After responding with the word "Watch," Ren Ye saw a Star Gate appear before him. Without hesitation, he stepped inside.
Cold, tremors, the light and shadows around him twisting to the extreme...
Perhaps a long time passed, or perhaps only a moment.
He slowly opened his eyes, first seeing a beam of light, then a gigantic Buddha statue.
Beneath the statue, various offerings sat on a wooden altar, along with a Buddha Lamp without a wick.
Ren Ye stared at the Buddha Lamp, momentarily taken aback. "Huh? Isn't that the Buddha Lamp that brought me in? Why is it sitting here? Is it a prop in the observation mission?"
Curious, he wanted to reach out and pick up the Buddha Lamp for a look. But the moment the thought arose, he found his body slowly floating forward. As his viewpoint drew closer, a strong sense of familiarity instantly surged through him.
Ren Ye immediately "looked down," but saw no body.
Sure enough, he had appeared here as a consciousness, without a physical body.
Why did it feel familiar?
Because it felt just like when he had used his consciousness to perceive all of Qingliang Prefecture. He could see everything here, but could not interfere, only watch as a "nonexistent" observer.
Is this Star Gate inviting me to watch a little movie? Oh, so that's what the observation mission means!
Having already cleared The Vanished Lampwick, Ren Ye was completely relaxed now and in no hurry at all.
He deftly controlled his consciousness and began examining his surroundings.
This was an ancient temple with a spacious interior. There was a skylight in its roof, and sunlight passed through the tiles and beams, falling squarely over the Buddha's golden body and illuminating the temple's interior.
There were quite a few tables, chairs,