Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 148 Killing Formation

On Qingbo Island, Wei Zhong watched Ling Ziwei come out of seclusion and greeted her with a smile:

"Have you studied the formation thoroughly?"

The latter also had a look of joy on his face:
"The puppet formation technique given by my husband is very ingenious, and Ziwei also spent a long time on it. But is this puppet inheritance really given to my husband by the Yunji Chamber of Commerce?"

Wei Zhong laughed:
"How could it be false? Your husband is a fourth-level alchemist. Could it be that he cannot accept this puppet inheritance?"

Wei Zhong embraced him, and the latter looked a little shy:
"No, my husband is naturally gifted, but Ziwei is a little uncomfortable with it. After all, this is such a profound inheritance technique."

After Ling Ziwei comprehended some of the formations, she realized that this was a fifth-level inheritance. The formations recorded in it were of the fifth-level and could withstand the power of a Divine Transformation cultivator.

Naturally, they were surprised that Yunji Chamber of Commerce would give them such an inheritance.

"Inheritance is dead, and it still needs people to comprehend it."

As early as when he inherited the "Divine Induction Technique" a few years ago, Wei Zhong copied the formation part of it and gave it to Ling Ziwei.

Now, after all these years, there are finally results.

"Most of the formations described in this inheritance rely on puppets in the formation. My husband, are you confident in refining puppets now?"

Wei Zhong waved his sleeves and took out several humanoid puppets that he had made earlier.

"These are all the second-level puppets I made casually. Third-level materials are scarce, and I have only made one now, but it is not here."

Ling Ziwei stepped forward to carefully observe the puppets in front of her and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"This inheritance is indeed extraordinary. Even the puppets made here are much more sophisticated than those I've seen before," she turned around and looked at Wei Zhong, adding, "Of course, my husband's craftsmanship is still the best!"

Wei Zhong didn't care about the other party's praise, and asked curiously:

"Are all the puppets sold by Luohe Mansion junk?"

After Wei Zhong moved here, he spent most of his time practicing and had not paid attention to such a strange skill as puppetry.

Ling Ziwei shook her head:
“I’m not very familiar with puppets, maybe the emphasis is different.

There are not many people in Luohe Prefecture who are proficient in the art of puppetry, and most of them are at the first-level level. They only refine simple items to help manage spiritual fields.

There are second-level puppets that have been passed down from Yunzhou City, but they are basically engraved with powerful spells and used as spell turrets.

They are far less sophisticated than these few, and they are obviously melee types controlled by monks. "

"Ziwei has a good eye," Wei Zhong took out a token, "Why not give it a try?"

The latter took the token curiously, probed his spiritual sense into it, and closed his eyes slightly.

Wei Zhong saw a puppet slowly moving under his control.

At first, he only moved his feet lightly, but after becoming more proficient, he could run very fast, and even take out the magic weapon left in the puppet's body, and wield a sword...
Wei Zhong saw the surprise in her eyes, as if the little girl had gotten her favorite toy.

He simply sat on a stone bench nearby, took out the spirit wine and waited slowly.

After a while, the other party became familiar with the operation of the puppet.

The puppet stopped, and Ling Ziwei returned the token to Wei Zhong reluctantly.

Wei Zhong waved his hand, indicating that he should take it into his hands:

"I have no use for this second-level puppet, so I'll just give it to you for entertainment."

"Really?"

Wei Zhong looked at the surprise in the other person's eyes and found it a little funny:

"Can I still deceive you? Keep it well, but this puppet doesn't have much combat power. Wait for your husband to refine a third-level puppet for you to use as a protective body in the future."

Ling Ziwei took the token back into her hand:

"With such an exquisite puppet, I thought my husband would refine it into the formation."

Wei Zhong shook his head:

"This second-level puppet is not very useful. Even if it is refined into the formation, it will not make the Spirit Island formation stronger by a few percent."

"It seems that my husband has already made plans to refine the puppet formation?" Ling Ziwei said upon seeing this.

Wei Zhong nodded:

"Just practice the Five Elements Killing Formation!"

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Hu Jinchuan saw the nine-colored giant bird in the distance and quickly approached it, saying to Wei Zhongyan on it:
"Greetings, Island Master. Jinchuan failed in delivering the elixir, please forgive me, Island Master."

Wei Zhong waved his hand:

"You have devoted all your energy to protecting the elixir, so what crime have you committed? And what happened today is not your fault either. It is most likely that something went wrong with the Zhigang Palace..."

Despite Wei Zhong's kind words, Hu Jinchuan still felt guilty:
"No matter what, it is ultimately because Jinchuan's cultivation is too low that he delayed the island master's mission..."

