After a satisfying meal, we all returned to the hotel. As soon as I walked in, I collapsed onto the bed. Rachel Lan sat beside me and began to massage my shoulders.
"It's fine, Rachel, I..."
"Qingyuan, just lie down and relax."
With Huang Jun and Lan Yin snickering, I awkwardly turned over. Exhausted, John Chou began to recount how to ignite the furnace, skillfully avoiding any mention of the Yin Ghost.
Seeing my puzzled expression, Rachel Lan seemed to sense something, and so did Hu Tianshuo. Naturally, none of this escaped Poison Dreadstar's notice.
About half an hour later, John Chou explained the method to ignite the furnace to Poison Dreadstar. She giggled.
"Forget it. Even though you're still keeping something from me, I won't press further. After all, you've already shared such a huge secret, and I'm more than satisfied."
Then Poison Dreadstar began to explain. Back when the leader of the Ghost Syndicate was still around, only the Three Dread Stars and the Five Ghost Elders knew about the forging furnace. Yet none of them knew how to forge or ignite it; everything was kept secret from outsiders.
At that time, the leader of the Ghost Syndicate wanted to equip every member with ghost weapons forged specifically for their main ghosts. All current members of the Ghost Syndicate's Tiangang and Disha divisions have weapons crafted by the old leader, tailored to their ghosts' unique traits.
Even the Three Dread Stars and Five Ghost Elders— the weapons for their strongest ghosts were all forged by the former leader of the Ghost Syndicate.