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On Bird Beak Slope, various colored banners unfurled in the wind, and the mountain mist mixed with incense ash and paper money howled past, making it almost impossible for people to open their eyes.
Even though the time for the great sacrifice had been postponed to noon, the sky above Beimang Mountain remained exceedingly gloomy.
Furthermore, it was the fifteenth day of the seventh month, typically the Ghost Festival when the Ghost Gate opens wide.
Unintentionally, what seemed to echo in everyone's ears were no longer the sounds of the wind, but rather the sobbing wails of ghosts and howling of wolves.
Inside the Royal Mausoleum, within that majestic and imposing Enjoyment Hall,
The main sacrifice of the "Corpse Sacrifice" ceremony had begun.
Everything was strictly carried out according to ancient rites, under the arrangement of these three subordinates of the Prince Mansion—the Ritual Officer, Jishan, and the Ceremonial Place.
