Ghost Valley

"Over the top?" Zhang Xiaohua froze, then feigned anger. "Could it be that your Third Senior Sister assigned me an impossible task?"

Seeing Zhang Xiaohua's somewhat exaggerated expression, Zhang Ping'er relaxed somewhat as well. "It isn't exactly impossible. If it were impossible, why would she send you to do it?"

"Then what is it?" Zhang Xiaohua continued smiling.

"This... I don't know yet," Zhang Ping'er said without thinking.

With a thud, Zhang Xiaohua collapsed to the ground. After a long while, he muttered, "Since even you don't know, how can you say it's over the top?"

"Senior Brother, although I don't know what your task is, I know where you're going." Zhang Ping'er looked as if she hated iron for refusing to become steel. "Yesterday, I asked Third Senior Sister, but she refused to say a word. It was only early this morning, when she was about to issue orders for preparations, that she revealed the location of the test."

"Oh? Where is it? A den of dragons and tigers?" Zhang Xiaohua asked curiously.

"The place Third Senior Sister arranged for your test is Ghost Valley!" Zhang Ping'er said angrily.

"Ghost Valley?" Zhang Xiaohua was even more astonished. "Where is this Ghost Valley? How come I've never heard of it?"

"It would be strange if you had heard of it!" Zhang Ping'er sneered. "Ghost Valley is a gorge beneath the mountain where Lihuo Hall stands. Only Lihuo Hall disciples know of it; even disciples from the other inner sects know very little!"

"I see. But... why is it called Ghost Valley? Are there ghosts inside?" Zhang Xiaohua probed.

"How could there be ghosts? If there were ghosts, wouldn't there be immortals in this world too?" Zhang Ping'er laughed, then explained, "This Ghost Valley has quite a long history. According to