Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 320 0319: Puppet controlling corpse!
Cheng Zongyang looked at the universal storage bag on the table, his eyes flashing with thought. He narrowed his eyes slightly. The renovation of the market hut was not yet completed, so it could not be used for the sacrifice.

But what he wanted to try was something else. It was something he saw from a side path.

He took a deep breath, and the next moment, he took the storage bag and entered the wilderness world without hesitation.

The renovation of the market hut is still in progress, and although it may not appear that much has changed, the transformation is already underway and will probably change in an instant once the three days are up.

Cheng Zongyang left the cabin and went to the fresh-keeping warehouse next door.

He slowly opened the storage bag and released the ten corpses one by one.

Ten cold corpses lay quietly on the ground, as if they had just died, their faces still vivid. Cheng Zongyang scanned these corpses expressionlessly, without much strange feeling in his heart. After all, he had seen a bloodier scene yesterday, so what were these corpses?
His eyes moved quickly among the corpses, and finally stopped at the corpse of an old man with an ordinary face. The corpse had an ordinary face and was inconspicuous, so it was easy to be overlooked.

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly: "This is it."

He grabbed the old man's body, feeling its coldness and heaviness, and then left the wilderness with the body and returned to the study.

Laying the body flat on the ground, Cheng Zongyang took out two talismans from his arms. He stared at the two yellow talismans in his hands, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

One is a second-level puppet talisman, and the other is a second-level corpse-controlling talisman.

These talismans were purchased by He Shuijun before. This method was also what He Shuijun wanted Cheng Zongyang to try.

The puppet talisman can make the corpse move like a puppet, while the corpse control talisman allows him to issue commands and achieve control over the corpse.

Cheng Zongyang's purpose was clear. He wanted to try to control the corpse's movements and have it go to the sect office on his behalf to offer a bounty to the top leaders of the three immortal cultivation gangs in the northern region. If this was feasible, there would be a lot of things that could be done later.

Even if it only lasts seven days.

The seven days are because the talisman is of the second level. If it was of the first level, it would only take three days.

He took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

First, he gently placed the puppet talisman on the forehead of the old man's corpse. As soon as the talisman touched the corpse, it emitted a faint light, as if solid oil was heated and melted, slowly blending into the corpse and eventually disappearing. But there was a subtle light flowing on the corpse.

Cheng Zongyang watched the changes of the corpse nervously, his heart full of expectations. If it works, it means that the records of the unorthodox methods currently being studied by He Shuijun are correct.

After a moment, Cheng Zongyang's eyes focused and he noticed that the corpse moved slightly, as if it was injected with a force. Some faint light turned into runes and accelerated throughout the body.

Seeing this, he was delighted and quickly picked up the corpse-controlling talisman and dripped a drop of his fingertip blood on it.

Next, he rolled up the corpse-controlling talisman, and finally stuffed the talisman into the mouth of the corpse, trying to establish the first step of contact with the corpse so as to be ready to issue instructions later.

Then he moved his finger towards the center of the corpse's eyebrows, and a bloody fingerprint appeared there.

After completing these three not-so-difficult steps, you will see the corpse-controlling talisman slowly disappearing into the corpse's mouth, as if it had melted.

Seeing this, Cheng Zongyang slowly stood up and stepped back.

"Get up." He said silently in his heart.

The corpse seemed to have heard his command, and its stiff body began to tremble again, as if it was exercising and moving its stiff muscles and bones.

As the shaking subsided, Cheng Zongyang saw the body slowly stand up from the ground. Cheng Zongyang's eyes widened, his heart filled with surprise. As the body stood firm, he continued to try to issue other commands.

"Move forward."

With lifeless eyes, the corpse walked forward step by step with stiff steps like a zombie.

"Sure enough it happened!"

Cheng Zongyang was very excited. He kept adjusting the instructions to make the corpse do various actions. After some attempts, he gradually mastered the skills of controlling the corpse.

In addition, he also discovered that the heart of this corpse actually beats, and there is no cultivation. However, the heartbeat speed is very slow, much slower than that of a normal person. This is the camouflage effect of the puppet talisman.

Another problem is that it can't speak and can't see. These two points can't be changed. And its body is still a little stiff.

He originally wanted to use hot water to warm the body and soften the joints, but he felt that this seemed to be useless as it would have to be cooled down afterwards.

"In that case, then pretend to be a cripple or a blind person. That way, your steps will be a little stiff and no one will notice the abnormality of your eyes."

Cheng Zongyang looked at the obedient corpse and felt secretly happy. He knew that this attempt was successful. Next, he continued to issue more complex instructions so that the corpse puppet could respond.

But soon, problems arose!
He is not a cultivator and has no spiritual awareness. Although he can control corpses, he cannot be too far away.

After many tests, Cheng Zongyang found that the distance was about 200 meters. Beyond this distance, the puppet corpse would not move. The control effect was best within 150 meters.

"Looks like I have to follow you." Cheng Zongyang was helpless. He was not a cultivator, and he did not have the ability to control it with his spiritual sense. Otherwise, he could have controlled it directly from a longer distance with his spiritual sense.

