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[Tao Ye] (Soul Body) Original Level: Three-Star Dou Zong Current Soul Strength: Spirit Realm Early Stage (Weak) Introduction:

Tao Ye was originally the Acting Sect Leader the Mystic Refinement Sect. Twelve hundred years ago, he befriended Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord, who was hiding his identity. However, he coveted Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord's newly acquired pills and secretly poisoned him. He also led the Mystic Refinement Sect's high-ranking members in an ambush.

Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord revealed his true strength, overwhelming the powerful members of the Mystic Refinement Sect.

Tao Ye that disaster was imminent, Tao Ye abandoned all dignity and prayed that Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord would leave behind the Mystic Refinement Sect's legacy before his death.

After Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord agreed, Tao Ye secretly arranged a resurrection plan, placing the "substitute" soul into a physical body while the true soul remained hidden within "Ink Iron Marshal," sealing itself with a secret technique, awaiting a destined person to possess it and seek rebirth!

Yang Shan was surprised when he saw Tao Ye's profile. "It's Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord again. This senior is quite something. He's caused quite a stir in the Northwest Continent!"

"Impossible! How is this possible! You're a Seven-Star Dou Wang, how could your soul be so strong?"

It was only through sheer luck that he Tao Ye his soul to the Spirit Realm Early Stage, consuming rare and precious materials to enhance his soul, coupled with his Dou Zong- level strength.

Normally, without any additional means to increase one's soul, relying solely on cultivation to improve one's level, unless one is exceptionally talented, one would need to reach the Dou Zong Peak to have a chance to break into the Spirit Realm.

And the souls of Dou Zun expert, barring any unforeseen circumstances, would steadily reach the Spirit Realm. (Based on the original novel's setting, Spirit Realm soul is required to refine Eighth Grade Pill, and most of those refining Eighth Grade Pill at the Pill Tower's Pill Gathering are Dou Zun. Those few Rank Eighth Grade Alchemist at the Dou Zong level are all geniuses from various families within the Pill Tower.) Tao Ye has now completely gone mad, relentlessly smashing Yang Shan's stomach, but Yang Shan remains unmoved.

"Stop fooling around!"

Yang Shan simply flicked Tao Ye's forehead, and Tao Ye immediately slammed his head to the ground.

Yang Shan didn't stand on ceremony with the old man Tao Ye. He grabbed Tao Ye by the neck with his left hand and pulled him up like a chicken.

Then extend your right hand and clench it into a fist.

A fist the size of a sandbag was swung directly at him.

The punch landed squarely on Tao Ye's stomach.

Tao Ye was completely terrified. His eyes were practically popping out of their sockets, his mouth was wide open, and his tongue was sticking out as if he was trying to spit something out.

One-fifth of my health bar disappeared instantly!

It's not over yet! Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning erupted from Yang Shan's palm, instantly enveloping Tao Ye.

Tao Ye was hit with a series of crackling sounds as his health plummeted uncontrollably!

The fear of death made Tao Ye unable to help but speak:

"Wait! Wait! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Yang Shan smiled with a hint of wickedness, "Sorry, you triggered a keyword!"

"What keywords?"

Yang Shan "increased the power" and reduced Tao Ye's health to only one-tenth before stopping.

[Ding! Congratulations on defeating "Tao Ye" (Soul Body)!]

Yang Shan returned to the fifth level of the secret realm. His Soul Body, Tao Ye was originally the size of a ten-year-old child, was now only the size of a palm.

The system did not require Tao Ye to be killed, so Yang Shan spared Tao Ye's life.

Normally, anyone who triggers the keyword "wait a minute" would not survive Yang Shan's attack.

However, in order to make this senior owe another favor when he goes to Central Plains to visit Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord in the future, Yang Shan doesn't mind making Tao Ye the "exception".

Tao Ye should have died by now, but Yang Shan wanted him to live well!

Ignoring Tao Ye's struggles, Yang Shan stuffed her into a Jade Bottle.

This Jade Bottle is made of a special material of the fifth grade.

It is designed as a container to preserve the medicinal properties of elixirs, so it has a very significant insulating effect to prevent the elixirs from being affected by external energy.

Therefore, if Soul Body is placed inside, the soul cannot obtain any energy.

Given Tao Ye's current situation, as long as Yang Shan doesn't let him out, he'll have to stay inside for the rest of his life!

The crucial Yang Shan also threw a small amount of Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning at the Jade Bottle, which knocked Tao Ye unconscious.

If the soul is severely wounded, it will fall into a long period of slumber.

This was also to prevent Tao Ye from committing suicide.

Yang Shan learned this lesson from Luo Xie.

That Hun Dan even experimented on Protector Liu himself before, and the results were excellent! After dealing with Tao Ye, Yang Shan roughly analyzed the situation of his past life.

