Beginning to practice immortality as a refugee

Chapter 506: Three Body Spiritual Root Technique

Lu Ye estimated that he had spent several months to master the general principles of the third-level puppetry. Now, all he lacked was proficiency.

Fortunately, the puppet he trained was not a truly autonomous mechanical puppet. Except for the difficulty of the puppet's heart, the rest was actually similar to the weapon refining technique.

The most difficult part of making a puppet is to set up a spiritual awakening array on the puppet's head, so that it can accept the monk's seal to take attack and defense postures and have a certain "self" wisdom.

Fortunately, Lu Ye doesn't have to take this step, as Elder Tiegong will make the judgment himself.

Therefore, the difficulty of production has been greatly reduced. The Puppet's Heart is the second most difficult to produce. However, hard work can make up for lack of talent. It's nothing more than wasting some demon pills.

He slapped the storage ring.

shuh...

More than ten demon pills of various colors were floating in the air and shining, half of them were golden pills and half of them were foundation-building pills. He couldn't remember when these demon kings were defeated in his hands.

Most of them should be found in the Mozhu Secret Realm.

Elder Tie Gong has a wood-attributed spiritual root. Lu Ye waved his hand, and three wood-attributed demon pills rose several feet into the air, above the other demon pills.

Two of the demon pills are larger than the other ones, and they are the golden elixir-level king demon pills.

Lu Ye summoned many more puppets from his storage ring. These were the spoils after killing Tian Ji Zi. Some of them were Bloodline Yanshi or other robbery cultivators from the Dragon Snatching Alliance who provided him with intelligence and funding.

Some of these puppets are bulky and thick, and they are good at taking beatings and have thick health; others are ethereal and have instant high burst damage, but they are very fragile.

There are also those who move slowly but have extremely long attack ranges, and there are also those who take the mage cultivation route and can quickly cast spells.

He looked at them one by one, compared them with the third-level puppetry in his mind, and finally chose a work of Bloodline Yanshi as a template.

This puppet is called Iron Wall Armor Guard. It is covered with heavy armor. There is a heavy sword on its left arm that can be popped out to assist in close-range attacks. There is also a pear blossom spear on its left arm. There is a roulette wheel under the spear head, and rune scrolls that have been placed in sequence are placed inside.

As long as the magic power of the Puppet Heart is activated, the rune scroll can be activated, and the gun tip will shoot out spell lights, continuously hitting the enemy like a falling meteor.

"This is a Gatling puppet..."

Lu Ye admired that people in the world of immortal cultivation had no shortage of creative ideas.

This roulette wheel can clearly be seen as a drum, and although the spear is top-heavy due to this, it is not a problem for the monks.

Then he wanted to make a beast-bodied puppet for Elder Tie Gong.

He suddenly remembered the day when his magic weapon, the Killing Slash, was unveiled and he ran out to the open sea to kill a passing spider demon king.

Well... if it follows that design and has eight legs, it can run fast and bear weight, and it won't matter if one or two legs are broken by the enemy.

A thick turtle shell was built on the eight legs. As for the two-arm spiritual weapon, both arms were made into drum-shaped spears. The "roulette" was made more refined and several times more scrolls were placed inside.

When encountering an enemy, if they are far away, use the Rune Scroll to attack them. If they are broken into pieces, run over with Eight Legs and smash them with the spear. If they are not killed, move away and continue attacking.

Of course, Elder Tiegong was the important person he had selected to manage all the disciples on the island, and he had to represent the face of Zhongxiang Island when he went out.

This puppet cannot be made to be so hideous and terrifying. It has to look light, nimble and elegant in shape, but in fact it has to be able to withstand a beating, be agile and have strong attack power.

It seems like a difficult problem, but it can be done as long as you use good materials.

Lu Ye took one step and decided to use only spiritual weapon grade materials. Others were reluctant to invest in this puppet, but he was.

There are many Nascent Soul-level materials piled up in the Mozhu Secret Realm.

You can use Jindan-grade materials as the main material, and then add half a pound of soft jade gold to ensure its overall protection and toughness.

He still had many fragments of Nascent Soul magic weapons in his hands, and he could melt some of them and use them just to make them sturdy and light.

Lu Ye thought of this and no longer hesitated.

He snapped his fingers and several materials flew out of the storage ring, which he threw one by one into the Three Yang Fires in front of him.

