The road is vague

Chapter 130 Matrix Puppet Shell

A month later.

After repeatedly disassembling, studying, and reassembling the six-wave green water matrix puppet with Lu Cuicui three times, Li Mo became more and more confident in creating his own matrix puppet.

The only things left were the basic spiritual wood materials and the method of practicing the formation.

So this day.

He and Lu Cuicui came to the market at the foot of the mountain.

"This is the puppet material shop I've been patronizing since I was a child."

After Lu Cuicui entered the shop, she looked at the old woman who greeted her with a smile.

"I brought a friend here to pick out some basic spiritual wood materials. You have to give me a discount."

"Don't worry, I've watched you grow up."

The old woman's laughter was gentle.

Li Mo suddenly remembered that after the end-of-year assessment of his second year at the Continuing Education Hall, he had come here once with Lv Shun, Lv Tong, and Lv Cuicui.

"Hello."

Li Mo gestured, "I want to refine and assemble eight beginner-level and intermediate-level puppets. I need the same type of spiritual wood, and the age cannot vary too much. Can you tell me about the price of the relevant spiritual wood?"

"no problem!"

The old woman gave a detailed introduction to the five kinds of related spiritual woods in the shop.

"When refining a beginner or intermediate puppet, the spirit wood should be at least three hundred years old to ensure the puppet's survival ability..."

Li Mo nodded frequently, as if thinking about something.

"Let's take these cheapest ironwoods. They're the materials needed for eight beginner-level and intermediate-level puppets. According to your price, after the discount, it's 1,150 spirit stones."

"Haha, our store's power sensor device is also unique. Look at these..."

Li Mo then bought some spare parts.

After the two left the shop, Lu Cuicui covered her mouth and chuckled.

"When you just said you wanted to buy the materials needed for eight puppets at once, I saw her eyes almost light up."

Li Mo couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Then the two of them came to Lv Shun's Damengshishenxian Winery.

"Uncle Li! Cuicui, you're here!"

Lu Shun, who was resting on the armchair, quickly stood up and said in surprise.

Lu Shun's winery business is quite good. The reputation of "Da Meng Si Shenxian" has become well-known in Qingming Mountain. Even many independent cultivators and wine lovers from other sects come here to drink.

I'm afraid that Lu Shun's annual income is no less than Li Mo's income as the deputy chief of Bai'an County.

"Since it's free for life, of course I have to come."

Li Mo said as a joke.

"Since we're already at the foot of the mountain, just call me Li Mo."

However, upon hearing this, Lu Shun shook his head and sighed.

"Even down the mountain, I'm not allowed to. I'm a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall now. Those independent disciples like to find fault with us Law Enforcement Hall disciples and complain about us. Just two months ago... Hey, I'm not talking about you."

Li Mo waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.

Seeing this, Lu Shun did not continue the topic.

He immediately took Li Mo and Lu Cuicui to a nearby restaurant. The two followed Lu Shun and satisfied their appetites, feeling happy and comfortable.

A few more days passed.

Li Mo encountered some troubles while assembling the matrix puppet.

After hearing this, Lu Cuicui came over, but she was unable to solve the problem.

So he frowned and came to the Canggong Pavilion, intending to read the books about puppetry here.

In a few days, it will be sunset.

He planned to assemble the matrix puppet shell that carried the Eight Trigrams Spirit Gathering Array before learning the art of formations, so he spent his master's contribution and came to the first floor of the Canggong Pavilion, looking along the bookshelf for the basic puppetry books he needed.

Sudden.

Li Mo saw an acquaintance between two rows of bookshelves and was stunned.

"Xiangxiang?"

Between these two rows of bookshelves, there stood a girl with a stunning appearance!
But her ears were slightly long, and she had a fluffy furry tail behind her. She was holding a scroll of bamboo slips and reading it carefully. After hearing this, she looked at Li Mo.

"Why are you here?"

This person was none other than the fox girl from the Piaomiao Nine Fox Clan who was discovered by the Tianming Division of Bai'an County more than half a year ago. She came from the Dongling Silver Fox City outside the Central Plains.

