Chapter 964: Puppet Completion

"Have you heard of Transformation One Divine Mud?" Senior Elder Dayan asked in a deep voice. 【Web】

"Of course I have. Transformation One Divine Mud is known as Illusion Shape Paste, which is said to be able to be transformed and refined into tools at will, and it also has the special ability of self-repair after being damaged. It is a rare material for refining complex magic tools. Could it be this object? But it is said that Transformation One Divine Mud is white, like beautiful jade; how could it be in this unremarkable appearance?" Han Li was also shocked, staring at these few broken steles, and asked in astonishment.

"Han boy, you don't need to be suspicious. These are indeed Transformation One Divine Mud, but they are divine mud that has been specially refined by ancient cultivators mixed with other things, and they were called Chi Spirit Soft Jade in ancient times. There are not ten cultivators in the world who can recognize them. I also saw some relevant information in an ancient cultivator's cave dwelling many years ago and had long forgotten it. If it weren't for a matter I remembered recently related to this object, I wouldn't be able to identify it now." Senior Elder Dayan said.

"Chi Spirit Soft Jade? What is the difference between it and ordinary divine mud?" Han Li became thoughtful.

"Didn't you also discover it back then? This kind of divine mud, after being refined, can not only exert the transformation and repair effect to the extreme, but can also absorb the cultivator's magic power attack. An attack full of spiritual power, once it comes into contact with this object, can be weakened by more than half. The only drawback is that it fears physical attacks on the object itself, as it has no defensive ability at all. But just being like this makes the value of this mud not inferior to Geng Metal." Senior Elder Dayan explained.

"So that's how it is. Then Senior wants to use these divine muds to refine what part of the puppet?" Han Li heard that Chi Spirit Soft Jade had such miraculous effects, and naturally was overjoyed, couldn't help but ask.

"That goes without saying! This divine mud, combined with your Geng Silver, is naturally the best material for refining the puppet's shell. The shell refined with these two materials, even without using any defensive magic treasures, not many people in the human realm can easily destroy it." Senior Elder Dayan said proudly.

"Just follow Senior's words." Han Li naturally agreed without hesitation.

"Hmm, don't move these things for now. Let's refine the other parts first. It is estimated that it will take another year to refine the parts, and then we will fuse them into the whole puppet. Now continue refining the parts."

"Good." Han Li agreed, and with a flick of his sleeve, a sheet of cyan light flew by, and the materials on the ground immediately disappeared.

Then, with a pat on his storage bag, seven or eight jade boxes containing other materials were placed in front of him.

Han Li started refining the next puppet part.

Spring went and autumn came, time passed day by day, and a year or more of time for a cultivator was almost in the blink of an eye.

During this period, besides refining the puppet behind closed doors, those twelve Six-Winged Frost Centipedes unexpectedly advanced under the stimulation of one Snow Soul Pill per month. After a round of molting, these centipedes not only became twice as large as before, but finally grew a pair of snow-white wings on their backs. Flying between them, not only did their escape speed increase greatly, but they also became exceptionally flexible. This could also be considered an unexpected joy.

However, after this advancement, the effect of the Snow Soul Pill on the Six-Winged Frost Centipedes decreased significantly, and it was far from as obvious as it was before they advanced.

On this day, Han Li stood in the middle of the secret room with his eyes closed, and a silver-shining humanoid object floated in mid-air in front of him.

His ten fingers flickered endlessly, shooting out ten golden silk threads, which were directly inserted into various parts of the puppet's body, his expression solemn.

And a foot above the silver puppet's head, the bamboo tube emitted pale green spiritual light, rotating slowly.

After I don't know how long, Han Li's expression moved, his ten fingers stopped, and he finally opened his eyes.

"It seems there is no problem. The fusion of all parts of the puppet is perfect. Being able to assemble all the parts so smoothly really exceeded my expectations." Han Li stared at the object in front of him and said with a hint of joy.

"This puppet was researched by me. Naturally, there won't be any mistakes in your refining under my guidance. Since everything is fine, it seems we can start the essence soul fusion." Senior Elder Dayan's voice came faintly from the bamboo tube.

"Senior really wants to do this? Don't consider it more? I still have a way to extend Senior's essence soul for another month or two. And once the soul is split, Senior's remnant soul will surely perish and dissipate, unable to persist any longer." Han Li said slowly, his expression solemn.

"What difference does living a few more days make to me? You don't need to worry about this. Being able to return to the path of reincarnation naturally is also a good thing for me." The small puppet shook its head and said calmly.

"Since it is like this, I won't say much more. I hope there really is a path of reincarnation in the world, and Senior will have a chance to step onto the path of cultivation in the next life." Han Li said in a low voice.

"The path of reincarnation is not so easy to walk. Even if it really exists, whether the next life will still be a human body is two different things. By the way, Han boy! When I helped you research the imitation method of the Seven Flames Fan back then, you once promised me a request. You should remember it, right?" Senior Elder Dayan actually mentioned this matter suddenly.

"Naturally, I remember. It's just that Senior never mentioned it, and I thought Senior had forgotten about it." Han Li said with a bitter smile.

"Since we have reached this point, it would be a waste not to use this request. My request is also very simple. If possible, I hope you will go to the Extreme West to take back the Thousand Bamboo Sect. Appoint a disciple to take charge of this sect and inherit this lineage for me, so that my sect's inheritance will not really be broken. The person in power of the Thousand Bamboo Sect now is not from my sect at all. Thinking of this, I really don't feel comfortable." Senior Elder Dayan hummed a few times and said.

