Frankly speaking, the Withered Bone Pavilion has invested heavily in the ambush against Yang Xiao this time. To prevent any unforeseen events, besides the Great Protector and Xuansha Taoist, they've brought many Ghost-level experts, including individuals at Guardian Level.
You could say that if today's battle is successful, Yang Xiao and his group would have nearly wiped out all the experts of the Withered Bone Pavilion, except for the elusive patron.
In truth, Yang Xiao doesn't have much of a grudge against the Withered Bone Pavilion. It was purely coincidental that the damned patron took the Ghost Lantern's handle from Yang Xiao.
The handle originally belonged to his good sister, who gifted the complete Ghost Lantern to Hanjiang Jun, who was favored at that time.
Countless events took place over the next hundreds of years, but ultimately under his good sister's influence, the incomplete Ghost Lantern ended up in Yang Xiao's hands.
