[Bifang] accepted him as its master without trouble.
Once he established a connection with it, it felt like controlling a character in a game, with his true qi serving as the invisible controller cord.
Within the radius of several dozen zhang covered by Unity of Heaven and Man, it was Cao Jinxing's second pair of eyes.
The feeling was rather novel.
Cao Jinxing tried making it circle and fly, and found he could control it as easily as his own limbs.
After the three of them ate dinner, Cao Jinxing accompanied Qin Xuanji to the Ten-Mile Gallery to see its famous Fire Trees and Silver Flowers. They bought some novel snacks at the night market and happily returned to the inn. He continued circulating his qi to heal, while Qin Xuanji played with Bifang in the room...
Since they had disguised their faces this time, and his waist pouch was another identifying feature, Fourteen had not come along with him. Instead, she stayed with Yinghuo, following at a moderate distance.
With no cat to pet, Qin Xuanji's hands had been itching for quite some time. Bifang had appeared at just the right moment.
Although it was a puppet, it was not wooden or dull. Its every movement closely resembled a real bird's-whenever they saw this, they could not help marveling at how truly frightening Gongshu Jian's skill was.
The night passed without incident.
The next day, the sea market opened.
The atmosphere on Crouching Flood Dragon Island grew noticeably livelier, and the number of pedestrians doubled. At the beginning of the wei hour that afternoon, the doors of the Heaven Round, Earth Square Pavilion opened punctually. Those already waiting outside with their invitations filed in after having them checked and paying their deposits.
Cao Jinxing and his two companions were