One Hundred-Plus Talisman Puppets Comparable to Peak Great Dou Shi

Compared to improving his realm, Old Yao placed greater importance on the evolution of the Fen Jue.

Was becoming stronger really that difficult?

He could simply gorge himself on pills from both continents!

As the former Venerable Yao, Old Yao had complete confidence in properly combining the pills of both systems, allowing Xiao Yan to grow stronger at the fastest possible rate without compromising his cultivation foundation.

"Teacher, I have not failed your expectations. The Fen Jue has evolved to the Low-Tier Profound Grade."

Xiao Yan slowly rose to his feet, clasped his hands toward Old Yao, who floated in midair and smiled at him.

"Good, good, good!"

"Then let us continue downward. I can sense faint soul fluctuations. There may be a little surprise below."

Old Yao laughed heartily before diving back into the Ancient Ring.

"Soul fluctuations? Eldest Brother, does Senior mean that the Tomb Mansion Master is still alive?"

Lin Dong's pupils contracted, and his expression could not help growing tense.

A living Nirvana Realm Expert?

"He is dead. At most, there is a lingering soul fragment left behind. Nothing to worry about."

Shaking his head, Xiao Yan summoned the Golden-Red Flame formed by fusing Nirvana Fire and Heavenly Gang Yang Flame. It completely enveloped his body before he stepped into the underground passage.

Seeing this, Lin Dong and Little Sable hurriedly followed.

Once they entered the passage, Xiao Yan's field of vision suddenly opened up, revealing an exceptionally vast area before him.

The spacious area was filled with dense rows of enormous wooden stakes. They rose into the sky and stood tightly packed together, splitting into countless winding paths between the stakes that led who knew where.

"Eh, Eldest Brother, look! What is this?"

"There are Runes on it. It should be related to Talisman Masters."

Lin Dong swept his gaze around, his eyes lighting up. He quickly walked several yards forward, crouched down, and picked up an object.

The object had several black, joint-like sections. Overall, it appeared to be a severed human arm, except it was pitch-black and extremely heavy, seemingly cast from refined iron. Moreover, several profound Runes were inscribed upon it.

"Talisman Master?"

Upon hearing those two words, Old Yao emerged again, staring fixedly at the severed arm.

Earlier, he had charged straight toward the Sea of Fire after coming down and had not paid attention to anything else along the way. He had not expected something that seemed to be a Talisman Master's treasure to remain here.

"It looks like part of a Puppet. These Runes are used to circulate energy and drive the Puppet's movements."

"If it were intact, the power it could display should not be weaker than a Da Dou Shi."

With a wave of his hand, Old Yao drew the Rune-Engraved Arm Fragment before him and poured Soul Power into it. Looking at the Runes flickering unsteadily across its surface, he shook his head.

"Teacher, this is a Talisman Puppet, a Puppet refined through Talisman Master methods and various materials."

"There should be complete ones ahead. Let us keep going."

Xiao Yan spoke in a deep voice.

Mentioning Talisman Puppets reminded him that Great Desolate County also had a Blood Spirit Puppet with the combat power of the Nirvana Realm.

"To be precise, this is the arm of a defective Unranked Talisman Puppet. Talisman Puppets are divided into high, middle, and low grades. High-Grade Talisman Puppets can even rival Creation Realm Experts in combat power."

"It is said that Talisman Puppets of even higher grades possess sentience and can rival Nirvana Realm Experts."

"The Master of the Tomb Mansion must have cultivated Talisman Master techniques alongside his other arts and had some knowledge of refining Talisman Puppets. That is why there is an arm from a defective Puppet here."

Seeing Old Yao's considerable interest in the item, Little Sable began explaining.

"Talisman Puppets? As far as this Old Man knows, Dou Qi Continent also has methods for refining Puppets, but they are made much like refining Physical Bodies, using Strong Experts' Corpses as materials. I have never seen one refined from metal alone."

"This thing is quite worthy of study."

Old Yao nodded. He had clearly become immersed in his research once more and could not extricate himself. He immediately stored the Talisman Puppet arm in his Storage Ring.

The group continued onward.

Boom!

