Hearing Cattaleya's words, the others couldn't help but nod.
"Yeah, there's no records of beasts that strong living in that area. The Imperial Highway patrol regularly culls beasts that get too close to major trade routes." Daoist Chu added.
Lin Mu nodded slowly. "Yeah. This sounds more like something else."
Elyon's voice was low, almost a whisper. "The same chill we felt before, at the previous sites."
Everyone fell silent at that. They all remembered the previous incidents; the strange chill that had turned to frost overnight, the faint traces of unusual Qi that had lingered there. It had been faint, but unmistakably tied to the techniques used by the Ephemera Sect during their experiments.
Lin Mu's expression darkened slightly. "I had hoped the chill would not return," he said. "We thought the Ephemera Sect had ended their tests after the last event was discovered. But if this is true, then perhaps they only paused."
