Faceted Jade a.k.a Carven Jade [ENG Translation]

CHAPTER 66

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Yue Sinan-who exactly is she?
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Fu Changling took the first step forward and came to a halt by the bed. He glanced around, wrapped his arms over himself, fixed his gaze on the person on the wall, and said nothing.

"What have you found?" asked Qin Yan calmly, walking up to his side and just staring at Yue Ming in front of him.

"There's a gash on his hand." Fu Changling pointed to one of Yue Ming's hands. Upon hearing his words, Fu Changyan, who was whispering and arguing with Shangguan Mingyan, immediately looked over. Stepping forward, he tried to look at Yue Ming's hand, agitatedly asking, "What gash?"

"Don't touch." Fu Changling knocked Fu Changyan's hand away with his sword, causing the latter to cry out in pain. "This gaping wound is round, and the skin is damaged," Fu Changling drawled, giving him a serious look. "It goes beyond a simple sword slash."

"What's that?" Shangguan Mingyan also stepped forward and frowned. Pressing his sword to the wound, Fu Changling chanted aloud.

In an instant, the already loose skin rapidly vibrated, and something little and insect-like scurried quickly under it as if it were being chased. After a while, the thing crawled out of the wound. As soon as it came out, Fu Changling chanted "secure", and then a small transparent sphere encased it before floating in front of everyone.

A tiny fingernail-sized puppet was inside the small sphere, bumping around and appearing quite aggressive as it did so.

This puppet looked to be in human form but was lying on the ground like a spider, with a considerably wider mouth than normal for its size. Closer inspection revealed that it had a mouth full of sharp fangs and was desperately trying to nibble the small sphere.

"Bug puppet!" exclaimed Fu Changyan in surprise, and Fu Changling arched an eyebrow. "Yo, you know?"

"Of course I know," grumbled Fu Changyan disgruntledly. "My mother is the eldest daughter of the Yue family. The bug puppet is one of the Yue Clan's secret techniques, and only the direct line of descent of the Yue Clan can craft this kind of thing. Plus, it's not something that ordinary cultivators are capable of making. The smaller and more intricate the puppet, the harder it is to manipulate and craft. Being able to craft such a thing-"

With that, Fu Changyan turned pale with terror. "How... how terrifying is that?"

"This thing," Shangguan Mingyan came up, took a good look at it, and said with a smile, "still looks pretty cute." Then, turning to Fu Changling with a hint of bewilderment, Shangguan Mingyan asked, "Is it really that scary?"

Fu Changling looked at him, gazing intently into his eyes, and Shangguan Mingyan subconsciously asked, "What's Shen Xiōng looking at me like that for?"

"Take a look at the person on the wall." Fu Changling raised his chin toward the wall, then turned to look at Shangguan Mingyan. "Do you still think it's cute?"

As Shangguan Mingyan's expression changed, Fu Changling placed the bug puppet into his spirit pouch and slowly explained, "The Yue Clan puppets are crafted from the largest to the smallest, with the smaller ones being the most difficult to craft. The Yue Clan's secret techniques consist of seven levels, the sixth of which is the bug puppet. This type of puppet looks like a human but is also similar to an insect. The largest is no more than the size of a fingernail and prefers to devour flesh. Therefore, whenever it comes into contact with a living thing, it simply burrows itself in, and all it takes for a bug puppet to devour a human is-"

With that, Fu Changling raised a finger, and Shangguan Mingyan frowned. "One day?"

"One hour," Fu Changling emphasized, "less than that."