Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 132 Entrusting Oneself to Other Things
In the nameless forest, within the illusion array, Liao Yonghuai, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes half-closed, suddenly opened his eyes. At that moment, his large face was completely distorted, his eyes were bloodshot, and he held his head in his hands, as if he was enduring immense pain, rolling on the ground.

A moment later, Liao Yonghuai barely managed to recover his senses, his entire face appearing distorted.

"What kind of flame is that? Jiang Chen must have mastered a spell that is extremely effective against me."

His voice was extremely hoarse as he looked in the direction of Muyu Island, his face filled with fear.

His silver puppet is special in nature. As long as its core is not destroyed, ordinary spells cannot harm it. Jiang Chen's sword strike seemed to have severed one of the silver puppet's arms, but it was nothing to the silver puppet. However, the blood fire that Jiang Chen unleashed at the end was completely different.

"No, this spell is too effective against me. If it works on the silver golem, it will work on the gold golem too."

Terrified, Liao Yonghuai dared not linger. Even with a splitting headache, he quickly cleaned up the surrounding traces and retreated. At that moment, the threat of death completely overwhelmed his greed, and he forgot all about the peach wood artifacts.

The gold and silver puppets were special in nature, and to some extent they had become an extension of his body. When he controlled the silver puppet, he devoted part of his mind to it. Now that the silver puppet was destroyed, that part of his mind had also suffered a devastating blow, and his soul was now injured.

Meanwhile, on Muyu Island, looking at the silver puppet that had completely turned into a pool of silver liquid and lost its divine power, Jiang Chen frowned slightly.

"It is indeed a puppet, but it is much more mysterious than a regular puppet. If my senses are correct, this puppet does indeed carry a portion of the cultivator's consciousness."

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Chen activated his Soul Illumination technique, attempting to capture the remnant soul, but with little success.

"Although the person behind this did not come in person this time, his soul was definitely injured, and the injury was not serious."

Looking at the wisp of ethereal soul energy in his hand, Jiang Chen became even more certain of his guess.

“To separate a part of one’s consciousness and entrust it to a puppet is truly a mysterious technique. Although I can tear my own soul apart by infusing it with spirit, I cannot freely entrust it to other things.”

With these thoughts colliding, Jiang Chen tried to further comprehend the mystery of this wisp of soul energy. He was still very curious about this method of pouring a part of one's own consciousness into a puppet.

At the same time, using this wisp of soul energy as a guide, he pushed his perception to its limit, but he still couldn't find the person behind the scenes.

"Old men, you two, take men and search the area around Muyu Island. Investigate anything unusual."

Withdrawing his senses, Jiang Chen issued an order.

Upon hearing this, the two old men, one black and one white, who had been waiting outside, immediately bowed and agreed.

At the same time, Rat Tianjiao walked in from outside.

Since deciding to lure the snake out of its hole, Jiang Chen had made preparations. In addition to using Tao Yao's power to see most of Muyu Island, he also released the rat horde of Shu Tianjiao as a supplement to the monitoring network.

Squeak, squeak, squeak, Rat Pride came to Jiang Chen's side and reported the relevant information.

After Jiang Chen discovered the silver puppet's special characteristics, it immediately dispatched its rat subordinates to search the area around Muyu Island, but found no suspicious traces.

"It seems the other party is hiding further away than expected."

After listening to Rat Tianjiao's report, Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.

Although he easily suppressed the silver puppet, its strength was actually not weak. At least it was stronger than Luo Qiao's back then. Most importantly, its nature was special. If caught off guard, someone who had just achieved a minor level of Qi cultivation might fall victim to its tricks.

From this perspective, the person behind this is most likely at the minor stage of Qi Refining. As for the major stage of Qi Refining, the possibility is extremely slim, because if the other party really had the strength of the major stage of Qi Refining, they would have directly attacked Muyu Island.

"Although the chances of finding it are slim, we should still give it a try."

After glancing at the soul energy in his hand and giving a few instructions to Rat Tianjiao, Jiang Chen rode the wind and left Wooden Fish Island. With this wisp of soul energy in his hand, as long as the opponent didn't have a secret technique to conceal their soul energy, he could detect their traces within a certain range, although this range wasn't very wide.

The next morning, feeling a little tired, Jiang Chen returned to Muyu Island.

After a night of searching, the members of the Taiping Sect searched the area around Muyu Island, but still found nothing of great value, and Jiang Chen also failed to find the other party.

"The other party's soul is injured and not so easy to heal. They probably won't make a move again for a while. If possible, we can keep an eye on Yan Hui Market. They might go there to look for treasures that can repair their soul injury. We could even try fishing there."

"Another method is the brute force approach: investigating step by step."

Back in his courtyard, Jiang Chen fell into deep thought, while Wang Yuan, the two old men in black and white stood to the side, all with their heads bowed, waiting silently.

"Wang Yuan, there's no need to wait any longer. Capture all the spies of the Taiping Sect and try to trace the source back to its origin."

Pulling himself back to his senses, Jiang Chen gave the order.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuan immediately bowed and agreed. He had already secretly located those spies, but he hadn't made any moves for fear of alerting them.

After Wang Yuan left, Jiang Chen turned his attention to the two old men, one in black and one in white.

"The other party's soul is injured, and it must be quite serious. They may not have left Qinghe County yet. You should immediately begin a county-wide search, pay attention to any abnormalities, and get all the major families to cooperate. If they don't cooperate, you can deal with them as you see fit."

Although he knew that it was unlikely that the Taiping Sect alone could find the person behind it all, Jiang Chen still wanted to give it a try.

Upon hearing this, the two old men, one in black and one in white, did not ask any further questions and immediately went to carry out the order.

The assassination of Jiang Chen, the sect leader, is undoubtedly the biggest event for the entire Taiping Sect. While the Taiping Sect may not be able to handle other places, it is normal for Qinghe County to be thoroughly investigated, since the Taiping Sect truly holds half the sky in Qinghe County.

After everyone left, Jiang Chen glanced at Shu Tianjiao.

Meeting Jiang Chen's gaze, Shu Tianjiao suddenly felt a chill run down his spine for some reason, and had a bad feeling.

"Preparations are almost complete, it's time to try enhancing your bloodline."

After a brief pause, Jiang Chen spoke.

Upon hearing this, Rat Tianjiao finally understood where his ominous premonition came from.

For demons, improving their bloodline is never an easy task. In fact, it had tried it before, using plenty of wolfsbane vine branches and leaves, each time suffering excruciating pain, but without any results.

While the sap of the wolfsbane vine can help wild beasts awaken their bloodlines, it is of little use to demons that have already awakened.

Thinking of the hardships he had endured, Rat Tianjiao instinctively wanted to back down, but seeing the expectation on Jiang Chen's face, he forcibly suppressed his instincts.

"Squeak."

With a resolute expression, Rat Tianjiao straightened his chest.

This incident also spurred it on. It felt that it was about to be unable to help Jiang Chen anymore, and it was eager to improve its own strength. Improving its bloodline was indeed an effective way, since demons valued bloodlines more than human cultivators.

Seeing this prodigy, Jiang Chen felt quite gratified. If the prodigy really wasn't willing to try, he would basically be eliminated.

(End of this chapter)