"Second Senior Brother?! It's Second Senior Brother!"
At that moment, Ping'an also made out the face of the enormous ghostly figure ahead, and, like Xu Taiping, he could not help crying out.
Prompted by the two of them, Old Daoist Huang beside them also recognized Dugu Qingxiao. Horror immediately appeared on his face as he said:
"This is bad! If that truly is Dugu Qingxiao's ghost, after this Hundred Ghosts Night Run, I'm afraid his soul will remain in the Yellow Springs forever!"
Xu Taiping's heart jolted, and he immediately asked Old Daoist Huang:
"Elder Huang, why do you say that?"
Old Daoist Huang immediately explained to Xu Taiping with a grave expression:
"Xu Taiping, there's something you don't know."
"According to the records concerning the Nether Capital that I know of."
"The ghosts able to join the army of the White Bone Night Run have all passed the Netherworld Court's trial and will have a chance to become its Ghost Wardens."
"Those Great Ghosts at the very front of the Hundred Ghosts Night Run procession earlier were all Ghost Wardens."
"And the Netherworld Court's Ghost Wardens are, in fact, things sealed by the Netherworld Realm Edict. Once they become Ghost Wardens, they will then lose their humanity completely."
"And be reduced to puppets of the Netherworld Realm Edict."
At this point, Old Daoist Huang turned to Xu Taiping and said solemnly:
"When that happens, his existence will be no different from a wisp of wind or a ball of fire you sense in this world."
Xu Taiping's heart immediately sank, and he said:
"How could this happen?"
Although he had long guessed that Second Senior Brother would face immense danger in the Yellow Springs, Xu Taiping had always believed he could turn calamity into good fortune. He had never