Raphael quickly slipped through the small cave into the Evil Spirit's "dwelling."
The morning glories here had already begun to wither, a sign that the Evil Spirit was under heavy attack.
This left Raphael feeling a little guilty. The dozen or so zombies he now controlled had all been actors in the Evil Spirit's Mountain Opera.
The "Faceless Jade Pendant" he had just acquired had practically been delivered into his hands by the Evil Spirit, too. And now the Evil Spirit was wearing down the Five Lakes Sword Sect disciples for him.
They were complete strangers, yet it had done him such a huge favor. Raphael decided to burn some spirit money for it when he got back.
Raphael sent a zombie into the cave full of morning glories while he stayed outside.
The cave was shallow enough to see all the way to the back. First, Raphael spotted several shriveled corpses, all facing deeper into the cave. They seemed to have met with some sudden mishap while entering and died on the spot.
But the Evil Spirit probably hadn't killed them, or they would have been performing Mountain Opera long ago.
Morning glory vines spread out in every direction from beneath the feet of the corpse farthest inside.
Raphael realized that this corpse was the foundation of the Evil Spirit's existence.
In other words, the person this corpse belonged to had become that Evil Spirit after dying.
Raphael carefully moved the zombie a few steps closer and examined the corpse's clothing. He soon found a waist token engraved with the word "Penglai."
Clearly, they were Penglai Immortal Sect disciples sent here on an earlier expedition.
Yet this Evil Spirit had become an obstacle preventing the current group of Penglai Immortal Sect disciples from advancing.
The surrounding morning glories began