Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

Yingkeju was where he and Wei Shufen were staying at that moment.

Cui Ming immediately used his soul connection to access the vision of the disguised puppets scattered inside and outside the inn.

In the inn's lobby, the innkeeper was fiddling with an abacus, while the waiter wiped the tables and chairs.

The two moved naturally, their expressions unchanged.

However, Cui Ming used the puppets' subtle senses to investigate and discovered that their blood circulation was abnormal—their heartbeats were 30% slower than normal, their breathing intervals were too long, and their pupils were sluggish in response to changes in light.

He is neither an extraordinary person nor a healthy ordinary person.

Using his powerful spiritual energy, Cui Ming thoroughly examined the innkeeper inside and out.

It was then discovered that the inn staff had clearly been controlled by some kind of witchcraft or drug, becoming mindless puppets.

The methods of the Medicine Immortal Society.

Cui Ming regained his composure.

They themselves have no cultivation, and if we forcibly help them escape the control of the Medicine Immortal Society, we will immediately alert them.

That's the tricky part.

If they are an opponent of the supernatural, then kill them.

But these people are innocent civilians, and they are controlled by evil magic.

The Medicine Immortal Society used this as a cover, precisely because they had calculated that righteous and extraordinary people would have many concerns.

Cui Ming looked at the five spies on the ground.

Three of them still had faint breaths, while the other two had their souls shattered and would be mentally impaired even if they woke up.

He made a decision.

A sac was thrown into the air, and several mechanical arms appeared and mounted on Cui Ming's back under his control.

At the same time, several pale blue threads extended from the fingertips of the mechanical arm and pierced into the bodies of the five people.

This time, the injected Dan Shi power did not cause destruction, but instead traveled along the meridians, enveloping the central nervous system and vital acupoints of the heart.

At the same time, Cui Ming took out five black crystals the size of rice grains from the food pouch.

This is a miniature energy core used to power Fenrir wolves.

He simultaneously sliced ​​open the skin on the back of the necks of the five people, embedded the crystals, and activated them with his true qi.

The crystal extends countless fine threads that connect with the spinal nerves.

The renovation process lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

After completion, the five opened their eyes one after another, their gazes as bright and lively as those of ordinary people. Cui Ming was even able to directly control these five puppets through his divided divine soul.

While reforming the Japanese spies, Cui Ming also didn't forget to reform Owl Ghost.

Since these five Japanese soldiers went out on a mission, they naturally had to bring back the mission credentials.

Cui Ming thoroughly modified the owl's head, adding a lot of "ingredients" to its brain.

At that moment, he handed his head to one of the cyborg puppets.

"Take this back to your base. Tell them you encountered Owl Demons who resisted, killed them, but two of your subordinates were killed, and only the three of you managed to bring back the target's head."

Cui Ming issued the order.

"After returning, lie in wait and await orders. If there are any new orders or intelligence, they should be relayed through this."

He gave the leader a metal beetle puppet. The beetle would attach itself to the inside of his clothing, record what it saw and heard, and self-destruct when necessary.

The puppet nodded quietly, while the other four stood silently awaiting orders.

Cui Ming then looked at the owl's head.

He took out a carving knife and several materials, carved runes inside the skull, and buried three energy cores in the cranial cavity.

These energy cores are wrapped in layers of talismans, and once they are impacted by true qi of a specific frequency, they will instantly release the energy stored inside.

Hmph, this is enough energy for the Divine Machine Alliance to operate normally for a week, enough to blow the Japanese strongholds to the sky.

After doing all this, he returned the head to the puppet.

"Go."

The five puppets turned around and left the Earth God Temple in two groups.

The three headed straight out of town; according to their memory, their base was in a cave in the mountains.

The two then returned to town to continue their undercover roles.

Cui Ming cleaned up the signs of a fight inside the temple, then his figure flickered and disappeared into the night.

When they returned to Yingkeju Inn, Wei Shufen was still on guard in her room.

"A discovery?"

When she saw Cui Ming return, she asked in a low voice.

