Zhang Buku felt as if he had had a long, hazy dream. In the dream, he was exhausted, not knowing what he was doing, as though some terrifying existence had been chasing him all along.
At last, his consciousness broke free from that heavy dream and began to awaken.
He opened his eyes. What entered his sight was a gray, dim sky with no end to its height, rings upon rings of cloud seas stacked atop one another, making the firmament seem so far away.
His eyes widened, and he abruptly sat up, only to find himself sitting on the surface of the water. Beneath him was a solid feeling like the ground.
He focused his gaze and saw a vast, surging fog at the end of the waterline. Before the fog, Xu You stood with his back to him.
He rose to his feet and asked, "Xu You, are you all right?"
Xu You did not answer him. He did not even turn back, making Zhang Buku frown. His divine sense had already spread out, yet it could not touch that fog, and he had no idea what was hidden within it.
His divine sense swept in other directions, but for the moment, he discovered no signs of other living beings. That made him suspect even more that some unknown and terrifying existence was hidden within that fog.
Seeing that Xu You still would not turn around, Zhang Buku hesitated for a while, then lifted his foot and walked forward.
His divine sense could see Xu You's expression. Xu You had not fallen into some demonic obsession; instead, his brows were knitted, his gaze fixed tightly ahead, as though he were observing something.
Zhang Buku came to Xu You's side and asked in a low voice, "What are you