At midnight, after completing Sha Qi Bone Forging, Wu Heng returned to the building.
In the living room, moonlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows and fell across the floor. The Empress Dowager floated by the window, making her face look unusually bewitching and eerie.
"What are you doing? You look like you've come to claim my life," Wu Heng said irritably.
"You really have no conscience. I'm the only one waiting for you!" the Empress Dowager said through gritted teeth.
"You're floating by the window side. Were you trying to scare me?" As he spoke, Wu Heng picked up a towel by the door and brushed the dust and smoke from himself.
"Who do you think is as bored as you?" The Empress Dowager flew over and asked, "Did you complete the second stage?"
Wu Heng shook his head. "It didn't have much effect. Could the second stage have been remembered incorrectly?"
"Even if you practiced it wrong, I couldn't possibly be the one who remembered it wrong." The Empress Dowager continued, "The second stage is harder to begin with. Have some patience. Your cultivation speed has already surpassed everyone else's."
"Alright." Wu Heng nodded and headed upstairs.
The Empress Dowager followed beside him and continued, "Get some rest early. Don't you have the Dawn Meeting tomorrow?"
One man and one soul parted ways outside the bathroom.
Wu Heng went in to wash up, while the Empress Dowager returned to the study to handle her own affairs.
The next day, in the Zombie World.
As he stepped out of the Portal, his phone chimed with a notification.
He opened it and saw that it was a message from Qi Hancai.
"I received some information. Come over once you're back, and I'll give you a detailed report."
Wu Heng raised