To make sure he could keep track of his bearings, Russell did not ride Little Dream Dragon around the manor at random. Instead, he followed the Cinder Path.
His main goal was to memorize every road in the manor and become familiar with how they appeared in the Dark Dreamscape.
Then, using each road as a center, he could expand his exploration into the surrounding areas.
Only then could he thoroughly comb through every inch of Wuyou Snake Manor, inside and out, and ensure that no glimmers of magic went unnoticed.
Though Little Dream Dragon flew slowly and swayed along the way, they soon passed through Small Market Town. There, he saw the magical glows blooming from Eric, Charles, the Wildcat Sisters, and others—and even witnessed some indescribable behavior.
"My eyes... Popsicle, let's not look. Go!"
After leaving Small Market Town, they soon followed the Cinder Path into Lentil Tunic. Most of the serfs here grew legumes such as lentils and chickpeas.
Beside the Cinder Path were dedicated irrigation channels, with embankments on both sides.
The snowmelt from Dagger Mountain during the warm season flowed through these channels into the fields to irrigate the crops. When the meltwater was too abundant, it could also be diverted directly into the Glimmering River without flooding the farmland.
At this moment.
Russell rode Little Dream Dragon slowly along the embankment beside an irrigation channel, taking note of the terrain around the road.
Then, during the day, he would come back to compare it carefully, allowing him to form a map in his mind.
That way, no matter where he wandered beyond the boundaries of the Dark Dreamscape in the future, he would not get lost.
In the dark world, only a spherical area with a radius of two meters held a faint trace