Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 145 Puppet Making
It is not uncommon for cultivators to remain in seclusion for many years, but the strength of the Zhigang Palace has greatly increased in recent years. As the palace master, Song Linfang has appeared frequently and worked hard to strengthen the sect.

It seems that his cultivation has reached the pinnacle of Jindan, and all he needs to condense the infant is an opportunity.

Now, is this what we are waiting for?

"Husband, do you think Palace Master Song has gone to survive the Nascent Soul Tribulation?"

Wei Zhong nodded.

"Then won't my Luohe Prefecture produce a Nascent Soul cultivator?" said Xie Linghua on the side.

“It’s not so easy to survive the Nascent Soul Tribulation. Song Linfang has been waiting for so many years, so she must not be confident enough.

At present, he has disappeared from the tribulation. I wonder if the opportunity to condense the infant has arrived, or if he is forced to condense the infant for some reason?"

There was a flicker in Wei Zhong's eyes.

The Zhigang Palace is now a big deal. It is easy for Song Linfang to condense her Nascent Soul. The Zhigang Palace directly became the number one Nascent Soul force in Luohe Prefecture.

But if it fails, and before the external enemy arrives, the Zhigang Palace will probably split from within.

Regardless of success or failure, Wei Zhong could already foresee the various turmoil that might be caused afterwards, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Husband, do you think it is unlikely that Palace Master Song will survive the catastrophe?" Ling Ziwei asked when she saw Wei Zhong shaking his head.

"No, I'm just thinking about the various turmoil that the matter of Condensing the Infant will cause," Wei Zhong said to the other party.

"The Zhigang Palace's Tempering Gang Method is extraordinary. It is very special in strengthening the Dharma body and can even bless the Nascent Soul. With the help of Fellow Daoist Song and the Wang family, we will probably be able to survive this disaster."

Although Wei Zhong was forbidden to reveal the method when he accepted the inheritance of "Forging the Gang Method", this did not prevent Wei Zhong from talking about some of the characteristics of "Forging the Gang Method".

After hearing what Wei Zhong said, Ling Ziwei also became a little curious.

Wei Zhong originally used a special elixir to exchange for this method from Zhigang Palace.

"From what my husband said, it seems that he is very satisfied with this "Forging Gang Method". No wonder he has been thinking about it for decades. "

“Well, regardless of whether the other party succeeds in condensing the infant or not, we will continue to practice, and let the troubles that come later be what they are.

With the strength of Qingbo Island, we are not afraid of this."

After Wei Zhong said this to the two girls, he sent them away to practice, and he himself went out to Yuelan City.

Although I said I didn't care, I still wanted to inquire within the Chamber of Commerce.

After asking Xu Xuan, I learned that Song Linfang did go to the Wang family, but there was no news after that.

Even in the Zhigang Palace, no sound was heard.

"It seems that the Wang family attaches great importance to this matter!"

Xu Xuan laughed and said:

"Of course. Nascent Soul cultivators are rare even in Yunzhou City. The appearance of a new Nascent Soul cultivator can significantly improve the strength of the Wang family."

Seeing this, Wei Zhong couldn't help but ask:
"Fellow Daoist Xu Xuan has come from Yunzhou City. Do you know how strong the Wang family is among all the Yuanying forces?"

Xu Xuan picked up the teacup:

"Probably only below our Yunji Chamber of Commerce and the Shadow Moon Sect, ranking third."

"Will Song Linfang's advancement to the Nascent Soul stage bring any changes to the situation?"

Xu Xuan shook his head:

"Not really. A newly promoted Nascent Soul is far from being able to influence the situation in Yunzhou City. At most, he can force those forces below that are not as strong as the Wang family to give up some territory."

Wei Zhong showed a hint of curiosity when he heard this.

Xu Xuan then asked Wei Zhong:

"Fellow Daoist Wei, what do you think of the difference in strength between the early stage of Jindan and the late stage of Jindan?"

"Of course, the late Jindan cultivators are far superior, but early cultivators, with the help of various magical weapons, do have a chance to compete with them."

When Xu Xuan heard this, a strange look appeared in his eyes. Is the other party confident that he can fight against the late stage in the early stage of Jindan?
After coughing twice, Xu Xuan continued:
"That's just a special case. The gap between the Jindan realm is already extremely difficult to make up, and the Yuanying realm is even more so.

The gap between each small realm is extremely large, especially for the cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage, who are the best among all Nascent Souls and are known as great cultivators.

The gap between the Wang family and our Yunji Chamber of Commerce and the Shadow Moon Sect is reflected in this Nascent Soul Great Monk. "

Hearing this, Wei Zhong couldn't help but think of Li Yuanrui. As one of the great monks gathered in the Chamber of Commerce, his departure at this moment might cause turmoil far beyond his imagination.

