The strange figure listened to Lu Feng's call from his hiding place. At that intimate cry of "Xiao Yi," his entire body froze, his face full of emotion.
Still dazed, he heard Lu Feng personally declare that he was alive. The stirring emotions in his heart could no longer be restrained, and he instinctively stepped toward Lu Feng.
But after only a few steps, he froze again. His expression complicated, he touched his face. When his hand reached his jaw, long stripped of all flesh and reduced to stark white bone, he withdrew the foot he had stepped out, shrinking back beneath his grotesque and ferocious appearance.
No, I can't let Brother Feng see what I look like now.
A trace of terror and bewilderment surfaced on the figure's face. Just then, he heard Lu Feng's feignedly angry rebuke.
Driven by the obedience buried deep in his heart, he once again instinctively wanted to reveal himself and meet him.
Caught between wanting to and not wanting to, his already hideous face became all the more chilling and terrifying.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, a gloomy voice rang out with surprise and suspicion. "Now that you've tested that man's identity, what are you still hemming and hawing over, kid?"
Lan Tianyiqi was startled. Yet the gloomy voice's words cleared his mind somewhat.
After a long silence, a gentle voice slowly spoke. "I can't let him know what I look like now. Otherwise, with Brother Feng's temperament, he'll definitely rack his brains trying to take me out of this Ghost Place."
"And I can no longer go back."
"I don't want him to watch his good brother remain here with his own eyes. That feeling of helplessness is unbearable."
Hearing this, the gloomy voice seemed moved. It let out a rare, mournful