"Stop staring at it. You basically won't be able to see any difference. Check again after a while—maybe then you'll notice some changes," Chen Luo reminded her.
In the desert, it took an entire night to condense that tiny cup of water. After merely one, five, or ten minutes, the amount of water in the cup would not noticeably change.
Time River Water was even more so. The River of Time itself was illusory, and condensing Time River Water by absorbing the aura from that illusory river was a long process.
Chen Luo had never tried leaving something in the River of Time for a long period without retrieving it before. After all, he really was not that idle.
"Why does it feel so inefficient?" the Herrscher of Knowledge muttered.
"There are faster ways. Who said there weren't? If I dripped a single drop of Time River Water into the illusory River of Time right now, it could spit out a whole bucket for me. Then it would curse me out a couple of times. But I'm not interested in Time River Water, so why should I get cursed?" Chen Luo said lazily.
After all, Kaguya Houraisan's request was for Chen Luo to slowly gather the River of Time's aura and fish out Time River Water. Why should he go to extra trouble?
"Even if this might be the slowest method, it's definitely the least strenuous one."
He only needed to toss the cups into the River of Time and wait. Chen Luo did not even have to stay in the bar the whole time.
No one could steal or take away anything in the bar.
If Chen Luo did not want them touching the illusory River of Time, then they could not touch it.
Not even Kaguya Houraisan could.