Bingtang is in a bad mood.
On the Heaven and Earth Chessboard and earth, a single move made, losing to Yumo, it's hard to be in a good mood.
She remembered that there was a winning strategy for Gomoku, but the match was rushed today, and she had forgotten to memorize it beforehand, which led to her carelessness and loss to Yumo.
This girl seems to have secretly memorized a winning formula, which is why she was so confident in demanding Heaven and Earth Chessboard.
I've been infected.
Yumo is getting more and more cunning. What will she become in the future? As the deputy sect leader, I'm actually having trouble dealing with her.
This is simply outrageous! Of course, half of Shion's magic power is enormous. Even if it's divided into two Magic Puppet, as long as there's no intense battle that would accelerate the consumption of magic power, it would be enough to last for two or three days.
But Bingtang certainly didn't want it to run out in just two or three days. One or two times would be fine, but asking Jiang Si for magic every time was probably not going to work.
But seeing Yumo's happy face made her feel better.
Well, it's not like there isn't any. Two or three days is fine. Today is naturally the day to check on Blue Flower's results. Originally, Bingtang was worried that the magic power of Blue Flower's two Magic Puppet would not be evenly distributed.
The results showed that the magical power distribution between the two Magic Puppet was extremely precise, with a difference in magical power not even the size of a hair.
"Ugh, Yumo kept me up all night, I need to catch up on some sleep. But I feel like my control over magic has improved quite a bit too."
After handing in her task, Blue Flower muttered to herself as she found a corner, wrapped herself in a blanket, and went to sleep.
Blue Flower has now dropped out of school. Among the true disciples, she is the only one whose studies are terrible. Even the teachers don't care about her. Bingtang had initially considered letting her study properly.
But they found that she really wasn't cut out for it, and forcing her to study would only be torture for both of them, so they gave up on the idea.
Blue Flower currently does some part-time work online, which she enjoys and earns her some money, so there's no need for her to stay in school for long periods.
With the salary from the Azure Cloud Sect, as long as I don't mess around, I should have no problem living a comfortable life.
I'm afraid Blue Flower will squander his money. Among his disciples, Blue Flower is the most unruly.
Four Leaves, Six Leaves, and Yumo have all gone to school. Yesterday, Yumo stared at Blue Flower all night, so she'll probably catch up on sleep at school. It's not a big deal, though. Azure Cloud Sect has special tutoring time. After all, they often skip classes when they're on missions clearing out Calamity Beast. To avoid delaying their studies, Bingtang will hire tutors for them at her own expense.
As for Bingtang herself, since Jiang Si didn't go to school, she was almost too lazy to go either. She had a one-on-one tutor at home, and she had already finished all the high school courses when she was in junior high school.
If Jiang Si hadn't been still in high school, she would have already gone to university. According to her family's plan, after completing her university studies, she would immediately return home to take over the relevant business, and then find a husband to marry into her family and live a peaceful and stable life.
Of course, if Jiang Si were to marry into the family, Bingtang thinks it wouldn't be out of the question.
To be honest, her family definitely wouldn't mind. It's just like an ordinary family having their child marry into the family, and Jiang Si is the kind of person who has absolutely no interest in money or company power. It would actually be just what her family wanted, and there wouldn't be any trouble.
Jiang Si definitely wouldn't agree to that.
Furthermore, there's the Azure Cloud Sect business. Although Bingtang built it up single-handedly, Bingtang never considered the Azure Cloud Sect to belong to her. It's Jiang Si's business; is she even a partner?
With such a large company and such strong capabilities, how could he possibly become a live-in son-in-law?
She manipulated Shion's Magic Puppet, made it sit down in front of her, and then clasped its hands.
The feel of Magic Puppet is actually quite different from that of a real person. After all, magic has no temperature. The burning sensation that Shion feels when using magic comes from her own control over the magic.
Essentially, magic loses its warmth once it loses its master's control.
Although it looks nice, I always feel that the Bingtang feels pretty good to the touch.
The craftsmanship of Blue Flower is still reliable.
She touched the fingers of the Shion Magic Puppet, pinching its nails; between its fingers, it was almost indistinguishable from a real person.
When you press your palms together, it feels like you're pressing them against a wall.
