Kamar-Taj
After the Ancient One had recovered a little, Xia Zuo escorted her back to her quarters and then returned to his own room. However, he was in no hurry to pack up and leave Kamar-Taj. Instead, he pondered what the Ancient One had just said.
"Severing time with a single glance... was that my future self?"
Xia Zuo gazed absently out the window. Although the Ancient One had not described in detail what she had seen, even at the end, Xia Zuo could guess. Yet that was precisely why he had doubts. Had his future self really reached that level? Could he sever time with a single glance?
"Or was it some terrifying Dōjutsu I unlock in the future? Or..."
Xia Zuo murmured, several possibilities in his mind. But none of them was something his current self could imagine. He would have to let time prove it.
"I should leave Kamar-Taj first. As for the Time Stone... I'll leave it alone for now."
Xia Zuo looked toward the Ancient One's quarters and muttered to himself. Earlier, when she had used the Time Stone to look into his future, he had felt a craving well up from deep within his body, as though that object was very important to him.
Xia Zuo did not know why his body had such a craving, but he was certain it had nothing to do with the Ultimate Eye. The moment that change had occurred in his body, the first thing he had done was check the Ultimate Eye, and he had sensed no change in it.
In other words, this was a craving that came from his own being.
Although his body had undergone such a change, after some consideration, Xia Zuo decided to set the matter aside for now.
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