After listening to this, Zheng Jia Ru finally nodded and stopped acting out, though he muttered slightly discontentedly, "But an entire hour! That's two hours, wasting two hours in this lousy place."
"Bear with it, I'm actually grateful that they let us stay here for two hours. They'll regret it soon enough!" Ge Yongshou's obstruction was exactly what Pei Yan had hoped for. He had been lamenting that half an hour wasn't enough to absorb much energy, but now, without any interference, he was unabashedly absorbing the awe-inspiring energy amassed by the mountain over millennia.
The waves of energy surging toward Pei Yan formed a vortex around him, continuously flowing into his body. Thanks to the illusion he intentionally released to cover it up, except for those nearby who could feel the air passing by them, no one else could see any changes.
