bookbashuk Chapter 680: Zhu Yan, the genius of the puppet path!
Chapter 680: Zhu Yan, the genius of the puppet path!
Chapter 680: The genius of puppetry—Qian Zhuyan!
"Is this the puppet with spiritual consciousness that you encountered in the secret realm?"
Honglian's crystal clear eyes shone with a hint of red as she looked at the puppet in front of her.
She didn't know much about puppets.
But I heard that some puppet forces have inherited the secret art of infusing spirits into puppets, which can infuse puppet spirits and give them some thinking consciousness.
Or, just like cultivating a spiritual treasure, you can cultivate a puppet spirit similar to an instrument spirit.
But either one is extremely rare.
"Yes, it is this puppet."
Lu Changsheng nodded and raised his hand slightly to untie the sealing talisman and rope magic weapon on the puppet.
"My husband, since this puppet has a soul consciousness, you can first place restrictions on its soul to prevent it from having any backup plans later."
Seeing this, Honglian immediately reminded him in a soft and gentle voice.
"Too."
The situation was urgent at the time, and Lu Changsheng simply sealed the puppet in front of him and restrained it with a magic weapon, without taking any other measures.
He immediately clasped his hands together, and the Taiyi soul in the shape of a golden man stepped out from between his eyebrows, casting the "Six Desires Heart Demon Art" to set up a soul restriction on the puppet in front of him that seemed to be sleeping.
After performing the "Six Desires Heart Demon Sutra", Lu Changsheng frowned slightly, feeling that the effect was a little lacking.
He did not spend time practicing this technique, so the soul restrictions he set up were very mediocre and could only affect some Jindan cultivators.
Immediately, he used the secret soul technique from the "Secret Book of Ten Thousand Poisonous Spirits".
Although Lu Changsheng did not practice this technique, his chaotic body was integrated with the [Evil Poison Body], and he could perform the secret techniques in it with ease.
In an instant, the Yin and Yang magic power started to operate, and a ball of third-level top-level poison brewed in Lu Changsheng's body, transforming into a dark green poisonous insect.
"call out!"
Lu Changsheng clasped his hands together, and the Taiyi spirit at his brow shone brightly. The poisonous insects suddenly rushed into the puppet's body, and slowly settled on the puppet's spirit like a malignant tumor.
This secret technique is called [Poison Spirit Ban]. As long as Lu Changsheng has a thought, the poisonous spirit will explode and pollute and corrode the opponent's soul.
Lu Changsheng was not sure whether he could kill the soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator, but there was no problem in polluting the soul of a Jindan cultivator.
Honglian, who was standing next to him, was amazed when she saw Lu Changsheng's methods.
Among all the extraordinary things about Lu Changsheng, one of the things she was most curious about was how many magical powers and secret techniques he had mastered, and how many inherited skills he had.
After all, alchemy, weapon refining, talisman making, dragon hunting, the art of formation demonstrated before, and various techniques and skills would take a Nascent Soul cultivator at least a hundred years to master.
"Okay."
After Lu Changsheng finished setting up the restrictions, he nodded with satisfaction, and then removed all the restrictions on the puppet.
"Buzzing—"
After a moment, a crisp sound came from the silent puppet body, as if a sophisticated war machine was started.
In the dark and empty eye sockets, two balls of soul fire burned slowly, emitting a faint spiritual fluctuation.
"Ghost Puppet? No, it's not a ghost cultivator, just similar."
Honglian sensed this fluctuation, frowned slightly, and looked carefully at the puppet in front of her.
However, the puppet's energy revived slightly before it fell silent again, motionless.
"?"
Lu Changsheng looked at the puppet in front of him and said calmly: "Since you have spiritual consciousness, I think you know your situation. Why don't you speak up?"
The puppet remained dead silent and showed no reaction.
"In the secret realm, you saw your master die, but you were able to escape alone, and even controlled the twelve puppets to self-destruct. You also had spiritual fluctuations. I think you are similar to cultivators like me, so I am quite curious about your situation."
"If you want to continue living, then speak up. If you have the intention to die, then I can help you do so."
Lu Changsheng continued speaking leisurely.
"It's you!"
The puppet's pupils were burning with dark flames as it looked at Lu Changsheng. It instantly knew that he was the man who had killed Shi Xuan and imprisoned and captured it in the secret realm.
"You have captured me alive. What are you going to do with me? Do you simply want to know my situation?"
The puppet continued to speak, its voice was as hoarse as frosted sand, with a hint of eeriness, and it could be heard that it was a female.
"It all depends on how you behave."
Lu Changsheng smiled indifferently, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could this puppet really be a woman?
If the other party is similar to the Thousand-Faced Fox Puppet, and was created by the puppet genius who had refined his own wife, then isn't there any possibility of reconciliation between him and her?
