After following Zhao Lian out of the underground treasury and back aboveground, Zhang Yuan was not greeted by dazzling sunlight. Outside, everything was pitch-black, without a glimmer of light in the sky. Only the torches burning along both sides of the Imperial City's corridors provided a little illumination.
"It's so dark. Did we happen to come out at night...?"
Zhang Yuan muttered to himself.
Hearing this, Zhao Lian beside him paused, then said quietly, "Your Majesty, it's actually midday right now."
Daytime was very short in the Crimson Firmament Roselight Realm.
But however short it was, there could not possibly be no light all day long. At this very moment, everywhere except the Bright Dawn Kingdom's Roselight Capital had the sun at its midday height.
Midday?
Then why was everything pitch-black?
Zhang Yuan raised an eyebrow. As a Celestial Person from the Dust-Dyed Realm, he had completely failed to realize that he was the cause. Just as he was about to ask why, he suddenly remembered something and glanced at the [Sun-Eroding Demon King Palace] hanging at his waist.
Oh, now I remember.
To sweep away the Corpse Tide and evil ghosts within three hundred thousand meters of the Roselight Capital, he had used the [Sun-Eroding Demon King Palace]'s miraculous [Eroding the Sun] effect, draining the sun's conceptual image from the Roselight Capital for a certain period. It seemed that the miraculous [Eroding the Sun] effect had yet to fully end.
Judging by that, his seclusion could not have lasted very long.
"This is simple enough to resolve. The sun will come out on its own after a while, so there's no need to worry too much, Third Princess. More importantly, how long was I in seclusion? Has anything happened in the city?" Zhang Yuan asked.
Zhao Lian breathed a