Shadowlong Studio.
Shang Shuliang is crouching in front of the case, carefully carving a shadow puppet.
Ding bell--
Wind chimes echoed in front of the door.
The two maids standing in front of the altar spoke at the same time.
"Welcome our guests."
Huhu--
The fragrant wind suddenly rose, and the boat was dropped in front of the fasting, and a man and two women came out.
The two maids were stunned when they saw the appearance of the three people.
When they recalled it again, they couldn't remember what the three of them looked like at all.
"Nice puppet."
Demon Emperor Chiling looked at the two maids. Although they were wearing ordinary clothes, you could tell from their skin color and joints that they were two leather puppets.
Dongfang Yunqi glanced at her but said nothing.
After making a contract with Demon Emperor, the two of them wanted to see off the guests.
But Demon Emperor Chiling seemed not to understand and had no intention of leaving. He just sat on the boat and fought for their tea and snacks.
Heng Hua Although she verbally expelled him three times, it shows that she is thick-skinned and did not say anything more.
"Hey, human skin?" Fu Henghua also discovered the mystery of the two maids.
After taking a closer look, he smiled at the two girls and said, "The person who saved you has good skills. It's a pity that your bodies are severely damaged, and the spliced cortex is not as good as the original skin - doesn't he know 'Human-Skin Cultivation'?"
After a few words, the two maids were so frightened that they stepped back.
There were many monks nearby who knew that they were shadow puppets. However, no one knew the material of their shadow puppets or even the appearance of their deaths.
Is it an enemy coming to visit?
But the bastard who raped and killed the two of us back then has been killed by the owner of the restaurant!
Huhu--
A gust of wind blew past the two girls. When they came to their senses, Fu Henghua had already entered the room.
"Mr. Shang, business is coming, can you come out and see me?"
Looking at the interior decoration, there are exquisite shadow puppets hanging everywhere. In addition to beasts, sacred birds and other animal shapes, there are also human-shaped shadow puppets such as men, women, old and young.
"These puppets are good, with the power of Third Layer of Foundation Establishment - the fifth level. With the special venue blessing of 'Shadowlong Studio', fighting against the Zhai Master here is no less than fighting against a Golden Core Cultivator - Mr. Shang has understood the field, right?"
The second daughter followed in, and Dongfang Yunqi scolded, "Don't use your Dharma Performer talents casually. Being in this unfamiliar Netherworld Realm will only arouse the vigilance and suspicion of others."
Demon Emperor Chiling walked by with a smile on his face and didn't say anything.
The seeds of human misfortune have fallen, and the steps to create trouble have begun.
She didn't care about what happened next.
It can succeed or it can fail.
She values the bet between herself and Fu Henghua fifteen hundred years later. Another significance of this bet is that it is her life-saving talisman. With this bet, even if Profound Origin City and the immortal world win, she can still survive. And if the devil wins, doesn't it mean that she has won?
Yuanshan Grand Devil Lord knows how to jump ship when at a disadvantage, and she, Demon Emperor, naturally knows this better.
Alerted by the movement outside, Shang Shuliang hurriedly came out of the workroom.
Seeing the handsome men and beauties standing in the lobby, he was completely out of the usual mood of admiring the beautiful things, and quickly activated the hanging shadow puppets one after another.
"Ho--"
"Ouch--"
"Bold evildoer, please die quickly!"
Divine beasts and strange beasts surrounded the three of them, as well as dozens of monk puppets each activating Daoist magic.
Dongfang Yunqi was about to raise his hand, but was caught by Demon Emperor Chiling: "Sister, please be patient, let's see how he responds."
But he saw the girl's expression of indifference. "Let go of your hand."
Looking at her palms that were still subconsciously kneading Dongfang Yunqi, she smiled and explained, "I'm used to it, I'm used to it."
Dongfang Yunqi has no expression on her face and is very eager to practice Taiyin Immortal Art. She will do what Taiyin Granny did in the past.
Resisting the urge to play "Moon Lotus", Dongfang Yunqi went to watch Fu Henghua.
He didn't even see him reciting any incantations. He just snapped his fingers and the surrounding shadow puppets turned around and surrounded Shang Shuliang.
