Chapter 397: Puppet
Night deepened. In South Cloud City under Purple Sun Upper Sect's jurisdiction, lanterns glimmered sparsely.
The great gates of the Zhang family estate slowly closed.
Night was ink-black. South Cloud City's long street extended into the distance beneath sparse lamplight.
An old woman leaning on an ebony cane walked with heavy, slow steps along the bluestone road.
She was precisely the Zhang family's guest elder, the Vulture Granny known throughout the Four Dao lands.
Turning past two streets and alleys, the clamor gradually receded. A secluded, single-gate small courtyard appeared before her eyes.
Vulture Granny pushed open the courtyard gate and closed it behind her with a practiced motion.
Just as her left foot stepped across the threshold, an extremely faint qi mechanism emerged.
"Who?" Vulture Granny's form didn't turn, but the ebony cane in her hand had already soundlessly planted on the ground. True essence coiled ready to strike. Her turbid eyes became instantly sharp, "Come out!"