Fang Zhou soaked in the Sword Lake Water for an entire day.

Relying on the healing properties of the lake and his inherently strong physique with abundant life force and self-healing ability, his injuries finally recovered.

When he regained consciousness, he saw Aya with a serious expression, and Ming Aoshuang, pretending to be indifferent but showing a hint of worry in her eyes.

"What enemies did you encounter?"

Aya asked very seriously, "Why do you have the aura of the Abyss on you?"

The Abyss is the culprit behind the destruction of the Black Soul World and a mortal enemy to Aya. Encountering it even here is something she cannot ignore.

Ming Aoshuang also perked up with curiosity; she had seen Aya's memories and naturally knew the Abyss was nothing good.

"Ah... I was too careless this time."

Fang Zhou sighed, looking helpless.

He stayed at the Ancient Battlefield for at least three months, and in the first month alone, he cleared the 1000 monsters needed to leave the Ancient Battlefield.

But to accumulate enough experience to upgrade the Wise Time, Fang Zhou continued hunting monsters on the battlefield.

Initially, he was very cautious, but after not encountering any danger, he loosened his vigilance slightly.

Then karma struck.

Fang Zhou accidentally ventured deep into the battlefield and encountered a terrifying Abyssal creature, stronger than the Abyss Watcher, comparable to Ling Xiaoyue.

Despite his best effort, he couldn't win and was chased for days and nights before encountering a second creature.

Ultimately, through extreme maneuvers and using the Maze Card, he barely managed to escape back, sustaining nearly fatal injuries, with the Abyssal contamination severely limiting his life force and healing.

Of course, he couldn't mention the system and the Demon Invitation, so under Aya's questioning, Fang Zhou could only blame the Heavenly Repair Stone.

"I was trying to find a way to use the Heavenly Repair Stone and ended up sucked into a bizarre place..."

Fang Zhou altered the story, claiming he was sucked into a demon-infested Ancient Battlefield by the Heavenly Repair Stone and barely managed to escape through painstaking efforts.

Aya and Ming Aoshuang didn't doubt him. They even automatically assumed Fang Zhou was sent to a decaying world destroyed by the Abyss like the Black Soul World.

"You should be more cautious."

Aya's tone was mild, but Fang Zhou could hear her dissatisfaction with his adventurous actions.

He shrugged helplessly, "If I don't take risks, who knows how long we'll be stuck in this place."

Ming Aoshuang remained silent beside him, but her heart was filled with emotion.

Previously, Fang Zhou mentioned sacrificing himself if necessary to make their escape, but Ming Aoshuang scoffed at that, believing Fang Zhou was deceiving her and would flee at the first chance.

But seeing Fang Zhou now, who ended up in such a dangerous situation, risking severe injury and death to explore the use of the Heavenly Repair Stone, Ming Aoshuang realized he wasn't lying.

When it came time to sacrifice, Fang Zhou truly didn't evade nor complain.

By contrast, Ming Aoshuang only got a beating and some writing on her behind, which seemed insignificant.

She even felt ashamed for losing her temper at Fang Zhou over such minor grievances, realizing her actions were immature and childish.

"I agree with your method, but you must take me with you next time!"

Aya earnestly said to Fang Zhou. She couldn't accept Fang Zhou fighting outside while she stayed safely in the rear.

Fang Zhou was about to refuse when he suddenly had a thought; the Demon Invitation didn't say he couldn't bring others along.

Maybe he could utilize the gourd to bring Aya and Ming Aoshuang to help hunt monsters, just as he used the gourd to sneak people into Refining Immortal City.

So he nodded and said, "Alright, next time if I go back in there, I'll definitely bring you two, but I need to cultivate for a while due to the insights I gained during the battles."

After sending Aya and Ming Aoshuang aside, Fang Zhou finally opened the system panel.

Wise Time+[Experience needed for upgrade: 2000, Current Experience: 3159]

The experience required to upgrade the Wise Time was already ample, exceeding by over a thousand points.

Fang Zhou didn't kill over three thousand Abyssal creatures, as some Abyssal creatures awarded more than 1 point of experience.

The higher the danger, the more experience awarded, with some creatures rewarding 20 points.

The creature that cornered Fang Zhou, if killed, would definitely reward over 100 points.

Fang Zhou refocused and chose to upgrade.

Experience rapidly decreased, reaching 1159, and Wise Time, a long-time follower and contributor, finally got upgraded.

[Saint Mode★★★: Enlightened mind and nature, transcending all emotions, grants saintly mentality upon use, forcibly enhancing comprehension, reasoning, and logic abilities, enters Super Enlightenment State, duration depends on skill level and user's talents, cooldown: 60 days, note: suppresses desires, calming mind and reducing desires, suppressed desires will periodically erupt, use cautiously and prepare for release]

Fang Zhou didn't bother mocking the name; the effect seemed much superior to Wise Time with doubled cooldown time, reaching 60 days.

But what's with this note at the end?

It suppresses desires, which Fang Zhou understands, but periodic eruptions of desires, isn't that a trap?

And there's even a considerate reminder to prepare for releasing desires.

Hell, he didn't bring Cheng Xing along; how is he supposed to prepare for release?

Is he supposed to become a master of hand exercises, training a strong left arm to join a super hand contest?

Or perhaps...

Fang Zhou couldn't help but glance at Aya and Ming Aoshuang.

Forget Aya, suggesting this would surely get him beaten.

Ming Aoshuang has an excellent appearance and figure, but her temperament is too troublesome; touching her would be a hassle.

Fine, hand exercises it is; it's not like he hasn't done it before.

Just as Fang Zhou was planning to use Saint Mode for cultivation, Ming Aoshuang suddenly avoided Aya and secretly approached Fang Zhou.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you were lying to me."

Ming Aoshuang, rarely seen with a modest demeanor, awkwardly apologized, a very difficult thing for her usually proud self to do.

But no matter how hard it was, she had to do it, otherwise, she couldn't bear the guilt on her conscience.

Fang Zhou: ???

You came to apologize to me for what reason?

Fang Zhou was puzzled, certain Ming Aoshuang misunderstood something.

He wanted to clarify but suddenly his eyes brightened, holding Ming Aoshuang's shoulder and earnestly said, "Apologies aren't necessary, but I need your help with something!"

Ming Aoshuang nodded firmly, "Sure, whatever the difficulty, leave it to me."

After seeing Fang Zhou's sacrifices to escape from here, she couldn't drag him down.

"Hehe, don't worry, it's nothing hard, just a bit of hand movement."

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