When Xiangxiang saw Li Mo, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Then she revealed a sweet and charming smile.

"Mr. Li, long time no see."

She rolled up the bamboo slips in her hand and put them back on the bookshelf. As she walked towards Li Mo, the fox tail behind her swayed gently, adding a unique exotic charm.

"Because the leaders of your sect have confirmed that the Lingmu Sect's main practice, the 'Eye of the True Spirit,' is a result of comprehending the spiritual eye talents of the Silver Fox branch of our Nine Fox Clan, we have decided to send envoys to Silver Fox City to initiate exchanges."

Xiangxiang told Li Mo a piece of news that surprised him.

"Two months ago, the Lingmu Sect sent a Qi training disciple named Zhou Zheng to Shang Country as an initial communication envoy. He will travel through the black market there to Dongling Silver Fox City. It's said that his Fengqing Body can dispel all illusions. Combined with the True Spirit Eye, he will be unafraid of any enchantment from the Nine Foxes. Is this true?"

"good."

After hearing the news, Li Mo was surprised at first, and then nodded.

"His Fengqing Body does have the ability to dispel illusions, but to say it can dispel all illusions is a bit of an exaggeration. However, combined with our sect's spiritual eyes, the ability to see through illusions is indeed difficult for ordinary people to achieve. You just said that he is a first-time envoy?"

Li Mo looked puzzled.

"That means both sides will continue to send people to visit each other in the future?"

"indeed so."

Xiangxiang looked as if it was a matter of course.

"I'm in Silver Fox City, but I'm just a descendant of the collateral bloodline. My cultivation is only at the Qi training stage, and I don't have any mutant talents. In terms of talent, qualifications, and learning ability, how can I compare to the foundation-building cultivators of the direct bloodline." Having said that, she shrugged playfully.

"Whether the proposal will succeed depends on the opinions of the leaders of both sides, but I think it will most likely be passed. By then, Silver Fox City will send descendants with even better talents, and Lingmu Sect will also send truly talented disciples."

The words "cultivator" and "cultivation" mentioned by Xiangxiang are words translated from the human language.

While Li Mo was learning the language in Bai'an City, he already knew that the practitioners of the Piaomiao clan had another name for their cultivation.

It can be translated as a life cultivator or a true spirit cultivator.

Although the two sides have different names and the changes in strength at different realms are slightly different, the various changes in the Piaomiao clan's realm improvement are more like the demon clan, becoming the so-called true spirits, but the ultimate goal is the same, that is, to ascend to become immortals.

As for the "Eye of the True Spirit" technique that the disciples of the Lingmu Sect mainly practice, since it contains the word "True Spirit", it is indeed very likely that the original Lingmu Zhenren gained some insights after referring to the spiritual eye talents of the Silver Fox Division of the Nine Fox Clan, and after thousands of years of inheritance and improvement by the human race, it evolved into the independent system it is today.

If so.

It is mutually beneficial for the two sides to learn from each other after thousands of years.

And it is no wonder that Lu Qi said that "Eye of the True Spirit" has some similarities with the main cultivation methods of the four countries in Lingdong. It seems that they are all cultivation modes that innate the body's organs.

After sighing.

Xiangxiang suppressed her emotions and continued with her signature charming smile.

"That's why I can read the martial arts manuals here freely. I heard that even disciples of your sect don't have this right."

"Indeed."

Li Mo was a little envious and sighed softly.

Xiangxiang suddenly revealed a mysterious smile.

"However, your sect would never have imagined that Zhou Zheng's arrival in Silver Fox City would be a true treasure to our clan. Yet, you used him as a first-time envoy, just in case of any unexpected events. This is truly a waste of talent."

"Oh?"

Li Mo was surprised and asked, "How do you say that?"

