Chapter 15: Puppets Reappear, Heaven-Seizing Evil Art
Sever… severed his manhood?
This time, Luo Xue was truly stunned.
So, Daoist Ziyang was… a eunuch?
“Quite funny, isn’t it?”
Daoist Ziyang’s smile became even more unsettling. At this moment, Luo Xue no longer existed in his eyes. He stared at the Xuanyin Gu Seed, whispering,
“Yes, how foolish I was… to actually try to cultivate a technique meant only for pure Yin constitutions. Even more ridiculous, it was only after many years that I learned the truth…”
His forcibly twisted body had gradually shaped Daoist Ziyang’s erratic personality.
“But I’m not resigned… I’m not resigned…”
At this point, bloody tears streamed down Daoist Ziyang’s face.
“I’m not resigned to handing over such a heaven-defying technique to someone else…”
Daoist Ziyang suddenly knelt down, kowtowing repeatedly to the Xuanyin Gu Seed.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry… Master…”
“Please forgive your disciple… Your disciple had no other choice but to refine your remains into a Gu Seed…”
“But please rest assured, Master, your disciple will definitely find a Xuanyin Body that can absorb the Gu Seed!”
“Your disciple will use the best cauldron to refine you into the strongest magical treasure, ultimately becoming my Natal Magical Treasure…”
“That way, with the help of my Natal Magical Treasure, I can cultivate your technique!”
These words sent chills down Luo Xue’s spine. What kind of twisted personality would refine their master’s remains into a Gu Seed just to cultivate their inheritance?
Was it Daoist Ziyang’s obsession, or the cruelty… of this Immortal Martial World?
He was insane.
Not now, but… a long, long time ago.
Perhaps, the moment Daoist Ziyang decided to refine his master’s remains, he had already descended into madness.
Suddenly, Daoist Ziyang regained his composure, waving his sleeve and storing the Xuanyin Gu Seed.
He looked coldly at Luo Xue, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
“So… you lowly wretch, you are not worthy of carrying my Master!”
Daoist Ziyang reached out, grabbing Luo Xue out of thin air, intending to take her away from the courtyard and refine her into a Yin Puppet.
Luo Xue still clearly remembered the process of the two traffickers being refined into puppets.
From Daoist Ziyang’s words, it seemed that the pain of being refined into a Yin Puppet… was far worse than being devoured by insects.
However, in the next instant, Daoist Ziyang’s expression changed slightly.
“…Who?”
He flung Luo Xue away, and she stumbled and rolled next to Li Zining’s corpse.
Daoist Ziyang’s expression turned serious. He even summoned the flying sword he wore at his waist, which had never left its sheath.
Suddenly, the situation took a new turn.
Luo Xue, lying on the ground, struggled to raise her head, her blurry vision making out Daoist Ziyang’s constantly shifting figure, as if he was wary of something.
“Clap, clap, clap…”
Just then, several crisp claps echoed in the air.
“Splendid, truly splendid. I didn’t expect the Immortal Master would show such an unsightly state because of a mere mortal.”
A tall and a short, a fat and a thin figure appeared from the side, looking at Daoist Ziyang with smiles.
When Daoist Ziyang saw who it was, his pupils constricted sharply.
“Impossible!”
The newcomers… were Zhang San and Li Si, whom he had personally refined into puppets!
But how could they have regained their consciousness after becoming puppets?
The reason Daoist Ziyang was so confident in his puppets was because they were no longer human.
Yin Puppets still retained their original souls, imprisoned and tormented, but the souls of ordinary puppets were destroyed during the refining process.
The insects would devour all the flesh and blood within the body, then fill it themselves. All that remained of the puppet’s past was their skeleton and skin.
And the insects were mindless, only controlled by Daoist Ziyang.
Now… what was going on?
“Surprised?”
Zhang San raised an eyebrow. He glanced at Luo Xue, who seemed to have fallen unconscious, and continued,
“You really don’t have any brains… You fool who calls yourself a successor of the Phoenix Yin True Person.”
“Could it be…”
Daoist Ziyang followed Zhang San’s gaze and looked at Luo Xue, his heart skipping a beat.
Could this mortal be bait set by other cultivators?
Was all of this within their plan?
“Don’t misunderstand, her appearance was also unexpected for us.” Li Si crossed his arms, his voice rumbling. “However, this ugly little girl did help us a little.”
“While you were immersed in mourning your Master, the Phoenix Yin True Person, didn’t you notice the changes in the surrounding spiritual energy?” A stiff smile appeared on Zhang San’s ashen face. “At this moment, the great formation is complete.”
Daoist Ziyang focused his attention and finally saw a large formation that had been set up around them without him noticing, with the courtyard as its core.
A hastily set up formation naturally wouldn’t have much destructive power. This formation was mainly to restrict Daoist Ziyang.
As long as he was within the formation’s range, the circulation of Daoist Ziyang’s spiritual power would become sluggish and difficult.
For a cultivator who relied on spiritual power, his strength was now less than a tenth of what it was.
But at this moment, Daoist Ziyang’s biggest question was how Zhang San and Li Si had regained their consciousness.
And how had they evaded his detection?
Although mocked by Zhang San and Li Si as a brainless fool, Daoist Ziyang wasn’t stupid at all.
He hadn’t just randomly chosen a few traffickers and asked them to find girls born in the yin year, yin month, and yin day.
A bit cunning but not too much, easily blinded by greed, ordinary mortals…
Only those who met these requirements would Daoist Ziyang appear before as an Immortal Master, tempting them with immortal destiny.
It was certain that the previous Zhang San and Li Si were indeed ordinary mortals.
When exactly…
Just then, Daoist Ziyang’s gaze fell on their weapons.
A long sword and a long saber, both emitting a sinister glow.
Suddenly, it dawned on him.
“I can’t believe it… It’s actually the Heaven-Seizing Evil Art! I actually overlooked this!”
Daoist Ziyang burst into laughter, his expression once again turning manic.
“I also didn’t expect that in this world, there would be other evil cultivators like me, who have obtained this long-lost, sinister technique!”
Using another’s body as a cauldron to refine a Natal Magical Treasure.
This technique could utilize the cauldron’s aptitude to cultivate specific Dao techniques.
But because it went against the natural order, it was always considered an evil art by immortal sects.
Zhang San and Li Si had been used as cauldrons by two evil cultivators to refine Natal Magical Treasures, and their Natal Magical Treasures were those two weapons.
It could be said that these two weapons were the true Zhang San and Li Si, their true bodies.
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