Of course, what's most hard to ignore is that perfect face.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that she could still see some resemblance to Jiang Si in his facial features.
However, there are also many subtle changes in many places, so much so that the actual differences are quite large.
After all, Jiang Si's appearance can only be described as pretty, not particularly feminine.
She reached out and smoothed the Shion Magic Puppet's hair; well, the hair felt much more realistic than skin.
She had previously thought about doing Shion's makeup, and even took a lot of cosmetics from her home vanity, but after looking at Shion's eyebrows...
After trying to apply a couple of strokes, she felt like she was doing something unnecessary. No matter how much makeup she did, it seemed like she was gilding the lily and even ruining the overall aesthetic. After wiping off the makeup, Bingtang fell into deep thought.
Is it a bit too hasty to take the Magic Puppet shopping now? It might make it seem like my motives for asking Jiang Si for magic are impure.
However, if we don't take the Magic Puppet out shopping now, we'll probably have even less time to train it when things get busy later. Bingtang 'm a little reluctant to use it for training, as battles consume magic quickly, and it might not even last two days.
However, even if it's just for show, combat training is still necessary; otherwise, there won't be a way to ask Jiang Si for magic power in the future.
It would be best to wait until Jiang Si comes to the Azure Cloud Sect before making it for him to see. It would be even better if it could be preserved permanently.
Jiang Si once said that the path to immortality All Phenomena, including puppet soldiers.
While the Blue Flower dolls are stunning, they are like water without roots or wood without soil, ultimately reflecting a lower level of thinking.
If we could obtain the necessary materials, we could certainly make further progress.
It concerns the art of crafting puppets and refining weapons during the cultivation of immortality. In the future, it can also provide sect disciples with opportunities to be personally tested by the sect leader. It is simply a win-win situation.
It was definitely not because of his own personal selfishness. For the sake of the sect, he had to find a way to permanently preserve the Shion Magic Puppet. He lay comfortably on the Shion Magic Puppet's lap, looked up at it, and reached out to touch the Magic Puppet's chin. It was so tender that it looked like you could squeeze water out of it if you squeezed it. He wondered how Blue Flower could make it so delicate.
She had worked with the previous Shion Magic Puppet before, and back then, the details of its skin were actually quite different from what she sees now.
It really was through making Magic Puppet, and with Yumo's encouragement, that I improved my precision in controlling magic by a lot.
My fingertips traced across the Magic Puppet's lips, feeling like I was squeezing jelly.
This makes Bingtang a little doubtful: does Shion really have such bouncy lips? Did Blue Flower add a little something extra?
The Magic Puppet's lip was scratched by her long-untrimmed nails, though it was quickly repaired by magic.
But even such a small waste of magic made Bingtang feel a little heartbroken, so she rummaged through her bag and took out nail clippers.
I originally intended to fix it myself, but after glancing at Shion, I figured it might not be necessary.
He handed the nail clippers to the Magic Puppet and manipulated Magic Puppet to begin trimming his nails.
Admiring the Magic Puppet's focused expression, I realized that if it were Shion herself, she would probably be just as focused.
Then I thought of something else.
Since it's Magic Puppet, the toenails should be fine too.
Lost in her fantasies about what to do next, the mirror Four Leaves had left behind lit up.
After the leaves emerged, a series of intelligence reports were transmitted over.
The new magical girl at the General Administration is at the Full Blossom level, which Bingtang knows, but why would she suddenly go to Jiang Si's Jiang Si and try to recruit her into the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau?
Upon hearing this news, the precision with which he manipulated the Magic Puppet decreased, and he almost cut his own flesh.
After receiving news of the appearance of a B-level Calamity Beast, Bingtang quickly left Azure Cloud Sect and rushed to the scene immediately.
She only cut her nails halfway, and there was even a notch in the nail of her index finger.
For someone like Bingtang who always strives for perfection, this was extremely irritating.
I'm in a really bad mood.
I finally have some free time today.
Therefore, when Iris knocked over the Calamity Beast, she lost interest in hiding it.
"This is Azure Cloud Sect territory, newcomer."
Iris also carefully observed the other party.
A blue magical girl stands atop a high-rise building transformed into an ice sculpture, surrounded by snowflakes.
Winter Lord.
