"What is this Yin Gathering Great Array?"
The Hundred Ghosts Emperor asked, rubbing his still numb mouth.
He truly didn't know who had concocted such ridiculous anesthetic.
He, a dignified demigod, couldn't even withstand a single syringe.
"What Yin Gathering Great Array?"
"Are you playing dumb with us?"
"Jiangcheng, Beibei, halfway up the mountain, orphanage..."
"Do I need to be more specific?"
Hu Sanqiang slapped the table, feigning anger.
Upon hearing this, the Hundred Ghosts Emperor immediately became displeased, "You scoundrel! What you're talking about is my Hundred Ghosts Array, not some Yin Gathering Great Array!"
"Can't you, a country bumpkin, stop renaming my things?"
"What?"
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You guys don't actually think that dense ghost energy was created by me, do you!"
After speaking, the Hundred Ghosts Emperor sat down on a nearby chair.
Ke Wudi poured him a cup of tea and said lightly, "From what we know of you, it shouldn't be."
"But we haven't seen each other for decades, so it's hard to say if you might have had some ulterior motives to catch up with us..."
"You're talking nonsense!"
Hearing Ke Wudi's teasing, the Hundred Ghosts Emperor was so angry that he slapped the armrest of his chair.
As a result, because the anesthetic's effects hadn't completely worn off, he couldn't control his strength and shattered the chair he was sitting on.
"If I, this heaven-defying scoundrel, had done such a thing, would your precious disciple still be here talking to you?"
"Senior Hundred Ghosts is right, and I also believe he's not the kind of person who would assassinate innocents for the sake of cultivation."
Following the Hundred Ghosts Emperor's words, Qin Xuan moved a larger chair for him.
The Hundred Ghosts Emperor took it with one hand and instinctively thanked Qin Xuan.
But it wasn't until he sat down and looked at the familiar face before him that his old face flushed, and he began to curse.
"Scoundrel, scoundrel, scoundrel!"
"I almost fell for your trick!"
"If you hadn't brought people to covet my Hundred Ghosts Array, how could I have ended up in such a sorry state?!" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Qin Xuan chuckled sheepishly, "Didn't this yin energy affect my friends?"
"Since I had the ability, I naturally had to investigate."
"As for the fight, it's true that I acted improperly."
"But you also had murderous intent at the time, so let's just call it even, call it even."
While saying it was even, Qin Xuan actually felt a little guilty.
From the conversation between the Hundred Ghosts Emperor and Ke Wudi, he could tell that the former was not a heinous villain.
If that was the case, then his previous actions had blocked someone's path to advancement.
Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents.
Blocking someone's advancement is the same principle.
Moreover, not only did he block someone's chance for advancement, but he also used his wit to make a demigod-level figure appear naked in front of others.
If one were to delve deeper, the humiliation would be immense.
Fortunately, the Hundred Ghosts Emperor didn't dwell on those details.
Apart from still being bothered by the matter of the Yin Gathering Great Array being stolen, he didn't seem to hold much resentment towards Qin Xuan.
After all, the overflowing yin energy had genuinely caused harm to two ordinary people.
It was understandable that Qin Xuan stepped in to handle it.
"Hmph, I'm only not holding this kid accountable because of the three of you old fellows. Otherwise, I would have stripped him bare and thrown him into Longmen Square!"
Glaring at the smiling Qin Xuan, the Hundred Ghosts Emperor snorted proudly, took a sip of tea, and then began to explain the origin of the Hundred Ghosts Array.
"Actually, I only sensed the existence of that yin energy after I traveled to that place."
"Twenty years ago, in order to break through my divine-level bottleneck, I left you all and traveled all over the country."
"When I passed by that small mountain in Beibei, I suddenly sensed a very astonishing ghost energy gathering halfway up the mountain."
"I was overjoyed and immediately set up the Hundred Ghosts Array, which can gather ghosts and condense souls, to absorb and refine it."
"But just as I finished setting up the array and was about to absorb it for my breakthrough, I discovered that this ghost energy was full of impurities."
"There were many fearful auras, as well as much resentment."
"With no other choice, I could only let it grow there, using the Hundred Ghosts Array to slowly purify it."
"At the same time, I was curious about what had happened there, so I investigated the vicinity carefully."
As he spoke, the Hundred Ghosts Emperor's expression became serious, and his entire demeanor changed.
His eyes focused, and killing intent radiated from him.
"I discovered that it was a secret base set up by the Japanese."
"They used the orphanage as a cover, extensively searching for children under the age of ten to perform evil rituals."
"Their purpose was to use the souls of our Dragon Country's children to enhance their strength and raise Shikigami!"
"Even after the Japanese were defeated, many Japanese secretly continued such activities!"
"It wasn't until forty years ago that those Japanese were all mistakenly killed in a riot, and these rituals were officially forced to stop."
"In other words, most of that ghost energy, filled with fear and resentment, belonged to those children who suffered unprovoked disasters!"
"Damn it!"
Bang!
With another loud bang, a small sofa exploded.
However, this time the destroyed sofa did not belong to the Hundred Ghosts Emperor, but to Qin Xuan.
As a young man born in the 1990s, he already bore in mind the things the Japanese had done years ago.
Now, learning of such an inhumane event, he could no longer contain his anger.
As for Ke Wudi and the others, they were also extremely indignant after hearing the Hundred Ghosts Emperor's account.
However, since they were all people who had experienced great storms, even if they were angry, they would not easily reveal it outwardly.
"Senior Hundred Ghosts, after investigating for so long, have you found out which force was responsible for this?"
Ignoring the shattered remains of the sofa beneath him, Qin Xuan immediately asked the Hundred Ghosts Emperor with hatred.
The Hundred Ghosts Emperor nodded confidently, "With me taking action, of course I found out!"
"Not only did I find out who the perpetrators were back then, but I also found out who the super-forces behind them were!"
Upon saying this, the Hundred Ghosts Emperor proudly raised his head, but then he couldn't help but complain:
"It's a pity that you, with that soul body, destroyed my Hundred Ghosts Array. Otherwise, I would have already gone to Japan after my breakthrough and uprooted these two forces!"
Hearing this, Qin Xuan also felt a bit awkward.
But what he wanted to know more now was the mastermind behind it.
So, even though he was being complained about by the Hundred Ghosts Emperor, he still braced himself and asked, "Then who exactly committed such a heinous act?"
"You mentioned earlier that they used souls to raise Shikigami. Could it be that the main force behind this is the legendary Onmyoji?"