bookbashuk Chapter 275 Opening
Chapter 275 Opening
Inside the pagoda, Zhang Lingyu was still sitting cross-legged, adjusting his breathing. The pill that Song Siyu had given him, combined with the other pills in his storage bag, had healed most of his injuries in the past two days. Although he might not be able to defeat those prodigies, he could still survive.
Judging by the time, it should be opening soon.
He thought the battle for the other small worlds would end in a day, but it has dragged on until now, which has given him ample time to prepare.
After learning about the Spirit Puppet Transformation Box and the Spirit Puppet Sect Master's conspiracy, he once again used the intelligence system to obtain more detailed information.
Although the magic weapon controls everything in the ruins as the core, its use is severely restricted because it needs to maintain the stability of the ruins at all times to prevent them from falling into the spatial turbulence again.
Although it helps external Golden Core cultivators share the burden of stabilizing the ruins, it is still primarily responsible for it.
But the Golden Core cultivators of various sects aren't that foolish. Unless something uncontrollable happens, how can they possibly exert their full effort?
In addition, each relocation of a cultivator requires a large amount of spiritual energy, so the threat posed by this magic weapon is greatly reduced.
Although he cannot take action personally, he should not be underestimated. He can still activate the restrictions in the hall and those puppets that remain, which are of relatively high quality.
If you're ruthless enough, you can even blow up ruins.
As for the fallen sect master of the Spirit Puppet Sect, he was originally a peak Golden Core cultivator, but because he had been dead for hundreds of years, his soul had been kept intact by residing in a piece of Soul Nourishing Wood and relying on the elixirs and medicines in the sect's treasury.
His soul, which was at the peak of the Golden Core stage, suddenly dropped to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. It was only by devouring the souls of many Foundation Establishment cultivators when the sect was opened that he was able to recover to the early stage of the Golden Core stage.
After all, to possess another's body, one must be at least one realm higher than other cultivators.
In his view, there was no need to be in such a sorry state; turning himself into a corpse puppet or becoming a ghost cultivator might not be a bad path to cultivation.
After all, the weakness accumulated over hundreds of years is not so easy to make up for, and possession still carries a great risk.
If you choose the first two options, at worst you will no longer be able to appear before the immortals and will have to completely turn to the demonic path.
As for the target of the possession... they chose the final victor among those who obtained the map of the Spirit Puppet Palace.
"What a cowardly bully!"
Zhang Lingyu sneered inwardly. He already knew where those rogue cultivators and cultivators without backgrounds had gone. The release of some rogue cultivators and most of the disciples of Golden Core and Nascent Soul forces was just to cover up the truth and prevent the Golden Core cultivators from becoming suspicious.
Furthermore, Song Siyu and the others are disciples of powerful sects. Once they are possessed, the sect's soul lamp will inevitably go out, and the Golden Core cultivators outside the ruins will definitely receive an anomaly immediately.
After the sect leader of the Spirit Puppet Sect possesses a body, he will not stay in the ruins. Furthermore, the Golden Core cultivators plan to pull the ruins out of the spatial turbulence completely after the others come out, and then thoroughly search them.
When the Golden Core cultivators see that the person who should have died is walking out unharmed, even ghosts will know what happened.
Although Zhang Lingyu was being targeted, it wasn't a hopeless situation. Besides the previous plan, the fact that the Spirit Puppet Sect Master only possessed a Golden Core stage soul was an unexpected bonus.
Given the strength of his spiritual sense, he will definitely be seen as a tough nut to crack and will instead try to possess other cultivators.
Once the possession is successful, there will be a fairly long period of adjustment and weakness, at which point it may be possible to kill it.
While he was pondering, the silver token hanging from Zhang Lingyu's waist suddenly began to tremble violently, the meaning of which was all too clear.
The show is about to begin!
"Fellow Daoist Zhang!"
Song Siyu, who was outside the door, immediately stood up, her beautiful eyes gazing at a certain area outside the tower, and said softly, "The entrance is open, we should go."
"Okay." With a general plan in place, Zhang Lingyu no longer hesitated and immediately got up and flew out of the tower with the woman.
Sure enough, as he flew out of the tower, a dimly lit portal stood not far away, seemingly on the verge of collapse. He thought to himself, "It seems the Spirit Puppet Transformation Box is running out of power; even opening the teleportation array is proving difficult."
If I'm not mistaken, the reason the Spirit Puppet Transformation Box was delayed for a day was most likely because it was accumulating power in preparation for any unforeseen events in the Spirit Puppet Palace.
As the two entered the portal, their vision flickered briefly before clearing, and they found themselves inside a grand hall.
"They didn't separate us?"
Zhang Lingyu was slightly surprised, while the woman beside her looked around. Apart from the two of them, there were constant flashes of spiritual light in this spacious hall, and cultivators were entering the place one after another.
Within a dozen breaths, all thirty cultivators had gathered here.
"Yan Shuo of Chiyang Prefecture, Xie Changgeng of Qingshe Fortress, Yu Xizhi of Xuanguang Sect..." Song Siyu scanned the faces of everyone one by one, clearly looking for her fellow disciples. However, she lingered on Xie Changgeng of Qingshe Fortress for a second, revealing a hint of disgust.
"That person must be the cultivator who proposed to Song Siyu back then."
Zhang Lingyu was very perceptive. The cultivators who could come here were all geniuses from their respective families, and they were not often seen. This was a good opportunity to observe them.
However, after looking around, he did not find Li Yanhui. He guessed that Li Yanhui must have been unable to defeat the others and had withdrawn early, or perhaps he had become food for the Spirit Puppet Sect Master.
However, there were still two Jade Light Pavilion cultivators standing here.
As he expected, Song Siyu beside him bowed slightly and said softly, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, I..."
"It's alright, fellow Daoist, you can go on your own. Besides, I'm dressed as a demonic cultivator, so it wouldn't be appropriate for me to go with you." Zhang Lingyu didn't mind.
"Alright, if you encounter any trouble, you may reveal your true form and ask us for help. We will certainly assist you." Song Siyu replied, and then headed towards her fellow disciples.
Her commotion wasn't loud, but it still attracted the attention of many cultivators, especially Xie Changgeng from Green Serpent Fortress, who laughed and said, "Fairy Song, how have you been?"
He had spoken, but the woman ignored him, which made the onlookers chuckle. The cultivator was not annoyed and turned his gaze to Zhang Lingyu, but fortunately, he only looked away for a moment.
Although everyone had arrived, the main character had not yet shown up. The other cultivators present began to get restless and started discussing who to deal with first.
After all, a major battle was about to break out, and it was best to deal with one person at a time. Naturally, everyone's attention was focused on Zhang Lingyu.
Who told him to be all alone, and dressed as a demonic cultivator?
Just as he was about to become the target of everyone's ire, the palace doors not far away suddenly opened, and a puppet stepped out, clapping and laughing:
"Welcome to the Spirit Puppet Palace, everyone."
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