Black Snake could not understand it. However stupid they were, surely they could deal with a yin soul that could not bear the light?
So what exactly had they been doing for more than two months?
This business had already delayed fishing. Any longer, and the continuous rainy season would arrive. Black Snake felt the trouble in the neighboring county would never reach the Azure Cloud Monastery; heading to the river to catch fish and fill an empty belly mattered more.
Before Black Snake could leave, the number of pilgrims climbing the mountain suddenly increased. Fear colored their words as they discussed the news in lowered voices: the Ghost King in the neighboring county had actually held a lavish wedding procession in the dead of night.
The suona horns had wailed shrilly, and countless ghostly silhouettes had flickered through the darkness. Many people had seen them with their own eyes.
Black Snake was very curious.
In more than three hundred years of life, Black Snake had seen the bustle of living people beating gongs and drums, draped in red and festive finery, but this was truly the first time hearing of a Ghost Creature putting on a grand wedding procession. While pondering this, Black Snake heard a familiar whistle through the air drawing closer.
Looking up, Black Snake watched Xiao Yu circle several times, fold her wings, and land lightly nearby.
"Why haven't you gone to the river to catch fish?"
Black Snake flicked out a forked tongue and replied helplessly.
"I was going to, but the Ghost Creature in the neighboring county has been causing more and more trouble. I'm worried it'll come over here to stir things up, so I don't dare stray too far from the mountain."
Recalling the strange affair the pilgrims had been discussing lately,