Two hours later, Cheng Zongyang was quite satisfied with the puppet's reaction. Then he could let the puppet corpse complete the bounty mission.

He found a storage bag and put a hundred spirit stones and a foundation-building pill into it. Then, he wrote two simple letters and placed them separately, and then stuffed the storage bag into the lining of the corpse.

Publishing a task reward also requires paying a spiritual stone fee. The fee will be graded according to the task content. The higher the difficulty of the content, the higher the publishing fee.

Cheng Zongyang continued his proficiency training. As long as the puppet was within a 150-meter area, there was basically no major change in the puppet's actions after receiving the command, and the puppet's actions were only slightly stiff. Overall, the difference between the puppet and a normal person was not that big.

There is basically no need to pretend to be lame, the walking speed will just be slower, just like an ordinary elderly person. However, it is still necessary to cover the eyes with cloth, otherwise the dead eyes will be exposed at a glance.

"The next step is to go to the sect office to offer a reward for the heads of three high-ranking members of the Taixuan Gang, Fenglei Gang, and Yaowang Gang, including their gang leaders." Cheng Zongyang murmured in his heart as he looked at the puppet.

But, now is not the time.

Cheng Zongyang controlled the corpse puppet to leave the Cheng Mansion, and then let it sit on the stone steps on the roadside of the main street outside, unmoved, like a beggar.

Originally, some people noticed this old man whose eyes were covered with black cloth and whose clothes were slightly tattered. At the same time, some gang members who were staring at the Cheng Mansion also noticed him.

But gradually, he found that the other party was a blind man with no cultivation, and when someone threw one or two spirit crystals to him, he also accepted them, so he thought he was an old beggar. Therefore, he kept a closer eye on the old beggar.

Inside the Cheng Mansion, Cheng Zongyang was not in a hurry to let the puppet offer the reward, but continued to beg in the area within a hundred meters - passers-by, small vendors, merchants, and residents.

Among the residents was Cheng Zongyang's residence, but Cheng Zongyang did not open the door. He just knocked on the door without any response and walked away step by step.

After two days of going back and forth like this, no one cared about the puppet corpse at all, so Cheng Zongyang officially gave the order to wait at the maximum distance.

Cheng Zongyang went out normally, pretending to wander around on the road, while also controlling the puppet to walk forward begging.

Many stalkers followed from a distance, and no one dared to cause trouble in the county town.

As for the movements of the puppet corpse, under Cheng Zongyang's control, it was sometimes in front and sometimes behind.

After all, Cheng Zongyang's walking speed was normal, but sometimes he was slow in browsing the stalls, so the puppet corpse was in front.

So we entered the northern area in this way.

But he found a spiritual food snack stall near the Xianzong office and sat down. He ordered a spiritual tea and a spiritual food snack and sat leisurely. This made many people who were watching from afar very confused, wondering what Cheng Zongyang was doing.

At the same time, after receiving the order, the corpse puppet walked towards the entrance of the sect office step by step, walking at the speed of an old man who was about to die.

Cheng Zongyang watched the puppet go in, his heart full of anticipation. Whether it would be feasible next would depend on the progress later.

This is an important place in the center of Zi'an County. The Immortal Sect is responsible for handling various affairs of the Immortal City, so there are many people. But even if there are many people working here, a puppet dressed like a beggar entering the sect office immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Covering his eyes with a strip of cloth, he walked slowly, step by step.

"Who is it?" A sect disciple came to the puppet and asked. At the same time, he scanned it with his spiritual sense and found that it was just an ordinary old man.

The puppet corpse did not answer, but just stood there quietly. After a moment, he slowly took out the first piece of paper from his arms and gave it to the sect disciple.

The sect disciple frowned, took the paper and opened it.

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This old man was harmed by someone, and I lost all my cultivation. I can't speak, and I can't see. Later, my friends helped me write this and posted the reward.

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Seeing this, the sect disciples relaxed a little and took him to the mission bounty station.

For him, as long as the other party is not causing trouble, he doesn’t care what injustice they suffer.

When he arrived at the service point, the puppet corpse waited for a while, and when it was his turn, he came to the counter and took out the second piece of paper.

The sect disciple in charge of registration took the letter and began to read it.

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Knowing the reputation of the Immortal Sect, I came here to issue a reward. Three gangs in Zi'an County tried to steal my property and elixirs, so I offered a reward to the leader, deputy leader, and elder of the three one-star gangs in Zi'an County, Taixuan Gang, Yaowang Gang, and Fenglei Gang. A total of nine heads.

Reward: One Foundation Building Pill

Mission time: three days

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The sect disciples were very surprised when they saw the contents of the letter.

What surprised him was that the expensive Foundation Establishment Pill would be used as a bounty reward!
At this time, he saw the old man just silently and slowly took out the storage bag from his arms and handed it to the staff.

The sect disciple immediately took the storage bag and opened it. In addition to one hundred low-grade spirit stones, there was a pill bottle. He took it out and found that it was indeed a foundation-building pill.

