"It's not necessary to keep an eye on Xianlong Peak. Right now, the most important task for the Wanqi Clan is to find the dragon scales."
Wanqi Yi earnestly explained to her, "We are not independent individuals; everything we do must be for the sake of the Wanqi clan. Don't let personal feelings dampen your spirits. As the clan leader, you should set an example and dedicate yourself entirely to the clan!"
Normally, Wan Qijing would probably have agreed.
But today, she didn't answer.
"Okay, I know you're suffering inside, I understand how you feel."
Wan Qiyi sighed slightly, walked straight to her and patted her shoulder, "But now the other three deans are secretly competing with each other."
Helian Xiong was the strongest of the four, a peak Martial Emperor, whose position was unshakeable.
Gongyang Sun had the most extraordinary talents under his command, and his strength was second only to Helian Xiong.
Although Qu Haifeng is not as good as the previous two, he has the magical beast Changlong, comes from a family of fortune tellers, and has the closest connection with the temple.
My Wanqi clan is struggling to survive amidst attacks from three sides. If you continue to falter now, how can the Wanqi clan have a better future?
He reasoned with Wan Qijing, appealing to her emotions and logic.
"As for your matter, I will not ignore it either. I promise you that once this matter is over, I will deal with both peaks and give you an explanation."
Upon hearing this, Wan Qijing raised her head.
The reason a dean is called a dean is not just because the name sounds good, but more importantly because of the power he wields—
The power to appoint and dismiss peak leaders. Once a proposal to remove a peak leader is made, if more than half of the votes are in favor, it will be carried out immediately.
The right to conduct thorough investigations of a peak. Once the dean suspects that a peak master has motives to harm the academy, he can directly conduct a thorough investigation.
Apart from these,
Although Wanqi Jing is the patriarch of the Wanqi clan, the only one who truly holds power and can mobilize all the high-level cultivators of the Wanqi clan is Wanqi Yi.
Dealing with Xianlong Peak would be a piece of cake for him!
Wan Qijing knelt down and bowed to Wan Qiyi, saying, "Your subordinate will certainly live up to your mission."
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Inside the True Essence Peak
With a touch of naivety and innocence, Huang Zhiping was still happy about his soon-to-be-upgraded natal magic weapon.
He knew the dragon scales were precious, so much so that after Huo Rui delivered them, he secretly hid them and carried them with him wherever he went.
However, since he intends to refine magical artifacts, the dragon scales will eventually have to be shown to others.
Huang Zhiping collected all the weapon-refining masters at Dingtian Academy and finally chose two of them.
One of them is Yang Zhengtao, a master of traditional weapon crafting.
He is recognized as the most skilled weapon crafting master in the academy.
The other one is Xie Chongshan, the peak master of Duanming Peak.
This is an unconventional weapon-forging master who was the first to combine magical beasts with weapon forging, creating a unique technique of fusing beasts into weapons.
Yang Zhengtao is the most skilled, while Xie Chongshan is able to fuse beasts into weapons.
Just as Huang Zhiping was struggling with this decision, his disciple arrived.
Looking at the visiting card in his hand, she asked casually, "Master, do you wish to visit Master Xie?"
Feng Jin was usually a man of few words and steady demeanor, but seeing him bring up this person on his own initiative piqued Huang Zhiping's interest. "You know him too?"
"certainly!"
Feng Jin's face lit up with excitement. "When I was out once, I happened to encounter two powerful figures clashing. One of them was wielding the Soul Blade forged by Master Xie. The moment he used it, tens of millions of demonic beast soul powers surged towards the other expert, overwhelming and blotting out the sun. Its power was comparable to that of a sacred artifact, and even a Martial Emperor would find it difficult to withstand."
Upon hearing this, Huang Zhiping, who had been struggling with the decision, finally made up his mind.
Xianlong Peak
Shang Yanting was sitting in the weapon-refining room, fiddling with a humanoid puppet in his hands. Niu Niu had been closely monitoring Zhenyuan Peak's movements these past few days, reporting Huang Zhiping's latest developments to him immediately.
Upon learning that Huang Zhiping was looking for Xie Chongshan, he paused slightly in his work. "Okay, I understand."
His answer was so calm that Niu Chuanchuan couldn't understand why he would do that.
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So he asked.
Shang Yanting glanced at him before slowly saying, "Xianlong Peak will be quiet for a while, so you can focus on practicing your skills."
Niu Niu still didn't understand, but he was very obedient.
Shang Yanting told him to practice his skills diligently, so he went back and worked hard at it.
Shang Yanting then focused his attention back on the puppets in front of him. Looking around the entire studio, dozens of identical humanoid puppets were neatly arranged.
These are all menial puppets.
As the name suggests, these puppets can do everything that a menial disciple can do. Most importantly, these puppets don't have divided loyalties like humans, so they don't require any extra effort from the disciple.
Although it didn't require any extra effort, the raccoon, who had been busy all day, was frightened when he moved the puppets into the bedroom.
She skipped and hopped into the house, then froze in place.
Have you ever seen a paper effigy?
The two-meter-tall paper figures were arranged in three trapezoidal rows, staring at her with empty, eerie, and sinister eyes.
This is not returning to one's bedchamber; it's clearly stumbling into the palace of the King of Hell.
"system."
Shang Yanting emerged from a group of paper figures and asked, "These servant puppets will take on the miscellaneous tasks of the mountain in the future. What do you think?"
Jia Xitong: "..."
Jia Xitong: "...Hmm"
Jia Xitong... She remained silent for a long time, then changed her posture and remained silent again under Shang Yanting's expectant gaze.
"It's not good-looking?"
Looking at her, Shang Yanting's expectation diminished slightly.
"It's not ugly anymore!"
Jia Xitong quickly shook her head.
From a technical standpoint, the puppets he made had standard facial features and didn't have many extra practical features. The only certainty was that they came from the underworld.
"This is too dark."
If this thing roams around at night, Shang Yanting will become the King of Hell.
“Dear host, have you considered removing their obvious human characteristics?”
For example, the eyes, nose, and mouth that are drawn.
Then replace it with another image?
Being humanoid yet not human can easily trigger the uncanny valley effect.
Upon hearing this, Shang Yanting tossed a pen and paper in front of the raccoon, gesturing for her to demonstrate, "Tell me, how should this be modified..."
In the days that followed, Jia Xitong spent her days discussing her senior brothers' formations with Teacher Hu, and her nights working with Shang Yanting to counterattack the underworld puppets. She was very busy.
Time seems to fly by; I wish I could stretch every 15 minutes into 25 minutes.
Huang Zhiping stands in stark contrast to Jia Xitong.
He handed over his natal magic weapon and dragon scales to Xie Chongshan, feeling as if each day was an eternity. He couldn't wait for the tempering to be completed so he could see his magic weapon.
When Xie Chongshan obtained the dragon scale, he threw it into the furnace to forge the Dragon Slayer's Roar.
The Dragon Slayer's Roar was almost finished being forged.
All you need to do is refine the dragon scales and forge them together with the Dragon Slayer's Roar, and you'll have a magic weapon that's infinitely close to the Saint rank, or even the True Saint rank!
During this period of weapon forging, Xie Chongshan was both excited and worried. So much so that he sighed every day while facing the roaring furnace.
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