Besides Shion, she is the most famous and strongest magical girl in the Azure Cloud Sect.
She had read the relevant reports and records of the Azure Cloud Sect in Beihai. Most of the time, it was this Winter Lord who handled the affairs of the Azure Cloud Sect, negotiated with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, and fought against the Calamity Beast. Shion, on the other hand, rarely showed up.
Or rather, the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau rarely recorded the events during Operation Shion.
The Disaster Countermeasures Bureau has compiled a very comprehensive record of Winter Lord's abilities, to the point that even ordinary citizens of Beihai know quite a bit about them.
Most importantly, the level is only "New Sprout".
"As an illegal organization, it's a bit impolite of you to mark off territory in front of officials, Miss Winter Lord."
Iris tilted her head slightly, her expression haughty. "I don't mean to be rude, but you should call your leader over."
No sooner had she finished speaking than the giant elephant -Calamity Beast tried to charge into the city. Iris landed on the ground and tapped the ground lightly with her Iris.
The enormous Calamity Beast sank into the ground, its terrifying gravity pressing it down relentlessly.
"Excuse my bluntness, but your strength is not yet at the level where Shion needs to intervene."
"Yeah?"
Iris was about to give her a hard time when she suddenly realized that the giant Calamity Beast, whose body was half-buried in the ground, was actually roaring and running underground!
Dirt flew everywhere, power poles and trees collapsed and broke, and the monstrous Calamity Beast, despite the terrifying gravity, continued its frenzied charge, carving a deep abyss into the ground!
Completely unexpectedly, a B-rank Calamity Beast was able to withstand his gravity suppression, and in the blink of an eye, the Calamity Beast charged right in front of him.
Iris took a step back, her wand glowing with a dazzling blue light, ready to increase the gravity once more!
However, when she looked up, the girl who had been standing on the high-rise building had somehow appeared in front of her and had even lightly stepped on the head of the Calamity Beast.
Where her toes touched the head of the Calamity Beast, thin ice spread rapidly until the charging Calamity Beast completely lost its momentum and came to a stop just in front of the waiting Iris.
The enormous Calamity Beast turned into a perfect ice sculpture in the blink of an eye, and even the ground that the Calamity Beast had carved out along the way was Freeze.
A chill swept over her, Iris took a breath. Her previously confident and relaxed expression turned serious.
This is something New Sprout magical girl like Shin-chan could never do!
"Your magic manipulation seems a bit rough; you actually managed to let a B-rank Calamity Beast break free."
He frowned, ignoring the provocation.
The snowflakes were still falling, Iris realized that her magic was not functioning smoothly.
Isn't the ability limited to low temperatures and controlling ice?
Why is even the flow of magic Freeze?
" Mediocre Work, secondly, Crushing Lost Land."
An invisible force field spread out from around the Iris, causing all the falling snowflakes to turn and fly back into the sky!
Even Winter Lord's opinion has changed somewhat.
To achieve this level of skill, one must possess considerable magical power and control.
This was the first time she had ever seen such a level of skill in a magical girl outside of the Azure Cloud Sect.
It seems the General Administration isn't as useless as it thought.
No wonder the headquarters is so confident, sending magical girls from various branches for further training every year.
As Iris felt the magic power beginning to flow smoothly within her body, she smiled nonchalantly.
"Just as I suspected, the culprit blocking the flow of magic is your snowflake. It's an unbelievable ability. How could your basic ability develop the effect of Freeze magic?"
Winter Lord didn't speak, but simply scooped up a snowflake and blew it away.
Fine ice needles rained down like a storm!
Masterpiece, number six: Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needles!
Iris released her wand, and the blue wooden wand transformed into a halo of light, enveloping the nearby ground.
You're saying my magic manipulation is rough?
Instead of extending gravity manipulation to every corner, Iris targeted each ice needle, precisely and meticulously covering the gravity field!
This action was like using a wheat awn to poke out every single needle; it had no other purpose than to show off to Winter Lord that he had absolute control over magic!
Among her classmates at the headquarters, no magical girl controls magic better than her!
However, the next second, each ice needle precisely grazed the side of the gravitational field, and the position of each needle was adjusted differently, perfectly and thrillingly avoiding the constraints of the gravitational field.
