The day after meeting with Calvin Cao, Ian Song set out for the Northwest Imperial Province.
At its peak, the Northwest Imperial Province had a population of over eight million, but now it is less than one million. That means seven million have died from famine, war, and other disasters.
It was precisely because so many died that a Ghost Domain formed in part of the Northwest Imperial Province.
Greetings, Your Highness!
Upon arriving in the Northwest, Ian Song went straight to the Provincial Governor’s Residence. The current governor, Derek Hill, was a direct subordinate of Ian’s, so he greeted Ian with exceptional respect.
Although Ian Song had given up his military command, Calvin Cao did not suppress his officers. Instead, he offered high positions to win them over. Not only Derek Hill, but even Victor Wu was appointed Provincial Governor of Dragonreach Province.
As for Ian Song’s brother-in-law, Chris Chen, after campaigning for months under Ian’s guidance, he broke through to the Innate realm. He now serves as Frostmarch Regional Military Commissioner, commanding fifty thousand troops, bringing great honor to the Chen family.
You may rise.
Ian Song gestured for him to stand, then sat at the head of the table while Derek Hill carefully took the seat below him.
Tell me about the Ghost Domain.
Ian Song didn’t waste words and went straight to the point.
Having followed Ian Song for so long, Derek Hill understood his character and began to explain in a serious tone.
The Ghost Domain is located in a small town thirty li outside Yulong City in the Northwest Imperial Province.
During the day, the town is merely gloomy, but at night, all sorts of ghostly wails echo—even residents in Yulong City can hear them. Fierce ghosts roam, dragging away souls.
At first, the fierce ghosts only haunted the area around the small town, but recently they have appeared near Yulong City itself. By six in the evening, no one dares stay outside the city walls.
During this time, Calvin Cao, the prefectural governor of Yulong Prefecture, hired Buddhist and Daoist experts to exorcise the ghosts. Not only did they fail, but they lost their lives.
After multiple failed exorcisms, Calvin Cao reported the crisis to the Provincial Governor’s Residence.
Derek Hill then sent a five-hundred-man elite detachment to investigate the Ghost Domain, entering during daylight.
As a result, two hundred men were lost inside.
The remaining three hundred returned, but all fell gravely ill. Now, only eighty-six survive.