Cui Ming briefly recounted what he had seen and known, omitting the specific details of modifying the human puppet.

They only knew that the spies had been dealt with and that they had obtained information about the casino handover tomorrow.

Upon hearing that the inn staff might be under the control of the Medicine Immortal Society, Wei Shufen's face darkened.

"It's the Heart-Stiffening Gu."

She affirmed.

"Those afflicted by the Gu poison appear normal on the outside, but gradually lose their mind and eventually become completely obedient to the Gu poisoner's commands. If the poison is not removed in time, they will die from heart failure three months later."

Can it be solved?

"We need to find the mother Gu, or the one who cast the Gu."

Wei Shufen shook her head.

“If forcibly removed, the dying Gu will retaliate and shatter the host’s heart meridian. The Medicine Immortal Society often uses this method to control ordinary people as spies or human shields.”

Cui Ming remained silent for a moment.

"They will definitely pass by the inn tomorrow during the handover. We should act accordingly then."

Chapter 187 Infiltrating the Medicine Immortal Society

Cui Ming silently walked to the window and observed Hongyunfang in the west of the town through the bird puppet's perspective.

The casino was brightly lit, and shouts could be faintly heard, making it look no different from an ordinary casino.

But in the shadows of the back alley, there were already two figures crouching, the two puppets who had returned to the town earlier.

At the end of the Yin hour, it was still dark.

Slight footsteps came from the back alley of the casino, and three men in black approached carrying several large sacks.

Two men approached from the alley entrance, exchanged a few words in hushed tones, and then took the sack.

One of the sacks suddenly struggled violently, and a small hand tore open the sack and peeked out.

The man in black immediately covered the mouth of the sack and slammed his palm on it, abruptly stopping the whimpering.

After the handover was completed, the man in black quickly left.

Two men carrying sacks moved along the alley toward the guesthouse.

In the backyard of the inn, the innkeeper and the waiter were already waiting.

Their eyes were vacant, but their movements were swift and deft as they opened a wooden plank in the woodshed floor, revealing a staircase leading downwards.

Two men carried the sacks underground, the shopkeeper covered them with wooden planks again, and returned to the main hall with the waiter to continue working as if nothing had happened.

Inside the underground passage, one of Cui Ming's spider puppets was stuck in a crack in the wall, recording everything.

The passage is about thirty feet long, and its exit is in a mountain valley outside the town.

Two carriages were already waiting there, and the drivers were ordinary people with empty eyes.

The sack was loaded onto the carriage, and inside sat six children, no more than five or six years old, whose hands and feet were also bound and whose mouths were gagged.

With these three newcomers, there are a total of nine people.

The carriage drove into the deep mountains.

Cui Ming opened his eyes in the inn room.

"They set off, heading southeast. There were two carriages, the drivers were arrested, and there were nine children."

He looked at Wei Shufen.

Can you keep up?

Wei Shufen took a bamboo tube out of her basket, poured out some powder, and smeared it under her nose.

“I have marked those sacks with the fragrance of a thousand miles. Within ten miles, the Gu worms can track the scent.”

"Walk."

The two quietly left the inn and followed the trail along the mountain path.

Cui Ming released several bird puppets to scout ahead, while simultaneously using spider puppets in the underground passage to continue monitoring the activity at the inn's secret passage exit.

As dawn broke, mist filled the mountains and forests.

The carriage tracks meandered along the mountain road, eventually disappearing near a waterfall.

There is a natural cave behind the waterfall, with a hidden entrance.

Cui Ming and Wei Shufen hid in the bushes a hundred meters away.

He controlled a flying insect puppet to sneak into the cave and investigate the situation.

The cave was quite spacious, and with oil lamps lit, more than ten people were already waiting inside.

Seven or eight of them were dressed in Miao ethnic clothing, but their eyes had a sinister look.

Three others were dressed in full-on black outfits.

Deep inside the cave, an old man in a gray robe with a gaunt face was examining a child who had just been brought in.