Chapter 454 Puppet Making (2)
Ji Rong then said, "Senior Sister, Buzhou is still lacking many hardworking and water-powerful aquatic creatures."
So Ye and the others raised 136 blood-eating cultivators here, many of whom still retain their consciousness. Therefore, Junior Sister would like to trouble Senior Sister to check whether there are any puppet threads in the blood-eating cultivators here.
If so, please have Senior Sister remove it for her, so that Junior Sister will have fish to use when she returns to Buzhou.”
Kiyoko nodded and said, "Even if you hadn't said anything, I would have done it for this wretched creature." With that, she gathered up the pillow lamp and the silk threads on Ishimaki's body, and said fiercely, "Lead the way!"
Upon hearing this, Zhen Deng immediately spat out the array token from his mouth, but as soon as he took it out, he realized that the array token was useless, and for a moment he could only look at Ji Rong pitifully.
Upon receiving the order, Ji Rong called out to the water, "Xiao Bai, come up. Gather the Long Spear Fish Clan of Yongquan Cave Heaven into the water prison. The rest, withdraw them."
As soon as Ji Rong finished speaking, a huge white dragon shadow appeared and disappeared in the water. Golden walls of water converged in the river, surrounding thousands of spearfish cultivators. Upon seeing this, Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang immediately led the armored soldiers forward and captured the fish cultivators inside into the magic cage.
After all the long-lance fish had been caught, the phantom dragon opened its mouth wide again and inhaled the clouds in the sky. The clouds quickly fell and sank into the water, disappearing from sight. A small white dragon swam out of the water, nodded to Ji Rong in the air, and then landed on Ji Rong's neck, biting its tail and falling asleep.
Ji Rong waved the array token on her claw and said, "The water prison has been released. Senior sister, please get on my back. Let's go to the pond to get the silk."
Kiyoko looked at the timid and cowering pillow lamp and felt displeased. She wanted to make another living puppet, but when she heard Ji Rong say this, she immediately nodded, climbed onto Ji Rong's back, and let Ji Rong carry her to fly over the river.
Upon reaching the water, Qingzhizi waved her eight limbs upwards, and the silk threads deeply embedded in Xiaoxiu's body seemed to come alive as she pulled them upwards, coiling them into a ball in her feet.
As the silk thread was retracted, more and more minor cultivators exploded and died, with fragments of blood and bones floating in the water, resembling a scene of carnage.
Kiyoko frowned and immediately sent out eight silk threads to scoop up fish from eight ponds. What she saw there made her discover something extraordinary.
She suddenly flew back to the ground, picked up a silk thread, and made Suiye slap herself five times, breaking two of her teeth. She said angrily, "Well, so you actually managed to research something. How dare you! You dared to use my silk to forcibly open spiritual platforms in their bodies and even inscribe words inside to pretend to be gods. I will have to bear the bitter consequences for you!"
I've changed my mind. A disciple like you is truly rare in this world. I will keep you by my side forever.
After saying that, Qing Zhizi sighed to Ji Rongsu, "Junior sister, senior sister has to break her promise. Most of the spiritual platforms of these creatures are fabricated illusions with little lifespan and are extremely fragile. They are even worse than those in the Jade Pool in the past. They can only be used as blood food. If we insist on taking their silk, they will die."
Looking at the blood-soaked mess, Ji Rong sighed, "Living like this is no different from being dead. Senior Sister, keep drawing. As long as you're done, draw as many as you can."
Seeing that Ji Rong was resolute, Qing Zhizi continued to untangle the puppet threads in each pool.
Looking at the blood and flesh floating all over the river, Ji Zhuang felt sorry for them. He pointed to Zhen Deng and Shi Ming and said to Gu Qingqing, "Qingqing, you watch over them. I'll go back with the soldiers to catch some fish and have a fish feast."
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Extracting the puppet silk was a simple task for Qing Zhizi, and although there were many pools, the number of animals kept in them was not large, only about nine thousand.
During the inventory process, Ji Rong and Qing Zhizi discovered that twenty-four ponds were still in the incubation stage.
Kiyoko needed to absorb the wisps of silk that were wrapped around the water spirit grass bit by bit; so she had to stop her original plan and clean the twenty-four pools first.
It was twelve days later when she had finished rolling up all the silk threads in the twenty-four pools. After taking out the silk thread rolls, Qingzhizi took the opportunity to break the magic array, letting the fish eggs flow into the river.
