Clang, clatter... thud...
Xu Ye did not dodge. He had sensed the Spiritual Qi outside several seconds earlier and already knew who had come.
Besides, the attacker had barely landed before pitching headfirst onto the floor, face down.
Xu Ye's expression darkened.
The visitor was none other than Li Wan.
"Need something?"
Xu Ye removed Wang Han from his face, turned him into Human Skin, and gently pressed him onto his arm.
Although Wang Han's ability made disguises convenient, it always felt a little stuffy.
Li Wan jumped, then stammered as he stood up. With a mixture of awe, curiosity, and caution, he said, "Doctor Xu, I just learned something from the Heart of the Order Keeper. We might very well be inside a Dreamscape."
Xu Ye was not at all surprised that the Heart of the Order Keeper had learned this. No matter how perfect a Dreamscape was, even one combined with an illusion, it was bound to have bugs if it covered a large enough area.
As the foremost club in the Land of Exiles, they could hardly fail to know something like this.
The Heart of the Order Keeper would know what sort of person Li Wan was after spending any time with him. They naturally wouldn't think much of him. They probably found a lead pointing to me.
What do they need me to do?
Get the Holy Grail?
Or something else?
No way to know yet.
But they probably used Li Wan to pass this information on to me.
"So you wanted to test whether dying in a dream means dying for real? I can oblige." Xu Ye curled his lips, but his gaze grew colder.
He obligingly adjusted his gentleman's hat. Under the influence of that cold indifference, a strange feeling even rose within