Section 27: Sunflower Needle, The Master Trio

"How did he just vanish?" Master Wei Luhui stamped his foot in the middle of the street, his face full of regret. He had rushed out in pursuit, running until he was out of breath, yet he had not even caught a glimpse of Chu Yun's shadow.

"That brat runs fast!" Wei Luhui pounded his back and caught his breath, then finally sighed helplessly. "Looks like I'll have to wait until this afternoon and lie in wait for a rabbit by the stump."

In truth, he had headed in entirely the wrong direction.

Chu Yun had not left the Southern District at all. Instead, he had gone straight to the sparring grounds for a nearby sealing event. No ordinary person would have anticipated such a thing, and in his haste, Wei Luhui had not considered the possibility either. Following the inertia of his thoughts, he had charged straight out of the Southern District.

"Well, if it isn't Elder Wei! What happened to you, sir? How did you tire yourself out like this?" A strangely affected voice reached Master Wei Luhui's ears.

Master Wei Luhui looked up. "Oh! Master Kuihua. Where are you off to?"

Master Kuihua was a middle-aged man, yet his face was smooth and beardless, his skin delicate and tender, his eyes peach-blossom shaped, and his voice soft and languid. This was not how he had originally looked; he had merely been transformed into this appearance by the spiritual energy's nourishment in return.

His chief Demon Weapon was the famed Kuihua Needle, known throughout Star Continent.

This Demon Weapon possessed peerless aptitude. The spiritual energy it returned would shrink the thing between a male Spirit Beast Master's legs until it was as tiny as an embroidery needle. Its effect was precisely the opposite of the spiritual energy returned