He held the jade slip in his mouth and was busy with his hands.

This is Shen Lian’s current state.

Even though there was a time limit, he didn't dare to work too fast.

There is a time limit for the runes that can be used to brand puppet parts.

Complete one hundred puppet parts within one year.

This is also the reason why so many monks cannot complete it.

It is too difficult to replenish the consumed spiritual power. It is okay at the beginning, but it will become weaker and weaker as time goes by.

Moreover, the soul is consumed multiple times without adequate recovery, and it is easy to fall into dizziness during the process of performing the exercise.

How can I describe it? It's like... like when you suddenly... shake, you fall into that kind of ethereal state.

When Shen Lian arrived at the valley on the black spirit ship, he felt the presence of a divine consciousness that was no weaker than his own, sweeping across all the cultivators in the valley.

The only one who can match him in terms of the strength and quality of his spiritual thoughts is the fourth-level demon king.

Moreover, he only faintly sensed the falling divine consciousness and was not sure how strong the divine consciousness was.

It is said that he is not weaker than him, but Shen Lian rubbed some gold powder on himself, so his spiritual power is probably much stronger.

It’s just that the divine consciousness was investigating a large area and was not fixed on a particular cultivator.

Although he hadn't sensed any divine spying since coming here, not sensing it didn't mean it didn't exist.

Shen Lian was very jealous of the corpse of the Tianyuan Thunder Ape, which had reached the third level of perfection.

The great demon king Canglan knows how to command people. All one hundred puppet parts are branded with runes of the five elements cycle within a year. This is almost an impossible task for a Jindan cultivator.

Of course, 'almost' is not absolute.

For Shen Lian, it is difficult but not hopeless.

Moreover, for the task of branding runes on puppets, he didn't even need to upgrade his puppeteer to the third-class upper grade. He could do it with the puppetry skills he had inherited and mastered.

The main difficulty in doing this job is the problem of mental strength. The stronger the mental strength, the faster the work will be.

With the inherited puppetry skills and the techniques of a large number of puppeteers integrated into his mind, he easily found the most energy-saving branding method.

Shen Lian inserted the five elements circulation runes into the puppet parts and secured them one by one according to the instructions on the jade slip.

After much thought, Shen Lian felt that he could speed up the process and complete the task.

Firstly, Canglan Mountain has been famous for a long time. Although there are not many cultivators who have obtained spiritual objects of the third-order great perfection level, every few decades there will always be a cultivator who takes the things away.

These people come from different forces from all directions.

It is precisely because of the fairness of Canglan Mountain that it can continuously attract cultivators from all directions to come and work.

Besides, Shen is not a jinx. It would be troublesome if he came.

There are many cultivators with stronger spiritual power, and they are fast at branding puppet runes, which shows that they have superb skills.

Therefore, after completing the puppet parts one by one, Shen Lian's subsequent branding actions gradually became faster.

…

at the same time.

In the sky above the valley, a dragon emitting indigo light was lying coiled. The dragon had a twisted body, and its sharp claws under its belly were digging into the void, while its huge head overlooked the area below.

Above the dragon's head, a three-foot-tall demon baby with the same appearance stood upright, also looking down at the area below.

In the eyes of the Demon Dragon King, this huge valley is actually an irregular super battleship, or a huge flying city.

In different places in the valley, monks were busy.

Some Jindan monks who had no skills were assigned to a small cave, sitting cross-legged in a hazy formation. An endless supply of spiritual power was extracted from the depths of the earth by the formation and refined into the monks' bodies.

At this moment, the monks turned into a conversion medium, transforming the spiritual power in their bodies and then injecting it into the runes in front of them bit by bit.

The weapon refiner was in a fiery red cave deep inside, making different parts according to the rules.

The spiritual plant master cultivates spiritual plants in a lush green cave.

The sorcerer used strange means to continuously inject his energy into the black soul-sealing towers.

…

Inside the valley, an extremely huge pillar of lightning penetrated deep into the earth.

The entire lightning column was located below an enormous mechanical turntable, which was made up of countless gears, and the total number of gears exceeded a thousand miles.

Under the countless gears, a group of sturdy half-demon monks, with their hands clinging to the long handles extending out of the gears, pushed them in circles like a donkey pulling a mill.

As the huge gears turned, a clicking sound was heard.

“Bang!”

In the space, an ape-like demon swung a whip and roared, "Thunder is coming!"

The half-demons who heard the shouting lowered their heads and pressed themselves tightly under the gear while pushing the long handle outside the gear.

