Skulls and bones scattered everywhere, resentment surged into the sky.
Even though it was broad daylight, the entire sky appeared dim and cheerless, enveloped in a somber deathly pall.
Below, Taoists and Taoist disciples used carts to transport corpses outside the city to be burned, to prevent plagues or the birth of fierce ghosts.
Lin Yang, the plump man, led twelve Taoist disciples in arranging purification rituals to release the departed spirits, every household draped in mourning garb.
This calamity resulted in over 9,000 injuries and deaths, revealing the devastating impact of the skilled combatants involved.
On top of the city wall stood Song Lin, pondering how to disclose the calamity to the outside world.
If the perpetrators were revealed to be jungle Taoists, what would the common folk think?
After all, Xuanke Temple was under jungle jurisdiction, and this might undeniably damage its credibility.
