"Abyss"?

Fang Qingyu leaned on the hospital bed, his fingertips unconsciously caressing the cool metal card inscribed with the ancient script "Hidden Dragon".

Su Wanqing had long since left.

The hospital room contained only him and the heavy silver suitcase in the corner.

Inside were Life Pearls and Qi Blood Crystals of Profound Level, corresponding to the previous transaction.

The quantity was enormous.

Enough to support him in making a significant step forward in the Profound Realm.

From stepping into Breaking Mortality, Fang Qingyu indeed never truly worried about resources.

The windfall from the Bone Buddha materials and Su Wanqing's two generous "rewards" relieved him of many troubles in terms of resources, saving a lot of time.

With resources at his fingertips, the Profound Scripture naturally came to fruition as well.

But Su Wanqing's words, like a stone tossed into a deep pool, stirred ripples in Fang Qingyu's heart.

'Power of Nature'...

'Establish the most direct and primitive connection with the ground beneath your feet, the sky above your head, and the origin of all things in this world...'

'The Hidden Dragon Plan is about sending people into the "Abyss", the place that best evokes this "Natural Sensing"...'

Fang Qingyu didn't know where the Abyss was.

However, when he closed his eyes, images flashed in his mind of the ice-cold, piercing rock walls deep in the Pit, the glow reflecting off the Friend Snake Red Gold Scale, Sikong Zhen's cold, twisting trajectory as he manipulated the rocks, and the nearly explosive tearing sensation when he forcibly melded the Red Bright Tribulation Fire, Nine Heavens Starlight, and Eternal Night Curtain within himself...

Skills? Energy? True Intent?

In such critical moments, with life hanging by a thread and Power being pushed to its limits, who had the mind for these rules and frameworks?

Only the most instinctive combat and the purest Will to destroy remained!

Perhaps... Su Wanqing was right.

No ferocious beast capable of tearing the sky grows in a greenhouse.

The so-called "Abyss" of the Hidden Dragon Plan might be an even harsher meat grinder, closer to the origin of Power.

Go!

The thought instantly solidified.

The rare and faint discomfort, like water vapor, born from having to temporarily part with his friends in Qingjian City, was instantly washed away clean by the heat of this resolution.

Become stronger!

To survive in this world where ghosts eat people, gods eat people, and even one's kin might stab in the back!

This is the only creed engraved in the bones!

...

Time passed quietly in the smell of antiseptic.

A week had passed since the end of the Pit incident, and it had been several days since Fang Qingyu woke from his initial serious injuries and coma.

The day to leave the hospital had arrived.

The morning sunlight streamed through the blinds, casting warm golden grilles on the pristine hospital bed.

In his sleep, Fang Qingyu felt an itch on his nose, as if something fine and soft was lightly brushing against it.

He frowned, instinctively lifting his hand to brush it away.

His fingers touched a patch of warm skin.

Fang Qingyu abruptly opened his eyes.

A delicate face, like that of a porcelain doll, was right in front of him, almost touching his nose.

Clear, large eyes stared unblinkingly at him, with long eyelashes like little brushes, carefully and repeatedly tickling his nose with her drooping hair tips.

It was Jiang Wei.

"Awake?" The little girl, seeing him open his eyes, immediately withdrew her mischievous strands of hair. Her face showed no expression, but her eyes were sparkling with a hint of slyness.

Fang Qingyu sighed helplessly, lifting a hand to flick her smooth forehead lightly: "Stop it."

Jiang Wei wrinkled her little nose but did not dodge.

Fang Qingyu sat up, stretching his muscles and bones.

With the aid of Triple Hard Skills, his body had recovered quite well.

The internal pain had greatly diminished, and the fractured left arm, thanks to the Martial Saint's Elixir and his own formidable Recovery Power, had its bones rejoined, though it still required time to nurture and couldn't exert too much force for the time being.

Fang Qingyu looked at Jiang Wei, sitting by the bedside, swinging her legs.

"Xiaojiang," Fang Qingyu's voice was calm, "I'm going to Shangjing."

"Oh." Jiang Wei responded, tilting her little head, with a look on her face that said, "What's the big deal about that?"

She jumped off the bed, stood in front of Fang Qingyu, and with her small face looking up, her clear eyes filled with the rightness: "Anyway, wherever you go, I go."

The tone was flat, yet carried an undeniable certainty.

Fang Qingyu was slightly stunned, looking at the still-childish face before him, though her eyes were deeper and calmer than ever.

After breaking into Tier One Third Realm Divine Cultist, Qin Hui and others' so-called "Sister Jiang" aura was indeed intimidatingly strong.

Yet in front of him, she still seemed like the little girl who would tickle his nose with her hair, who would naturally cling to him.

Fang Qingyu's mouth couldn't help but curve upwards, revealing a genuine, relaxed smile.

"Mm." He nodded, saying no more.

...

The hallway outside the VIP hospital room on the top floor.

The atmosphere carried a deliberate solemnity.

Zhao Qiming, the deputy director of the Songdu Branch, stood at the forefront in a neatly pressed deep blue uniform, his epaulettes polished and bright. His face bore gravitas and a barely perceptible fatigue.

Behind him were several high-ranking officers and civilian staff from the branch, along with a few officials representing the Songdu City authorities, each holding beautifully packaged fruit baskets or bouquets.

They were waiting.

Waiting for the young hero who turned the tide during the Songdu Pit incident, who even personally killed the traitorous Divine Chosen, to be discharged and receive the city's belated, most ceremonial gratitude.

Time ticked by second by second.

The hospital room door remained closed, with no sign of movement.

The hallway was so quiet that they could hear each other's soft breathing.

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