What Kong Ju didn't know was that before he returned to the cave.

The Second Prince was furious when he learned the truth from the clan leader Song, and chased after him in the air.

However, there was no trace of Kong Ju at the scene. The Second Prince was unwilling to give up and hovered for a long time before leaving.

Before leaving, the second prince, feeling humiliated, said the word "shameless" in a harsh voice.

It was all because of the self-control he had developed over the years as a descendant of the royal family that he was unable to swear. If it were someone else, he would have probably burst into curse words.

Looking at the second prince's departing back, Zong Changsong felt that he seemed to have said too much. After smiling awkwardly, he ran away.

The second prince flew to the main peak and found Huangfu Wuqin who was fishing with Mu Xiaoye in the pavilion.

These days, the two girls, one big and one small, have almost eaten up all the spirit fish that Huangfu Ying raised.

Huangfu Ying still grumbled a few words at first, but then he was too lazy to care.

Every time the two men caught a magical fish, they would throw it to a snow-white bird that was lying in the pavilion behind them and drooling.

It accepts all birds and sparrows, and can swallow any fish, no matter how big it is, in one gulp.

The second prince did not pay much attention to the pheasant-sized bird, but walked straight towards Huangfu Wuqin.

The latter was concentrating on looking at his fishing rod and had no time to pay attention to him. He glanced at the second prince with his intelligent eyes and was too lazy to say hello.

The second prince was not angry, but stood quietly aside for a long time before he uttered a sentence in a depressed tone: "That Kong Ju is a shameless person!"

Huangfu Wuqin knew without even thinking that the Second Prince had been humiliated by Kong Ju. She raised her lips slightly, not only did she not refute, but she agreed with him, "You only know now that his shamelessness is well-known in the inner sect."

These words should have made the Second Prince happy, after all, Huangfu Wuqin had said in person that Kong Ju was shameless.

But the latter's expression did not show any disgust at all, instead he looked quite smiling.

This made the second prince recall the information he had learned in the past few days.

He learned about the rumors between Huangfu Wuqin and Kong Ju from more than one inner sect disciple.

Ever since Kong Jue came to the inner gate, Huangfu Wuqin has been taking good care of her.

When they arrived at Qinghu blessed land, Huangfu Wuqin was abducted by Dingyue Sect. In anger, Kong Ju joined forces with Cuijin Sect and Mosheng Sect to massacre all the disciples of Dingyue Sect.

Even the dragon leader who once ranked first on the Hidden Dragon List was slaughtered.

The relationship between the two is obviously ambiguous.

What made the second prince even more uncomfortable was that Kong Ju was actually Huangfu Ying's apprentice, his only apprentice.

This reminded the Second Prince of what Prince Qingluan said to him when he returned from Huangfu Ying's study on his first day in Cangwu Sect.

"Don't mention your marriage with Qinqin for now. Let's discuss it after we return to Chaodi Ancient City."

The marriage between the Second Prince and Huangfu Wuqin was approved by the Tianqi royal family.

Even Huangfu Wuqin's mother nodded, and their marriage certificate is still kept in the palace.

The second prince was aloof by nature, and ordinary women were not worthy of his attention.

Only Huangfu Wuqin, a woman with both outstanding beauty and talent, is his ideal match.

He had already identified Huangfu Wuqin.

This is also the reason why he suddenly wanted to find Kong Ju.

Who knew that guy was such a shameless person.

The Second Prince felt even more uncomfortable when he thought of this kind of person and how he was associated with Huangfu Wuqin.

Only then did he hurried to look for Huangfu Wuqin.

"This man is a scoundrel, how can he be a match for you." The second prince simply didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "With Qinqin's talent, she must be matched with a contemporary hero."

Mu Xiaoye couldn't bear to hear people saying bad things about her brother Kong. It was more painful than being scolded.

Sister Qinqin is fine, she is Brother Kong’s senior sister.

But why did this man scold him?

Mu Xiaoye immediately dropped his fishing rod in anger, put his hands on his waist, and stared at the second prince fiercely with his dark eyes: "Don't you dare scold my brother Kong!"

The second prince glanced at Mu Xiaoye and would never say much to a child like her.

Instead, he looked straight at Huangfu Wuqin, waiting for her response.

Seeing that the Second Prince was not giving in, Huangfu Wuqin knew that he could not catch any fish today.

"Oh!" Huangfu Wuqin sighed and put away the fishing rod without interest. After his eyes turned slightly, a hint of cunning emerged.

"Kong Ju is not as bad as you say."

"Besides being a little shameless, his talent is highly praised by even my father. He said that he will be able to shoulder important responsibilities in the future and become the pillar of our Cangwu Sect."

"Elder Lu from the Alchemy Pavilion even praised him as a future master of alchemy."

"That's right! That's right! Brother Kong is much better than you." Mu Xiaoye felt more confident when he heard Huangfu Wuqin's support, and he kept chattering about how great his brother Kong was.

It would have been fine if Huangfu Wuqin didn't say anything, but once she opened her mouth, the Second Prince felt even more uncomfortable.

The corners of his serious mouth pursed together, and he said, "I will let you see how vulnerable the genius you mentioned is in front of me. I am much stronger than him."

After saying this, the second prince said no more, and it seemed that he wanted to use actions to show that he was stronger than Kong Ju.

