One demon and one ghost, their bodies and souls extinguished.
Buzz!
The Jade Seal gave another gentle tremor, and seven wisps of Light of Luck were credited.
"Hm?"
Lu Zheng raised a brow. Where had these seven wisps of Light of Luck come from? The shares from the Green Robe Ghost's and the Boar Demon's luck returning to heaven had already been credited, hadn't they?
Unless...
Lu Zheng turned around and looked at Shen Ying, who had just landed and was walking toward him with graceful steps.
Unless Shen Ying had escaped her calamity, changing her fortune, and he had taken another cut from it.
Tsk tsk, earning from enemies and friends alike—this Jade Seal in his mind truly recognized neither kin nor kinship!
"Thank you, Young Master, for saving my life."
Shen Ying came before Lu Zheng, then dropped directly to her knees and bowed deeply.
"You mustn't. Madam Shen, please rise quickly. Friends ought to help one another. You are truly putting me to shame."
Lu Zheng hurriedly helped Shen Ying up, only for his gaze to meet her soul-hooking pink eyeshadow and crimson lips of the same hue.
"Young Master cultivates Dao arts, while Shen Ying is merely half ghost. Do you still consider me a friend?"
Lu Zheng nodded and took a step back.
"Of course. I make friends not by status, but by affection. Madam bestowed books upon me, and our conversations have been most pleasant. The friend I have made is Madam herself. What does it have to do with whether Madam is half ghost?"
Shen Ying gazed at Lu Zheng, ripples flowing like water in her beautiful eyes. "No wonder Young Master cultivates both Dao and martial arts. Judging by your breadth of heart alone, you are already no ordinary man."
"You flatter