(Heartfelt thanks to 'Thor of Thunder L' for the 1888 reward! And thanks as well to 'Shao Feng Ye', 'Tsuki Yuutsuki', 'Yunqi Qinggu', 'Lei Xiang', and 'Yan Yu Jiangnan' for their rewards!)
"Is that Eientei...?"
Gazing at the house at the end of the mountain path, Wu Yan murmured as though entranced.
It was merely an ordinary house!
More than that, calling it an extremely simple and crude house would not have been an exaggeration!
Yet, Wu Yan sensed an unusual aura from it.
It was an aura that seemed to transcend time, transcend space, and stand apart from the entire world—an aura with an overwhelming sense of presence!
That aura made the simple, ordinary house seem transcendent in an instant, giving it an air of returning to simplicity. It also stirred an irresistible urge to peel away its layers and lift that transcendent veil to see what truly lay inside.
It was precisely that urge that left Wu Yan somewhat entranced and impatient to head over.
However, Wu Yan understood as well.
That transcendent feeling hanging over the house did not belong to the house itself, but had been bestowed upon it by the being inside.
Wherever one walked, traces remained. Wherever one lived, an aura lingered.
There was no need to say it: the reason this house, with its transcendent air, made people impatient to tear away the mystery shrouding it was because within it lived an existence whose presence was so extraordinary that one could not help wanting to meet them...
"We finally found it..." Patchouli, whose stamina had always been pitifully weak, collapsed onto the ground and panted heavily.
"From now on... I'm absolutely never coming somewhere this far away again..."
"Phew..." Even Alice could not help letting out a long breath of relief. She glanced