Chapter 114: Second Order Puppet Master
Wu Qi Mountain, Little Turtle Peak.
Lu Chang'an sat in the pavilion and put away the letter in his hand.
Not far away from the lotus pond, lotus flowers bloom, white and red, tender stamens condensation beads, fragrant.
On the other side of the lotus pond.
A young girl in a green dress stood by the pool, her face as snowy as a willow waist, her skirt moving with the wind, like a light cloud out of the mountain.
In the year since she came to Little Turtle Peak, Mu Bing Yun has been a man of few words, her temperament has become more and more lonely and clear, just like the snow lotus on the peak.
"Very similar." Lu Changan took a look.
Mu Bing Yun's face and temperament is very similar to that year's Missy, only the character is more lonely and cold, not so generous.
This is related to her upbringing.
Since her parents died when she was young, she was adopted by Mu Xiu Yun as an apprentice, and she didn't have complete parental affection.
She was also influenced by her master's experience and was distrustful of men.
When she came to Little Turtle Peak, Guan Qiaozhi was wary of Mu Bingyun and was superficially enthusiastic, but would not treat her sincerely.
In addition to cultivation, Lu Changan also refines his body, draws talismans, nurtures treasure talismans, and studies puppets.
He didn't have much time to care about her.
Apart from the bi-monthly nurturing, he would only give her occasional instructions on cultivation and talisman drawing.
Zee!
The ground rock rat carried a delicate mountain flower in its mouth and ran to Mu Bing Yun's body.
"Give it to me?"
Mu Bing Yun stretched out her green fingers and took the flower, her clear face finally revealed a smile, as if the sunrise melted the winter snow.
The two pets of Little Turtle Peak.
The turtle is closer to Guan Qiaozhi. The turtle is closer to Guan Qiaozhi because she has been with her since she was a child.
The Ground Rock Rat is only loyal to Lu Chang'an and has no interest in the two human female cultivators.
This action was authorized by Lu Changan.
The main concern was that Mu Bing Yun would be bored out of her mind if she didn't have a companion.
"Bing Yun." Lu Changan beckoned.
"Uncle Lu." Mu Bing Yun walked to the pavilion and owed a bow.
Not far away, Guan Qiaozhi, who was tending the medicinal field with the Xuan Shui Turtle, listened with her ears.
"Have you recovered from your injuries?"
"No longer a big problem. Fortunately, thanks to Uncle Lu's conditioning, the discomfort in my dantian has lessened when I cultivate, and my mana has begun to improve, but at a slightly slower pace than before I was injured."
When Mu Bing Yun said this, her tone was a bit lighter.
This is the best news she has had in the year since she came to Wu Qi Mountain.
Lu Chang'an's tempering techniques had some effect.
She went from being uncomfortable and slightly suspicious in the beginning to gradually adapting to it with respect and shame.
With such a unique warming technique, if not for his old feelings, would Uncle Lu not have taken the trouble to prepare to spend more than ten years to help her regulate. "That's good."
Lu Chang'an nodded his head, and his words changed again.
"Little Turtle Peak does not keep idle hands."
"Going forward, you take over some of Qiaozhi's work in making talisman drawing materials. Mixing the spirit ink, maintaining the talisman brush, and refining the final step of talisman paper."
Mu Bing Yun was a first rank middle grade talisman master, suitable for doing some technical work.
"Yes, Uncle Lu."
Mu Bing Yun's clear eyes lit up, as if she was relieved of her burden.
Cultivating in Little Turtle Peak, getting toned up and living for nothing, she was very uneasy in her heart.
Mu Bing Yun back to the cave, do some preparatory work.
"Brother Lu, making talisman drawing materials, Qiaozhi alone is enough. Why let Bing Yun......"
Guan Qiaozhi's tone of voice is sad and soft, hyun want to cry.
"There are more important chores for you."
Lu Chang'an was prepared and handed her a jade cylinder.
Guan Qiaozhi pressed the jade cylinder to her brow and examined its contents, quickly revealing a look of surprise.
"In this matter, you pay attention to confidentiality."
Lu Chang'an instructed.
"Those key puppet parts, deal with them privately in the secret room."
"Brother Lu don't worry."
Guan Qiaozhi's eyes and eyebrows rose up in joy.
At this moment, she is enjoying a secret from Mr. Lu.
In addition to being a second-ranked talisman master, Brother Lu's other skill is ready to hit the second rank.
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In the blink of an eye, another two years have passed.
