"That felt good!"
Chen Miao stretched.
He turned to check the time. It was already eight in the morning.
This was the first time he had slept from around midnight in the Mortal World until eight in the real world.
Usually, he only went to sleep an hour or two before yang energy began rising in the Mortal World, then woke after it rose in reality.
After sleeping straight through until eight this time, Chen Miao felt a comfort he had not experienced in ages.
Leaving the bedroom, he saw the breakfast Shi Manman had left on his desk and smiled warmly.
Sure enough, having his apprentice at home was best.
After breakfast, Chen Miao opened his notebook.
The yin virtue entry had increased by one jin and three liang!
Last night, Chen Miao had gone fishing for ghosts.
He had only caught two before someone from the Demon-Suppressing Bureau attacked the cleaver ghost.
At first, Chen Miao had been startled and opened his notebook to check.
But there was nothing in it. He had not been discovered.
Relieved, Chen Miao had burned the Demon-Suppressing Guard who destroyed the cleaver ghost out of existence with Fire Pit Hell.
After killing the Demon-Suppressing Guard, Chen Miao had intended to return straight to the underground palace.
For some reason, though, he had turned his gaze toward Yizhuang.
A bold idea had occurred to him.
Then Chen Miao had pulled the Demon-Suppressing Guard's corpse into the Mirror Space and sensed the mirrors in Yizhuang from his current location.
Come to think of it, this had been his first time sensing Yizhuang's mirrors.
Sensing those mirrors had originally been part of Chen Miao's plan, but Kong Xunzhen had unreasonably arranged for him to study in the Paper Effigy Underground Palace. And since Yizhuang was