But judging from her words, she didn't seem to have much hatred.
Qian Zhuyan was silent and did not speak.
If she had a choice, she would naturally want to live, live well, and avenge her hatred.
But now that I'm in the hands of the other party, I have no choice.
Through the previous means, as well as the bone-destroying cancer that was entangled with her soul, she knew that it would be difficult for her to even self-destruct.
"I also know a little about puppets, but I can only cultivate simple consciousness in puppets, so I am quite curious about your situation."
"As long as you can help me solve my doubts, I will let you go free."
Lu Changsheng remained calm and spoke lightly, as if he was simply interested.
"I transformed half of my soul into a puppet spirit, and it merged perfectly with this puppet, so I maintain my soul consciousness."
The puppet spoke, his hoarse and cold voice seemed to carry a hint of chilliness.
"Transforming half of the soul into a puppet spirit!?"
Not only Lu Changsheng, even Honglian was shocked when she heard this.
Cruel person.
This is definitely a ruthless person.
He actually transformed half of his soul into a puppet.
You know, the soul of a cultivator is very important.
Once it is torn and damaged, it will affect the essence of the soul and even the potential for life.
"You were a Puppet Daoist monk in your lifetime?"
Lu Changsheng asked.
"Well, if you are interested in this secret method, as long as you let me go, I can give it to you."
Qian Zhuyan saw Lu Changsheng's surprise and spoke out.
"So, the man who attacked my spirit pet and was killed by me was not your master? The person who controlled and executed the puppet battle formation was not this person, but you."
Knowing that the puppet in front of him was not a third-level puppet made by someone, Lu Changsheng instantly realized that the twelve puppets before were most likely controlled by this puppet.
The person he thought he was a peerless genius in the art of puppetry was actually just an ordinary late Jindan stage cultivator and not the master of this puppet.
"Ah."
The dark flames in the puppet's eye sockets burned, and he spoke in a hoarse voice.
"It's amazing."
Lu Changsheng exclaimed in admiration, realizing that this was a talent, a top talent, and continued to ask: "So, the previous puppet was also made by you?"
The biggest gain from his trip to the secret realm was all kinds of spiritual materials from heaven and earth.
Unless he fully arms himself, or his wives, concubines, and other women at home who have reached the Dan stage have multiple magic weapons, they will not be able to use them all.
But if he were to refine weapons and magic weapons himself, he simply wouldn't have the time and energy to do so.
If the puppet in front of him was a top-level puppeteer, and he could subdue it, he could use these natural treasures to refine a third-level top-level puppet and increase the family's wealth!
"Ah."
The puppet continued to respond.
"From what you said, you seem to want to live. In that case, let's make a deal."
"As long as you build, yes, one hundred puppets for me, teach me the puppetry skills, and train ten puppeteers for me, I can set you free."
The Lu family of Bihu Mountain was famous for its puppets in the early years, but as time went by, their puppetry level was no longer sufficient when they moved out of the Bihu Mountain area.
Since the puppet in front of him is a top puppet master, he can help train puppeteers and forge top puppets.
"I have transformed half of my soul into a puppet spirit. I cannot wake up for a long time and stay awake. At most, I can only give you my puppetry skills."
Qian Zhuyan suppressed his restless mind and spoke with a hoarse and eerie voice.
She faced a life-and-death crisis in her early years. When she saw her sect was destroyed, she merged her soul into the puppet in desperation.
As luck would have it, half of his soul was transformed into a puppet spirit, giving him perfect control over the puppet.
But the price is that the half of the soul that turned into a puppet is like a ghost cultivator, its personality gradually becomes distorted, and only hatred and obsession remain in its heart.
In this situation, her conscious soul was constantly eroded and influenced by the puppet spirit's soul, so she had to use secret methods to fall asleep in order to dispel this influence and negative emotions.
"Unable to stay awake for long enough to stay awake?"
Lu Changsheng frowned slightly, and suddenly felt that the puppet in front of him was of average value.
After all, their family has inherited the puppetry skills from Tianyuan Zhenjun.
With his identity and strength as the Lord of Dameng City, it would not be difficult for him to obtain a few copies of the puppet tradition.
The reason why one wants to subdue someone is that, in many cases, it is useless to just pass on the skills, and someone must be there to guide and teach.
However, this puppet cannot help teach or build puppets, so it has no value.
"How did you create the twelve puppets?"
Lu Changsheng asked.
Since she couldn't stay awake for a long time, where did the twelve third-level puppets come from?
Qian Zhuyan was silent for a moment before saying, "Although I cannot stay awake for a long time, I can use the Soul Dao treasures and secret treasures to prolong my awake time."
"And the person you killed was also a third-level puppeteer. Most of these puppets were created by me and him."
