Chu Luohen's gaze fell on the flames on the wall.
Yun Huanling frowned. "What do you mean? A Jiu is still inside the real-image illusion realm?"
Chu Luohen said nothing. Instead, he summoned the Scarless Sword. A golden sword gleam flashed, shooting straight toward the wall.
Yun Huanling was aghast. "What are you doing..."
Before he could finish, the wall collapsed with a sudden roar. Dust billowed, and the other disciples almost immediately applied Dust-Cleansing Talismans.
"Didn't you want to find A Jiu?"
Yun Huanling nearly laughed in anger. "What does finding A Jiu have to do with you smashing..."
Before the last words left his mouth, the dust had completely dispersed, revealing a passageway wide enough for two people to walk abreast where the shattered wall had stood.
Looking at the passageway before him, Yun Huanling's mind stalled. "You... you knew all along?"
"As it happens, I only just found out myself." Chu Luohen withdrew his sword as he spoke.
Yun Huanling looked doubtful. "Why is there a secret passage inside this Palace? The strangest thing is that all of us spent so long inspecting the place when we first came in, yet not one person noticed..."
"It's different," Little Green suddenly said after a long silence.
"What's different?"
Little Green shook its head. "Everything is different. Where we are now isn't where we first entered the Palace. When you entered, you were on the first level. Now we're on the Palace's second level."
Yun Huanling froze on the spot. "The second level?"
In fact, Yun Huanling wasn't the only one bewildered. Many of the Enforcement Hall Disciples wore equally shocked expressions.
He looked at Chu Luohen's back as he walked at the head of the group. "Did this fellow know all along?"
Little Green didn't answer. It felt