"Five days from now, Guanyin Lake. A ghost story for me alone."
Qin Manjiang spoke at an unhurried pace.
Yes...
This was the real reason he had returned to Fu City this time.
"There was another reason you didn't invite Chen Zhiyuan, wasn't there?" Yan Xiao suddenly asked.
Qin Manjiang froze, then smiled helplessly.
He hadn't expected Yan Xiao to be the one who truly saw through him.
But that was only natural. Before today, Yan Xiao had understood Qin Manjiang better than anyone. The two had talked about a great many things by the river.
Still, Qin Manjiang hadn't expected Yan Xiao to be this perceptive.
"Yes." Qin Manjiang nodded and looked at everyone again.
"This wasn't a sudden decision. You should all know that the claim that you can exchange five hundred Spirit Pupil Points for a chance to leave the [Eye Realm] permanently came from Yang."
Qin Manjiang suddenly mentioned someone they all remembered.
Qin Manjiang had considered this even before he obtained five hundred Spirit Pupil Points. He had only done it after careful deliberation.
The appearance of Moon City's Ten Seats twenty years ago had once stirred some very troubling thoughts in Qin Manjiang's mind.
He had indeed opened the ten coffins inside the [Eye Realm Phone], leaving ten empty coffins behind. No... it should be nine. Jiang Du had already left Shen Hai's backup in one of them.
But although ten empty coffins had been left behind at the time, had he really released ten people?
Qin Manjiang couldn't be sure.
He strongly suspected... that only eight people had been released.
Dog had said that Kong wasn't their real leader. Their true boss had awakened before the others and had long since left.
That person was very likely Yang...
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