Zuo Lin'an: “Not bad. You'll be a Two-Star dungeon boss soon.”
Xu Youyou: “Hehe, once the dungeon ends, I'll buy a Sin Hunter City entry application and head to the training base. By the way, Brother An, what's the situation on your end?”
Zuo Lin'an briefly explained what had happened on his end.
Xu Youyou: “Even though they're all players with special talents, they don't have specter items yet. Sounds like they're pretty easy to deal with.”
Especially since Zuo Lin'an also had the gold hairpin specter item.
Zuo Lin'an: “I plan to keep the remaining two Daoist players around for now to test the plot later, so I won't be going to the training base with you.”
Xu Youyou: “Just wait for my good news! This time, I'm definitely going to have a proper discussion with the instructor about Domain Rules!”
The two chatted for a few more minutes before ending the call.
Zuo Lin'an casually put his phone away and continued to wait.
Xu Youyou moved very quickly.
He perfectly fused his living body with his specter body, then used his advantage to kill the remaining three players within a few minutes.
They had no specter items, only common talents, and had not begun cultivating in their original world. Thus, they stood absolutely no chance against a specter.
When the last person drew their final breath, Xu Youyou's dungeon came to an end.
And at the very moment the dungeon ended, six unsolvable specters rapidly took shape.
Originally, he had set the time to twelve hours, but that was only applicable while the dungeon was still ongoing. Once the dungeon ended, the set time lost all meaning, and all the unsolvable specters would manifest immediately.
Or rather, the unsolvable specters had already formed at the very beginning; the time Xu Youyou set previously was merely when they would appear, not when they were born.
Excited, Xu Youyou immediately requested staff to come and retrieve the specters.
After all, he had to wait for the Contribution points from the unsolvable specters to hit his account before he would have enough to purchase the city entry application.
A few hours later, the sky began to brighten slightly.
Daoist Wufang and Lin Xiaolei had long since woken up. At the moment, they were huddled together in the guest room, whispering as if plotting something shady.
“Grandpa, will this really work?”
The old Daoist snorted. “Of course it will. My robe is specially made. It looks like fabric, but it's actually a special kind of paper!”
With that, he tore a strip from an inner layer of his robe. However, the tearing sound was like paper ripping.
Placing the long strip of paper on the table, the old Daoist extended two fingers like scissors. In the next instant, two faint golden glows appeared on his fingertips.
Using his two fingers as scissors and the golden light as blades, he snipped a chain of paper figures from the strip.
Then, he scooped all the paper figures into his palms and blew a gentle breath over them.
When he opened his hands, paper dolls no larger than a finger leaped out one after another. They ran, jumped, and even did backflips.
They landed safely even when falling off the table, incredibly agile.
Lin Xiaolei caught a paper doll that had crawled onto the wall and put it back on the table.
“It really works?”
The old Daoist snapped, “Of course it does. Why would I lie to you?”
Lin Xiaolei quickly nudged closer to the old Daoist and began massaging his shoulders.
“Hehe, Grandpa, can you teach me this Paper Puppet Technique?”
“You want to learn?”
“Yes, yes, yes!”
The old Daoist sneered. “Then let me ask you, how is your progress with the Palm Lightning I taught you before? And before, you complained that Palm Lightning wasn't powerful enough, so I taught you Heavenly Thunder from the Five Thunders. How is your practice with that going?”
Seeing Lin Xiaolei's increasingly guilty expression, he knew his grandson had definitely been slacking off.
“And now you want to learn the Paper Puppet Technique? Can you even handle it? Don't you know that biting off more than you can chew only leads to ruin?”
Then, ignoring Lin Xiaolei, the old Daoist controlled the paper dolls to leave the room. Soon, they sneaked into various parts of the old residence to scout around.
As for why he hadn't acted last night, the old Daoist actually had his reservations.
After all, evil entities thrived at night. When everything was still unclear, it was unwise to act rashly.
Naturally, all of the old Daoist's movements were observed by Zuo Lin'an.
One of the paper dolls had already quietly slipped into his courtyard, hiding motionless in a crevice of the rockery.
Pretending to know nothing, he slowly sat up from the bed. Then, just like a real young master, he dressed, washed, and ate breakfast under Feng Xingyun's service.
“Xingyun, has breakfast been delivered to the masters?”
Feng Xingyun's performance was flawless.
“It's ready. I'll have it sent over shortly.”
“Good. Those two are experts; we must not neglect them.”
“Don't worry, Young Master.”
Zuo Lin'an waved his hand. “Go on then. I'll go for a walk and look for Wenle while I'm at it.”
Feng Xingyun quickly followed.
“Young Master, let me accompany you.”
“No need, I'll just walk around nearby. After all, he's been missing for so many days without a trace. I don't have much hope left anyway.”
Feng Xingyun escorted him to the main gate before stopping.
Just then, the old Daoist approached with his grandson.
“Morning, you two.”
Zuo Lin'an stopped in his tracks and glanced back.
“Ah, the two masters. Breakfast is ready. Why don't you eat first?”
The old Daoist smiled.
“Then we shall trouble you...”
Zuo Lin'an seemed to remember something and spoke apologetically.
“I was careless and forgot to introduce myself last night. I am Yao Wenli. You can just call me by my name, Master.”
Daoist Wufang quickly waved his hands.
“We wouldn't dare! Besides, we were the ones who disturbed you last night. Oh, right! I promised to draw a few talismans for you, Mr. Yao. However, my grandson and I left in a hurry this time and didn't bring many supplies. I'll have to trouble you to prepare some things.”
Zuo Lin'an thought about the items he had brought over earlier. None of them seemed suitable for drawing talismans.
Unless the old Daoist could draw talismans on A4 printer paper.
“What kind of materials do you need? Is it yellow paper or something similar?”
Daoist Wufang nodded.
“Yellow paper comes in varying qualities. Those unfamiliar with the craft might not buy the right kind. Jade is also acceptable—even ordinary jade works, and the effect would actually be better.”
Zuo Lin'an raised an eyebrow.
In his eyes, these two were already dead men walking.
Even if they made talismans now, whether yellow or jade, they would lose their effect eventually. It would just be a waste of effort. Better not to bother.
“I'm afraid I only brought some ordinary clothes and daily necessities with me to the old residence. If we need yellow paper or jade, I'll have to order them, which might take a few days. Moreover, this place is very remote, so delivering goods here is quite troublesome. How about this? Let's exchange contact information and get in touch in the future?”
Daoist Wufang smiled and nodded.
“That works.”
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