Tian Songshi chuckled, looking every bit an old man who had forgotten his dignity. "Don't be afraid. If Bitter Land makes you taste every suffering in the world, then Desire Land makes you taste every pleasure. But Desire Land is far more extraordinary than Bitter Land. There is nothing else like it in the Myriad Worlds, and it is said to have something to do with the venerable Lü Buwei. In Bitter Land, you passively endure what comes, but Desire Land is different. You must actively engage with your desires, even create desires and satisfy them. Only after satisfying enough desires can you leave. If you suppress yourself, you will never escape Desire Land. In the history of the Human Race, several Great Scholars entered it and never came out again."
Fang Yun sneered. "If you indulge yourself excessively, ruin your resolve, and lose yourself completely in Desire Land, dissolving your literary guts or even your Literary Palace entirely, you might never leave either!"
"So whether you get out or not is entirely up to you," Tian Songshi said with a smile.
Fang Yun stared at Tian Songshi. "The books distributed by the Sacred Academy do introduce the various secret lands, including Desire Land. But from what you're saying, Desire Land seems to have other peculiarities that the Sacred Academy never explicitly mentioned?"
Tian Songshi smiled. "Naturally. Desire Land is such a wonderful place. If the Sacred Academy explained every detail, wouldn't that utterly spoil the scenery? I'm withholding the details for your own good, too."
"Hmph!" Fang Yun rolled his eyes at Tian Songshi and strode into Desire Land.
Tian Songshi watched Fang Yun's retreating figure, wearing a mischievous grin the entire time.
Once Fang Yun entered Desire Land, Tian Songshi found a place to sit and took out