Inside the teahouse.
Chen Lin looked at the perfectly square teacup in his hand, then at the room full of perfectly square patrons, and thought how terrifying the rules here were.
Even the tea leaves in the cup were square.
However...
Chen Lin cast an illusion to conceal what he was doing and took out a pipe.
Its snow-white bowl and wooden stem made for a beautiful design.
Yet its graceful contours were utterly out of place amid its surroundings.
"Interesting."
Chen Lin held the pipe before his eyes, turning it back and forth to examine it.
The more he looked, the more intrigued he became.
The pipe's shape was identical to that of the Nightmare Realm Pipe he had obtained before, except that this one had a white bowl, seemingly made from a special kind of jade.
His had been copper.
The wooden stems were made from the same material.
That pipe was in his Storage Ring, and he could not take it out now to compare them.
Chen Lin pressed the pipe to his brow and carefully sensed it, but detected no Nightmare Realm Aura.
That alone, however, was not enough to establish that it was not a Medium Object.
Four Directions City was completely isolated from the Nightmare Realm. Although the Colored Road Guide could barely retain its original form, it could not function.
Thus, he would have to wait until he left to determine whether this was a Medium Object.
After examining it for a while, Chen Lin put the pipe away.
Using this item was no easy matter. It needed to absorb enough moonlight power first.
The process took several years.
In other words, it could only be used once every few years.
A year ago, the Zhou Family had used it against a formidable