Chapter 128: Spray-Gun Puppet Refining!
The next day, as the sun slowly rose.
A massive platform had been erected on the plaza outside the Chaotian Sect’s main hall.
The plaza was packed densely with disciples of the Thousand Bamboo Sect.
The Thousand Bamboo Sect had been rooted in the Seven Stars Sea Region for nearly ten thousand years.
Its disciples numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
It alone had nearly a hundred Nascent Soul Ancestors.
Golden Core True Monarchs numbered in the hundreds.
Foundation Establishment True Persons and Qi Refining disciples were beyond counting.
So even Lu Qingyang, upon seeing that vast crowd, could not help but click his tongue.
The Chaotian Sect had risen too quickly.
Compared to a true Return-to-Void sect, even if they were only one rank apart, the gap in accumulated foundation was still enormous.
“Third Elder Yun Qi has arrived.”
“Second Elder Yun Fei has arrived.”
“First Elder Cloud Artisan has arrived!”
“The Chaotian Sect… Sect Master Lu Qingyang has arrived.”
As a long series of announcements rang out, several figures appeared at the far end of the plaza.
“They’re here, they’re here!”
“Look, that’s the Chaotian Sect’s Sect Master, Lu Qingyang!”
“They say that in the Seven Stars Sea Region now, every sect only recognizes the Chaotian Sect’s puppets. Nobody buys ours from the Thousand Bamboo Sect anymore.”
“I wonder what level Lu Qingyang’s puppet refinement has reached.”
“Hmph, we’ll know today after a single look!”
“I want to see just how impressive he really is!”
“……”
On the plaza, countless disciples whispered among themselves.
Lu Qingyang, his expression calm, followed Cloud Artisan toward the platform.
“Sect Master Lu, did you sleep well last night?”
Before the platform, Cloud Artisan suddenly turned his head and asked.
“Thank you for your concern, Sect Master Yun. Everything has been quite comfortable.”
Lu Qingyang bowed slightly in gratitude.
“Heh heh, comfortable is good, comfortable is good.”
Cloud Artisan revealed a kindly smile and patted Lu Qingyang on the shoulder.
“Sect Master Lu, please. Today, let my sect’s unworthy disciples see what true puppet mastery looks like.”
With that, he was the first to step onto the platform.
“Heh heh, Elder Yun, after you!”
Lu Qingyang nodded slightly and followed Cloud Artisan’s steps.
Behind him, Yang Yu and the others followed one after another.
“The puppet discourse begins now!”
“Sect Master Lu, since both our sects are renowned for puppet refinement, why don’t we each choose a disciple to refine a puppet.”
“And use this to exchange pointers?”
Yun Fei’s voice spread across the entire plaza, drawing everyone’s attention.
Lu Qingyang frowned slightly. After a brief moment of thought, he spoke.
“That’s fine.”
“But among the disciples I brought this time, only one Foundation Establishment disciple specializes in puppet refinement.”
“Given his cultivation, he can only refine a Tier-Two Puppet for now.”
“Is that so… then let them both refine Tier-Two Puppets.”
Yun Fei paused briefly at these words, but still agreed.
“Gongshu Ban, you go.”
Lu Qingyang turned to look at the young man behind him, whose features were ordinary but whose eyes were exceptionally bright.
“Understood!”
Gongshu Ban bowed and stepped onto the platform.
On the other side, Yun Fei also selected a Foundation Establishment True Person.
This person had a composed expression and a lean, dark build. He looked like he had some skill.
“Thousand Bamboo Sect, Mu Kui. Please advise!”
The lean cultivator clasped his hands in greeting.
“Mu Kui?”
Hearing the other’s name, Gongshu Ban also announced his own.
“Chaotian Sect, Gongshu Ban. Please advise.”
“Please.”
“Please.”
As his words fell.
Yun Fei stood up and took out two identical portions of spiritual ore materials from his Storage Ring.
“Puppet refinement discourse naturally requires identical raw materials to reveal the differences between the two.”
“Now, begin refining!”
