Feeling his breath almost wearing thin, Bai Bing Wen grasps at his chest and takes a lungful of air as the surrounding stabilizes around him. “Where...” he breathes out, slowly getting up on his feet. “Where is this?”
Huang Di gives him an unimpressed stare, bending over a little to accommodate the limit of their distance. Then he glances nonchalantly at their wrists cuffed together with vines, doing a subtle hair flip to regain his composure. “Are you alright now? Do you need my help?” he deadpans.
Bai Bing Wen glares back at him and looks around them. “What does this place have to do with my situation?” he asks instead.
Huang Di doesn’t answer right away. Instead, he walks ahead, gesturing for Bai Bing Wen to follow him. When they reach the first palace, he finally says, “Thi