"It's really rude that we came without saying hello." Heng Hua Shi Shiran walked over. A general puppet silently brought a chair and asked him to sit opposite Shang Shuliang.
Shang Shuliang stared at Fu Henghua, still unable to believe that the shadow puppet he had spent hundreds of years preparing had turned against him.
Golden Core Realm?
Golden Core Domain can't seize control of himself?
At this moment, Shang Shuliang can feel it.
Inside these puppets, I still have my own Divine Sense sealed away. But for some reason, I can't control their actions.
Holding back his anger and panic, he asked in a deep voice.
"Why are you here, Your Excellency?"
"For a business deal, I need the owner to quickly make a set of puppets and perform a play the day after."
In addition to making puppets for people, Shang Shuliang also has another obvious business line - performing "performances" at various major Lineages. His lifelike shadow puppet skills, and based on the scripts he rehearses by himself, are quite popular with some young Lineages nearby. Whenever an old lady celebrates his birthday, or when someone has a funeral, Shang Shuliang will be invited to perform.
Therefore, he had the money to open a shadow puppet studio and was able to get along quite well in this Netherworld Realm. But he also knew that in the eyes of those Lineage monks, he was nothing more than a "vaudeville artist".
"The day after tomorrow?"
Shang Shuliang frowned.
"I'm a bit pressed for time."
"That's why I hurriedly rushed to place the order," the young man said lazily, resting his hand on his cheek, "I believe in your master's skills, and if you work without sleep for two days, you will definitely be able to make it in time."
Shang Shuliang's face darkened.
Sleepless?
You do know how to summon people!
But the power is stronger than the people.
He swallowed his anger and said, "Is it a red or white matter? I need to make special modifications and arrangements to the stage, screens, etc. Also, do I want to collect the stage when I return, and where will those shadow puppets belong?"
"I want to collect it and keep it. You are only responsible for the workmanship and interpretation. In addition, it is neither a trivial matter nor a red matter. A normal scene does not require so much attention."
Ordinary drama.
Shang Shuliang Heaved a sigh of relief, this is easier.
"The script and character design are all provided by me. You will be responsible for processing and performing."
"Okay, I'll take this order."
Heng Hua nodded with satisfaction and continued, "In terms of remuneration, you don't have to worry."
"Those things can be avoided." Shang Shuliang looked at the puppets around him, feeling a little heartbroken. These are all his own efforts.
"You just give me back these puppets."
Heng Hua With a wave of his hand, the puppets returned to the surrounding walls and hung them up.
"I didn't seize your sovereignty, I just suppressed it with my magic power and forced it."
Fu Henghua hooked his finger, and dense silver threads appeared around Shang Shuliang.
"This is 'Life-Hanging Puppet Threads', one of my self-created puppet techniques. I will pass it on to you as part of the reward."
"The second reward is that I will put aside your private dealings with the devil - Red Abyss, I have helped you."
Shang Shuliang's expression really changed, and he subconsciously summoned the puppet to attack again.
"Huh?"
Demon Emperor Chiling is in high spirits.
"Are you connected to the devil?"
Looking at Shang Shuliang carefully, Demon Emperor slowly shook his head.
"I haven't heard of it. I haven't seen the corresponding list in the Demonic Way. Who cultivated the secret agent?"
There are many factions within the Demonic Path, and each of them acts independently to develop secrets in the Immortal Path. In order to prevent accidental injury to their own people, the senior leaders of the Demonic Dao have a relatively public list. However, each family has a private plan, and it is impossible to share all the informants and secrets. Therefore, Demon Emperor Chiling suspects that it is a secret secret cultivated by others.
Demon Emperor looked at Heng Hua: No wonder he changed his polite attitude. It turned out that he had already known that this person had an affair with the devil.
"The involvement is not that deep, just a little deal with Yuanshan Grand Devil Lord. Regarding your wife, I can solve it."
"What?"
"Can you save Madam?"
The two maids at the door exclaimed, and Shang Shuliang couldn't hide her shock.
Does this person even know this?