Yun Fei tossed the spiritual ore to the two of them.
Almost at the same time.
Both summoned spiritual fire together!
Boom!
In an instant, scorching heat swept across the entire platform.
Flames blazed upon the platform, transforming into rolling waves of heat that surged outward.
“Wu Ziding!”
Following a low shout.
That Foundation Establishment True Person named Mu Kui actually released an ancient, simple large cauldron from his storage bag.
This cauldron was about two meters in size, entirely crimson, radiating searing heat.
“Hm? Borrowing an external tool to execute a refinement method?”
Seeing this, Gongshu Ban was quite surprised.
The Chaotian Sect did not refrain from using external objects in puppet refinement.
But they generally only used them when refining particularly profound puppets.
Normally, they refined puppets bare-handed.
Whether it was because of the bad habits Lu Qingyang had left behind, causing his disciples to imitate him, was anyone’s guess.
“Hoo… but on such an important occasion, I can’t embarrass the sect!”
With that thought, Gongshu Ban drew a deep breath, and actually took out a highly peculiar cylindrical Dharma Artifact from his Storage Ring.
“What… what is that?”
“Never seen it before. It looks like it’s for puppet refinement.”
“But… why does it look so strange?”
Watching the eerily shaped cylindrical Dharma Artifact in Gongshu Ban’s hand, the Thousand Bamboo Sect disciples all began discussing among themselves.
“Heh heh, this kid.”
When Lu Qingyang saw the cylindrical Dharma Artifact in Gongshu Ban’s hand, a playful smile appeared on his face.
Back when he had witnessed Gongshu Ban’s puppet refinement talent, Lu Qingyang had instructed Jiangxin to pay this disciple some deliberate attention.
He had even given him a bit of authority, allowing him to use a small portion of computational power.
So with Jiangxin’s assistance and guidance, Gongshu Ban had actually refined an object shaped like a spray gun!
Yes, exactly the kind used in his past life for grilling steaks or torching tires.
Except the flame inside had been replaced with spiritual fire, and the power source swapped for spirit stones…
“Bzzt~”
As a resonant hum rang through the clouds.
In the next instant, Gongshu Ban directly manipulated the cylindrical Dharma Artifact to spray out a thick pillar of fire!
The fire pillar shot skyward, swelling to the thickness of a wrist in an instant.
“So it’s a fire-control Dharma Artifact.”
“Hmph, refining a puppet consumes a massive amount of spirit and spiritual power. Even with such a Dharma Artifact, you won’t be able to sustain it for long.”
Mu Kui glanced at the sky-high fire pillar and sneered contemptuously.
Then he too began to focus.
One after another, spiritual materials were placed into the cauldron for refinement.
His technique was methodical, showing not the slightest clumsiness. Clearly, he was an old hand at this craft.
“Heh heh, Sect Master Lu, your sect’s disciple has quite an interesting Dharma Artifact.”
“It does save quite a bit of spiritual power, but won’t unstable firepower affect the refinement results?”
Cloud Artisan looked at the object in Gongshu Ban’s hand and asked Lu Qingyang.
“Unstable firepower?”
“Right. Once his spiritual power runs out, even if he recovers while refining, it’s bound to affect the subtle differences in flame intensity. Won’t that have an impact?”
“Heh heh, Sect Master Yun worries too much.”
Lu Qingyang chuckled lightly.
“The power source for this device comes entirely from spirit stones. It won’t consume his own spiritual power.”
“Of course, when the spirit stones run out, the firepower will become unstable. But… he doesn’t only have one.”
As Lu Qingyang’s words fell.
Gongshu Ban, unhurried, actually pulled out eight more identical cylindrical Dharma Artifacts from his Storage Ring!
Then all eight spray guns opened fire at once. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, they refined the spiritual materials at a speed almost visible to the naked eye!
This scene refreshed the understanding of every Thousand Bamboo Sect disciple present.
At first they were disdainful. Then they were shocked.
In the end, they actually all pulled out image-recording jade talismans and began secretly recording. Clearly, they wanted to learn a trick or two…