“W… up… hey… up…!”
Wu Jian grimaced when a voice spoke over a vast distance. It sounded far away, so he ignored it, but then someone began shaking his shoulder. He tried to push them away, but the other person was having none of it. The voice also sounded much closer now.
“Hey, Wu! Wu! Wake up!”
“Mrrrgggg?” Wu Jian rolled over and blinked several times as he stared at Huǒ Shuchang with bleary eyes. He then glanced out the window. The sun hadn’t even risen. “Why are you waking me up so early? Is it even morning?”
“It’s not. It’s still nighttime, and I’m waking you up because we’re leaving now,” Huǒ Shuchang said.
“But why?”
“Did you forget about the two people who followed us around? Those core disciples are probably going to attack us tomorrow when we try to leave, so we’re going to
