As Qingyu gradually warmed the outside world, the temperature inside the eggshell grew increasingly high, and tiny cracks began to appear on its surface. Meanwhile, an unusual change started to occur in the sky above Chili Lake, which slowly turned orange. Because it happened right at dusk, it did not initially attract the attention of the public; but by the following day, that patch of orange had still not faded, and its color had even deepened somewhat, a phenomenon that finally caught the notice of quite a few people.
As time slowly ticked away once more, the orange hue above Chili Lake deepened into a tangerine red, and it was no longer confined to the sky above Chili Lake alone, having spread all the way into the airspace over the Dark Moon Ghost Forest. This drew the attention of even more people, who began to speculate whether some kind of treasure was about to appear in the Dark Moon Ghost Forest. Driven by this curiosity, a growing number of people and forces headed toward Chili Lake, eager to investigate whether a treasure had truly manifested.
Although many people set off, Chili Lake had a notorious reputation as a place of no return, and it was located right in the innermost periphery of the Dark Moon Ghost Forest. These two points alone were enough to scare off the majority of people, but that did not include Feng Qingmu and Qin Lan. Having kept a close eye on the movements at Chili Lake, they had noticed the anomaly in the sky from the very beginning. However,…
Chapter 315