The thin man had made a rather sorry entrance. But apart from looking disheveled and shaken, he seemed unharmed and hadn't run into any other trouble.
I helped him up and asked him a couple of questions. Once I'd confirmed he was all right, I felt relieved.
The little ghosts weren't hostile toward us. After Nan Tian talked with Lily for a while, they worked out how to get us into Economics University.
"We can fool those people. As long as we don't run into any ghosts, there'll be no problem." Lily lifted her chin high, looking extremely proud.
She was very confident, and even showed off a little trick.
Unfortunately, I could see yin energy, which meant I could sense anything unusual.
Lily's illusions were far inferior to those of the ghost at Guangyuan Mountain and the guide in Huixiang—not to mention the dishes made by the New Thing.
Lily couldn't fool me, but she fooled both Nan Tian and the thin man. The thin man sensed that something was a little off, but couldn't put his finger on it. With a moment's distraction, he could easily forget about it.
That probably showed the difference in our abilities in this area.
After thinking it over, I suggested that Nan Tian stay where he was instead of coming along with the two of us.
He was just an ordinary person. There wasn't much he could do by coming with us.
We owed it to Nan Tian that we'd found the little ghosts who were willing to help. It felt a little unfair to leave him behind after that, but I was also thinking of his safety.
I was prepared for Nan Tian to refuse.
Sure enough, he shook his head.
"I fell down here with you two. What's the point