Dzongben Caiwang wore a bitter expression as he said, "I truly don't know. Could someone have inadvertently slipped it in when I was purchasing ritual implements?
"Surely I wouldn't knowingly bring something uncanny into the temple.
"Wouldn't that be courting death?
"If I'd known about this, my daughter and I wouldn't have been caught up in this terrifying rampage of Vengeful Ghosts either. Both my servants died in the Ghost Domain!"
Dzongben Caiwang's face was deathly pale, and the lingering terror was still written across it.
"Nothing uncanny on this scale has occurred around Corpse Camel Temple in a hundred years!" the Sutra Academy Abbot said in a low voice. "First the Mani Piles collapsed, and now the rampages of Vengeful Ghosts throughout Mìdì are growing worse and worse..."
The soul-herding monk Basang pressed his palms together and said, "Eminent monks, this humble monk was inadvertently dragged into this by that Mirror Ghost. Might I leave your temple?"
A Chief Steward of the Entire Monastery glanced at him and said, "Master, this incident has far-reaching implications. Who knows what other uncanny events are unfolding outside? You would be safer staying at Corpse Camel Temple."
That meant they would not readily let anyone leave.
Basang had expected that the people of Corpse Camel Temple would not readily let anyone leave. He had only asked to test the waters, so he could only cooperate and remain at the temple for now.
An upright man had no fear of a crooked shadow. He too had merely been caught up in this, so he was not worried about his safety.
The chief steward signaled for a monk to take this outsider to stay in a guest room.
He looked at the sealed golden box and ordered two Binding Monks to escort it to the