A moment ago.

Inside a tent with pine wood flooring.

Humming a cheerful song from the North Wilderness prairie, Lin Suqing walked lightly back and forth, helping to make the bed and prepare hot water, and even prepared two sets of fairy skirts she wore when she was twelve or thirteen years old.

Full of care and thoughtfulness.

As a simple warming charm spread in the water, the ice water in the wooden barrel gradually warmed up.

The dark-skinned girl stood in the corner, staring at Lin Suqing blankly, with a somewhat indifferent expression.

Behind the hollow gaze of the girl's eyes, there were another pair of eyes...

In a thicket not far from the Bear Hug Clan's royal court, more than ten cloaked figures were hidden in various positions, carefully observing any movement.

On the cleared space in the thicket.

A young woman with a cool dress and a plump figure sat slantingly on a wooden board. Her orange-red long hair had a slight wave, and her brown skin had a silky sheen.

She had a blue and a red snake biting their tails to form a loop on each ear, adding a touch of charm to her rich makeup.

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Lurenjia, the true concubine of the Rain Master, was skilled in witchcraft.

At the moment, Lurenjia held a small turtle shell in her hands, her eyes covered with a layer of pale white film, observing Lin Suqing's back through another pair of eyes.

"Hmph, such a slender waist, a Human Realm cultivator?

The young master of the Bear Hug Clan is not young, but he has put a lot of effort into this aspect.

These decadent North Wilderness clan leaders."

A crimson tongue slid lightly over Lurenjia's plump lips, revealing a few sharp and overlapping teeth.

"Is the plan going too smoothly?"

Although the Bear Hug Clan's young master left her precious little puppet among so many slaves, Lurenjia was still quite surprised.

But with such a heaven-sent opportunity, how could Lurenjia let it go?

All she needed to do was wait patiently and find an opportunity to poison the young master of the Bear Hug Clan's water and food. Then the treasure would be easily obtained.

Lurenjia had just arrived in the North Wilderness and happened to encounter several generals from the Bear Hug Clan who were selecting slaves in the market. After inquiring, she learned that the Bear Hug Clan rarely bought non-human slaves.

She had no time to prepare, so she temporarily adjusted her strategy and sent out this precious puppet, taking some risks.

The sentence "Are you the master I am to serve?" may have given the young master some strange feelings.

"Tsk, pretending to be mature, but still thinking about those little things in your heart?"

Let's feel the strength of this Human Realm woman first...not weak, but her vigilance is poor, far inferior to the various guards around the young master.

Just a showy decoration.

In this way, the possibility of her little puppet being exposed is almost zero, and Lurenjia can safely look for opportunities to poison.

At this moment, Lin Suqing turned around and greeted, "The water is ready, come and take a bath~"

Does this Human Realm woman think she's very gentle?

I'll poison you along with the food.

The turtle shell in Lurenjia's hand flickered with a faint red light, and the puppet girl in the tent spoke at the same time:

"Yes, my lady."

"Don't be so restrained, there are only two of us here, I am not a lady."

Lin Suqing floated over with light steps, drew a few talismans at random, and lightly pushed them. The talismans spread into thin light walls, wrapping the tent from the inside.

A soundproof formation from the Human Realm?

Lurenjia was slightly skeptical in her heart, re-examining the Human Realm female cultivator in front of her.

As a witch who usually walked in dark corners, she naturally had a certain level of vigilance.

"This is a soundproof formation."

Lin Suqing squinted and smiled, with a hint of pride in her eyes.Having accompanied the young master in cultivation and Dao discussion for so long, and forced to read a lot of scriptures, Lin Suqing had not only improved her realm by a few small levels, but also made significant progress in formations, talismans, alchemy, dual cultivation techniques, and so on. She was already a qualified...Condensing Elixir stage theoretical cultivator.

The puppet girl looked around, blinked slightly, and responded in a way that suited her character.

"Um."

"Are you unhappy?"

Lin Suqing put her hands behind her back, tilted her head slightly, and smiled, "Indeed, it's not easy to be a slave. The Great Wasteland is so cruel."

‘Do you even need to say that?’

Lu Renjia almost rolled her eyes.

"Are you really from the Rain Master's Concubine Country?"

