Yu Ci stared at the demon, pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled. He stopped bothering with it and climbed straight upward. Before long, he burst out of the dark region. Finding a relatively clean crevice in the rock, he carved out a space large enough for one person, curled up inside, and began a long-overdue rest.
The truth was simple: rather than risk chasing after an unknown question, he might as well solve the problem right in front of him first.
He simply needed some sleep.
Without his noticing, the sky shifted. At this moment, Yu Ci no longer had to rack his brains over questions he had never been good at, nor did he have to weave beneath the demon's sharp claws and fangs. He relaxed completely. To him, the piercing roars of beasts outside were a pleasant lullaby.
Time flowed on, and Yu Ci had no idea how long he had rested. When the sensations in his body reached a certain point, he naturally woke.
After waking, feeling his strength brimming over, Yu Ci did not move at once. Instead, he held the Zhaoshen Bronze Mirror and carefully refined it once, converting all the true qi around his body into "Innate Qi" and bringing himself to his peak condition.
Calling it his peak condition was somewhat exaggerated. At the very least, the injuries to his muscles and bones caused by the Flying Sword would not heal so quickly. When he moved his body, he still felt occasional soreness and pain. That feeling would probably stay with him for several days.
Only after everything was prepared did Yu Ci open the Zhaoshen Map. His target was very clear: the demon suspected of having been possessed.
Heaven's Will was quite accommodating. When Yu Ci shifted his thoughts over, the