On the second floor of a private residence.
Daoist Chu was already drenched in sweat. After checking repeatedly, he concluded that the woman he had clubbed unconscious was indeed missing.
But that woman certainly couldn't have woken up so soon. Who had stolen her away?
He couldn't help glancing at the Ghost Child figurine hanging at his waist, a complicated look flickering in his mung-bean-sized eyes.
"She probably woke up and ran away herself. Forget it, forget it. I shouldn't stay here any longer...!"
After deliberately muttering that, Daoist Chu decisively pushed open the wooden window and jumped down onto the street. He took three consecutive turns, then, only after making sure no one could keep him in sight, yanked the Ghost Child figurine from his waist.
"You little thing... your master sent you, didn't he?"
"Try fooling your Dao Lord, and I'll sell you to Fengdu as a little rent boy!"
After snarling that viciously, he raised his hand, summoned a talisman, and moved to slap it onto the Ghost Child figurine.
Whoosh!
A gust of yin energy swept into his face, and Divine Baby's "wily and calculating" voice rang out. "Boss really does foresee everything. He already figured out that a swindler like you wouldn't be able to resist making a move against me."
"?!"
Daoist Chu froze, holding the talisman between his fingertips. "Huh, even I can't see you... You've got some tricks, little thing."
"Your young lord here has a yin nether body. You're not worthy of looking directly at me." After swallowing several yin souls, Divine Baby had not only grown tougher physically, but his language had also improved considerably under the influence of Ren Ye and his companions.
"Heh, watch me use a secret method to make you manifest..." Daoist Chu was laden with