Grudge Breaker

Chapter 216: The Art of Controlling Puppetry
Inside Wuqing Residence, Mo Tingfeng and Zhuang Yuheng stood at the door, staring at the person on the bed with extremely serious expressions.

As Song Weichen fainted and completely lost consciousness, a large amount of purple-red puppet energy began to emanate from her body, wrapping it layer by layer in the center. The whole person looked like a burning red spider lily, which looked extremely strange.

If other cultivators saw her at this moment, they would definitely mistake her for a confused soul!
The reason why the two of them did not move closer to the door was because the puppet energy in Song Weichen's body had a sense of territory and would launch indiscriminate attacks once it entered a certain range.

Mo Tingfeng waved his hand, and a tiny sword energy turned into a flying blade and flew towards Song Weichen. The flying blade encountered the puppet energy and was like a drop in the ocean. It was torn into pieces in an instant and disappeared without a trace - these puppet energy had at least Class B combat power.

"It seems that the puppet spirit is protecting Weiwei."

Mo Tingfeng raised his hand and added a barrier to Wuqingju, which allowed only exit but not entry. Song Weichen's current state must not be seen by other people.

"Yuheng, this matter..."

"No need to say more."

Zhuang Yuheng looked at the sinister Song Weichen calmly, "This all happened because she wanted to save me. Don't say that Weichen isn't a chaotic soul, even if she is, so what? I will still protect her unwaveringly."

Mo Tingfeng looked at Zhuang Yuheng for a long time, then patted him on the shoulder.

"Get drunk with me."
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The two went to Mo Tingfeng's study next to Wuqingju, sat across the table, and discussed with each other.

"Yuheng, you often go in and out of the upper realm. Have you ever heard of this thing? It's called 'Yukui'."

After drinking a glass of wine, an unfamiliar word came out of Mo Tingfeng's mouth.

"Controlling a puppet?"

Zhuang Yuheng held the wine glass and was about to drink. These two words looked so unfamiliar, yet it seemed like he had heard them somewhere before... where exactly?

"Don't think about it, I'll listen to Wei..."

"I remembered!"

Mo Tingfeng was interrupted by Zhuang Yuheng before he could finish his words.

"When I was very young, my great-grandfather mentioned that puppet control was the earliest magical tool in the early days of your Sichen Mansion. It was said that it could absorb puppet energy and transform it into useful tools, giving someone a taste of their own medicine."

"What's wrong? You're asking this out of the blue."

Mo Tingfeng drank two glasses of wine, without looking at Zhuang Yuheng, he stroked the glass in his hand and spoke slowly.

"Did your great-grandfather ever mention what puppet control is?"

"No, it's all old history, and I just want to know the general idea."

Mo Tingfeng raised his head and looked at Zhuang Yuheng intently, emphasizing each word.

"If I tell you that the only existing puppet is on Weiwei and saved her life, would you believe it?"

Zhuang Yuheng almost dropped his jaw when he heard this, but Mo Tingfeng didn't look like he was joking at all. He thought about it quickly and understood it instantly.

"Could it be that the jade pendant... is the puppet control? Regardless of how the Seventh Ghost Master obtained this jade pendant, you have only been in the Sleeping Realm for a short time, and there is no way you have seen this thing. Why are you so sure?"

"Weiwei told me."

Mo Tingfeng relayed to Zhuang Yuheng what Ji Baishou had told Song Weichen in private. Who would have thought that the ordinary token of love in Huang Meiyun's hand was actually the legendary puppet-controlling. I wonder if this could be considered a fate for Song Weichen.

"I see... Before you, Ji Baishou served as the head of Sichen Mansion for more than 2,000 years. It's normal for him to recognize this thing, but this is just too coincidental."

"It's more than just a coincidence. From the many murders committed by the ghost husband in the illusion, to the verdict of the Golden Mouth Immortal, to the kidnapping of the magpie, all of these things pushed us towards Huang Meiyun and the Seven Evil Soul Locking Formation in the Ghost Market."

"I've been wondering, if someone went to so much trouble to plan all this, what did he want? In the case of the ghost husband, what is it that he covets, and that he can only get through us?"

"Could it be this puppet driver?"

Zhuang Yuheng's reasoning was reasonable. "Just looking at the current situation, the jade pendant seems to have recognized Weiwei as its master."

