The forest was silent except for the faint breathing of a youth crouching vigilantly on a branch of a huge tree.
To his left was a grassland in the distance, about a kilometer away. Moonlight washed over it, revealing rolling terrain and the faint movement of distant beasts drifting like shadows through tall grass.
To his right was the vast crystal forest, teeming with treants and poison ivies.
The youth rested his forearms on his knees, his gaze shifting between the two regions without hurry.
"Should I move to another region, or stay here? It's been 13 days so far. I don't know how much time has passed in the sect," he pondered, his eyes glowing slightly. Time inside the trial felt wrong. Days blurred together, nights came too fast or too slow, and there was no real way to tell how much time had passed beyond these lands. Outside, the sect might have seen only two hours or more, but he couldn't assume. All he knew was that it wasn't three days yet in the sect.
