Upon hearing this, Master was slightly startled.
He then placed the incense into Grandmaster's incense burner and said to me:
"War Soul, Xiao Jiang, how much do you know about the war souls around Miss Bai?"
I shook my head.
"Not much. I only know that they were generals of the Ancient Ba Kingdom. Like Xiao Yu, they were responsible for guarding the Nine Corpse Tower.
Xiao Yu told me that the Nine Corpse Tower had existed long before the Great Unification.
The shamans and priests of the Ancient Ba Kingdom had always guarded the Nine Corpse Tower.
But back then, they did not call it the Nine Corpse Tower. They called it the Abyss Ghost Cave.
The four war souls were elite generals selected for the task.
Like Xiao Yu, they guarded the Nine Corpse Tower..."
After hearing me out, Master frowned slightly.
"So those war souls are all old ghosts from thousands of years ago."
"Yes, you could say that."
I nodded.
Master took out a cigarette and lit it as he spoke.
"I was wondering why they were so powerful.
If we count it that way, then the war souls around Miss Bai are all ghostly heroes who have existed for thousands of years.
Nine Corpse Tower, Nine Corpse Tower... What exactly lies beneath it?"
Master lit his cigarette and took a drag.
I said to him:
"Xiao Yu said there are Ba, Xi, and Yi there."
As soon as I said that, Master's eyes flew open.
"What? Ba—cough, cough, cough..."
This old chain-smoker was immediately choked by the cigarette and began coughing nonstop.
"Master, slow down! Slow down!"
"Cough, cough, cough... Th-this... is this true?"
His face red, Master stared at me in utter shock.
His expression was much the same as mine had been yesterday.