Mo Tingfeng nodded, filled Zhuang Yuheng's glass with wine, clinked glasses with him and drank it all.

"It's a good thing that the puppet has recognized its master, but it's also a barrier. Once a magical tool of the puppet's level recognizes its master, it will never change its owner unless the master's soul is completely destroyed. If the other party's goal is this thing, then Weiwei's situation will become extremely dangerous."

He let out a long sigh, "I originally thought that with my protection, Weiwei would be able to escape danger. Now it seems that I was just being too arrogant. Especially in this situation, I must teach her how to save herself so that she can protect herself."

Zhuang Yuheng listened quietly without reacting.

In fact, the two of them had discussed the matter of teaching her magic a long time ago. It was not unintentional, but it was not feasible.

Song Weichen has no spiritual roots and is totally unsuitable for the path of practicing as a sorcerer. Moreover, he has a weak physique, and even if he practices martial arts, his skills are just fancy moves. He may not hurt the enemy at all, but have already suffered eight hundred casualties himself.

"There was no chance before, but it may not be possible now."

Mo Tingfeng saw what Zhuang Yuheng was thinking.

"Have you ever heard of the art of controlling puppets?"

Zhuang Yuheng rolled his eyes at Mo Tingfeng. It was lucky for him that he had heard of puppetry. Even his great-grandfather might not know such prehistoric knowledge as the art of puppetry.

"Brother Ji taught Weiwei the technique, but unfortunately she didn't remember the details. I have sent Shadow to Wunian Mansion to find Brother Ji to transcribe his instructions again. He will be back tonight." "Yuheng, I really know nothing about the technique of controlling puppets. I'll have to trouble you to take some time to go to Wuzi Pavilion and try to understand the ins and outs of this technique. The most important thing is to check if there is a way to seal the puppet energy in her heart."

"If someone with ulterior motives discovers and uses it..."

Zhuang Yuheng stopped him, stood up and walked out.

"No need to say more, I understand. I will go now without further delay."

Before he finished speaking, the person disappeared.
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Mo Tingfeng returned to Wuqingju again. The puppet aura around Song Weichen had disappeared. He could feel that her consciousness had returned. Her breathing was steady at this moment, as if she had just fallen into a deep sleep.

Sitting on the edge of the bed and watching over her quietly, it was obvious that the little girl's condition at the moment was no different from that of an ordinary person, but it was still difficult to dispel his sorrow - whether Mo Tingfeng was willing to admit it or not, she was completely different now, and the pressure and danger she would face in the future would probably be geometrically greater.

The puppet she possessed was a rare magical weapon, and those who were interested would naturally do whatever they could to obtain it, not caring whether she would be destroyed physically or spiritually. Therefore, for her safety, the fewer people who knew that Song Weichen had a puppet, the better.

But this also brings up another problem. From the perspective of the "famous and upright" sects, anyone who exudes puppet energy must be a chaotic soul. Since it is a chaotic soul, how can it not be eliminated or destroyed?

The puppet energy in Song Weichen seemed to be out of control, especially when she lost consciousness, it would burst out to protect her master. If an outsider saw this situation once, Song Weichen would be finished.

The rumor that she is a chaotic soul is bound to spread.

In this situation, even with Mo Tingfeng or Zhuang Yuheng as guarantors, it would be difficult to stop the gossips.

If it gets out, it might even become evidence of the Sichen Mansion's blatant favoritism, which would not only fail to save Song Weichen, but might bring disgrace to the Three Departments.

Thinking more darkly, if the puppet master's recognition of Song Weichen was not accidental, but the person behind the scenes deliberately made the jade pendant connect with her, his purpose was to create greater chaos and a more out-of-control situation...

If this is true, what the other party wants is definitely not as simple as controlling the puppet, and Song Weichen has already become the bait!

Thinking of this, Mo Tingfeng unconsciously clenched his fists. No! I must find a way to seal the puppet energy in Song Weichen! .
call out! Phew!

A few short eagle cries were heard, and it was the shadow of Mo Tingfeng's secret guard returning.

"Where's the stuff?"

