Blue Phoenix Chapter 457 - Half a Year

Hui Yue and his awoken friends spent all their time cultivating. The days passed in a blur. The seasons outside this strange realm changed, but within everything was the same. They all stayed at the same location, and the cold stone mansion never changed as no one left the hall they had been placed within.

The cold air of the mansion did not become warmer as the season's changed, nor did it become freezing cold, it stayed constant all the time. Similarly, the sun outside never set. It merely hovered in the same spot in the sky no matter how many days passed.

Soon three months had gone by, but the final three who were still sleeping showed no signs of waking up. Though Hui Yue and his friends were certain that they would wake up eventually, and although they were slightly worried, none of them ever mentioned the possibility of moving on.

After four months had passed, Deng Wu's eyes opened, and he sat up with a confused expression on his face. He was pale, and it was clear that he had been through hell and back from the haunted look in his eyes. But despite this, he was still alive. When Hui Yue and the others saw that Deng Wu woke up, all of them were filled with excitement. They jumped towards him, completely ignoring the fact that he looked as though reality had collapsed around him.

"Don't worry." Hui Yue said gently as he patted his shoulder. "The world you saw when your heart was being tested was not real. No matter what transpired, it was to help you understand your martial path and forge your determination."

Deng Wu nodded his head and sighed deeply as he leaned back against the cold wall of the stone mansion supporting himself. "This time I think I survived thanks to Little Dragon." Deng Wu said with a quivering voice as he closed his eyes. Sweat was on his forehead as he remembered the world he had just lived in for what seemed like forever.

"How long have I been unconscious?" He asked worried, but in his heart, he was even more worried when he saw that neither Jo nor Sha Yun had woken up. For him to have

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