Boom! Then countless flashes of lightning were heard from the lightning pillar buried deep in the earth. The purple and silver light were as thick as a dragon, piercing out from the depths of the earth and striking into the earth in all directions.

Snap!

Snap!

Snap!

The violent thunder swept out from the depths of the earth. By the time it reached the ground, it was blocked by layers of restrictions and there was not much noise left.

However, the restrictions that filled the valley still flashed with dazzling light, and some places crackled and revealed the vast mountain scene outside.

More destruction came from deeper in the valley.

The seemingly ordinary earth and stone land exploded under the impact of lightning. Colorful lights burst into the air like fireworks, and the broken parts of the magic weapon flew out.

There are so many places of destruction like this. There are hundreds of them, as bright as lightning and sparks.

"puff."

In mid-air, the demon baby standing on the dragon's head opened its mouth and puffed out, as if to spit out the foul air it had just inhaled.

"My Lord, hehe, it's cracked again."

"continue."

The little demon baby licked the corner of his mouth, and then his mind changed, and he uttered a majestic voice. At this moment, even his aura became extremely majestic and vast like a god.

But in the blink of an eye, the majestic aura dissipated, and turned into a playful look, and he said perfunctorily: "I know, I know."

"Remember, the 19,763rd attempt to carry the thunderbolt failed."

"Continue preparing for the 19,764th time."

The next moment, the vast dragon might emerged again, and the demon baby revealed an aura of looking down on all directions.

"Work hard, and when I ascend to heaven, you can also become an immortal."

"Hehe." The dragon's might was gone, and the demon baby became nonchalant again.

"Thank you for the reward, I will work hard and strive to make this deity ascend to heaven."

The corners of the demon baby's mouth twitched, and some fox demon monks in various places in the valley were suddenly alerted and immediately became busy, starting to take out the already made parts one by one and heading towards the place that had collapsed before.

The fox demon moved quickly and was very skilled at the repair process. It wasn't long before the cracks in the valley were repaired and restored to their original appearance.

However, during the repair process, a black metallic luster flashed inadvertently in some places in the valley.

"Why is it a bit numb?"

Shen Lian paused for a moment in his busy work. He just felt a weak arc of electricity, but the arc came and went quickly. When he wanted to investigate, the arc had disappeared.

In the area where he was, there were only weeds and puppet parts, and he could not sense anything.

"The ninety-fourth one."

Putting down the needle-sized component in front of him, Shen Lian let out a long breath.

Even the demon king can be shameless sometimes.

The puppet parts we made at the beginning were as big as mountains, so it was very convenient to imprint the puppet runes on them. However, as time went on, the parts became smaller and smaller, and it took more effort.

"Don't be anxious, take a rest first."

A soft voice rang in my ears, and the little fox demon appeared again.

This time, the little fox demon wore a black and white landscape pattern skirt and came over with a tray in her hand. There were wine and food on the tray, and steam was coming out of the stew pot.

"I just made a three-feather stewed chicken. It smells delicious. I stole it from the old monkey mountain next door."

The sudden appearance of the little fox demon scared Shen Lian.

What was going on? This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. What had fellow Taoists done in the past?

Please help, I can't wait.

At this moment, Shen Lian’s first reaction was that an obstacle had arrived.

Seeing that he was about to complete the branding of one hundred puppet parts, he came to cause trouble.

He saw through this little trick at a glance.

Seeing Shen Lian sitting cross-legged and regulating his breathing, the little fox demon frowned and muttered, "You don't know how to be a good fox."

"It's a waste of my time to steal the three-feathered chicken raised by the monkey for you to eat."

The little fox demon put down the tray, got some firewood, warmed up the stew pot and the wine, then lay down and dozed off.

After Shen Lian finished regulating his breathing, he was a little confused when he saw the little fox demon like this.

The black and white landscape pattern skirt was undulating, the mountains were mountains, the water was water, and the beautiful scenery was on the dangerous peaks and in the cliff valleys. (Seeking pictures) After admiring the landscape for a while, Shen Lian picked up the 95th puppet part, which was a pin-shaped part that connected the puppet parts, and the five elements spiritual patterns needed to be branded on it.

After the little fox demon woke up, she tilted her head and watched Shen Lian busying around.

Every time Shen Lian completes a task, he feels very happy.

"Come on, buddy, there's only one left."

"Hey, it's been a long time since anyone has been able to complete a hundred pieces."

