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"": "His heart pounded wildly, and he felt weightless, as though he were falling through empty air.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
At the foot of the bed, Fourth Master Gray squeaked furiously, lashing his tail in obvious displeasure.
Fourth Master Gray could hardly be blamed for reacting that way. He had been sleeping peacefully on Luo Bin's chest when Luo Bin bumped him while reaching for the Fourfold Compass. Then Luo Bin got up, tossing the half-asleep rat straight to the foot of the bed.
Ignoring Fourth Master Gray, Luo Bin endured the fogginess and dull ache in his head and stared at the Fourfold Compass's needle.
Luo Bin had already considered the possibility that the thing that had followed him back was a ghost. He had checked with the Fourfold Compass long ago, but the needle had neither turned nor displayed any needle pattern...
Even now, the needle remained perfectly still. Wasn't this downright bizarre?
The Compass was the ritual artifact best suited to detecting these lurking spirits. Had it stopped working?
Luo Bin swung out of bed and pressed a hand to his forehead, still feeling faintly disoriented.
This truly went beyond his understanding. He would have to get Zhang Yunxi involved.
He pushed open his bedroom door. Cool, ethereal moonlight spilled down, and the faint fragrance of bamboo leaves hung in the air.
Luo Bin walked to the courtyard gate and pushed it open, about to step outside.
Something bizarre happened...
What he saw before him was not outside the courtyard at all. It was still the inside?
The door he had opened was not the courtyard gate, but his own bedroom door?
Again?
Last time, he had clearly walked through the Bamboo Grove, only to find himself walking through it again. Yet Rewind