The next day.
Early morning.
The sky was just beginning to lighten.
Qian went to find Snow Wind.
It was clear the other man had not slept peacefully last night. Not only did he have heavy dark circles under his eyes, his whole person looked listless and dispirited, as if he had suffered some great blow.
In truth, that was indeed the case.
Yesterday, after Qian had finished explaining what he needed him to do and the rules he had to follow, then pretended to leave, Snow Wind had begun testing all sorts of ways to escape this place and send messages to the outside.
However, every method he could think of had already been guarded against by Qian.
As a result, not only had he failed to find any loopholes, he had also suffered wave after wave of painful punishment for constantly trying to break through the seal's restrictions.
For a time, that had driven Snow Wind very close to breaking down.
At the time, the Shadow Clone had been hidden in the dark, watching him writhe in agony, and had truly worried that he might completely give up hope.
Then he would start slacking off.
In the end, that would affect Qian's cultivation progress.
Fortunately, someone who could awaken a Kekkei Genkai and even become a jonin still had fairly firm willpower. Even though he had yet to find a loophole after so long, Snow Wind still had not completely given up.
That allowed Qian to breathe a small sigh of relief.
However, not giving up did not mean the other man could sleep peacefully.
Last night, he had tossed and turned, unable to sleep at all, his mind filled entirely with thoughts of what Qian wanted him to do today.
And so, it had created the "decrepit"