" A well?"
The burly man froze at the words, then shifted his gaze. The people along the road had noticed him as well and immediately shrank back in alarm, making way for him.
Through that gap, the burly man clearly saw the scene at the center of the crowd. Sure enough, in the middle of that crude dirt road, there was now a well.
Its walls were built of stone, utterly out of place amid the surrounding earth, creating such a stark contrast that it was impossible not to notice.
"Explain this clearly!" The burly man had followed the king and seen much of the world. Moreover, they had passed down this very road when they arrived and had not seen this well then. Naturally, he found it strange, and thoughts of gods and ghosts inevitably rose in his mind.
"In answer to the warrior," the man being questioned replied cautiously, "we were walking along here when someone suddenly fell, saying he had been tripped. We were wondering how anyone could stumble on such an open, level road, but when we followed the sound and looked over, we saw this well created from nothing, slowly solidifying until it stood in the middle of the road."
"Created from nothing?" Yuan Muxi also walked over at that moment. "Even Divine Abilities cannot truly create something from nothing. Whether it is a projection of thought or making illusion real, there must first be an idea or phantom image before it can condense. There must be a reason behind this."
After Daoist Zigui had departed, the youth had felt somewhat sorrowful. Yet he was young, and upon seeing something so strange, his curiosity surged up and temporarily suppressed his parting grief. Drawing upon the knowledge he had gained from his insights into Knowledge