The road is vague

Chapter 127 Seeing Through the Wild Card
the next day.

After thinking it over again and again, Li Mo used a sound transmission talisman.

Just a moment later, Lu Cuicui arrived.

"Li Mo!"

Lu Cuicui ran to Li Mo and looked at him anxiously.

"Just now your sound transmission note said that you were assassinated in Bai'an City. What happened?"

Li Mo repeated the story of the Eastern Magatama.

After hearing this, Lu Cuicui was so angry that she burst into tears and looked annoyed.

"You serve in the outer sect hall, yet you still have to face these dangers. The disciples of the aristocratic families of Shengding Sect are too unreasonable. They are clearly in the wrong, but they are blaming you for it. What should we do?"

Li Mo couldn't help but sigh.

"My master is already handling this matter for me. Well, I'll take this opportunity to take a break and study in the mountains for a while to learn some skills for protecting the cave. I called you here because I've discovered a new puppetry technique that I want to share with you. It's called Matrix Puppetry."

"Matrix puppetry?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Cuicui followed Li Mo into the cave.

The six-wave green water matrix puppets, a set of six puppets, not only involve puppetry, but also the art of formation. Li Mo dare not disassemble them for research at will.

However, with Lu Cuicui, a professional puppeteer, he felt much more at ease. At least he didn't have to worry about not being able to put the puppet back together after disassembling it.

So he invited Lu Cuicui to help him crack the mystery of the matrix puppet.

So the next few days.

Whenever Lu Cuicui has free time, she will come to Li Mo's cave, and the two of them will carefully disassemble the six matrix puppets.

“So that’s how it is! It’s amazing!”

Lu Cuicui couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"The puppeteer who created this technique must be an unparalleled genius. He's practically overturned my understanding of puppetry. A mechanical puppet can be divided into five parts: the control unit, the energy unit, the combat unit, the mobility unit, and the survival unit. This is basic common sense. He weakened the functions of the control unit, the combat unit, and the mobility unit, while strengthening the precision of the survival unit. He leveraged the power of extreme magnetism to achieve a combined effect, no longer pursuing quality or quantity, but cost-effectiveness. He then hid the foundation of the formation in the energy unit, using a cultivator as the center of the formation..."

Lu Cuicui's eyes were full of light, and she kept praising from the bottom of her heart.

Li Mo turned his head and looked at her.

At this moment, Lu Cuicui looked at the thousands of large and small puppet parts on the ground, her eyes full of brilliant light, and then she turned to look at Li Mo.

"Li Mo, you are good at precision fields. If you don't consider the resource issue, you are really suitable for developing matrix puppetry!"

After Lu Cuicui finished speaking excitedly, she noticed that Li Mo was also looking at her.

The two of them were so close that they could almost feel each other's body temperature. After a moment of hesitation, Lu Cuicui's cheeks suddenly turned red with shame. She lowered her head shyly, looking a little flustered and at a loss.

"Ahem, yes, I think so too."

Li Mo coughed lightly, then looked at the many parts in front of him again and nodded seriously.

"So the key to developing Matrix Puppetry lies in sufficient resources to ensure the uniformity of the basic materials, sufficient precision to ensure the ability to combine through the force of extreme magnetism, and sufficient array techniques to ensure that it can be combined into a large array. Next, let's reassemble it?"

"it is good."

A few more days passed.

The six disassembled matrix puppets were reassembled by the two people.

Li Mo tested it carefully and confirmed that there was no problem with this set of six-wave green water matrix puppets.

Seeing this, Lu Cuicui smiled triumphantly.

"So, if you want to master the Matrix Puppetry Technique, the key lies in precise structure. If there are only six puppets, it's fine, but in my opinion, there seems to be no upper limit to the number of Matrix puppets. When the number of basic puppets reaches a certain level, even the smallest deviation in an individual puppet will be magnified dozens or hundreds of times and become extremely outrageous."

Lu Cuicui began to summarize.

"From this, it seems that this sect's main cultivation method must involve precise measurement, and it also requires the cultivation of rune formations. In addition, it requires a large amount of spirit stones in order to achieve qualitative change through quantitative change."

