As the midnight bell tolled, Xia Ruofei finished his Drunken Eight Immortals wine. He stood, waved at Lin Hu's portrait, and returned to the guest room Hu Zi's mother had prepared for him.
Back in his room, he didn't go to sleep immediately. After locking the doors and windows, he set up simple alarm arrays around the room. He lightly disguised his bed to look occupied, then summoned the spirit map scroll and tucked it under the covers.
He planned to enter the spiritual space. With this setup, even if Hu Zi's mother or Lin Qiao entered his room, he would sense it instantly and slip right back under the blankets. Of course, the chances of them barging in without permission were astronomically low; he was merely taking precautions.
Standing beside the bed, he shifted his mind and entered the space, arriving directly in the mountain sea realm.
