All kinds of smells flooded his nostrils. Qing Ge had never expected that, even after sacrificing so many living people, he would still be dragged into the Shadow World.
"This monster's appetite keeps growing."
Deprived of sight and hearing, he felt as though he had been locked in a cage. But Qing Ge was not afraid. All his confidence came from the Black Blade in his hand.
The blade had not originally been black. It had simply become steeped in blood and corpse oil, and daily wiping with talismans had filled it with a sinister power.
"Every smell represents a person. I can't tell the good from the bad, but as long as I kill everyone who comes near me, I'll get out sooner or later."
The dog pit in Lame Bay Village was a place Situ An valued greatly. He did not care about the abilities of the monster inside it. What he needed was something else.
When the Hanhai Charity Federation built a school at the Temporary Shelter, locals had told them that a madman used to live in the dog pit. After some children burned the "Bamboo Mother" he had woven for himself, he became intensely hostile toward children. He abducted children from the village like a man possessed, then tortured them to death.
Qing Ge recalled Situ An's instructions. The basic requirement for Borrowed Yin Lifespan was a child whom a ghost had tortured until they begged for death. The crueler, the better. He had to make those children willingly abandon all hope of living and believe that life itself was torment. Only then could their yin lifespans be borrowed successfully.
Qing Ge knew Situ An had done many things that diminished his yin lifespan. To help Situ An stay alive, he had to bring out