Upon hearing the Eastern Ghost King’s words, Qin Liuxi’s face also took on an unpleasant shade, her mood worsened as she recalled the divination just now.
The Eastern Ghost King, having apparently offended her, dared not even breathe loudly upon seeing her cold and stern expression.
"Have you found Zhou Le’s soul? What about in the Underworld?" Qin Liuxi asked.
The Eastern Ghost King spoke, "We have each searched, but found nothing. The Ghost Messengers haven’t seen him reporting to the Underworld either."
So that means Zhou Le has either been utterly destroyed or entirely devoured.
"You cast a divination." Qin Liuxi commanded.
Understandably, the Eastern Ghost King placed a ruby necklace on the small table, "Looking for a person, oh, searching for a ghost?"
Qin Liuxi shot him a look, set the necklace aside, picked up three Copper Coins, shook and tossed them with both hands, repeating this thrice, then recorded the hexagram on paper to deduce its meaning. After a while, she furrowed her brow and said, "It is the ’Kan is Water’ hexagram, an ominous sign."
’Kan is Water’ signifies hardship, peril, and downfall. The water hexagram is water upon water, flooding Sifang with calamitous omens and insurmountable difficulties, suggesting a journey of no return.
The Eastern Ghost King’s face grew even paler.
"Are you saying Zhou Le has already..."
"Vanished from the world."
The Eastern Ghost King’s soul body trembled, lips quivering as he said, "He was also a Ghost King. If he was devoured by that Evil Ghost, who has suffered imprisonment for many years, could he pose a threat to Zhou Le?"
Qin Liuxi spoke indifferently, "Even a rotten boat has three nails. Moreover, that Evil Ghost is the Evil Buddha Siluo."
"What?" The Eastern Ghost King shrieked, "The same Siluo from the massacre of Tu Shicheng?"
Qin Liuxi nodded, "That’s right."
The Eastern Ghost King collapsed onto his seat, his soul body wavering.
It was said that Siluo had slaughtered an entire city thousands of years ago with merely a tap of his Magic Wand, extinguishing the lives of thousands of beings. His excuse was to rebuild the Holy Land.
In truth, it was mere slaughter for sport, utterly disgraceful.
"What’s there to panic about?" Qin Liuxi glared at him.
The Eastern Ghost King was almost in tears as he spoke, "My lord, it’s the Evil Buddha Siluo. You’re young and may not know how vile he is. He’s utterly deranged, viewing human lives as no more than ants."
"You won’t even allow someone who has been imprisoned for years to repent and turn back from the edge?" Qin Liuxi said.
The Eastern Ghost King scoffed, "You don’t sound very convinced by that yourself."
Qin Liuxi asked, "Have you Ghost Kings heard of any area suffering calamity?"
"No," everything seemed normal as usual.
"Then there’s nothing to worry about. He himself has yet to dare to show up and is still laying low. Either his Primordial Qi is greatly damaged, or he is biding his time for a major move!" Qin Liuxi narrowed her eyes.
The Eastern Ghost King was taken aback.
Who was it just now that said Siluo had repented and returned to the proper path?
"He devoured Zhou Le, that would be quite a nourishment."
Qin Liuxi tapped the table with her fingertip, "The hexagram indeed suggests danger and downfall, but it’s not certain whether Siluo is the one who devoured him. We still need to ask Kuang Shan, the newly ascended, about anything unusual when Zhou Le disappeared."
Mentioning Kuang Shan, the Eastern Ghost King grew discontent, saying, "You mention him, with his thousand years of cultivation; yet, he understands nothing. Even if he’s newly arrived, shouldn’t he have made contact with us Ghost Kings after ascending? Not to mention making tributes."
Even with Zhou Le gone, now that he has ascended, he is the junior, yet he’s clueless about paying respect to his seniors!
The Eastern Ghost King’s eyes darted about as he said, "We Ghost Kings won’t say anything; we are but mere lackeys. But my lord, he didn’t even come to pay respects to you. Isn’t that blatantly disregarding you?"
Heh, who says that applying eye medicine is only something the living do? He, a grand Ghost King, could also play at that game!