Chapter 520: Whispering Oak Inn (2/2)

”The Whispering Oak Inn is located in the center of all cities,” she began explaining. ”Even the most powerful ghosts in the ghost realm dare not cause problems when it comes to this faction, and it is one of the few factions in this entire Ghost Realm. To get ghosts to work together is extremely hard.”

Xue Wei nodded his head. It made sense, so he also held some hope that this place would be able to help them with locating the people they were looking for.

Lan also felt his heartbeat rise, and he could not help but feel hopeful that they knew of Li Zhiqing. Although he had patiently waited for so many years, he was unable to keep the same aloofness now that he was in the Ghost Realm.

While he kept a hope that she was still a ghost, he had to admit that the fear of her having been consumed had long since entered his heart.

He was scared of facing the truth. When he had not entered the Ghost Realm yet, he still held onto the hope that she was having a decent life somewhere else, and that he could reunite with her at some point.

However, now that he had entered the Ghost Realm, he suddenly began to feel fear. What if she did not exist anymore? What if she had been consumed by someone else, and her light had been extinguished forever?

Xue Wei understood Lan's worries, but he was not sure what to say. He was not that good at comforting others, and he could not say for sure that she still existed in this Ghost Realm, as he really did not know.

While he was hoping for it with all his heart, he could not assure Lan about something he himself was insecure about.

Lan understood Xue Wei's thoughts, and he was not expecting to be comforted. However, he could feel that he was worried about him, and he felt moved.

After a bit of time, they arrived at the very center of the city. Here was a massive square which was bustling with activity, ghosts were rushing through the busy streets, and Xue Wei was quite shocked by the scurrying ghosts.

Why were they rushing around like this? Was there anything they needed to do? This Ghost Realm was truly confusing for Xue Wei. Many of the common things from the world of the living did not exist here, but even so, everyone was hurrying to do something all the time.

He shook his head; it did not matter to him why they were so hurried; instead, he looked around the square, his eyes focused on a building on the opposite side of the square. It was magnificent.

The building was towering towards the sky, it looked domineering, and not many dared to get close to it, and those who did were all looking at the building with reverence as they slowly made their way through its doors.