Mana prompts.

boom!
The pillar of fire underground became several times stronger and thicker, rushing straight to the roof of the basement.

Fortunately, there was a fire-proof spell painted on the roof, and there were formations around it to isolate the inside and outside, so it did not affect the outside world.

But the temperature in the basement suddenly rose rapidly.

The defensive spiritual weapon Lu Ye was wearing took effect, and a light blue water shield enveloped him, isolating him from the high temperature.

He concentrated on casting magical seals into the flames, observing the temperature with his spiritual sense, and using his magic power to remotely control the material to rotate continuously.

Half a day later, the materials melted into a ball of bright metallic light, which gradually stretched in the flames and became the shape of a spider leg.

Only then did Lu Ye stop casting the spell and put it away.

Now that half a day has passed, it is time to practice the sword art of the void.

Every day of retreat for a monk is so boring and uninteresting. Only those who can endure the loneliness can finally see the great light.

In this way, another half month passed quickly.

This day.

Lu Ye was in a basement, where a raging fire was burning.

There was a faint golden light flashing in his eyes as he stared directly at the rising flames.

In the flames, a half-meter-tall puppet shell has been completely made.

It looked like an empty shell, a full body of armor with no one wearing it, covering everything from head to toe. The armor was bright black overall, but with golden patterns visible on it. The helmet visor was hanging down, with intricate wood grain on it.

He carried two crossed spears on his back, or to be more precise, they looked like long-handled hammers, except that the tip of the spear protruded from the middle of the hammer along the handle.

The so-called "hammer body" is actually made up of a series of thin tubes that hold numerous rune scrolls.

The armor does not look very thick. Below the waist, it imitates the armor of ordinary people, with eight long leaves on the outside, which seems a bit complicated.

However, as long as mana is input, the eight long leaves of the armor skirt will instantly turn into eight spider legs, supporting the weight of the entire armor puppet and accelerating its movement.

now.

This armored puppet is almost complete, with only a large hole on the breastplate.

Lu Ye held a spell in one hand and carefully pulled it, then he saw a big green demon pill covered with runes in the air, flying into the big hole.

There is a disk in the hole on the puppet's chest, with many runes rotating on it. It is the soul-absorbing array. When the demon pill falls into it and combines with the array, it will be able to automatically absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and maintain its combat effectiveness.

In the corner of the basement.

A fully armored puppet that was blown to pieces was lying there, and one could vaguely see that its style was almost exactly the same as the current puppet.

Yes, Lu Ye had always refined double quantities of any puppet parts before.

The day before, he assembled a puppet, but made a mistake in the last step of placing the puppet's heart, and the demon pill exploded.

He rested for a day, recalled all the steps, and tried again today.

hum...

The closer the demon pill gets to the soul-absorbing formation, the more green demonic power it emanates from the pill, and the runes in the formation light up with white light and float to attract the demon pill.

When the two intersected, a dazzling light immediately burst out from the pill, as if it was trying its best to resist the formation.

This is where we failed last time.

Lu Ye was very cautious, and he raised his magic power to the extreme. All the spiritual consciousness in his spirit body bloomed and fell into his eyes. His movements were gentle like a lover's caress.

After a while, the demon pill finally fell into the soul-absorbing formation and entered the cave safely. It was wrapped in layers of protective armor on the outside.

Lu Ye waved his hand and sealed off the three yang fires in the basement.

Thus, it is mainly made of spiritual weapon materials, and supplemented with Nascent Soul auxiliary materials such as soft jade and gold, so it is made light and thin, and extremely powerful, and is considered a top-quality spiritual weapon.

Given to Elder Tie Gong, it is enough for him to be fearless of anyone during the Foundation Establishment Stage, and to be able to escape even if he cannot defeat a Jin Dan enemy.

"It's time to get out of seclusion!"

Seeing that this thing had been mastered, Lu Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As for those useless puppet fragments, they were not a big deal. He planned to melt them all with fire to refine the extremely unstable and easily explosive flying sword, and then use the sword technique of flying to throw it out as a thunder bomb.

Lu Ye struck the jade bell, and the sound spread outside the room and echoed in the tower, indicating that his retreat had ended.

He stood up and walked out. Pan Furong was already waiting for him outside the basement.

