Chapter 292: Spirits (3) (4400 words)_3

The strange person sat with their head bowed as if in deep sleep, unclothed, their skin dry and emaciated as if they were nothing but skin and bones, without a single hair on their body. The skin gathered in unsightly folds.

Yan Junze took a closer look and noticed that his skin was a sickly yellow, faintly emitting a strange red hue.

The creature was seated at one end of the long table, its slender hands placed neatly on the surface, all five fingers stretched out, the nails grotesquely long. He sat motionless, sleeping soundly as if oblivious to the feast laid out before him.

Even though the skeleton-like being seemed to be sleeping with its head down, Yan Junze observed that it had no eyes on its face, not even sockets where eyes should be, just a smooth expanse; no nose bridge either, just two slightly nauseating nostrils.

At this moment, Yan Junze was certain he was within an illusory scene conjured by some creature's imagination.