Chapter 139 The Demon Mother's Shop
Suddenly, a gust of wind swept across the ground.
From the eye of the storm, a figure gradually emerged. Its triangular beast ears, devoid of any frost white, had turned a deep black, just like the current sky, with a faint glimmer of silver. The nine-segmented tail behind it had also changed from brown and white to black and white, with its fur standing on end.
Because it was filled with the Three Corpses, the Yin energy surged. Even with the enhancement of the magical artifact, the True Monk's body could not withstand it. At this moment, the scattered pieces of cloth revealed his perfect muscles, which contrasted sharply with the black of his beast ears and bushy tail, making his whole body glow with holy white light.
Shinjuku's gaze settled on the faceless man, and with a snap of his fingers, three figures suddenly appeared beside him—
The nine-foot-tall demon mother sat atop a towering flowering branch, her long legs crossed. She held a sleeping flower chain hammer in her hand, her eyes sweeping over the man-eating demons around her before glancing sideways at the faceless man in the distance, her eyes flashing with intense hatred.
A ball of blue-green fire blazed fiercely, bouncing into the air before falling back down, emitting a baby's cry that could tear eardrums apart.
Half of his body was hidden in the black mist, while the other half revealed a majestic figure covered in dark patterns. An extremely powerful aura of a demon king spread out, causing all the man-eating demons to kneel down, none of them able to raise their heads to see his true face. The man, however, did not even glance at it. His gaze passed over the "Zhenmo" that was exactly like himself, surveyed the entire scene, and finally returned to Zhensu beside him.
Perhaps dazzled by Shinju's gleaming white upper body, the King of Poison frowned, and used black mist to create a cloak, which he then personally covered Shinju with.
Shinju met the gaze that the King of Poison glanced at him, pressed his lips together, and said nothing, only looking back at the faceless man. He snapped his fingers again, and "Zhenmo" and "Loulan", who had been in an attack stance, suddenly turned their backs to Shinju and faced the faceless man.
In this way, the situation was completely reversed, from being outnumbered and isolated to being used by the enemy and outnumbered by six!
The faceless man finally lost his temper and roared in despair, "How is this possible?! What kind of monster are you? How can you see through my magic?!"
"The art of passing off fish eyes as pearls, no wonder it's classified as one of the ten forbidden arts." Shinju laughed, "Unfortunately, a fish eye is still a fish eye."
The face beneath the faceless man's skin nearly crushed a mouthful of silver teeth.
Midway through, Zhen Su truly believed that the two people fighting against him were the Poison King and Lou Lan themselves, because their combat mindset was something that puppets could not replicate perfectly. Therefore, he naturally assumed that his side had likely been switched when they were hit by the insect puppet female cultivator's explosion.
However, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
If they could switch places, why would the Faceless Man bother coming to their door? Their goal is clear: to deliver the final blow to Lou Lan.
I almost got scammed.
Therefore, Shinju thought of the two books on formations that the King of Poison had bought, and recalled a spell recorded in them that was not 90% similar to the current situation, but was 60% similar.
That is the Fish Eye Deception Technique, one of the Ten Forbidden Techniques.
—To deceive the real, a mother Gu is inserted into the body of the real person, and then a child Gu is placed into the puppet. In this way, the real person's consciousness will be projected onto the fake, but the real person will not realize that they are not controlling their own true body. This allows the fake to gain experience, cultivation, supernatural powers, and even special physiques comparable to the real person.
It's so similar, it's uncanny.
Unfortunately, because it is a forbidden technique, the book only provides a brief description of it, and there is basically no way to break it.
However, it just so happens that the true master of the art of cultivation is a heretic.
During the Yin stage, each time the Three Corpses are absorbed, the spirit or consciousness of the Yin soul must be reconnected. However, when Shinju retrieved the Poison King, who had faced the explosion, into the Three Corpses, he did not awaken his consciousness.
So Shinju decided to take a gamble and decide whether the priority of the mother-child Gu or the bond was higher.
The result was obvious: he won his bet.
Lou Lan regained his senses. His three corpses were intact, his cultivation level soared, and even the Poison King reconstructed its connection, completely overpowering the power of the Mother-Child Gu.
The faceless man was furious and tried to regain control of the two insect puppets he had created using the Mother-Child Gu. However, no matter what he did, he could not stop "Zhenmo" and "Loulan" from gradually approaching him.
The real Lou Lan, with her skirt hem lifted, bowed to Zhen Su, a gentle smile on her beautiful face, and said, "Thank you, benefactor."
Having said that, he picked up the ghost baby and flew swiftly toward the faceless man.
Shinju wanted to reply, but the other person walked too fast, and the gaze of the neighboring King of Poison was somewhat oppressive. Shinju swallowed his words and only coughed, saying, "Your Majesty, welcome back."
