He quickly used Tendon and Bone Alteration to shrink his body to roughly the same size as the woman's, then picked up the mascara brush and brushed his lashes. Now there was hardly any visible difference.
He had only just hidden the woman when another impatient call came from outside.
Hu Xiaotian walked out with his head lowered. The woman in red outside noticed nothing amiss. Looking thoroughly impatient, she rattled off a few words, then handed him one of the bouquets she was carrying. Holding the flowers, Hu Xiaotian followed her out of the courtyard.
The two arrived in the Back Courtyard, where more than forty veiled women in red robes were already waiting. With his figure transformed by Tendon and Bone Alteration, Hu Xiaotian fit among them without looking out of place.
A white elephant stood in the middle of the courtyard, draped with an exquisite saddle. Hu Xiaotian guessed that it might be High Priest Tongyun's mount, but his first thought was how to use it to break free and escape later.
While Hu Xiaotian was busy working out his little schemes, the door sounded softly, and High Priest Tongyun emerged in a white robe. Two women in red supported her arms, one on either side, while another two lifted the long train trailing behind her. Granny Shadow and Yan Nujiao came out last. Today, they were serving as her guardians.
The handler gestured, and the white elephant knelt. Four women in red formed steps with their knees and backs. Tongyun slowly climbed onto the elephant and seated herself with consummate elegance, looking like a white lotus rising unstained from the mud. Hu Xiaotian secretly found her lofty, unworldly appearance amusing. This woman looked pure and flawless on the surface, but behind it all she was a