And now, the little lake and Baxuan Stockade had both fallen into Yellowstone Stockade's hands. Confidence surged throughout the stockade. Its Warrior leader had even begun dreaming of swallowing the other Tribal Stockades and taking Rock-Piercing Stockade's place.
But that dream had barely lasted a few days before trouble came. Over the past two days, more and more Ghost Creatures had begun harassing the stockades.
Baxuan Stockade suffered worst of all. With no Ancestral Spirit to guard it, Ghost Creatures attacked it again and again, leaving its people in a constant state of panic.
Baxuan Stockade had offered almost no resistance when Yellowstone Stockade annexed it, hoping for the protection of Yellowstone's Ancestral Spirit. But now that the spirit could not protect them, the people of Baxuan Stockade gradually began to have other ideas.
That mood spread through the stockade, and it did not escape Shi Shou, Yellowstone Stockade's Warrior leader. It only made him more anxious.
"Wizard, what's going on? Where did all these Ghost Creatures come from?"
Yellowstone Wizard sat cross-legged on a heated bed. His room looked much the same as those of Hongdong Wizard and Flowerfoot Wizard.
If there was any difference, it was the abundance of gold ornaments he wore. Even the floor of his room was golden.
Yellowstone Stockade was said to have gotten its name from the great number of yellow stones nearby.
Smoke curled around him. Through its blue haze, Yellowstone Wizard seemed to gaze into another world...
Only after a long while did Yellowstone Wizard come back to himself. "They're nothing but Ghost Creatures," he said hoarsely. "Ignore them. The Ancestral Spirit has devoured Baxuan Stockade's Ancestral Spirit. Once it has had time to digest it, it will grow even stronger...
"What it needs now is worship from more people. If