Chapter 902: PAID

150 Years.

The staggering number made my mind go blank for a moment.

150 years? Not months?

“What… what kind of nonsense is that?”

Noya had been absent from my body for a few months at most. How could over a hundred years have passed?

I asked again, unable to believe it, but Noya’s expression was deadly serious.

“There were far more days when I didn’t bother to count. It’s likely been even longer than that.”

“What in the…”

“This place was nothing but barren land when I arrived. Completely lifeless. So, I planted a single tree.”

My gaze followed his words. A massive tree, so enormous it blocked the sky, came into view.

“That… is that the one?”

“Yes. It’s grown quite a bit, hasn’t it?”

“It’s beyond enormous.”

Even accounting for time, the tree was absurdly strange. Even if Noya’s claim of 150 years was true, a tree growing to such a size was nothing short of bizarre.

“I don’t quite… understand. So…?”

“It’s fine. You’ve been dim-witted for far longer than a day or two.”

“Can we skip the insults and focus, please…?”

“Ah, apologies. It’s a habit.”

It was infuriating, but I held my temper and pressed on.

“Noya, are you saying it’s been 150 years since you arrived here? And during that time, you created the Mount Hua Sect? Yet, in the world I came from, only a few months have passed?”

“Oh, so you do understand now.”

“No, not at all.”

Time flowed differently. Could it be that while over a hundred years had passed here, only a few months had gone by in Zhongyuan?

If that were the case…

“…Why didn’t you return sooner?”

If he had promised to return in a few months, why stay here all that time?

At my question, Noya scratched his head, looking slightly embarrassed.

“Well, I couldn’t come back, now could I?”

“What do you mean you couldn’t?”

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“You said there was a way back.”