"Great Yuanying cultivator! I wonder where Senior Jie has gone. Without him, our Yunji Chamber of Commerce has lost a big arm."

Xu Xuan also showed some emotion on his face and shook his head:

"Senior Jie has auspicious signs. He is probably going to seek a chance to become a god."

Wei Zhong didn't expect Xu Xuan to have such an opinion on this, but when he saw the slightly ugly expression on his face, he knew that the other party was not as optimistic as he said.

So the topic was brought back to Song Linfang.

"If Song Linfang advances to the Nascent Soul stage, will the Zhigang Palace be relocated to Yunzhou City? There is no fourth-level spiritual land in my Luohe Prefecture."

Wei Zhong eliminated the place where Tan Tai Lin was in seclusion in his mind.

It is a recognized fact in the cultivation world that Nascent Soul cultivators must rely on fourth-order spirit veins for their cultivation, unless Song Linfang does not intend to improve his cultivation in the future and is willing to maintain his early Nascent Soul stage for several hundred years.

However, considering that he would go to great lengths and even offend the Wang family in order to obtain the opportunity to obtain the Nascent Soul, I knew that he would never do so.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, you don't know this. Who said that there is no fourth-level spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture?"

Wei Zhong's face was filled with even more confusion.

"Fellow Daoist, have you forgotten the secret realm that the four Yuanying forces jointly developed more than a decade ago?"

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After a while, Wei Zhong left Yuelan City, thinking about what Xu Xuan had just said.

'It's not that there is no fourth-level spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture. In fact, it is hidden very deeply. It's just that the cultivators have not found it over the years.

But the appearance of the secret realm last time gave an obvious clue. There is a connection point between the secret realm and the real space. Following this line of thought, there is a chance to find a hidden fourth-level spiritual place.'

There was a gleam in Wei Zhong's eyes.

'It seems that there is indeed a fourth-level spiritual land in that secret realm, otherwise it would not have supported a fourth-level formation to resist a fourth-level formation master for several years before being cracked.'

As Wei Zhong thought so, he was already secretly wondering where this hidden fourth-level spiritual land was.

"Is it really Tan Tai Lin's place?"

The more Wei Zhong thought about it, the more possible it seemed. The secret realm and Dan Tai's retreat place were both located in the mountains far away from the Luo River. It was very likely that there was some kind of secret connection between them.

If this is true, Song Linfang has run into a tough opponent.

As a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, Tan Tai Lin is not an easy person to deal with. If he wants to occupy the other party's spiritual land, there will be no way even if the ancestor of the Wang family comes in person.

For this reason, Wei Zhong couldn't help but sigh for Song Linfang.

The Wang family helped Song Linfang find a spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture, and they didn't want to part with the resources of Yunzhou City. If the fourth-level spiritual land in Luohe Prefecture was where Tan Tai Lin was in seclusion, it would be really troublesome. Wei Zhong shook his head, and the spiritual boat under his feet flashed and accelerated back to Qingbo Island.

After two years of seclusion, Wei Zhong successfully created a third-level psychic core and began to refine a third-level puppet.

A few months later, a humanoid puppet appeared in front of Wei Zhong.

Its entire body is silver-white, with runes densely covering its surface, and it flashes with a faint spiritual light.

Wei Zhong stuffed the psychic core into his body, and the spiritual power circulated along the spiritual patterns in his body. The majestic third-level spiritual pressure spread from his body.

This caused Jin Mei, who was brewing wine next door, to tremble all over and almost drop the jar of wine in his hand.

After finally helping him to stand up, he scratched the red hair on his head and showed a confused expression towards Wei Zhong's retreat place.

In the courtyard, Wei Zhong looked at the puppet body in front of him, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

This puppet is made entirely of third-level spiritual materials. Wei Zhong even used fourth-level spiritual materials to embellish some important parts to facilitate further upgrades in the future.

The spiritual consciousness controlled the puppet's movements and keenly sensed a slight sense of sluggishness.

"Sure enough, using the method of controlling magic tools to control this kind of puppet doesn't work. The level of precision is simply impossible to control, and it's better for me to use it in a fight."

Wei Zhong shook his head and took out the "God-Splitting Method". He rubbed the jade slip and considered for a long time. Finally, he probed his spiritual consciousness into it and began to practice the method.

A feeling of panic and fear suddenly rose in his heart. Wei Zhong frowned, and an obvious look of pain appeared on his face.

The first time Wei Zhong performed the "God-Splitting Technique", he was very careful. It took him a full month to finally split his soul.

Wei Zhong made a hand gesture and put it into the puppet's body, then took out a soul-nourishing pill and swallowed it to refine it.

The distraction accounts for about one fifth of Wei Zhong's body, so the damage it causes is not that great, but it will take Wei Zhong a long time to nourish and repair.

After a while, Wei Zhong stabilized his injuries and then looked at the puppet in front of him. With a thought, he activated the puppet's distraction.

