Unlike Colma.
The moment Su Shijun stepped into Three-Have Bookstore, she heard a splash beneath her feet. She stumbled and fell into water. Cold surged at her from every direction. Instinctively, the witch summoned the magic power within her, and her green fox tails unfurled like a lotus, but they could not keep the chill at bay.
Fortunately, the water was not deep. When she struggled to her feet, she was astonished to find it reached only her calves. The river was clear to the bottom. Multicolored pebbles lay scattered across fine sand, dark-green weeds swayed in the current, and several lovely shells hid among their roots.
Su Shijun felt that she was not Su Ya. She had no business picking up those shells.
Which left her rather annoyed that she had not brought Su Ya today.
The witch clenched her delicate fists and irritably called on her magic power, intending to dry herself and drive out the chill. The next instant, she realized with surprise that she was not wet at all. Then she remembered where she had come today.
Perhaps this was a test?
Suspicious, she took a step forward. The shallow river offered no resistance, but the chill gathered behind her as ripples spread to either side.
The witch stopped abruptly.
She could clearly feel the chill flowing into her fox tails. When she looked back, one of them was taking solid form at an astonishing speed.
After advancing to Grand Wizard, Su Shijun had gained four tails, but three remained insubstantial. Making them real would take a long time and a vast accumulation of magic power. A Registered Wizard advancing to Grand Wizard had to forge a true body, but not all at once. They could begin with a bone, an eyeball, a hair, or a