"No problem. When the time comes, I will take in a disciple with outstanding aptitude, pass on the puppet technique I learned from Senior completely, and let them inherit the position of the Thousand Bamboo Sect master." Han Li agreed without hesitation.

"Haha, with your words, I am satisfied. I have engraved all my cultivation techniques, secret arts, and all my life's experiences and knowledge into a set of jade slips called the 'Great Elder Dayan Treasure Classic.' I left the classic in the Cave Abode Heaven. You can learn as much as you can from the classic, and then pass this classic to the disciple who inherits the Thousand Bamboo Sect. Only then can it be considered a true inheritance of my mantle." Senior Elder Dayan let out a deafening laugh.

Immediately, the small puppet opened its mouth, and a mass of green light the size of a fist shot into the sky, followed by a series of low, obscure incantations drifting slowly from the air.

The green light swelled wildly, and in the blink of an eye, a green light wheel a foot in diameter appeared in the high sky, several dozen feet high, its light dazzling and blinding. Han Li, who was watching all this below, couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

The incantations stopped abruptly, and the surroundings fell into silence, but a moment later, the light wheel shrank, and with a "boom," it exploded, covering a small half of the sky with dots of green light, looking exceptionally gorgeous.

Seeing all this, a trace of sadness finally appeared on Han Li's face.

Senior Elder Dayan, a founding ancestor of a generation, had thus vanished into nothingness.

Looking up at the sky, I don't know how long I stood silently, but Han Li let out a long sigh and lowered his head. His gaze turned and fell on the small puppet that was still floating in front of him.

Having lost the attached essence soul, it was now lifeless.

With a flick of his sleeve, the small puppet disappeared as the cyan light passed by. He raised his hand and patted the bamboo tube on his back again.

Suddenly, several jade slips shot out from the tube and fell into his palm.

Han Li scanned these jade slips with his spiritual sense, and they indeed recorded Senior Elder Dayan's life's hard work, not only with many secret techniques and cultivation techniques but also with many strange secrets of the cultivation world.

After looking at them for a while, he put these jade slips into his storage bag, and then his whole person revealed a look of contemplation, falling into deep thought.

Now that the puppet was finished, the next step was naturally to start refining the Three Flames Fan. If this fan could also be refined, he should have the power to fight the ancient demons.

It was just that the refining of the Three Flames Fan was slightly troublesome; all materials needed to be refined into spirit materials with the help of the three true fires of heaven, earth, and man before the Three Flames Fan could be refined.

Back when he was watching the ceremony at the Hundred Crafts Academy, Han Li was very interested in the Hundred Crafts Academy's Earth Lung Fire Vein, actually because he had taken a fancy to their earth fire and had thought of borrowing it to refine some spirit materials. Now that he had already arrived at the Great Jin, this matter was naturally impossible.

If one wanted to refine the earth fire part of the spirit materials, one had to look for another pure earth fire pool. There were quite a few famous earth fire veins in the Great Jin, and some famous ones didn't even belong to any sect but were in some desolate places with sparse spiritual energy, so finding a place with earth fire was not a difficult matter.

As for human fire, it was the true fire cultivated by the cultivator themselves; the core fire of Core Formation cultivators and the infant fire of Nascent Soul cultivators were all of this type, which was also not a problem.

The only trouble left was the spirit materials that needed to fuse with heavenly fire.

According to the records in the classic, the so-called heavenly fire was actually heavenly thunder fire, which required collecting the thunder fire formed by itself between heaven and earth during thunderstorms, and then using it to refine spirit materials.

This required a suitable opportunity. The Heaven Thunder Beads that Han Li had used back then, speaking of which, were also treasures refined by borrowing the heavenly thunder fire, but the Heaven Thunder Beads needed the power of thunder and lightning, while the thunder fire he borrowed to refine spirit materials was the thunder fire transformed from the power of thunder and lightning.

As long as the conditions were met, it was estimated that it would only take a few months to refine all the spirit materials.

Imitating the Three Flames Fan was just a matter of time for him.

And he had an appointment with that Fu-surnamed old man of the Nine Nether Sect to meet in the Southern Border. Calculating the time, it seemed to be about the same.

Although Han Li didn't attach much importance to this appointment where both sides were harboring evil intentions, the Southern Border had a Silver Snake Mountain, and this mountain had volcanic eruptions all year round, making it a famous fire vein place in the Great Jin. Many cultivators specially ran to this mountain to refine magic treasures and magic tools. This was a good place for him to refine spirit materials, and it just happened to be on the way to meet that Fu-surnamed old man.

He was still somewhat interested in why this person had invited him so solemnly.

Speaking of which, his goal in the Great Jin had finally been completed halfway. The rest required getting the unlocking incantation for the Soul Sealing Curse from the Yin Luo Sect and snatching his two flying swords from the ancient demons. By the way, he was also prepared to search for Geng Metal everywhere to see if he could gather enough for another set of flying swords.

After pondering for a long time, Han Li finally made a decision in his heart. However, before this, there were two things to do.

He immediately turned into a green rainbow and flew straight toward a small mountain range on the island, then released the Heaven Mystery Mansion under one of the small mountains, set up some barriers to cover the cave dwelling, and walked into a secret room.

He spent five or six days refining a part of the Spirit Transformation Talisman he obtained from the Heaven Talisman Sect, and then sat on the meditation cushion, took off a spirit beast bag from his waist, and threw it into the air.

As a result, the bag opened, and white light swept out, and a yellow demonic beast several feet large immediately appeared on the ground.