When the Bell Rings, Wishes Come True

During the third year of the Eternal Dark era, a terrible drought struck. Then, in Shu, a backward-growing blood locust tree suddenly sprang up. Its roots pierced the earth’s veins and fed on the souls of the dead, while its crown bloomed with trumpet flowers that could foretell death. A secret ritual spread among the people: “Knock three times on the locust tree, and your wish will come true when the bell rings”:

On the night of a lunar eclipse, the desperate must find a blood locust tree

Make a wish

Knock on its trunk three times, and the phantom of a bronze bell will seep from the bark