Lu Chang'an turned eighty-six years old and has been stationed in Wu Qi Mountain for fifteen years.
On this day, inside the secret room of the cave.
Lu Chang'an squatted on the ground and installed the last dark armor piece on a humanoid puppet that was two feet tall.
This humanoid puppet was more like a statue, clad in armor and holding a long spear.
Removing the heart protector on the puppet's chest, he set a few medium grade spirit stones into it.
Involving the puppet's energy core, it is naturally a key protection area.
Lu Changan performed the puppet control technique, and the two-foot tall statue puppet's body glowed with a misty green light, and the sound of the organization's operation was faintly heard.
The long spear was swung forward, the wind was dull.
The spiritual pressure emanating from it is comparable to that of an early stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
"Second-order puppet, finally done."
Lu Chang'an was pleased with himself, a smile overflowing from the corner of his mouth.
In this life, there was finally an additional second-order skill to protect the Dao.
The Way of the Puppet can greatly increase the rate of error tolerance.
For example, Huang Tankong, who is nearing the end of his lifespan.
Sending out a second-rank puppet can force him to use up the rest of his life.
If he encountered a truly great opportunity, involving the quality of conjugating dan and the hope of advancing to yuanyin, it was impossible for him to remain indifferent even though he had a sufficient lifespan.
The puppets, on the other hand, were cannon fodder for the front line.
"The cost of building puppets is really high, and it is very time consuming and labor intensive."
Lu Chang'an put away the second-stage statue puppet and generalized in his heart.
Taking a portion of his time every day to build this second-order puppet took more than two months.
In this life, if he hadn't practiced Evergreen Kung Fu and had more free time, he wouldn't have had the energy to practice body refining on the side and raise the puppet to the second rank.
Every cultivator has limited energy.
The cultivation of oneself is very time-consuming, and one must seek resources to break through the small realm and the big realm.
It is rare to be able to raise a skill to a superb level in the process.
It is not enough to rely on hard work alone, but also requires talent and a corresponding inheritance.
Lu Chang'an's alchemy skill took decades to reach the threshold of the second stage.
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The fact that Lu Chang'an had become a second-order puppeteer was kept a secret from the public for the time being.
Even Guan Qiaozhi only knew that he was attempting to impact the Second Order Puppeteer.
Next, Lu Chang'an needed to procure materials for the Second Order Puppeteer.
The materials used to build puppets had a wide range to choose from, depending on the type.
Like spirit wood, demonic beast parts, and various kinds of ores, they could all be used as materials to build puppets.
The materials for second-order lower-grade puppets are relatively easy to find.
There is no need to participate in the auction.
Lu Chang'an flew to Yellow Dragon Immortal City, holding the Yellow Dragon Pavilion's VIP order, he could easily buy it.
Recently, he had another cooperation with the Royal Beast Zhou Family.
Incidentally, he handed over the drawn talisman to the Zhou family's resident cultivator. Zhou Qingxuan, no longer in the Yellow Dragon Immortal City, used to stay here as a sharpening, accumulating seniority.
The one who dealt with Lu Changan was another Zhou Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
His name is Zhou Jingxuan, and his cultivation level is in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
Zhou Jingxuan was a middle-aged scribe and a good talker.
Lu Changan had heard that Zhou Jingxuan was almost killed by Liang Shaotian back then; it was Zhou Qingxuan who reacted smartly and saved his uncle's life.
Lu Chang'an chatted with Zhou Jingxuan for a long time, and learned a lot of secret stories about Liang's Immortal Cultivation World.
For example, eighteen years ago, Huang Long Zhen Zhen secretly plotted to impact the late stage of JieDan, and failed.
Lu Chang'an's cultivation in his previous life was at the peak of the late JieDan stage.
He had a deep understanding of the difficulty of the late stage of JieDan.
In his previous life, he had a lot of luck, had the support of his family, and paid a considerable price before he was able to cross that hurdle.
"Huang Long Zhen Zhen failed to impact the late stage eighteen years ago."
"And it was more than ten years ago that Tuoba Jin challenged Real Yellow Dragon's false dan disciple as a whetstone."
Now, Lu Chang'an sort of understood the details.
Huang Long Zhen Zhen's middle stage of JieDan, has an earth quality bloodline of the third stage of the earth dragon, his strength is considered very strong amongst the JieDan Zhen Zhen, and he is honored as the number one loose cultivator in Liang.
If this person succeeded in advancing to the late stage of conjugation eighteen years ago, Tuoba Jin was afraid that he would have to change his target.
