Chapter 211 The Puppet World (2)
Is failure scary? Failure is scary!
In particular, after repeatedly witnessing other cultivators younger than himself pass the tests while he himself repeatedly failed.
After bowing to Qingpingzi and briefly explaining what had happened, the old man vanished.
After Elder Shen left, Qingpingzi swept his claw across the chessboard in front of him, collecting the chess piece and the board together.
He invited Gu Qingqing to a cloud-shaped table to the side, and took out a lot of fine wine and rare fruits for her and Shan Wushu to enjoy.
Then, the cliff was divided in two, with Gu Qingqing's table on one side and Qingpingzi and Ji Rong on the other side.
Qingpingzi took out a rare and precious fruit from the storage ring on the unicorn and placed it on the cloud table in front of Ji Rong. He then beckoned to Ji Rong and said, "Sit down, junior sister. Put away your greatsword and I will explain everything to you in detail."
Ji Rong, however, opened her eyes wide enough to be tiny soybeans and said, "I don't know how to sheathe this knife!"
"He really is a rogue cultivator, actually dragging out his sword like that." Qingpingzi sighed inwardly.
"Junior sister, come closer, I'll teach you the incantation."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately put her head in front of Qing Pingzi's mouth and listened as Qing Pingzi dictated the universal incantation "Ruyi Fa" to her.
Upon hearing the incantation, Ji Rong immediately put it into practice, quickly transforming the three gleaming blades into their true forms.
Upon seeing the true form of the knife, Ji Rong realized that it was actually a folding knife with a blade five feet long, containing three blades that could be drawn freely.
The hilt, which was over a foot long, was also retractable. Ji Rong twisted the hilt, and it immediately shrank to half a foot in size.
Then, Ji Rong activated the Ruyi Technique, and the knife folded up on its own, shrinking to the size of an ordinary knife.
"What a fine sword!" Ji Rong exclaimed joyfully. "Senior brother, give me a rope; I want to keep this sword safe."
Qingpingzi then found a thin, fine iron chain for Ji Rong from his storage ring.
The Ruyi Jue can transform an object into the size of one's wish, but the weight of the object will not change.
Ji Rong didn't mind the weight of the knife. She took the thin iron chain, threaded it through the hole in the hilt, and strung it up. Then she hung the knife on her thigh.
Hanging the knife up, Ji Cairong sat down next to Qingpingzi and said, "Senior brother, tell me, what's wrong with Elder Shen? Why did he treat me like this?"
Qingpingzi didn't try to be mysterious. He said, "Our master is a great cultivator of the divine race who has transcended time and space."
Born in the ancient era, and having miraculously escaped several great battles, she grew weary of the fighting and seized Jade Void Mountain, making it her territory.
Her master had a long lifespan. After taking over Jade Void Mountain, she began to try her hand at alchemy and medicine making. She did everything she could by hand.
At that time, the master suddenly had a brilliant idea. He felt that a cultivator's talent limit should not be determined by bloodline, so he decided to cultivate a group of cultivators himself.
Ginseng was originally an ordinary ginseng. After being captured by his master, he was given all kinds of rare and precious materials and was also given sermons. Ginseng quickly attained enlightenment and his spiritual realm rose rapidly. However, he failed to resist the temptation of the Dharma and was thus defeated.
After that, the master captured many more cultivators, and those who passed the test stayed to become his disciples.
Those who failed the test stayed on as waiters.
The master believed that he had set a low bar, but in reality, it was very difficult for ordinary cultivators who had not yet shed their animalistic instincts.
Those minor cultivators she randomly grabbed mostly failed the test of the treasure.
Moreover, there would always be a few with bad character, and the master would dismantle them, either to use as materials or to refine elixirs.
"Speaking of which, among us, only you, Junior Sister, haven't eaten the flesh pills Master refined." Qingpingzi said, a look of longing on her face.
"Half of our batch was collected by Master on his third collection, and the other half was collected by Elder Can from various places he went out to collect."
The master loved to take on disciples, and Master Can followed his example.
At first, her master wasn't very lucky in taking on disciples. Apart from some greedy old monks, the others were either lazy or fierce. She got rid of all these overconfident cultivators.
Master felt she had bad luck and had ruined two groups of cultivators in a row, so she set her sights on us. As an attendant, Elder Can was considered Master's private property, so she had no choice but to agree. Thus, Elder Can herself did not become a disciple, but picked up a bunch of her master's disciples.
This was Elder Shen's last chance, but he still failed.
Seeing Qingpingzi sighing as he spoke of Elder Shen, Ji Rong didn't feel much emotion. She asked, "Senior brother, why don't you live in the palace? Is it because of those puppet beasts? Why don't you dismantle them?"
Qingpingzi laughed and said, "Junior sister, you don't know this, but those aren't ordinary puppet beasts. They were made by Master using the Dao Pills of cultivators who had disrespected her in the past."
These puppet beasts have no mind, and their appearances have been completely altered by their master. Nowadays, no one in our Jade Void Palace can make such good puppets anymore.
Junior sister, you have successfully passed the test. If Master were still alive, she would definitely accept you as her disciple. You should be Lingxiaozi's disciple of Jade Void Palace.
"Junior sister, would you be willing to come with me to the palace again?"
Ji Rong has no objection.
Qingpingzi then transformed into a celestial being, drew a whisk from the clouds of Yunya, and flew directly to the fifth floor of the Octagonal Palace with Ji Rong.
As they walked down the corridor, they heard constant rustling sounds, but when they pushed open the door, they found the room neatly filled with all sorts of weapons.
They had just closed the door when the rustling sound started again.
They walked down the corridor to the second floor, where Qingpingzi led Ji Rong to look inside through a skylight.
The dim light allowed Ji Rong to see the lively scene inside. Before her was a dark curtain, which seemed to be torn apart like a membrane, with fine cracks clinging to it.
Through those gaps, Ji Rong could see that the puppet beasts inside were all working and very busy.
Qingpingzi said, "This is the puppet beast realm that Master made. You weren't tempted, but instead broke it, so they are repairing it now."
This should be the last time we see this.
Why?
Qingpingzi said matter-of-factly, "Because there aren't many materials left to make puppets, you see."
Following Qingpingzi's pointing finger, Ji Rong saw the group of refined iron puppets pull out a box. They opened the box, drew out fine threads, and handed them to the puppet phoenixes. The puppet phoenixes then began to repair the cracks.
Not long afterward, they could no longer see what was inside.
Qingpingzi, carrying Ji Rong, leaped down from the second floor. The last rays of the setting sun shone on the palace eaves, bathing the seated and reclining eave beasts in a warm golden light.
They pushed open the palace gates again, and the puppet beasts inside greeted them once more, some staring blankly at them.
Qingpingzi led Ji Rong into the main hall. The jade statue of Lingxiaozi, which once stood in the main seat, was now devoid of the dazzling array of magical artifacts.
Qingpingzi placed the whisk back into her loosely clenched jade hand, and the puppet beasts returned to their original positions, just like the mortal beasts.
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