Qin Ming welcomed the two ancestors into the room and brewed them some spirit tea.
Old Ancestor Qingxuan took a sip of the spirit tea before slowly speaking. "This matter must begin with the ghost calamity at Tai Lake within our kingdom."
"I presume Fellow Daoist Qin is already aware of it."
"At first, we too believed it was merely a ruin hidden beneath the lakebed."
"But as the excavation continued, we discovered that the lakebed was actually a forbidden area sealing away countless ghosts."
"The seal upon the ruins had originally contained flaws. After cultivators seeking treasure damaged it, all the ghosts sealed within were released."
"The scale of the ghost calamity is so vast that even our sect has found itself hard-pressed to deal with it."
"Thus, I could only contact our superior sect, Li Fire Palace, and hope for their assistance."
"Yet who could have imagined that Li Fire Palace had also fallen into the quagmire of war over the past several decades? I heard it has reached the point where even Nascent Soul ancestors have personally entered the fray."
"They simply have no time to spare for matters in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm."
Old Ancestor Qingxuan glanced at Qin Ming's reaction and continued.
"The ghost calamity is exceedingly grave. If it is not stopped, then when that time comes, not only Liang Kingdom, but the entire Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm will be spared by none."
"Among the ghosts emerging recently, Core Formation-level ghosts have already begun to appear."
"Alas, Elder Jade Balance of our valley happened to encounter a late third-rank Golden Toad Demon King breaking free while purging ghosts."
At this moment.
Old Ancestor Jade Balance beside him also let out a long sigh. "Had I not used a secret technique that consumed my