"—You can't hold onto it!"
The Yellow Calico Cat examined the three rings blooming with treasure-light, shaking its head. Its furry expression was exceptionally grave. "Don't think this old fellow is coveting your treasure... How long do you think you held that pearl just now?"
Zheng Qing was about to answer, a few seconds.
But the words died on his lips. He realized that if the answer were that simple, the Flower Cat would not have questioned him so solemnly.
Rather than calculating it, he turned to look at the Little White Cat.
"—Maybe three to five minutes? Or perhaps seven or eight... I'm not sure."
Jiang Yu had clearly heard the conversation between the Yellow Calico Cat and Zheng Qing. Seeing the boy's look, she immediately understood what he meant, though she seemed somewhat embarrassed. "I only remember that after I gave you the pearl, I looked at another four or five treasures..."
She pointed at the black-and-white jade sphere slowly revolving in midair.
Young Legendary's expression immediately turned grave.
Different wizards perceived the passage of time differently. That was no good omen.
He was just about to draw his hand back into his sleeve when Su Shijun's voice came from the other side as well. "—It's not just time that's wrong. Space is wrong too. Just now, I stretched and flicked my tail. It should have reached your waist, but it hit nothing. When I turned my head, I found that you were more than a hundred meters away from me... Then I looked at Jiang Yu, and she was right beside me, while you, who should have been between us, had become the size of a sesame seed... In other words, the entire space has warped, and in multiple dimensions."
As the head of the Two-dimensional Evolution