Seventh Master and I walked into the villa's dining room and stood beside the dining table.
The fact that we could see this scene meant that the magnetic field had been abnormal when the massacre occurred, recording some of the events leading up to it.
So this was the last meal for Tan Wannian's family of seven.
When people did not know they were eating the last meal of their lives, they behaved as they normally would.
But what if Tan Wannian was already planning to kill them after this meal?
So we focused more of our attention on Tan Wannian.
He had dark circles and heavy bags under his eyes, the result of prolonged poor rest. He also looked somewhat listless and ate absentmindedly.
When people spent a long time focusing on one thing, they would think about it whether they were eating or doing something else.
What was he thinking about?
For the two years before the Tan Family Massacre Case, he had barely left the estate, devoting himself to studying alchemy and attaining immortality.
By this point, he was already close to losing himself to his obsession, so even while eating, he was thinking about how to become an immortal.
My first impression of Tan Wannian was that he was an odd man.
Yet when the others at the table asked him questions, he answered earnestly and calmly, without flying into a rage at having his thoughts interrupted.
This showed that he was a well-mannered man who knew how to respect his family.
Many people respected outsiders but not necessarily their own families. If someone respected his family too, he was exceptionally well-mannered.
This meant Tan Wannian had not completely lost himself to his obsession. In his mind, becoming an immortal meant taking his whole family with