In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 159: Fate One Zero
Knife Forging Village.

Qingshui sat at the dining table, looked at the leftovers in front of him, and burped.

Before he arrived at the Swordsmith Village, Uesugi Yu sent someone to deliver the collected plants to the Demon Slayer Corps.

As the highest-ranking pillar in the Demon Slayer Corps, the Hidden Ones sent them to him as soon as they got the baskets of things, and were brought to the Swordsmith Village by Shimizu.

Qingshui cooks these dishes in different ways for almost every meal.

We used all the cooking methods we could think of, such as wild vegetable and radish soup, wild vegetable stewed with meat, and wild vegetable braised pork ribs.

Unfortunately, until now, Qingshui's blood has not changed.

Collect a tube of your own blood, add a drop of blood from a diseased leaf into it, let it sit overnight, and then put it under the sun at dawn. It will eventually turn into gray smoke and dissipate within a few seconds.

The only benefit may be that his cooking skills have improved a lot.

"Let's try to make these remaining wild vegetables into pickles so they can be stored for a longer time."

After stretching and looking at the sunny weather outside, Qingshui went outside, planning to take a walk to help digest his food.

But before he had gone far, Qingshui was stopped by three swordsmiths wearing fire man masks.

A little old man, a middle-aged man, and a child.

Shimizu recognized the middle-aged man. He was Tetsunamori Kozo, who helped him forge the Nichirin Sword.

"Hey, Senior Tiexuesen, I guess this should be the village chief, Senior Tiedihe. What is the matter that brought you here to see me?"

Qingshui asked the three people.

Before Tesanamori Kozo and Tetsuchi Kawahara Tetsujin could answer, the child pointed his finger at Shimizu.

"Those things you asked us to make with the gorilla scarlet iron were meant to be used to make mechanisms to deal with ghosts, right?"

"Xiao Tie, you must not be rude to Master Li Zhu."

Tesanamori Kozo reached out and held the child's head, then apologized to Shimizu.

"Let me tell you, old man."

The little old man jumped down from Tiexuesen's shoulders and was the same height as Xiaotie next to him.

This forced Qingshui to lower his head and squat down to speak.

"I am Tiechikawahara Tetsujin, the village chief of this sword-forging village and the best craftsman in the village. I came here this time to ask you, Master Lizhu, whether you have any special requirements for forging the Nichirin sword, just like the one for forging the Koibashira.

Secondly, at Xiaotie's request, I want to ask you, Lord Lizhu, whether you are proficient in the art of mechanical devices."

Qingshui looked at Xiaotie.

"I don't have any other requirements for the Sun Blade. It just needs to be sharp and tough enough. As for the mechanical puppet technique..."

In the face of Xiaotie's expectant eyes, Qingshui nodded.

"I'm good at it, better than you can imagine."

As if to confirm his words, Qingshui stretched out his left hand, and the armor-shaped puppet in the basket behind him quickly flew out and assembled into a set of ancient armor.

The three swordsmiths were stunned. How could such a magical operation as blood vampire magic be accomplished?
As if seeing through the three people's thoughts, Qingshui immediately spoke:

"I don't know. Do you know about puppet show? It is a folk art that uses thin threads and mechanisms to control multiple puppets."

Qingshui took out a thin thread that was barely perceptible to the naked eye and had deliberately prepared it, showed it to the three people, and then quickly put the armor back into the backpack.

Puppetry was what he was best at, and Qingshui also knew that if he encountered a problem in the future that could not be solved by swordsmanship alone, he would definitely have to use puppetry, so he had already prepared the corresponding explanation.

The three of them looked at each other in shock.

They had heard of puppet shows before, but wasn't Li Zhu's performance a little too outrageous?

It's as magical as vampire magic!
"Ahem, of course, those alone are not enough to achieve what I have done, but I am a genius, my family is rich and well-connected, I can access the most advanced technology in the world, and use it for my own benefit and innovate..."

Qingshui was talking nonsense and making such exaggerated remarks that the three knife makers in front of him were dizzy.

But at least they could be sure of one thing.

This Li Zhu at least knows something about mechanical techniques.

"Ahem, stop, stop! Lord Lizhu, that... Actually, we want to ask you to see if you can help us repair a puppet from the Warring States Period. It was made by the most outstanding swordsmith of the time, imitating the moves of the most powerful swordsman of the time. However, it was not produced anymore because it was too heavy to move long distances and it was too difficult to make.

But for three hundred years, that powerful puppet has been protecting the Swordsmith Village. However, it has been too long since today and some of it has been damaged. Even Xiao Tie, the descendant of that swordsmith, can only barely repair most of its functions and cannot fully exert its former power. So we think..."

Tesanamori Kozo stopped talking and looked at Shimizu expectantly with Xiaotie.

Qingshui said: "Then go and have a look."

He remembered that in the original time and space, there was indeed such a puppet named Yuan Yi Ling Shi.

There is no one to operate it, and no one knows what it relies on for power, but it has the fighting power to fight against the pillars. Tokito Muichiro asked Kotetsu for it to train with, and finally broke it.

Qingshui was quite interested in this.

Yoriichi Type-0 is a puppet created by the predecessor based on Yoriichi's moves. However, because Yoriichi's speed is too fast, his moves cannot be reproduced with just a pair of arms, so six arms are used instead.

Does that mean that the moves used by this puppet are related to Sun Breathing?
I have already restored the Sun Breathing with the help of Tanjiro, so by verifying its moves with those of this puppet, can I discover some new progress and gain new insights?

This puppet can exert the combat power of a pillar level when fighting on its own, so what if it is controlled by itself?
Under the control of the Chuck Line, the puppet's moves will no longer be rigid, and its strength, speed and other aspects will continue to improve. To what extent will its combat effectiveness reach?

Moreover, three hundred years ago, a puppet with such combat power was created simply by relying on mechanical engineering. The person who created the Yuan Yi Ling Shi must have been a master of mechanical engineering.

Qingshui was also thinking, with his own abilities, whether he could create a puppet with pillar-level combat power simply by relying on mechanisms?
He wanted to try it.

Moreover, he also wanted to know whether the puppetry techniques from two different worlds could produce different sparks?

Following the footsteps of the three people, Qingshui came to a yard.

Under the eaves of the yard, Xiao Tie pulled open the curtain, revealing a puppet with only half a face but six arms.

"Lord Lizhu, this is it!"

Xiaotie introduced it to Qingshui excitedly.

Qingshui held the sword and looked at the tall puppet that was about ten centimeters taller than him.

(End of this chapter)