After roughly checking through his gains this time, Qian did not linger. He quickly cleaned up the traces in the area, then arrived above Flying Stone Ravine.
He activated his Sharingan and swept his gaze around. After confirming that no one had been drawn over by the commotion just now, he returned to Xiaogu Village Outpost.
By now, it was deep into the night.
Treading through the moonlight, Qian moved like a ghost, easily avoiding the surveillance of the Rock Ninja on the perimeter as well as the patrols of the Leaf ninja inside, and silently returned to his own quarters.
Inside the wooden cabin.
Qian washed up, then did nothing else. He went straight to bed, and within only a few breaths, soft snores sounded.
Clearly, he had already entered dreamland.
Over the past month or two, he had truly been too exhausted. He was severely short on sleep. Every day, he either had to train or fight, and simply had not had much time to rest.
Now things were better. After awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, his strength had already soared to Kage-level. With a certain degree of ability to protect himself, he could finally get some proper rest.
Thus, over the next three days, Qian did not do any training at all, and thoroughly relaxed for a while.
Of course, it was not as if he did absolutely nothing. At the very least, the newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan needed time to adapt to.
He just happened to use this chance to properly experience the changes brought by the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Putting everything else aside, the four-point increase in his "spirit" attribute from awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan alone had raised the power of his genjutsu by a large margin.
Now, if he faced a Jonin like Gari again, even