Phoenix Destiny Chapter 622 Chapter 623 Taking the Initiative

622: Chapter 623: Taking the Initiative 622: Chapter 623: Taking the Initiative Feng Ying and Cheng Fang rushed to the scene only to find that no one was left.

It had taken them quite some time to arrive.

Lu Mingshu had not used the Talisman Burning Paper, making it impossible for Feng Ying to sense her presence, and the strong winds made tracking difficult.

They found this place half by guessing and half by luck.

“Senior Sister Feng, although there are traces of a fight, it might not be hers, right?

If she encountered danger, why wouldn’t she have notified you?”

Feng Ying stared at the scorched marks on the ground for a long time.

Before Lu Mingshu left, she had taken away the “charred corpses” of the two puppets, and finally, Feng Ying found a small ponent the size of a fingertip among the sand and stones.

“Junior Sister Cheng, what do you think this is?”

Cheng Fang looked closely for a while, somewhat puzzled, “It’s strange, this looks like a material for some kind of device…

That’s right!

Puppets!”

“Is that so?” Feng Ying sighed, “This kind of material used for making puppets isn’t the usual kind we use…”

“Yes,” Cheng Fang was baffled, “there are not many in the line who specialize in puppetry, and I haven’t heard of anyone’s puppets capable of engaging in bat.”

Puppetry required divided attention for control.

If the puppets did not obey, it could weaken one’s own strength instead.

Making a few for bat was one thing, but bringing them into battle…

she couldn’t think of anyone whose skills could acplish that.

Cheng Fang added, “Even if this is a puppet, it may not necessarily be related to Miss Lu?”

“But I just feel that it is related to her,” Feng Ying said, staring at the scorched marks on the ground, “intuition.”

Cheng Fang could doubt Lu Mingshu’s intuition, but not Feng Ying’s.

The sisters had grown up together, and she knew Feng Ying was not one to speak without basis.

“If it really is hers, why didn’t she ask for our help?”

Indeed, why?

Feng Ying was puzzled as well.

After a long thought, she said, “There should be two reasons.

First, she felt confident in handling it.

Second, the opponents were too strong, and our arrival wouldn’t have helped.”

“I believe the first reason, but the second…” Cheng Fang shook her head, feeling her elder sister was overthinking it.

If the opponents were very strong, surely immediate backup would be called for?

Lu Mingshu had only recently bee acquainted with them, not having profound feelings to consider sparing them worries.

“There’s a third possibility,” Feng Ying spoke softly.

“What?”

“She has secrets, and thinks it’s better to handle things alone.” Feng Ying thought perhaps her suggestion to split up was also driven by this consideration.

Cheng Fang frowned, “Three Yang Stone is a significant place for our line, is she trying to infiltrate and spy on our secrets?”

“It shouldn’t be aimed at our line.” In a blink of an eye, Feng Ying had made a resolve, “This is actually good.

If she indeed has secrets, they would never e out while she’s with us.

Now that she is on her own, she has no reservations.

Let’s find her quickly and follow her from a distance; that way, we could understand more clearly.”

It made sense, but “How do we find her?” The storms in Three Yang Stone were fierce, and if the person intentionally hid their tracks, the difficulty of tracking would increase manifold.

“Let’s try first.” Feng Ying was quite confident, “With such strong winds, she can’t move that fast; she must still be near.”

…

Lu Mingshu had arbitrarily chosen the appearance of a Zhouliu Sect disciple, transforming into that person’s likeness with a Shape-shifting Puppet, walking alone in the windstorm.

That person had even sent two puppets from the Assimilation Realm after her, and it was unlikely to end just there; there were surely more maneuvers to e.

“Little Boo, is there anyone around?”

Little Boo lay on her shoulder, his head slightly lifted, the jewels in his eyes making a full turn, “No.”

Good, just as she sensed.

The crisis was temporarily resolved, so Lu Mingshu stopped to rest.

She was injured, but she had prepared well this time, having already suppressed the injuries with medicine, and temporarily, it wouldn’t affect her strength.

“Master, what should we do now?”

What should they do?

Lu Mingshu thought for a moment, her lips curving into a smirk, “Since the adversary has already made a move, now it’s our turn to reciprocate.”

“Click!” Little Boo was a bit confused, “How do we reciprocate?”

“Take the initiative,” she said faintly.

“That person definitely has more tricks up his sleeve.

The puppet has already been killed by us, so…

among the disciples who entered the Three Yang Stone this time, it’s very likely that some are his spies.

After all, no matter how realistic a puppet looks, some tasks still require a living person.”

“Oh.”

“We’ll start by searching for people,” Lu Mingshu said.

“Little Boo, be alert, and if you sense any human presence, you must tell me.”

“Alright.” Little Boo immediately replied, “Just behind us, the partner you were with just now has caught up.”

Feng Ying and Cheng Fang?

Lu Mingshu smiled, “Perfect.”

She got up, patted off the sand, and casually chose a direction, planning to leave this place.

From such a neither close nor far distance, Feng Ying and Cheng Fang sensed it.

The two hurriedly caught up, only to see a male disciple walking into the sandstorm, then stopping disappointedly.

But they didn’t give up and changed direction to search, pletely unaware that their target had just passed by.

After walking for a while, Little Boo hinted, “Master!

There are people to the left front!”

Lu Mingshu concealed her aura and, following the sensation, found a mine where two groups were arguing.

The argument escalated into a fight.

Ultimately, since they were from the same line, both sides showed restraint, and it ended with the losing side giving way.

She followed them for a while and, seeing nothing unusual, left to continue searching.

With the shape-shifting puppet in place, no one detected her presence and even if someone caught a glimpse, they assumed it was just another line mate.

The sandstorm was too intense and with as many as sixty disciples entering the Three Yang Stone, who could guarantee recognizing each one?

Meanwhile, Cheng Fang was deflated.

“Senior Sister, we’ve already searched for so long and found nothing.

If she’s deliberately hiding from us, it’ll be hard to find her, right?”

Feng Ying still appeared spirited, “I don’t believe she could dig a hole and hide!

If we can’t find her, we’ll continue searching.” She then said to Cheng Fang, “Junior Sister, bear with it, this is a task given by our master.

Even if the Three Yang Gathering gets disrupted this time, I still need to plete it.”

Cheng Fang nodded.

She knew that her master’s teachings were extremely strict; other matters might be taken lightly, but whatever was assigned must be attended to diligently.

“I understand, I’ll follow Senior Sister’s lead.”

As the two struggled in their search, Lu Mingshu, tracking one by one, had already filtered through most of the disciples present.

At this time, she finally spotted someone suspicious.

She found that three-person team in a mine, where the line’s issued puppet, diligently mined Thunder Crystals while the three men gathered around a map in silence.

This was a map of the Three Yang Stone with many mining spots marked.

After a while, one of them spoke up, “Senior Brother Xun, we’ve already searched most of the places and haven’t found anyone, what should we do now?”

This Senior Brother Xun wasn’t Xun Yushu, of course, but his appearance bore some resemblance, likely he was from the same clan.

“Indeed, we just ran into Senior Brother Chai.

They encountered Senior Sister Feng, but did not see that woman.

Could she have already noticed something?”