Pain stimulated Xiao Feng's mind. Suddenly, in his hazy consciousness, he felt what seemed to be a warm current spreading through his entire body...
This aura felt so familiar...
It took his muddled mind a long time to finally recall it. This aura seemed to be the one that had remained inside his body after he underwent the Heavenly Gifted Nine Tribulations...
At the time, Ximen Qing had been right before him, so he had not examined it closely. Afterward, the aura seemed to hide within his body, leaving him unable to sense it at all, and Xiao Feng had simply ignored it.
Had the excruciating pain stimulated his nerves, causing his overly sensitive nerves to notice that trace of aura again?
Xiao Feng was puzzled, but his exhausted body left him unable to think carefully. His thoughts constantly drifted and jumped...
His eyelids felt as if they had been filled with lead. As his eyes slowly closed on their own, his thoughts gradually sank into darkness as well...
Time slowly passed. When Xiao Feng opened his eyes, the pain had vanished, leaving behind only soreness and stiffness.
Xiao Feng stretched and slowly climbed out of bed. He had not experienced such a deep sleep—one where his thoughts had completely fallen silent and he had lost all sense of time—for a long while.
Normally, Xiao Feng cultivated Mystic Energy at night while resting at the same time...
He had not expected that his injuries would allow him to sleep so deeply for once.
But what time was it now?
His consciousness had been completely dormant, so he had not noticed the passage of time at all.
He walked out of the bedroom and saw a slender figure with her back to him.
Seemingly sensing the movement behind her, Shen