On that particular morning, several changes happened in Haowen Town and only people like Zhan Rong and beings like Jiang Li sensed it. Only they felt the tension slowly filling up the air.
Gu Mochou was one of them. She felt that the streets became cleaner, with dirty things out of sight, yet the atmosphere was heavier because the ghosts were depressed.
Aa storm was secretly brewing and its scale might reach the capital. She knew that the reason was the monks that began to take control of the local government behind the scenes and made the police force exceptionally active. They were that triggered by the deaths of the three innocent Daoists.
As the guilty party, there was no one else around who should feel the urgency to leave. Yet for some reason, she remained in the town, showing no whatsoever intent to go back to the city.
"I won't go back yet," she even told her cousin.