Chapter Seventy Seven, Two - Further Villainous Steps
The woman’s [Dao Principle] had not pierced his [Resilience], and left only small track marks where the links had choked his skin. Still, was his own cultivation not a force of movement, his fate may well have turned.
Fu palmed the spatial ring within his grip, curious that he could not store it within his own.
A lucrative opportunity. Zhu may know how to open the contents, or- Zhu. There are no others I could ask.
With the doors to his fortress sealed, he scaled the wall. One part of his strategy was implemented, and this return spurred Hushi forth to complete his own. They shared a single, fleeting look as the octopus jetted across their courtyard.
A blur in the dark that held no effect on the mere five spectres below.
The following hours were unkind to Fu’s imagination, and had him long for cultivation in which to while away the time. However Hushi’s absence, and the marauding parties that roamed nearby prevented this.
Instead he practised his motions, devolving into a practice of his [Stifling Stream Revolutions]. A feature of his pretence, he supposed, that Fu Gao would so callously abandon his watch. The eyes upon him, for he sensed many…
His [Ink] responded.
| [PROWESS ATTAINED] [Stifling Stream Revolutions] [Initiate] [Late] Might +5, Control +5
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