A day later:
Chu Qing crossed the forbidden zone and returned to the human world.
Then he called out to Madam Shi, "Yu Ji, come pick me up!"
Chu Qing provided the coordinates.
Madam Shi waited a moment. "Done!"
The next instant, Chu Qing's vision blurred.
Then he returned to Miracle Palace once more.
Miracle Palace was quiet. The women were all busy; only Madam Shi was in secluded cultivation.
Madam Shi frowned. "Why did you take so long this time?"
"Was it difficult?"
Chu Qing smiled. "It was only a few days. That's not long!"
Madam Shi was stunned. "A few days?"
"Ten years. You were gone for a full ten years!"
Chu Qing was stunned.
"I only fought a living being for ten days and ten nights!"
"How did ten years pass in the blink of an eye?"
Having ten years vanish out of thin air left him somewhat unhappy.
Fortunately:
After his return, the Four Directions gave him some benefits.
Though he had not yet checked them, he felt they had to be good.
Because his Profession Slot was jumping wildly.
But he had no time to check his Profession Slot now. Instead, he impatiently asked Madam Shi to tell him about the past ten years.
An hour later:
Chu Qing learned about those ten years from Madam Shi.
Madam Shi, Yu Ji, first spoke of the changes to Stone Ridge Mountain.
Though Chu Qing had not been there these past ten years, his power had continued to permeate Stone Ridge Mountain.
The entire Stone Ridge Mountain had already been completely permeated by him, and the surrounding earth and peaks had begun to be permeated as well.
As the area of permeation increased, Stone Ridge Mountain had now become a holy land in the eyes of martial