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"": "The Heaven-Veiling Object on Immortal Cave Mountain was the Plague Ghost. That was all but certain.
As Luo Bin had said in Upper Clarity Hall, he countered ghosts.
There had simply been too many ghosts earlier, and Old Gong had struck first, so Luo Bin had not used the lantern.
Even if using the lantern to disperse the ghosts earlier had worked, they most likely would not have made it into Immortal Cave Mountain. They might well have exhausted the lamp oil outright, too.
The four headed up the mountain.
Qin Tianqing said quietly, "A plague born of earth qi, ghosts walking in daylight. It can take the form of anyone it has eaten. Whenever a great ghost like this appears, the Yin-Yang World usually mobilizes all its forces to destroy it."
"A rogue immortal?" Luo Bin's expression shifted slightly.
"No. A rogue immortal becomes the other person. A Plague Ghost is still just a ghost, a single skin that can assume countless forms," Qin Tianqing explained.
Luo Bin fell silent again.
Back then, that Night Watch had taken the form of his mother, He Lianxin. Wasn't that precisely the Plague Ghost's ability Qin Tianqing was describing?
At the time, Xu Lu had said Luo Bin did not understand Plague Ghosts, so explaining would not mean much. As a result, Luo Bin knew little about them, only that the Grand Night Watch was a Plague Ghost.
He had never imagined that walking in daylight was merely one of its traits, and that the ghost could also assume countless forms.
In fact, looking back at the Night Watches... every City God Temple could have one. Its ability had been apparent all along.
Soon, they had walked two or three li without encountering any danger.
Fourth Master