I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 281 The Way of the Puppet (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The summer solstice in the sixth month of the year Xin Si.

As the morning light spilled over Liuyue Peak, a pale blue mist rose from the spiritual fields on the mountainside. The stone puppet guarding the garden stood in the mist, bending down to straighten a crooked spiritual seedling.

Five blood ginseng babies were scattered crookedly in the spirit field, their ginseng whiskers squeezing out emerald green spiritual liquid to water the spiritual medicine. Occasionally, they would quarrel over who had poured an extra drop.

At the shore of Yangui Lake, Huagu's body was covered in silver snakes dancing wildly, and the red flames on Hongli's tail surged. A cloud and a fox kept colliding, and the rising water mist reflected a rainbow under the morning sun.

Zhao Cangyun squatted by the lake, trying to persuade the still heavily pregnant Mo Jiao Yu Hui to vomit up the indigestible golden toad corpse.

The jade snake kept its mouth tightly shut, refusing to eat even if it meant death. It was promised that the sword cultivator wouldn't let it eat, but now it was being made to vomit after eating a toad. Was there no justice or law left?
At the mountaintop pavilion, Jiang Yi, who had slept for half a month, opened the window. The ever-blooming flowers of Liuyue Peak were bathed in the morning dew, dyeing the entire mountain peak a blazing rosy hue.

A mountain breeze swept by, and Jiang Yi stretched her limbs, all her fatigue dissipating with the wind, leaving her refreshed and completely relaxed.

After putting on her outer robe, Jiang Yi went outside to the octagonal pavilion, leisurely brewed herself a pot of tea, drank the tea, and enjoyed the scenery, watching as her Yunlu courtyard was brought to life by Hua Gu.

On the tea table was a jade slip, which, without even looking at it, was a compilation of recent news that Hua Gu had prepared for her. Next to it was a porcelain vase with a bunch of wildflowers, cleverly decorated with a tuft of red fox fur.

Jiang Yi smiled and first checked the news jade slip.

The Blood Demon Sacrifice Array in Tianya City has been broken, resulting in heavy casualties among low-level cultivators and severe damage to houses. The Immortal Alliance has tasked Bai Zanggu with leading the effort to organize manpower for reconstruction.

There was a thoughtful note from Hua Gu at the end: it is said that the mastermind behind this incident, the traitorous elder Gu Lou of the Insect Valley, failed to successfully form his Nascent Soul with the help of the great formation and escaped again. Lord Long Ri is still investigating.

"It seems that Shang Shixu won't be back anytime soon," Jiang Yi sighed softly.

After reading the second news item, Jiang Yi smiled.

Just as she expected, the smear campaign against her would not have much of an impact on her.

Those who were attacked were mostly those whose reason was suppressed by their emotions because they still had demonic energy remaining in their bodies. Their own master summoned their teachers and questioned them face to face, and the rumors were dispelled on their own.

Furthermore, given that the Golden Zhengyuan Secret Realm Formation had indeed malfunctioned, it was obvious whether to suspect the Dream Immortal Sect or Jiang Yi. His own master had easily pinned the blame on Zhu Mingzong with just a few words.

The content that followed immediately made Jiang Yi sit up straight. "Master actually publicly denounced the leader of the Immortal Alliance?"

After the Tianya City incident, her master reported to the leaders of the Immortal Alliance that the current leader, Jiang Yurong, was suffering from old injuries and was prone to going into a demonic state and losing her mind. She was no longer suitable to be the leader and suggested that a new leader be elected immediately. She said she would vote for herself first.

Furthermore, their master provided a photographic stone as evidence of Jiang Yurong, the leader of the Immortal Alliance, nearly going into a demonic state during the Tianya City incident. The witness was Yu Hu Zhenjun, the pharmacist of the Yuqing Sect, who had examined Jiang Yurong's body.

puff~
Jiang Yi couldn't help but laugh. She could almost picture her mother's stunned expression and her master's smug look.

There was also a small note from Hua Gu: True Monarch Danxi is currently in Xichuan City, discussing this matter with the Immortal Alliance leader and Nascent Soul representatives from various Immortal Sects.

"I'm afraid Master is also taking this opportunity to gather people together and tell the people of the major immortal sects about the seal, so that they can find a place to reinforce the seal in their respective sects as soon as possible."

Jiang Yi suddenly thought of Hua Luosha. She said that the Ghost Emperor's legacy was in the Chimeizhai. If the Chimeizhai found the sealing point left by the Ghost Emperor ahead of time, Hua Luosha's plan would probably fall through.

"Let's try to send her a message. There's nothing I can do to help her right now."

Hua Luosha is notorious in the underworld, so it wouldn't be difficult to send her a message.

"Hmm? Xuan Hui has successfully formed his Nascent Soul. He will return to the sect after his Nascent Soul has stabilized. No wonder the weather was gloomy and it was pouring rain when he first returned to the sect. It turns out he was undergoing tribulation in the Western Sea."

The rest were all trivial matters within the sect. Finally, she mentioned some people who had recently wanted to visit her, including Qi Tian, ​​Feng Wuhen, and Xiao Jue.

One of them was Master Luo Heng.

Jiang Yi took out the Heavenly Fire Wheel, which originally belonged to Ji Honglian, from her storage belt. It had been split in two by Luo Qingsi, and she exchanged it for something else from Luo Qingsi.

Jiang Yi took out a paper crane with a message, left a few words, and released it. If Master Luo Heng was free, she would visit him later and give him the paper crane so that he could return it to Ji Honglian's family, which would be a way of giving him an explanation.

