In a desolate stretch of dense forest, with withered trees everywhere and numerous large pits scattered across the ground, Huang Fugui stood beside a Red-Clad Guardsman. Huang Fugui still looked shaken, his head drenched in sweat, while the Red-Clad Guardsman remained expressionless.
"That scared this old man half to death. Good thing I ran fast."
Huang Fugui wiped the sweat from his face and spoke in a low voice.
"You still have the nerve to say that? Didn't you say there were two Rank 3 high-grade Violet Soul Scorpions inside? How did they become a Rank 4 Golden Glazed Soul-Reaping Scorpion? If I weren't in a puppet body now, you might have gotten me killed. You weren't deliberately deceiving me, were you? You know the consequences of deceiving me."
The Red-Clad Guardsman spoke in a woman's voice.
Huang Fugui gave an embarrassed smile and explained, "Even if you gave me ten thousand times the courage, I wouldn't dare deceive you, Senior. When I came here last time, there really were two Rank 3 high-grade Violet Soul Scorpions there. Who knew that after several decades, their nest would be occupied by a Rank 4 Golden Glazed Soul-Reaping Scorpion? Still, it's nothing serious. Senior, a strand of your divine sense is housed within a Rank 4 Puppet Beast. Not to mention a Rank 4 low-grade Demon Beast—even a Rank 4 high-grade Demon Beast couldn't hurt you."
By the end, Huang Fugui's face was full of fawning flattery.
"Enough. Put away that act. I don't like bootlickers. Set up the Formation. I'll lure it out, and you'll use the Formation to trap it. Once I've harvested those Seven Stars Flame Grass plants, I'll reward you handsomely after we leave."
Huang Fugui hurriedly nodded and patted his chest. "No problem. It is this junior's