After asking Fang Zheng to wait outside, Chen Miao returned to the living room alone and sat down.
He opened the book, only to discover, to his surprise, that the new chapter had already ended.
Chen Miao had sent Scorpion Corpse out partly because it could conceal itself, and partly because it was powerful.
But Chen Miao truly hadn't expected things to end so quickly.
He was rather curious about what Scorpion Corpse had experienced after following that paper cutout.
I'll ask Scorpion Corpse once it returns.
Chen Miao turned his attention to the settlement rewards.
[Chapter 11: Afterword: The broker (Completed). Gained Yin Virtue (one tael), gained [Suzuki Yamato's Memory Fragment], gained "Method for Making the Soul-Seizing Cherry Blossom Kimono" and "Paper-Cutting Deity Invocation."
One tael of yin virtue was no small reward.
Chen Miao had only dealt with one ghost-the thing that had been flying wildly around the courtyard earlier. But that thing probably wasn't worth a whole tael of yin virtue. Scorpion Corpse must have dealt with other things on its end.
Chen Miao recalled the monster from earlier.
If he hadn't been mistaken, that thing was called a Great Tengu?
In the Island Nation's legends of ghosts and gods, a Great Tengu was no ordinary ghost. Yet the strength that one had displayed seemed only enough to bully an old man like Fang Zheng, who had yet to achieve entering yin.
Even without a warhorse, the General Effigy would have beaten that Great Tengu in a head-on fight.
The only advantage it had over the horseless General Effigy was its mobility.
But that mobility wouldn't have won it the fight. Although the General Effigy couldn't catch it, the moment it dared get close, it would learn just how fast that blade was.
So it