The little fox demon flew to the corner of the cave, entwined his long hair with his fingers, and spoke slowly.

As soon as these words came out.

Shen Lian couldn't help but turn his head and look at the little fox demon.

The little fox demon was not at all shy about Shen Lian's gaze. She licked the corner of her mouth and even opened it wide to let Shen Lian look freely.

Choose two out of three.

Originally, Shen Lian wanted to start from the lower grade of the third level.

Even though the little fox demon displayed the corpse of the third-level perfected Tianyuan Thunder Ape, he still had some concerns in his heart.

After all, it was his first time here, and he had no idea what big project the Great Demon King Canglan was doing by gathering so many humans together.

"Fellow Daoist, have any cultivators taken away the rewards for reaching the third level of great perfection?"

"Of course."

The little fox girl responded nonchalantly, "My demon king is not like you humans who withhold rewards and do dirty work behind the scenes. As long as you complete the task, the reward you deserve will fall into your hands without a cent less.

"My Canglan Monster Mountain doesn't have much else to offer, except for the many monster beasts and magical herbs."

"I wonder what treasure the Great Demon King is going to create?"

"Fellow Daoist, let's take the test."

The little fox demon blinked and said, "I will tell you what I can tell you. If you ask me what I can't tell you, I won't tell you, because I don't know either."

“Fellow Daoist, let me tell you straight out, there aren’t that many third-grade, top-quality spiritual objects, only about a dozen in total.

Among them are four corpses of demon kings, and this thunder ape is one of them.

In addition, there is a third-grade top-grade Nine-Turn Heart-Returning Bamboo, two Dragon Marrow Phoenix Pills, a Dragon King Inner Pill Fire, and a third-grade twenty-seven and a half-spiritual Cangshan Sword, which is only half a spiritual restriction away from being promoted to the fourth-grade quasi-spiritual treasure..."

“Also, many people are eyeing the corpse of the Tianyuan Thunder Ape in front of you. There are many top-grade third-rank puppeteers in the Tiannan Continent.

These people have come here more than once, and even many cultivators have passed the assessment, but still failed when it came to actually taking action.

Some fellow Taoists didn't come this time, I guess they were practicing their inner strength at home."

Shen Lian looked at the little fox demon, "Fellow Daoist, what you mean is that even if you pass the test, you may not be able to take away the reward?"

“Hehe.”

The little fox demon covered her mouth and chuckled, then jumped up and landed on Shen Lian's shoulder.

"Fellow Daoist, what great thing are you thinking about? Do you think that my Canglan Mountain is a charity hall?"

"The reward requires you to complete the following tasks. The assessment only represents your qualification to enter the next level."

"Of course, even if you fail to complete the mission, I, Canglan Mountain, will give you some gifts, such as Thunder Spirit Stones, some recovery pills, etc."

"Fellow Daoist, if you really have the ability, then you should display it. My Canglan Mountain demon clan is not like you humans who are jealous of the virtuous."

"If you are unlucky, someone else might take the ape corpse away this time."

“Once some treasures are taken away, it is almost impossible to encounter them again.”

…

The little fox demon rolled up its long hair, and it said these words not only to Shen Lian.

At this moment, it used the spiritual treasure Spectral Mirror to distribute itself in every assessment cave and spoke to many cultivators.

Moreover, the treasures in front of each cultivator have been carefully selected by it and can arouse the greatest excitement in the corresponding cultivator.

Shen Lian stood on the stone platform on the far right, on which lay a pile of third-level demon wolves that had been hacked to pieces.

Fortunately, this wolf brother was a projection, if it was real, it would be really tragic.

There are two paths for puppetry. One is to use corpses of various races, including humans, as carriers, and to repair the meridians, dantian, golden elixir, etc. in the carriers, so as to preserve the physical strength of the carriers before their death, and even the magic and even supernatural powers.

Another way is to do the same as what Shen Lian did with his own magic weapon, and create different parts to compose a combined puppet.

Combination puppets and corpse puppets each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of combination puppets is that they can use low-level minerals and corpse bones to achieve the strength to compete with high-level monks through combination.

The disadvantage is that it is too complicated. The combination of puppet spiritual patterns in some places is difficult and there cannot be any deviation.

The advantage of corpse puppets is that they are relatively simple to create, but the realm of the corpse before death determines the grade of the finished puppet, and sometimes it is easy to lose grade if it is not created well.

The demon wolf on the stone platform was cut into hundreds of pieces, and there were a lot of spider silks beside it. This would test the puppeteer's ability. He needed to sew up the wolf demon's body, and re-pinch its internal meridians and dantian sea.

During this process, the demon wolf's rank would drop if you are not careful.

