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Li Yuan gently wiped Sheng’er’s cheeks. “Stay here. Guard the Ghost Prison. Don’t let anyone near.”
With that, he rose to leave.
Just then, new voices rose from the burning city, different this time. They were louder and more unified, the earlier noise was swept away entirely by the surge.
“It’s the Lotus Cult!”
“The remnants of the Lotus Cult remnants have infiltrated Silver Creek!”
“Close your doors and windows! Yan Yu and Lady Divine Crow will protect us!”
“The Lotus Cult is spreading lies! Everyone stay inside! The temple will cleanse the city of these intruders!”
“Beware the Lotus Cult scum, they’ve come for revenge!”
Li Yuan couldn’t help but laugh.
Sheng'er blinked, stunned. “Where’d the Lotus Cult come from?”
Li Yuan grinned. “The same place those lies about your mother killing people came from.”
“...” Sheng'er looked at her father, puzzled.
Li Yuan said, “People need an enemy. If they need the Lotus Cult to blame, then it is the Lotus Cult.”
“This...” Sheng'er’s gaze fell over the chaos. All of this was so dark, too dark.
Li Yuan chuckled. “Your Seventh Mother, she’s something else. With no warning,...
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