The First Layer of Nine Nether Prefecture.
The White House.
Several ghostly figures suddenly appeared.
They lingered before the pure-white building made of bone, then knocked on the door.
"Who is—my lords!"
The masked man dropped to his knees the moment he opened the door.
The figures ignored him and entered the room.
The Ghost Entity at their center stood with his hands behind his back. Pale-faced and frail as a sickly ghost, he said softly:
"Tell me everything that happened, from beginning to end."
"Yes!"
The masked man recounted exactly how Xu Yuan had practiced Ninefold Nether Bonecraft.
They listened intently without saying a word.
When the masked man finished,
they exchanged glances, then looked at the wall together.
On the wall was the line Xu Yuan had left behind:
"Make Ninefold Nether great again!"
The leading Ghost Entity sneered and shook his head. "Refusing to hand over the vice general's Waist Token was bad enough. Now he's killed eighteen of my Skeleton Household Guards. We cannot let this go."
"Let's go!"
They left swiftly.
The masked man took several breaths to recover, then rose to close the door.
But several more Ghost Entities with vicious auras had appeared outside.
"My lords!"
He dropped to his knees again, bowing repeatedly.
The leading Ghost Entity said:
"Tell me everything that happened, from beginning to end."
"Yes!"
The masked man recounted exactly how Xu Yuan had practiced Ninefold Nether Bonecraft.
They listened intently without saying a word.
When the masked man finished,
they exchanged glances, then looked at the wall together.
On the wall was the line Xu Yuan had left behind:
"Make Ninefold Nether great again!"
The leading Ghost Entity studied the words and gradually fell into thought.
A long while passed.
Then he said:
"There's more to this fellow