Thus, Nalan Sheng could only have someone else impersonate Wuyazi's final disciple. A Zi was ambitious by nature, so she volunteered for the task.
Once A Zi inherited the position of palace mistress of the Spirit Vulture Palace, she could directly command the maidservants of its Nine Heavens and Nine Departments, as well as the masters of the Thirty-Six Caves and the lords of the Seventy-Two Islands. That would be far more impressive than leading the Starry Lodge Sect.
Meanwhile, beside a stream some fifty kilometers from Heavenly Mountain, stood a two-story wooden house seven or eight meters tall.
Nalan Sheng had summoned that two-story wooden house as well. Its exterior looked much more refined than the single-story version, and its interior was more spacious.
Since Nalan Sheng had used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique quite often lately, his mastery of the technique had risen from beginner to minor accomplishment.
Time slowly passed, and Wang Yuyan and the others finally succumbed to his relentless pounding, falling asleep drenched in fragrant sweat.
What a bunch of useless pushovers. Not one of them can put up a fight.
Just as Nalan Sheng was looking thoroughly unsatisfied, a mass of shadow slipped through the crack beneath the door. It then transformed into a Shadow Ninja and knelt on one knee before him.
At the sight, a thoughtful gleam crossed Nalan Sheng's eyes. "Looks like the plan went quite smoothly. You can come back now!"
Whoosh!
Hearing Nalan Sheng's words, the Shadow Ninja nodded expressionlessly, then turned back into a mass of shadow and merged into Nalan Sheng's shadow.
With A Zi's talent for licking boots and buttering people up, winning Heavenly Mountain Child Granny's favor should be easy enough.
*Now that matters with Heavenly Mountain Child Granny are settled, it's time to make