Chen Lin had never expected something he had thought hopeless to be accomplished in an instant.
Liu Ruolan sent him a message saying that True Lord Wanmeng wanted to see him.
This surprised him for quite a while. But since he had made the request himself, and she had managed to arrange it, he could not refuse, whatever True Lord Wanmeng's reason for seeing him might be.
And so, with her leading the way, he arrived at the City Lord Manor.
"I hear from Liu Ruolan that you want to enter the Nightmare Realm in your physical body?"
True Lord Wanmeng looked no different from an ordinary person, appearing to be only around thirty. He revealed not the slightest fluctuation of mana.
Chen Lin, however, dared not treat him as an ordinary person. He hurriedly replied with respect, "Reporting to you, True Lord, I am indeed seeking a way to enter the Nightmare Realm in my physical body, but only as a means of taking refuge in an emergency. I have no other intentions."
He had to explain this, lest the man think there was something unusual about him and perform a Soul Search on him outright. That would be a disaster.
The man was famous for his mercurial temper. Nothing he did would be surprising.
True Lord Wanmeng did not dwell on the question, however. Instead, he changed the subject. "You told Liu Ruolan earlier that you had entered the Nightmare Realm and befriended an intelligent Scarecrow Girl there. Tell me about that in detail."
Chen Lin's eyes flickered.
Sure enough, this was why the man had agreed to see him. He had deliberately revealed this information to Liu Ruolan to catch True Lord Wanmeng's attention, because Silver Fairy, True Lord Huanling, and the other Nascent Soul Cultivators had