Chen Mo entered the royal palace just as Zhou Mei dodged away after being shot at by the poisonous arrows from the Second Layer.
After entering, he flashed up and hid atop a beam column on the first floor of the royal palace.
Ancient architecture, especially that of the Western Regions, might have imitated certain aspects of Central Plains culture, but it had not copied everything wholesale. It possessed distinctive Western Regions characteristics and also incorporated features of Dashi architecture, resulting in a rather mixed architectural style.
Still, no matter how one looked at it, the Great Hall upon entering the royal palace had a very high interior space. The first-floor hall, in particular, was likely the palace's first defensive checkpoint, so it was not only tall but also exceptionally sturdy.
As a result, there were numerous beam columns throughout the hall, as well as many crossbeams overhead.
Chen Mo had chosen to hide on one of those crossbeams immediately after entering.
As he flashed up there, his Spiritual Sense swept over the area, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He had not expected the fellow behind the scenes here to be so vicious.
If he had not used his Spiritual Sense in advance to check whether it was safe and discovered the traps and injurious devices, he would have fallen right into one while flashing upward.
At every intersection of the crossbeams hung a bronze bell, and fine threads ran level with the beams. If anyone climbed onto a beam, they would touch the thread and tug the bell, creating a sound that would alert everyone to the presence of an intruder overhead.
And that was not even the worst of it. Fine needles had been embedded all over the crossbeams. The moment someone set foot