Perhaps because he had suppressed himself too harshly before, now that he had loosened up somewhat, he promptly took a small step up.
Li Yun withdrew his hand thoughtfully, his expression giving nothing away.
He merely asked Ruan Chenggang before him in a gentle tone, "What did you order for dinner tonight?"
"Oh, oh—just some home-style dishes tonight: beef stir-fried with fennel, double-pepper rabbit, and a cold bamboo shoot and mushroom platter."
He answered blankly, nearly stammering. Ruan Chenggang still had not quite recovered as he watched the young man take the chopsticks from his hand, thank him, and naturally open the box to begin eating.
With the abilities of a First Tier user like him, he was still far from being able to notice the strange moment when the air itself had seemed to briefly "freeze."
Yet some vague instinct still made him unconsciously maintain a degree of respect toward this young man.
Li Yun said nothing more and quietly enjoyed the meal before him.
He seemed to be in a fairly good mood—or perhaps he simply did not care.
Without question, as the environment changed, many circumstances that reality's objective conditions had previously failed to "support" had become a different kind of fact.
Among the most conspicuous changes were signs that some Main God Users were breaking through, with some even truly completing self-advancement.
In the end, Li Yun's method of actively sealing himself was like compressing a spring. Yet in this reality that had always been harsh and cruel, constantly stripping away Supernatural Elements, were not the rare standouts among those opposing users like Xiyan and Shousi similarly "compressed springs"?
And as the environment changed, that invisible suppression further "relaxed." With the effect of finally catching their breath and even rebounding, this was undoubtedly the best news