The King of Poison watched him quietly. Just as Masahiro was feeling increasingly uncertain, the King of Poison suddenly wrapped his arms around his waist, flapped his wings and took flight. In the blink of an eye, they landed behind the Faceless Man.
The King of Poison grabbed the faceless man's face from behind, his voice like poison: "You dare to pretend to be Qing'er?" The thought that he was seeing a hallucination of Shinju through the man's blank face sent an uncontrollable chill down the King of Poison's spine. He increased the pressure on his hand, and with just a half more force, he would have crushed the man's face into mud.
The two he had lured into becoming his best fighting force had now become four! The Faceless Man's limbs went weak, and he nearly collapsed to the ground. As a member of the Puppet School, he considered his masterpiece of puppetry to be flawless, yet it had been turned against him—a truly humiliating disgrace!
The moment the will to fight is lost, everything is settled.
As Zhen Su dragged the ghost infant along, using it to burn the two giant puppets and their coffins to ashes, he asked Zhen Wang, "Why haven't Ox-Head and Horse-Face arrived yet? It's almost dawn." Neither he nor Zhen Wang possessed the Soul-Hooking Lock, so they were somewhat at a loss as to how to take down the group of man-eating demons and faceless people who had been killed by Lou Lan.
Lou Lan originally intended to wipe out their souls as well, but Zhen Su dissuaded him, saying that less than ten of them remained. This frozen village massacre needed to leave people to testify, and the case of the missing souls would also be recorded truthfully.
However, it is guaranteed that the leaders and the puppet sect members, including the faceless man, will be imprisoned in the Black Prison and never reincarnated.
Upon hearing the words "Black Prison," King Zhen raised an eyebrow and his expression stiffened for a moment, but he quickly recovered and Zhen Su did not notice.
"I have summoned the Black and White Impermanence, and they are on their way," the Poison King replied.
Upon hearing this, the man-eating demons trembled and began cursing the faceless man.
"You lowly slave! How dare you turn us into insects!!"
"How could I have turned into an insect?! How could this be?! I've lost all my appetite, I thought I was sick, but it turns out it was all a scam from beginning to end!!"
Only in death did they realize they had long since become insect puppets. The magic arrays in those empty coffins weren't techniques for reshaping the body at all, but simply techniques for binding the soul into the puppet. Being completely manipulated by the Puppet Sect was unacceptable to these self-proclaimed superior man-eating demons. Compared to their mortal enemies like Lou Lan, they now preferred to fight the Faceless Man.
And that's exactly what they did.
Despite the oppressive aura of the Poison King, they still grabbed the Faceless Man by the hair and beat him up in a chaotic mess.
A dignified Nascent Soul elder of the Puppet Sect has fallen to this state, being purged by the clan responsible for supplying the Spirit Spring, which is under the sect's protection.
The faceless man, driven to the brink of madness, abandoned all manners and composure, and sneered, "If it weren't for the Puppet Sect protecting you, do you think you could revive the cannibalistic demon race? Do you think a spiritual spring of this caliber is fit for trash like you to control? Without me, you are nothing!"
"Keep bragging! You're no better than us now! What's with all the high and mighty attitude? He's just a gravedigger. Why waste your breath on him? Beat him up, beat him badly!!"
"Got it, got it, you're the best, you didn't lose to them! Okay, hahaha, stop laughing your head off! Hahahaha!"
Maniacal laughter and curses mingled together. Ghost Silver, with the ghost baby on his head, watched the show with great interest. Shinju asked the King of Purification to keep an eye on him, while he walked over to Lou Lan, indicating that he wanted to chat for a bit.
Lou Lan was lost in thought, feeling quite confused about the future. Being forcibly bound to a Yin soldier like Zhen Su meant her future would be under his control. If it were just her alone, she wouldn't care, but Kua'er had woken up and also formed a bond with Zhen Su. Mother and son were now bound to a stranger, perhaps for life. This left her with a lingering sense of unease.
Unexpectedly, Zhen Su gave her a choice, saying, "I am deeply sorry for forcibly forming the Three Corpse Pact with Daoist Lou and Kua'er during the critical moment just now. Daoist can decide for herself. If you want to break the pact, just tell me. There is no price to pay."
For cultivators, this kind of contract is a way to greatly enhance their strength. Even the "Five Ultimate Scriptures" did not consider the possibility of someone voluntarily breaking the contract with a powerful Yin spirit, so it did not set any threshold for it. As for Yin spirits whose strength is below that of their hosts, breaking the contract is even less difficult.
As long as both parties agree, the immortal blood can be expelled from the body.
Lou Lan was filled with disbelief.
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Author's Note: [Edited] I changed the fate of the man-eating demon; less than ten remain.
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