Lifelike

Three days later, more than forty li southeast of Gengxin City, outside the cabin in the woods.

Before a block of "lapis lazuli" one and a half meters long and approximately eighty centimeters high and wide, Ling Yi held a brilliant golden carving knife. Its blade flashed, and dark cyan stone chips fell in a steady patter.

As time passed, a cyan Wind Shadow Leopard appeared beneath Ling Yi's blade, its mane flying, its eyes fierce, its sharp teeth and claws radiating a chilling cold.

At some point, Ah Yin and Yang Shelly had appeared not far from Ling Yi's side.

Yang Shelly looked at the Wind Shadow Leopard statue before Ling Yi, poised to pounce with an untamed bearing, then at the big cyan cat beside Ah Yin, sitting back on its haunches with its tongue hanging out and looking for all the world like a canine. Unconcealed disdain crept into her eyes.

As if sensing something, a certain big cyan cat turned its neck and looked around, twisting more than 180 degrees to either side and behind it, but failed to find the source of the disturbance that had just made its fur stand on end.

The big cyan cat drew its tongue back into its mouth and tilted its head, confusion appearing in its clear eyes.

Taking in the movements on either side of her, Ah Yin shook her head inwardly and did not intervene in the exchange between the two of them.

Her gaze turned to the Wind Shadow Leopard statue before Ling Yi, which was ninety-nine percent complete.

Ling Yi put away the brilliant golden carving knife and took a smaller, deep-red one from his Storage Soul Tool, setting its edge against the pair of fierce, dark cyan stone eyes.

"Phew-"

A breeze swept through