Although the wolf demon was broken into hundreds of pieces, it was not difficult for Shen Lian to pick them up. He rubbed his hands together and quickly began to pick them up.

Since the little fox demon said so, passing the assessment does not necessarily mean you will get the reward.

He planned to pass the assessment first and then see what the situation was.

If he could get that third-order perfect demon ape, it would save him a lot of trouble.

He had all the spiritual medicines needed to cultivate to the great perfection of the golden elixir, but he lacked things for body training.

The precious blood of the thunder-attributed monster also contains the true meaning of heavenly thunder. Perhaps it can reduce the violent aura in the monster blood and be beneficial to his body training.

Before coming to Canglan Mountain, his puppetry was still at the lower third level, but after coming here and opening Fatty Ding's Puppet Shop, he upgraded his puppetry to the middle third level.

In addition, since the cultivation period in the Jindan realm is long, Shen Lian has enough time to meditate and practice. In fact, he has already collected the 100,000 comprehension points required to be promoted to a third-rank top-grade puppeteer.

His hands tumbled on the stone platform, and the spider silk danced like a butterfly flying through flowers, stitching the wolf demon's bones together piece by piece.

The little fox demon was lying on the side watching. It could see that Shen Lian's method was a puppet repair method commonly used in the world of immortal cultivation. If there was any difference, it was that Shen Lian's proficiency and control were great.

But there's really nothing outstanding about it.

Over the years, it has seen many puppeteers, some of whom came from far away and displayed various schools and techniques, many of which were more enchanting than Shen Lian's.

Unfortunately, most of them are silver-plated gun tips, which look good but are not useful.

Soon, Shen Lian sewed up the broken demon wolf and passed the test.

Then, he came to the stone platform in the middle. There was a leg bone of a monster, emitting a strong earthy aura.

This platform is a means to test the combined puppets. The leg bone is just one part of it. What Shen Lian has to do is to carve the puppet runes on it so that it can be perfectly integrated into the body.

But the original body did not tell him what it was. Don't think that a leg should be installed on the buttocks. The combined puppets are all stitched together, and maybe the leg will be installed on the head.

In the end, Shen Lian chose the universal combination puppet rune. As long as the rune was fully imprinted, it would be no problem to install it on the buttocks, let alone under the crotch.

…

"Passed the test."

"Congratulations, fellow Taoist."

The little fox demon flew over and bowed to Shen Lian. The two mountains in front of them also expressed their respect.

"Fellow Daoist, please follow me."

A light gate lit up in the cave, and the little fox demon went into the light gate and disappeared. After Shen Lian walked out of the light gate, he found himself in a spacious cave.

Inside the cave, there is a white jade seat, clear springs are flowing, and spiritual energy is wandering under your feet like mist.

There are already three figures sitting in the cave.

One of them was the puppet master that Shen Lian saw outside, the old man who wanted to obtain the corpse of the golden ape.

"Another fellow Taoist has passed the assessment."

Seeing Shen Lian coming out, the three cultivators present looked sideways.

"I don't recognize you, fellow Daoist. I am Gu He from the Tianyuan Sect."

"San Xiu, Ding Xiu."

Shen Lian glanced at the figure who greeted him first, and also saluted with a fist.

Tianyuan Sect, one of the seven major sects, actually has cultivators who come all the way to Canglan Mountain.

Then he bowed to the remaining two monks.

Soon, the names of the remaining two monks were known.

The old man who wanted the Tongbei Ape was the chief cultivator of another Jindan sect in a small area nearby, the Puppet Machine Sect. He was also known as the Puppet Machine Master and was a top-level third-rank puppeteer in his early years.

The remaining one was a female cultivator. She looked very ordinary, which made Shen Lian take a second look at her.

It's not that he is abnormal, but the appearance of female cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation is very rare. As long as one has achieved success in cultivation, it is very easy to deliberately change one's appearance without any rebound.

The female cultivator is also a third-rank upper-grade puppet master, and her name is Hongye.

Including Shen Lian himself, who has not yet advanced to the third-grade upper grade, but whose skills are no less than those of the third-grade upper grade, there are now four third-grade upper grade puppeteers.

"Time is running out, I'm afraid no one will pass the test."

Master Kuiji sighed. He was a frequent visitor here.

But according to the rules of the Demon King, no matter how many times one comes, one needs to be assessed every time to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation.

During the communication with the three people, Shen Lian learned about the matter.

It is impossible that there are only a few puppeteers here, but the middle and lower grade third-level puppeteers will not appear here.

"Could you please explain to me what kind of puppet Lord Demon King wants to create?"

At this time, Gu He opened his mouth to ask. Like Shen Lian, he came here for the first time, and they were here for the corpse of a third-level perfect puppet.