Heng Hua smiled proudly, "Yuan Shan is just a little trick. His method is nothing more than teaching you to improve the puppet and attach it to the living soul in the form of a life soul puppet. But this kind of existence cannot last long. The living soul sleeps in coma all year round and rarely wakes up. But I can give your wife a brand new body."
Dongfang and Demon Emperor were listening on one side, silently pointing fingers at the deduction.
Soon, I understood the cause and effect of the whole thing.
When Shang Shuliang was a child, he did learn the Shadow Puppet Art inherited from his ancestors from Donglai, but he didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until his wife died suddenly and there was only one residual soul left that he thought of using puppetry to preserve the residual soul. As the puppetry became more advanced, he combined it with the ancestral shadow puppets to create a new type of puppet.
Dongfang Yunqi cannot calculate Yuanshan Grand Devil Lord, but Demon Emperor Chiling can be calculated clearly.
Shang Shuliang communicated with Yuanshan Grand Devil Lord and further derived the shadow puppet "Human-Skin Puppet". By peeling off the human skin, the person's soul can be sealed in the skin. After being carved into a shadow puppet, the person can be made into a shadow puppet. People continue to exist in another way. The two maids who greeted guests at the door were the experimental subjects of "Human-Skin Puppet". In gratitude for Shang Shuliang's life-saving and revengeful kindness, they have been working for Shadowlong Studio.
"Not only Madam, you two maids but also other Human-Skin Puppet in the house can also have real bodies."
Fu Henghua immediately recited the formula and passed on the next chapter "Shadow-Puppet Immortal Art".
This guy - it's starting again!
Monk Donglai knew very well that Fu Henghua liked to be a teacher and liked to improve cultivation techniques. Simply, Dongfang Yunqi wandered around the room and looked at the various shadow puppet craftsmanship.
Although Demon Emperor Chiling had heard about Fu Henghua's deeds, he was still shocked after seeing it with his own eyes. Southern Continent could not find such a selfless and generous genius who was willing to teach everything he had studied and understood.
She sat aside and looked at Heng Hua's teaching.
Shadow-Puppet Immortal Art is simpler than Demon Emperor Chiling imagined, but--
Riko felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if she had seen it somewhere before.
"Your shadow puppets are very close to a mature system, but you have not summarized and organized them. You see, we perform shadow puppets. Through the different levels of shadow puppets, stages, and music, we can rehearse shadow puppets with different realms."
Heng Hua hooked his fingers, and each silk thread controlled the two humanoid shadow puppets to carry out tools and cowhide in the workshop.
He controls two shadow puppets and indirectly carves the shadow puppets.
The first group was a tiger hunter and a tiger.
After the carving was completed, Heng Hua used his fingers to practice, taking the energy of the five elements from the sky and the earth and turning it into five colors, and then used the five tones and dozens of colors to paint the shadow puppet. After that, he used the art of refining to dehydrate and knot. The colorful parts were connected in series to form a complete puppet.
Shang Shuliang looked suspicious. "You can directly control the shadow puppets and make them yourself, so why do you need to look for me?"
"Of course I have my own intentions."
Heng Hua continues to perform Shadow Puppet Art.
After the tiger hunter and tiger shadow puppets were completed, he made a simple stage set on the spot and drove five monk puppets to play music on one side.
Dangdang-dang----
Together with the sound, the shadows of the tiger hunter and the tiger appeared on the screen.
Driven indirectly, Heng Hua performed a "tiger-fighting show".
Later, he made two more shadow puppets.
It's still a tiger hunter and a tiger, but this time, the shadow puppet contains more spiritual power. The monk is about to Foundation Establishment, and the tiger is also a tiger who has become a spirit. And
The scenery, stage and music have also been upgraded. Traces of "Spirit Architecture Art" can be seen in the scenery, and the music is from "Grand Music of the Equal Heaven". This time the tiger fighting scene obviously has more traces of mysticism and Daoism, and with the acting, Shang Shuliang clearly felt a trace of wonderful rhythm reverberating throughout the stage.
It's like the stage is integrated into one, creating an independent world.
He seemed to be on the scene, feeling the difficult battle between the ferocious tiger spirit and the monk.
His blood was boiling, and as he performed and played music, he felt that his bottleneck was loosening.
