The moment I saw the black-clad woman carrying a lantern appear, I immediately thought of the warning the old man ghost had given me last night.
A Great Fiend carrying a lantern was coming. I needed to be on guard.
I sized up the woman in black. She was not alive, but a ghost.
Yet the yin energy emanating from her was incredibly heavy—so heavy that goosebumps rose layer by layer along my arms.
That meant this Female Ghost possessed formidable soul power and could not be underestimated.
Her strength had most likely reached the Red-Clothed level. But she carried no baleful aura, so there was a strong chance she was a ghost cultivator...
Before I could speak, the Female Ghost carrying the lantern politely addressed me:
"I heard a Yin Longevity Shop opened in Mountain City. Looks like this is the one."
Hearing that, I nodded slightly.
"An honored guest has come to our door. May I ask where you come from?"
The woman in black smiled and continued.
"Black Bamboo Mountain in southern Sichuan."
The moment she said that, my heart jolted violently, and my face filled with shock.
I stared at the black-clad woman before me with an incredulous expression.
The very first thing out of her mouth was a bombshell.
No wonder the old man ghost had said last night that a Great Fiend carrying a lantern would come.
She was actually from Black Bamboo Mountain in southern Sichuan.
That place had another name—the Ravine...
What kind of place was that? A death zone infamous far and wide.
A terrifying region located at 29° north latitude.
Its notorious reputation echoed not only through the Feng Shui world; even ordinary people, especially those interested in geography, should have heard of its fearsome name.
Even before I entered