When Lu Ya had mentioned that "Madame Qing" before, the fact that she had refined a Heavenly Demon Puppet by gathering everyone's blood essence and giving rise to spiritual intelligence had already been shocking enough. Yet today, another "Madame Miao" had popped up. Did Donghua Palace specialize in producing "madames"?
And this one seemed to have followed the path of a divine master as well?
"Madame Miao's original name was Lu Miao. She was a maidservant who entered the palace after I did, and was later chosen by Madame to become the 'Divine Consort,' with the Daoist title 'Miao Hua Xian Niang.' She was specifically tasked with gathering believers in the surrounding regions. She had over ten thousand devout followers, and her cultivation realm soared accordingly, so we also called her 'Madame.'
"However, I heard that something later went wrong with her. Her consciousness dissolved, and she too was made into a puppet. Yet the Miao Hua Cult that Madame founded for her continued to circulate among the surrounding mortal world and had not declined even to this day... This statue had also remained in the palace all along, receiving incense offerings, and was quite miraculous. I heard that when Madame was occasionally bored, she would activate this statue and display a few divine miracles for amusement."
Lu Ya spoke at an unhurried pace, her expression calm and natural, as though she were recounting something entirely ordinary.
But after hearing it, Yu Ci's feelings were exceedingly complicated.
After turning it over in his mind, this state of mind was probably the result of emotions like being unable to laugh or cry, feeling lost and melancholy, and grieving for the death of one's own kind, all kneaded together.
Once those wholly unnecessary emotions settled, what remained was a stern vigilance toward