King of Creation-Chapter 727 - 718: Puppetry Technique

"Master Lan?"

As the sudden appearance of Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao at the great hall’s entrance caught Ye Zhen’s attention, his gaze sharply focused and his Divine Sense stirred, bracing himself for an impending conflict.

Since everyone had entered this Ten Thousand Beast Hall, they had entered the core treasure region of the Beast Taming Sect. Without a doubt, everyone who made it alive was in search of their own fortune.

At this point, those who had survived had turned from teammates into competitors, and Ye Zhen had to be extremely cautious.

The gaze of Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao was locked tightly on the Red Spirit Pearl in Ye Zhen’s hand, and upon seeing the corpse of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King, his expression revealed a trace of shock.

"Young Hero Ye is indeed skillful, to have defeated this Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet!" Master Lan Shuiqiao praised as he slowly stepped into the Alchemy Hall.

Ye Zhen’s expression changed abruptly, "Puppet?"

His gaze involuntarily fixed on the bizarre corpse on the ground, which had not a single trace of blood.

"That’s right!"

"The protector of this hall is a form of puppetry technique, a closely guarded secret of the Beast Taming Sect, known as the Soul Sealing Puppet Technique! It begins by extracting the Divine Soul of the target to create a Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb.

Then, using a secret technique to refine the target’s corpse, after countless refinements, the body can remain undecayed for ten thousand years, flexible and intact, and aside from lacking life force, it could be mistaken for an ordinary human.

Coupled with the Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb in your hands, one can create a powerful puppet entirely under their control!"

"Such puppets like this Long-Armed Fire Monkey King crafted by the Beast Taming Sect are most suitable for combat in confined spaces,"

Speaking, Master Lan Shuiqiao glanced at the Alchemy Hall, which covered an area of several hundred square meters, "In this narrow hall, the combat power of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King puppet can be maximized. An unknowing Establishment Realm King who charges in might fall victim to this Long-Armed Fire Monkey King Puppet!"

"So that’s how it is...."

Ye Zhen felt somewhat disappointed since he had held a sliver of hope that the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King, being a kind of King-level Demon Beast, could be refined into an Essence Spirit Pearl using the Mirage Dragon Pearl after being slain.

Ye Zhen was quite fond of the Long-Armed Divine Ability of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King.

Now, it seemed that Ye Zhen had been overly optimistic.

Based on Ye Zhen’s understanding of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, such a beast that had long been dead and existed in the form of a puppet, was unlikely to condense an Essence Spirit Pearl.

While speaking, Master Lan Shuiqiao walked further into the Alchemy Hall, his gaze still fixed intently on the Red Spirit Sealing Puppet Pearl in Ye Zhen’s hand.

"Young Hero Ye, there is another special feature about this Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb. Do you know of it?" Master Lan Shuiqiao suddenly asked.

Ye Zhen’s expression shifted, asking, "What feature?"

"Immerse your Divine Sense in it, and you’ll sense it immediately," Master Lan Shuiqiao said.

"Oh?"

Ye Zhen hesitated briefly, then his Divine Sense slightly stirred.

The instant Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense began to fluctuate, Master Lan Shuiqiao’s figure flashed like lightning, lunging at Ye Zhen. In the moment he shot forward, a large watery-blue Spiritual Power Giant Hand reached swiftly and unerringly for the Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb in Ye Zhen’s hand.

Boom!

The Heavenly Thunder of Fright suddenly burst out from the palm of Ye Zhen’s hand. Master Lan Shuiqiao’s complexion turned pale with fright, "You didn’t observe it with Divine Sense?"

"Master Lan, to immerse my Divine Sense in an unknown dangerous item in front of you... I, Ye Zhen, am not that foolish!" Ye Zhen sneered.

Master Lan Shuiqiao’s movements remained unchanged as he drew with his forefinger, and a watery-blue nebula condensed above his forehead, blocking Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Thunder of Fright. Meanwhile, the brilliance of the watery-blue Spiritual Power Giant Hand that was reaching for Ye Zhen intensified dramatically.

