Another half an hour passed before Gu Qingze staggered back into Murong Jin's sight.
At this moment, he was wet all over, and his clothes were sticking to his skin, outlining his thin but tough body.
His steps were heavy and difficult, and each step seemed to exhaust all his strength.
What was even more shocking was that there were scars all over his body, some of which were so deep that the bone was visible. Blood was still oozing out, staining his already wet clothes with all sorts of spots.
A long scratch on his arm was particularly eye-catching, and it was a bloody mess.
Gu Qingze's face was as pale as paper, his lips were tightly pursed, and he was obviously trying his best to endure the pain.
His breathing was rapid and irregular, and every gasp was accompanied by a slight tremor, as if even breathing had become a luxury.
Drops of water dripped down the ends of his hair and merged with the mud on the ground, but he seemed unaware of it. He just walked towards Murong Jin silently, his face full of fatigue.
Murong Jin was also a little surprised when he saw him: "Oh, you're not dead."
"It's rare for someone like you to be able to come out alive after an hour."
Gu Qingze ignored his mocking words and didn't get angry. Instead, he keenly grasped the key information in his words and asked, "One hour? Hasn't a day already passed?"
"Oh, about this." Murong Jin blinked. "I forgot to tell you that one hour in reality is equal to one day in the Trial Space, so I only waited here for one hour."
"Originally... you didn't come out for an hour, and I was planning to go in and collect your body. I didn't expect you to actually pass the trial, but you look so miserable. It's really pitiful~"
Murong Jin's words sounded more like a mockery, or perhaps... he was mocking in the first place, and his tone was sarcastic.
Gu Qingze ignored him and just walked to the side and sat down, regulating his breath, then took out bottles of healing potions from his storage bag and forced them into his mouth as if he were drinking water.
Seeing this, Murong Jin stopped talking and sat down on the other side.
Not long after, Gu Qingze's breathing gradually stabilized and his complexion recovered a little.
He opened his eyes, looked at Murong Jin, and said with a slight breath: "Senior Murong, why are you..."
Murong Jin seemed to have anticipated his question: "If I said... I want you to help me take a risk, just like... going through a trap, what would you do?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingze felt angry towards Murong Jin for the first time, but more so, he felt powerless. He sighed and replied, "...It's nothing."
The gap between his current strength and cultivation level with Murong Jin is too huge. He can neither fight head-on nor escape, and he can't even resist, so he really can't do anything.
Even though he entered the so-called trial without any preparation, was chased by all kinds of monsters, was covered in wounds, and even on the verge of death, he could not say anything harsh to Murong Jin after he came back, because he could not anger Murong Jin.
So now... I can only be at the mercy of others and can't do anything.
Gu Qingze was very clear about the current situation.
Murong Jin smiled and said, "That's all. However, you don't have to be so discouraged. Didn't you pass the trial this time? And..." He hesitated to speak.
"And what?" Gu Qingze asked.
Murong Jin stood up, turned his back to Gu Qingze, and said slowly: "And didn't you also become more condensed through this trial?"
Gu Qingze was stunned. He felt the spiritual energy in his body and found that it was indeed much richer than before.
Originally, because he had just broken through the Void Refining Stage, his cultivation and spiritual power had not had time to consolidate, so they were rather weak. But now...
"I see. It seems... I misunderstood Senior's good intentions."
Murong Jin waved his hand: "Not really, I don't have any good intentions. Even if you really died in there just now, I wouldn't care."
"You were able to pass the trials and gain these things, but that was all up to you. It has nothing to do with me."
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