*TICK* *TICK* *TICK*
Alex stayed in his cave, watching the standing pendulum move back and forth. The constant ticking sound was a clue at what speed the pendulum was moving in. The aura that came out of it was the Time aura associated with that level of speed.
Matching the two, if Alex could differentiate the aura and could tell the speed even without the sound, he was bound to learn the Time Dao sooner than later.
Pearl and Whisker sat around the artifact as well, but unlike Alex, they had no clue where to begin at all. They couldn't even feel the Time aura. Alex had only kept them there in hopes that they would soon begin sensing it.
Alex spent a few days doing his best to sense it all, but in the end, he failed to make the slightest difference. It was going to be a long while before he learned this Dao.
After a few days, he left the mountain early morning and returned back to Newsky City.
