Cloudtop Manor, deep into the night.
Lu Chen was still focused on carving Broom Star's divine statue.
But this time, since it was a normal divine statue,
the pain of tendons being pulled and bones extracted came crashing back like a tide.
Still, compared to before, it was ultimately much better.
"As long as he agrees, I'll have Uncle Chen help make a standard divine statue later, so I won't have to suffer this myself."
Lu Chen gritted his teeth and endured, but the carving knife in his hand never stopped.
Just then, a faint voice drifted in from outside, calling over and over, "My lord~ My lord~"
Lu Chen's hand trembled. "Who is it?"
"It is this servant, Sanniang..."
—Hu Sanniang?
Lu Chen froze, set down the divine statue, and turned to pull back a corner of the curtain.
Under the moonlight in the courtyard, a figure in white drifted lightly about. Her outline was hazy and indistinct, genuinely rather unnerving.
"Damn, coming out in the middle of the night to scare people."
He muttered under his breath, but still got up to open the door.
Come to think of it, the [Evil-Repelling Bell] borrowed from True Lord Zhong Kui really was useful. Hu Sanniang now knew to use the front door too.
"Heh, that old Li City God has finally been unable to sit still."
Lu Chen was certain the other party had learned about him dealing with Zhao Wanliang.
For him to drag it out until now, he must have gone through quite a bit of internal struggle.
"Creak—"
The door opened, and Lu Chen smiled. "So it's Sanniang. Please, come in."
Yet Hu Sanniang remained floating in the courtyard. "There seems to be an evil-repelling artifact at your residence, my lord. This servant... cannot enter."
Lu