"--A day in heaven, a year on earth. The flow of time in Great Worlds and Small Thousand Worlds is different to begin with."
Hearing Fatty Xin's complaint, Xiao Xiao could not even be bothered to raise his eyelids. He snorted. "The contract we signed with Sister Yu was based on Buji Island time... Even if you stayed in the Xuanhuang Small World for ten years, if only ten minutes passed on Buji Island, then our mission has only been underway for ten minutes."
"You can do that?" Fat Wizard looked stunned.
"I just love seeing you country bumpkins who have never seen the world." Dylan chuckled. "Though I don't believe you didn't know about this."
"I knew. I just didn't realize it."
Fat Wizard let out a small sigh. A bluish tint flashed across his face as his raised right arm suddenly swelled, thickening and growing larger. His enormous hand swept toward the rear side and clenched. Crack! Stones shattered inside his blue fist, followed by a shrill howl.
Xiao Xiao patted the small cauldron beside him.
The lid flipped open again, releasing a suction force that enveloped the enormous blue fist. Wisps of white vapor flowed from between the fingers and through the gaps in the fist, following that pull into the small cauldron.
Bang—
The lid closed again.
The Diviner glanced at the markings on the cauldron and muttered, "--The spirits capable of taking form were already killed off. Now we can only wait slowly and gather these little things that haven't taken shape."
As he spoke, he took out a pinch of pearly powder from his pocket and scattered it over a small pile of dry moss that had just gathered before him. Then he picked up two fragments of stone nearby and casually struck them