Of course.
These were all folk legends, hardly reliable.
Most were just meant to scare people.
What proof did you have that a ghost had gnawed on it? I could just as easily say a person had eaten it... oh, that might be even scarier.
The water rippled.
Ripples shimmered across the lake.
The farther they went, the thicker the mist over the lake became.
Yet the bridge itself remained entirely free of mist, leaving the way ahead clearly visible. The overall effect was as though a "wall of mist" had appeared on either side.
Or, to put it another way.
The stone bridge was a passage carved through the ghostly white mist.
"It's getting stranger and stranger."
Jiang Qiao sat at ease, pretending to share the other three passengers' unease. In truth, his eyes kept studying the lantern that shone with blue-green light.
Strictly speaking.
This lantern wasn't frightening. It was only a second-tier Supernatural Item.
Yet it could drive away evil entities.
And allow the carriage to travel safely along the road.
It has nothing to do with how dangerous the lantern itself is. What matters is its origin. The evil spirits in this Supernatural Space might be able to sense the evil spirit connected to it.
Just because Jiang Qiao couldn't spot anything unusual didn't mean the local ghosts and monsters couldn't.
Take that arm from earlier, for instance.
After it grabbed the wheel, the blue-green light hadn't actually done much damage to it. It had probably pulled back so quickly because it sensed something that frightened it.
Very interesting.
This lantern's origin might be connected to the source of this Supernatural Space.
While Jiang Qiao pondered this, the carriage had already crossed the lake. Its wheels bumped against solid ground as it rolled onto a country