"Sure, sure!" Xiao Xiao agreed cheerfully, and the two left the Island Lord's Mansion together.
In the side hall, Wu Heng stood alone for a while, deep in thought, before finally walking out.
He greeted the female members of his family and headed upstairs.
...
Returning to the study.
Glenda immediately sensed something was wrong with him and floated closer to ask, "What happened?"
"We might have completely miscalculated... The Divine Spirits, they might really be descending soon." Wu Heng's voice was grave as he quickly recounted the information brought by Lilith and his own deductions.
The atmosphere in the study dropped to freezing point in an instant.
The expressions of the three Ghosts turned extremely serious.
If it had merely been the death of a regular informant, perhaps it could have been explained away as an accident or as the Holy Court killing in rage.
