Qing Lan.
That was the name of the ghost in the puzzle Su Bai was using at that moment.
Her name meant the cool mist among bamboo groves, and also evoked a gentle breeze capable of dispersing dense fog. It sounded like a name with quite a connection to Fog City.
Qing Lan must have been an accomplished painter in life, but she rarely mentioned her past, so Su Bai knew little about it. Still, although he did not know her past, their future paths had already become intertwined through the Vengeful Ghost Puzzle. He also knew that Qing Lan was a very gentle woman whose only wish after becoming part of the Vengeful Ghost Puzzle was to keep painting undisturbed.
Even before becoming part of the puzzle, Qing Lan had possessed formidable abilities, the most important of which was the ability to see "reality."
In fact, many ghosts in the Vengeful Ghost Puzzle could see through disguises and glimpse reality. Ghost Umbrella, whose power Su Bai had often borrowed before, was one such example. His gouged-out eye had the ability to see reality, revealing the ruin beneath the Happiness Residential Complex's peaceful facade.
However, whether he used Ghost Umbrella or another puzzle piece, peering into reality consumed Su Bai's own power, and the more power he spent, the deeper the layer of reality he could see. Only Qing Lan's ability was different. Before she became a vengeful ghost, back when she was still an ordinary painter, her eyes could already see things invisible to ordinary people.
So when Su Bai borrowed Qing Lan's ability, he could use her eyes to see through the superficial disguises around him without consuming any of his own power.
The world in Qing Lan's eyes seemed to have two layers. Most of the time,