Chapter 145 Puppet Making
It is not uncommon for monks to stay in seclusion for many years, but the strength of Zhigang Palace has greatly increased in these years. As the palace master, Song Linfang has repeatedly appeared to help with the growth of the sect.
It seems that his cultivation has reached the peak of pill formation, and all Ningying needs is an opportunity.
Now, is this what we have been waiting for?
"Husband, do you think the Lord of Song Palace has gone through the Yuanying Tribulation?"
Wei Zhong nodded.
"Then our Luohe Mansion is going to produce a Nascent Soul cultivator?" Xie Linghua said on the side.
"The Nascent Soul Tribulation is not so easy to survive. Song Linfang must have not been sure enough after waiting for so many years.
Currently disappearing from the tribulation, I don’t know if the opportunity to condense the infant has arrived, or is he forced to condense the infant due to some reasons? "
Wei Zhong's eyes flashed.
Zhigang Palace is now a big deal, and Song Linfang is easy to talk about Ningying. Zhigang Palace has directly become the number one Nascent Soul force in Luohe Prefecture.
But if it fails and foreign enemies have not arrived, Zhigang Palace may be divided from within.
Regardless of whether it was successful or not, Wei Zhong could already foresee all the turbulence that might be caused in the future, and couldn't help but shake his head.
"Husband, do you think it is unlikely that Palace Master Song will survive the catastrophe?" Ling Ziwei asked when Wei Zhong shook his head.
"No, I'm just thinking about all the turmoil that his condensation of babies will cause," Wei Zhong said to the other party.
"The "Forging Method" of Zhigang Palace is extraordinary. It strengthens the body of the law in a very special way, and it can even bless the Nascent Soul. With the help of Daoist fellow Taoist Song and the Wang family, we will probably be able to survive this calamity."
Although Wei Zhong had a prohibition against revealing the method when he accepted the inheritance of "Forging Gang Method", this did not prevent Wei Zhong from telling some of the characteristics of "Forging Gang Method".
Hearing Wei Zhong's words, Ling Ziwei was also a little curious.
Wei Zhong used a special elixir to obtain this method from Zhigang Palace.
'From what my husband said, it seems that he is very satisfied with the "Forging Gang Method". No wonder he has been thinking about it for decades. ’
"Okay, no matter whether the other party succeeds in condensing the baby or not, we will continue to practice after all. As for the troubles in the future, we will let them come.
With the strength of Qingbo Island, I am not afraid of this. "
After Wei Zhong said this to the two girls, he sent them to practice while he went out to Yuelan City.
Although he said he didn't care, he still wanted to inquire inside the Chamber of Commerce.
After asking Xu Xuan, he learned that Song Linfang had indeed gone to the Wang family, but there was no news after that.
Even Zhigang Palace could not hear the slightest news.
"It seems that the Wang family attaches great importance to this matter!"
Xu Xuan chuckled and said:
"That's natural. Nascent Soul cultivators are rare even in Yunzhou City. The appearance of a new Nascent Soul cultivator can significantly improve the strength of the Wang family."
Seeing this, Wei Zhong couldn't help but asked:
"Fellow Daoist Xu Xuan came from Yunzhou City. Do you know how strong the Wang family is among all the Nascent Soul forces?"
Xu Xuan held up the teacup:
"Probably only ranked third behind us, the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, and the Shadow Moon Sect."
"Will Song Linfang's promotion to Nascent Soul bring changes to this situation?"
Xu Xuan shook his head:
"No, a new Nascent Soul is far from reaching the point of affecting the situation in Yunzhou City. At most, it will allow the forces below that are inferior to the Wang family to give up more territory."
Wei Zhong showed a hint of curiosity when he heard this.
Xu Xuan then asked Wei Zhong:
"What do you think, Fellow Daoist Wei, about the strength gap between the early stage of pill formation and the late stage of pill formation?"
"Of course, it is far superior in the later stage of pill formation, but in the early stage, the monks are supplemented by various magic weapons, so they have no chance to compete with it."
Xu Xuan had a strange look in his eyes when he heard this. Is the other party sure that he can resist the later stage of pill formation in the early stage?
After coughing twice, Xu Xuan continued:
"That's just a special situation. The gap between realms of forming pills is already extremely difficult to bridge, especially in the Nascent Soul realm.
The gap between each level of small realms will be ridiculously large, especially for the late Yuanying monks, who are the best among all Yuanying beings and are known as great monks.
The difference between the Wang family and me, the Gathering Chamber of Commerce and the Shadow Moon Sect is reflected in this Nascent Soul cultivator. "
Hearing this, Wei Zhong couldn't help but think about understanding Yuan Rui. As one of the great monks gathered in the Chamber of Commerce, the other party's departure at this moment would cause far more turmoil than he imagined.
"Grand Monk Nascent Soul! I don't know where Senior Xie has gone. Without this Senior, I, the Chamber of Commerce, have lost an arm."
