“Where is the Stranger? You’re not leading us on a wild goose chase, are you?”1

The group had followed Ye Qing through countless twists and turns for about half an incense stick. Yun Yan and the rest of the Sentinels were still patient, but Hu Nu just could hold it in any longer and exploded.0

“We’re here! It’s right over there!” Ye Qing stopped in his tracks and pointed toward an alley.0

Hu Nu stared at the alley with a frown. “That’s… Longevity Alley. Why did you bring us here?”0

Right now, every shop in Longevity Alley had a white lantern hung on the entrance. They swayed to the wind and cast orange candle light and eerie shadows on the limestone floor. It looked both hypnotic and eerie.0

Longevity Alley was the place to purchase candles, mock ingots, coffins, burial clothes, paper objects and all other funeral or ceremonial items. The reason every shop in Longevity Alley had a white lantern hung on the entrance was because it was a traditional custom in Chu. Nighttime was the time where yin energy was strong, and yang energy was weak. Naturally, shops that sold funeral or ceremonial items like theirs were bound to attract ghosts and other...3