At this moment, I didn't have time to care about the snake spirit because the monster was heading toward us.
The evil sacrificial spirit next to me gazed at my back, which gave me goosebumps.
As the monster was approaching, I prepared to use my Dao energy to wield the Xuanyuan Sword.
Unexpectedly, the Dao energy in the veins of the sky didn't move, and the Xuanyuan Sword didn't change, either. I found it strange.
At the same time, the evil sacrificial spirit exhaled. His shaman energy covered his body as he dashed toward the monster. Soon, he reached the monster.
This time, he didn't underestimate the enemy like before. Each of his attacks was fierce. Even Yang God Heavenly Master couldn't resist his attacks.
As the evil sacrificial spirit punched out one last time, the monster let out a muffled sound as its back was blown up.
It stood motionless in the sea for a long time. Eventually, a bird chirped, and the monster collapsed. The seawater had completely submerged it. At this moment, there was no more commotion on the sea surface, and the seawater returned to its blue color.
I flew over and stood next to the evil sacrificial spirit. "How are you doing?" I asked him. He shook his head. "I'm fine." Then, we flew toward the island.
We didn't hurry to land on the island. Instead, we flew up and hovered above the island.
There was only one mountain range on the island. However, this mountain range stretched for dozens of miles. It was lush and green, which covered the entire mountain. It was impossible to find the Kui immediately.
Then, I took the evil sacrificial spirit and found a place to land. Then, we headed toward the mountain.
While we were on our way, I asked him why he couldn't use his Dao energy.
He told me that this was a barren land where Dao energy didn't exist. Otherwise, cultivators who cultivated Dao energy would have been able to come here.
After listening to him, I nodded and recalled the scene in front of the stone tablet. It made sense.
Then, I asked him why he looked at my back with a strange expression.
This time, the evil sacrificial spirit gave me a vague answer. "When the snake spirit appeared, it had a familiar power."
I shook my head. I couldn't figure out what the problem was, so I decided to leave it at the back of my mind.
We kept moving forward. After a few miles, I suddenly felt something strange in Xiang Liu's bag.
I asked the evil sacrificial spirit to stop. Then, I took out all the items from the Xiang Liu bag and placed them on the ground to check.
Finally, his eyes locked onto the Demon Purification Pot, which was emitting white smoke as if something was being burned.
The evil sacrificial spirit told me that something inside was about to come out.
The first person I thought of was Fatty. Could it be that Fatty had woken up?
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but call out to fatty. Right after I said that, fatty's figure appeared in front of me.
He laid on the ground and rubbed his flesh. Noticing my gaze, he stood up and gave me a bear hug.
I was suffocated by his huge body. Only then did he react and let go of me.
Then, he began to ask how long he had been unconscious and what had happened during that period.
I gestured for him to calm down and told him everything that had happened recently.
When he heard that I had buried Wu Yue and his wife together, he couldn't help but sigh.
Then, he didn't say anything else. He looked around and asked me where we were.
I told him the purpose of our trip. He gave me a slight nod. His face didn't change much as he swaggered forward.
Seeing him like that, I heaved a sigh of relief.
I remembered what the evil sacrificial spirit had told me. It seemed the fatty had fully recovered.
I put the items on the ground back into the Xiang Liu bag and returned the Demon Purification Pot to the fatty. Then, I continued my journey.
While walking, the fatty stopped and gazed at the sky above the forest. I didn't know what he was looking at.
When I asked him about it, he told me about it.
The trees in this forest were so big that they could even cover the sky.
However, there were always one or two places where the branches and leaves couldn't reach. Strangely enough, no sunlight could penetrate through.
At first, I didn't understand what the fatty meant. After he explained it to me, I understood.
Although this place was shaded from the sun, the light was just a little dim. It didn't affect our vision.
Because of this, we didn't notice that the sky above the island was cloudless, but there was no sun.
It was as if we were inside a lamp. The surroundings were bright, but we couldn't see the source of the light.
When we were outside the island, we were busy dealing with that monster, so we didn't notice it. Now that I thought about it, it was really strange.
Then, I instinctively turned to look at the evil sacrificial spirit. I wanted to get an answer from him.
However, he looked puzzled. It seemed he didn't know anything about this.
I gave him a slight nod. This place was the Savage Desolate Antiquity Land, and it was located in the sea. There must be something strange about it.
I told the fatty what I was thinking and asked him not to worry about it. We should continue our journey.
