"It's all right, don't be afraid," Shen Qing said softly, helping Gu Wanting lean against the wall nearby.
"Speak!" Xiao Yu raised the tip of his sword to the innkeeper's chin, his voice as cold as frost. "Where did the young girls in these ice coffins come from?"
The innkeeper grinned hideously, spitting out a mouthful of blood foam. "The King of Beidi wants to brew the elixir of immortality. He needs the heart's blood of three hundred young boys and girls as a catalyst..."
Chapter 23