Xuxuan's face also showed some emotion, and he shook his head:
"Senior Jie has his own auspicious signs. He is probably here to look for opportunities to transform into gods."
Wei Zhong didn't expect Xu Xuan to have such a view on this, but seeing the slightly ugly expression on his face, he knew that the other party was not as optimistic as he said.
So the topic was brought to Song Linfang again.
"If Song Linfang is promoted to Nascent Soul, will the Zhigang Palace be moved to Yunzhou City collectively? Our Luohe Mansion does not have a fourth-level spiritual land."
Wei Zhong removed the retreat place of Tantai Lin in his mind.
Nascent Soul monks must rely on the fourth-level spiritual veins in their cultivation. This is a recognized fact in the cultivation world, unless Song Linfang does not plan to improve her cultivation in the future and is willing to maintain the early Nascent Soul body for hundreds of years.
However, when I expected that he would go to great lengths to seek the opportunity of Nascent Soul even at the expense of offending the Wang family, I knew that the other party would never do this.
"Fellow Daoist Wei doesn't know anything now. Who said that our Luohe Mansion doesn't have a fourth-level spiritual land?"
Wei Zhong's face was even more confused.
"Fellow Daoist, have you forgotten the secret realm that the four Yuanying forces jointly developed more than a decade ago?"
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After a while, Wei Zhong left Yuelan City, thinking back to what Xu Xuan had just said.
'It's not that there is no fourth-level spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture. In fact, it is very hidden. It's just that the cultivators haven't found it in these years.
But the appearance of the secret realm last time gave an obvious clue. There is a connection point between the secret realm and the real space. Following this line of thought, there is a chance to find a hidden fourth-level spiritual land. '
Wei Zhong's eyes flashed.
'It seems that there is indeed a fourth-level spiritual land in the secret realm, otherwise it would not support a fourth-level formation to resist the fourth-level formation master for several years before it was cracked. '
Thinking so, Wei Zhong was already secretly thinking about where this hidden fourth-level spiritual land was.
'It can't really be where Tan Tai Lin is? ’
The more Wei Zhong thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. The secret realm and the place where Tan Tai was in seclusion were both in the mountains far away from Luohe River. There was a high possibility that there was some kind of secret connection.
If that was true, Song Linfang had run into a tough guy.
Tan Tai Lin, as a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, was not an easy character to deal with. If he wanted to occupy the other party's spiritual land, even if the ancestor of the Wang family came in person, he would not be able to do anything.
For this reason, Wei Zhong could not help but sigh for Song Linfang.
The Wang family helped Song Linfang find a spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture, and they did not want to share the resources of Yunzhou City. If the fourth-level spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture was where Tan Tai Lin was in seclusion, it would be really troublesome.
Wei Zhong shook his head, and the spiritual boat under his feet flashed and accelerated back to Qingbo Island.
After two years of seclusion, Wei Zhong successfully made a third-level spiritual energy core and began to refine a third-level puppet.
A few months later, a humanoid puppet appeared in front of Wei Zhong.
Its entire body was silver-white, with runes all over its surface, and it was gleaming with a faint spiritual light.
Wei Zhong stuffed the spiritual energy core into its body, and the spiritual power circulated along the spiritual patterns in its body, and the majestic third-level spiritual pressure spread from its body.
This made Jin Mei, who was brewing wine next door, tremble all over, and he almost couldn't hold the wine jar in his hand.
After finally supporting it, he scratched the red hair on his head and showed a confused expression towards Wei Zhong's retreat.
In the courtyard, Wei Zhong looked at the puppet body in front of him, and a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
This puppet is made of third-level spiritual materials, and some important parts are even decorated with fourth-level spiritual materials by Wei Zhong, so that it can be upgraded later.
The spiritual consciousness controlled the actions of the puppet, and keenly sensed a sense of stagnation.
'Sure enough, it doesn't work to control this kind of puppet using the method of controlling magic tools. The degree of refinement is simply impossible to grasp, and it's better for me to fight with it myself. ’
Wei Zhong shook his head and took out the "Splitting Spirit Method". After rubbing the jade slip, Wei Zhong considered for a long time, and finally probed into it with his spiritual consciousness and began to practice the method.
A sense of panic and fear suddenly rose in his heart. Wei Zhong frowned and his face showed obvious pain.
The first time he used the "Splitting Spirit Method", Wei Zhong was very careful. It lasted for a whole month before Wei Zhong split a spirit.
Wei Zhong pinched his fingers and put it into the puppet's body, and then took out a soul-nourishing pill and swallowed it to refine it.
The spirit accounted for about one-fifth of Wei Zhong's body. The damage caused was not great, but it would take Wei Zhong a long time to nourish and repair it.
After a while, Wei Zhong stabilized his injuries and looked at the puppet in front of him. With a move of his mind, he activated the spirit on the puppet.
