When Yu Ci and his companions left, they did not bother dealing with the Gu Diao's carcass. Shadow Ghost then remarked, "The inner core is already like that, so there's no need to look at anything else. Normally, the liver and such also have detoxifying properties, but by now the vital essence has either been drawn away or dissolved, so there's nothing else worth seeing..."
Even if there were anything worth seeing, Yu Ci couldn't be bothered with such tasks. After all, it was a dignified great demon with extraordinary spiritual intelligence. Taking the inner core was already enough. Was it really that interesting to go and skin it, dig out its heart, and clean it up?
The lodging that Lu Qing had cleared out was actually the natural lava grotto where the battle had first broken out. It had originally collapsed, but Lu Qing had quickly cleared out a space about twenty feet in diameter. Inside, there were even some stone beds, stone stools, and the like available for resting.
More importantly, there was a spring here. The gushing clear water was slightly warm and carried a hint of sulfur scent, but with a little processing, it was drinkable as well.
Yu Ci was already half-lying on a stone bed, leaning back against a bundle. This was a ready-made item provided by Lu Qing, and it was quite comfortable. Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Yu Ci told Tie Lan to "go back" and rest. Tie Lan acknowledged with a sound and melted into smoke, disappearing. Yu Ci was used to it, but seeing Lu Qing's astonished expression, he still offered an explanation:
"Tie Lan is my ghost servant."
This statement naturally had many flaws, but it was the explanation that others could accept most easily. At