"The practice of shadow play is to perform it. Integrate Dao-Unification Realm machine into the performance, thereby improving yourself."
Fu Henghua once again engraved the third pair of tiger warriors and tigers.
This time, it is the monks of Foundation Establishment Perfection and the descendants of White Tiger.
The tiger-fighting scene was even more intense, and there was even a red vortex circulating in the air above the stage.
"Tao Yun appears?"
Dongfang Yunqi had already come back and was sitting in the auditorium.
Looking at the stage, she nodded and smiled, "The stage is Microcosmic Blessed Land, and the music is Grand Music of the Equal Heaven. It seems that if you want to perfectly perform a high-end shadow puppet play, you cannot do without the help of Spirit Architect and the music monks?"
"Those are secondary. The stage can be purchased from Spirit Architect in advance, and the music can be recorded and replayed by Spirit Musician. The most important thing is the technique of operating puppets and the means of making puppets."
Heng Hua waved his hand, and the red vortex flew towards Shang Shuliang.
The bottleneck that has been troubled for many years is directly broken, and it enters the next level Foundation Establishment.
Shang Shuliang's expression changes.
He calls himself a genius and combines Shadow Puppet Art with Immortal Puppetry to create a special kind of shadow puppet. He can even use this method to solidify the soul of the deceased into the shadow puppet to achieve "pseudo-resurrection".
But in front of the puppetry skills displayed by Fu Henghua, he seemed to see a whole new world.
Shadow puppetry has a proven path from ordinary people to the Golden Core Realm!
Even above Golden Core Realm, there is a higher level of potential.
This person deserves to be the ancestor of Shadow-Puppet Immortal Marionette Art!
Feeling the increase in mana in his body, he put aside the initial bad feeling and bowed respectfully to Fu Henghua.
"Thank you sir."
"With little effort - how much did you learn? Write it down quickly so you can teach it to others later."
Others?
Shang Shuliang shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Although Sir, you have given me a way out, Shadow-Puppet Immortal Art is a minor technique after all, just a branch under Puppet Method."
"Humph - stupid. To make shadow puppets, you need to select materials, proofing, and making shadows. What do you think this is?"
"Is it a weapon refining technique?"
When selecting materials, ordinary cowhide cannot be used directly. The leather is first selected and then specially processed before it can be used to make shadow puppets.
For proofing, shadow puppets need to draw a sketch and make a "sample sheet". Then they have to deconstruct each component based on the sample sheet.
Finally, there is the actual hand-making such as engraving and dyeing.
"It's a tool refining, not just a tool refining. The sample recipe for proofing can be regarded as the Dharma Treasure prohibition for refining the weapon and can be passed down from generation to generation." Heng Hua clicked his finger and directly produced the "Defying Tiger Shadow Puppet" sample recipe Creation.
"This set of sample recipes is divided into five levels, similar to the banned grades of Dharma Treasure. You can make White Tiger shadow puppets and Grandmaster shadow puppets according to the sample recipes I taught you."
Grandmaster level shadow puppet?
Shang Shuliang suddenly felt how valuable the music spectrum in his hands was.
"And the engraving techniques that follow are not just the refining techniques used to make Dharma Treasure."
Heng Hua hooked his fingers, and a gust of wind rolled the carving knife into his hand.
"Yin Carving and Yang Engraving, these are the fighting skills of Shadow-Puppet Immortal Art."
Heng Hua Rotate the carving knife at will, and the cold light is dotted, like cold blade flowers.
Shang Shuliang seems to have some realization.
"Yin Carving and Yang Engraving, both strong and soft, Yin-Yang Transmutation. It can indeed be used as a means of protection."
He followed Heng Hua's instructions and regarded the Demon Emperor Chiling in front of him as a piece of "cowhide". He waved the carving knife in the air with his usual carving habit and injected some mana into it.
Indeed, the streaks of blade light shot out are comparable to those of cultivating swordsmanship.
Demon Emperor was quite speechless. He swept away the blade light with a flick of his sleeves and his eyes became three points colder.
Fu Henghua interrupted in time and continued to talk about "applying color".
As one of the steps in shadow puppet production, coloring shadow puppets naturally requires corresponding materials.
