In an instant, both their faces turned deathly pale.
"Could this be that legendary Ghost Feast that spirits lay out before taking people's lives?"
"Does that mean we just ate all these things?"
By then, the other guards had noticed it too.
"Daoist Priest."
The Sixth Princess turned her gaze back to Xu Taiping, seeking confirmation.
General Chu and Cao Qianhu also looked at Xu Taiping nervously.
"That's right. You fell under a fox spirit's illusion as soon as you came up the mountain. To break the illusion on you without hurting you, I could only wait by the stump for the rabbit, until that fox spirit appeared."
Xu Taiping nodded.
"What about the fox spirit?"
The Sixth Princess pressed.
"Dead. If it hadn't died, how could your illusion have been broken?"
Xu Taiping replied.
Hearing this, the Sixth Princess immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Daoist Priest, that ghost food... did we all... eat it?"
Cao Qianhu pointed at the plates of "cold scraps and leftovers" on the ground and asked Xu Taiping nervously.
The Sixth Princess had not noticed at first, but at Cao Qianhu's words, her little face turned deathly pale, and she nearly vomited.
"Daoist Priest, I..."
The Sixth Princess immediately looked at Xu Taiping nervously as well.
"Everyone except you and me ate it."
Xu Taiping said evenly.
At these words, the mass graveyard immediately rang with retching.
As they vomited, everyone recalled the scenes of themselves feasting heartily while under the illusion, and the sounds of vomiting multiplied.
The Sixth Princess also remembered that she had kept wanting to try that plate of Fragrant Jade Hairpin, only for Xu Taiping to call her over to try his roast lamb.
"Thank you, Daoist Priest!"
Filled with lingering fear, the Sixth Princess thanked Xu Taiping, gratitude