To deal with disobedient students, we still need the master to step in!
Just as Xu Qing finished exorcising Ghost Master and was planning to handle the next corpse, a heart-wrenching ghost wail suddenly echoed from the Ghost King Mausoleum twenty miles away.
Did it say 'No'?
Xu Qing, always vigilant of his old neighbor's movements, listened carefully for a while. After not detecting any other disturbances, he confidently continued to exorcise the remaining skeletons.
...
Deep within the Ghost King Mausoleum.
A lone emperor, donned in a Dragon Robe and wearing a fringed crown, sat on the throne.
Before him, one by one, the loyal ministers and the ladies of the harem revealed relieved smiles and vanished.
In life, the Many Calamities Ghost King was an emperor; in death, a ghost king. He was not foolish and quickly identified the problem.
Why did only the ministers and consorts vanish while the Ghost Generals remained unaffected in the hall?