Chapter 320: Chapter 320: Turn You Into Ashes, Even Your Mother Won’t Recognize You!
"Xiao Zhang..."
The voice outside the window was small, yet it rang in Zhang Shensuan’s ears like a thunderclap, almost causing him to tumble off his chair.
He almost thought it was his master, Master Wu Ming, sending a message from afar!
But when he glanced out the window, he saw a rare golden-feathered crow, its sharp beak opening and closing as it spoke seriously—
"By ancestral command, you are to personally deliver a medicine ingredient to Xi Rubao before midnight tonight and kowtow in apology."
Holy shit.
The crow could talk!
Zhang Shensuan’s mind froze for an instant.
Fortunately, since he was in the business of unconventional trades, he quickly gathered his wits: "This is Puppetry Technique! Who sent you, this Puppet Bird, to meddle in my magical affairs!"
The little crow glanced at him disdainfully: "Remember, this is your ancestor’s sole chance for you, otherwise, it won’t be as simple as compounding medicine!"
The little crow, with a stern expression, finished delivering Zuzi’s command, then flew away.
Zhang Shensuan was furious and embarrassed: "I’ve mastered magic from my school, wandered the world for twenty years, and no one dares to threaten me. What ancestor, I’ll destroy you damn bird!"
With that, he chanted incantations, pulled out a piece of talisman paper, lit it, and tossed it into the air.
A ball of flame surged directly towards the little crow.
"This is also your chance, to become unrecognizable ashes..." Zhang Shensuan sneered coldly.
Puppetry Technique.
If the puppet gets hurt, the person casting the spell would also suffer.
He had to teach the other side a lesson for daring to provoke him, to curb the arrogance of that brat.
Just as the fireball from the talisman was about to engulf the little crow.
In an instant!
The fireball seemed to hit a wall, turned back, and unbelievably assaulted Zhang Shensuan straight in the face!
Zhang Shensuan couldn’t dodge in time, getting knocked painfully on the forehead by his own fireball; worse still, his medium-length hair caught ablaze instantly.
He hopped and ran through the room, screaming, desperately searching for something to extinguish the fire, finally diving his entire head into a water jar to put out the flames.
Alas, it was too late, his scalp was scorched bald.
He had never been backlashed by his own magic before; could a puppet actually have such abilities?
In disbelief, he looked out the window again.
Only to see that the crow hadn’t left, its sharp beak sneering: "By ancestral command, those who violate it will meet with consequences; take care of yourself!"
After these words,
the golden shadow instantaneously disappeared, transforming into an infinitely tiny golden plume, drifting away in the air.
Zhang Shensuan’s heart was pounding like it would leap out of his throat.
He knew the Puppetry Technique, but typically it was just cutting paper figures, drawing talisman paper, making puppets, conveying simple messages.
He had never seen such an almost invisible tiny plume transform into a lifelike crow, capable of human speech, and even able to counter magical attacks—
This realistic and terrifying puppet, he’d never heard of, let alone seen before.
Terrified, he immediately cast a divination.
But, he could not discern anything.
He also tried to predict what might happen at midnight tonight, still figuring out nothing.
He was famously precise in his predictions, a proud disciple of his master, else he wouldn’t have earned the title of "Shensuan" in the martial world.
Since he couldn’t foresee it, then it must be something that wouldn’t happen.
Zhang Shensuan gradually calmed down.
That brat who threatened him might just be skilled in Puppetry Technique; ha, did he really think he could scare a master like me with this?
If he were truly powerful, why not appear in person with Divine Skills to make me comply?
Evidently just a paper tiger who hides behind puppets to intimidate people.
Zhang Shensuan was thoroughly at ease, pondering which bar to visit in the city tonight to have some fun...
"Oh, I might as well make a Love Spell, have the girl offer her attentions at first sight... that’ll be sweet! Who has the time to deal with that unlucky Xi Rubao, it’s destined for her fate anyway, harming her isn’t even my fault..."