The woman looked at the huge metal puppet behind Lu Ye and asked curiously.

"Husband, is this the mechanical puppet prepared for the elders?"

Lu Ye nodded.

"This is called the Eight-legged Wood Spider."

"Okay, I'll take a shower first and call everyone to get together in the evening."

"During my retreat this time, I have also figured out how to replace the immortal bones for Sister Hong and Fan Buju."

Pan Furong was overjoyed and said shyly, "Husband, let me help you take a bath and change your clothes."

That night.

Everyone gathered in the tower again.

An open space under the tower was turned into a martial arts training ground.

The eight-legged wooden spider armor puppet stood in place, with the armor plates on its back opened, and Elder Tiegong stepped into it under the gaze of everyone.

Over the past few years, his spiritual body and consciousness have partially degenerated.

Elder Tie Gong mobilized his spiritual consciousness and immediately connected with the puppet's heart. The demon pill started to work, and lines of demonic power spread to every part of the eight-legged wooden spider.

A buzzing sound was heard.

The eight-legged wooden spider armor puppet's body began to flash with light one after another. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Elder Tie Gong controlled the puppet to take a step forward.

At first he could not walk steadily, but after trying for a while, he was able to sit, lie down, walk like a normal person, and even run fast.

He could even use a single gun to perform a set of gun techniques, and extend his mechanical puppet arm to perform common Qi training spells such as fire bomb technique, water mirror technique, etc.

Elder Tiegong also tried the second form of the eight-legged wooden spider. His demonic power surged, and the eight leaves of the armor skirt transformed into slender spider legs, lifting the entire body of the armored puppet several feet.

Boom!

Elder Tie Gong appeared in a flash and smashed a rock next to him, causing him to fall headfirst into the air.

Wang Hu, Zhang Cunyi and Shu Chitu hurriedly helped him up.

Elder Tie Gong laughed out loud, tears in his eyes, and bowed deeply to Lu Ye.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

"Today, I, Tie Gong, finally feel that I am no longer a useless person who is just a walking corpse!"

"I have finally returned to cultivating immortality and regained my magical powers!"

He knew that his future path of cultivation would be cut off, but just as a bird can fly again after breaking its wings, this is the most important thing.

Letting him wait for death in mediocrity is like an eagle lying on the ground, eating and waiting to die, in a daze. How cruel.

Lu Ye smiled and said it was just a small favor, not worth mentioning.

He also left three taels of Jingshen Water for Elder Tie Gong, which is a precious auxiliary material for the Nascent Soul practice of spiritual consciousness.

"Fellow Daoist, your spiritual body and consciousness have degenerated over the past few years."

"Using the tranquilizing water can help your spirit body and consciousness recover and grow stronger again."

"When the time comes, you will have to truly refine this eight-legged wooden spider puppet before you can truly master it."

"I know you have a wood-attributed spiritual root, and this demon pill is of the same attribute, and has two magical powers. You can slowly explore them in the future."

Elder Tie Gong was extremely surprised and knelt on the ground to express his gratitude again. He said frankly that fellow Taoists were like his second parents and he would allow them to lead him in the future and would not regret it even if he died.

Lu Ye smiled and shook his head, "My friend, how can I bear to see you die?"
You will be in charge of all the secular affairs of the monks on the island from now on, so that we can practice without worries. Pan Furong, Wang Hu, Lu Ye, Zhang Cunyi, and Gui Baozhu all congratulated Elder Tiegong.

After some excitement.

Lu Yecai then spoke to Sister Hong and Fan Buju.

"Sister Hong, I can't get an erection."

"I have been in seclusion for several months, and during my rest time I have considered giving you a bone transplant."

"In fact, our predecessors have done a very thorough exploration in this area. Many Nascent Soul cultivators who have no spiritual roots have successful examples of bone refining."

"The most reliable method is actually the Fu Bing Shu."

"But that primitive talisman weapon technique is too crude. It uses the essence, blood and lifespan of the recipient, so the recipient can only live for a few years."

"I have found a method called the Three-Body Spiritual Root Method, which can enable a person to possess a lower-grade B spiritual root..."

"It just so happens that there is another treasure called Thousand Layer Talisman Jade. If I draw a talisman on it, it can double the value. Maybe it can reach the middle grade."