Another picture that was completely different from the original one appeared in Wei Zhong's mind.

"A young Taoist in a green robe is looking at something with curiosity..."

This is the perspective shared by the puppet and the original body.

The Taoist smiled, stood up and bowed:
"I've met fellow Taoist!"

Seeing this, the puppet also raised his hands, moved the metal plate on his face, and forced a smile:
"I've met fellow Taoist!"

Wei Zhong couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

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Wei Zhong spent a lot of money on refining the puppet. Not only was it made of third- and fourth-level spiritual materials, but he also engraved all of his magic runes on it.

Flying, soaring in the clouds, invisibility, breath concealment, and other purchased spiritual patterns, such as solidity, water-repellent, etc.

The powerful puppet body can even perform flying and throwing techniques without restraint, making its escape speed astonishing, and there is no problem even launching itself as a magical weapon.

Not only that, Wei Zhong also equipped it with various third-level magic weapons to enhance its strength.

It can be said that Wei Zhong has piled up almost all the resources he could obtain on this puppet.

Therefore, at this moment, the puppet's strength has reached the peak of the Jindan stage, and there is no rival below the Yuanying stage.

The only problem is that the puppet itself has energy limitations, and the spiritual power carried by the psychic core is limited.

Although the spiritual power in the body is almost the same as that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator, the spiritual power consumed by the operation of the puppet is more intense.

Wei Zhong stroked his chin and thought secretly:

"Perhaps I can stuff a few more psychic cores into its body. However, this is another consideration for my refining level, and I need time to figure it out.

But there is no rush for this matter, just take your time, the puppets I have now are enough for me to use."

Looking at the exposed metal body of the puppet, Wei Zhong thought about how to cover it up. Such a delicate puppet was a rare thing, and Wei Zhong didn't want to expose it easily.

After a moment, he took out the "Blood Spirit Sutra" obtained from Tan Tai Lin.

'Perhaps you can use flesh and blood to cover your body and disguise yourself as a Jindan monk.'

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After a month, Hu Jinchuan escaped from Qingbo Island on a spirit boat and headed toward the distance, with Jiucai standing on his shoulder.

Taking out a spiritual food pill given by Wei Zhong to feed it, Hu Jinchuan was amazed:
"This spirit beast eats better elixirs than humans."

When I was sighing, I was already thinking about what this spiritual food pill tasted like.

Then he felt that his own thoughts were ridiculous:
"Why did you think of competing with spirit beasts for food?"

He shook his head and quickly escaped.

The purpose of this trip is to handle the elixir transaction for Qingbo Island.

After several years of testing, Wei Zhong had discovered that the other party was capable of doing the job, so he confidently and boldly handed the matter over to the other party.

Not only the first and second level elixirs, but even the transactions of third level elixirs were handled by him.

This time, they carried third-tier elixirs such as Haoyuan Dan, Yanghun Dan, Jiangchen Dan, etc., some of which were of medium quality. It was a well-deserved big deal.

And it has to pass through several Jindan forces, including the Ling family, Zhigang Palace, Jinguan Pavilion and so on.

However, because Hu Jinchuan is a Qi-refining cultivator, even with the second-level spirit boat given to him by Wei Zhong, his escape speed is still very slow.

"It's almost there. In a few years, I will be able to build a foundation and do this more easily."

In recent years, Hu Jinchuan, who has been in charge of all the elixir transactions, has become a celebrity on Qingbo Island. Everyone on the island envies him, even Zou Ruiyuan, who has a foundation-building cultivation level.

He often felt that Hu Jinchuan had earned more than him even though he had not yet reached the foundation-building stage.

Hu Jinchuan smiled bitterly in his heart. The island owner did give him a generous reward, but most of it were top-grade Qi-nourishing Pills, and there were very few second-grade items.

Because the nine colors on his shoulders were the main contributor, and he was just a megaphone to pass on the message.

"Look, the spiritual food pill he took is enough to offset the amount of Qi-nourishing pills I took."

On the spirit boat, Hu Jinchuan turned his head from time to time and looked around vigilantly.

Over the years, there were occasional robbers who tried to rob people, but they were all killed by Jiucai and the elixir was safe.

But there was also a time when he was caught off guard and the enemy destroyed the second-level spirit boat under his feet. That time, Hu Jinchuan stepped on his broken flying sword and it took him four times as long to complete the transaction task.

There is no way, the Qi-refining cultivator cannot control Master Jiucai.

This elixir mission was different from previous ones. Hu Jinchuan could clearly feel the island owner's attention, and he even gave himself a third-level defensive talisman.

'Could it be that the value of this elixir is far greater than before?'

The elixirs in the storage bag were all sealed with restrictions, and Hu Jinchuan was not clear about their value.

I could only pray secretly in my heart that nothing unexpected would happen in this elixir transaction.

(End of this chapter)