Only when the female disciple came within ten feet of Li Xiaoya did he notice that her face was utterly expressionless, her eyes did not move at all, and her movements were somewhat stiff.
Could this female disciple be controlled by some secret art? Tsk, tsk! I never imagined Master had a taste for this! Li Xiaoya inwardly maligned him.
While Li Xiaoya was busy with his wild guesses, the female disciple reached the stone table where they sat and set down her tray. It held a pot of spirit tea.
Only then did Li Xiaoya realize that this female disciple did not seem to be a real person. Her face appeared to be covered in a layer of soft hide, merely colored very much like human skin. A thin seam ran around her neck, and her fingers were made up of separate segments. She seemed to be a person fashioned from a wooden puppet. His curiosity piqued, Li Xiaoya kept examining her, discovering more and more telltale flaws. He was now certain that she was a moving "wooden puppet" refined through some secret art.
The "wooden puppet" poured each of them a cup of spirit tea, gestured for them to drink, then walked back one step at a time.
Liu Hang seemed thoroughly accustomed to this. He picked up his cup and leisurely savored the tea.
Li Xiaoya, however, watched the "wooden puppet" walk away step by step. Only after she disappeared into the passage did he ask curiously, "Hey, Senior Brother Liu Hang? How could that wooden puppet move? She looked just like a living person!"
"That?" Liu Hang said with a smile. "That was a puppet refined through a secret art. High-level Immortal Cultivators who dislike being disturbed by their disciples generally buy one or two for