn't entirely beyond acceptance. After all, when he and the Doctor had done the Huang Family Ancestral Home mission, they'd seen a human-skin drum with their own eyes. Stretching human skin over a drum and making a lantern from it didn't seem all that different. Both were blood debts left behind by a wicked old society.
But judging by the Doctor's reaction, there seemed to be more to this than he'd thought.
Zhu Jie's expression was somber. She cursed under her breath. "This is bad. It really is a Luo Girl Lamp..."
Fatty pressed her for an explanation. "What? Why is this human-skin lantern called a Luo Girl Lamp? And what's the story behind it?"
After learning that they wouldn't die just yet, Tang Qisheng no longer looked quite so terrified. He lowered his voice and explained, "You may not know this, but there's a reason these human-skin lanterns are called Luo Girl Lamps. They originated in Luoyang, the Divine Capital. Legend has it that they were created by Xia Jie, the last ruler of the Xia dynasty. He was lecherous and cruel, and the Bamboo Annals record that he built the Palace of the Inclined, adorned the Jade Terrace, constructed the Jade Chamber, and erected the Jade Gate. He indulged in every imaginable luxury, sparing no expense. Most of all, he loved to search for beauties throughout the land, sequester them in his harem, and spend his days and nights drinking and carousing with them."
"They say there was a beauty in his harem with skin as smooth as jade, whom Xia Jie adored. But one day, while drinking, he suddenly noticed a scar on