"Haha, the Nine Foxes are just one of the four great royal clans of the Piaomiao Clan. We have held a grudge against the Peacock Clan for thousands of years. Our Nine Foxes' talents are divided into nine, and illusion is just one of them. Their illusions are truly powerful, and can even deprive the recipient of their spells, magical tools, and memories. My illusions are just some flattering techniques to make it easier to befriend others."

Xiangxiang responded evasively.

After hearing this, Li Mo's mind was immediately filled with thoughts.

He seemed to see Zhou Zheng in the Silver Fox City, hugging the fox beauty on both sides, with a proud look on his face as he saw through the Peacock Clan's illusion.

His Fengqing body is just an ordinary spiritual body in Lingmu Sect.

But once they arrive in Dongling, especially for the Nine Foxes and the Peacocks, their status will seem to become completely different in an instant.

After saying goodbye to Xiangxiang, Li Mo began to carefully search for books about puppets on the first floor of Canggong Pavilion.

Since he had seen the introduction to the matrix puppet here before, there must be related records here, so he wanted to search carefully.

a few days later.

After Li Mo picked up a scroll of bamboo slips, he seemed to have gained something. He ran out excitedly and made a copy of it.

The next few days.

After Li Mo returned to the cave, he and Lu Cuicui devoted themselves to assembling the shell of the Bagua Spirit Gathering Matrix puppet.

When the eight matrix puppets were assembled by the two, they couldn't help but look at each other instinctively, and seemed a little nervous, wondering whether the shell of this set of matrix puppets could achieve the corresponding effect.

"Shall we test it?"

"it is good."

After taking a deep breath, Li Mo made hand gestures and pointed at the eight palm-sized mechanical puppets in front of him.

After these puppets landed on the ground, they expanded and became the size of normal people.

As Li Mo clasped his hands together again, these matrix puppets burst out with amazing magnetic force and quickly combined into one, turning into a giant puppet ten feet tall, exuding a powerful oppressive force.

"call!"

While Lu Cuicui breathed a sigh of relief, she could no longer hide her excitement. She looked up at the head of the giant puppet and cheered in the cave.

"Li Mo, we succeeded!"

"Yeah, we succeeded."

Li Mo also had a smile on his face. After he finished speaking, he actually pulled Lu Cuicui over.

Lu Cuicui blushed and leaned against Li Mo. They looked at the ten-foot-tall giant puppet together and conducted a series of tests on it.

In general.

The combined matrix puppet is roughly equivalent in strength to a demon beast in the early stage of foundation building.

Its attack power may not be strong, and it does not have various means, but its advantage is its thick skin and flesh. Even cultivators in the middle and late stages of foundation building will find it difficult to completely destroy it in a short period of time.

This is obviously much stronger than the six-wave green water matrix puppet that Lu Qi gave him.

However, this set of Bagua Spirit Gathering Matrix Puppet is currently just a shell and is only half completed.

This set of matrix puppets is still missing the key array base, but Li Mo has not yet learned the art of array formation. He has to wait until he learns how to create and arrange arrays, and then arrange the Bagua Spirit Gathering Array in the bodies of these puppets, before it will be complete.

"From today on, you will have your own way of puppetry."

Lu Cuicui looked up at Li Mo and murmured softly.

"kindness."

Li Mo looked down at the petite Lu Cuicui and felt a surge of blood in his heart. He slowly lowered his head, and the distance between them became closer and closer. They felt each other's breath, and when their lips touched lightly, Lu Cuicui felt her body soften and she closed her eyes involuntarily. She felt as if she was about to melt in Li Mo's arms.

I do not know how long it has been.

The two gradually separated.

There was still a blush on Lu Cuicui's face like the sunset, and her eyes showed shyness and evasion. She leaned in Li Mo's arms, listening to Li Mo's heartbeat, and savoring the beauty just now.

After a long time.

Lu Cuicui left Li Mo's cave, and the two said goodbye reluctantly.

After watching Lu Cuicui leave, Li Mo seemed to still be immersed in that indescribable beauty, and the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually faded after a long time.

Then he returned to the cave and put the matrix puppet into his storage bag.

(End of this chapter)