Chapter 165 Puppet

The night passed quickly.

No more sounds of fighting were heard from Sky Island during the following day.

On Ruofeng Island, the number of paying attention monks gradually decreased, and everyone returned to their courtyards and caves.

Su Qingwu found a market town and stayed temporarily in an inn.

At dawn the next day, more monks came to eat in the inn, and the original tranquility was instantly broken.

The sound of continuous discussions reached my ears.

She listened attentively for a while, but found that there was no definite news.

For one-day stays, guests only need to leave before noon on the second day.

It was still early, so Su Qingwu continued to stay in the house, thinking about his next plan.

The news I heard from Ziyuan Lingshen has now come true.

After this incident, there will definitely be no more old spiritual plants on Zhukong Island.

Now that I am in the Dongliu Sea, I can visit the powerless areas on the six islands one by one and try my luck to see if I can find any wild high-level spiritual plants...

As time went on, the inn became more and more lively.

At noon, a monk of the tenth level of Qi refining, with blood-stained clothes and dishevelled hair and a dirty face, walked into the inn.

Because of his sloppy appearance, many eyes were focused on him for a while.

Not long after, a slightly suspicious voice sounded.

"Is it Brother You? Aren't you in seclusion on the island? How did you become like this?"

"Oh, don't mention it. I went out to sea to fish yesterday and almost didn't come back!"

After replying like this, You Kan took out fifty low-grade spirit stones and threw them at the counter where the waiter was.

"A jug of first-class pure wine and a plate of roasted spurred pig."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

You Kan nodded, then looked around, and at the invitation of the blue-shirted Taoist who had spoken earlier, sat down opposite him.

I just heard the other party continue:

"Could it be that the injuries on Brother You's body were caused by the battle on Zhuokong Island last night?"

You Guan let out a long sigh.

"I was so far away that I couldn't see what happened over there, but even so, the moment the huge explosion was heard, the sea waves rolled and the boat capsized..."

"Well, that's how high-level monks fight. Even if you're only hit on the side, you'll probably be half dead. What happens next?"

"After the boat capsized, I was besieged by a group of sea beasts. I lost a life-saving item, but luckily I managed to escape."

"Then, Friend You, have you met anyone else?"

"Yes, I was not the only one who went fishing at sea. However, they were not so lucky and were eaten by fish."

At this point, another person walked into the inn and brought a piece of news.

"My fellow Taoists, it has been confirmed that there were three parties involved in last night's battle!"

As soon as this was said, someone immediately asked:

"Which three parties? Apart from the Humo family and the other two, who else on the Sunny Sky Island has the strength to intervene in the war?"

"Fellow Daoist, why don't you take a guess first?"

"How can I guess that? Brother Yang, please stop keeping us in suspense."

"Hehe, in this battle, it was actually the last party that took the initiative, the transformed sea monster from the East Flow Sea!"

"What? Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. My great-uncle said it himself, how could it be false?"

On the second floor of the inn, Su Qingwu was surprised to hear this.

Not only her, but all the monks present had the same reaction.

The discussion is still going on at this moment.

"This... Although we humans and sea beasts have always had a feud, there has never been a war of this scale in all these years!"

"Yes, attacking the islands is of no benefit to sea monsters, and they can't survive on land for long."

"After occupying the island, we can only let it go to waste, and there is a chance that a powerful person will take action. Why do we want to do such a thankless task? It is impossible that we are just venting our anger on the killers, right?"

"I heard from my uncle that the sea monster that attacked was contracted by someone, and the real mastermind has not yet appeared. Anyway, the process is very complicated."

"I see. In that case, third parties cannot be classified as sea monsters!"

"Well, isn't that what it looks like on the surface?"

"Friend Yang, do you know what the current situation of Zhukong Island is like?"

"I only know a rough outline. The two incarnation gods of the Mo family have both died. The two incarnation gods of the Hu family, one is seriously injured and the other is slightly injured. My great-uncle said that the Hu family and the person who contracted the sea beast to transform have reached some kind of agreement behind the scenes."

On the second floor of the inn, when Su Qingwu heard this, he couldn't help but recall the female cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building whom he met in the swamp of Zhukong Island yesterday.

If her guess was correct, that person should be the force behind this incident.

She had no intention of delving into these matters because they had nothing to do with her anyway.

The reason I listened to the relevant news was purely out of curiosity.

All of the Mo family's incarnations have collapsed, and their defeat is inevitable.

But what about those three beams of light that flew inland last night?

The first one belongs to the Mo family's deity, and the last two belong to the Hu family or the forces behind the scenes?

After concentrating for a while and coming to no conclusion, Su Qingwu simply stopped thinking about it.

I stayed in the inn for a while, and left around noon. I walked out of the market and began to try to look for opportunities on Ruofeng Island.

There is always a certain degree of danger in places where there is no power.

There are no swamps on Ruofeng Island, but there is a dense forest shrouded in mist all year round, covering an area of ​​nearly 30,000 acres.

The fog can block the detection of spiritual consciousness, and looking down from a high altitude, one cannot see the situation inside at all.

Su Qingwu put up a defense and went in alone.

Walking in the mist for a long time, you will inexplicably feel a sense of remoteness and emptiness in your heart.

The dry leaves under her feet made a crackling sound from time to time. The humidity inside was extremely high. If she had not been protected, her clothes would have been soaked by the mist.

Occasionally, I could hear one or two bird calls, which seemed far and near, and I couldn't tell their exact location.

Because his spiritual consciousness could not penetrate the fog, Su Qingwu could only observe everything around him with his naked eyes.

The further we went in, the thicker the fog became, to the point where we couldn't see our hands in front of us.

She slowly stopped.

Everything ahead is unknown. Even with protection, it is too risky to continue like this.

With a change of mind, Su Qingwu pinched his hands together and performed a magic to escape underground. His figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

After escaping underground, no trace of mist can be seen anymore.

However, after walking around here for a long time, I didn't find anything special.

After all, spiritual plants like the Snake Vine are extremely rare.

About half an incense stick of time later, Su Qingwu returned to the ground.

At this moment, she realized something was wrong.

The surrounding spiritual energy is concentrating and gathering towards a certain place ahead.

She immediately became alert.

After a while, the fog around us suddenly dissipated slowly.

In the distance, two women in colorful clothes, each holding a red lantern, walked towards her.

Su Qingwu saw clearly that they were not real living people, but paper puppets.

Among the three thousand great ways, the Puppet Way is one of them.

There are many branches of this art, such as this kind of paper puppet, which belongs to the category of spirit control.

After drawing the facial features with the magic of dot magic and attaching your consciousness into them, you can control the puppet's actions.

Although it looks a bit intrusive, it is not very offensive.

There is no threat to the Yuanying monks.

Therefore, Su Qingwu did not take any action, but remained where he was.

She wants to find out what the purpose of the person behind the scenes is...