"The people didn't return, but his Soul-gathering Banner just floated back!"
The burly man pointed toward a distant embankment, and everyone hurried over to look. Indeed, there was a tattered Black Banner floating by the shore, utterly devoid of any spiritual radiance.
"The Soul-gathering Banner is Five Ghost Taoist's Lifebound Magical Treasure..."
Someone started to speak, but didn't finish their sentence, yet everyone understood the implication—the Five Ghost Taoist must be dead.
"Golden Light True Man, Jade Tower Sword Immortal... None of the twelve cultivators who entered Long Silence Lake have come back..."
Someone counted and spoke with a tremble in their voice.
Everyone was silent.
"When Five Ghost Taoist entered Long Silence Lake, I was also nearby," someone said. "He was commanding the Five Ghosts, and at first everything seemed fine, but then he suddenly took a turn... I thought he had discovered something, but looking at it now, it appears he got lost."
