Chapter 201 - 190: Heart Pierced By a Hundred Swords; Savage Ghost Takes Form
Why were they all staring at him like that?
Suddenly, Xie Lian heard a whisper from the side, "So similar.."
"It's not just similar... it's the exact same!"
"Is it really him?"
Someone bluntly asked, "You are... that prince?"
Out of habit, Xie Lian started to say, "I'm not..."
Yet, before he could finish, he realized that the white silk that he used to cover his face had been undone. In this moment, the thing that had him completely tied down was that exact white silk. His face was now fully exposed in front of the crowd before him.
Xie Lian's heart felt as if it was dangled by a single thread, but he steeled himself and met those gazes.
He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he saw a tinge of suspicion stirring inside the looks that they gave him. But, at least, perhaps due to the imminent danger at hand, those eyes didn't bear any hatred or anger as he had feared. However, in the next second, a wave of inhuman howls sounded from outside the temple.
Xie Lian whipped his head around and discovered that the source of the howl came from the face diseased infectees that he had previously been knocked down. They had somehow regained their footing and their number increased in folds. Hand in hand, they circled outside of the Crown Prince temple while chanting. One couldn't tell if they were performing a horrifying ritual or whether if they were purely dancing as the crazed demons they were. The crowd inside the temple huddled together in absolute terror. A young child broke out in cries and the parents took him into their arms while covering his eyes and ears. Every face in the room was stricken with horror, "What do we do? What do we do?"
"Would these people be able to break in..."