According to the background setting, Serpent-People tribe with certain qualifications will have the soul of a snake-type magical beast merged into their bodies shortly after birth by a powerful member of the clan using a secret method, forming a "symbiotic Snake Spirit".

After the symbiotic Snake Spirit completely merges with itself, the Serpent-People tribe can possess a special secret technique called "transformation into a demonic beast," which greatly increases their combat power.

Medusa Queen's companion Snake Spirit is called the "Purple Nether Flame Serpent," which possesses an ancient bloodline. This is why Medusa Queen sought to use Heavenly Flames and secret techniques to advance her bloodline, transforming it into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python! (In the original story, Medusa Queen has two souls for this reason, not because she gained a second soul after advancing.) Tao Ye's encounter with Medusa Queen Medusa Queen his previous life might have involved controlling Ink Iron Marshal to fight her.

Medusa Queen was severely injured, but Ink Iron Marshal's durability was also greatly depleted.

Then, at the crucial moment, Tao Ye began to possess the body.

As a result, he encountered the companion Snake Spirit flicking its tongue at him. Originally, Yang Shan had already changed the original plot of his previous life, causing the AI Nüwa to make changes, allowing players to also engage in possession and confrontation.

At this stage, the Soul Strength of the vast majority of players is only at the mid or late stage of the Mortal Realm, and it is absolutely impossible for them to defeat Tao Ye.

Therefore, the AI Nüwa specifically weakened Tao Ye's combat power, setting him to a "weak state".

Under such conditions, the player will still be at a significant disadvantage.

However, if a player's actual combat skills are really strong, there might be a slight chance to slowly wear down Tao Ye.

Unexpectedly, they encountered Yang Shan, a complete pervert.

Let alone being weak, even in his prime, Tao Ye's Soul Body would be completely overwhelmed by Yang Shan! After all, Yang Shan's Soul Body strength was up to the standard for refining Eighth Grade Pill! Medusa, Yang One-Blade in this life. "Old man, being tricked into this is a tragedy!"

Yang Shan put the Jade Bottle back into his Storage Ring, ready to receive the three great inherited treasures of the Mystic Refinement Sect! Knock knock!

Two explosions were heard in succession.

Two enormous treasure chests appeared.

It's about the same size as the treasure chest on the fourth floor, but its edges are inlaid with gems, making it clearly more valuable! "Why are there only two?"

To prevent any trickery, Yang Shan casually waved his hand.

Two bursts of energy shook the two treasure chests open.

Yang Shan used his powerful Soul Strength to make the contents of the two treasure chests float up.

A secret manual and a milky-white sphere about the size of a basketball.

[Army Puppet Forging Method] (Gold)

Category: Puppet Forging Technique.

Learning Requirements: Fifth Grade Refiner (Volume 1) Rank 5 Array Inscriptionist (Volume 2)

Introduction: The ultimate essence of the Mystic Refinement Sect's weapon crafting and array seal inheritance. It requires both weapon crafters and Array Inscriptionist to possess exquisite skills to craft. After learning it, the related supplementary list will be unlocked.

[Equipment Orb] (Special Item): The strongest armor crafted by the Mystic Refinement Sect. After players safely leave the area designated by the "Mystic Refinement Sect Ruins", they can choose the armor form. The system will "Exclusive Customization" it according to your current panel situation.

Yang Shan: "Good heavens! I have to go out to use it?"

However, Yang Shan could understand it. After all, within the designated area of Mystic Refinement Sect Ruins, once a player or NPC dies, there is a 50% chance that any item obtained within the secret realm will be dropped.

If Yang Shan is given "Exclusive Customization" equipment directly, and Yang Shan dies within range, the equipment will drop. Other players can use it, but they certainly won't be able to unleash its full potential.

But "There are only two! What happened to the three great heirlooms? Could it be..."

Yang Shan turned his gaze to Ink Iron Marshal was standing there dumbfounded.

In Ink Iron Marshal's profile, an additional line has been added: Not activated, but Soul Imprint can be implanted.

"This is the third supreme treasure?"

Yang Shan channeled a wisp of his Soul Strength into his fingertip and placed it on Ink Iron Marshal's brow.

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for obtaining the third supreme treasure of the Mystic Refinement Sect— "Ink Iron Marshal"!]

[Ink Iron Marshal] (Golden Word Seal)

Soul Imprint Affiliation: Yang Shan Special: Ink Iron's Wrath - Ink Iron Marshal unleashes the full power of the Ink Dark Iron Essence, increasing stats by an additional 50% for up to 1 minute. During activation, it consumes 5000 durability points per second. Cooldown: 3 days.

