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A candle's flame flickered gently, casting a dim light that slightly illuminated the center of the room where a sandbox lay.
A figure stood with their back to the candlelight, face obscured, holding a small puppet, which they placed on the sandbox.
On the other side of the sandbox, a person knelt on one knee, head lowered.
"Sir, Lord Li Liangqiu's soul lamp has extinguished."
The figure behind the sandbox, undisturbed, stared at the sandbox and asked slowly,
"Any news?"
"Where he fell, whose hands he fell to, none are known. We've already asked someone to use the soul lamp for summoning, but there's no sign of any message."
The kneeling spy wished he could bury his head in his chest.
An Eighth Tier Body Cultivator, to die so silently, and the Jinyi Wei couldn't trace the slightest clue, yet dared to report.
"I understand, keep the news suppressed, you may leave."
The spy, as if granted a great amnesty, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated.