Dugu Bo Arrived to Discuss a Solution

"Dugu Bo?"

He seemed to be the only one who could be arriving now.

Jiang Mu raised an eyebrow. "How long was I absorbing the medicine?"

"One day and one night."

Jiang Mu froze.

He turned to Ah Yin in shock, and when she confirmed it, he was even more baffled.

He had asked about the time because he wanted to know what had taken Dugu Bo so long.

He had meant to use the question to establish some authority in their partnership and discourage Dugu Bo from getting any ideas.

Who would have thought that so much time really had passed?

The Heaven Dou Empire was far from Sunset Forest, but only by an ordinary person's standards.

Even if Dugu Bo had only just become a Titled Douluo, the journey would take him no more than a few hours at full speed.

Jiang Mu hadn't asked about the time sooner because he had judged it by how Ah Yin and Tang Wutong were acting.

After he woke, they had expressed ordinary concern and traded jokes with him. Neither seemed tense at all.

Surely, if Dugu Bo had arrived, they would have told him beforehand, no matter how nervous they were.

So Jiang Mu had assumed only a few hours had passed. He hadn't expected it to be this long.

He also wondered why Dugu Bo still hadn't come.

Was he plotting something?

"Stay hidden and don't draw attention to yourselves. I'll handle this."

Jiang Mu spoke tensely. What if Dugu Bo was plotting something? Had he called in the Heaven Dou Soldiers?

If so, Jiang Mu had to take it seriously. He wouldn't be hurt, but Ah Yin and Tang Wutong could be.

"What about you?" Ah Yin asked worriedly.

"He can't beat me. Don't worry. I'm afraid they