Several days later, at the Azure Cloud Sect's Headquarters, Jin Lu arrived at the Jiang Residence with four Spirit Tamers from the sect, two attendants, and several large chests.
"Whoa!"
The carriage slowly came to a stop. Jin Lu jumped down first and called to the attendants, "Unload everything. Be careful!"
The attendants immediately did as instructed, while the Spirit Tamers put away their mounts and watched from the side.
"Gently, gently," Jin Lu reminded them.
Soon, Fang Qianyuan came out after hearing the news. Seeing Jin Lu supervising the attendants, he asked with a smile, "Good morning, Steward Jin. Has everything been taken care of?"
"Rest assured. When I, Jin Lu, handle something, I make sure it's done beautifully. Look, the first batch of scorpion bugs you wanted has already arrived." Jin Lu pointed at the large chests he had brought.
He then ordered, "Open them."
The servants opened the chests as instructed and took out layer after layer of square wooden boxes, ten layers in all.
Before the lids were even opened, everyone heard a rustling from inside, as though something was crawling around.
Once the wooden boxes were opened, however, what they saw were small compartments separated by wooden dividers.
The scorpion bugs were all housed separately in these compartments, unable to come into contact with one another.
The wooden boxes from the first chest were opened, revealing scorpions with both pincers raised and hooked tails held high. Their colors varied; the smallest were only the size of a finger, while the largest exceeded two inches.
"They're all venomous scorpions with a trace of spirituality! Look, this is Flowergreen, this is Blackgold, this is Blackstone, and this is Yellowcloud..."
As though counting the treasures of his own household, Jin Lu introduced the varieties of venomous scorpions to