At Jian Ran's warning, the little girl seemed to grow agitated and stamped her feet in fury. "I'm not bragging!"
"You're all going to die tonight!"
"I'll turn every one of you into specimens!"
"Hmph, just you wait!"
She seemed to have no intention of attacking right away and was about to float off when Jian Ran called her back. "Wait."
The little girl looked back, a smug smile spreading across her face. "What, scared now? Beg me, and maybe I'll find you a prettier jar."
Jian Ran shook his head. "I just wanted to ask where your room is!"
The little girl grew wary. "Why are you asking that?!"
Jian Ran keenly caught the change in her expression and grinned. "Well, we're playing hide-and-seek, aren't we?"
"The two of us want somewhere safer, somewhere we absolutely won't be found."
"You're not allowed in my room!" The little girl grew hysterical, her pretty features almost contorting. "If you dare go there, I'll sink this ship to the bottom of the river right now!"
"Oh," Jian Ran said.
"Kid, didn't I warn you not to keep bragging?"
"It's not very good for your growth and development..."
The little girl froze, then suddenly burst into tears, raising her hands to rub her eyes. "Mommy, a ghost is bullying me-"
Her figure vanished in an instant.
Silence returned to the Specimen Room.
After one severed hand had been blasted into nothing, the organs in the jars stayed obediently submerged in their containers, looking so well-behaved they seemed harmless to man and beast alike.
Jian Ran was still standing there pondering something when a low voice beside him reminded him, "We made too much noise just now. We may have given away our location. Should we switch rooms?"
"Mm, sure." Jian Ran nodded.
And