He was full of doubts. What was the identity of the old man in front of him?
Being able to produce the Foundation Building Pill meant that this old man must have had a lot of wealth. For a moment, he believed what was written on the old man's letter. Without a deep hatred, who would offer a reward for the Foundation Building Pill?
The sect disciple looked at the foundation-building pill in his hand. Although he was jealous, this was the Immortal Sect's office, and he couldn't do anything wrong in public. He could only follow the rules and ask:

"Your mission meets the star requirements. Do you need to go into the inner room for discussion?"

For star-level tasks, sect disciples are obliged to remind the task issuer to keep their identity confidential, so they are processed in the inner room and released later. This is good for the confidentiality of the employer's identity.

The puppet corpse shook its head slightly.

The control distance was limited, and Cheng Zongyang was not sure whether there were any isolation restrictions that might cause accidents when entering the inner room, so he controlled the puppet to refuse.

Seeing this, the sect disciple stopped asking questions and spoke in a voice slightly lower than normal:
"Your mission bounty and content meet the star rating requirements and are rated as 'two stars, five spirits'. You can publish it. The publishing fee is exactly one hundred spirit stones. The bounty meets the requirements. Are you sure?"

As soon as the sect disciple said this, it instantly attracted the attention of those waiting in line behind.

Everyone nearby heard a few of these words at the same time!
Two stars and five spirits!

They are all cultivators, so their hearing is naturally different from that of ordinary people.

All eyes immediately fell on the old man, and their spiritual consciousness also probed towards him.

However, the next moment, the patrolling sect disciples exuded a sense of pressure, shocking all the cultivators who were ready to make a move!

But the sect disciples who were patrolling were also quite shocked.

A two-star five-spirit mission? Although there are such missions, the fact that an ordinary old man can offer a reward for such a mission shows that the mission content is not simple.

Everyone gathered around, but they followed the sect's rules and didn't dare to act recklessly. They just stared at the old man with an inexplicable look in their eyes.

At this time, the puppet corpse nodded slowly.

Upon seeing this, the registered sect disciples took away the spirit stones and began the operation.

A moment later, a new two-star bounty task appeared on the bounty list made of magic weapons in the hall -

Two-star five-spirit level mission:
A bounty is offered for the leaders, deputy leaders, and great elders of the Taixuan Gang, Fenglei Gang, and Yaowang Gang in Zi'an County. A total of nine heads.

Reward amount: One foundation-building pill
Reward time limit: three days

Reward method: only
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Star-level missions are assessed based on the mission target’s cultivation level and the amount of bounty offered, which means the difficulty of the mission.

The Qi training stage is one star, and the two stars are foundation building. Below the Qi training stage, there is no rating. Between 10,000 and 20,000 spirit stones are [one spirit], between 20,000 and 30,000 are [two spirits], and so on. The market price of foundation building pills is basically 50,000 spirit stones, so it is set as five spirits.

Reward types include multiple and unique.

The former can be carried out by multiple people, while the latter can only be taken by one person. At the same time, for some high-paying tasks worth tens of thousands of spirit stones, there will be penalties if they are not completed.

After the registration was completed, the puppet turned around silently and left the sect's office under Cheng Zongyang's control.

Its mission has been completed, and now it just needs to wait for someone to take up the bounty and complete the task.

When the people who had been waiting nearby saw the old man leave, the sect office instantly became abuzz. People were talking about this in amazement, and were extremely excited about this new bounty mission.

"Who is this old man? How dare he be so bold as to offer a reward to the top leaders of three immortal cultivation gangs? Isn't he afraid that he won't be able to leave the county?"

Although there are two-star five-spirit tasks, people who often take tasks here can still distinguish the new tasks.

"The bounty for a Foundation Establishment Pill is too tempting! A Foundation Establishment Pill can be sold for more than 50,000 Spiritual Stones at an auction! No wonder it is a Five Spiritual Grade Pill!"

"What huge grudge does this old man have with those three gangs? He actually offered a reward for the Foundation Establishment Pill!? These three gangs are not easy to mess with. Who will take on this mission?"

"Heh, most people are just watching the fun. The top leaders of the three gangs are all foundation-building cultivators, and the highest one is the leader of the Medicine King Gang, who is in the late foundation-building stage. Unless a Jindan cultivator takes action, who would dare to take it?"

"Let's not talk about who dares to take it. This mission has been set at the Five Spirits level. According to the rules, who can come up with 80% of the mortgage fee?"

"..."

Everyone was talking about it, and everyone had their own opinions. Some people were skeptical about the bounty mission, thinking it might be a trap, while others were attracted by the high bounty amount and were eager to try. Of course, most people were just watching the show rationally.

"The foundation-building pill is indeed tempting, but you have to be alive to get it. There are four one-star immortal cultivation gangs in the North District. Although they have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, they have never really torn their faces apart. After all, there are still two-star gangs. The relationship between them is complicated, and who dares to take action in the city?"

"Make way, let me in, old man."

Just as the crowd was looking around and talking, suddenly an old man squeezed in from outside leading a young man.

(End of this chapter)