Wei Zhong interrupted him:

"Alright, alright, since your cultivation is low, just improve it. Now you are almost at the peak of Qi Refining, so practice hard and build your foundation as soon as possible so that you can work for me more conveniently."

After saying this, without waiting for his reply, he grabbed the other person and placed him on Jiucai's big back.

At the same time, Jiucai was ordered to return to Qingbo Island.

'Is this what it feels like to fly on a spirit beast?'

Hu Jinchuan stepped on the soft feathers, feeling a little strange, but suddenly he saw Wei Zhong looking back:

"Also, don't let anyone know what happened today, especially if it's related to me."

Hu Jinchuan's heart tightened:
"Jinchuan has forgotten everything that happened today!"

Wei Zhong nodded:

"Ruzi can be taught."

After flying for a while, Wei Zhong and Xie Jinchuan could already see the familiar scenery below.

"It turns out that Jiucai's speed of flight is so fast, far exceeding my speed of controlling the spirit boat."

Hu Jinchuan looked at the big bird below with some resentment in his eyes and couldn't help but sigh.

Then he became worried that Wei Zhong would find out, so he quickly shut up.

Wei Zhong didn't care about his little trick and took out the formation token and waved it.

The light curtain of the formation in front of them revealed a passage several feet wide, and the two people and the bird flew along it into the Spirit Island.

After Wei Zhong put Hu Jinchuan down, Jiucai instantly shrank back to the size of a human head and fell into the pavilion on the edge of the cliff.

It happened that the Luo River nearby was surging with waves, and a huge golden fish jumped out from it...

Wei Zhong ignored the two playful animals and went straight back to Yunqing Courtyard.

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"Five Elements Killing Formation?"

Ling Ziwei was surprised.

According to his understanding, this formation is a very special puppet formation in this inheritance.

It is composed of five puppets belonging to the five elements, and each puppet needs to hold a magical weapon of the same level in their hands, hence the name of Five Elements Killing Formation, which is a well-deserved killing formation.

"Ziwei, the defensive formation you set up lacks offensive and killing methods, so I thought of using this formation to supplement it. What do you think?"

Ling Ziwei nodded:

"The Five Elements Killing Formation is indeed suitable, but five third-level puppets and five third-level magic weapons, aren't they too..."

Before he finished his words, a silver-white light fell into the courtyard and revealed a figure.

Ling Ziwei looked at his face, which was similar to Wei Zhong's, and was surprised. Suddenly, the latter laughed and turned to Wei Zhong and said:

"I'm out there fighting for my life, but you're relaxing in the Spirit Island!"

Wei Zhong didn't react much when he heard this. He had intended to create this puppet to handle chores on his behalf.

He drank a glass of spirit wine leisurely and introduced it to Ling Ziwei:

"This is the puppet body I made using the Divine Attraction Technique. A part of my soul is hidden in it."

Ling Ziwei looked at Wei Zhong's clone in amazement:

"Then isn't this something similar to the incarnation of a god?"

"Not much different."

Wei Zhong made a hand gesture and the puppet clone immediately turned into a silver ring and fell into his hand.

At the same time, the spirit returns to the main body and merges into it.

All his experiences just now instantly emerged in Wei Zhong's mind.

'He Daoist, Zhi Gang Palace...'

When Wei Zhong finished digesting the memory, he also found that the strength of his spiritual consciousness had slightly increased.

"This "Spiritual Splitting Technique" is pretty good, but if you want to maximize its effect, you need to split your spirit into multiple parts."

Wei Zhong opened his eyes and released the puppet again, but this time the puppet was not covered with flesh and blood, revealing its silver-white body.

With a little encouragement, he immediately revealed a momentum that was no less than the two people present.

Ling Ziwei's eyes were filled with amazement: "I didn't expect my husband could create such a third-level puppet."

Wei Zhong smiled and said:

“This is not an ordinary third-level puppet. I spent a huge amount of money to refine it. It is made of third-level spiritual materials and even fourth-level materials.

With various magical instruments, his strength is top-notch among Jindan cultivators. I just tested it and found that a cultivator in the middle stage of Jindan is no match for him."

Knowing that this puppet was so powerful, Ling Ziwei said:
"My husband, do you want to use this kind of puppet to fill the Five Elements Killing Formation?"

Wei Zhong coughed twice:

"This puppet is not easy to make and is difficult to copy. It is not included in the formation."

Ling Ziwei thought of the huge amount of money Wei Zhong had mentioned and understood the reason:

"What a pity. If we can use this to create a five-element killing array, it might be able to defeat Yuanying."

Wei Zhong put away the puppet and said:
"It's not bad to use an ordinary third-level puppet. At least there is no rival below the Nascent Soul stage. At worst, we can upgrade it later. Sooner or later, we will reach the fourth-level."

