Pei Ling looked at Wei Huai with fresh curiosity. Wasn't he taking this a little too much for granted? Did he not doubt any of it? But to Wei Huai, Pei Ling had been the one to break through the illusory sea of flowers and reveal the sea of Red Spider Lilies beneath it. Breaking through it again hardly seemed strange.
Yet the scene before them was not as simple as an illusion.
Although Pei Ling's Spirit Fire Grand Formation had burned away all the Spirit-Devouring Insects, it had not harmed the Red Spider Lilies in the slightest. It was not that he had not wanted to burn them; the Red Spider Lilies had simply ignored the damage from his spirit fire entirely.
It was a subtle sensation. Since Pei Ling had laid out the formation himself, he knew exactly what had happened inside it. Rather than saying the Red Spider Lilies had simulated the sight of the spirit fire burning, it was more accurate to say they had preserved that sight, then released it again.
A truly marvelous ability.
Pei Ling had never seen a plant like this before, either. He did not know the details of who had discovered this Secret Realm in his previous life or who had cleared it. As for this plant, if it had not deceived the cultivators' eyes, it would never have had a chance to survive.
Of course, none of that mattered.
Pei Ling walked ahead with his arm around Qiao Ranran and sent out several streaks of spiritual light, but they struck nothing.
Qiao Ranran frowned at the scenery before her. A thought flashed through her mind, and she looked up at Pei Ling. "Junior Brother Pei, could it be..."
Pei Ling nodded and murmured, "Mm."
Yan Qingsui clicked his tongue.