Hybrid Spiritual Plant Cultivation

Chapter 361 Do You Want to Be My Puppet?
After Chen Jing left Lingyu Village, he did not see Master Wanxin. There was only an old woman sitting on a stool, alone by the path.

As usual, he hid his figure and observed from the dark.

The old woman had a hunched back and a sad face, staring into the distance with deep expectation.

Not noticing anything unusual, Chen Jing moved forward to check again. The old woman sitting on the stool seemed to be able to see through his concealment and slowly spoke in his direction.

"Many people are looking for Master Wanxin, but only very few can make it here."

"..."

Chen Jing didn't rush to reply, but went around to the other side.

The old woman lowered her eyelids and said, "The Master is interested in meeting you, but I will give you a chance and let you go. Malice will lead to more malice, and good intentions may not necessarily lead to good treatment."

"Looking forward to the return of someone?"

Chen Jing walked around and recognized the old woman's identity.

Master Wanxin has several particularly powerful and famous puppets at his disposal, and 'Pan Guiren' is one of them.

He was somewhat curious and asked, "Master Wanxin's puppet can actually have its own consciousness? And can it decide to let me go?"

"The wizard is in a dream and we are both puppets and mages." Pan Guiren spoke slowly, without any ups and downs.

"So, the one who came to cause trouble for Jiu Niang was also one of the puppets?"

Chen Jing said.

The old woman nodded slowly: "Spirit Fish Sect Master, when the mage didn't want to wake up, he was the one who made the decisions. If you met him, he wouldn't be as easy to talk to as I am."

"Thank you for your advice, senior. However, since Master Wanxin is willing to wake up, I would also like to meet the master."

Chen Jing bowed.

“Haha.” The old woman laughed dryly, “Well, don’t think you can figure out the mind of a wizard so easily, otherwise, hmph.”

She waved her hand, signaling Chen Jing to continue forward, while she continued to stare in the direction he came from.

Chen Jing continued on his way. There was nothing special about this place. It was just a muddy road in the countryside. The only thing worth mentioning was the relatively humid air.

Going forward along the road, we arrived at a village by the river. The houses were simple and ordinary. At the same time, for some reason, there was no one in the village.

He walked around the village twice and subconsciously judged the development model here based on his experience in rural construction over the years.

“The surrounding land is not suitable for large-scale farming, and there are no special production resources. We can only rely on water.”

Walk to the river.

Just as I was about to see what the composition of the river was like, I saw a young girl lying in the river bend where the reeds were swaying gently.

The girl was sleeping with her head resting on a faded fishing net, her coarse cloth skirt immersed in the shimmering water, revealing two circles of faded red rope wrapped around her slender ankles;

Dew condensed between her crow-feather-like eyelashes, making her oval face look like a freshly peeled water chestnut. Her half-wet pigtails spread out on the bluestone slabs as she slept peacefully.

suddenly.

The girl's eyelashes trembled and she slowly opened her eyes.

Suddenly.

The entire river stopped flowing and just stood still, like a frozen painting.

"Master Wanxin..."

Chen Jing immediately realized that he had met the real boss.

"Do you want to be my puppet?"

She slowly stood up, making clear sounds, like the touch of crisp jade, pleasant to the ears.

The clear black and white eyes seemed a little dull, and looked at him with a little confusion.

"No." Chen Jing refused decisively.

The girl paused for a moment and said, "Become my puppet. Yes, you can live forever."

"Not everyone pursues immortality." Chen Jing quietly took a half step back.

"Don't you want to pursue?"

"I think."

"Then..." The girl tilted her head: "Why don't you become my puppet? If you die, I can put you back together, and you won't leave this world."

"Thanks, but I've gotten pretty good at piecing myself back together."

"Ah..." The girl frowned and lowered her head: "Then can I let you stay with me?"

"?"

why?
Chen Jing also asked.

"Because I like you." The girl reached out her hand, grabbed her heart, and said, "You can fill my heart."

Oh my god, how can someone confess his love to someone the first time he meets them? My friends, you’ve met a mean girl!
As Chen Jing complained in his heart, his hair stood on end. The sign of crisis made him seem to be activating his Dharma form.

He grabbed the bronze bell, ready to crush it.

——This is the life-saving item given to him by Jiu Niang.

The girl did not take any further action. Seeing that Chen Jing did not respond, her shoulders drooped. "Don't you want to be with me?"

