Night fell.
Although Desert North Mad Blade had told Zhou You he would not need to get involved, Zhou You still hypnotized Lin Yunshao with the six desires remnant, then prepared to sneak out.
The old Yellow Ox beside him raised its head and glanced at him, its eyes vividly conveying the question: what was this guy up to?
Zhou You patted its head and added some fodder. Only once it had lowered its head to munch on the grass did he leave the room.
This time, however, he did not head into the corridor. Instead, he felt his way downstairs.
The staircase was also affected by the spatial distortion. What had originally been a few dozen steps now seemed extraordinarily long, with numerous branches leading off into one bizarre space after another.
Zhou You even saw somewhere that looked like an exit—bright sunshine, lush green grass, and plenty of merchants coming and going. It looked exactly like the real world.
However.
Zhou You merely glanced at it before resolutely continuing downward.
But soon, the same scene appeared before him again.
Only...
This time, every merchant had turned to stare fixedly at him with stark black-and-white eyes. An ordinary person would certainly have jumped at the sight, but Zhou You only tightened his grip on the handrail and kept walking.
On the next floor.
Those faces were already packed together, pressed against a thin, transparent membrane, now mere inches away!
It seemed that at any moment, those merchants would burst out and drag Zhou You into that illusory world!
Zhou You's reaction...
...Zhou You barely reacted at all.
He glanced at them, lit a candle, and emphatically raised his middle finger at the figures retreating in panic.
Who knew how much more time passed.
Only after nearly half