But that shadow vanished in a flash...
The Daoist and the Flying Zombie did too.
They moved so quickly that by the time Ye Qianfan came out, they had already disappeared.
And now...
Rustling sounds began coming from the coffin room as people pushed at their coffin lids. Ye Qianfan roughly surveyed the Courtyard House. It was around the middle of the third watch, and dawn had yet to break.
So he certainly wasn't going to go looking for death. Instead, he returned to the coffin room and said, "I checked. Everything's fine. A bench just couldn't bear the weight of a coffin and got crushed. Go back to sleep."
"Station Chief, are you all right?"
Li Pu asked, though his voice sounded muffled coming from inside his coffin!
Ye Qianfan replied, "I'm fine. Go back to sleep!"
"All right."
Shen Lang also spoke from inside his coffin, as though letting Ye Qianfan know he was fine.
Everyone lay back down in their coffins. This time, they slept until dawn without further incident, while Ye Qianfan took the opportunity to practice his Soul Cultivation Great Method!
Ye Qianfan fused the divine wood he had just acquired into his bones, and sure enough, he felt considerably stronger!
Simply put...
His arms were at least no longer limp without Ye Fu supporting them.
He could also lift some heavy objects.
And the most miraculous thing about the divine wood was its ability to repair damage. Like a living plant, it kept growing inside Ye Qianfan, repairing his damaged skeletal frame along with the joints and bones that needed to move together, making his Paper Puppet body increasingly human.
"Have you reached the fourth layer yet?"
The Daoist asked, "You went up there and got a skull. Once you fused it into your