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Chapter 94 Greatly Increased Strength (Seeking monthly votes and recommendation votes)

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman in blue looked puzzled and said, "Senior, are you looking for the relics of the founder of my Thousand Bamboo Sect? As far as I know, he doesn't even have a grave, so there's nowhere to look for them."

Li Shizhou replied, "What I am looking for is not relics, but the Great Evolution Divine Lord himself."

The middle-aged woman's expression of doubt deepened after hearing this, and she replied with a troubled look, "Senior, it's not that I don't want to help, but my Thousand Bamboo Sect has been established for over ten thousand years, and our founder has long since passed away."

Li Shizhou said in a serious tone, "Senior Dayan's physical body has naturally long since perished, but his soul is still alive today."

"Impossible. As far as I know, even a Nascent Soul cultivator can only live for a little over two thousand years. Without the nourishment of a physical body, a single soul would only perish even faster."

Seeing that Li Shizhou's tone was not joking, the middle-aged woman's expression changed from doubt to shock.

After all, the matter was beyond her comprehension.

Li Shizhou's tone turned colder as he continued to explain, "That's because you're ignorant. Senior Dayan is an exceptionally talented individual who created a secret technique to parasitize a puppet's soul. It's currently inside your Thousand Bamboo Sect's secret chamber. Stop arguing. Whether it's true or not, you'll know once I open it."

"Senior, where did you learn of this? I have never heard of it before. Moreover, I have entered the secret chambers of my Thousand Bamboo Sect and have not found the puppet you mentioned."

Li Shizhou didn't want to waste any more time with this woman, so he released the pressure of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Then he said, "I'm not discussing this with you. You can just close all the array formations and restrictions inside the door. You know I can forcefully break through the formations to search, it will just take a little more time."

Besides not wanting to waste time, there was another reason: he coveted the "Great Evolution Divine Lord's" cultivation techniques and puppetry. He still needed to show basic respect, as it would be undignified to dismantle the sect left behind by the other party.

"Yes, yes, I will do as you say. The core of the control array is in the Zixiao Palace. I will go there now."

The middle-aged woman, who had agreed to trade the "Great Evolution Technique" and the "Puppet Scripture" last time, was naturally not a person with a firm stance. She was so frightened by Li Shizhou that she quickly agreed.

"After you close the formation, gather all the Core Formation cultivators in the sect and come here. I still need you. Also, don't spread the news about Senior Dayan."

The middle-aged woman in blue agreed, then bowed respectfully and flew out of the council hall.

After a short while, all the array restrictions of the Thousand Bamboo Sect were closed.

Li Shizhou opened his divine sense to the fullest and began searching everywhere. Although he was currently at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, his divine sense was about the same as that of a mid-stage cultivator.

They soon discovered an underground chamber where the restrictions were still in place.

At this moment, the middle-aged woman and an old cultivator in a golden robe with white hair and beard had returned to the council hall together. Both of them were at the early stage of Core Formation.

"Senior, there are only the two of us remaining as Core Formation cultivators within the sect. Is there anything else you wish to instruct us on?"

"I've found the place. You just need to come with me," Li Shizhou said.

The reason for this was that he did not want to become another Nascent Soul cultivator trapped in the formation. He kept the two with him just in case, and they would also be useful later.

After he finished speaking, he used his escape light to envelop the two of them and flew towards an inconspicuous side hall of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.

The palace was no more than three zhang tall, and was entirely black, with half of it embedded in the mountain.

Pushing open the door, you enter a dark and deep passage, about two zhang wide, that slopes diagonally downwards into the ground.

There are many separate secret rooms on both sides, filled with a large number of damaged puppets.

At the end of the passage, a stone wall appeared in front of them.

A golden sword light flew out from Li Shizhou and slashed at the wall.

The stone wall, which had appeared to be ordinary, suddenly became covered with a light array.

The two members of the Thousand Bamboo Sect looked surprised at the sight, exchanged a glance, and then continued to stand obediently behind Li Shizhou.

In the original book, Han Laomo was once attacked by the "Seven Emotions Technique" of the "Great Evolution Divine Lord", and as a result, his second nascent soul was hit by the secret technique.

Of course, that was also "Dayan Divine Lord" doing to protect himself. As long as he doesn't show any malice, he should be fine.

Despite this, after the light barrier appeared, Li Shizhou did not continue his attack. Instead, he affixed a talisman to his body. This was one of the Nascent Soul level talismans he obtained in the Netherworld, which could defend against divine sense attacks.

After activating the talisman, he released the level-seven Purple-Eyed Bi, instructing the two disciples from Qianzhu Sect to stand further away. He also ordered the Purple-Eyed Bi to keep an eye on the two, and to kill them without hesitation if they made any unusual movements.

Finally, he held a red jade talisman in his hand and took out a small flying sword magic weapon, which hovered beside him.

Only then did they begin to attack the weak points in the array's light barrier.

This formation was ancient and uncontrolled. After about half a cup of tea's time, the stone wall was blasted open, revealing a large hall dozens of feet wide and long behind it.

Hundreds of puppets of various shapes and sizes stood in the hall. These were used by the "Great Evolution Divine Lord" to guard the secret chamber. The weakest of them were at the early stage of Core Formation, and the strongest were at the late stage of Core Formation.

At the end of these halls was a pale yellow light screen, and if nothing unexpected happened, the puppet parasitized by the "Great Evolution God" was behind it.

The puppet, which had been standing motionless, immediately turned green and glowed when it sensed someone intruding, and it looked like it was about to launch an attack.

Li Shizhou was prepared. With a thought, the jade talisman in his hand flashed with red light, enveloping his entire body.

He obtained this jade talisman from Su Qingyu of the Miaoyin Sect when he was in the Chaotic Star Sea. The red light it emitted could isolate one's aura. Later, he obtained a jade slot at the trade fair, which allowed the jade talisman to be used repeatedly.

As soon as the red light appeared, the movements of hundreds of puppets stopped abruptly, and the light in their eyes faded.

Li Shizhou was overjoyed and slowly walked over. After getting close to an ape-shaped puppet, he also wrapped himself in red light.

He has been crafting puppets for decades, so he naturally knows their structure inside and out.

Before the ape-shaped puppet could attack again, the flying sword magic weapon beside him had already pierced through a part of the puppet with a single strike.

The injured ape-shaped puppet slowly shrank, eventually becoming only three inches tall, and fell into Li Shizhou's hands. With a flash of inspiration, it entered his storage bag.

He then followed suit and acquired all 1107 puppets in the hall.

These puppets can be used again after they have been reforged and repaired.

With so many puppets at the Core Formation stage, Li Shizhou's strength could be greatly increased.

The danger has now passed, and all that remains is a pale yellow array of light.

He summoned the two Core Formation cultivators from the Thousand Bamboo Sect back over.

He transmitted his voice to the middle-aged woman in blue, saying, "Young friend Qu, don't you want your secret about the Great Evolution Technique and the Puppet Scripture to be exposed?"

"You all know this, right? After breaking the formation, do as I tell you, and you'll be safe."