Chen Luo discovered he could scavenge the minds of the dead.
So he went to a graveyard and scavenge the brain of a deceased Great Emperor, figuring he’d borrow it for a bit.
While other...
He didn't find the stone house that sold information, but he found the stone house that sold puppets. Thinking of the puppetry technique that was missing from Situ Yu's memory, Chen Luo walked in.
After obtaining the 'Enlightenment Divine Power', Chen Luo has been looking for places to purchase materials for high-level puppets.
He planned to find some high-level materials to "enlighten" the hatred of his third brother. When the time came, he would have a puppet at the Tribulation Realm to block the attack. Even if he was chased by the people of the Upper Nine Sects, he would be able to fight back and not be as passive as he is now.
Push the door and enter.
The space inside the stone house is dozens of times larger than it looks from the outside. It looks like an empty exhibition hall. The walls and containers on the left are full of various puppets, men, women, young and old. The counter on the right is similar to the layout of a pharmacy, with a long counter and a large cabinet more than 20 meters high behind it. The cabinet doors are covered with various labels. It is obviously a material sales area. An old man with a kind face is talking to someone behind the counter.
In the middle area is a round stone pillar.
The stone pillars were densely covered with various star-like lights, and each light represented a jade slip. This area was dedicated to selling puppet spells.
"What do you want to buy?"
As soon as Chen Luo entered the door, he saw someone coming towards him.
The person who was speaking was a woman. She was wearing a black tight dress and her long black hair hung down to her waist. Like all the other members of the Eternal Night Valley, a large word "Night" was embroidered on her chest.
"Will you sell it?"
Chen Luo stared at the woman for a moment and suddenly asked a question.
This woman is not a real person, but a puppet.
This kind of puppetry is very sophisticated. Not only does it have fluctuations of the soul, but it also has a true energy reaction similar to that of a cultivator. If Chen Luo had not taken Situ Yu's brain, it would not be possible to see it.
“The guest has good taste.”
A smile appeared on the woman's face, and her eyes became more eager when she looked at Chen Luo.
Only experts can sell it at a good price.
Most of the things displayed outside are to fool those laymen. The number of cultivators who are truly proficient in puppetry is extremely small. The most important thing in puppetry is the spiritual consciousness. The spiritual consciousness realm of puppeteers of the same level is often one small realm higher than the cultivation level. If you meet a genius puppeteer, the spiritual consciousness will even be two small realms higher than the cultivation level.
Chen Luo's spiritual consciousness is at the middle stage of Hedao, and it is the kind that has more than a thousand brains superimposed.
In terms of the strength of his spiritual consciousness alone, his spiritual consciousness is stronger than that of a cultivator in the late stage of Hedao.
"The price of buying me is not cheap. I wonder what price the customer can offer?"
"What do you think of me?"
The smile on Chen Luo's face also became weird.
As soon as these words came out, the woman opposite was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes lit up with a light far brighter than before.
"I didn't expect to meet a master. I wonder who you are, fellow Taoist?"
A puppet hanging on the counter next to him moved his body. A spirituality emanated from him, and his spiritual power gradually revived like a candle flame. In just a moment, he returned to his normal appearance.
The man was a thin monk in gray robes.
But the members of Eternal Night Valley outside are different. The status of this thin-faced puppeteer is obviously higher than others, and his cultivation has reached the same level as Chen Luo.
The state of harmony!
Yongye Valley, which is able to support such a big situation in the world of immortal cultivation, is indeed not short of experts.
The owners of these thirty-two stone houses are most likely masters of the Hedao realm, just like the puppeteer in front of them. This is a bit scary. The master of Yongye Valley, who can organize these people together, must have a cultivation level far beyond the Hedao realm. It is possible that he is a powerful person from the upper realm like those hidden tribes.
Chen Luo knew that he would meet these people sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
"Lingxuzi."
A circle of ripples suddenly appeared beside Chen Luo's body, and a figure walked out from the side like foam.
"What a great trick! I didn't even notice it just now. I didn't expect that fellow Taoist is also proficient in illusion." Looking at Chen Luo who suddenly appeared beside him, the puppeteer showed a look of surprise on his face.
As one of the top ten strange insects, the Illusion God Gu was difficult to detect unless the person's cultivation was far superior to Chen Luo's, or Chen Luo did not want to hide it.
"It's just a little trick, and I made you laugh at me."
Chen Luo also showed the same smile as the one opposite.
The two looked at each other for a while and laughed at the same time. They didn't ask each other whether it was their real identity, and they actively avoided this question when talking.
"Yujiangcheng."
The shop owner briefly introduced himself and then began the transaction. The female puppet that was initially used to entertain Chen Luo was also packed and sent over by him.
To put it bluntly, this is the trading model of Eternal Night Valley.
Several cultivators who were buying materials in the distance also noticed the movement here.
Whether it was Chen Luo or the shop owner who just ran down from the shelf, neither of them looked like normal people. Both of them had very high cultivation bases. Even in the outside world of immortal cultivation, a Hedao cultivator would be a strong enough person to establish a sect. If you don't provoke the top tribes, you can live a carefree life and be a guest of honor wherever you go.
"I am very interested in your puppetry skills, please name a price."
