Most Flesh Puppets in Central Province were made from the flesh and blood of spirit beasts, but such puppets had become exceedingly rare.
The reason was simple. More than three thousand years ago, a Heretical Cultivator had refined zombies and passed them off as Flesh Puppets...
There was no need to go into the old story. The key question was, when had Dwarf Three True Immortal replaced his real body with a puppet? The two True Immortals looked at each other, both feeling somewhat frustrated. "That bastard..."
Three hundred kilometers away, True Immortal Qi Ya sighed softly. "The technique of Substituting a Plum for a Peach... This art has been lost in Dongsheng for over ten thousand years."
Substituting a Plum for a Peach had originally originated in Dongsheng. Its creator later became a Robber Cultivator, which gave the technique a rather poor reputation.
Robber Cultivators mostly cared only for themselves and never for others. Very few had inherited its true teachings, and it had eventually been lost.
"I see." Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, then frowned again. "But Flesh Puppets... must be very expensive, right?"
After another four or five seconds of silence, he nodded faintly. "I understand. So that's how it was!"
Just then, three Flying Shuttles appeared in the distance, hurtling at extreme speed toward the two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
Everyone could see the distinct markings on the Flying Shuttles: three blooming Xiangnan Flowers. "Xiangyuan City Warships!"
The Warships were not only incredibly fast, but they also emitted powerful, strange Rhythm Fields. "Is this... combat patrol mode?"
These Rhythm Fields were somewhat similar to spiritual sense fluctuations. They could easily detect hidden people, beasts, vegetation, terrain, and even formations.
Activating Rhythm Field detection on such a large scale was standard pre-battle preparation. They could strike at any