Before Sarlayan and Valeera left, they still couldn't get rid of the absurd feeling of "sleeping" for nearly a thousand years. This caused their brains to function much slower than usual, and they failed to notice some omissions in details.
The careful Lai Deng discovered some clues.
The real life spans of Sarlayan and Valeera are less than 40 years old, and even short-lived human nobles would not have difficulty living to this age.
This extremely long retreat allowed them to intuitively experience the decisive difference between long-lived and short-lived species for the first time.
If it were the era that Sarlayan and Valeela originally lived in, it would be impossible for them to remain in seclusion for such a long time peacefully.
Sharlayan holds a pivotal position in Quel'Thalas, and correspondingly, the responsibilities he needs to bear far exceed those of the rice insect nobles who are intoxicated all day long.
Throughout the year, Sarlayan and Valeera are always busy with various affairs. Even if they want to completely enter death, it is unrealistic. They will always be disturbed by all kinds of miscellaneous things.
In ancient Azeroth, the two Sarlayans were just passers-by and did not need to bear excessive responsibilities.
Mimiron, who also has an infinite lifespan, is not sensitive to the passage of time. He does not think it is incomprehensible to sleep for hundreds of years, so he did not wake them up midway.
All in all, there are both subjective and objective reasons for Sarlayan and Valeera's nearly thousand-year retreat.
Once they return to their original era, this kind of opportunity will probably be difficult to come by again.
The concept of time in the space-time channel is very confusing, and Sarlayan and Valeela are not sure how long they have been waiting inside.
This is the first time that Sarlayan has personally practiced the power of time since he realized it. He does not dare to lose focus at this time, otherwise he may get lost in the long river of time.
Fortunately, the time and space coordinates that Nozdormu had left in the fragments of time and sand through small means had been completely digested by Sharlayan.
Using this beacon as an anchor, Sarlayan and Valeela finally successfully returned to their era.
But...the two people's destination is different from what they predicted before.
Sarlayan and Valeela started this time travel from the Caverns of Time. They originally thought that the return coordinates left by Nozdormu would also be in the Caverns of Time.
However, this is not the case.
Sarlayan: "???"
Valeera: "???"
The familiar yet unfamiliar scenery in front of them caused their brains to shut down for a while. They thought they had returned to the same place after failing to travel through time and space.
"This is... the Valley of Eternal Blossoms?"
Sarlayan and Valeera set out from the Vale of Eternal Blossoms tens of thousands of years ago and still stayed in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms after a long time span, but their time coordinates had changed dramatically.
"Is this... a mistake?"
Sarlayan originally planned to visit Pandaria after completing his time travel, but Nozdormu's "unnecessary" little move saved Sarlayan from having to go to the Wandering Isle to bother Shen Zhenzi.
"who?!"
In the Vale of Eternal Blossoms in ancient times, Sarlayan and Valeela were guaranteed by Mimiron, and the early mogu people always maintained respect and a certain distance from them.
Two people of unknown origin suddenly appeared in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, which is managed by the Golden Lotus. As a matter of course, Sarlayan and Valeela, who were still a little confused, were surrounded by a large number of Pandaren guards.
"Well"
Seeing the wary looks on the faces of the pandaren, Sharlayan sighed helplessly: "Anyone can come here and help me inform the four supreme gods that Sharlayan Deep Shadow has visited Pandali again after many years.
Ya.”
…
"Time travel..."
The Vale of Eternal Blossoms is located in the very center of the Pandaria continent. Theoretically, the distance between the temples of the four gods and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms is about the same.
However, due to the differences in personality and strength among the four supreme gods, the one who came the fastest was Xuenu, the White Tiger, who had the hottest temper and the strongest strength among the four supreme gods.
With Xuen's guarantee, the Golden Lotus Pandaren surrounding Sharlay'an finally dispersed with confidence.
Now that we have returned to the original era, there is no need to worry about the problem of time and space paradox. Sarlayan and Valeera safely told the white tiger Xuenu the whole story of time and space travel.
