novelsky Chapter 828: All good stuff!
Chapter 828: All good stuff!
Chen Huaian had grown stronger again.Upon seeing the Moon Shadow Sect ancestor once more, Spirit Void Old Ghost's first reaction was exactly that.
Although in terms of cultivation realm, he still held a slight edge over Chen Huaian, the aura of being completely one with the Dao radiating from Chen Huaian told him one thing.
If they truly fought, even though Chen Huaian was only at the Great Ascension Second Tribulation stage, he himself might not be his opponent.
This feeling made Spirit Void Old Ghost feel utterly absurd.
Not only because of this dangerous premonition, but also because of his shock at how quickly Chen Huaian could improve his strength.
Just ask any old monster at the Great Ascension Stage, and they'd tell you how difficult it is to advance even a single step within this realm. Yet for Chen Huaian, it seemed not to be the case at all.
In less than half a month, his strength had improved to the point of being like a completely different person...
What kind of terrifying talent and opportunity was this?!
Spirit Void Old Ghost had always trusted his premonitions deeply; these premonitions had saved his life countless times.
Including back when he faced Burning Heaven the monk's pursuit—precisely because he sensed entering the Hundred Thousand Mountains wouldn't pose a life-threatening danger, he unusually plunged straight into it.
Burning Heaven the monk feared Tu Shan Yue and indeed didn't dare to continue the chase.
Now, facing Chen Huaian, that dangerous string tightened once again.
This was also why, this time when facing Chen Huaian, his attitude contained an extra thirty percent of respect.
"So it's Master Spirit Void." Chen Huaian glanced at the obviously unusual object in Spirit Void Old Ghost's hand, cupped his hands and said, "This Venerable One has poor eyesight; may I ask what object that is in Master's hand?"
"This is the demonic souls of the Five Great Demon Saints, which this old man has completely controlled and refined into these puppet woods." Speaking of his own creation, Spirit Void Old Ghost's face showed a rare hint of smugness: "Just by holding this puppet wood, you can completely control the consciousness of the demon saint within, making them go east when you say east, daring not to go west! Hehehe!"
As if feeling he was being a bit too smug.
After speaking, Spirit Void Old Ghost retracted the smile from his face and lightly flattered Chen Huaian.
"Of course, this old man knows these five demon saint puppet woods are probably insignificant and rather useless to Chen Sword Master.
After all, if it weren't for you slaying the physical bodies of the Five Great Demon Saints back then, this old man wouldn't have succeeded so easily...
But this old man thought it over, and since the Moon Shadow Sect is already the number one sect in the Cangyun Realm, the only thing that could threaten the Moon Shadow Sect would be the Five Great Demon Saints of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
So this old man simply refined all five demon saints, which is also the only gift this old man feels is worthy of you."
Hearing this, Chen Huaian maintained an impassive expression on the surface, but inwardly he was already overjoyed. He said calmly, "Could you summon the demon puppet for a look?"
"Of course." Spirit Void Old Ghost also wanted to prove his gift wasn't trash, so he immediately infused True Essence into one of the wooden puppets.
With a gust of demonic wind swirling wildly, wood chips and stone fragments flew out from the wooden puppet, coalescing in mid-air into a ten-foot-tall figure—the outline of Roc Sage, yet without a single trace of the vitality of a flesh-and-blood body.
Its torso was pieced together from dark black profound iron stones, with withered wooden branches embedded between the seams, like rotten wood dug up from a grave; its wings were two massive pieces of black jade chalcedony, surfaces covered in cracks, yet gleaming with a cold, sharp light when the demonic wind brushed past, each flap producing sharp tearing sounds through the air.
Its head was a polished ebony wood, with the eye sockets hollowed out into two black holes.
Inside were no eyeballs, only two flickering masses of gray mist; its beak was cast from bronze, the edges still stained with dried black marks—who knows from which year or month's leftover bloodstains.
Most eerie was the aura radiating from its entire body—the pressure of a Great Ascension Stage demonic beast remained completely undiminished, like an invisible great mountain pressing down on everyone's hearts. Yet this pressure contained not a single trace of a living creature's vitality, only the icy stillness of death, as if a malevolent ghost had crawled back from the underworld, making even the surrounding air carry a bone-piercing chill.
It hovered silently in mid-air, wings slightly drooping, neither struggling nor roaring.
Only the gray mist in its eye sockets occasionally flickered, as if proving it was once a great sage who dominated a region, but had now been reduced to a puppet controlled at will.
