(PS: I have no grudge against the Squid, nor any personal feud.
Honestly, Squid’s books are really good—I’ve read The Mysterious several times.
The reason I use concepts like the Occult Nobles is simply because this plot device fits perfectly with Wu Pifu’s character setup, so I went with that.
No need to overanalyze.
Also, I used Huang Rong because Wu Pifu’s character interacting with a figure like Huang Rong is quite interesting.
I wanted a sharp-tongued, clever, and beautiful character to get outwitted—yes, outwitted—by someone like Wu Pifu.
This kind of dynamic can’t be replaced by the little animal companions usually hanging around, so there’s no need to replicate the Huang Rong and Guo Jing model.
Rather than that model, I was aiming for a vibe similar to that “funny” spirit meeting the male lead in the anime The Lost Village.
That’s all.)
Wu Pifu transferred 100,000 points to Huang Rong, allowing her to reappear from a vanished state.
At that moment, the young girl finally came back to her senses and was thoroughly frightened.
She’d almost completely disappeared just now?
“What happened to me just now?” Huang Rong asked with lingering fear.