"It seems my entering the dream wasn't caused by some True Person influencing me from the shadows, but by this sudden aura that appeared inside the Like a Dream Order."
Li Fei looked at the thick fog around him and came to a guess.
"When did this aura appear? The first time I entered the dream was on Great Luo Peak, so did it appear then?"
"The person who said, 'The box is empty'—was he the Great Luo Sect disciple I possessed? And which Great Luo Sect member was that little Daoist with True Person cultivation?"
Li Fei had far too many questions.
Unfortunately, there were still too few clues, and he couldn't figure out the truth.
"Perhaps the truth lies in that great hall."
Li Fei once again cast the Nightmare Sect technique to clear away the thick fog before him.
The next second, he returned to that great hall.
"Senior Brother, these are this year's pills."
The little Daoist once again emerged from behind the screen, holding a wooden box.
"This year's pills... the Great Luo Sect..."
Li Fei suddenly remembered something.
It was said that the Longevity Pills the Great Luo Sect had originally intended to pay tribute to the palace this year, for the Emperor to consume, had been accidentally lost.
Could this be that very box of pills? Without revealing anything, Li Fei took the wooden box from the little Daoist and turned toward the hall's exit.
He couldn't open the box in front of the little Daoist, but surely he could once he left.
Yet just as one of Li Fei's feet crossed the hall's threshold, his mind stirred, and his vision blurred.
He found himself back inside the great hall.
"Senior Brother, these are this year's pills."
The young little Daoist emerged from