Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

Chapter 122 The Art of Dividing One's Mind

"A substitute puppet from Thousand Forged Mountain?"

Jiang Yun immediately became interested.

On that day in the Xuan Yang Secret Realm, Sun An used a substitute puppet to deceive the third-tier demon beast, the Azure Scale Poisonous Dragon, demonstrating the unique features of this Thousand Forged Mountain substitute puppet.

However, after the puppet was swallowed by the venomous dragon, it was destroyed beyond repair.

Even if it is restored, it would require mastery of puppetry and consume a lot of materials.

Clearly, this substitute puppet, like a regular talisman, can only be used once.

At the auction, Jiang Yun wasn't the only one interested in the substitute puppet.

Most Foundation Establishment cultivators have heard of the famous Thousand Forged Mountain Substitute Puppet.

Upon hearing that the last treasure was a substitute puppet, everyone widened their eyes and stared intently at Xia Zhongtian.

With a flick of his robe, Xia Zhongtian conjured a humanoid puppet before everyone's eyes.

Strangely, this puppet had no face, mouth, nose, or ears.

"This is the Thousand Refinement Mountain substitute puppet."

Xia Zhongtian pointed at the puppet and said loudly, "I'm sure you all know the wonders of this substitute puppet. I'll demonstrate it for you here."

As he spoke, Xia Zhongtian made a hand seal and channeled a stream of true essence into the substitute puppet.

As this true essence was injected into the substitute puppet, the puppet's appearance began to change, and a nose and ears grew out.

In the end, the puppet transformed into Xia Zhongtian's likeness, even down to his height.

After doing all this, Xia Zhongtian took out a set of clothes from his storage bag and put them on the puppet.

This set of clothes is naturally exactly the same as the clothes Xia Zhongtian is wearing at this moment.

"How was it?" Xia Zhongtian walked to the puppet's side and smiled, "Can everyone tell the real one from the fake one?"

Most of the cultivators below shook their heads upon seeing this, unable to discern the truth from the falsehood.

"As expected of the substitute puppet of Thousand Refinement Mountain, even its magic power and aura are the same as its master's, making it really hard to tell the difference between the real and the fake," someone exclaimed.

"The most amazing thing is the change in appearance. It's almost identical. It can be used to save your life and escape. It might even fool your opponent," someone exclaimed in amazement.

"Although the appearance and figure are the same, the expression is still a bit different. After all, a puppet is not a living thing," a female cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage said, shaking her head.

The cultivators in the audience witnessed the amazing capabilities of the substitute puppet and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

Xia Zhongtian made another hand seal and put away his clothes. The puppet returned to its original state.

He then said, "This substitute puppet has reached the second-tier high-grade level, and can save your life in critical moments."

"In addition, although the main function of this puppet is to act as a substitute for life-saving, the puppet itself also has the strength of the early stage of Foundation Establishment."

"The auction for the Thousand Refinement Mountain substitute puppet will now begin, with a starting bid of 20,000 spirit stones!"

In a private room on the second floor, Jiang Yun shook his head.

Although it's difficult to distinguish between the real and fake of this substitute puppet, if one's spiritual sense is strong enough, it can still be easily discerned.

In addition, the price of puppets is relatively high.

A second-tier, high-grade substitute puppet has a starting bid of 20,000 spirit stones.

Little did they know that even a slightly inferior second-tier high-grade flying sword only required a starting price of eight thousand spirit stones.

"This item is not worth more than 60,000 spirit stones, but it is still somewhat useful to me."

"Upon reaching the third level of the Thousand Machines Divine Control Technique, one can master a technique of splitting the soul."

"If a wisp of divine consciousness is separated to control the substitute puppet, it can be used for more than just a substitute to save one's life."

After a moment's deliberation, Jiang Yun decided to bid on the substitute puppet.

The appearance of this substitute puppet can become exactly the same as his.

Once you cultivate the Thousand Machine Divine Control Technique to the third level, and then use the Divine Divinity Splitting Technique to control this substitute puppet, it will be of great use.

With this in mind, Jiang Yun began to pay attention to the auction, ready to place a bid at any time.

All that could be heard in the auction hall was that the price of the substitute puppet had already reached 40,000 spirit stones, and the bidding was still going on.

"Forty-five thousand spirit stones!"

"fifty thousand!"

Before long, the price reached 50,000.

Most of the people bidding for these substitute puppets were late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, as well as members of various cultivation families.

"Sixty thousand spirit stones."

Jiang Yun spoke up, raising the price directly from 50,000 to 60,000.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked toward the private room where Jiang Yun was.

Only then did they realize that the person who had made the bid was the same one who had previously offered three Foundation Establishment Pills in one go.

"See that? That's what it means to be rich and powerful. Others add a thousand each time, but he adds ten thousand," someone said through gritted teeth, envious.

As soon as Jiang Yun made his bid, everyone in the room shook their heads, and no one dared to bid against him anymore.

Thus, Jiang Yun won the bid for the second-tier superior-grade substitute puppet from Thousand Forged Mountain for 60,000 spirit stones.

After the auction, Jiang Yun left the private room and found Xia Zhongtian, from whom he obtained a substitute puppet and 10,000 spirit stones.

Originally, auctioning two Foundation Establishment Pills would have yielded 70,000 spirit stones. After deducting 60,000 spirit stones for the substitute puppet, the net gain would be exactly 10,000 spirit stones.

After obtaining the puppet and spirit stones, Jiang Yun left Jubao Tower without anyone noticing and disappeared into the market.

At this auction, two Foundation Establishment Pills were sold, and three Foundation Establishment Pills were exchanged for a mid-grade third-tier ancient formula, in addition to a substitute puppet.

Jiang Yun currently has 490,000 spirit stones on him.

"We have enough spirit stones; it's time to head to Canglan Immortal City."

Over the past two months, Jiang Yun has auctioned off nineteen Foundation Establishment Pills. To avoid attracting the attention of the Qingyang Sect, it's time for him to leave Qingyangfang.

The following day, Jiang Yun got ready and flew towards Canglan Immortal City with all his might.

Five days later, a magnificent city appeared before Jiang Yun's eyes.

According to the map jade slip, this city is Canglan Immortal City.

With Jiang Yun's cultivation at the Golden Core stage, it took him a full five days to fly from Qingyangfang to Canglan Immortal City, which shows that Canglan Immortal City is still very far from Qingyangfang.

Jiang Yun descended, suppressing his cultivation level while using a concealment technique to reveal his cultivation aura at the pseudo-core stage.

"Greetings, senior." The city gate guards immediately stepped forward to pay their respects upon seeing a fake Core Formation cultivator enter the city.

Jiang Yun nodded slightly, tossed out a spirit stone, and stepped into the city.

Once inside the celestial city, one cannot fly freely.

However, such massive immortal cities usually have planned airspace for flight.

Cultivators should fly within designated airspace and not fly haphazardly; otherwise, with people coming and going in the sky, chaos could easily break out in the immortal city.

For Jiang Yun, who was new to the city, the simplest way to learn about Canglan Immortal City was to buy a jade slip containing a map of the city.

Another way is to find out through "Fengxingzi".

The so-called "wind guides" are actually guides in the market or the immortal city.

These people have lived in Canglan Immortal City for a long time and know the city very well.

They charge a fee in spirit stones and are very open and honest, acting as guides for newcomers and introducing them to the city.

Jiang Yun did not learn about Canglan Immortal City through Feng Xingzi, but instead found a shop and bought a jade slip containing a map of the immortal city.

With this map jade slip, Jiang Yun instantly had a clear understanding of the general layout of Canglan Immortal City and the flight routes.