"Ping..."
Zhong Feiluan tucked the Sin Item into his sleeve and looked at the figure about to vanish amid the rows of bookshelves, unsure how to begin.
The situation changed in an instant. Ji Li had suddenly reported something, Yi Tong remained silent, the counselor blocked the doorway without entering, and Ping Wenbin abruptly turned into a ghost...
Mo Lan stared intently at "Ping Wenbin's" back and said in a low voice:
"He hasn't turned into a ghost. This is Ghost possession."
"Sister Yi Tong, what exactly is going on?" Lu Jingting asked timidly, shrinking behind everyone else.
Song Yitong frowned as she repeatedly flipped through the thread-bound book in her hands, shaking her head and muttering:
"This isn't right. How did things end up developing like this?"
Ji Li stood at the very front of the bookshelves, watching "Ping Wenbin" weave through the volumes. His movements were stiff and slow, as though he were searching with an absolute purpose.
After a moment of silence, he beckoned to the others.
Song Yitong glanced up at him and was the first to walk over. The rest could only follow, their expressions grim.
"Director, the Red-clothed Ghost stole his identity, but it didn't leave immediately.
"I think that even with its status, it still needs other conditions to leave the library."
"It's that book."
Ji Li kept his right hand in his pocket and leaned on his cane with his left as he moved from bookshelf B to bookshelf C, his gaze fixed firmly on the Red-clothed Ghost.
"To leave the library—or to advance the Special Path—it needs to obtain a specific book.
"When the Red Net world arrived last time, the Red-clothed Ghost stole your identity, and all the books were shattered.
"But this time, it stole a student's identity and