Although he did not understand why this plot had played out ahead of time, Fang Yu knew he first had to deal with "Brother Lin."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Nangong Wan's bright eyes fell upon a face-down figure within the Inverted Five Elements Formation. The man lay motionless near the entrance of the cave, his fate unknown.
Fang Yu raised a brow at the sight, then took out formation flags. Holding one in each hand, he parted the formation.
Then Nangong Wan pointed a jade finger at "Brother Lin's" corpse. A ball of emerald-green light was immediately drawn into the air above her palm, unable to move.
"Senior, spare me! Senior, spare me! This junior was also harmed by his enemies. I beg Senior to spare my life. From now on, this junior is willing to acknowledge Senior as my master and will never betray you."
The emerald-green ball of light pleaded and made its promise.
"If I had not been here, would you have taken the chance to possess his body?"
At those words, Nangong Wan's beautiful face frosted over as she questioned him coldly.
"I wouldn't dare. How could this junior dare?"
Hearing this, the emerald-green ball of light hurriedly denied it.
Before Nangong Wan could say anything further, a man's voice rang out from outside.
"Fellow Daoist inside, you should hand over the person who fled here. As long as you hand him over to us, we will never trouble this place's owner again! Why should you offend the Thousand Bamboo Sect and shield someone else from disaster?"
Fang Yu and Nangong Wan looked toward the voice and saw a huge emerald-green bamboo raft floating in the air where the puppets were thickest.
Six or seven people in different attire stood atop it.