Ling Ziwei nodded.

After Wei Zhong discussed with him the details of refining the formation, he returned to the cave to begin preparations.

"This puppet technique burns much more spirit stones than refining pills or refining equipment."

Wei Zhong felt a headache when he thought about the five puppets he needed to refine next.

"Taking all the Five Elements Puppets, magic weapons and so on into account, the value is at least equivalent to two of these puppets," Wei Zhong thought as he looked at the silver-white puppet in front of him.

"However, in order to maximize the power of this formation, we cannot be too stingy. The main body of the puppet is made of third-level spiritual materials. As for the fourth-level materials, I don't have much on hand, so don't add any more, otherwise it will waste spiritual stones.

The magic weapon must be at least of the third-level middle grade, otherwise it is not worthy of this formation..."

While thinking, Wei Zhong took out various spiritual materials, some of which he exchanged from Shan Qin and some of which he collected himself.

“The five elements of weapons can be refined into swords, knives, whips, hammers, and sticks, corresponding to gold, wood, water, fire, and earth respectively.

I am quite skilled in refining magic swords, but for the other types, I need to start with low-level magic weapons."

Golden flames rose from Wei Zhong's hands, and he was caught up in a long process of refining equipment.

In just one year, Wei Zhong successfully refined all five magic weapons.

After taking a look, he looked at the inheritance jade slip beside him. This was the fourth-level weapon refining inheritance that Wei Zhong got from Shan Qin.

After thinking deeply, he seemed to have realized something and immediately took out the fourth-level spiritual material. The golden flame in his hand instantly became darker in color, wrapping it up.

Three months later, a brand new magic sword fell into Wei Zhong's hands.

"Fourth-level magical weapon! Finally, after mastering the art of alchemy, the art of weapon refining has also entered the fourth level."

The panel was flashing with fluorescent light, and the column for refining equipment was completely different.

[Fourth-level weapon refining technique·Proficient (76%)]

Compared to alchemy, Wei Zhong's weapon refining skills are much behind, but now he has at least advanced to the fourth level.

Looking back at the magic weapon in his hand, it was a dark black magic sword about one and a half feet long.

There were fine spiritual patterns engraved on the sword. Wei Zhong injected a little of his own spiritual power into it, causing it to slowly light up.

The magic sword floated in the air, hanging in front of Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong carefully felt the difference from the third-level magic weapon.

'Sure enough, it is too difficult to use the Dan Jin magic power to activate this fourth-level spiritual weapon and it cannot be used for long-term combat.

However, its power exceeds that of a third-tier magic weapon. You can use this sword at a critical moment in a fight to kill an enemy by surprise.'

Satisfied with putting away the magic sword, Wei Zhong picked up the jade slip of inheritance.

The advancement in the weapon refining technique this time was a complete surprise. After Wei Zhong had refined five third-grade intermediate magic weapons, he suddenly felt inspired and tried to refine a fourth-grade magic sword, which he succeeded at once.

"In the future, you can refine third-level magic tools to improve your proficiency in the fourth level. You can also upgrade your own magic tools in the future."

Wei Zhong is quite confident in his own power of forming elixir from "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art".

"Even if you run out of magic power, you can still control the puppets to fight the enemy. Safety is not a problem."

The magic weapon has been refined, and what remains is to refine the five elements puppet.

Using spiritual power to control and select various spiritual materials, Wei Zhong followed the puppet refining method described in the "Shen Yin Jue" to melt the spiritual materials step by step to form various parts of the puppet.

This time, the time spent on puppet making was much less than before. It seemed that the improvement in refining skills had significantly increased the speed of puppet making.

[Level 86 Puppet Master·Proficient (%)]

Skilled (94%)...

Proficient (12%)...

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Until Wei Zhong completed refining all five puppets, his proficiency finally remained at mastery (34%).

"The art of refining equipment must have a blessing effect on puppet making. It is not a direct improvement, but a continuous acceleration of fusion during the puppet making process. This is the reason why my proficiency has increased so quickly."

Wei Zhong shifted his gaze from the panel to the front. Five five-colored puppets were lying on the ground. There was a big hole in their chest. This was the position for filling the psychic core.

He took out five third-order psychic cores and filled them into the puppets. Suddenly, ray of spiritual light flashed on each puppet.

Controlling it to float up with his spiritual sense, Wei Zhong compared it with the previous silver-white puppet and found that its power was far inferior.

"It's mainly due to the limitation of the spiritual material grade, but the production method is superior."

From Wei Zhong's current perspective, the refining of the silver-white puppet is quite crude, especially the act of piling up materials to forcibly improve the puppet's grade is a bit wasteful.

"It still needs to be disassembled and improved."

(End of this chapter)