"I'll use your puppetry in exchange."
"no problem."
Chen Luo gave the other party a jade slip of the puppet secret technique, which was the version before "Enlightenment Magical Power". The puppeteer on the opposite side also sent a jade slip, thus completing this round of transaction.
"I wonder if there are any high-level puppet materials here?" Chen Luo remembered the purpose of his original visit and asked.
"How high?"
“The higher the better.”
"I have three pieces of star iron here, all of which are top-level spiritual materials that are beyond the Hedao realm." Yu Jiangcheng stretched out his hand and waved, and a jade slip flew over from a stone pillar in the distance.
Chen Luo took a quick look through it.
There are seven grades of materials marked in it, from the Qi Refining Realm to the Hedao Realm. In addition to these contents, there are several spiritual objects stored separately, including the star iron that Yu Jiangcheng just mentioned.
Chen Luo made a rough calculation and found that these three pieces of star iron were barely enough for him to create a puppet in the late stage of Hedao. If he mixed it with some eighth-level spiritual materials, he might be able to resolve the hatred of his third brother.
"How much?"
"This doesn't sell for spirit stones."
The smile on Yu Jiangcheng's face became brighter and brighter. His shop had always been deserted, but he didn't expect that such a big business would come this time.
"I got these pieces of star iron with great difficulty. The old ghost who refines weapons next door approached me many times, but I rejected them all. If you can't come up with something good, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible."
Materials that can be used to refine puppets can naturally also be used to refine weapons.
For weapon refiners, top-grade spiritual materials such as star iron should be used to refine "magic weapons".
Something valuable?
Chen Luo frowned. He had never thought about this question. When he was cultivating in the Emperor's Tomb World, he relied on the help of his deceased fellow Taoists for spiritual materials. Just like Elder An of the Shenhu Immortal Sect, the Sect Master of the Seeding Demon Sect, and the Sun, Moon, and Star Patriarchs of the Star Sect.
The main point is that they are kind-hearted. They gave away spiritual materials and people, so Chen Luo is still reluctant to throw away their brains.
After rummaging around in the Dongtian Gourd, Chen Luo took out a few stones that he had almost forgotten.
Yuan Jing Stone.
This kind of stone is regarded as a high-level spiritual stone in the Emperor's Tomb. When he first arrived in the Tiannan Region, the inter-regional flying boat was driven by this kind of stone. Later, Chen Luo went to the Qionghua Sect to collect a large number of them. Later, his cultivation level improved too quickly, and these stones were forgotten in a corner, and they have been gathering dust until now.
"The spirituality is so low. No! Is this a spiritual object in the restricted area?"
Yu Jiangcheng looked unhappy at first, but after sensing the aura on the stone, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"I didn't expect that fellow Taoist has such a good thing in his hand!"
Spirit creature in the restricted area?
Chen Luo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted.
Isn’t the restricted area of the Emperor’s Tomb the place where he escaped?
"I didn't expect that fellow Taoist could even get this kind of thing. It's just that his spirituality is a little lacking, so three pieces are not enough."
Yu Jiangcheng took the Yuanjing Stone and began to calculate the spirituality inside.
After a moment, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
It is indeed something from the restricted area of the Emperor's Tomb, but its spiritual grade is too low. It would be difficult to exchange it for even one piece of star iron, let alone three pieces.
"Not enough? I still have plenty here."
Chen Luo waved his hand and took out more than 3,000 Yuanjing stones from the cave gourd. Yu Jiangcheng was stunned by such a generous scene, and then he suddenly came to his senses and his eyes changed when he looked at Chen Luo.
"Fellow Daoist, are you from the Nine Tomb Guarding Clans?"
Yongye Valley protects the identities of all those who come to trade, and even shopkeepers like Yu Jiangcheng cannot see the faces of their customers. So he did not believe the name "Lingxuzi" that Chen Luo reported from the beginning. Now seeing Chen Luo suddenly take out so many materials of the "Emperor's Tomb Forbidden Zone", he subconsciously regarded him as a member of the Nine Tomb Guarding Clans.
"Eternal Night Valley is still asking about the guest's identity?"
"I was too talkative."
Yujiang immediately stopped the topic. It was a taboo for the owner of Yongye Valley to interrogate the identity of the guests.
He quickly took out three pieces of star iron from the storage bag, handed them to Chen Luo, and put the Yuan Jing Stone that Chen Luo took out next to him into the storage bag, completing the transaction.
"Any other materials to exchange?"
Seeing that the 'Emperor's Tomb Spiritual Materials' were so valuable, Chen Luo naturally planned to exchange for more.
"I would like to change, but those things have already been reserved. If you are interested in high-level spiritual materials, you might as well go to the stone mangzi next door to have a look." Yu Jiangcheng's eyes flashed with regret. Any material in the "forbidden zone" is an inestimable treasure for people outside.
Because the power of the restricted area cannot be obtained from the outside world.
The people of Yongye Valley are very aware of the value of the "forbidden zone spiritual objects". The mysterious Yin wood demon Mu Yin, which supports the entire Yongye Valley, is a product of the second forbidden zone, the Yinsi Hades.
This secret is only known to the upper echelons of Evernight Valley. (End of this chapter)