One minute later.
Ye Lin frowned slightly, looking at the Incense Ash He Zheng held out while scratching his head, his thoughts racing.
According to their recollections, none of them had done anything in the Main Hall. They had not even touched anything else, so there was no chance they had triggered something.
The only questionable thing was the handful of Incense Ash He Zheng had secretly stuffed into his pocket.
"Ye Lin, there's probably nothing wrong with this stuff, right?"
"Look, we're all blessed by the Three Pure Ones. This Incense Ash has to be fine."
Reluctant to part with the Incense Ash he had brought out, He Zheng gave a couple of awkward chuckles, thinking of his big rooster.
"My guess is, maybe we triggered a ghost along the way?"
"Surely the big shots didn't get angry just because I brought out some Incense Ash?"
Ye Lin said nothing, a flicker of hesitation in his eyes.
It was true that the ghost might have appeared along the way, with no connection to anything they had taken from the Main Hall.
But there was one thing he could not let go of.
He did not know what kind of ghost it was, but he must have seen it. Otherwise, he could not have become aware of its existence.
So that ghost had to be following them in some way they had not imagined.
Even possession required a trigger. They would still have had to come into contact with something.
But none of the six were newcomers. They could not have been stupid enough to touch things at random along the way.
(Working backward, if the Incense Ash was the problem, why would it be a problem?)
(Were we not allowed to take anything out of the Main Hall?)
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