I had no idea how long I had been unconscious.
In my daze, I only felt someone slapping my face.
"Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang..."
I slowly opened my eyes and found my master before me.
"M-Master..."
At that moment, I still felt utterly weak, and my head was spinning terribly.
"Take a moment."
I tried hard to shake my head and sat up from the ground.
Only then did I realize that night had fallen.
Through the window, I could see the moon outside.
It was clearly late at night. I had been unconscious for quite some time.
The room was lit, and all the Calming Mind Incantations around us had vanished, leaving only ashes behind. Every bronze mirror was cracked.
Besides my master, Jade Soul was also in the room.
He handed me a cup of water.
"Here, have some water and recover!"
"Thank you, Senior!"
I spoke with some difficulty.
At that moment, my master crouched in front of Uncle Yu and raised his hand, slapping him three times with a smack, smack, smack as he shouted:
"Yu Long, Yu Long, wake up! Wake the fuck up..."
Only after those three slaps did Uncle Yu groggily awaken.
"Song, Song Decai, my head... my head's spinning, and my face... my face hurts too..."
Hearing this, my master grinned.
"Your cultivation is too low. You couldn't break through the inner demons in your heart, so of course your head's spinning and your face hurts."
"Y-you passed... passed the trial?"
Uncle Yu asked, rubbing his head.
My master curled his lips.
"Isn't that obvious? This is the Calming Mind Manual Master left for us back then."
As he spoke, my master held up a notebook that had long since yellowed and was even somewhat damaged.
"Th-that's great. When we get back,