After that challenge, Tuoba Jin went back to his training, and within two years, he was promoted to the early stage of JieDan.
According to Zhou Jingxuan, the quality of Tuoba Jin's dan was excellent, reaching the threshold of "Golden Dan" quality.
Tuoba Jin was not called by this name in the early years, but changed his name to "Jin", because he wanted to achieve the Golden Dan.
"Golden Dan ah, is considered to be the seed of the first stage of infancy."
Lu Chang'an's heart can not help but yearn for it.
In his previous life, he had an upper-grade spiritual root, and with the strength of his clan, he was able to achieve a medium-quality True Dan.
Of the ten Jindans, at least nine were Earth Spiritual Roots, Heavenly Spiritual Roots, and Innate Treasure Bodies.
Tuoba Jin, rumored to be a top quality spiritual root, possesses an innate treasure body.
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Lu Changan returned to Wu Qi Mountain from the Yellow Dragon Immortal City with a pile of extra puppet materials in hand.
Guan Qiaozhi was very skillful in handling puppet parts, otherwise the Sang Puppet Master of that year would not have given him a puppet.
Lu Chang'an planned the program for the second puppet.
In fact, he wanted to build a second-stage flying puppet.
Unfortunately, flying puppets require a high level of skill and materials are even harder to find, so they are not suitable at the moment.
His eyes swept over the Xuan Shui Turtle not far away, and he had a thought in his mind.
Turtle-type demonic beasts are notorious for their strong defense.
"Build a turtle puppet that doesn't seek to attack, pulls its defense up to full strength, and can be used as a shield at critical moments."
Lu Changan settled on a second puppet.
While he was pondering.
Whoosh!
A reclining light was ushered in from outside Wu Qi Mountain and flew to Xiaopan Peak a few miles away.
It was a tall, curvaceous, and serene female cultivator wearing a plain dress.
"This Fairy Master, she has been going out a lot in recent years."
Lu Chang'an glanced at it.
This time, Shi Manrong appeared, her mana breath was a bit disorganized, and she was slightly rushed in her flight.
Lu Chang'an didn't know what had happened and didn't probe.
A few years ago, Shi Manrong played a hand to try to understand the previous generation's second-order defense formation in Lu Chang'an's residence, but was unsuccessful.
Since then, Shih Man Rong has not forced herself to do so.
Shifu Manrong has not been reluctant to come to Little Turtle Peak.
Each time, she would bring some small gifts and chat with Lu Chang'an for a few moments, maintaining a relationship that stopped at etiquette and was pleasurable to talk to.
Shi Manrong is a well-known array genius in the neighborhood, and is expected to be a third-ranked array master in the future.
Lu Changan was happy to socialize with him.
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Three days later.
Shi Manrong visits Little Turtle Peak.
This Fairy Shifu, back to her previous elegant and calm self, brought a small gift box with her.
However, Lu Chang'an was not idle today, in the secret room of his cave, building the components of a second stage puppet.
"Senior Sister, Brother Lu is in seclusion, it's not convenient to meet guests."
"Qiaozhi, you will give this item to Master Lu Fu."
Fairy Shi smiled lightly, her voice gentle.
"Okay."
Guan Qiaozhi received a small jade box.
After Shi Manrong left. Guan Qiaozhi returned to the cave and received Lu Changan's promise to send the small jade box to the secret room.
The small jade box has a layer of forbidding, as long as the Foundation Stage can open it.
Lu Changan's powerful divine sense swept through it beforehand, and there was no abnormality.
When he opened the jade box, there were two things inside: a sound transmission note and a jade cylinder.
Lu Chang'an activated the note transmission.
A gentle and warm woman's voice came out:
"Having known each other for more than ten years, I have no doubt in the character and heart of fellow Daoist Lu."
"Concubine would like to be honest: make a deal with Fellow Daoist Lu and offer a chance."
After listening to the contents of the transmission note.
Lu Chang'an picked up the jade cylinder and checked the information in it.
His face moved slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.
"This time, this woman really has some sincerity."
In that jade cylinder, there were two main contents.
One of them.
It was the layout of Shi Manrong's Xiaopan Peak's mountain protection formation, including the breaks and backdoors that existed within it.
Lu Chang'an has been to Xiaopan Peak and initially confirmed that the information is not false.
This is the same as saying that Fairy Shifu has given Lu Changan the key to the door of her own cave, and even the hidden secret passage.
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(All future updates will be adjusted to daytime)
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