Months ago, the backyard of Cui Haisheng's manor in Jingtao had been deemed a forbidden area. Screams and shouts could be heard from the region from time to time, and the household servants and guards stayed as far away from it as they could. Just looking in the direction of the backyard would give them chills as they shuddered in fear.0

Every day, there were countless headless corpses that had to be retrieved from the backyard. Those who had been assigned such a responsibility returned from it shaking and shivering; some even suffered a major illness.0

Tang's eyes twitched as he headed to the backyard himself.0

"Damn it, Cui Haisheng! He told me he was going to help me raise my cultivation, but he ran off to the Spirit Emperor's hidden realm and ditched me. I even have to take care of Envoy Ying!" Tang clutched a letter as his heart thumped.0

As he stepped into the backyard, he found it surrounded by black smoke. His body suddenly turned chilly. Dozens of shadow cursed effigies had surrounded him and were reaching out for his head with their claws, as if about to pluck it from his body...0