How to talk to someone who seems to have no common sense! Urgent!
Chen Jing tried to say, "It's not impossible for us to be together. You can just follow me. There's no need to turn me into a puppet, right?"

"I'll follow you..." The girl pondered for a moment and shook her head: "No, if we leave, everyone will die completely."

"You mean the other puppets?"

"Correct."

The girl nodded slightly.

Chen Jingze thought of what the old woman had said just now. The mages were in a dream and could not wake up. They were both puppets and mages.

Could it be that she gave all her emotions and intellect to the puppet, causing herself to become as pure as a blank sheet of paper?
"Why do you like me?" Chen Jing asked puzzledly.

"You won't kill us. We like you, and I like you too." The girl raised her lips slightly, revealing a pure and beautiful smile. "Five hundred times... you helped us every time."

Where did the five hundred times come from?

Chen Jing was puzzled, but she walked closer, untied a wire from the fishing net, said "Give me your hand" and wrapped it around his index finger.

at the same time.

He began to develop a strange sense of touch with some of the puppets.

Just like.

Three dogs and Xiang Lin are fighting with a big yellow dog at the entrance of the village.

The big yellow dog's emotions were fully reflected in Chen Jing's mind. At the same time, he seemed to see the scene of the three dogs and Xiang Lin rushing into the village and slaughtering the villagers again and again.

"Five hundred times, I see... Has the memory been blocked by the Taoist magic?"

Chen Jing murmured in his heart, and...

The other end.

The big yellow dog that was attacking the three dogs and Xiang Lin suddenly seemed to sense something. It stopped attacking with bared teeth and slowly retreated to the side.

The three dogs and Xiang Lin were confused and uncertain.

"Why didn't you beat the dog?"

Naturally, it was Chen Jing who controlled the big yellow dog.

He had a vague feeling that if the massacre continued, Sanquan and Xiang Lin would also become puppets. At this moment, a thick layer of ominous aura was lingering around the four of them.

"who is it?"

Sudden.

The silk thread wrapped around Chen Jing's hand became scorching hot, and malicious red evil energy coiled around from the other end of the void, like a giant python, trying to swallow him in one gulp.

Chen Jing quickly threw away the thread, "Oh my god, who is this?"

"Evil will only attract more evil... You have alarmed my father."

The girl's eyes turned worried. "You should leave now. If you don't leave, your father will come here soon."

"Father?"

"The leader of the Spirit Fish Sect, my father, is also... the one who controls the Wanxin Mage."

"Aren't you Master Wanxin?" "..."

The girl touched her chest and said in a low voice: "I want to piece together an eternal, peaceful home, but my father wants revenge on all the living. I can't defeat him..."

At this time.

Layers of red whirlpools appeared in the sky.

A ferocious and ugly beast burning with resentment appeared in the sky, like an evil spirit about to step into the world.

"My dear daughter, are you finally awake? Who is the person in front of you? Come, give it to your father! Give it to your father now!"

The leader of the Spirit Fish Sect let out a low roar that suppressed endless resentment.

Fire of resentment suddenly ignited in Chen Jing's body, and flames also filled his consciousness. He was shocked. Just being stared at could cause him harm. This was unheard of!

The girl looked up at her father. The flames were also burning on her body, transforming into a dress as bright red as fire. Her eyes were also dancing with flames, carrying resentment towards everything in the world.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jing acted decisively and crushed the bell that Jiu Niang gave him.

At the same time, a red coffin appeared out of nowhere behind Chen Jing. The coffin lid was moved away, and a big hand stretched out, pulled Chen Jing in, and closed the coffin lid.

next moment.

The coffin flew away with a whoosh.

"Leave me alone!"

The leader of the Spirit Fish Sect came roaring and took a bite, but his teeth were broken by the red coffin and he fell down howling in pain.

The red coffin swung its tail and disappeared.

The girl, whose eyes had turned red, covered her chest with her hands, her eyes filled with disappointment.

……

……

The coffin fell to the ground with a loud bang, expelling the air waves, and the runes on it gradually went out.

Chen Jing pushed open the coffin lid and poked his head out.

"Where is this?"

The familiar sound of blacksmithing was heard.

Stepping out of the coffin, Chen Jing looked carefully and found that he was at the edge of Lingyu Village again. He walked up to the blacksmith.

"Huh? A guest is coming, so I need something to make." The blacksmith looked up and greeted him.

"Don't you know me?"

"You are joking, sir. My memory is not bad, but I have never seen you before." The blacksmith denied.

