Chapter 4476: Breaking the Taboo

There must be a hidden story behind this, but the secret within is likely known only to a few people; at the very least, people like Dong Chengji do not know it.

If even Dong Chengji doesn't know, then presumably the upper echelons of the Ghost Mansion don't know either…

Xiao Fan sighed, turned around, and flew away, having lost interest in the subsequent battle.

In Xiao Fan's view, even if Dong Chengji were to be defeated here, the Heavenly Court would not dare to attack afterward.

After all, if they did that, it would be equivalent to touching the soft underbelly of the Ghost Mansion, which would surely enrage the Ghost Mansion, and the Heavenly Court would gain nothing from it.

If his guess was correct, the Heavenly Court would surely just wear them down little by little.

Once they had worn Dong Chengji down enough, they would move on to wear down other places…

If he could, Xiao Fan really wanted to meet the people from the Heavenly Court and ask them what their actual plans were.

Unfortunately, Xiao Fan could not meet them…

In a flash, seven days later…

Xiao Fan returned to the Nether Ghost Mansion. Recently, Xiao Fan had gained considerable influence in the Ghost Mansion, so he sent a few trusted subordinates to secretly investigate matters regarding Reincarnation.

The Nether Ghost Mansion was in charge of Reincarnation, but how exactly this Reincarnation was managed was something Xiao Fan had only heard of; he had never seen it himself until now.

Xiao Fan suspected that everything was related to Reincarnation; if he could understand Reincarnation, the subsequent events would be explainable…

Xiao Fan's subordinates accepted the order and began to investigate diligently.

However, the subordinates Xiao Fan had sent out all died unexpectedly in less than half a day.

Moreover, they were left without even a corpse; the cause of death was angering the monsters in the gray mist.

The Nether Ghost Mansion was filled with thick gray mist. As one's Token level increased, the range one could enter into the gray mist expanded; otherwise, entering the gray mist without authorization would result in calamity.

However, the few subordinates of Xiao Fan who died were not newcomers who didn't understand the rules of the Ghost Mansion; normally, they would not have made such a low-level mistake.

Yet they still died, and they died in the gray mist…

The suspicious nature of this matter only deepened, making Xiao Fan even more confused about what secrets the Ghost Mansion truly held.

The death of his subordinates made Xiao Fan extremely furious.

The subordinates he had sent out died while working for him, which undoubtedly touched Xiao Fan's weak spot.

"Gray mist…" Xiao Fan murmured.

In the Nether Ghost Mansion, it seemed that only the Ghost Lord could control the gray mist.

Could it be that the person who controlled the gray mist to kill his subordinates was the Ghost Lord?!

Was the reason for the killing because they had investigated Reincarnation?!

And thus they had touched upon the Ghost Lord's taboo?

Or perhaps the monsters in the gray mist had previously received orders that if anyone wanted to investigate matters regarding Reincarnation, they would attack?!

Both possibilities were plausible, and both could have occurred…

Xiao Fan hesitated for a moment, then decided to go out himself to test it.

Thus, Xiao Fan went out personally to secretly inquire about matters regarding Reincarnation.

Every time he asked, the result was the same: no one knew anything about Reincarnation.

However, after every inquiry, Xiao Fan felt that he was being watched… those were the cold eyes of the strange beasts in the gray mist, staring fixedly at him.

However, these strange beasts watching him were not in a hurry to attack.

Xiao Fan suspected it was because of his Token; he was now a Ghost Wood Envoy, and his rank was high after all, which was why the strange beasts had not acted rashly…

"If that is the case…" Xiao Fan murmured, continuing to investigate matters regarding Reincarnation, thereby angering the monsters in the gray mist.

Because Xiao Fan kept breaking the taboo, the monsters in the gray mist became increasingly enraged…

Soon, Xiao Fan encountered the first monster to attack him.

Originally, these monsters would only stay within the gray mist and would not leave it, but this time, a monster had actually taken the initiative to leave, and not only did it attack Xiao Fan, but it also tried to force him into the gray mist.

Once he was in the gray mist, the outcome for Xiao Fan could be imagined; surely, many, many monsters would swarm and attack him afterward.

"Vile beast!" Xiao Fan shouted angrily and threw a punch.

"Boom."

"Rumble."

With a single punch, Xiao Fan shattered the monster in front of him. His entire Aura was astonishing; simple gray mist monsters could not do anything to him at all.

"Too weak…" Xiao Fan shook his head disdainfully.