The surroundings were deathly quiet. It seemed to be a place where nothing was active—not even the sounds of mosquitoes, ants, or other insects moving could be heard. It appeared that everyone had placed me somewhere absolutely silent. After all, even I could have foreseen the predicament the Heavenly Realm was in at the time, so thinking about it now, I wouldn't find it strange even if it were struggling to take a single step.
I had absorbed a great deal of the Boundary Force Flower's power and converted it into my own energy, exchanging it for a full-mana state before falling into slumber. That could shorten the period by a certain amount. However, an overloaded meridian network was still a terrifying thing. It was like a machine overheating after running for too long: when it had to cool down, it would take even more time. I supposed I would be asleep for a very long time this time, rather than being able to completely shorten the duration simply because my own power was more abundant.
Still, I was curious how long I had slept this time. Had I really slept until there wasn't even half a person left to watch over me?
Or had everyone, for the sake of absolute safety, simply let me drift wherever the Boundary Force Flower carried me, to the point that no one knew where it had flown?
I knew how formidable the Boundary Force Flower was. It could perfectly avoid even corrosive energy, let alone ordinary attacks. Its protection of the boundaries for several thousand years was no joke. Zhao Qian had given me something so important, so she would naturally trust it enough.
Of course, it would have been even better if they trusted me a little more and had simply left