The surrounding disciples, seeing Roc Sage's sinister appearance, were also quite frightened.
Even though Spirit Void Old Ghost said Roc Sage had been controlled, memories of being hunted by the Five Great Demon Saints were still vivid in their minds.
"Turn a circle." Spirit Void Old Ghost commanded.
A faint glimmer lit up in Roc Sage's gray, misty eye sockets as it slowly turned a circle in place.
"Turn faster!"
Roc Sage began spinning rapidly.
"Do a somersault!"
Roc Sage performed a somersault, landing with such force that the mountain gate trembled.
"Say, Chen Sword Master is the number one sword master of this generation!" Spirit Void Old Ghost commanded again.
Roc Sage opened its mouth dully, emitting a hoarse, strained voice: "Chen Sword Master... is... the number one... sword master... of this generation."
If Roc Sage hadn't been controlled, given the level of hatred between it and Chen Huaian, it would absolutely never utter such words.
"Can it be commanded just by infusing True Essence?" Chen Huaian became interested in this wooden puppet.
"You can infuse True Essence, but the safest method is blood recognition binding. That way you can control it without needing True Essence.
This object currently has no master, and since this old man wants to gift it to you, naturally I can't perform blood recognition binding.
Chen Sword Master can give these wooden puppets to some juniors. Although the demon saints within the wooden puppets aren't at their peak strength, they're more than enough to deal with ordinary Great Ascension Stage cultivators."
Hearing this, Chen Huaian's eyes lit up.
This was a super bodyguard.
His first thought was to give two of these wooden puppets to Li Qingran.
Currently, the situation on Earth Star was complex, and sometimes he might not be able to pay attention to Li Qingran's situation over there.
When he couldn't pay attention, he inevitably felt anxious.
But if he had Spirit Void Old Ghost's wooden puppets, then Li Qingran's safety in the Canglan Realm would basically not be a major concern.
Furthermore, he could also use these wooden puppets himself, taking them to Earth Star for use, equivalent to having an extra Great Ascension Stage fighter.
Good stuff...
When Chen Huaian looked at Spirit Void Old Ghost again, the insincerity in his eyes vanished, and he instead looked at him like an outstanding employee.
"As they say, knowledge from books is shallow; Chen Sword Master, why not personally try it out?" Spirit Void Old Ghost handed Roc Sage's wooden puppet to Chen Huaian.
Chen Huaian took the wooden puppet and controlled Roc Sage for a while, feeling increasingly satisfied.
He could see the item's details; aside from the somewhat sinister refining method, this wooden puppet had no hidden drawbacks.
After blood recognition binding, there was no risk of it turning on its master. It was truly a must-have self-defense tool for home and travel!
"Does this item have any consumption?" he asked again.
"Almost none." Spirit Void Old Ghost stroked his beard: "This old man's technique for refining demon puppets has reached perfection. When not summoned, these demon puppets can continuously absorb the essence of the sun and moon to replenish their consumption.
If they suffer severe damage, they can also return to the wooden puppet to repair their bodies.
But if they're directly smashed to death, then they die completely, and the wooden puppet will be damaged too."
"Oh, Pokémon." Chen Huaian muttered to himself.
Spirit Void Old Ghost: "What?"
"Haha, nothing." Chen Huaian waved his hand, "Then thank you for the wooden puppets, Master."
He didn't stand on ceremony either; since Spirit Void Old Ghost offered, he directly accepted. After accepting, he kept staring at the blood bead in Spirit Void Old Ghost's hand, seeming to want to say something but hesitating.
"This item can be directly swallowed. It's refined from the flesh and demonic souls of 17 Demon Emperors, containing extremely vast energy. Although this old man hasn't tried it, I estimate only Great Ascension Stage cultivators can withstand it, and even then they'd need considerable time to refine it... But if refined properly, there will definitely be gains in cultivation."
Spirit Void Old Ghost spoke confidently.
Chen Huaian thought to himself, another good item.
He turned to look at Spirit Beast Sect Master Renshou.
Renshou stared at the blood bead for a while, then nodded to Chen Huaian.
One wooden puppet, plus one blood bead, was completely sufficient as materials.
Getting the answer he wanted, Chen Huaian directly gave Su Qinian a look; "What are you standing there for? One distinguished guest for the back mountain!
Hurry up and invite Senior Spirit Void inside?"