Chapter 985 - 460: Disciple Takes Action; Myriad Puppets Configuration_2

"Chen Ye, this is absolutely impossible!"

Listening to the brief exchange between the master and apprentice that decided the course of action, Mao Qingzhu became anxious, disregarding the injury on her chest and struggling to stop them,

"The Ten Thousand Puppet Sect acts ruthlessly. Since they’re targeting the Mao Family Trading Team, there must be experts backing them. How long have the Zhiwei and her group cultivated? Letting these three young girls go is like sending sheep into the lion’s den!"

"Sister Qingzhu, I was indeed inconsiderate just now."

Chen Ye nodded.

Only then did Mao Qingzhu feel relieved, yet unexpectedly, he immediately added:

"The array in the Divine Mist Valley is nearly collapsing and you’re injured. If I leave, the people of the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect might come back for a surprise attack. So, secretly supporting isn’t an option; I have to stay in the valley to look after the Mao Family. I’m not going to Yunxi District this time. Let those three sisters handle it themselves."

"What... what is wrong with you?!"

Mao Qingzhu widened her eyes.

Letting three young disciples face a group of ruthless cultivators, while Chen Ye stays in the Divine Mist Valley?

"Chen Ye, this is no time for jokes! They are still children. Even if you usually teach them well and grant them powerful magical treasures, there is still a gap in cultivation..."

Mao Qingzhu’s words abruptly stopped.

Because Chen Ye chuckled and signaled his three disciples with a nod:

"Zhiwei, don’t hide your strength, let Aunt Mao see your confidence."

"Yes, Master."

Zhiwei nodded slightly.

The next moment, the three disciples no longer concealed their Qi, revealing all of their current cultivation!

"Foundation Establishment... 5th Floor? Fourth-Layer? Third-Layer??"

Mao Qingzhu’s lips slightly parted, staring dazedly at the three girls in front of her, her mind blank.

She herself is only at Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer now!

And her father, the Patriarch Mao Cheng of the Mao Family, is only at Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer!

Yet,

Even Jin’er, who seemed the most timid among them, has a cultivation that’s almost as high as her father’s?

Mao Qingzhu just felt a wave of dizziness engulfing her.

"Now, Sister Qingzhu, do you still worry about them?"

Seeing Mao Qingzhu’s utterly shocked expression, Chen Ye chuckled and shook his head,

"The Ten Thousand Puppet Sect doesn’t dare send big figures to the core of the Lingyin Sect. With their cultivation, combined with the magical treasures and each of their trump cards, they are more than capable to go."

Mao Qingzhu came back to her senses,

A long while later.

She finally smiled bitterly, rubbed her brow, and sighed deeply:

"Go ahead, deal with them lightly... oh no, teach them a hard lesson for Aunt Mao!"

"Understood!"

The little girl responded crisply, thumping her little chest loudly to show her determination,

"Aunt Mao can wait at home with peace of mind! Qing Jun will go to drive those villains away and come back to enjoy Aunt Mao’s delicious food!"

...

On the main road of Moon Rhinoceros Lake District.

At normal times,

There would be regular patrols by Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Lingyin Sect, but due to recent continuous battles, too many cultivators have been redeployed, leaving the Moon Rhinoceros Lake District defenseless.

This precisely gave the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect an opportunity to strike.

"Boom——!"

A Mao Family guard was blown away by a puppet, spewing blood madly, his life or death unknown.

"Hold the line! Form the array!"

The leader of the Mao Family Trading Team’s eyes turned red, roaring angrily.

The deafening sounds of fierce fighting, explosions from magical artifacts clashing, continued incessantly.

The Mao Family Trading Team was currently trapped in a bitter battle.

About a dozen Mao Family guards bathed in blood, yet their resistance seemed futile against these black-robed Tribulation Cultivators.

"Persisting in your resistance is simply courting death!"

A cultivator in black robes at Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer stood high, coldly watching the battle below.

This individual was the leader of the group, named Yang Di, one of the true inheritors of the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect.

Within the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect, due to significant differences in the materials and core Dharma methods for creating puppets, the cultivators developed vastly different temperaments, evolving over a millennium into three distinct lineages within the sect.

The first is the Mechanical Wood, Gold, and Stone lineage.

This faction favors crafting puppets from celestial spirit wood, rare minerals, and other natural materials.

These cultivators are mostly obsessed with mechanical arrays and forging techniques, dealing with lifeless objects year-round, causing their temperaments to become as rigid as gold and stone.

The second is the Beast Form lineage.

Specializing in refining puppets from demon beasts and striving to preserve as much of their previous divine skills and intellect as possible.

Those of this lineage often deal with demon beasts, acting boldly and often without regard for human emotions.

And the last and most despised is the Yin Corpse lineage where Yang Di belongs.

They prefer refining corpse puppets from corpses.

Constantly companioned with the Evil Qi of corpses, cultivators of this lineage are sinister and ruthless, treating human lives as mere grass.

In their peak times, the Yin Corpse lineage’s sinister tactics were considered unorthodox within the sect and struggled to achieve prestige.

But now, the era has changed.

With the passage of time in the immortal cultivation realm, those rare Treasures of Heaven and Earth became even scarcer, the Mechanical Wood, Gold, and Stone lineage struggled without resources and gradually declined.

The Beast Form lineage similarly encountered difficulties.

Hunting high-tier demon beasts was perilous, and more critically, the Dharma methods to preserve their divine skills and intellect were overly complicated, lowering the success rate significantly.

In contrast, the Yin Corpse lineage, the least scarce thing in the immortal cultivation realm was the bodies of cultivators!

Especially with frequent wars, it provided them with endless prime materials.

The threshold for refining corpse puppets was relatively low and quickly effective.

With such dynamics, the Yin Corpse lineage led by the Yang Family rapidly flourished.

Originally,

The Mechanical Wood, Gold, Stone, and Beast Form lineages all looked favorably upon sects like Lingyin and others in the Yan Kingdom.

Unfortunately, the Yin Corpse lineage prospered, and it shared the same origins with Emotion Crossing Sect’s path of refining corpses... This was precisely the fundamental reason for the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect’s antagonism with the Lingyin Sect.