"Ah."

Li Mo agreed with Lu Cuicui's analysis.

Although he can now achieve a certain degree of structural precision, this is because he is naturally good at calculation and is blessed with the characteristics of "Sword Heart Sutra", "Eye of the True Spirit" and "Awakening of Mind Sutra".

He couldn't be sure whether the characteristics of his own skills would continue to be maintained as the number of matrix puppets increased in the future.

Lu Cuicui was also thoughtful.

"In that case, with the blessing of our main cultivation method, 'Eye of the True Spirit,' and a secondary cultivation method that enhances the attributes of divine consciousness, theoretically you should be able to achieve similar results. After all, the nature of our main cultivation method is to comprehend various skills. What do you think?"

"That makes sense!"

Li Mo was enlightened.

Before this.

He always felt that the ability of the True Spirit Eye lies in the effect of comprehension and learning, similar to the main practice method of Tianding Sect, whose function is to see through skills.

Now, after Lu Cuicui's reminder, he had a new understanding.

The Eye of the True Spirit also has a versatile feature.

For example, the evolutionary direction of his spiritual eyes when he was studying runes, and now the evolutionary direction of puppetry, the spiritual eyes will also be used to observe the process of alchemy, so in theory, there should also be some combination in refining equipment, formations, and magic skills.

In other words, the original intention of "Eye of the True Spirit" is not only to see through skills, but also to assist in the practice of various skills, which is an improvement on the original version.

"So, if you want to refine matrix puppets, you must refine them as a set. Using the array formations you've learned, determine the number of puppets based on the number of array bases. Then, find a way to find spiritual wood materials with the same properties to make a set of puppet shells, and then implant them into the array bases to form a complete set."

Li Mo summarized the sequential ideas for refining matrix puppets.

With the combined efforts of the two, except for the luck-based thinking that was the main training method of Matrix Puppetry, they had basically cracked most of the others.

Lu Cuicui nodded frequently.

"The art of puppetry is incredibly difficult, let alone cultivating the art of formations. The person who created this art must be a genius of extraordinary talent, but their sect must be in decline, making it difficult to pass on their legacy. They must be unknown among the nations..."

"Yes."

Li Mo deeply agrees with this.

"I think so too. Therefore, the longevity of a sect does not depend on how powerful its main cultivation method is, but rather on whether it is widely popularized and has a sufficient base of disciples to support it, to ensure a long-term and sustainable development. Those fanciful and powerful main cultivation methods will most likely become so-called secret techniques in the future, or be put on display, becoming the pursuit of a few talented disciples."

"Yeah yeah……"

During the heated discussion, the two were so engrossed in their thoughts that Lu Cuicui paced around Li Mo's cave, pondering and explaining, then stopping and nodding in agreement, almost forgetting the passage of time.

Two more days passed.

When Lu Qi returned to his master's sect, Li Mo hurried to pay his respects.

"I have already reported your matter to the court, so you don't have to worry."

He comforted Li Mo.

"You should know that you are not only a disciple of Lingmu Sect, but also an official appointed by the imperial court. She is just a Qi training disciple, yet she dared to assassinate an official appointed by the imperial court. She must be tired of living."

Lu Qi sneered, remaining calm and composed.

"So what if the Dongfang family is powerful? Not to mention the vast distance between us, this is Lingmu Sect's territory, within the borders of the Great Qian Nation! They are nothing more than insects before the laws of the court. The Dongfang family will not humiliate themselves. They will most likely publicly condemn that girl, disassociate themselves from her, and then pay you some compensation."

"this?"

Li Mo couldn't help but feel a little dazed when he heard this.

Lu Qi's words were too shocking. He thought that the matter would at most be left unresolved.

"But if you encounter someone from the Dongfang family again in the future, be careful. If something like this happens and they can't be traced, I think they won't mind making you disappear. This is also the reason why my generation keeps practicing."

"Yes, disciple, keep this in mind."

Li Mo bowed devoutly.

As an independent disciple, he was most afraid that after beating the younger ones, the older ones would come next, and it would never end.

