Under One Person: My Inner Realm Connects to All Worlds!

Chapter 145 Creating Animals, Yanshi

After more than twenty days, Han Yun completed the repair and reconnection of most of the earth veins in Qin Province, and he could finally get a good rest.

Shangjun.

This place is also known as Camel City, Little Kyoto, and Pearl of the Frontier.

One of its subordinate regions is Mizhi, named after the Liujin River, where the fertile soil is suitable for millet, and the rice juice is as smooth as grease.

A local folk song goes: "Women from Mizhi, men from Suide, no need to ask or look. A young man rides his horse swiftly, and he'll win over a woman from Mizhi—he'll be overjoyed!"

Its origins can be traced back to Diao Chan and Lü Bu during the Three Kingdoms period.

Legend has it that Diao Chan was from Mizhi, while Lü Bu was from Jiuyuan in Wuyuan Commandery. Historical records differ on whether Diao Chan married Lü Bu or whether Lü Bu seduced Diao Chan, so let's leave that aside for now.

However, it is a fact that the women of Mizhi are beautiful and the men of Suide are handsome and strong. If you don't believe it, come and see for yourself.

As dawn broke, the streets of Shangjun were already bustling with activity.

Han Yun stood in front of a breakfast stall, holding a bowl of freshly cooked buckwheat noodles in her hands. Bright red chili oil floated on the surface of the soup, and the aroma was irresistible.

He took a deep breath, savoring the sense of peace that came from the warmth of everyday life.

Han Yun picked up a mouthful of noodles with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. The noodles were chewy, the broth was delicious, and the spiciness stimulated his taste buds just right.

He squinted his eyes contentedly, the fatigue from repairing the earth's veins over the past few days seemingly relieved at this moment.

After finishing breakfast, Han Yun strolled towards the nearby park. In the early morning park, there were groups of elderly people doing their morning exercises, some practicing Tai Chi, some dancing, and a few children chasing and playing.

Han Yun found a bench and sat down, taking out a piece of yellow millet cake from his pocket and tasting it in small bites. The cake was sweet but not cloying, with a faint fragrance of osmanthus.

For Han Yun, this was a rare moment of leisure.

However, sometimes, problems just keep coming your way.

In Han Yun's view, a cute and chubby "kitten" appeared in the park. Then, its cat eyes shone with a strange light, attracting a seven or eight-year-old girl. The girl's eyes became glazed, and she gradually moved away from the adults' view and walked into a side alley.

Seven or eight years old is the age when children are most interested in playing with cats and dogs, so they have a strong curiosity about everything.

"Hehe, another idiot!"

"Ghost Machine, my animal creation technique, combined with your mechanical manipulation technique, is truly a match made in heaven."

A skinny man with a weasel-like face grinned wickedly, and he and a fat man with a bloated belly intercepted the little girl.

Before the girl could react, the skinny man gently peeled off the kitten's skin, revealing a wooden puppet-like mechanism underneath.

It's hard to imagine that this mechanism could perfectly mimic a cat's expressions and movements.

The moment the cat skin was peeled off, the little girl suddenly woke up. Looking at the two men with ill intentions in front of her, she tried to call out, but the skin had already been draped over her by the skinny man.

In the blink of an eye, the little girl transformed into a snow-white kitten. She meowed in terror and tried to escape, but the fat man grabbed her by the scruff of her neck, stuffed her into a bamboo cage that had been prepared beforehand, and then handed her to the thin man.

The skinny man proudly weighed the bamboo cage in his hand, a glint of greed in his eyes. "Hehe, these girls over here are so pretty. If we sell them to the south, we can at least get this much."

He held up five fingers and shook them.

The fat man licked his lips: "It's a pity we can't catch too many, otherwise we'll easily be targeted by the All-Knowing Bureau."

As the fat man spoke, he slightly moved his fingers, and the puppet clicked and transformed, eventually becoming a square block about a decimeter in size, which he then retracted. The skinny man smiled and said, "Don't worry, once we sell the yellow and white goods this time, we'll head south. I've already found the route there."

"Thirty-five hides in total, enough for the two of us brothers to live a carefree life for a few years."

"It's a pity about that tall mule that weighed 1.8 jin. We were hoping to sell it for a good price, but who would have thought it would be so stubborn? We weren't watching it closely enough, and it just crashed into something and died."

The terms "jin" and "liang" here refer to age. Generally speaking, one liang is one year old. "Gaojiaoluo" refers to a woman who is over 1.7 meters tall. "Huanghuo" refers to an unmarried girl, and "Baihuo" refers to a married woman. These are all coded terms and are not known to outsiders.

The skinny man was actually performing two kinds of witchcraft.

One of them is called "Daxuba," also known as "Chexu" in the Jiangnan region. It often uses delicious food as bait, or other methods to make you lose your mind and follow him. Children are often tricked into doing this.

Another form of witchcraft is called "animal creation," which can turn people into livestock. This technique is recorded in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.

Just as the skinny man was feeling smug, he suddenly felt a lightness in his hand, and the bamboo cage had appeared in Han Yun's hand.

Han Yun opened the bamboo cage directly, took out the "cat" inside, and with his Heavenly Eye, he directly understood the principle of the Animal Creation Technique. Then, he condensed his Qi and gently touched the cat's forehead with his finger.

The cat's skin melted away like ice and snow, and in the blink of an eye, it reverted to the appearance of a little girl.

The little girl sat blankly on the ground, clearly still in shock.

"Sweetie, go find your mom and dad."

Han Yun said softly, gently patting the little girl's shoulder.

The little girl then burst into tears and stumbled away into the distance.

The skinny man was in trouble and turned to run away, but Han Yun pulled him back with force.

"Want to go?"

Han Yun looked at the two of them with a half-smile: "Could you tell me what that leather means?"

The skinny man's eyes flashed with anger, and he immediately shouted to the fat man, "Attack!"

The fat man poured out several cubes from his satchel, some made of iron and some of wood. Under his control, they "transformed" into snakes, scorpions, cats, dogs, and other shapes, and began to attack Han Yun.

"Divine Strategist?"

Han Yun narrowed his eyes, shook his head and said, "No, it should be the Puppeteer!"

The term "Yanshi" is actually recorded in the Warring States period classic "Liezi: Tang Wen". It refers to a skilled craftsman who could make singing and dancing puppets during the reign of King Mu of Zhou.

It skillfully used materials such as leather and wood, and contained intricate internal mechanisms to create puppets that could perform complex actions, and was regarded by later generations as the origin of puppetry.

However, over a long period of time, the techniques of the Puppet Master were absorbed and developed by the Weapon Refiner, forming the Divine Mechanism lineage, which is even more powerful.

Simple puppeteer techniques are now quite rare.

As for why Han Yun knew this, it was because there were related inheritances in the Lishan underground palace. After all, the Qin Mo and Gongshu families were the masters of mechanical skills at that time, so it was impossible that they did not collect similar methods.

Looking at the snakes, scorpions, cats, and dogs on the ground, Han Yun couldn't help but shake his head. The power of a puppeteer's puppets depends on the mechanisms, toxins, and so on, as well as the materials themselves.

These things in front of us are nothing compared to the puppets in the underground palace of Mount Li.

(End of this chapter)