The talisman method is to engrave the spirit-calling talisman into the human skeleton, and the idea is correct.

The Three Body Spirit Root Method is to arrange the spirit-attracting talismans in three layers, one layer for the bones, one layer for the internal organs, and the last layer outside the skin.

Three layers of runes form a three-dimensional rune array, sharing the burden evenly. Perhaps it is enough for the two of them to cultivate to perfection in Qi training, and even have the hope of breaking through to the foundation building stage.

Although this method is good, it is not cost-effective. You have to invest a lot of resources and effort to only get one Qi-training or foundation-building cultivator. The input and output are not proportional at all. Therefore, it is only suitable for one or two close people.

It is simply impossible to convert a large number of mortal people into immortal cultivators.

As long as one can enter the Tao, he can then continue to enhance his own strength by either using external puppetry or refining a foundation-building or Qi-training demon pill.

Sister Hong smiled and said, "I'll listen to my Hu Zi." Wang Hu nodded vigorously.

He already has a son, Wang Zikuan, and he still wants to stay with Sister Hong forever.

Fan Buju knelt down and kowtowed, asking his master to cast a spell for him when he was free. He followed Lu Ye across the ocean and gave up his job as the lord of a city, just for this day.

Lu Ye smiled and said, "Okay, today we will just talk about love and romance to celebrate Elder Tie Gong's return to the immortal way."

I will do something for you two in a few days.

He would have to conduct a few more experiments before he could feel comfortable casting spells on the two of them.

A few days later.

Still in the martial arts arena, everyone gathered together.

Wang Hu grabbed Lu Ye's hand nervously.

"Brother, are you reliable?"

"If there is any danger, then I would rather Sister Hong not take the risk."

"The baby is still breastfeeding, I can't live without Sister Hong..."

Lu Ye rolled his eyes at him.

"You don't want to drink milk, get out of the way..."

Fan Buju laughed on the side.

"Uncle Hu, don't worry, just let me come first."

Lu Ye threw out a disk, which landed in a circle about ten feet in size with runes moving inside.

Fan Buju strode in and sat down cross-legged as instructed.

"Spiritual Induction!"

Lu Ye made a hand seal, and the nearby spiritual energy was attracted. A bright light flashed on the array plate, and runes densely climbed up Fan Buju's body, even his face and scalp were covered with glowing runes.

"Start the talisman!"

Lu Ye waved his sleeves again.

Dozens of thousand-layer jade bone-moving talismans drawn last night were spinning rapidly around Fan Buju, encircling him like curtains of light.

"Enter the body!"

Layer upon layer of bone-drawing talismans entered Fan Buju's body like birds flying into the forest. The runes in the array plate formed an outer layer of rune shield on the outside, suppressing the bone-drawing talismans and preventing them from overflowing.

Fan Buju was trembling all over, grimacing in pain, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

“Indestructible!”

Lu Ye changed his seal again.

Fan Buju's body emitted a strange light, almost illuminating a skeleton. Runes were seen rotating and engraved on his bones, internal organs, and skin. The three layers of runes inside and outside formed a complex three-dimensional rune array.

After a long time.

Lu Ye put away his magic.

The array plate had run out of energy and turned into ashes.

Fan Buju fell to the ground with a thud, and his exposed skin was covered with dense runes.

Wang Hu let out a strange cry and summoned the water mirror technique to let him see for himself.

"My dear nephew, why are you like this?"

Fan Buju smiled, revealing his eight teeth and a tongue covered with runes.

"It's okay...Uncle Tiger..."

Wang Hu shuddered.

Seeing Lu Ye throwing out the formation plate again, Sister Hong walked in.

He grabbed Lu Ye and asked, "Brother, can you please slow down first?"

Sister Hong is dressed like this. If her breastfeeding baby sees her, won’t she cry to death?
Even if I open my eyes when sleeping at night, I will be scared. Why not change it for now?
Lu Ye was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and said, "Hu Zi, don't interrupt me. The true form of these three spiritual roots and magic runes are revealed. This is the manifestation of the lingering influence of the Great Dao. It will disappear in a few days."

If you don’t practice and fight in the future, it won’t manifest outside of your body. You know that.

Wang Hu still tried to get involved.

Sister Hong stepped forward and kicked him over, then saluted Lu Ye.

"Uncle, please do something for me..."

