Everyone else was discussing wizards, secret realms, magic, and ghosts, so no one noticed what Lily was doing. Husky Girl's habit of running around everywhere out of sheer curiosity had long since become a natural phenomenon. Even if she suddenly squatted down, dug a hole, and buried herself, no one would probably give her a second glance. Thus, Lily stood blankly beside the platform, eyes wide as she listened to voices that seemed to come from some unknown spacetime. It was only when those voices gradually turned into static, like the noise of a radio encountering interference, that she suddenly snapped awake as though emerging from a dream.
Lily shook her ears. She could no longer hear the ghosts, and the faint shadows in her eyes also gradually faded like ripples on water. She raised her Ice and Fire Claws and swiped at the air a few times, finally confirming that they were all illusions.
Hao Ren finally noticed what she was doing and called out from a distance, "Lily, what are you doing?"
"I heard someone talking just now!" Lily immediately scampered over to Hao Ren and told everyone what she had seen and heard.
Nangong Sanba frowned. "Information left behind by ghosts?"
"Didn't you say the spirits here were all very weak, and that they had become impossible to distinguish from one another after mixing together?" Hao Ren glanced at Sanba. "What's going on?"
Nangong Sanba looked at Lily curiously and casually scattered some powder into the air. "The spirits here really are very weak. See for yourselves—"
As soon as he finished speaking, the powder he had scattered floated in midair under the pull of magic. It spread around them like mist, then began emitting a faint glow. The weak light slightly illuminated the dim surroundings. Within