Lv Elevated Man's words snapped Top Scholar Lv back to his senses. "The sound of gongs? A wedding or a funeral? Let's go!"
People in their line of work were all too familiar with the sound of gongs.
Lv's Troupe hurried along the village path toward the source of the sound. The faint beating of the gong grew steadily louder. When they saw the sound was coming from a grand mansion, the smile on Top Scholar Lv's face was almost impossible to hide.
However, as soon as he squeezed through the crowd to see what was happening inside, his smile instantly vanished.
Inside, a unibrowed Taoist in a yellow Daoist Robe and a black Daoist Crown was conducting a ritual. At that moment, he was holding a copper gong, beating it vigorously around a man lying on a plank bed. With every strike, the man—his face as white as paper—trembled uncontrollably, as if something inside him was trying to burst out.