After Fatty heard this, he nodded silently and hurried on with his journey.
However, he didn't stop talking. He kept muttering something.
But before he could take a few steps, the sky suddenly darkened, and a few stars appeared in the sky.
Strangely enough, these stars were moving at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before I could react, I heard the fatty's shout from behind, "Not good! Nine Temples Shift!"
I knew about the Nine Temples that the fatty mentioned. The Nine Temples were divided into Qian Temple, Kan Temple, Gen Temple, Zhen Temple, Central Temple, Xun Temple, Li Temple, Kun Temple, and Dui Temple. At night, we could observe the movement of the seven planets and the constellations in the sky.
The movement of the constellations was a normal thing, but I didn't know why the fatty had such a reaction.
As I was about to ask him about it, I didn't expect that before I could say anything, the surrounding plants and trees started to move as if they had limbs.
Not only that, but the ground we were standing on also started to move.
At this moment, we didn't dare to act rashly. We just carefully observed the changes in our surroundings.
Fortunately, this change only lasted for about ten seconds before it stopped.
The fatty's bright eyes gazed at the constellations in the sky. His eyes kept moving as if he was thinking about something.
I walked over and asked, "What happened?"
He didn't answer me immediately. Three to five seconds later, he retracted his gaze and turned to look at me. "There should be a great formation here. As long as the starlight moves, everything on the island will move accordingly."
I didn't know much about formations.
However, the fatty had been with me for a long time, so I had learned a lot about formations.
However, I had never heard of a formation that could change the trajectory of the starlight.
Then, I asked the fatty if there was a way to solve it.
Unexpectedly, he didn't know much about formations either. He said that he had read about it in an old book in his sect. However, there were only a few words about it, and there was no way to solve it.
I didn't pay much attention to it. Although there was a formation here, it didn't conflict with our goal. We just needed to find the Kui Cow and the Eastern Emperor Bell and leave this place as soon as possible.
Just as I was about to ask everyone to hurry up, the surrounding scenery started to change again.
I subconsciously raised my head to look at the sky. The starlights were constantly changing their positions. This time, their speed was much faster than before.
I was startled. I had a strange feeling that something unexpected would happen this time.
Just as I thought about that, the fatty behind me shouted.
I turned around to look. Originally, there wasn't much distance between me and the fatty, but now, the ground had started to split in the middle of us and was quickly moving to both sides.
Seeing that the ground was moving faster and faster, the fatty's shout became louder. "What's going on? Why can't I use my Dao energy?"
The last time the Nine Palaces had shifted, it had only lasted for a short time. I didn't know how long it would last this time.
I knew that if I stood there without moving and waited for the Nine Palaces to stop, I would be sitting and waiting for death.
If I didn't save the fatty, I didn't know where he would be taken to.
Thinking about that, I prepared to use the shaman energy in my body to jump to the fatty's side.
However, I didn't expect that I wouldn't feel any shaman energy in my body.
I paled and turned to look at the evil sacrificial spirit. He was quickly moving backward. Perhaps it was because he had realized that he couldn't use his shaman energy that he had never seen before.
Seeing the fatty move further and further away from me, I was worried. However, I couldn't think of a solution.
At that moment, I saw the evil sacrificial spirit arching his body and preparing to jump to my side.
I didn't dare to let him come like that. I hurried to stop him.
I had observed the ground when it was moving.
It didn't look like the surface of the ground was cracking. It was more like the entire earth's crust was moving.
The bottom of the fault was pitch-black, and I couldn't see the bottom. If he could jump to the other side, it would be fine. However, if he couldn't, he would fall into the crack. I didn't know what kind of danger he would face.
The evil sacrificial spirit didn't say anything as I had interrupted him. However, his face became more solemn.
I turned my head and continued to look around.
As the ground moved faster, the two of them quickly disappeared into the darkness.
After a long time, the starlight in the sky stopped. During this process, the ground in other places had moved back to the place where the crack had been. The entire ground had returned to its original state.
I exhaled in relief and sat cross-legged on the ground. My fingers unconsciously moved around.
This time, the Nine Palaces had shifted for a long time. Moreover, the ground had changed a lot. I didn't know what would happen next time.
I had planned to wait for the fatty and the others to come. However, as I was moving my fingers, I suddenly remembered something.
What we had just experienced was similar to the jigsaw puzzle I had played when I was a kid.
In this game, the entire puzzle was disrupted. Only one piece could be moved at a time, and the position of each piece wouldn't repeat.