Orianna added, "Therefore, in the Kingdom, it's very impolite to invite guests to dark places... because before Shadow Mist City was established, phantoms often lurked in the darkness, and people could only feel at ease when holding a lantern."
Mo Yuankai recalled the people of the Kingdom walking the night roads with lanterns in hand and realized with sudden clarity. It seemed that this custom had been passed down to the present day, with most people in the Kingdom still maintaining a dislike for darkness.
"When does intense negative emotion arise?"
"When betrayed, when faced with great setbacks... and at the moment of death," Kerky said with a smile, "you can consider a large portion of them as ghosts if you like, or in the words of your Empire, many phantoms are caused by resentment at work."
A howl of wild beasts came from the distance, and Mo Yuankai walked quietly, feeling colder the more he thought about it.
