Hunchback Ma's face was full of pain. Under the crushing pressure, he finally revealed the clue we wanted.
I widened my eyes and stared at the terrified Hunchback Ma as I pressed on.
"Where is the Royal City?"
"It's... it's at General's Tomb, on the mountain behind General's Tomb, behind the mountain..."
The mountain behind General's Tomb?
I froze for a moment, then hurriedly turned to the tense Zhou Family members.
"Zhou Qiang, where is General's Tomb?"
The moment Zhou Qiang heard my question, he trembled and immediately answered.
"It's... it's over by the great waterfall. It's... it's not very far..."
After Zhang Yuchen and I heard that, his face lit up with excitement.
"Ou Doudou, we found it! Brother Jiang, we really came to the right place."
I nodded excitedly as well.
"Zhang Yuchen, send a message in the group and explain the situation. Tell my master and the others to get here immediately."
"No problem!"
Zhang Yuchen immediately took out his phone and began calling people in.
Who would have thought that after searching the train station for an entire day without finding any clues about Evil King Kong Lingqi, we would uncover Kong Lingqi's location bit by bit through a single act of kindness—starting with Zhou Qiang, after helping him resolve his own trouble.
It was unexpected, and a pleasant surprise.
Then I continued questioning him.
"Hunchback Ma, how did you come to follow Kong Lingqi? Are you sure he's in that so-called Royal City right now?"
Hunchback Ma was in great discomfort beneath Zhang Yuchen's foot, but he continued answering.
"I'm sure. I... I came out of the Royal City on patrol.
"When I died back then, my ghost was summoned by the Evil King. The Evil King built the Royal City here and made ghosts