The voice that spoken so abruptly in the room had been so shocking to Bai Yunfei that he dropped the stone like if it was on fire.

That was because this voice was coming from the stone itself!

It was a sharp but groggy voice, as if the speaker was a young boy only just waking up. 

“Who’s there! Who’s speaking!”

Even Xiao Qi was startled out from his boredom. Head twitching from corner to corner, Xiao Qi scanned the room with his soulsense to detect the owner of the voice, only to find nothing but Bai Yunfei and himself in the room.

“Eh? I’m…you there! What did you do to me!?”

Before Bai Yunfei could even say anything, the stone was again saying something, this time a little more flustered than before.

“Uh…” Bai Yunfei looked stunned. There was now a faint orange light radiating from the stone now, a warm light that was finally...