Shen Lian was absorbed in making the puppet's parts, but he always managed to send a ray of his spiritual power to sense the little fox demon. He really couldn't figure out what the fox demon was saying.

At first I thought it was here to slow him down, but now it seems that's not the case at all.

"This is the last one, fellow Daoist."

"Hahaha...my fox-raised son made a fortune this time!"

Seeing Shen Lian picking up the last puppet part, the little fox demon directly transformed into its original form, jumping up and down on the spot, and wanted to make a humming sound, but then realized that it might affect Shen Lian, so he quickly stopped his voice.

In this way, Shen Lian stuck to the one-year deadline and finally completed the branding of the last puppet component.

"Your divine consciousness is very strong, you must be approaching the limit of a Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator."

"The last cultivator with such a strong divine consciousness was an alchemist. The Dragon Marrow Phoenix Yang Pill in the reward was made by that person. He took three spiritual objects from the mountain."

"I didn't expect that I would meet someone as powerful as you, fellow Taoist. No, no, no, you are more powerful than that alchemist."

"Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. Although my divine consciousness has some strengths, it is about the same as that of an ordinary golden elixir master. The main thing is that I have a deep understanding of the puppet runes. Have I found a shortcut to the branding runes?"

"ah!"

The little fox demon walked up to Shen Lian on four legs, looked up at Shen Lian, with even more surprise in his eyes.

"That fellow Taoist has a very high level of comprehension. It is much more powerful than divine consciousness."

As he spoke, the little fox demon jumped up and down again, "Daoyou, come with me to see the elders. I, Canglan Mountain, like friends like you."

"My fox son can also receive a reward because of the Taoist friend's arrival."

"Thank you, fellow Taoist."

As she spoke, the little fox demon transformed back into human form, except that the landscape dress on her body was gone, and it turned pure white again.

It did not have the shame of a human female cultivator, or in other words, it did not have the concept of politeness that humans should have.

In the demon clan's cognition, these things simply do not exist. Even if they are transformed into humans, their cognition still follows that of the demon clan.

Of course, this little fox demon is indeed very honest.

Shen Lian was talking about temperament.

He just told everyone directly what reward he was going to get.

If it were him, or any other human being, they would definitely not speak frankly at this time, and the more sinister ones might even play tricks.

The little fox demon imitated the etiquette of the human race and bowed to Shen Lian.

"Come on, let's go. I'll take you to see the elder."

At this moment, Shen Lian's mind moved, and he asked, "I wonder how Fellow Daoist Guiji is doing?"

"Him."

The little fox demon scratched a tuft of hair on his head, "He was unlucky. He vomited blood and was seriously injured. Not every cultivator can survive like you."

What the little fox demon said was indeed correct. The process of branding the puppet parts consumed too much spiritual energy. For a normal golden elixir, it would be fine if it could just be restored. But this time, the puppet master came here to give it a try.

Unexpectedly, it still failed.

"The time for the other two Taoist friends has not yet come."

Through the fox demon's narration, Shen Lian finally understood that the time limits for different tasks were different.

That's true. It takes a long time to cultivate some spiritual plants, and the same goes for refining high-level elixirs. His method is, on the contrary, quick.

The little fox demon transformed into a human form, then into a snow-white fox, and it jumped and skipped across the wilderness, leading Shen Lian forward.

At this time, Shen Lian also discovered that a shadowy figure appeared behind him where he had finished his work and dragged away the puppet parts he had completed.

Walking all the way to the end of the wasteland, in the misty place, there was a cracked door.

After Shen Lian stepped into the gate.

In an instant, extremely strong demonic energy rushed over, and each ray of demonic energy was like a sharp arrow, surrounded by electric arcs, filling the entire space.

In the midst of the evil spirit and electric arcs, a demon ape with a body as big as a mountain was sitting cross-legged.

The demon ape had a hideous and ferocious face. A huge lightning mark on its forehead directly tore a bloody mark on the top of its head. Its entire body was trapped by ropes formed by black restrictions.

"Fellow Daoist, this is your reward for completing the mission."

A gentle voice sounded, and an extremely old fox demon with an old face and a cane walked out, holding the little fox demon in his arms.

The old fox woman put the corpse of the thunder ape demon into a storage ring and pushed it towards Shen Lian, and also told him the method to lift the seal on the demon corpse.

Then it said with a smile: "Daoyou has superb skills. Are you interested in taking another mission? You can choose any of the Dragon Marrow Phoenix Yang Pill, Extreme Yin Ghost Stone, or Quasi-Fourth-Level Magical Weapon."

(End of this chapter)