Although the puppet's voice was calm, it became increasingly cold, like the whispers from the abyss of hell, sending chills down one's spine.
"My husband, this person's spirit that turned into a puppet spirit is a bit like the method of ghost cultivation, so I suspect that her puppet spirit spirit is like a ghost cultivation, and must cultivate in an extremely yin place, otherwise it will be attacked by the turbid yin energy between heaven and earth and turn into an evil spirit."
At this time, Honglian sent a voice transmission to Lu Changsheng and said, "However, her situation is different from that of a ghost cultivator. If she goes to a very dark place to cultivate, her other half of the soul may not be able to adapt and will be constantly eroded by the ghost energy."
"Ah."
Lu Changsheng also noticed that the emotional state of the puppet in front of him was very unstable, as if it was forcibly suppressing the restlessness of its soul.
He continued to talk to the puppet leisurely: "In this case, let's have a cooperation. As long as you can build puppets for me and train puppeteers, you can ask for any soul treasures you need."
The puppet was silent, and seemed to be in deathly silence, with an eerie atmosphere in the air.
"There is no hatred between you and me. If you can cooperate with others, you can probably cooperate with me as well."
"Besides, you were the first to attack my pet."
Lu Changsheng spoke lightly, his words always remaining leisurely and natural.
"I want revenge. As long as you help me avenge my blood feud, I am willing to make a puppet for you! And teach you all the puppetry skills!"
The puppet, which was emitting a dark and cold luster, suddenly trembled wildly, as if a war machine had been started. The sound it made was like a poisonous snake or a night owl, full of pain, resentment and resentment.
"Don't get excited. If you have something to say, just talk slowly."
Lu Changsheng noticed that there was something wrong with the puppet's soul state, so he raised his hand slightly and let the yin and yang magic power flow, trying to stabilize the situation for her.
Under the balance of yin and yang magic power, the puppet gradually calmed down a bit, and said with a bit of sorrow and pleading: "Revenge, as long as you help me to take revenge, I can be your puppet and help you do anything."
Qian Zhuyan knew that he had fallen into Lu Changsheng's hands, and it was almost impossible for him to let him go.
She entered the [Hansha Fantasy Realm] to help Shi Xuan break through the Nascent Soul stage, and then to advance herself to a fourth-level puppet, so as to avenge her blood feud.
The person in front of him is much stronger than himself, so he has no choice but to seize this opportunity.
Looking at the disordered state of the puppet in front of him, Lu Changsheng asked her in a soft voice what was going on.
After a moment, Lu Changsheng understood the situation of the puppet in front of him.
From the endless desert, there is a Jindan-level force called [Qianzhu Sect].
When his spiritual roots were tested at a young age, he showed signs of natural spiritual roots and a strong spiritual power, so he was accepted as a disciple by the leader of the Qianzhu Sect and was given the name Qianzhu Yan.
At the age of twenty-one, he successfully broke through the foundation-building stage without the need for foundation-building pills, which shocked the entire Qianzhu Sect.
Afterwards, under the guidance of the sect, he studied the art of puppetry.
Compared to her cultivation of natural spiritual roots, her talent as a puppet is even more terrifying.
In just two and a half years, he created a second-level puppet and became a second-level puppeteer. He was praised by his master as the greatest genius since the founding of the Qianzhu Sect.
In the following time, she focused all her attention on puppets, and in just ten years, she created a second-level top-quality puppet.
What influenced her to continue to delve into puppetry was not her talent or ability, but her cultivation.
The master also said that she should focus on cultivation. Only after breaking through the Jindan stage can she create a third-level puppet to suppress the religion.
Because the puppet method took too much time, she didn't reach the peak of foundation building until she was ninety-one years old.
With the training and resources provided by Qianzhu Sect, she created a third-order puppet at the age of ninety-eight and broke through to the Jindan stage in one go.
At this point, the sect could only help her to a limited extent, so she began to give back to the sect and devoted herself to studying the sect's puppet inheritance.
In a hundred years, she not only created a third-grade top-quality puppet, but also improved the sect's puppet manual, making the Qianzhu Sect prosper.
However, the Qianzhu Sect's development was too rapid, and the puppet business also attracted the covetousness of others, especially one of the top forces in the Endless Desert, the Ancient Puppet Sect!
The Ancient Puppet Sect, like the Thousand Bamboo Sect, is also a force based on puppets.
After seeing the situation of Qianzhu Sect, he wanted to make them his vassal and make them hand over the inheritance of Puppet Dao and 90% of the profits.
The Qianzhu Sect was not willing to negotiate with them.
Who knew that the Ancient Puppet Sect's decision to accept the Thousand Bamboo Sect as a vassal was just a cover, and they had already reached an agreement with several other forces to divide up the Thousand Bamboo Sect.
