Huang Yan wiped the water from his face and looked at the trembling Joine. “Poor Joine. Ever since you caught her, you’ve spent months using her as bait. Every time her body grows back, she loses it again....”0

Then he looked at Little Shadow as it made its crunching sounds. “And poor Little Shadow. It’s been c-c-crunch, c-c-crunching for months now too. Sadly, it’s just not working. The giant and the bronze chariot you’re looking for are nowhere to be found.1

“But poorest of all is me!” Huang Yan glared at Xu Qing. “Your Master is having a great time in seclusion, and tasked me with following you around.... I miss Elder Sister. I haven’t left her like this in a long time. She definitely misses having me around.”[1]5

Xu Qing was apparently used to Huang Yan complaining like this. Inspecting his fleshly body, he said, “I’m just following Master’s orders, Second Brother-in-Law.”0

Huang Yan sighed and hung his head dejectedly. Taking out a jade slip that he had been using to record the conversation, he sent the recording to a certain someone. Then he just sat there looking gloomy. About a dozen breaths of time passed, whereupon Huang Yan blinked a few times and suddenly looked very enthusiastic. Chuckling, he said, “Alright, we’re good now. I sent the message. I really have no...0