Zhu Bai

Having sent his small minions out into the city, Hong Zhao sat in the lotus position and began cultivating. Now that he had his shadow puppet technique, he rarely needed to leave the estate room. The only times he left was when he needed to keep up the appearances as a guest of the city lord, and to spar with Xuan Hua to sharpen his skills.

Since he no longer truly needed to leave his room, he spent most of his time gathering intelligence. He had spent three long weeks familiarizing himself with his new technique. He had chosen to mold the shadow puppets after mice, since they were naturally agile and stuck to the shadows, so many would not think to check the solidity of the creatures.