I had been too weak yesterday. By the time I woke up, it was already broad daylight.
Since we were staying in a room with three beds, the moment I woke up,
Zhang Yuchen, who was watching anime, noticed me.
"Hey, Brother Jiang, you're finally awake!"
I rubbed my head and slowly sat up.
Zhang Yuchen was watching the action-packed anime One Piece.
"Yeah, I'm awake. Watching Straw Hat, huh?"
"Yep. How are you feeling, Brother Jiang? You slept all the way into the afternoon!"
"The afternoon?"
"Sure did. It's already past one!"
Mao Jing answered from another bed, where he was sitting cross-legged.
"Holy shit, I slept that long! That fucking Great Fiend drained way too much of my mental energy."
I grumbled.
"As long as you're awake. You're feeling all right now, aren't you?"
Mao Jing asked again.
I checked how I felt and found nothing unusual about my body.
Although I had startled awake several times, my hands were normal, and everything was fine when I circulated my energy.
I shook my head.
"I'm fine. I just used up too much mental energy yesterday."
"Good, then. Brother Jiang, I'll order you some pork trotter rice..."
"..."
I nodded with a hum of agreement, then asked whether they had reported what happened to the Secret Bureau.
Mao Jing said he had reported it while I was out cold and had asked Daoist Qingshan to pass the information on to Third Master.
Once Third Master knew, Xiao Yu would soon know too.
Mao Jing was reliable as ever. While I slept, he had already taken care of the follow-up.
Seeing that Mao Jing had handled everything, I stopped worrying about it.
"Then let's head up Mount Tai tonight!"
I said.
Mao Jing and Zhang Yuchen had long since rested