"Can I ask you something?"

Chen Jing came closer.

He started chatting, but footsteps were heard from behind.

Look back.

It turned out to be San Quan, Xiang Lin and three others who came in a hurry.

"Master Chen! Master Chen!"

They didn't know why, but they always felt a special touch after seeing Chen Jing.

It was like finding a life-saving straw.

Chen Jing's heart skipped a beat. He turned around and saw, as expected, the blacksmith's eyes were filled with resentment. He quickly said, "These four people are my missing subordinates. Have you seen them before?"

The blacksmith's hands trembled slightly, and after trying to calm down, he said in a low voice: "I have never seen it before."

In their previous reincarnations, if what was left for them was killing, they would ignite the fire of resentment. However, if no killing was caused and instead seeds of kindness were left, they would also leave traces.

He signaled the four people to stop talking and continue to gather information.

Most of them are things happening in Lingyu Village.

Lingyu Village and Lingyu Sect must be connected.

However, after asking around, I found nothing, which made me doubt my IQ.

The Nether Dog exchanged glances with the Sunset Dog and said in a voice transmission: "Master Chen, I have a magical power that will make it easier to find clues."

"Huh? Okay, you try it."

Chen Jing brought the three dogs into the village, borrowed some things from the villagers, and cast the tracing spell.

Those seemingly ordinary objects revealed an extremely rich history under the tracing spell. Each of them was an antique with extremely complicated experiences and had faced many enemies.

From these fragmentary information.

He had a vague grasp of something.

"Each puppet took away a part of Master Wanxin's intellect and emotions, which is equivalent to her turning herself into multiple personalities. The experience of each puppet further affects the overall personality tendency."

"Her original intention was just to seek peace and tranquility, but everything she experienced gradually pushed her towards violence."

"So she deliberately 'woke up' because of me, because the influence I brought was more in line with her original intention..."

Chen Jing rubbed his brows and said, "I have never seen a practitioner like Master Wanxin before."

"What Master Wanxin practices is not the Great Dao, so it is naturally difficult to view it with common sense." Sunset Dog said.

"It's not the Great Dao, what do you mean?"

"The immortal way of Shenzhou, the god way of the thirty-three heavens, and the demon way of the eighteen levels of hell are all aspects of the great way. The realm that has not been included in the great way is called the dark realm. The ways contained in it are like the laws of strange objects. They are all unsolved ways."

Wow, new system.

Chen Jing was puzzled, "Isn't the Lingyu Sect a fairy sect?"

"The Lingyu Sect is an immortal sect, but Master Wanxin is not. She figured it out on her own, a path of cultivation that is independent of the Great Dao."

The Nether Dog sighed, "This makes her even more unpredictable. If the right method is used, even a mortal could kill Master Wanxin. If the wrong method is used, even a celestial being could die at her hands. Normal practitioners would not be hostile to a cultivator who practices the Way of Darkness unless necessary."

Chen Jing nodded: "I have some clues about Master Wanxin's Taoism. You don't have to think too much. Your memory will be cleared in a while anyway, but you can't go wrong by following me."

……

……

Lingyu Village.

The blacksmith looked at the five people walking towards him, and for some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity as if it was destined.

He looked intently.

There were four people, who were a bit annoying, but the young man in the front made him feel very friendly.

"Guest, please have something to fight with."

The blacksmith came to entertain.

"What can this be made of?"

"Hey, I can make anything. My forging method is not simple."

The blacksmith snapped his fingers, the furnace behind him rumbled, and assembly lines started moving behind him.

The robotic arms moved in an orderly manner, grabbing the raw materials and throwing them into the furnace, or pouring the calcined embryos into the mold. The huge automated forging system unfolded before everyone's eyes.

Chen Jing paused while touching his chin, dumbfounded...

What the hell is going on?!
It's so fucking weird!

With a sense of unreality and dream, he walked towards the village, looking up and down. Everything in the village seemed strange and familiar to him.

"I know what the problem is!"

Chen Jing suddenly said.

"What's the problem?" The four prisoners also looked confused.

Chen Jing: "This village is good in every way, but the production capacity is a bit oversupplied. We should try to expand out."

"Master Chen, this is a strange place created by Master Wanxin. Is your consideration inappropriate? In my opinion, we should capture a villager and interrogate him..."

"No need!" Chen Jing waved his hand and said, "My hands are itching. I don't care about this or that. Let's plant the fields first."

(End of this chapter)