"By the way, the formation master I serve as a friend will not be available until after the sunset. I have already arranged for her to teach you the art of formations. As for how much you can comprehend, it depends on your own understanding. In addition, there are two Spirit Gathering Pills in this jade bottle. They were sent here by a disciple of the Alchemy Hall. They said it was a request from the headmaster Sima Fu before he went into seclusion."

Li Mo smiled and took the Spirit Gathering Pill.

"Thank you, master."

Although Lu Qi didn't say much, it must have cost a lot to ask a formation master to teach him personally.

When Li Mo left Lu Qi's cave and returned to his temporary cave, he saw Lu Cuicui and Lu Tong waiting in front of the gate of his cave.

Lu Cuicui waved.

"Didn't you say you were going to learn the art of rune formations? I brought Lu Tong to you. She's a true rune formation master!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo smiled and strode over.

"You two fairies, your presence at the same time has truly brought honor to our humble abode!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Cuicui and Lu Tong couldn't help but laugh. After laughing with each other for a while, they entered the cave at Li Mo's invitation.

After a while.

Li Mo brewed the spiritual tea and the three of them sat facing each other.

"Fairy Lu Tong, I do have a problem regarding the Way of Runes, and I would like to consult you."

Lu Tong covered her mouth and smiled softly.

"Uncle Li, since I'm already here, you don't have to be polite to me."

When Li Mo called out "Master Li", he knew that she was teasing Lu Cuicui, and Lu Cuicui naturally heard the hidden meaning in her words. After laughing and joking with her for a while, they got to the point.

Li Mo restrained his smile and became serious.

"It's like this. When I was comprehending the way of rune prohibition, the runes I wrote actually triggered a thunder tribulation. Then these runes actually entered my body. When I wrote these runes again, I would gain an astonishing charm. I wonder if Fairy Lu Tong knows why this is so?"

"There is such a thing!"

When Lu Tong heard this, his face changed, as if he knew something about it.

"I wonder if you could show it to me?"

Due to the relationship between Li Mo and Lu Cuicui, it is reasonable that they treat each other as peers in private.

This was also the reason why she had teased Lu Cuicui before.

Li Mo nodded, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and casually wrote a few silver tadpole characters.

Lu Tong immediately stood up in shock.

"Silver Pole Mother Script! This is the charm that only Silver Pole Mother Script can bring. Are you actually trying to comprehend the Silver Pole Script?"

After a brief shock, Lu Tong looked at the silver tadpole characters on the straw paper with an extremely intoxicated expression, as if he was admiring a rare treasure and couldn't help but sink into it.

“It is indeed a work of exquisite craftsmanship with extraordinary charm.”

Lu Tong admired sincerely, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Mo changed completely.

Li Mo seemed to see the admiration and respect she expressed, and was suddenly stunned, because from the day he met Lu Tong, Li Mo could feel the arrogance in her heart, and she did not seem like someone who would easily give in.

"Brother Li, do you know why all copper coins in the world are the same?"

"Uh?"

Li Mo shook his head blankly.

"That's because all copper coins in the world have a mother coin, also known as a coin mold, which is the standard template for all copper coins. The same is true for the way of runes. There is a mother coin."

"Oh?"

This is advanced theoretical knowledge that Li Mo, a rune master who changed his career halfway through, has never been exposed to.

"The Silver Pole Rune represents the order of heaven and earth. The one with the highest divine charm is called the Silver Pole Mother Rune. Those who master the Silver Pole Mother Rune will control the boiling period, the trough period, and the right to use this rune."

Speaking of it.

Lu Tong also picked up the brush and wrote two seal characters representing social humanities.

"So, to determine whether a person has the talent to be a rune master, we must see whether they can master the mother text during their studies, grasp the nodes of order and humanity, and have the right to speak on the rise and fall of this rune."

As she spoke, she had already written two square-shaped seal characters.

It is equally full of spirit, but quite unfamiliar.

"The more influence a rune master has, and the more core influence he has, the higher his attainments in the art of runes will be. And the mother texts of these two rare seal characters are mastered by me."

(End of this chapter)