While Luo Baiyu was picking out roasted chestnuts, Li Zhōujūn had already taken a seat in the corner of the tavern.
But at the instant Luo Baiyu fainted.
The system issued Li Zhōujūn a mission.
[ Ding: The host's little rabbit has been schemed against. The system has issued a mission: rescue the rabbit and destroy the demon cave! Upon completion, the host's cultivation will break through to the Sixth Turn of the Dao Saint Realm!]
"Baiyu was schemed against?" Li Zhōujūn asked in surprise.
But he did not panic at this moment, because there was one of his clones on Luo Baiyu. The instant the system issued the mission, Li Zhōujūn also discovered through the clone on Luo Baiyu that she had fainted.
However, Li Zhōujūn did not immediately order his clone to act. Through the clone, he had seen that the one who had made Luo Baiyu faint—the freckled youth—was standing to the side, grinning foolishly, without making a move.
Once the freckled youth truly made a move against Luo Baiyu, the clone on her would naturally ensure that not a single hair on her head was harmed.
At the same time, Li Zhōujūn noticed that something was wrong with the tavern.
The drinking patrons around him were repeating their conversations and movements all over again, exactly as they had when he had first entered the tavern.
Not only that, their eyes were hollow and lifeless, as if they were puppets controlled by someone.
Just then, a flamboyantly dressed young matron came before Li Zhōujūn and said with a beaming smile, "Welcome, sir. I'm Ba Niang, the proprietress here. What would you like to drink?"
As she spoke, Ba Niang sat down beside Li Zhōujūn and prepared to pour him some wine.
Li Zhōujūn's gaze sharpened.