Setting aside his tangled thoughts for the moment, Jiang Lan returned home and entered his room.
He picked up the Inner Domain Token and injected spiritual qi into it.
The familiar sensation washed over him. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in his private room in the Inner Domain.
Jiang Lan pushed the door open and walked out.
Quite a few people had already gathered in the hall.
He scanned the crowd and soon spotted Shen Fang and the others.
Shen Fang leaned against the wall, expressionless and as silent as ever.
Beside him, Zheng Kai spotted Jiang Lan and waved warmly.
"You're here, brother."
"Yeah." Jiang Lan walked over and stood beside them.
Then he glanced at the others in the hall.
Most were familiar faces he had seen last time.
But there were also a few he had never seen before.
Still, Jiang Lan noticed a few details.
Several people's auras had weakened noticeably, as though they had suffered serious injuries.
One middle-aged man was particularly pale, his entire left arm hanging limp at his side.
The Inner Domain reproduced their physical condition in reality with complete accuracy.
That meant this man had suffered injuries just as severe in reality.
And he did not seem weak, either...
Several others also had somewhat unstable auras, to varying degrees.
Some looked to be in even worse condition than that middle-aged man.
It seemed not every team's mission had gone as smoothly as their third team's.
Before long, the light screen at the front of the hall lit up.
The gray-robed man appeared beside it.
Just like last time, the entire hall fell silent as soon as he stood there.
The moment he appeared, Jiang Lan once again felt that overwhelming pressure bearing down on him.
The gray-robed