"It has to be. No wonder he finds us so easily. And always seems to know when rules are being broken," he nods sagely, as if there can be no greater truth.

"Mm, they picked up hints quickly enough. I only had to point out the strange arm once before one of them caught on," he agrees. He'd been surprised enough to see that even the Lans now used his spirit luring talisman too. What a strange welcome it'd been.

As he was lost in those thoughts, he had to stop mid-step once his other self mentioned Wen Ning. That couldn't be possible!

"Wen Ning?!" he couldn't help his outburst. Wen Qing and Wen Ning had been little more than ashes, scattered to the winds. How was Wen Ning the first summoned?

"How is that possible?"