When he left the Awakening Sea, he felt that everyone harbored an evil ghost within their heart. After coming out, the hearts he saw and the soul auras he smelled were mostly the same. Yet among the teeming multitude, he had caught the scent of a soul so unyielding.
He thought that people were all transformed from evil ghosts. So long as they restrained themselves from emerging, they could walk the world in human form. It was time for him to return to the Awakening Sea. There was little point in running away for so long; it made no sense for his friends to be striving while he let himself go.
"What is that smell? It's so fragrant?"
After seeing He Zhizhuo off from Baigu City, Bian Chunchou caught the mouthwatering scent of spirit food wafting from the courtyard. It smelled far too good—this was utterly testing his fragile willpower!
Striving for Supremacy
After that night, the forces of Baigu City underwent a massive reshuffling.
The Wei Household leaped into becoming a central pillar of the city, while the six Aristocratic Clans, including the He Household, swiftly lost power. As the six clans' misdeeds were gradually made public, their reputations stank to high heaven.
Wei Mian ultimately did not slaughter every last member of the six clans. Even so, life for their people in Baigu City was far from easy; they could even be said to have become targets of universal condemnation. Under such circumstances, more and more collateral branches cut ties with their main families, and some were so ashamed of their original surnames that they went directly to the government office to change their clan names.
As a collateral member of the He Household, He Zhizhuo had naturally lost his position at the City Lord's Office long ago.