บท 313: Three Rooms

The sudden disappearance of the light cast where Chen Ge's group was standing into darkness.

"What's happening?" Both Master Bai and Ol' Wei were spooked. Chen Ge's hand hung in midair and did not fall on the door. "I'm not sure. It doesn't seem like a coincidence."

There was no wind, and the lantern was hung high enough that they would notice if someone reached out to extinguish the light. The other white lanterns swayed even though there was still no wind.

It felt weirdly suffocating.

Chen Ge and Ol' Wei turned to look at Master Bai, but he had not experienced this before either. "Shall we retreat for now?"

He walked two steps back and turned to look down the road, then he stopped. "Be careful, someone's coming!"

"Who?" Chen Ge looked down the direction Master Bai was looking. Under the glow of the swaying lanterns, a blurry human-shaped shadow slowly approached them. "It seems to be waving at us?"