A few days later...
Shadow Puppet Pavilion.
The Inner Sect Disciple Guan Wu stared in astonishment at the box in his hand, bewildered, and asked, "Master Song, why are the shadow puppets these past few days all... intermediate level demon beasts of Refining Profound level four?
And besides... aren't there fewer?"
Song Yan was about to speak, but first coughed twice, then said, "My touch hasn't been good these past few days, it should improve after a while."
Guan Wu paused, but recalling the recent incident where Master Song was counterattacked by a shadow puppet, he figured it might have left a psychological shadow on Master Song, making him even hesitant to touch slightly more advanced demon beast skins.
Guan Wu sighed and comforted, "Master Song, I looked into that matter. You were unfortunate to have grabbed a Fox Demon Skin that had already reached the advanced demon beast level, which is why it counterattacked."
Song Yan just gave a bitter smile and said nothing.
