"You're awake," Gyeong walked up to Nero when he heard the indistinct muttering of the latter.
"Mm," Nero slightly nodded. "I guess I spent longer than I expected, I see it is dark already."
Gyeong lightly laughed, "It is no crime. The concept of time is irrelevant to us cultivators so there's no reason to worry."
"Has there been any movement from those sect disciples?" Nero asked. He might have been meditating all this while, but the scenario of the sect disciples returning for a revenge mission always played at the back of his mind.
"It's been quiet since they left," Gyeong answered, and it happened just as he answered. They camped there and set out at the first light of the morning.
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