Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family

Chapter 2174: Chapter 719:

After discussing the matters of the Immortal City Secret Realm with Hong Lian and Ling Zixiao, Lu Changsheng arrived at Zhuyan’s Puppet Hall.

The entire hall was quite spacious, filled with a pile of scattered large and small puppets, parts, and several refining furnaces.

Zhuyan’s figure, somewhat stiff, was polishing an arm guard.

“My Lord.”

Seeing Lu Changsheng arrive, she called out in a somewhat hoarse voice.

As a Third Rank top-level puppet, she didn’t need to eat or drink in her daily life, so over the years, apart from sleeping, she had been in the hall crafting puppets and researching the puppetry technique.

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly, smiling gently as he said, “Zhuyan, during this trip, I acquired some Fourth Rank materials, which might speed up your advancement to a Fourth Rank puppet.”

In fact, the materials for upgrading to a Fourth Rank puppet could be gathered just from clearing out the storage rings of Purple Grey True Monarch and Heavenly Silkworm True Monarch after leaving [Vast Sand Illusion Realm].

Yet if it appeared too simple, Zhuyan might find it too trivial.

Moreover, he was not in a hurry to help her upgrade.

Now planning to head to the Starry Sky Sea, with the intention of using the Sea Splitting Mystic Dragon Whale as a temporary guard, he considered enhancing his strength through other means.

To him, Zhuyan seemed like a very good choice.

As a Third Rank top-level puppet capable of manipulating multiple Third Rank puppets to form a puppet battle array, she was definitely among the top existence below Nascent Soul!

Even when facing a Nascent Soul True Lord or Transformed Demon King, she could contend for several rounds.

If he helped Zhuyan make further progress, she might be able to hold off a Nascent Soul Cultivator for a moment with a puppet battle array.

“Fourth Rank puppet!”

At these words, the Soul Fire in Zhuyan’s eyes flickered and surged.

Her lifelong dream was to advance to Fourth Rank and then exact her revenge.

She never imagined that in just a few years, Lu Changsheng would have gathered Fourth Rank Spiritual Materials again.

“Look at these materials, see which ones are useful to you, and come up with an upgrade plan.”

With a gentle lift of his hand, Lu Changsheng caused strands of crystalline spiritual light to fly out from the Qiankun Shadow-Confining Belt.

Besides the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Material obtained earlier from Lou Mountain True Monarch, Purple Grey True Monarch, and Heavenly Silkworm True Monarch, there was a heap of Fourth Rank materials, including those gained from hunting a Fourth Rank Flood Dragon King and from the Myriad Demon Abyss after slaying a Double-headed Demonized Lizard.

The entire hall was instantly filled with the glow of treasures, piled with Fourth Rank Spiritual Materials, accompanied by the faint suppression of a Fourth Rank Demon King.

“So much…”

Zhuyan was stunned by the mountain of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Material before her.

Back then, she had spent every possible effort to collect rare Fourth Rank Spiritual Materials.

Yet now, like they were worth nothing, they were piled as high as mountains.

She could not only upgrade herself to a Fourth Rank puppet but also forge another Fourth Rank puppet if she wished.

“Thank you, My Lord!”

Zhuyan immediately expressed her gratitude joyfully, then began examining the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials with affection, discerning the state and characteristics of the materials, pondering how to upgrade and modify herself.

“After advancing to Fourth Rank, how confident are you in facing Nascent Soul Cultivators?”

Lu Changsheng inquired of Zhuyan again.

Under normal circumstances, a puppet would certainly not be a match for a cultivator.

It could only be used to delay, consuming the cultivator’s time.

But Zhuyan was not an ordinary puppet.

“If I elevate this puppet body to Fourth Rank, I should be able to contend with a Nascent Soul Cultivator for a while, but to truly counter and defeat them, I must advance my Puppet Spirit to Fourth Rank, then craft multiple top-level Third Rank puppets…”

Zhuyan had witnessed the techniques of Nascent Soul Cultivators and knew that even if she advanced to Fourth Rank, she could not be a match for a Nascent Soul True Lord.

That was why she cooperated with others and submitted to Lu Changsheng.

However, once her soul, her Puppet Spirit, advanced to the Nascent Soul level, enabling her to manipulate more puppets and form a stronger puppet battle array, she would have the confidence to contend in battle against a Nascent Soul True Lord.

But achieving this step was exceedingly difficult!

“Puppet Spirit…”

Lu Changsheng knew that the greatest difference between Zhuyan and other puppets was that her soul transformed into a Puppet Spirit, allowing her to perfectly control the puppet.

Through this process, she could also enhance her soul and Puppet Spirit just like a cultivator.

However, the gap between a Core Formation Divine Soul and a Nascent Soul was like a chasm.

Even though he previously traded for a small segment of Fourth Rank Soul Nourishing Wood to be integrated into Zhuyan’s puppet brain component, continuously nurturing her Puppet Spirit Soul, it would still take at least a hundred years to hope for advancement to Nascent Soul level.

“That will suffice, upgrade your puppet body, with a focus on control and support capabilities…”

With his current combat power, Lu Changsheng could suppress many early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, if the opponent was determined to escape, it was quite difficult for him to intercept and kill.

So he thought that Zhuyan’s combat abilities should focus on control, to help him intercept and interfere with the enemy.

By that time, he would lead the main assault, while Zhuyan and the Golden-Winged Heavenly Peng could encircle and assist him.

“Understood.”

Zhuyan immediately began contemplating an upgrade path based on Lu Changsheng’s requirements.

During this process, Lu Changsheng also offered some suggestions based on his own artifact refining knowledge.

For example, from Lou Mountain True Monarch and Purple Grey True Monarch, he had obtained a series of top-level Magical Treasures.

These treasures could be completely re-cast and integrated into Zhuyan to enhance her combat power and abilities.

Although doing so seemed somewhat of a waste.

But now Lu Changsheng didn’t have time to re-cast these Magical Treasures, letting them sit idle would be wasteful too.

If it hadn’t been for Yangming True Master’s previous excessive complications, with the concern that these stolen goods might catch attention if released, he would have long dealt with these Magical Treasures externally.

Thus, the man and woman continued to discuss and devise the puppet’s upgrade in the hall.

…

At the same time, after finalizing the transformation plan for the Secret Realm in the Great Dream Marsh with Hong Lian and Ling Zixiao, they informed the Core Formation cultivators of the Four Great Immortal Sects in Jiang Country.

They stated that it was just an ordinary Core Formation level Secret Realm without any rare resources, so they planned to designate it as a trial Medicine Garden Secret Realm, open to the Four Great Immortal Sects and Jiang Country cultivators.