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“Xia Wuqi said he used to be Emperor of the Xia Dynasty. Got a little too clever for his own good, though. He faked his own death by staging an assassination, just to dodge being buried in the royal mausoleum and turned into the Northern Dipper’s puppet.”
“Smart,” Han Feng said. “Among the six thousand or so resting in the Deathless Tomb, Xia Wuqi’s one of the strongest. He’s one of the few closest to breaking into second rank.”
The little crow muttered, “Yeah, well, he’s just an old man trying to trick me.”
Li Yuan asked, “What did Xia Wuqi say?”
The crow replied, “He said he once heard a strange rumor back when he was Emperor. He never shared it with anyone, but he did dig into it himself.”
Li Yuan waited, eyes narrowing.
“He said he encountered a monster in the Outer Regions. Incredibly powerful. No mind to speak of, but just barely shaped like a person. Back in his prime, he tested its strength. His conclusion? That monster was about as strong as he was. The only reason he survived was because it lacked intelligence. If it had been even a little smarter, he might never have made it out.”
Han Feng thought for a moment, then said hesitantly, “I’ve heard of something like that too. It might be called a blood walker, a monster of blood and flesh, stripped of skin.”
She paused, then added, “The old woman I possessed once read a book called Wonders Beyond the Realm. It mentioned a creature like that. In the West, dwells the blood walker. Blood and flesh without skin. Eternally searching for robes. Loves to peel the skin from the living and wrap itself within…
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