With some time to spare, Jiang Yi placed the sword-nurturing gourd on the tea table, entered it, and took stock of his gains from the treasure hunt.

When Jiang Yi stepped into Youxian Ferry, the first thing she saw was the busy figures of Zhenshan and Duanjin.

They stood by the Sword Washing Pool, carefully dismantling the half-person-high stone terracotta warrior remains. The Sword Washing Pool was no longer as tranquil as it once was; hundreds of relatively intact stone terracotta warriors were densely packed in the vast lake, the water surface so crowded that almost no gaps could be seen, and occasionally bubbles would gurgle out from the gaps in the terracotta warriors' armor.

Zhenshan held up a headless stone statue, while Duanjin, wielding a mighty blade, precisely pried open the statue's breastplate, revealing its intricate gear structure.

All the stone figures and mechanisms in the Kundao Palace, whether complete or incomplete, are now in her Youxian Ferry. The more intact ones are soaking in the Sword Washing Pool, which is completely full.

The more damaged ones were temporarily packed into storage bags and placed under the stone tablet at the Sword Washing Pool, ready to be washed and soaked in batches.

Although these stone terracotta warriors are damaged, the materials are still acceptable. Even if they cannot be restored, they can be used by Zhenshan and Duanjin as cultivation materials. The key point is that the water in the Sword Washing Pool can purify the abnormal aura on them, which is difficult for Luo Qingsi to handle herself. Selling them like this could easily cause trouble.

Jiang Yi chiseled a fist-sized fragment of the Heavenly Star from Sword Tomb Mountain and gave it to Luo Qingsi in exchange. It wasn't that she was stingy, but it had taken a lot of effort to chisel so many pieces, and the Yaoling Sword was almost worn out from the effort.

“My lord, you’ve come at the perfect time, look.”

Duan Jin noticed Jiang Yi approaching and showed her the gear mechanism he had disassembled.

"The interior of these stone figures is more complex than I imagined. The gears and mechanisms are still intact. As long as I can find a way to reassemble them, I can restore these stone soldiers."

Jiang Yi noticed that Duan Jin's eyes were bright and he was particularly excited when he talked about these things, so she couldn't help but ask, "Do you like tinkering with these mechanical puppets?"

Zhenshan chimed in from the side, “Yes, my wife is clever and likes these complicated things.”

Duan Jin said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have troubled you, my lord. I am indeed very interested in how these mechanisms work. In the years after I developed consciousness underground, I was unable to leave the area restricted by the gate, so I spent my days pondering the array restrictions on the gate and the mechanisms for opening and closing it."

Jiang Yi understood; Duan Jin had taken a branch of the weapon-refining path—refining puppets.

That's good too. Since Hong Li has received the inheritance of the Heavenly Heart Ancestor, she will definitely follow the orthodox path of weapon crafting.

Duan Jin, along with Zhen Shan, who specialized in puppet mechanisms, complemented each other without overlapping, and in the end, she was the one who benefited the most.

When the time comes, it will not be a dream for her to achieve fully automated production and life in Youxiandu!

As for the initial investment in learning...

Make money! Let Hongli make money like crazy!
Jiang Yi took out the three stone slabs that Luo Qingsi had dug up in the Kundao Palace. One of them was dug up before entering the underground palace, and the other two were dug up by Luo Qingsi while sifting sand after the battle.

"Take a look at this. It contains Emperor Kun's insights on mechanical puppets. The stone warriors and mechanical crossbows in the underground palace were all made according to these descriptions. Some parts have been severely corroded by wind and sand. You need to think about it yourself."

Duan Jin was flattered and quickly asked Zhen Shan to help take the stone slabs.

"Thank you, my lord, that's good enough."

Jiang Yi smiled and encouraged, "It's good that you like to study. I'm happy to see that. I'll find you more books on puppetry later so you can focus on this path and not waste your energy on things you're not interested in."

"My lord, you are truly a great man," Zhenshan said in a booming voice, praising with a smile.

Duan Jin glanced at him and thanked Jiang Yi, thinking to herself that it was a great blessing for her and her husband to have met such a master, and that they would definitely devote themselves to him in the future.

"You guys go ahead with your work, I'm going to check out the other things in the warehouse."

Although the Nine Peaks Collapse Fist and the Mysterious Yellow Scripture left by Emperor Kun are good, they have high requirements for one's own foundation and base. It would be better to switch to cultivating them after Zhenshan and Duanjin have both formed their cores.

She and Pu Ning each practiced one version, and they could exchange their experiences later, so that Zhenshan Duanjin could avoid detours.

The other part required the Breath of Earth, which only she could cultivate, so she didn't give it to anyone else.

If the master wants to obtain these three cultivation techniques on behalf of the Cangling Sect, she can give one of them free of charge, but only after she enters the Nascent Soul stage, and it cannot be the fist technique that Pu Ning plans to cultivate.

If the Cangling Sect wants to acquire the remaining two volumes, they will have to exchange them for something, which will also be done after she reaches the Nascent Soul stage.

Sometimes, people are just hypocritical. On one hand, she loathed her mother's identity, but on the other hand, she had to rely on it to protect herself. If she were just an ordinary cultivator, these three cultivation techniques would have killed her. This is a very realistic situation.

　My writing efficiency was pretty good today. It's just another transitional plot point, so I'll add an extra chapter to speed things up. I won't be updating extra chapters over the weekend. My monthly votes are almost at 1000, so please keep voting! I'll update extra chapters on Monday!
　　
　
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