They were well aware that everyone had been slacking off recently, but there wasn't much they could do. After all, the disciples weren't completely idle; their hands never stopped moving.
Xu Yang, who used a bathroom break as an excuse to slack off, happened to walk right into the line of fire.
Xu Yang was in a good mood and didn't feel like arguing. "I wasn't slacking off," he said casually. "I was just delayed by expelling some fire poison after relieving myself."
Hearing this, Song Runshu didn't press the issue.
When Xu Yang returned to the stone chamber, he discovered that the tempering effects of the Earth Vein Spiritual Fire on his physical body and Gang Qi had weakened considerably. He could now easily withstand the chamber's high temperature even without actively circulating his energy.
