A pillar of light truly did appear above the roof of Mo Beixing's courtyard.
At first, the pillar swayed a little, as though the night breeze were blowing against it and it might scatter at any moment.
Soon, however, it began to brighten, abruptly swelling from the thickness of a finger to that of an arm.
Yet as the pillar grew thicker, its light seemed to become somewhat fainter.
"Is that the pillar of light you were talking about?"
Before Yang Qing had even finished speaking, Mu Feng and Jiang Zhizhou leaped up in unison, both soaring toward different sides of the roof.
But before they could get a clear look, the pillar of light suddenly dimmed.
Their surroundings grew dark again.
"See? I wasn't wrong. The pillar only appears for a very short time, but it's extremely dazzling," Lin Zhong said beside them.
"Yongquan and I watched this courtyard for several days because of it, but apart from that mysterious pillar of light, we saw nothing else."
"That's because you were looking in the wrong place," Yang Qing said unhurriedly.
His words left both Lin Zhong and Du Yongquan stunned.
They had been looking in the wrong place?
But wasn't that pillar of light the strangest, most unbelievable thing here?
Yang Qing smiled without speaking, simply watching Jiang Zhizhou and Mu Feng swoop up and down above Mo Beixing's courtyard like two large, graceful birds.
After about half an incense stick's worth of time, Jiang Zhizhou and Mu Feng finally descended, landing right beside Yang Qing.
"Did you see anything?" Yang Qing asked with a smile.
"There's actually another courtyard behind this one," Jiang Zhizhou said. "It's just hidden by the courtyard in front."
Another courtyard?
Those words left Lin Zhong and the others utterly dumbfounded.
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