New application methods for Spirit Essence Pigments!
Dongfang Yunqi's heart moved, and she seemed to want to understand the purpose of Fu Henghua's creation of "Shadow-Puppet Immortal Art".
"Color Alchemist", which is well protected by Fu Henghua, has a new sales channel.
"This guy still can't forget Color Alchemist, and he can't forget to train more workers for his family."
There are too many Color Alchemists, what's the point?
Naturally, the raw materials of Myriad Gods Chart are more stable, which is more helpful for Fu Henghua to refine the treasure of Daoism.
"As for the dehydration and stitching at the back, one requires Samadhi Fire, and the other requires puppet silk skills. A monk who can make shadow puppets must be an all-round talent who can both attack and defend, can assist in refining weapons, can carve knives to kill people, can control enemies with puppets, and can drive away fire and burn objects. Ordinary monks are not qualified to do this line of work."
And this is just an ordinary monk who practices shadow puppetry.
If you go one step further and perform the "Shadow Puppet Fairy Show" on your own, be promoted to master, Grandmaster, you may also have to dabble in Spirit Architecture, Xianle and other aspects.
As Heng Hua got excited about explaining, he simply explained "Spirit Architecture Art" and "Immortal Music Art" to Shang Shuliang. Shang Shuliang's head exploded when he heard it, and he couldn't understand many of the advanced magical applications behind it.
But he knew the importance of this part of knowledge and worked hard to memorize all Heng Hua's words so that he could understand them later.
Bang bang bang--
"What a good Mister Profound Origin, I have seen your preaching skills."
Demon Emperor nodded and said softly, "It's a bit interesting."
In her eyes, these methods are just gadgets for fun.
She kindly said to Shang Shuliang, "You have a shallow nature, and you will rarely see Dao of Alchemy in this life. But this person has a great background and a noble status. If you practice by his side, you may have great Creation in the future."
Immediately, Shang Shuliang felt blessed and worshiped under Fu Henghua's seat, calling him "Teacher".
"Forgive me, I'm not here to take any disciples, so you might as well call me 'Sir'."
Heng Hua gave him a few more instructions, urging him to make a shadow puppet for him, and handed him a script by the way.
Before he could take it, Dongfang Yunqi and Demon Emperor took action at the same time.
The two girls looked at each other, and then Demon Emperor took the initiative to come over and said, "Sister, do you want to watch too? Come on, let's do it together?"
Hehe--
Patiently, Dongfang Yunqi did not fall out, but silently distanced herself from her.
The two of them flipped through the script written by Fu Henghua. Just after reading the beginning, the two women fell silent.
After flipping through a few pages, Dongfang Yunqi decisively handed the script to Fu Henghua.
"Are you going to do this scene in the Southern Continent?"
"If they can do it, I can naturally act."
"That's right." Demon Emperor clapped his hands and laughed, "They can do it, so what can't they rehearse? Brother, if your script is not enough, I can also give you some Six Sects Era's past events as material."
"Then thank you sister."
Heng Hua handed the script to Shang Shuliang again.
When he opened it and took a look, his face suddenly turned pale.
"First... Sir, the content above is... true?"
In the first scene of the script, Sanzhou seeks justice and subdues demons, while Nanxiu poisons his benefactor.
This is a script from the past 40,000 years ago. I plan to go to Red Peak the day after tomorrow and perform a shadow puppet show in front of monk Southern Continent!
The secret of Lamplight-Shadow Immortal Art, Southern Continent. Because it was passed down by "Shadowlong Studio", it is also called Yinglong Immortal Art.
However, Southern Continent is now extinct, only Donglai is widely used.
It is said that Sage Fu was so happy when he entered Southern Continent that he transformed into an apprentice and stole his master, so he passed it on to Donglai.
The following is the author's guess:
Yinglong Art is involved in Spirit Architecture, Xianle, seal carving and other spiritual practices. It is said that Sage Fu is proficient in all kinds of arts, and he often apprentices under the Southern Continent. Southern Continent's way of Xianle should be no less inherited than Donglai Art Ancestor.
--<Nanshan Temple Donglai's experiences·Yinglong Chapter, excerpt three>