With a flash of his figure, Mo Tingfeng was already in the courtyard, with a man in night clothes standing next to him who looked like a ninja spy - this was the man who had discovered him in the critical moment and brought him to Sikong Mansion for treatment when Mo Tingfeng fainted in the bamboo pavilion due to the outbreak of the love-cutting restriction not long after he met Song Weichen for the first time.

When Shadow saw Mo Tingfeng, he clasped his fists and his voice was full of apology.

"Lord Si Chen, I am incompetent and did not bring back any oral notes. Lord Ji said that this technique is extremely secret and cannot be put into writing, so please forgive me for being so presumptuous and I can only whisper it back."

Mo Tingfeng nodded, and Shadow whispered in his ear to repeat it. When the last word was repeated, a wisp of smoke could be seen rising from Shadow's Baihui acupoint. It turned out that he had been hit by Ji Baishou's forgetfulness technique - his retelling was like words written in water, disappearing the moment they were written.

At this moment, Shadow no longer remembered what the art of controlling puppets was, and he didn't even remember the word "controlling puppets".

After all, it was the predecessor Si Chen, who was really cautious and ruthless.

After sending away the secret guards, Mo Tingfeng stood in the yard for a long time without saying a word. It turned out that the art of taming puppets had such changes and uses. It was worthy of being the art that the first Si Chen had painstakingly researched. It was truly exquisite!

Coincidentally, this method is particularly suitable for Song Weichen's practice.

Song Weichen's horoscope indicates pure yin in all four pillars, and she is also a Kun-born person. In addition, she has some of Gu Cangyue's blood flowing in her body. The Luan Bird God originally had the extremely yang blood of the Qian-born Heavenly Character. Once she fell into deity, she became the lord of the Wangchuan River, a place of extremely yin in the Black Water, where the anode became the cathode. This kind of blood has a fatal attraction and control ability to Yu Kui.

No wonder the ghost control could be used so easily and without any obstacles by Song Weichen.

It should be said that Song Weichen is now the chosen girl in the Mei world who is most suitable for practicing this method.

Mo Tingfeng sat alone in the bamboo pavilion in the courtyard, carefully recalling the puppet-controlling technique that Shadow had just told him.

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The art of controlling puppets is divided into four methods: "hiding, giving birth, illusion and changing", namely "puppet hiding", "puppet giving birth", "puppet illusion" and "puppet changing".

"Puppet Collection" uses a jade pendant as a container, which is opened with a heart formula. It absorbs the remaining energy of the puppets in the surroundings and stores it inside. It is the foundation of the puppet-controlling technique. If there is no puppet energy available, everything is empty talk.

"Puppet Life" is to release a large amount of puppet energy stored in the jade pendant to protect the barrier and heal injuries. Song Weichen was able to "come back to life" this time because he had the power of "Puppet Life".

"Puppetry" is more complicated. Through the practice of mental method, puppet energy can be transformed into "Puppetry Spirit Beast" to attack. The power and number will increase with the user's practice. It is said that in history, a resentment-breaking master used this method to eventually raise nine phantom spirits, each of which had at least quasi-A-level power. For a time, no one in the Three Realms could match it.

However, the disadvantage is that if the phantom is destroyed by a stronger force, it will take a lot of time to breed a new phantom. If it is attacked during this period, the power of the puppet will be greatly reduced, and the master will inevitably be counterattacked and killed, and the puppet will also be destroyed - the eight puppets that collapsed at that time were almost all due to this reason.

The "puppet transformation" technique is just as its name suggests, with thousands of variations and each one is different.

Each puppet master - in ancient times people jokingly called them "puppet masters", due to their different temperaments and cultivation abilities, will develop new magical skills in the process of practicing puppet-controlling techniques. These skills are different and are collectively called "puppet changes".

It is said that some puppet masters at that time could read minds, some could transform into animals and plants, and some could even distort space within a certain range. Their abilities were ever-changing and unheard of.

Mo Tingfeng smiled when he thought of this. With Song Weichen's temperament and abilities, he was really curious about what kind of puppet transformation skills she would develop if she made some progress in her cultivation.

At this moment, a goshawk flapped its wings and flew over the Tingfeng Mansion, and its long and melodious call made the night seem even darker.

He looked up at the sky and saw a new moon.

Let’s talk about everything after she wakes up.

Tomorrow is truly a brand new day.