When the covert theft failed, he immediately switched to an overt robbery!

A burst of earthy-yellow brilliance exploded, and a Earth Primordial Divine Palm was pressed out, colliding with Master Lan Shuiqiao’s watery-blue Spiritual Power Giant Hand!

Boom!

Master Lan Shuiqiao’s watery-blue Spiritual Power Giant Hand and Ye Zhen’s Earth Primordial Divine Palm shattered simultaneously like two soap bubbles, causing Master Lan Shuiqiao’s expression to change drastically!

"A Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Power Martial Skill?"

"Glad you noticed!"

With a cold snort and a flash of light, Ye Zhen had already placed the Red Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King into his storage ring.

Master Lan Shuiqiao’s expression immediately became hesitant!

"Hmph, out of consideration for Qing Tong, I’ll let this go just this once!"

As he spoke, Master Lan Shuiqiao’s figure swayed slightly, and suddenly, over a hundred illusions of Master Lan Shuiqiao appeared within the hall.

"Hmm?"

Ye Zhen’s expression turned exceedingly grave in an instant. Sword Heart Enlightenment was fully activated as he prepared to find the real Master Lan Shuiqiao among the hundred-plus illusions!

"Could it be that one?"

Just as Ye Zhen identified which was Master Lan Shuiqiao’s true body, the real figure of Master Lan Shuiqiao darted towards the hall’s exit, and all of the illusions he had conjured did the same in that very moment.

In an instant, Master Lan Shuiqiao had vanished from the hall!

"Damn it!"

After Master Lan Shuiqiao left, looking at the state of the Alchemy Hall, Ye Zhen couldn’t help but curse.

Master Lan was too cunning, more sly than a fox.

The illusion of hundreds of clones had put Ye Zhen on high alert, searching for the real one. But in that instant, Master Lan used the opportunity to rummage through the entire Alchemy Hall.

All the Cold Jade Cabinets in the Alchemy Hall, which had been shut and stored Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, were now all opened up.

Master Lan’s attack on Ye Zhen had been a feint, and his true aim was to search for treasures in the Alchemy Hall.

Other than the area immediately surrounding Ye Zhen, Master Lan had almost completely ransacked the place.

Looking at the now chaotic Alchemy Hall, Ye Zhen was nearly beside himself with anger.

He had exhausted himself slaying the puppet of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King guarding the Alchemy Hall, and were it not for a matter of luck, he would have nearly had the fruits of his labor snatched away by the Hundred Poisons Master, Lan Shuiqiao.

Why was it a matter of luck?

Because, although Lan Shuiqiao’s illusionary avatar had successfully ransacked the Alchemy Hall, it was all under the watchful eye of Ye Zhen’s Sword Heart Enlightenment.

However, Lan Shuiqiao had searched the entire Alchemy Hall and found no treasures.

Indeed, inside those Cold Jade Cabinets, there were a vast amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Despite being preserved by the Cold Jade, the seals weren’t very tight. After a hundred years, most had withered and turned grey, having lost their intended effects long ago.

The only items missing were the dozen or so Alchemy Utensils on the Pill Table in the center of the hall.

Those must have been taken by Lan Shuiqiao.

Nevertheless, Lan Shuiqiao’s actions served as a reminder to Ye Zhen.

Inside the Alchemy Hall, though the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures had been destroyed, the Alchemy Furnace itself was a real treasure.

From the construction of the Ten Thousand Beast Valley, it had stood for a thousand years. In other words, the huge Alchemy Furnace before him was a millennium-old treasure, something that Ye Zhen had not noticed before.

"Departure... Fire?"

After making a round, Ye Zhen found two ancient seal characters on the body of the octagonal Alchemy Furnace.

His Divine Sense stirred, and Ye Zhen engulfed the Departure Fire Alchemy Furnace with it, then attempted to store it in his storage ring to take it away.

With a push from his Divine Sense, the Departure Fire Alchemy Furnace wobbled slightly, but it didn’t get stored away!

"How heavy is it?"

Ye Zhen was shocked once again!

