The next evening arrived quickly.
The moonlight draped down like a curtain, and the sound of cicadas filled the summer night.
Bright moonlight illuminated Lu Mingyuan's face in the courtyard, making his eyes gleam like hidden springs.
He leaned back in a rocking chair, one leg crossed over the other, patiently waiting for the impending trouble.
His mother's maid was compromised, which meant someone was setting a trap for him. Tonight, the scheme would be revealed.
SNAP.
He silently snapped his fingers.
Ripples spread across the ground as pools of blood gathered, rising to take on humanoid shapes.
In the end, ten Blood Glutton Puppets appeared before him.
Each wore a bronze mask and had a burly build. They knelt on one knee with fists clasped, awaiting his command. Inside their bodies, a grain-of-sand-sized piece of the Thousand Mechanism Blood Divine Jade faintly flickered.
