I was thinking about it when Mao Jing had already converted the address given by the short, stocky Braided Ghost into its modern equivalent:
"If it was at the southern foothills of Yan Mountain, west of Chaobai River, in Sanhe County of Zhili Shuntian Prefecture—
"It should be somewhere in the outskirts of Capital City, north of Tongzhou, west of Baichao River, near Shunyi."
I wasn't familiar with Capital City's geography, but I felt there was a need to investigate this great tomb.
With that thought, I spoke to the short, stocky ghost again:
"What was buried with them in the Antai Great Tomb? Are you really sure that father and son are still in the tomb?"
That place was near Capital City, where the Ten Thousand Red Clouds converged—the ultimate destination of Fortune of China.
The Strange Tales and Anomalies Investigation Bureau, the Dragon Protector Clan, and the others all guarded Capital City.
Could these ghosts and evils still hide there?
After hearing me, the short, stocky ghost and the gaunt ghost nodded again:
"In the tomb! In the tomb!"
"The lord and the young master are both in the tomb. They devote themselves to seeking immortality and have never left it. At least, they never came out before we left.
"If they did leave, it was only to make us servants lure some living people into the tomb at certain times, so the lord and young master could absorb them for cultivation..."
"..."
At that, I turned and glanced at Mao Jing.
When Mao Jing saw me looking at him, he had already guessed what I was thinking, even though I hadn't said anything:
"You want to go there?"
I nodded slightly:
"That's right. Great tombs where people seek to become immortals through corpse liberation after death usually