Old Yao struck out with his palm, blasting apart one Formation mechanism after another ahead of them.

When he had come down earlier, he had been a Soul Body. Relying on exquisite Talisman Master techniques and soul control, he had slipped directly through the flaws in the Formation mechanisms.

But now that he had Lin Dong and Xiao Yan, two living people, with him, he obviously needed to use another method.

Little Sable's idea had been to follow the mechanisms, slowly decipher them, and slowly loot the place.

But how could Old Yao, already drawn in by the later Talisman Puppets, be willing to waste time?

Palm strike after palm strike, nothing in his path could stop him. He charged through everything with attainments comparable to those of a Four-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master!

A master was bold because he had the skill to back it up!

"Eh! So many Talisman Puppets! They must be destined for this Old Man!"

After smashing apart the wooden stake grand formation blocking the way, Old Yao's eyes lit up.

Once the grand formation shattered, it revealed a spacious Main Hall resembling a Training Ground. Inside, a mass of Talisman Puppets stood in neat rows—one hundred and eight in total.

"Low-Grade Talisman Puppets. Their combat power rivals the Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm."

Little Sable spoke indifferently.

"What? Diao Lao San, you are not joking, are you? You mean this bunch of Puppets is equivalent to more than a hundred Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm cultivators—and the kind that feels no pain and fears neither Life nor Death?"

"We are rich! We are really rich this time!"

Lin Dong instantly lost his composure, and his gaze toward those Talisman Puppets became incomparably fervent.

Good heavens, over a hundred Puppets comparable to the Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm! If they brought them all back to the clan and gave one to each person, would they not become invincible at once?

How many Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm cultivators were there in all of Yan City?

After Yue Shan died, only Xia Wanjin remained publicly known to be at the Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm!

"Pah! Lin Lao San, stop making such a damn fuss and acting like you have never seen the world!"

"You are dreaming. These are indeed Low-Grade Talisman Puppets, but after so many years, the Runes inside them have basically dissipated and shattered. They are just a pile of hard iron lumps, useless."

Little Sable curled his lips and spoke disdainfully.

"So that is how it is. What a pity."

The heat in Lin Dong's eyes vanished, replaced by deep disappointment.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

"Not necessarily. Teacher, you have also studied Talisman Master methods. Could you re-condense the Runes for these Puppets?"

Xiao Yan pulled back Lin Dong, who was about to cross the Training Ground, and touched the Ancient Ring on his hand.

One hundred and eight Low-Grade Talisman Puppets.

Once repaired, they would be one hundred and eight Peak Great Dou Shi Experts who did not value their lives and feared no death. If they were restored and slightly modified, then distributed to the elite Clan Members of the Xiao Family and Lin Family...

Leaving aside how terrifyingly the Lin Family of Yan City's combat power would expand, the Xiao Family alone could leap to become the strongest family in the Jia Ma Empire in terms of mid-level combat power!

What family could produce over a hundred Peak Great Dou Shi? Even the Imperial Family would struggle to do so!

Hearing this, Lin Dong's spirits rose as well.

Although the Lin Family had absorbed the Blood Wolf Gang and Blood Robe Sect's properties, it remained far too weak in terms of top experts. At present, only Lin Xiao and Lin Zhentian had broken through to the Lesser Core Formation Realm.

If not for the deterrence left behind by Xiao Zhan and the City Lord's Mansion's assistance, the Lin Family would likely have been ransacked clean by other factions long ago!

The current Lin Family desperately needed Great Perfection of Core Formation Realm combat power to hold the fort!

"It can be attempted, but it will take time. Take them back first."

Old Yao's voice sounded. Then Soul Power swept out and collected the hundred-plus Low-Grade Talisman Puppets.

Although he had never refined Talisman Puppets before, and probably could not create them from scratch in a short time, merely repairing and modifying them...

Alchemists studied all things between Heaven and Earth. At his level, he had a ninety-eight percent chance of repairing these Talisman Puppets and modifying them into what he wanted!

Whoosh!

Collecting the Talisman Puppets was not the end of it. Old Yao seemed to have discovered something. His Soul Power stretched beyond the Training Ground like invisible tentacles!