This means that in that instant, the opponent not only manipulated all the ice needles with magic, but could also change their direction simultaneously!
There are far more than a thousand of these ice needles.
It's not just the astonishingly delicate manipulation of magic, but also the ability to multitask as if one has a complete overview!
Iris no longer acted arrogantly; the blue halo formed by her wand suddenly expanded, and the gravity field instantly covered the entire surrounding area, obliterating all the ice needles within it!
It doesn't matter if the precision of magic manipulation is not as good.
As a manifestation of her Full Blossom magical power, she possesses an absolute advantage. No matter how precise her manipulation, she can simply overwhelm it with her magical power!
Iris's expression turned serious. "I'll offer a word of praise; your control over magic is indeed astonishing. It's a pity you're only at the New Sprout level. If you were at the Full Blossom level, I might indeed find it troublesome. But against New Sprout, I have no reason to lose! There's an insurmountable chasm between New Sprout and Full Blossom!"
The gravitational field expanded again, and the gravity within it suddenly became extremely chaotic. The Freeze Calamity Beast was instantly shattered into pieces of ice crystals by the gravity!
boom!
As Winter Lord fell from the towering head of the Calamity Beast, the umbrella in his hand folded away, and his footsteps on the ground created a tremendous tremor.
It felt as if a mountain had been lifted to the ground.
The ice on the ground cracked, and the crisp, cracking sound traveled from Winter Lord's feet all the way to the distant high-rise buildings.
"Got you!"
Gravity tightly bound Winter Lord within, Iris stood with her hands behind her back. "Either obediently come back to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau with me, or call Shion."
A cracking sound of ice breaking came from beneath Winter Lord's feet and instantly spread throughout her body!
Iris's smile froze; she initially thought her gravity had injured the other person.
However, since she is in magical girl form, even if she is torn apart by gravity, she will not be in any danger to her life after exiting the transformation.
But the next moment, the rising dust made her realize she had been overthinking things.
That shattered Winter Lord was just an ice sculpture!
Let me correct two of your mistakes.
The ice dragon roared as it charged from afar, a chilling wind howling along its path!
With a casual wave of her hand, Iris tore apart the enormous ice dragon in an instant. However, the shattered ice fragments condensed again into ice spikes, densely trapping Iris within them.
Gravity enveloped her, and all the icicles fell to the ground, but the cold air spread across the ground without stopping, quickly rising to her feet and beginning to climb up her body.
Ice spikes rose from the ground, forming a cage that trapped her inside.
"First of all, I am not New Sprout, but Half-Step Full Blossom. I am stuck at the Half-Step Full Blossom not because I cannot break through, but because I do not want to break through for the time being."
The gravity around the Iris twisted, forming a tornado that swept up and blew away all the ice shards.
Looking up at Winter Lord, who had somehow taken out the Grief Seed Calamity Beast in the distance, Iris glanced around again.
Because it was obvious that the Winter Lord she saw was not the real Dongjun.
The other party has already left.
"Secondly, your strength is only at the Peak of Early Full Blossom; there is no insurmountable chasm between you and the Half-Step Full Blossom Realm."
Winter Lord turned to the side, opened the umbrella again, and gracefully twirled until her figure gradually disappeared.
"You still have a long way to go, newbie."
Snowflakes and ice froze solid, plunging the entire suburbs into a cold silence.
The gravitational field cannot alter the icy chill.
By the time Susan arrived, Winter Lord had already left. She looked at the Iris frozen in ice and her heart skipped a beat.
She originally thought that only Shion from the Azure Cloud Sect could handle the Iris, and she was worried that Winter Lord might suffer a loss.
Looking back now, I realize I really looked down on Winter Lord- kun.
Just as I was wondering how Winter Lord had won, the ice block that had been sealing the Iris suddenly shattered and flew away!
The fallen Iris remained silent, gazing into the distance.
Despite being in Full Blossom and yet losing to New Sprout, Iris may not appear to be injured at all, but she must be devastated.
Thinking this, she was about to go over and offer a few words of comfort as a teammate.
Unexpectedly, Iris suddenly turned her head and looked at her with a serious expression:
"What do 'Half-Step Full Blossom' and 'Peak of Early Full Blossom' mean, Susan?"