["Huh? I just tried sprinkling some powder in, and it lit up!" Faced with everyone's astonished gazes, the Night Watchman could only scratch his head and chuckle awkwardly.]
["What powder?" Geguwu asked hastily.]
["Fairy pollen..." the Night Watchman said.]
["How is that possible? We tried using fairy dust as fuel long ago, but it never worked..." Still looking astonished, Geguwu shifted her gaze from the Night Watchman to the lantern in his hand. "Could that lantern of yours be some kind of Divine Artifact?"]
["Well, to me personally, it certainly counts as one. After all, this lantern has been with this body of mine since childhood, and it helped me find quite a few treasures before. But it's actually just a Rare Grade item, nowhere near a Divine Artifact," the Night Watchman said with a smile.]
["Only Rare Grade?" Geguwu found it unbelievable and looked even more bewildered. "The expedition even brought in Legendary Grade lamps before, and those didn't work either..."]
["I have no idea, then... Anyway, have you noticed? The light from this lantern is a little strange. Why does it only light up what's below us?"]
[At his words, you immediately looked up and examined the lantern closely. Just as the Night Watchman had said, its glow reached less than a meter in every other direction, but extended more than ten meters downward along the rope ladder.]
[Linglong and Geguwu looked up and examined it carefully, soon confirming the same pattern. They were equally puzzled.]
["How strange. It's clearly a lantern, so why does it seem to have turned into a flashlight, shining in only one direction... and a direction we can't even adjust?" Marveling at it, the Night Watchman fiddled with the Pumpkin Lantern, turning it upside down and pointing it every which way. Yet no