Chapter 554: Zhang Zhang Tieyang

Seeing this human-shaped spiritual puppet appear, Song Song Qingming and Yun Yun Xinxue, who were seeing this kind of secret technique for the first time, both revealed a trace of surprise in their eyes as they looked at Qingluo True Person.

Human-shaped spiritual puppets can also be considered a kind of puppet technique. It's just that because this kind of puppet made with special secret techniques is already very close to a real person, the cultivation world has separated it out to form a new category.

Qingluo True Person's human-shaped spiritual puppet looked lifelike. Apart from having only Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivation, the whole person looked almost the same as him. It could be seen that it was indeed a very rare item.

Jin Wu Ziyuan, who was on the side, saw the curiosity of Song Song Qingming and the other two, and hurriedly explained: "Qingluo fellow Daoist's method of refining spiritual puppets is a very rare secret technique in our Floating Cloud Mountain Range cultivation world. Don't look at this human-shaped spiritual puppet's low cultivation; it is much more useful than ordinary puppet beasts when controlled."

Hearing Jin Wu Ziyuan's praise, Qingluo True Person immediately waved his hand with a smile and said: "It's just a small skill, not worth mentioning. Jin fellow Daoist's words are somewhat exaggerated. Although the secret technique for refining spiritual puppets is hard to find, it is not something very rare."

"If you fellow Daoists are interested, after we go out of the tower, I can give each of you a Qi Refining stage spiritual puppet. Although it won't have much use, it is very good for serving tea and water and handling chores in the cave dwelling."

Hearing Qingluo True Person say this, Song Song Qingming and the others were also interested and thanked him one after another.

While the few were talking, the human-shaped spiritual puppet controlled by Qingluo True Person had already approached the middle of the stone room step by step.

Unexpectedly, just when this human-shaped spiritual puppet approached to within a distance of more than a zhang from those stone statues, a vibration sound suddenly came from under its feet. Originally, those dozens of stone statues without any vitality suddenly began to emit golden light on their bodies.

Immediately afterward, these stone statues seemed to have come alive, beginning to move slowly. Before long, the two stone statue puppet beasts closest to the human-shaped spiritual puppet suddenly leaped into the air and pounced toward the human-shaped spiritual puppet not far ahead.

Sure enough, as everyone expected, these stone statues surrounding the teleportation array were all ancient puppet beasts controlled by the formation restrictions here. Once someone approached and triggered the restrictions, they would be automatically activated to attack the cultivators who broke into the stone room.

The flexible movement of this human-shaped spiritual puppet, just like a real person, was indeed not something that ordinary puppet beasts with relatively clumsy movements could compare to. Seeing the response of Qingluo True Person's human-shaped spiritual puppet when facing danger, Song Song Qingming's eyes also revealed a trace of surprise.

Just when the crowd was fighting fiercely, the spiritual sense released by Song Song Qingming suddenly felt a different magic power pressure in the stone room. After solving a stone statue puppet beast before him, Song Song Qingming turned to look at a position not far beside the teleportation array and shouted loudly:

The stone statue puppet beast was still in mid-air when it spat out a white light ball with not-bad power, which directly smashed onto the silver shield in the human-shaped spiritual puppet's hand, directly knocking it back several zhang.

Seeing this, the human-shaped spiritual puppet didn't choose to fight hard with these stone statue puppet beasts. After rolling backward to avoid several follow-up attacks, it directly walked out a set of somewhat strange body techniques with a few flashes and quickly retreated to Qingluo True Person's side.

With the five Golden Core cultivators joining forces, these puppet beasts couldn't pose any threat to them at all. However, it only took the time of an incense stick, and Song Song Qingming and the others easily solved half of the stone statue puppet beasts, and also intentionally protected the teleportation array in the distance during the battle, not letting that teleportation array suffer the slightest damage.

"Lure these puppet beasts over a bit before making a move. Everyone pay attention not to break the teleportation array in the middle, otherwise it will be somewhat troublesome to repair it later."

After Zhao Zhao Menglian gave an instruction to the crowd, she took the lead in taking out a short green sword and directly slashed out a sword light, slashing toward a wolf-shaped stone statue that was about to pounce before her.

However, at this moment, facing Song Song Qingming's five Golden Core cultivators with not-weak strength, these baring-teeth-and-brandishing-claws stone statue puppet beasts were not so scary anymore.

In the stone room, magic treasures of all colors flew everywhere for a time, and various "bang bang boom boom" earth-shaking sounds rang out, with rubble flying and hitting the ground and walls of the stone room from time to time.

Song Song Qingming and the others also took out their respective magic treasures one after another and began to clean up these many stone statue puppet beasts of various shapes and sizes that were attacking them crazily.

Although these stone statues only had Foundation Establishment cultivation, there were dozens of them, and many had already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment. If an ordinary Golden Core cultivator encountered them alone, it would indeed be very tricky to deal with.

"Who is hiding here sneakily? Come out on your own!"

Hearing Song Song Qingming suddenly shout this, Zhao Zhao Menglian also immediately noticed something wrong. With a wave of her hand, she directly threw a sharp light blade toward an open space beside the teleportation array.

"Fellow Daoists, stop! Don't misunderstand, I will come out!"

