After a few peals of thunder, the green-clothed man turned into a charred corpse and collapsed in the main hall, completely lifeless.
Upstairs, Qiao Yunyao and Zhuo Qingyan were about evenly matched in Dao Practice, but Zhuo Qingyan's melody, "Drunken Rain Pavilion," threw Qiao Yunyao's mind into disarray and filled her with an inexplicable sorrow. The Black Banner in her hand and the ghosts within it began to slow.
Though Zhuo Qingyan had a Ghost Body, she had dedicated herself to Cultivation for many years, unfettered by worldly desires. Having recently absorbed some Power of Incense and Candlelight, her Divine Soul was pure and fortified, completely unmoved by the yin winds and ghostly wails.
Qiao Yunyao, on the other hand, was openly ambitious and her desires ran rampant. With an already impure heart, her mind was now stirred by Zhuo Qingyan's melody. Scene after scene from her past swirled in her head, leaving her in a state of turmoil.