Seeing the Second Prince turn and leave, Mu Xiaoye felt that this man might go looking for trouble with Kong Ju.

"Humph, I'll let you go find my brother Kong to get beaten up."

Huangfu Wuqin watched the Second Prince leave and finally had a moment of peace and quiet. He was secretly proud of his own cleverness.

After hearing what Mu Xiaoye said, Huangfu Wuqin stretched out his slender fingers, pinched her pink face, and teased: "Are you so confident in Kong Ju?"

"Of course!" Mu Xiaoye raised his little face and said in a firm tone.

"Then who is more powerful, me or your brother Kong?" Huangfu Wuqin obviously asked deliberately. Her extraordinary face came close to Mu Xiaoye, with a half-smile on her face.

Mu Xiaoye was stunned for a moment, and his tone became hesitant: "Well..."

"Look at you, you're so mischievous." Huangfu Wuqin was too lazy to tease Mu Xiaoye.

Mu Xiaoye suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes wide, and asked in a childish voice: "Will Sister Qinqin become a Taoist partner for Brother Kong in the future?"

"Who told you the word 'Daoist companion'?" Huangfu Wuqin suddenly felt something was wrong and stared at Mu Xiaoye with a strange look.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"I heard Uncle Zong say that in Sister Zhai's cave a few days ago." Mu Xiaoye looked proud, completely unaware that there was anything wrong with eavesdropping on other people's conversations.

Huangfu Wuqin felt like he had heard some very interesting gossip. His eyes sparkled and he smiled secretly, "Great! Senior Brother Zong, you actually..."

"So Sister Qinqin will become a Taoist couple with Brother Kong?" Mu Xiaoye had no idea what Huangfu Wuqin was laughing at. His little face was very serious and he pretended to be an adult.

Huangfu Wuqin lifted her long, smooth hair in front of her chest and said noncommittally, "His master will break his legs."

…

The refining of intermediate puppets is more time-consuming than that of low-level puppets.

Most of the materials used were of grade two or above quality, and it took Kong Jue more than half a day just to refine the materials.

Then he used his spiritual consciousness to temper the monster's blood, and another day passed.

The final copying of the Spirit Gathering Formation took another half day.

Until finally the essence of heaven and earth is injected.

It took Kong Ju two and a half days to complete the two intermediate-level puppets.

During this period, Mu Xiaoye came to play with Kong Ju on Dapeng.

Seeing that her brother Kong was busy, she did not disturb him and fell asleep on the Kong Ju stone bed while holding Dapeng.

"Mission accomplished!" Kong Ju stretched lazily, standing in front of two intermediate-level puppets that had already filled the spirit gathering formation, and looked up and down at his latest masterpiece.

These two puppets, from the materials used to the demon blood, and even the essence of heaven and earth, are the best that Kong Ju can provide.

It can almost be said that Kong Jue reached the pinnacle of his attainments in puppet refining.

And they lived up to expectations and possessed the fighting power to match the effort Kong Jue had put in.

His sight first shifted to the puppet that had absorbed the purple-black poisonous miasma.

Affected by the purple-black poisonous miasma, the entire body of this puppet was dyed purple-black, with a faint miasma lingering on its skin.

Intermediate puppet refining brings out the power of the essence of heaven and earth to its extreme.

If the cultivators under Yanglun smell the miasma, they will be poisoned.

Moreover, the poisonous gas of the purple-black poisonous miasma can be actively stimulated by the puppet master in actual combat and used as a means of attack.

With the strong physique of an intermediate puppeteer, he will definitely be a tough character.

"It's just that his strength is a little weak. It's probably related to the corpse of Shenglun who was used to refine the puppet. He only has the strength of the middle stage of foundation building."

"However, given the characteristics of the puppet refining, as long as it does not encounter a Xuan-level Dao foundation or a fetal light realm, there should be few people below the foundation-building stage who can defeat it."

Kong Ju was evaluating the overall strength of this puppet that was refined with purple and black poisonous miasma.

By the way, I gave it a name, named after its essence of heaven and earth, Purple Black.

Then Kong Ju looked at another puppet that was made from the stone spirits in the mountains.

The physical strength of this puppet far exceeds that of Zihei. It must have been influenced by the stone spirit in the mountain, the essence of heaven and earth.

The stone spirits in the mountains are extremely focused on defense, and combined with the already powerful body of the puppet master, the combination of the two produces a qualitative change.

Not only is his physique strong, the puppet refined by the stone spirit in the mountain has reached the late stage of foundation building, which is one small level higher than Zihei.

“I’m afraid that even a cultivator at the Taiguang realm won’t be able to break its defense for a while.” As he spoke, Kong Ju stretched out his palm, condensed the cold air at his fingertips to form ice spikes, and stabbed them into the chest of Liankui.

Even with all Kong Ji's strength, he could only leave a shallow wound on the animal's body.

Seeing this, Kong Ju became more resolute in his judgment and said softly, "Without using archery and halberd, I don't have the confidence to destroy it."

In this way, the positioning of this puppet is very clear, and it can be used as a meat shield.

When necessary, release it to deal some fatal attacks to Kong Ju.

"Let's call you Shi Ling." After removing the cold air from his fingertips, Kong Ju smiled and named the second puppet.

With these two puppets, Kong Ju has two helpers who are not afraid of life and death and are very difficult to deal with.

This gave Kong Ju more confidence in his future trip to the Tianqi Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)