"Someone vanished?"
"How did they vanish?"
Jiang Qiao grew interested when he heard Jin Shanba's words.
"I don't know."
Jin Shanba shook his head. "The boat was still floating on the lake, and the person was still on the boat. Everything looked normal."
"But after the boat returned—"
"They found that the person had stopped breathing."
"No one knew how they died."
"They examined the body and couldn't find any wounds. It didn't look like they'd been directly killed by a curse, either."
"It was more like their consciousness had been dragged away."
As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Qiao.
This man... those Blue Eyes from yesterday could appear within the consciousness of living people too.
Liao Yang, who had remained silent beside them, shuddered all over.
Fear showed on his face.
For someone as gentle and unhurried as him, this had truly scared the life out of him.
Jiang Qiao paid no attention to their reactions.
After hearing him out, he looked thoughtfully toward the lake.
The sound of water continued.
"Splash—"
"Splash—"
It was getting closer and closer, sounding strangely lively.
Just then, two red lights suddenly lit up amid the mist in the distance over the lake.
"Hm?"
"What's that?" Jiang Qiao narrowed his eyes.
At his words, the others looked over as well.
"This is..." Jin Shanba's expression changed.
The lights were somewhat hazy, flickering erratically.
One moment they were on the left, the next they appeared on the right. They bobbed up and down, sometimes high and sometimes low, as though someone were carrying two lanterns across the water.
"You recognize them?" Shen Boxia asked.
"I've heard of them."
Jin Shanba stared nervously at the two red lights. "But I don't know what they are."
"I only know they're dangerous."
"I've been getting by