Chapter 54: Night Raid (Third update)
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Inside a deeply secluded cave.
A campfire burned steadily. Shi Nu and the other mortal warriors had already lain down on the ground beneath animal hides to rest. A few were even snoring, sprawled in ungainly sleeping poses.
On the other side of the campfire, Wang Yan held a piece of animal hide in one hand and the Purple-Spotted Bamboo Brush in the other, drawing on the hide with utmost concentration.
Seventy or eighty feet away, Ye Shisan sat cross-legged on a large rock, apparently meditating.
An unknown amount of time passed...
"Phew!" Wang Yan seemed to come back to himself and let out a long breath. "I finally completed the first step!" he murmured. He turned the animal hide over and over in his hands, examining the countless intricate runes drawn across it in blood-red beast-blood cinnabar...
"Oh! Looks like you're not far from success now!" the Card Fairy's voice rang out in Wang Yan's mind.
"Mm!" Wang Yan nodded and was about to stand up to stretch his limbs.
Suddenly!
"Urgh!" A muffled groan came from nearby...
"Hm?" Wang Yan froze and looked toward the sound. Ye Shisan had suddenly opened his eyes, looking somewhat bewildered, and happened to glance toward Wang Yan... Their eyes met...
"Brother Wang!" Ye Shisan hurriedly stood up and greeted him...
"What's wrong? Have you run into some problem?" Wang Yan asked calmly.
"How should I put it?" Ye Shisan scratched the back of his head sheepishly and walked over to Wang Yan. "While I was meditating just now, I suddenly felt uneasy inside. What's the problem? Am I cultivating incorrectly?"
"That I really couldn't