Ding!
When that crisp sound from the void reached Zheng Qing's ears.
His heart stirred slightly.
He pulled out the Pocket Watch his teacher had given him.
The last time he had taken out this watch was on the ice field, when dealing with that Terribull—Vortex Brigitte. Because of the Mysterious Aggregation Principle, the nearby Pocket Watch had easily devoured the Terribull, which also involved the laws of time.
And that Terribull had been the Vortex's previous owner, gathering all of the Vortex's past karma. After the Pocket Watch devoured it, it inherited all of that past karma as well.
Now, that karma had been bought out by the copper coin.
Countless thin threads stretching from the Pocket Watch toward the future snapped all at once, vanishing into the endless void. In their place, that gleaming yellow copper coin fell from an unknown place and silently merged into the silver Pocket Watch.
Zheng Qing was not sure whether the others could see this scene—he was inclined to think they could not, because from the moment the copper coin appeared to the moment it entered the Pocket Watch, no one's gaze had followed it—but he was certain that everyone could see the Pocket Watch's anomaly.
Because after the copper coin merged with the Pocket Watch.
Some brass-colored patterns slowly emerged on the formerly silvery-white case. They seemed to be variant Runes related to karma, though Zheng Qing was not entirely sure.
"—You're just letting them all go?"
The Young Legendary shifted his attention away from the Pocket Watch and back to Old Man Ruo Yu's office.
It was Yellow Flower Cat who spoke.
It had its claws spread, scratching the smooth table in alternating swipes with some reluctance. The grating sound made both women frown.
Before the old man could answer.