When his Divine Sense hauled items into the storage ring, it could easily store things weighing tens of thousands of catties in one go. He hadn’t expected it to fail to hold this Pill Furnace.

Flexing his arms, Ye Zhen tried to lift it but couldn’t budge it!

"Just how heavy is this thing?"

"Departure Fire, weighing a total of one million and eighty thousand catties..."

After a while, Ye Zhen found a line of tiny characters at the very bottom of the Pill Furnace and was left speechless.

One million and eighty thousand catties were about the weight of a small mountain range.

"What a pity, I’m not an Alchemist..." With a sigh of regret, Ye Zhen began to think and after spending half a quarter-hour, directed his storage ring at the Departure Fire Alchemy Furnace and pushed his Divine Soul Power to the extreme to finally store it away.

Today, Ye Zhen certainly broadened his experience, witnessing for the first time heavy objects that his Divine Sense could not store in the storage ring.

The Departure Fire Alchemy Furnace was incredibly heavy, but the body of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King was even heavier.

Since the body of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King was not decaying and was as hard as metal, Ye Zhen didn’t bother to consider its use and decided to take it first.

After all this, Ye Zhen tried something that Lan Shuiqiao had mentioned; he submerged his Divine Sense into the Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb.

Roar!

The moment his Divine Sense entered, a soul of the Long-Armed Fire Monkey King, which seemed like a Demon God with Blazing Flames enveloping it, let out a ferocious roar and launched an attack on Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense.

In an instant, the part of his Divine Sense that had entered was torn to shreds.

His figure shook inexplicably, and Ye Zhen’s expression turned extremely ugly.

Fortunately, he had not fallen for Lan Shuiqiao’s malice; otherwise, the tremor from the instant damage to his Divine Soul would have left him at the mercy of the Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao.

Whether he could have kept his life was uncertain, but everything in the Alchemy Hall, including the Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb, would likely have been taken by Lan Shuiqiao.

However, this also confirmed something for Ye Zhen.

If Lan Shuiqiao cared so much about the Spirit-Sealing Puppet Orb, it was probably indeed a treasure.

"It’s time to explore other areas..."

Having pillaged the Alchemy Hall, Ye Zhen stepped out and found himself facing a cross-shaped corridor, with what seemed to be a vague outline of grand halls in the distance.

Boom boom boom!

Regular and continuous rumbling sounds, one after another, came from afar, and Ye Zhen hurriedly ran towards them.

"Master Lan?"

Seeing the Hundred Poisons Master Lan Shuiqiao sealing the door of a great hall, Ye Zhen looked surprised.

At the sight of Ye Zhen, Lan Shuiqiao’s expression turned frosty, "Kid, keep your distance later, and don’t force me to take your life!"

Ye Zhen surveyed the surroundings as Lan Shuiqiao’s voice rang out again.

"There are several halls along this cross-shaped corridor, and the doors of each hall are covered with extremely strong Sealing Formations. Without a Talisman, it’s impossible to enter.

However, the Formations here have long been unattended, so brute force can also break these doors! This hall is my choice! Step away, or don’t blame me for being ruthless!" Lan Shuiqiao’s warning sounded again.

After observing the surroundings, Ye Zhen nodded and began to slowly back away, then turned towards another intersection. He estimated that what Lan Shuiqiao had said was likely true.

After traveling for about twenty miles along the corridor, he reached a dead end where a great hall, covered with a glowing Qing light, emerged before Ye Zhen’s eyes.

The ten-meter squared hall doors were flashing with an intense Sealing glow!

Bang!

With a casual lift of his hand, he launched an Earth Primordial Divine Palm attack, and with a thunderous boom, the shine of the Sealing glow on the doors weakened slightly, a discovery that brought a hint of joy to Ye Zhen’s face.

In the next moment, Ye Zhen lifted his hand, ready to use the Earth Primordial Divine Palm to continuously strike the hall’s Sealed doors. However, the moment he raised his hand, Ye Zhen slapped his forehead and began to laugh at himself.

"Look at me being so foolish!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it, and your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)