Among Stone Cocoon, there should have been a corpse buried, that should be the corpse of Cheng Zhi's grandfather, Cheng Tianyou.
"Cheng Tianyou has a very mysterious origin. Decades ago, I explored that secret place with him. After we came out, a conflict broke out. He fled here and was dismembered with a Fossil Bead corpse. I originally thought he was seriously injured and died. Now it seems that I was negligent and was deceived by that person."
Chixinzi frowned slightly as he recalled what happened back then. At that time, he thought he had killed the enemy and was quite proud of it. Now it seems that Cheng Tianyou had already figured everything out and pretended to be Stone Cocoon in order to get a chance to escape.
"The question is, when did Cheng Tianyou escape... and what did he do after escaping?"
Cheng Tianyou has a mysterious identity. He is apparently a member of Cheng Family Ranch, but Chixinzi is very suspicious of his identity.
In fact, all members of the Cheng clan of Cheng Family Ranch are short-lived, and children are very likely to die young. This proves that the life span of this clan has been stolen. Thinking about it, this must be the handiwork of Cheng Tianyou.
"After all, the Life-Stealing Bowl that takes away people's lifespan is in his hands. This Cheng Tianyou must have sacrificed his own clansmen and used Life-Stealing Bowl to steal Yangshou to extend his own life."
The origin of Life-Stealing Bowl is a secret. The experience of Cheng Tianyou establishing Cheng Family Ranch, as well as the fact that he rescued a Beggar and obtained Bone Bowl, are probably all fabricated. This person has been hiding deeply from the beginning.
Chixinzi stared at Stone Cocoon. After a moment, a red light flashed in his eyes.
"It seems that this matter needs to be remeasured."
He Ping is relatively free these days. He drinks tea, reads books, and starts to practice puppetry every day. When he has nothing to do, he secretly grabs a green-skinned scoundrel from the city and throws him into the attic in the backyard to test the operation mechanism of the mural in the attic.
Through this method, he also gained a certain degree of understanding of the spell restrictions set by "Painting Immortal Path" in the pavilion.
"Now I have basically reached a bottleneck period."
In the quiet room, He Ping analyzed his own condition. After completing "Soul-Forging Palace", he switched to the internal refining method of "Body Cultivation Furnace". This Secret Method emphasized "Four Limbs and Five Senses". The so-called four bodies are the hands, feet and four limbs; the five consciousnesses are the five senses of eyes, ears, nose, tongue, touch.
Recently, his Four Limbs and Five Senses was attached to his hands, and his arms were modified and attached to Severed Ghost Hand.
These two ghost hands are both prosthetic limbs. They originally had no touch, were numb, cold, and without any sense... But through practicing "Four Body", his two puppet prosthetics gradually gained a little more touch, just like the puppet prosthetics gradually became spiritual and integrated with his physical body.
Originally, the feeling of wearing a prosthetic limb was disappearing. In his feeling, it was like he had found a pair of phantom limbs again. These phantom limbs were connected to the puppet prosthetic limbs, and the broken hands seemed to have grown back.
If he closes his eyes and doesn't look at his hands, he will even have the illusion that he has not cut off his arms.
"So that's it. This 'Four Limbs and Five Senses' should be one of the methods used by the Immortal Puppet Sect to sacrifice the living puppet. After it is made, the senses of the replaced limbs will be restored. This pair of prosthetic limbs can now feel the changes of cold, heat, heavy and light. If you continue to practice, the feeling will be improved."
"Body Cultivation Furnace" is not a separate internal refining method, but Secret Method combined with the body of a living puppet. If it is not transformed into a puppet, its effectiveness will always be limited.
"I now have quite a few methods, but I lack a real killer move. The method of 'Seed Demon Technique' was obtained from Chixinzi. There are still some shortcomings in this method. Unless I get the complete copy, it cannot become the foundation for me to enter the Tao."
He Ping thought to himself that Immortal Puppet Sect's plan to enter the Tao Zhengfa was hidden. He must consider other ways to enter Dao Path. <Seed Demon Technique> It would be best if he could get it. If he couldn't get it, he would have to find another way.
