This plate has a unique shape, resembling the mouth of a bowl and the size of a millstone, with a thin steel needle protruding from the bottom.

The Dharma King opened the outer shell of the mechanism and embedded the Spirit Core in his hand into it. After some adjustments, an extremely strong divine thought fluctuation erupted from the array plate above.

"This is truly a stroke of luck! Just in time, a Spirit Core has appeared for me. Let's bring them up."

"Yes."

After saying that, a deacon waved his hand, and twenty or thirty puppets came forward. These puppets were all first-stage puppets, of low rank. Without exception, they all had one thing in common: they were equipped with Spirit Cores.

"We pay our respects to His Majesty the Dharma King!"

"Since you're here, please sit down."

As he spoke, the Dharma King pointed to the prayer mat on the ground.

"Thank you for the seat, Your Majesty."

The puppets sat down respectfully. At this moment, a boy stepped forward and distributed three spirit stones to each puppet. The Dharma King commanded:

"Hold your breath and concentrate, feel the power of universal harmony."

"Yes."

The puppets did as instructed, and soon, under the influence of the mechanism in front of them, they seemed to enter an extremely mysterious state. The five array plates suddenly shone brightly, and strands of divine thought were separated and imprinted into the brows of the puppets.

Chapter 234 One Person Plays Two Roles

The puppets stopped moving, and a faint blue halo appeared in their mechanical pupils. If you looked closely, you would find that mysterious light patterns were rapidly flowing deep within their pupils.

At this moment, let's look back at the mechanism in front of the Dharma King.

The mechanism trembled and hummed. The Dharma King pointed, and a phantom image was projected into the mechanism, indicating its operation.

The scene depicts swirling clouds and rolling mountains, with a magnificent palace atop one of them.

This is precisely the scene inside the Xuan Shu Tian of the Tong Xian Sect.

Just now, this artifact connected to the Xuan Shu Tian, ​​the main altar of the Zhongyou Tongxian Sect.

Then, a progress bar appeared in the middle of the screen, and as the puppets meditated, the progress bar continued to move forward.

However, this process was extremely slow. Before long, the spirit stones in the puppets' hands were exhausted and turned into dust. The boy then distributed more spirit stones to keep the puppets running.

This cycle repeated itself for several hours, consuming approximately two hundred spirit stones, and the progress was less than halfway achieved.

Seeing this, everyone below rushed up to flatter him.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations on the completion of this artifact! With this artifact, Your Majesty, you will be able to use the power of your followers' deductions not only for deductions but also to mine the 'Disparate Coins,' making your attainment of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Realm just around the corner."

Unexpectedly, the Dharma King frowned and said:

"Refined? Not yet. This Spirit Core only allows this puppet to transmit sound over long distances, but it hasn't solved the initial problem. At this level, it can't even recoup the cost of the spirit stones used to operate the puppet. Hmm... it's still missing the most crucial spiritual material... However, this puppet doesn't have a name yet. In your opinion, what should it be called?"

Upon hearing this, the many Dharma protectors below began to discuss it amongst themselves.

Some say that the artifact crafted by the Dharma King at this time should be named directly after him, called the Dharma King's Ritual. Others say that since this artifact can communicate with the Heaven of Disparity, it should be named the Heavenly Pavilion, with the suffix "personally transmitted by the Dharma King" added after it.

At this moment, an elderly Dharma protector stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

“The power of one person is insignificant, and the computing power of one spirit core is limited. But this artifact connects many low-level spirit cores, allowing them to work together to achieve the effect of a high-level spirit core. With everyone united, the world is at peace. This perfectly aligns with the doctrines of my sect. How about we call it ‘United Hearts and Minds’?”

The Dharma King's tightly furrowed brows suddenly lifted, and he exclaimed in praise:

"A name that everyone admires? That's a great name! Let's call it 'A Name That Everyone Admires'!"

Just then, a cult member rushed in, looking flustered and anxious, and said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a rogue cultivator outside requesting an audience."

"I've told you countless times, you must call me Dharma King. Also, I don't want to see anyone right now. I only want that spirit ore. Go find Protector Zhen to deal with the trivial matters within the sect."

"Sir, that rogue cultivator said he caught that villain!"

"Hmm? Why don't you quickly invite him in?"

A short while later, a woman with black hair walked in from outside.

The woman was not tall, but had a delicate and pretty face. She wore a loose black dress, which still couldn't hide her graceful figure, especially her breasts that pushed the fabric up. It was clear at a glance that she was a woman of considerable strength.

"You're saying you caught that criminal?"

The woman spoke softly, her voice hoarse yet magnetic.

"If the appearance depicted on the wanted poster is accurate, I think I haven't arrested the wrong person."

After speaking, the woman waved her hand and took out a person from the spatial artifact. This person was bound hand and foot, his cultivation was restricted, and a large pear was stuffed in his mouth, so he could not speak.

She had long, silver hair, an ordinary appearance, and light freckles on her wheat-colored cheeks.

"How can you prove it's her? And how do you know it's her?"

"Please take a look, senior."

The black-haired woman stepped forward, took out a bamboo hat, and placed it on the silver-haired girl's head. Then she took out a wanted poster, pointed to the portrait on it, and said:

"Isn't this just right?"

"It's so similar, it's uncanny!"

"It's exactly the same person."

"This woman killed five of my men. How did you manage to capture her?"

