After defeating Yang Minghao, Quinlan spent time walking around, trying to find clues about how to reach the next floor. However, aside from the two individuals manning the desk for quest submissions, everyone else was nowhere to be found.
Of course, he could still feel their presence around but couldn't determine their exact location.
"Are they sleeping or something?"
With no other options, he walked toward the bulletin board and sat down before beginning to cultivate to recover his spent Qi. During the fight with Minghao, he had allowed Azure to control half of his body while he focused on controlling the sword, creating the illusion of having two brains.
However, that method depleted his Qi at an alarming rate. While it was a clever trick, it couldn't be used for long.
*Drip!*
"Ugh..."
Another problem he faced was the two scratch wounds he had received.