The room contained living people ensnared in captivity.
Their eyes were devoid of any spirit, and all of them were locked inside iron cages. Their mouths were stuffed with rags, allowing only for unending muffled groans, incapable of uttering a single word.
Fan Wu looked around.
There were at least a dozen people.
Among them, the most eye-catching was a prison cart, an identical one to which Fan Wu had seen on a royal road. And in that particular cart sat a person dressed in a monk's robe.
Only... the robe was worn haphazardly, as if someone had hurriedly thrown it on in a frantic moment.
This person.
Was no longer breathing!
If his guess was right, could this person be the next one to undergo the "Becoming Buddha Ritual" and achieve enlightenment on the spot?
How tragic.
"You... you're not a monk?" Suddenly, a voice reached Fan Wu's ear.
Upon closer inspection,
