The forbidden zone was divided into three floors.
The Third Floor, where Ji Li and the others were, and the second floor, where Xu Nan was, had both entered a state of supernatural cleanup across their entire areas.
But something had walked from the second floor into the Third Floor.
On the second floor, the darkness once reinforced by supernatural power had also been cleared away. Though it remained dim, it was no longer so dark that one could not see a hand before one's face.
The Black Robed Figure moved through the gloom, sometimes flickering into view, sometimes vanishing. Rings of tiny black markings floated around it.
With enough light, one could have seen that the black markings forming those rings were actually individual black characters, orbiting it like floating particles.
The Black Robed Figure, the true original owner of this red forbidden zone, possessed the ability known as "Writer."
Although Gu Xingjian had usurped most of its abilities, it could still delve into supernatural incidents as the owner of the forbidden zone.
The Feather Pen's supernatural cleanup did not seem to have affected it much, as evidenced by its ability to slip from the second floor into the Third Floor.
As for why the Black Robed Figure had not been cleared away by supernatural cleanup, the reason remained unknown.
But its direction was clear: it was heading toward Room Number Four.
The relationship between Gu Xingjian and the Black Robed Figure was not as antagonistic as Xu Nan had guessed.
The Black Robed Figure wanted to stake its bet on Gu Xingjian to oppose the Heavenly Sea;
Gu Xingjian, in turn, needed its ability to obtain Xiao Qian Duyue's eyes.
It was a relationship in which each got what they needed.
But this also indirectly revealed two crucial