Chapter 226: Weirdo

The manor wasn't large, but its layout was clever, and everything had been kept spotless. Just inside the gate ran a narrow path of bluish bricks, lined on both sides with unfamiliar greenery. At the end of the path sat a small courtyard. In its center, surprisingly, lay a pond. To the north stood the main house. Inside, the furnishings were simple and old-fashioned. In the open space at the very center, an Eight Trigrams Furnace stood half a man's height tall. Its body had been forged from some...