On this day, the Qianzhu Sect was faced with the disaster of being wiped out.
Although Qian Zhuyan is gifted and a master of puppetry, and can compete with peak Jindan cultivators with the help of puppet battle formations, his cultivation is only at the middle Jindan stage, and he is far from being a match for the Ancient Puppet Sect.
Watching her sect being destroyed and facing imprisonment by the Ancient Puppet Sect's cultivators, she chose to self-destruct.
But at this moment, she thought of a conjecture she had in her early research on puppets. Using the method of ghost cultivation, she could transform herself into a ghost spirit, merge into the core of the puppet, and become a puppet spirit.
But when a cultivator transforms into a ghost cultivator, it is like being reborn, almost like two different people who were in life, and can be regarded as a completely new life.
Moreover, not every cultivator can successfully transform into a ghost cultivator. They need the help of extremely yin places, turbid yin ghost energy, and other favorable conditions, as well as rare ghost treasures.
But maybe because of the hatred and obsession in her heart, she succeeded.
At the moment of self-destruction, he used the soul transfer technique to merge his spirit into the puppet and then escaped from the Ancient Puppet Sect's pursuit.
In order to stay conscious and take revenge, she only transformed half of her soul into a ghost puppet.
But puppets are different from humans. They cannot be improved through practice. The only way is to improve the puppet spirit and the quality of the puppet.
Half of her soul turned into a ghost puppet, causing her soul to be constantly exposed to the turbid energy and the influence of the puppet's obsession and hatred, which continuously assimilated it and transformed it into an evil spirit.
To this end, she used her own technique, Xiao Yan Jue, to alleviate this condition through deep sleep.
But it also means that her waking time is limited, and she cannot do many things on her own and can only rely on the help of others.
The man who was killed by Lu Changsheng in the [Hansha Fantasy Realm] before was one of her main partners.
The two made a vow that as long as she helped the other obtain the opportunity to form a Nascent Soul, the other would do his best to help her advance to the fourth level and take revenge on the Ancient Puppet Sect.
"Good guy"
After Lu Changsheng learned about Qian Zhuyan's situation, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
As for the other party's ability, I believe that he will first reach the Nascent Soul stage and then the Fourth Stage.
You say that the other party is stupid, but he was able to improve the Qianzhu Sect's martial arts, inherit the puppetry tradition, create his own martial arts, and even accomplish the feat of integrating his own soul into the puppet and maintaining his soul consciousness.
"Luckily you met me."
Lu Changsheng sighed secretly in his heart.
Qian Zhuyan's mind and soul were in a disordered state at the moment, so he could tell based on the fluctuations of his mind and soul that the other party's words were not false.
In this case, as long as the other party truly surrenders, he doesn't mind helping her get revenge.
Even if she obeys well, she can obtain such rare treasures as the Spirit Embryo of Heaven and Earth in the future, which can help her rebuild her body.
"You are not in good mental condition right now. Go to sleep first. We will talk in detail after you wake up."
"As long as you can show your value, it won't be difficult to upgrade you to the fourth level and avenge the Ancient Puppet Sect."
Lu Changsheng said calmly.
Although he was not clear about the specific strength of the Ancient Puppet Sect, according to his guess, there were at most one or two Nascent Soul cultivators.
As long as you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, this is not a difficult task.
"Thanks."
The puppet seemed unable to suppress its own state. Its body kept shaking as if it would riot at any time and attack Lu Changsheng and Honglian.
Hearing Lu Changsheng's words, he relaxed instantly, the soul fire in his pupils gradually faded away, and he fell silent, like an ordinary puppet.
"Buzz!"
Lu Changsheng watched for a moment, then flicked his fingers to form a barrier where yin and yang magic flowed, and asked Honglian next to him: "Honglian, what do you think?"
"This person's words have a large degree of truth, but they cannot be fully believed."
Honglian was wearing a simple and elegant crimson robe, with her hair tied up in a bun, and spoke in a graceful and dignified manner.
"But the talent of puppetry cannot be faked. You will know after your husband verifies it. If what he said is true, I can subdue him and use him, and he can also be a help."
Although he has no physical body, his natural spiritual roots are gone.
But this kind of puppet talent will not be affected, and with the improvement of cultivation and soul, it can even go further.
"Well, I'll ask Zixiao to check out the situation of the Ancient Puppet Sect later. There should be relevant information about this kind of incident. We can know the truth by just checking it out."
Lu Changsheng held his wife's soft and boneless white jade hand and said with a smile.
He now has a lot of fourth-level spiritual materials in his hands.
If what Qian Zhuyan said was true, he wouldn't mind helping the other party to advance to the fourth level right now.
As long as the opponent is promoted to a fourth-level puppet, he will have an additional fourth-level combat force!
(End of this chapter)