Seeing everyone's ghost-stricken expressions, Si Chen leaned back into his reclining chair.
"I just casually 'borrowed' a little of Changsheng's law of time and stretched that half a breath out a tiny bit."
"..."
The corner of Xie Changsheng's eye twitched violently.
Listen to that. Was that even something a human would say?
Stretched it out a tiny bit? A fucking 'tiny bit'!
He was the one who specialized in the law of time, yet he hadn't sensed even the slightest wrongness from time being tampered with!
How was that 'borrowing'?
That was pinning the River of Time to the ground and grinding its face into the dirt!
But at the word "time," Xie Changsheng seemed to remember something, and his brows immediately furrowed.
"Brother Si, speaking of time..."
"There's something I have to tell all of you, in full."
Seeing Xie Changsheng's solemn expression, the others exchanged glances and fell silent.
Si Chen looked at him and nodded gently.
Then he glanced at Li Tiezhu, who was still standing there in a daze, and chuckled in exasperation.
"All right, stop standing in the doorway. Come in and have some tea with us."
Seeing that his master remained as calm and composed as ever despite his white hair, Li Tiezhu was overjoyed. The boulder weighing on his heart finally settled.
Still the same familiar recipe, still the same familiar flavor!
"Right away! Your disciple will pour your tea!"
He scampered into the courtyard, deftly picked up the teapot, and filled everyone's cups in turn. What could he do? He was the most junior person there.
Only after finishing did he pull up a little stool and sit obediently beside Si Chen.
Cradling his teacup and feeling the warmth of the tea, Xie Changsheng began.
"Actually, while we were following the