Festering Secret Tale Walkthrough - Phantom Blade Zero

Festering Secret Summary

Investigate the chain-sealed courtyard at the Outpost in Weeping Creek Valley, uncover how the Mandate disciples became Maskwalkers, and find Gu Lingran's Letter to Sect Leader Ming.

How to Get Festering Secret Tale

Approach the chain-sealed courtyard at the Weeping Creek Valley Outpost, opposite the blacksmith. Listen to the Mandate guards talking nearby to begin the investigation.

Festering Secret Tale Walkthrough

[1] Listen to the Ironchain Gate Guards.

Listen to the Ironchain Gate Guards near the Outpost Bell. This initiates the tale.

[2] Talk to the Petrified Mandate Disciple and defeat Peng Meng to get the Dread Axe.

During Against the Flow chapter, talk to the Petrified Mandate Disciple at the Oupost area in Weeping Creek Valley. You can go to Peng Meng's location and defeat him to get the Dread Axe.

[3] Investigate the chain-sealed courtyard at the outpost.

You will need the Dread Axe to access the chain-sealed courtyard. Obtain it by defeating Axemaster Peng Meng during the Four Fierce Axes Tale.

Use the Dread Axe to destroy the chains blocking the courtyard entrance.

Enter the courtyard and investigate the area. You'll find Mandate disciples who have become Maskwalkers. Defeat the Maskwalkers in the courtyard. One of them drops a Sha-Chi Amber Fragment.

[4] Uncover the Truth Behind the Maskwalkers

After investigating the courtyard, find the Swordsman Captain near the outpost entrance, around the Outpost Bell. He is sitting on a tree branch beside a large boulder.

Speak with him to receive the Captain's Order and the Written Order Wulin Tales Book.

[5] Complete the Deep in the Valley Tale.

Continue the main story until you reach the chapter, Steel and Steam. You can then complete the tale, Deep in the Valley. You will need the Sha-Chi Tower Base Camp Gate Key to open the gate near the Creek Valley Plains Entrance Bell.

[6] Get Gu Lingran's Letter to Sect Leader Ming.

Go to the locked Camp Gate at the Creek Valley Plains Entrance Bell. Find and talk to the Blue-Robed Swordsman to get Gu Lingran's Letter to Sect Leader Ming. This also part of the tale, Four Fierce Axes.

[7] Go back to the Swordsman Captain at the Outpost.

Fast Travel to the Outpost Bell in Weeping Creek Valley. Go back to the Swordsman Captain. Talking to him completes the tale.

Festering Secret Rewards

There is no reward for this tale.

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