Note: Ink Iron Marshal possesses a complete soul with only a portion of his combat consciousness remaining. He can act independently and obey the orders of the reporter, but his intelligence is limited. You can gain control of Ink Iron Marshal through the relevant list.

Ink Iron Marshal Tie's stats remain unchanged, but these three new descriptions have been added.

No wonder he could go toe-to-toe with a real Dou Zong. It turns out that Ink Iron Marshal also has a "Blood Burning Divine Skill"! Yang Shan brought up his personal panel and clicked on the "Auxiliary Combat Power Panel".

Originally, this panel only had two items: "Blood Pact Magical Beast" and "Mounts," but now there is an additional item: Puppet! Yang Shan had some experience with puppet control in his previous life, but this was a function that could only be possessed by puppets with extremely high manufacturing skills.

A typical puppet can only obey commands and act according to its own simple thinking.

Puppet control is divided into two modes: mind control and immersive control.

Mind control is similar to controlling a drone in the real world.

A person's thoughts are transmitted to the drone via a remote control in their hand.

"Mind control" eliminates the need for a remote control, allowing thoughts to be directly transmitted to the puppet.

However, the puppet's behavior can never compare to the precision of human control, and the player does not have a direct view of the puppet's front, which makes the player's control very difficult.

Another type of "immersive control" requires players to temporarily relinquish control of their "game character" and use the puppet as a temporary "game character".

Immersive control offers significantly greater flexibility, but it is still limited by the actions the puppet itself can perform.

It's roughly similar to people in real life wearing heavy armor.

Actions will still follow one's thoughts, but will be restricted by heavy armor.

Yang Shan first tried "mind control".

It sounds simple, but it's actually quite difficult to do.

However, Ink Iron Marshal already possessed a certain level of intelligence, so Yang Shan could directly control Ink Iron Marshal Ink Iron Marshal's behavior by issuing simple commands through "mind control".

For example, attack A first, and then attack B three seconds later.

Ink Iron Marshal could execute orders as accurately as "kill A and then come to protect me immediately".

And "immersive control" is really fun.

Yang Shan immediately switched to Ink Iron Marshal's perspective.

He then controlled Ink Iron Marshal to walk in front of his game character.

Looking at a game character that is almost identical to yourself face to face always feels somewhat absurd.

Yang Shan tried wielding the Crescent Moon Blade again.

The Crescent Moon Blade and Ink Iron Marshal are essentially one entity. Without the Crescent Moon Blade, Ink Iron Marshal's attack power will not decrease. However, the Crescent Moon Blade itself is not particularly strong in terms of attack power; it only has extremely high durability and is not suitable for players to use.

Yang Shan's weapon skills mainly consisted of single-handed swords and long swords similar to the Miao sword that could be held with both hands.

He had never come into contact with heavy weapons like the Crescent Moon Blade.

Yang Shan wasn't so geniused that he could "understand one method and understand all methods."

But it should be fine to play around with it.

If one's single-handed swordsmanship is 100 points, then the skill in wielding this Crescent Moon Blade would be at least 0.59 points.

At least that's how Yang Shan himself rated it.

One should be more humble and stricter with oneself. After all, in Yang Shan's opinion, Chao Bafang's halberd skills are only around sixty points.

With a little more practice, one day you'll be able to "sit at home and have your puppets kill in all directions!" How wonderful would that be! It's worth mentioning that puppets fall under the category of "auxiliary combat force," so Yang Shan will inherit the entire "kill contribution rate" generated by Ink Iron Marshal!

This is also why many wealthy players in the past were still willing to spend a lot of money to buy puppets even though they knew that the puppets' combat capabilities were relatively poor.

Collect ten or eight of these and use them to farm monsters—it's so convenient!

Yang Shan canceled the "immersive control," returned his gaze to his main body, and patted Ink Iron Marshal on the shoulder with satisfaction:

"Old Mo, you'd better give me more experience points in the future!"

Ink Iron Marshal immediately knelt on one knee, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Yes, Master!"

Then, Ink Iron Marshal's tone became somewhat confused:

"Experience. What is experience?"

After all, their intelligence is limited, so it's normal that they don't know.

Yang Shan brought up the panel again, scrolled to the second to last line, and clicked a few times.

"Hello, this is the planning and customer service department of Tian Yao Company. My customer service number is 007. What would you like to ask you?"

Yang Shan: "Hey, 007, it's you again!"

007 Soft Girl Customer Service: "Yes, sir, we have a record of your previous call. Are you here to inquire about the matter from last time?"

Yang Shan: "Oh, no, I called specifically to explain. I made a mistake before. The planners designed it very well, I want to give them a thumbs up! Here, give me the planning department's public bank card number, I'll transfer 10,000 RMB into it as a red envelope to thank the planners!"