Location: Training Halls → Dragon Sanctuary → Training Halls
Time: Day 578-579/212 (Subjective/Actual) - Days 7-8
Realm: Lower Realm (Doha)
Day seven dawned with Jayde's head still pounding from the previous evening's endurance drilling.
She woke on a practice mat in the Training Halls—had apparently collapsed there after the thirty-two minute test, and didn't remember Green moving her. Dried blood crusted her upper lip, and her meridians ached like she'd been running Ember Qi through damaged channels.
Which, technically, she had been.
Physical status: Fatigued but functional. Mental defenses: Strained but intact. Ember Qi reserves: 67% after night's rest. Assessment: Continue training.
(Of course, continue training. What else would I do? Take a vacation?)
"Awake already?" Green's voice came from across the hall, where the healer sat studying scrolls by magical light. "I'm impressed. Most cultivators would need twelve hours recovery after what you endured yesterday."