"<Three Yang Calamity> is also a direction. Unfortunately, Chongyang Palace's information is too secret. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get Chongyang Palace's dharma. I can only find a way to start from Sheng Qingzhi's heart. My senior brother Chixinzi also has a piece of 'Cinnabar Essence Iron Talisman' in his hand. Maybe I can find more clues after getting it."
At present, there are only these three directions that he has access to to enter the Dao. If he puts aside the issue of entering the Dao, He Ping is more urgent to improve his current strength.
"In terms of life-saving, I still have five lives left in my 'Nine-Death Substitute Witch Puppet'. This witch puppet is difficult to sacrifice. After the refining is successful, the witch puppet will be my stand-in. A person can only have one stand-in at a time. Unless this 'Nine-Death Substitute Witch Puppet' is completely broken, I will not be able to make a second one in the short term..."
But this is five lives, and it can be regarded as five insurances. It is better than nothing.
"Fortunately, now I also have Severed Ghost Hand, and I can release Armor-Clad Spirit Light, which can be attacked at close range and defended at a distance. It has an extra barrier against ordinary enemies."
Armor-Clad Spirit Light is a spell for close attack and distance defense. He Ping can use Armor-Clad Spirit Light to set up a round shield-shaped aura shield, which gives him a strong protective power.
"Secondly, in terms of puppets for combat, Paper Doll Spirit Puppet and Wood Demon Puppet are somewhat unable to keep up with my current combat level. I want to practice another powerful puppet technique!"
Spirit-Exploding Witch Puppet does have room for improvement. You can try to refine more powerful explosives. With Spirit-Exploding Witch Puppet, you can gain a certain advantage in battle.
"Also, my 'Shadow Calling Technique' has also improved. In the past, there was only one shadow. Now, in addition to 'Right Emperor', even the second Shadow Deity and 'Wangliang' have also revived."
He Ping's "Soul-Calling Shadow-Binding Technique" has also improved. However, he is not in a good mood about it. Once Shadow Calling Technique is activated, God of Nine Shadows hidden in his own shadow will revive one after another.
The training process of Shadow Calling Technique is not complicated. After awakening nine Shadow Deity, blood food must be sent to Shadow Deity every ten days.
Shadow Deity does not eat flesh and blood, but will eat the shadows of living creatures, eating the shadows as well as the body. After the first Shadow Deity "Right Emperor" woke up, it only needed to feed some birds at first. Later, its appetite gradually increased, and now it needs animals such as cats and dogs to feed it.
These Shadow Deity are very evil. If they do not eat enough blood food, they will constantly try to attack the main body. If they cannot be properly controlled, they will suffer serious harm. In addition, it is worth mentioning that there is no possibility of reversal of this process.
In other words, once it is decided to use Shadow Calling Technique, it is only a matter of time before Nine Shadow Deities recovers one after another. This is also the danger of Shadow Calling Technique.
He Ping glanced at the shadow under his feet. His shadow was different from that of ordinary people. Next to the normal shadow, there were two faint shadows, which were "Right Emperor" and "Wangliang". After the birth of these two Shadow Deity, they became more powerful.
He could feel the peeping gazes from the shadows under his feet. They were two blood-red gazes. There was a trace of evil intention in those deep and evil eyes.
"Forget it, Shadow Deity has become the second of the nine ways. Maybe I can start trying to refine Immortal Puppet Sect's third forbidden technique 'Body Shifting Great Mantra'!"
He looked at the shadow under his feet and knew that in order to refine "Body-Shifting Curse", he needed the cooperation of these Shadow Deity to complete this spell.
"Body-Shifting Curse itself is the One Gate Mantra method that can only be practiced because of the shadow training. Immortal Puppet Sect people need to use puppets to fight with others. The more puppets, the more methods, and the stronger the combat power."
However, puppets are foreign objects, and some are large in size and cannot be hidden on the body all the time. This is naturally inconvenient. In order to solve this problem, the seventh generation ancestor of the Immortal Puppet Sect developed Body-Shifting Curse.
This spell is extremely special and can hide puppets in shadows. Once the spell is successful, the nine shadows made with "Shadow Calling Technique" will have the magical effect of hiding, sending and receiving puppets!