At this moment, the black-haired woman's lips curled up slightly, her expression revealing just the right amount of smugness:

"Hehehe, it's quite a coincidence. I have some knowledge of the divination of fate, and by chance, I stumbled upon her healing in a mountain cave. And that's how I caught her, hahaha."

"Ptooey! Mmm!"

At this moment, the silver-haired girl spat out the pear she had stuffed in her mouth and shouted:

"Despicable and shameless! If you've got the guts, wait until I recover, then we'll fight three hundred rounds!"

"Hmph! Who gave you the right to speak!"

After saying that, the black-haired woman stepped forward and kicked the girl hard in the stomach, knocking her to the ground without any mercy.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Indeed, women are the most ruthless towards each other."

"Oh, I see. Your understanding of destiny is quite remarkable."

The Dharma King was well aware of the strength of the Five Ghosts Under the King; these five, working together, had even killed a cultivator at the Creation Realm.

That villain was only at the Spirit Pivot Realm, yet he actually killed the Five Ghosts Under the King. He must have some skill, which already seemed unbelievable to him. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the other party to be unharmed; it would be more reasonable for him to be seriously injured.

However, the Dharma King was still not satisfied with this. The biggest problem was that he had no idea what the villain looked like, only that Lu Li had a general build.

The fact that the other party was dressed the same way doesn't prove anything; it's easy for someone to impersonate another person.

Do you know what I want?

The black-haired woman deliberately paused, feigning confusion.

"I am new here and have just seen this wanted poster. I hope you can enlighten me!"

"It's normal that you don't know. What I want is a spiritual material from her storage bag."

"Oh! So that's what it is."

After saying that, the black-haired woman took out a storage bag, and the silver-haired girl shouted:

"Hey, give it back to me! That's mine."

In response, the black-haired woman stepped on the girl's face again, took out an even larger pear, and stuffed it into her mouth.

"You've got some nerve, daring to touch the Dharma King's things. Don't worry, you'll regret this later."

Immediately, the black-haired woman changed the subject and took out a spirit ore from her storage bag.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is it! There's no mistake!"

The Dharma King's face lit up with joy, but then he noticed a problem.

"It seems to be half the size I remember."

The black-haired woman's heart skipped a beat. He had used up most of it; how could he not know that?

However, she quickly came up with a solution. She turned to look at the silver-haired girl on the ground, casting a questioning gaze as if she wanted to find the answer from her.

"Tell me, how come so much is missing?"

"Waaaaah..."

"Will you tell me or not? Hmm, will you tell me or not!"

A Dharma protector reminded:

“Um, young lady, you’ve gagged her.”

Oh right!

So the black-haired woman stepped forward and took the large pear out of the other person's mouth.

"I used it all up, huh! Now you're happy, aren't you? That's all you have left."

"Where was it used?"

"Don't tell you!"

"I know even without you saying it. I've checked your storage bag, and you have a body that's been modified by the Puppet Master. You must have... used it on yourself."

Watching Lu Li's back-and-forth performance, which resembled a hysterical episode, Duan Xuanyuan secretly couldn't stop laughing.

"Fine, you've turned the tables and put pressure on your own clone. You wretched disciple, you can't even empathize with your own clone."

Seeing that the black-haired woman was about to continue pressuring him, the Dharma King coughed lightly and said casually:

"That's fine. As long as she's on me, I can extract that part by refining her later."

"Senior, what about the reward?"

"Hehehe, of course you, Protector Zhong, will be included."

"exist."

A Dharma protector stepped forward, and the Dharma King took out a jade tablet and handed it to him:

"Go to the neighboring chamber of commerce and get her 300,000 spirit stones."

After saying this, the Dharma King sat back on his throne and beckoned to the black-haired woman, indicating that she should give him the pure white yttrium. However, the black-haired woman stood still and did not step forward.

"What? Is there anything else?"

"Three hundred thousand is just the price for her; the spirit mine is priced separately."

Upon hearing this, the Dharma King was not angry at all. Instead, he showed a playful expression. In fact, he had already figured out that the other party dared to be so presumptuous and was destined not to leave this door today.

The black-haired woman continued:

"I don't want much, um... 100,000, give me another 100,000, and I'll hand over the whole thing, the mine and all."

"Well, that makes sense."

The Dharma King sat back down and regained his composure.

"Now that you've captured this man alive, what's wrong with the 400,000?"

"I want cash, spirit stones!"

"Alright, I'll give you the cash right now."

Chapter 235 Just now, we were joking around.

Four hundred thousand spirit stones is no small sum, but the Dharma King acted quickly. Within three hours, the Dharma Protector under the other party retrieved the money from the merchant guild.

In fact, the black-haired woman had heard some rumors that once such a large amount of money was deposited into the Chamber of Commerce, it would be complicated and lengthy to withdraw it.

If asked, it's for the sake of the customer's property safety, so multiple verifications are necessary.

However, the Dharma King sent someone to retrieve it, and they retrieved the spirit stones without any effort. The whole process took only three hours, most of which was spent on the journey from the Dharma King's Palace to Chizi City.

The other party did not go in person, but had his subordinates collect the money on his behalf. To be able to withdraw the money so quickly requires not only sufficient financial resources, but also considerable power.

The other party agreed so readily and acted so efficiently that the black-haired woman even suspected that she had asked for too little. After taking the storage bag, she checked it and found that there was no problem.

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