The attendant swallowed, "It sounds like the sharpening of a knife."
"Sharpening a knife, what's the knife for at night!"
Swish!
The sound of a large knife cutting through bone exploded in his ears. Li Tonglin felt a warm sensation on his face, and when he touched it, he could barely make out in the moonlight that his palm was stained with a horrifying red. He was stunned and looked to the side, where the attendant who had just been speaking lay on the ground, his head resting on Li Tonglin's instep.
The sound of metal dragging on the ground echoed from the main gate.
Li Tonglin was completely bewildered. As he looked forward, a blood-soaked ghoul with disheveled hair stepped over the tall threshold and walked toward him.
When the figure was half a zhang away, he finally screamed in terror,
"Xu Xueyi, why is it you! What... what have you done, what have you done!"
Xu Xueyi hissily spat through his teeth, "Killed your whole family!"
"How dare you, how dare you!"