Lin Suqing whispered, "Are there really many wizards there? Is it close to the rumored Tang Valley? Did you really get sunburned because it's too hot there? Is there really a legend of Kuafu chasing the sun?

If that's the case, your Rain Master's Concubine Country must have records...

By the way, do you have an evil secret technique that can turn people into unconscious living puppets?"

Puppet!

Lu Renjia held her breath subconsciously and secretly stared at the human realm female cultivator who was so amazed.

Is this woman really hiding her true identity?

Lin Suqing smiled, "I just saw a fragment of a book that mentioned this! Oops, I said too much. Come and take a bath."

Is she testing her?

Or has she already seen through her puppet identity and deliberately said it to her?

The puppet girl's movements were a bit stiff, but she dared not move recklessly and walked slowly towards the wooden barrel.

"Hey? The mark behind your neck is so strange. Is it the god of turtle and snake that you believe in? Or does it have some special meaning?"

The girl subconsciously stopped her steps.

Lin Suqing looked at the girl's neck with her hands behind her back and on her toes, and then realized that she was too rude and smiled apologetically, "Sorry, sorry, I was just curious. I've read too many miscellaneous books from the Great Wasteland.

Don't you like being watched while taking a bath?

Then I'll turn around first. You can get in the tub and call me if you need anything. I can also help you wash your back~ You'll have your own place tomorrow."

Through the puppet girl's eyes, Lu Renjia almost forgot to breathe and hesitated.

Has the other party seen through her identity?

If she rashly enters the narrow wooden barrel, the other party may attack her suddenly, and she will lose the opportunity to fight back.

Suddenly, the female cultivator from the human realm whispered behind her:

"It's strange. Why would the young master suddenly want a maid? And he definitely wouldn't use a maid to serve himself."

Huh? He definitely wouldn't use a maid to serve himself?

"Is the young master bullying me because I'm too boring and wants more people to join in the attack?"

This! This young man even thinks that one person is not enough during normal times?

Corruption, the North Wilderness clan is really too corrupt!

"The mark on her neck seems familiar. It's on a sheepskin scroll...which one was it?"

Lin Suqing searched through her storage magic treasure, completely unaware that the girl's face showed the first expression...

Lu Renjia was anxious.

The mark on her neck was the proof of her puppet identity, the Snake God's Seal!

This female cultivator from the human realm had a low cultivation level, how could she know so much about their Rain Master's Concubine Country's secrets? Indeed, anyone who could follow the young master of the Bear Hug Clan was not an ordinary person!

And...

'Don't mutter your inner thoughts out loud!'

Lu Renjia almost cursed out loud. Her eyes trembled a few times, and her eyes were full of hesitation, but she quickly made a decision.Today's events were strange everywhere, as if it was a trap set for her.

She suddenly realized that the young master had been looking at the puppet without any fluctuations in his gaze from beginning to end, so calm and composed.

Right, her puppet had been knocked unconscious for a while...

The other party had definitely seen through the puppet's identity and was likely searching for their location!

Wasn't North Wilderness supposed to be "strong and foolish"?

"Retreat!"

Into the bushes far from the palace.

Lu Renjia let out an anxious low shout, revealing a hint of ferocity with her overlapping teeth, and the turtle shell she was holding emitted a bright light.

The more than ten black shadows around immediately rushed over, lifting her and the wooden board and quickly heading towards the predetermined route.

Meanwhile, in Lin Suqing's tent...

The puppet girl turned to look at Lin Suqing's neck, her petite figure leaning forward slightly, and in the next instant, she suddenly burst out with extreme speed, leaving behind a faint afterimage!

Lu Renjia was decisive, and at this moment, she was just trying to retrieve the puppet as much as possible and create chaos in the palace to cover her retreat.

This female cultivator was almost certainly a hidden expert, and while the puppet's combat power was strong, it could not be sustained for too long and needed to be fought quickly...

"Hey! What are you doing!"

Lin Suqing instinctively took out a short sword from her storage magic treasure, but before she could grip it, she felt her palm empty.

The tip of the sword was aimed at her slender neck!

Dang.

Lin Suqing's legs went weak, a hint of righteous glory flashing in her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, a righteous rebuke escaped her lips:

"Friend, spare me!"

...

"The...the process was...more or less like that."

In front of the large tent, under the leaping flames.

Wu Wang hugged his arms and smiled at the soaking wet Lin Suqing in front of him.