A moment later, accompanied by Wang Hu's mournful howls, the bright light on Zhongxiang Peak rose up like a pillar again.

-

Time flies.

At the foot of Zhongxiang Peak, the spring breeze blows several times, and the winter snow comes and goes.

Eight years passed in a flash.

The island has changed a lot. With the nourishment of spiritual energy from the spiritual veins, the originally barren island is now covered with green plants.

Except for the prohibition of growing peach trees, which are a specialty of Bilang Island, nothing else is prohibited on the island.

Seen from the air, the villages and towns that the immigrants were originally divided into have now developed into small cities, densely populated by ordinary people, and are obviously becoming more and more prosperous.

The second tallest tower on Nakagawa Peak.

The outside of one of the tall towers was covered with green plants, and even the stone gate was entangled with thick vines.

The outside of the other high tower was normal, but many of the precious flowers planted on both sides of the gate were pinched by someone.

But outside the tall tower, it was almost covered by plants and turned green.

The weather is nice today, and a huge creature is lying down to bask in the sun.

This is a turtle monster that is more than ten meters long and several meters high. Its back is as smooth as a mirror, but there are deep criss-cross marks on it. The cuts are smooth. No one knows who did this.

In this cross-shaped mark, many green grasses and small flowers grow, which adds a unique flavor.

At this moment, a naughty boy, almost naked, wearing shorts, as thin as a monkey, with a pigtail on his head, ran out from somewhere.

He grabbed the grooves on the turtle's skin and climbed up by clinging to its thick legs from under its feet. He used his hands and feet to climb up flexibly. It was obviously not the first time he had done this.

A woman ran out in a hurry.

"Come down, come down quickly. Your fifth uncle is realizing the way of nature and will soon break through the minor realm and reach the Golden Elixir Great Perfection realm."

"Come down here, you bastard! Stop interfering with your uncle's enlightenment!"

The "little brat" obviously didn't listen. He climbed onto the turtle's back in a few moves, ran to the middle of the cross gully and pulled out a handful of dogtail grass, then ran wildly along the smooth edge of the turtle's back and made faces at the woman below.

"La la la..."

"Mom, don't try to lie to me."

"You said the same thing when I climbed up here last year. Uncle Five has been sleeping here for years!"

"I've grown so much taller, but I haven't seen him break through."

"It's okay to run for a bit! Mom, come up and play with us. It's so comfortable to sleep on Uncle Wu's back... I even wet my bed last time."

When the woman below heard this, her face was immediately filled with gloom.

The boy didn't know that his butt was about to be in trouble, so he continued.

"Mother, why are my uncles so strange?"

"Uncle Five is like a lying peak, so big. Uncle Four is not even as tall as me. Uncle Three is a bit normal, but Brother Biao is crazier than me, holding a sword in his hand all day long."

"Not to mention my dad, he sticks to you even more than I do."

"As for my uncle, I have no impression of him. Now even the place where he lives is trapped by vines."

"Did he not eat, drink or feel hungry for eight years?"

"I plan to pull off the vines tomorrow, pry open the stone door, and bring some food to uncle..."

The woman's face changed, she stamped her feet and yelled, her skin was covered with yellow runes, and she flew up and landed on the turtle's back.

When the boy saw the bad situation, he turned around and ran, his movements were so light and quicker than any great martial artist in the world.

The woman stretched out her hand, and a long cloud sleeve flew out, wrapping the escaped boy tightly and bringing him back.

She was also very angry and slapped the boy hard on the butt several times.

"I'll make you run wild!"

"I told you to steal the spiritual flowers from the flowerbed, and I told you to talk nonsense!"

"Wetting the bed?"

"Come on, pee now!"

"If you can't pee, I'll beat you until you pee!"

The boy cried loudly, his voice was sharp and could be heard far away. His crying was rhythmic and he did not hesitate to beg for mercy and surrender, which showed that he was very experienced.

But the woman was obviously really angry and did not let go.

She was acting as a mother teaching her son on the turtle's back, slapping the fried meat on the butt.

The turtle's back suddenly vibrated, and the spiritual energy from the surrounding heaven and earth gathered and flew over, blowing away all the flowers and plants on the cross-shaped gully.

A dull sound was heard from below.

"Second sister-in-law, was it your kid who peed on me last year?"

(End of this chapter)