As a demigod of the wilderness who has survived from ancient times to today, Xuen's knowledge is naturally not bad, and he has some understanding of the mysteries of the power of time.
By the way, if Sarlayan and Valeera had not hurried back home, they would have learned about the birth of the wilderness demigods from Freya.
At the time when the two of them came out of seclusion, the four supreme gods, including Xuen, should have developed spiritual intelligence and officially became wilderness demigods under Freya's enlightenment.
Xuen raised his head and recalled for a while before saying thoughtfully: "If you put it this way, I did hear about similar things from Freya a long, long time ago."
"It is said that Freya once encountered a mysterious man who could communicate with the soul of the world when the Dark Empire still existed."
"With the secret help of this mysterious man, the Titan Guardians successfully defeated the Thousand-Eyed Demon C'Thun who was in chaos at the rear, speeding up the process of the destruction of the Dark Empire in disguise."
In order to speed up the evolution of life in Azeroth, Freya traveled throughout Azeroth accompanied by a large number of wilderness spirits.
According to Xuen, this long journey took thousands of years with stops and starts.
During such a long period of time, Freya would naturally share some of the interesting things she had experienced in the past with the spirits of the wilderness who had always been by her side, who would later become the demigods of the wilderness.
"Is this so..."
Sharlayan was not too surprised by this, but it only further verified that he and Valeera were indeed sent to Azeroth in the past, and not to a branch timeline.
"I know very little about the power of time, so I will stop talking about this topic here."
Xuen squatted in front of Sharlayan and asked solemnly: "There must be a reason why you chose Pandaria as the end point to end your time travel, right?"
During the time when Xuen was exchanging information with Sharlayan and Valeera, the Azure Dragon Yu'lon, the Black Bull Niuzao and the Red Crane Chijing also rushed to the Valley of Eternal Blossoms.
Under the respectful farewell from the Golden Lotus Pandaren, the two of them and the four beasts planned to enter the nearby Mogu'shan Palace together to continue talking about business.
"Mogushan Palace..."
When they walked near the familiar small lake in front of the palace, both Sarlayan and Valeela had strange expressions.
"...You may not believe it, but Valeera and I actually sorted out the entire Magic Network system in the Valley of Eternal Blossoms tens of thousands of years ago. The construction of this palace also has something to do with us."
"ah?"
Niuzao, who has a simple and honest personality, asked blankly: "What do you mean by this? The ages of you two... are completely different."
Sharlayan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's a long story, let Xuen explain it to you first."
…
Niuzao, Chi-Ji and Yu'lon all looked a little surprised when they learned that Sarlayan and Valeera had just returned from a wonderful time travel.
"No wonder..."
The most knowledgeable Qinglong Yulong said thoughtfully: "Years ago, Shaohao accidentally mentioned this matter. He said that the construction method of the Magic Network system in the Valley of Eternal Blossoms is completely different from other areas in Pandaria."
"Ahem"
Chi-Ji deliberately coughed twice to remind everyone present: "Putting aside the topic of time travel for now, Sarlayan and Valeela, do you have any plans for coming to Pandaria this time?"
Sarlayan just followed Chi-Ji's topic and replied: "There are indeed some things that need to be discussed with you."
"As the four of you know, the Burning Legion's second large-scale invasion of Azeroth ended with Archimonde's defeat."
"After the war, all major mortal nations have begun to recuperate, and it is expected that they should be able to live a relatively peaceful life in the next few years."
"But..." Sarlayan said solemnly: "As the saying goes, if you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries."
"The mortals of Azeroth can indeed get a rare period of cultivation, but at the transcendent level, there are still many things waiting for us to deal with."
As a demigod, Issalayan is now qualified to discuss with the four supreme gods the many problems that need to be faced in the extraordinary realm of Azeroth.
Xuen's sharp eyes became deeper: "We all know that you have been preparing for this a few years ago. Since you said so... is the time to counterattack Ulduar coming?"