Master Kuiji stroked his beard and said, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that I don't know enough. It should be an extremely large spiritual ship.

I have come here several times, and each time I only carved some of the outer combined puppet parts. I wanted to carve the inner parts of the puppet, but I didn't have enough strength.

This is my only chance left. I will try my best to obtain a treasure for the sect even if it means risking my life."

Hearing Master Kuiji's somewhat sighing words, the three people in the cave were stunned.

"You will definitely get what you wish for, fellow Taoist."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting quiet, Shen Lian spoke to warm up the atmosphere. After all, nice words didn't cost any spirit stones.

He also admired Master Kuiji's ideas. The sect's chief cultivator was willing to risk his life for the sake of the sect's inheritance.

According to the narration of Master Puppet Machine, the place where this person entered was a circular passage, which was made up of pieces of puppet boards all around. What had to be done was to imprint a sufficient number of runes on the puppet boards so that the puppet boards would fit together tightly.

"The place I have chosen has many Panlong Pillars. My mission is to brand the Panlong Pillars with puppet runes."

"According to the rules set by the Demon King, if you can complete the branding of puppet runes on 100 pillars, you will receive the final reward. Unfortunately, I only managed to brand 69 before I was exhausted."

As they are all top-grade third-level puppeteers, Shen Lian is the lowest in terms of realm, only in the late third level, while the other three are all at the great perfection of the third level.

Both Kuiji and Hongye have exhausted their abilities in branding the puppet's soul, so you can imagine that this job is not an easy one.

However, the Demon King Canglan understood human nature, and the rewards he gave to the monks were really rare.

Moreover, if the task is not completed and the reward is not obtained, Canglan Mountain will also give some other spiritual objects as labor fees.

You don’t lose money, but you don’t earn much either.

So fucking thoughtful.

It's a blatant conspiracy, only one party is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten.

In this way, the four people waited for another day, but no more monks came to their house.

This means that there are only four of them who are top-grade third-level puppeteers this time.

"All the best, fellow Taoists."

The little fox demon appeared on the scene again, but this time it turned into a snow-white little fox. It came on clouds and mist, opened its mouth and spit out a rolling mist.

The fog rose and became larger and larger, and finally turned into a curtain of light.

"Fellow Daoist, you can choose your respective tasks now."

"The Panlong Pillar is branded with a third-grade superior puppet rune. Completing one hundred pillars will earn you the highest level of reward."

…

"Create independent third-level high-quality puppet accessories. Complete 100 of them and you will receive the highest reward."

"Leave a mark on the shadow wall..."

…

There are more than a dozen tasks on the light curtain, but each task has only two results: either you succeed and get the highest reward, or you fail to complete it.

I have received the minimum living allowance, and you are welcome to come back next time when you have had a good rest.

Judging from the experience over the years, almost 99.999% of the monks have received the script of coming back next time or the next time.

But Shen Lian still sympathized with his fellow Taoists. After all, he was the same. The reward given by the Great Demon King Canglan was too attractive.

It made him feel uneasy.

Shen Lian chose to create independent auxiliary puppet parts.

Fellow Daoist Hongye still chose the Panlong Pillar. It was obvious that he felt that it didn’t work out the last time, and this time he had some experience and wanted to try it again.

Similarly, the puppet master still chooses the puppet board.

Fellow Daoist Guhe chose the photo wall.

As for mutual cooperation, the Great Demon King said no, cultivators have to rely on themselves.

"Then fellow Taoists, please follow me."

The little fox split into four and led the four people into four light gates respectively.

…

The years of cultivating immortality are like a horse passing through a crack.

In a space filled with a desolate atmosphere, puppet parts of various shapes and sizes were lying in the weeds.

These puppet parts range in size from as big as a mountain to as small as a needle, and come in all sorts of strange shapes.

Outside a puppet component that was about ten feet in size, Shen Lian sat cross-legged and adjusted his breathing.

The work in front of him had not started yet. If he had not been afraid of being monitored, he would have already replaced his secondary soul to do the work.

After regulating his breathing, he gently patted the puppet parts in front of him and took out a jade slip to sense it.

When working for the Demon King, he didn't need to use his power at will. The Demon King directly gave him a rune array engraved with runes. He only needed to carve the puppet parts bit by bit according to the appearance of the rune array.

The divine consciousness sank into the jade slip, and the combination of the restrictions in the jade slip just formed a five-element circulation state.

Shen Lian was very familiar with this kind of restriction.

It is nothing to construct the five elements cycle with one or two parts, but the Demon King gave him so many jade slips, all of which were runes of the five elements cycle.

In other words, this oversized "puppet" to be built, let's call it a spirit ship, is also closely related to the five elements.

(End of this chapter)