"Master Shou, the Kyoto Grand Formation covers everything outside Kyoto!"
"I know."
"Huh? You knew? Then why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I thought that was common knowledge... Forget it. I'm starting to understand Ba Zunan a little."
"What do we do now?"
"Don't panic. Once this Tower Master summons another wisp of spiritual will, I'll send that flamboyant old Daoist a grand gift and let him know my Formation-Breaking Disk isn't so easy to take."
"What gift?"
"That isn't important. The important question is: are you delivering it yourself, or will someone else do it?"
"This... doesn't seem like a question at all?"
Naturally, Li Fugui would never choose to deliver himself to his death.
He set down the gift, drove the Fragrant Cassia Carriage away from its original spot, changed outfits, and destroyed the entire carriage.
Before long, another carriage arrived nearby. Once it drew close, the coachman picked up the damaged Heavenly Mechanism Puppet arm from the Apricot Realm.
"Clack, clack..."
The carriage drove out through the southern city gate. The coachman was jubilant, going to his death one-handed as he waved the arm and shouted:
"Dao Hall Master, your gift, from Xu Xiaoshou!"
Xu Xiaoshou? After Dao Qiongchang had avoided direct combat, he merely glanced over, and the coachman tossed that arm high into the sky.
"Buzz!"
It was that familiar flavor again.
A special "Heavenly Mechanism Dao Principle," brimming with vitality and rhythmic motion, activated.
The arm seemed to gain sentience. It rapidly formed hand seals in midair, each more intricate than the last, fluttering like butterflies as hidden mysteries shifted and transformed.
"What kind of seals are these?"
"I've never seen them before..."
The more Dao Qiongchang watched, the more his heart chilled.
There was only one arm, so the seals it formed were