Was the delay in the day-night cycle because Star Lord Jiao Mu lacked the strength to maintain it?
Outside the Dao Soldier barracks in the rear courtyard of Xin Si Courtyard.
Chen Mu felt somewhat hesitant.
Years of experience had made him instinctively suspicious.
The Vermilion Feather Sword slipped from his sleeve, then tore through the air and sped toward the outskirts of Huodao City.
Whether there were other problems or not, he would not rest easy until he investigated them himself.
Over the next few days, he repeatedly sent out the Vermilion Feather Sword, having it dart all over Huodao Star.
Chen Mu himself used the True Hearing Supernatural Ability to listen in every direction through the Vermilion Feather Sword.
Other than the eerie silence caused by the absence of living creatures, nothing unusual happened.
"Am I overthinking this?"
Chen Mu scratched his head, though the tension in his heart eased somewhat.
More than a month later, at dusk, inside the Demon-Exorcising Workshop in the front courtyard of Xin Si Courtyard.
"General Zhou has sent word that Star Lord Jiao Mu will adjust the day-night cycle tomorrow." Wu Gang entered Chen Mu's workshop as he spoke.
"Star Lord Jiao Mu still hasn't fully taken control of Huodao Star?" Chen Mu frowned.
Over the past days, delays in the changing of day and night had occurred from time to time.
"Isn't it all because of our Sect Master Lü?" Wu Gang leaned close to Chen Mu and lowered his voice. "Back then, he deliberately destroyed the Heavenly Gate in order to seal off the stars. As a result, the stellar Vital Qi Wells were damaged, which is why problems keep cropping up now."
Vital Qi Wells?
Chen Mu raised a brow.
"It's that water pool in the center of