Hearing Shen Xi ask that question again, Wu Feng froze for a long while before finally replying:
"It is the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the twenty-fourth year of Jinghe in Great Xia."
After noting down the year, Shen Xi continued, "Does the Great Xia Government have a department dedicated to yin cultivation?"
"I don't know. At least, I've never heard of one."
"Where in Cangzhou are we?"
"Chen Family Village, under the jurisdiction of Wuya County, Yunyao Commandery, Cangzhou Prefecture."
"Have you ever heard of Otherworldly Fiends?"
"No."
"Have you ever been to Lanzhou?"
"No."
"Have you..."
The questions and answers continued for a full five minutes. After that, no more text appeared before Shen Xi's eyes.
After waiting half a minute, Shen Xi thought for a moment and spoke up herself. "What exactly happened to the woman who was drowned in the pond at the west end of the village? Why haven't you dealt with her?"
This time, Wu Feng did not keep her guessing as he had before.
"That woman was falsely accused. Those who die unjustly harbor tremendous resentment. On top of that, she remained a widow for three years, yet her parents-in-law never spoke up for her. Resentment like that is very difficult to dispel."
"I'm waiting for her to kill a few more people and then come ashore."
"Once she's on land, she won't have much of her power left. She'll be easier to deal with then."
Shen Xi frowned.
So he was waiting for the female ghost to kill people. Shen Xi had misunderstood him.
Shen Xi had always assumed this yin-yang practitioner had refrained from acting because the situation was complicated.
She had never expected that he was simply waiting for the ghost to kill.
Shen Xi recalled what Chen