"If that's the condition for you to become the little master, then force Good Fortune Born to agree to your terms. If he refuses, that means he wants to harm us first and has a way to break the Eerie. We might as well flip the table outright. We have so many Thunder Talismans—let's just take him down!" Book-Listener's eyes gleamed with viciousness.
Sunshine Boy had not expected Book-Listener to be so ruthless and decisive. He nodded. "Fine! If he still refuses to cooperate, we'll find a chance to erase him! We're all dead anyway!"
"Get him!" Foodie perked up.
After the three discussed it, they returned to the entrance of the public quarters.
The Commandant and Good Fortune Born were still whispering together in the distance.
The fish-belly white of dawn in the east gradually stained the sky. Book-Listener suddenly cried out, "Look at the temple gate!"
Everyone looked over. The four lanterns at the gate were gone.
In their place stood four guards.
Just as they had during the day yesterday, they wore coarse red clothes, held spears with white tassels, and had white belts wrapped around their waists. One of them had a jade pendant carved with twin fish and dangling red tassels hanging from his belt.
That man's face was withered, as though every drop of blood had been drained from him. He looked like a Puppet Cultivator, but one could vaguely make out the Cowherd's features.
The group exchanged looks, chills rising straight from their hearts.
Several Night Guards who had been close to the Cowherd reddened around the eyes, but they dared do nothing and say nothing.
"I never thought I'd see Lantern Soldiers again..." Book-Listener's voice was low.
"You've seen them before?"
"I only saw them from afar before. Along an entire winding