The latter was shivering under the animal hide cloak, her teeth chattering as she recounted what had happened earlier.

Not far away, a triangular ice mountain missing a small portion emitted strands of cold air, and the young girl holding the short sword was trapped in the ice, her eyes still empty.

Looking at the outline of the missing part of the ice mountain, it vaguely matched Lin Suqing's figure, indicating that she had just been "chiseled" out of the ice mountain.

"You've worked hard."

Wu Wang comforted her in a warm voice and sighed, "I didn't expect an assassin to sneak in, I really didn't."

Lin Suqing suddenly came to her senses and stared at Wu Wang, "Did you find out earlier?"

"Guess."

"I!" Lin Suqing suddenly felt wronged, "How could I guess?"

Wu Wang sighed, "It was my mistake to arrange for you to take away this puppet. Mainly, I didn't expect you to see through her identity.

I wanted to use your innocence to confuse the enemy and delay the person controlling the puppet...

Now, the person manipulating the puppet from behind has probably run far away.

But I never intended to let you take risks.

My mother has always been watching over us, under the starry sky, there is no need to worry about any accidents."

Lin Suqing complained, "If something like this happens again, you should at least tell me in advance. It's...it's embarrassing, I even took out the clothes I used to wear."

Wu Wang suddenly smiled, looking at the wet-haired old lady in front of him, he raised his hand wanting to pat her head to comfort her, but then he thought of his strange illness and could only let out a warm breeze in his palm.

"Don't move, let me blow dry your hair."

"Oh," Lin Suqing agreed and tightened the animal hide cloak around her. "After thinking it over, we can't easily let those who have designs on me go."Wu Wang withdrew his left hand and thought for a moment. He took out a crystal ball the size of a head from a simple storage device at his waist.

He gently pushed the crystal ball, and shining stars appeared inside.

Wu Wang quickly formed hand seals with both hands and muttered words in his mouth. The stars in the crystal ball were connected by some kind of power, turning into beams of light as thick as a well, shooting straight into the sky.

"May the eye of the Star God dispel the mist and give true guidance to the prayer."

In the night sky hundreds of miles away, a beam of light fell from the stars, illuminating an area of hundreds of feet as bright as day.

In fact, the beam of light was constantly moving, following the more than ten figures rushing below.

"It's the Star-Praying Technique from the North Wilderness! The high priest of the Bear Hug Clan must have taken action!"

Lurenjia looked up at the stars and saw countless stars shining even brighter than before, and a strong sense of fear rose in her heart.

"Split up!"

She shouted, but as soon as she finished speaking, she heard the continuous howling and horn blowing from all directions.

Lurenjia's face turned pale, and the people around her scattered in all directions, but the beam of light above their heads also split apart...

About two hours later.

In front of Wu Wang's tent, more than ten assassins who had been tied up like zongzi and sealed with the Star-Praying Technique by the clan's priests were lying face down.

Several guards lifted the puppet girl frozen in ice to the side.

Lurenjia knelt at the door of the tent, now bound by several chains, with the seal of the Star-Praying Technique shining on her body, and the two small snakes on her earlobes had been pinched into snake skins.

She looked up at Wu Wang, her eyes full of despair.

She had already clearly sensed that the power of the stars that had locked them in mid-air before came from this young master!

The heir of a clan who cultivated the Star-Praying Technique? When did the North Wilderness become so different from what they knew?

"The shaman of the Yu Shi concubine's country?"

Wu Wang's voice was a little ethereal, but it immediately awakened Lurenjia.

She still had a chance, the last chance...

"I am willing to be your slave!"

Lurenjia looked up at Wu Wang, restrained her sharp tongue, and tried to show a little charming smile, exuding her own female charm.

"I can do anything for you, as long as you spare my life."

Wu Wang said calmly, "Are the things you are willing to do legitimate?"

"No, they're not legitimate."

"Then I'm sorry, I am a legitimate young master."

Wu Wang made a gesture with his hand, "Take her out and deal with her."

"My lord! Master! Spare my life, I am willing to be your servant!"

Lurenjia shouted anxiously. Several guards rushed over, lifted her up with chains, and threw her out of the tent.

Wu Wang curled his lips.

Even if he didn't have this strange illness, he still wouldn't be just any man.

The dull old lady next to him was better looking.