Gu Qingshan had ten minutes in total.
He spent eight minutes comforting the Little Boy.
With the remaining minute and a half, he used a Spiritual Power spell to help him sleep, sending the Little Boy into a deep slumber.
Time was up.
Gu Qingshan's mental link with Xuan Ya was severed.
Everything had gone perfectly.
There were no loopholes.
When he realized he could no longer hear Xuan Ya's voice, he dispelled the All Beings Synchronization Mystery.
Seeing the worry on Xuan Ya's face, Gu Qingshan reassured her. "Don't worry. It's just a spell to help him sleep. It won't harm him. In fact, it'll help him rest better, and he'll recover from his illness faster."
Xuan Ya breathed a sigh of relief.
She reached out and gently laid a hand on the child's cheek.
A moment later,
Xuan Ya opened her mouth and silently said something.
Ye Feili listened closely, then repeated her words. "She says she's already dead and owes the King nothing anymore. If anything, she's the one indebted to you."
Gu Qingshan smiled. "There's no need to thank me. If anyone else were in your situation, I would've helped them too."
"She asks why we came here from the outside world."
"Tell her that tens of thousands of years ago, we lost something here."
Xuan Ya listened, her expression puzzled. But soon, as if she had remembered something, she sank into thought.
The others in the room were resting.
Oldest had already gone to sprawl on the sofa.
Lola was exhausted after using Myriad Realms Protection for so long. She was lying in a rocking chair, drinking an energy drink.
Zhang Yinghao stood by a wall covered with a map of Soul Calming Village. He took out a cigarette, glanced back at the sleeping child,