Serving ghosts, really?
I stared at Pavilion Ghost with contempt in my eyes.
But the information he had revealed was extremely important.
Her Majesty the Queen was exactly like the female-dominated worldview mentioned by the Female Ghost from Dagong Village.
If everything he said was true, then the Five Great Kings...
Did that mean that besides this black-clad Rakshasa Ghost, there were four more like him?
"Old Ghost, there are four more Rakshasa Ghosts like this?"
Pavilion Ghost nodded.
"Probably, probably. The Spirit King said he was only one of the Five Great Kings. There were four other kings on equal footing with him."
My heart tightened. What a massive force.
This one force alone, this one "Spirit King," had raised so many ghost slaves.
Once they were unleashed, ghostly calamities would surely plague the surrounding area.
If the other four were the same and had raised this many ghost slaves as well, wouldn't that be disastrous?
This intelligence gave me a more direct understanding of Carefree Tower.
But on the surface, I did not show much surprise.
I simply continued asking,
"Where are the other four ghost nests of Carefree Tower?"
"I-I don't know. I-I only, only heard about them. Little brother, Daoist master, I've told you everything, everything I know. Please let me go!
"If anyone from Carefree Tower comes looking, I'll say the Spirit King was killed by some other force.
"I absolutely, absolutely won't mention you.
"That way, that way you won't be hunted down by Carefree Tower either."
Did Pavilion Ghost think I was an idiot, or was this simply the extent of his intelligence?
If I let him go because of that excuse, I would have died countless times already. How could I still be alive today?
All the more reason why none of