"Strange. Why did he look so unconcerned? He shouldn't have."
"Could it be that he doesn't want to leave this cage?"
The manor lord watched in the direction Gu Xingzhi had departed, frowning in confusion.
Ever since time immemorial, every cultivator who had come to the Chaotic Sea had searched for a way to leave this place. Not one of them had not wanted to leave.
Earlier, the manor lord had deliberately emphasized the words "space" and "secrets of the Myriad Heavens" to observe Gu Xingzhi's reaction.
Yet Gu Xingzhi had remained rather calm, looking utterly unconcerned. That instead made him feel that something was wrong.
"Hmm, there's something suspicious about that boy."
With that, his figure flashed away from the manor and reappeared in a hidden chamber within the pleasure house.
Inside the hidden chamber, Madam Li, disguised as an old procuress, was sitting cross-legged on a couch in cultivation.
Sensing the fat manor lord's arrival, she opened her eyes.
The fat manor lord then bowed deeply to Madam Li as respectfully as if he were her subordinate.
"Madam!"
"Mm, what is it?"
Madam Li frowned and looked at the fat manor lord with a stern, aloof expression.
The manor lord did not waste words and immediately explained Gu Xingzhi's earlier abnormal behavior to Madam Li.
Madam Li's brows drew tightly together, and her eyes narrowed.
After a long while, she looked at the fat manor lord again. "You will personally enter that space. Remember, do not leave his side for even a single step."
The fat manor lord froze, revealing a trace of fear. "Madam, this..."
"Mm? You dare disobey this old woman's order?" Madam Li shot the fat manor lord a glare.
The fat manor lord was startled and immediately bowed. "Yes, I will obey Madam's orders!"