As a somewhat trembling voice sounded, a somewhat fat human figure suddenly appeared in the open space of the teleportation array, avoiding Zhao Zhao Menglian's attack.

Seeing another person suddenly pop out, Jin Wu Ziyuan and the three, who were still fighting with the stone statue puppet beasts, were also startled. They threw down the remaining opponents and leaned toward Song Song Qingming and Zhao Zhao Menglian.

"Who are you, why are you hiding here spying on us!"

"Zhao fellow Daoist, you misunderstood. I am Zhang Zhang Tieyang, a rogue cultivator from Muyang Mountain. Actually, I also entered the hall by mistake and arrived here one step ahead of you. Unexpectedly, I suddenly heard movement outside, and I thought I had encountered those demon kings, so I had no choice but to hide my figure. I didn't mean to spy on you, Zhao fellow Daoist."

The person speaking was a young man who was not tall and somewhat chubby. This person was also a Golden Core cultivator, and it seemed he should have known Zhao Zhao Menglian before. As soon as he opened his mouth, he called out her surname.

Hearing Zhang Zhang Tieyang say this, Song Song Qingming and Zhao Zhao Fenglian both suddenly realized why there were rubble from the stone statue puppet beasts on the corridor outside just now. Eight or nine out of ten, it should have been the masterpiece of this Zhang Zhang Tieyang who entered one step ahead of them.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhao Menglian asked again: "You are just a rogue cultivator, then why do you know me, but I have no impression of you at all."

Zhang Zhang Tieyang heard this and hurriedly explained somewhat nervously: "Zhao fellow Daoist, you don't know. Back then, before I formed my Golden Core, I also participated in the Great War between the State of Lu and the Heaven-Reaching Alliance. It was at that time that I had the good fortune to see Zhao fellow Daoist."

"However, because my cultivation was low back then, I didn't have the opportunity to act with Zhao fellow Daoist alone, so the fellow Daoist had no impression of me because of this."

Hearing the other party say this, Zhao Zhao Menglian didn't seem to believe it very much, and just as she was about to continue questioning, two more stone statue puppet beasts rushed toward her side, interrupting her questioning.

"Zhao fellow Daoist, be careful, I will help you drive away the enemy!" Zhang Zhang Tieyang, who was still thinking about how to gain the trust of Zhao Zhao Menglian and the others, saw such a good opportunity, immediately shouted, took out his magic treasure, and rushed over, intercepting a stone statue puppet beast that was entangling Zhao Zhao Menglian.

Although Zhang Zhang Tieyang's cultivation was not high, only at the second layer of Golden Core, he was very hardworking when moving his hands. In two or three moves, he solved a stone statue puppet beast and rushed toward the remaining puppet beasts with a fierce look.

Seeing that the other party really wanted to help, Zhao Zhao Menglian didn't say anything more. Anyway, the most important thing before them was to quickly defeat these stone statue puppet beasts that were attacking them with all their might. Other things could be discussed after solving this matter.

After another half a quarter of an hour, with the last stone statue puppet beast having its head knocked off by Yun Yun Xinxue, all the puppet beasts in the stone room finally turned into a pile of rubble, and the crowd immediately stopped to catch their breath.

Because that Zhang Zhang Tieyang had contributed quite a bit in the later battles, everyone's impression of him improved a bit. After some questioning, Zhao Zhao Menglian and the others soon confirmed his identity. This person was indeed a Golden Core rogue cultivator from the State of Lu, and he had successfully formed his Golden Core around the same time as Song Song Qingming before the demon beast chaos.

The two formed their Golden Cores around the same time and participated in the Great War against the Heaven-Reaching Alliance back then. After Song Song Qingming chatted with him for a few words, he also somewhat remembered that he seemed to have indeed seen this person on the battlefield back then.

"Zhang fellow Daoist, may I ask how you found this place?"

Hearing Zhao Zhao Menglian's inquiry, Zhang Zhang Tieyang said somewhat awkwardly and bluntly: "I didn't come to break into the Heaven-Reaching Tower alone this time, but after entering, I was separated from that fellow Daoist. I originally wanted to search for the other party in the vicinity, but unexpectedly discovered this palace by accident."

"I thought there would be some opportunities inside, so I broke in directly. Unexpectedly, apart from those broken stone puppet beasts, I didn't find anything, and later I encountered you fellow Daoists and was blocked inside!"

"Oh! So that's how it is. Since the fellow Daoist also has a friend traveling with him, I'm afraid the other party should also be looking for the fellow Daoist everywhere. We still have to go to other places to look for treasure, so we won't delay you, let's part ways here!"

No sooner had Zhao Zhao Menglian finished speaking than Zhang Zhang Tieyang's expression changed. He hurriedly cupped his hands toward the few and said: "I searched for a long time nearby just now, but I never saw the other party. I'm afraid he shouldn't be nearby. I came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare a heart-to-heart talisman, so I guess it will be very difficult to find him again."

"Since I happened to run into you fellow Daoists here, I wonder if you fellow Daoists could make it convenient and take me along? You fellow Daoists, rest assured, if I find any good things later, I will take a little less, just asking to be able to go out safely."

Hearing Zhang Zhang Tieyang's request, Zhao Zhao Menglian and the others looked at each other, and a trace of surprise also appeared on their faces.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 555 =====