Having just dealt with Ji Yin and finished speaking with Zi Ling, Lu Shang faced the Outer Sea.
"Since I'm already out here, I might as well give these two spiders to that old devil Xuan Gu."
Ji Yin...
Better to kill him. Leaving him alive might sow trouble down the road.
With that thought, Lu Shang prepared to search the Outer Sea.
"Brother Lu, do you still have anything to attend to?"
Before Lu Shang could leave, Zi Ling called him back.
Lu Shang turned to look at her.
"Do you need something else from me, Fairy Zi Ling?"
"If you have nothing else to do, Brother Lu, why not stay as a guest at my Miaoyin Sect a little longer?"
Faced with Zi Ling's warm invitation, Lu Shang had no reason to refuse.
He was in no hurry to find Xuan Gu anyway.
"Since Fairy Zi Ling has invited me so warmly, I have no reason to refuse. Please lead the way!" Lu Shang said to her.
Zi Ling smiled with her lips pressed together. "All right, I'll take you to the Miaoyin Sect, Brother Lu!"
Just then, however, Lu Shang paused as something occurred to him.
"Wait!"
With that, Lu Shang vanished from where he stood.
Although Zi Ling did not understand what he was doing, she stayed and waited.
Before long, Lu Shang reappeared before her with a figure clad in a dark red robe, its face concealed beneath a hood.
Zi Ling swept her Divine Sense over the figure. It had not a trace of life, and even gave off waves of sinister energy.
"Brother Lu, is this a puppet?" Zi Ling asked.
After a little thought, she understood the gist of it.
Lu Shang nodded without answering. Instead, he extended his right hand, slowly