Then they began cleaning the other 110 pools.
Every time Qingzhizi cleared a pond, Ji Zhuang would lead the armored soldiers to the pond to put the dead fish into bags and the live fish into cages. Once the cages were full, he would order the armored soldiers to send them back to the Aohui Cave Heaven and then bring in new ones.
It took Qingzhizi twenty-three days of tireless work to finish the 136 transformation pools, and beside her, a pile of silk threads mixed with aquatic plants and mud had accumulated to a height of more than ten feet.
Once the last thread of the puppet was pulled out, the long spearfish in the pool also split open and turned into a bloody mess in the water.
Kiyoko trembled all eight limbs and said angrily to Ji Rong, "You wretched child, you really are a wretched child! You've made me, an old man, suffer and lose face."
Ji Rong comforted her, "Senior sister, with so many disciples, it's inevitable that a few will be unable to bear the loneliness of cultivation. There's nothing we can do about it."
Upon hearing this, Qingzhizi's eyes gleamed with a glint of light. She said, "Junior sister is right. It's a pity I found out too late. When I was young, I took in quite a few good-for-nothings. Now those good-for-nothings have all gone out to establish their own sects. I wonder if they will cause such a scandal again."
Ji Rong wanted to say that this was not what she meant, but looking at Qing Zhizi's appearance, she knew that Qing Zhizi had long since transcended the distinction between good and evil, and that all she had left in her heart and mind was a pure love for her skills. So she stopped talking and said instead, "Senior Sister has worked hard for many days. Let's go to Ao Hui Cave and relax for a while."
Qingzhi nodded and said, "Alright." Then she and Ji Rong followed Gu Qingqing back to the Aohui Cave.
Upon returning to Aohui Cave, Gu Qingqing immediately summoned the servants to prepare a feast for the distinguished guest.
But at this banquet,
The wine was homemade, and the meat was freshly picked.
The dance is a shadow of the past, the song is a sound of bygone days;
Looking at Ji Zhuang, who was dancing and wagging his tail on the stage, and Gu Qingqing, who was playing the zither and singing, Qingzhizi chewed on fish meat full of impurities and little spiritual energy, and said in astonishment, "Junior sister, why does this scene seem so familiar? It's just like it was on your Shoudao Mountain in the past."
Ji Rong calmly said, "Senior sister has a good memory. These are my older brother and sister. They were the ones singing and dancing at the banquet that day."
With a "smack," pieces of fish meat fell from Qingzhizi's mouth. She didn't know what to say for a moment. In a daze, she only felt that her junior sister was too poor, and she even took out a storage ring.
Before she could react and put it back, Ji Rong immediately ran over, took the storage ring, and said, "Senior Sister is too kind. You give so much as a reward for watching a song and dance performance."
After saying that, he threw it onto the stage, but Ji Zhuang caught it back with lightning speed. Then the two of them danced and sang even more enthusiastically.
Seeing this, Kiyoko had no choice but to withdraw her foot and silently drink the broth. She thought to herself that in this simple banquet, only this broth was drinkable, and it had a slight taste of the source.
After she finished drinking a small pot, Ji Rong served her another small pot, which made Qing Zhizi very happy, and she no longer cared about the meager hospitality of Ji Rong and the others.
After Qingzhizi had drunk her fill and slept soundly, she was about to take her leave, but Ji Rong said, "Senior Sister, don't be in such a hurry!"
She enthusiastically led Qingzhizi into the Hundred Pools Cave, knocked on a stone, and pointed to the eel cultivators that had surfaced, saying, "Senior Sister, there are still seven hundred junior cultivators here, also from that pool. You should do a good deed to the end and see if they have any puppet threads on them. If they do, then pull them out as well."
So, after Qingzhizi finished her work with a dark face and said goodbye to Ji Rong, she, who had only gained hard work and given away a storage ring, summoned Suiye to her side as soon as she came out of the Aohui Cave. She personally swung her foot and gave Suiye a good beating until Suiye's eyes were swollen and his mouth was crooked.
Kiyoko lost money, but Ji Rong became rich.
Thanks to Qingzhizi's tireless efforts day and night, in addition to Shiming and the Long Spearfish Clan, Ji Rong gained an extra 438 minor cultivators whose minds were still relatively normal. Although most of them had no hope of advancement in this life, they could be fully devoted to the Snow Bay River and let Nisha lead them to clear the mud.
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