Another picture that was completely different from the body appeared in Wei Zhong's mind.
"A young Taoist in a green robe is looking at something with a curious look..."
This is the perspective shared by the puppet and the main body.
The Taoist smiled and stood up and saluted:
"Hello, Taoist!"
The puppet also saluted his hands, the metal plate on his face moved, and he forced a smile:
"Hello, Taoist!"
Wei Zhong couldn't help laughing at this.
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Wei Zhong spent a lot of money on refining the puppet. Not only is its entire body made of third- and fourth-level spiritual materials. Wei Zhong also engraved all his magic runes on it.
Flying, soaring, invisibility, breath-holding, and other purchased spiritual patterns, such as solidity, water-proof, etc.
The powerful puppet body can even perform the flying technique without restraint, making its escape speed amazing, even if it is used as a magic weapon.
Not only that, Wei Zhong also equipped it with various third-level magic weapons to enhance its strength.
It can be said that Wei Zhong has piled up almost all the resources he can obtain on this puppet.
So at this moment, the puppet's strength has reached the peak of the Jindan stage, and it is difficult to have an opponent below the Nascent Soul stage.
The only problem is that the puppet itself has energy restrictions, and the spiritual power carried by the spiritual energy core is limited.
Although it is almost the same as the spiritual power in the body of an ordinary Jindan cultivator, the spiritual power consumed by the operation of the puppet is more intense.
Wei Zhong touched his chin and thought secretly:
"Maybe I can stuff a few more spiritual energy cores into its body. But this is another consideration for my refining level, and it will take time to figure it out.
But there is no rush for this matter, just take it slowly, and the current puppet is enough for me to use."
Looking at the exposed metal body of the puppet, Wei Zhong thought about how to cover it. Such a sophisticated puppet is a rare thing, and Wei Zhong does not want to expose it easily.
After a while, he took out the "Blood Spirit Sutra" obtained from Tan Tai Lin.
'Maybe I can cover the body surface with flesh and blood and disguise it as a Jindan cultivator. '
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A month later, Hu Jinchuan escaped from Qingbo Island on a spirit boat and headed for the distance. Jiucai was standing on his shoulder.
Taking out a spirit food pill given by Wei Zhong to feed it, Hu Jinchuan was amazed:
‘This spirit beast eats better spirit pills than humans. ’
While sighing, he was already thinking about what the spirit food pill tasted like.
Then he felt ridiculous for his own thoughts:
“Why did I think of competing with spirit beasts for food?”
He shook his head and sped up his escape.
This trip was to handle the spirit pill transaction for Qingbo Island.
After several years of testing, Wei Zhong had found that the other party was capable of this job, so he boldly handed the matter over to the other party.
Not only the first and second level spirit pills, but also the transactions of the third level spirit pills were handled by him.
This time, he brought third level spirit pills such as Haoyuan Pill, Yanghun Pill, Jiangchen Pill, etc., many of which were of medium quality, which was a well-deserved big deal.
And he had to pass through several Dan-forming forces, including the Ling Family, Zhigang Palace, Jinguang Pavilion, etc.
However, because Hu Jinchuan was a Qi-refining cultivator, even with the second-level spiritual boat given to him by Wei Zhong, his escape speed was still very slow.
‘It’s almost there, in a few years I will be able to build my foundation, and I will be more comfortable with this. ’
In recent years, Hu Jinchuan, who has taken charge of the spiritual pill transactions, has become a celebrity on Qingbo Island. Everyone on the island envied him, even Zou Ruiyuan, who had the foundation-building cultivation level.
He often lamented that Hu Jinchuan had not yet reached the foundation-building cultivation level, but he had already earned more than him, who had built his foundation.
Hu Jinchuan smiled bitterly in his heart. The island owner did give a lot of rewards, but the most were high-grade Qi-nourishing pills, and there were few second-level things.
Because the nine colors on his shoulders were the main contributors, and he was just a trumpet to pass on the message.
‘Look, one spiritual food pill he ate, I don’t know how many of my Qi-nourishing pills he had to pay off. ’
On the spirit boat, Hu Jinchuan turned his head and looked around vigilantly.
In recent years, there have been occasional robbers, but they were all killed by Jiucai, and the elixir was safe.
But there was also a time when the enemy destroyed the second-level spirit boat under his feet. That time, Hu Jinchuan stepped on his broken flying sword and spent four times as long to complete the transaction task.
There was no way, the Qi-refining cultivators could not call Jiucai to order.
This elixir task was different from the previous ones. Hu Jinchuan could clearly feel the importance of the island owner, and he even gave him a third-level defensive talisman.
‘Could it be that the value of this elixir is far greater than before? ’
The elixir in the storage bag was sealed with restrictions, and Hu Jinchuan did not know the value.
In his heart, he could only pray that there would be no accidents in this elixir transaction.