Fang Shu stood amid the former grounds of the Five Viscera Temple. After long deliberation, a plan settled in his mind.
Although he had made up his mind, he did not leave immediately.
His body drifted upward, and he suddenly slipped into an obscure corner of the temple's former grounds.
Once inside, Fang Shu surveyed the ruined surroundings, his expression filling with wistful regret.
This was his original Fang Immortal Cave, the cultivation abode he had carved out within the Five Viscera Temple all those years ago.
Now, with the temple relocated and the spiritual energy cut off, compounded by the effects of the earthquake, the abode lay in ruins. Everything he had built up here had been shattered.
Fang Shu had no inclination to restore the place. He merely swept his sleeve, cleared away the dust, and opened up a space several yards across in which to settle.
Then he took out the True Immortal's remains he had retrieved from the Old Mountain Lord's former home.
Since he intended to enter the Mount Lu Estate as an Attendant, he naturally needed to prepare more means of protecting himself. He could not afford to rush.
Otherwise, if that True Immortal of the Profound Teaching inadvertently uncovered his identity and a conflict broke out, the man might refrain from killing him out of regard for his status as a direct disciple of the Vast Sea Immortal Prefecture, but some humiliation would be unavoidable.
Fang Shu pondered inwardly, One Scarlet True Flying Centipede isn't enough insurance. I need another golden core puppet before I can call my preparations passable.
With that thought, he immediately lowered his eyelids and focused his mind on the True Immortal's remains before him.
He also extended a finger and tapped the skeleton.
Its entire frame resembled yellow