Uncle Jiu: I am Chen Yulou, the leader of the Xiangling gang

Chapter 93, Origami Paper Dolls

"The art of origami and the art of paper dolls share the same origin. The art of paper dolls can make paper dolls move freely like living people, be as hard as steel, fly through the air and disappear into the ground, and kill people invisibly."

Origami also possesses these magical effects.

Master Qianhe smiled and said to Chen Yulou, "Just like this origami crane in my hand, even if I am hundreds of miles away, I can use it to silently monitor the movements of others."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou couldn't help but show a look of surprise. If it were really possible, then the origami technique would no longer be a trivial trick, but an extremely important magic.

Master Qianhe continued, “Due to my limited cultivation, I can only monitor a distance of a hundred miles. The higher the cultivation level of the caster, the wider the monitoring range. There is a Pure Yang Uncle in our sect who has mastered the art of paper dolls and is also quite accomplished in paper folding. He can see everything from a thousand miles away.”

A thousand miles away?

Chen Yulou's face immediately showed great interest.

Seeing this, Master Qianhe continued, "The origami technique can not only be used for surveillance, but also for combat."

After saying that, he pulled out a talisman from his waist, quickly flipped it with both hands, and soon a palm-sized origami figure appeared in his hand.

Immediately, Master Qianhe tossed the paper figure into the air and chanted a spell: "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! With my divine consciousness, attach yourself to this spiritual material and make it sentient!"

A beam of golden light shot out from between Master Qianhe's fingers and entered the origami paper figure.

"Change!"

At Master Qianhe's command, the origami paper figure that had absorbed the golden light instantly grew to the height of an adult.

This scene made Chen Yulou's eyes widen. The enlarged origami figure in front of him, although it had no special appearance, gave him a strong sense of threat.

He knew he was no match for this origami figure. This greatly shocked him.

"Advance!" Master Qianhe gave the order again.

The origami figure then began to walk forward, just like a living person.

Chen Yulou was stunned again, because apart from its appearance, the paper figure felt exactly like a living person to him.

"Attack!" Following Master Qianhe's command, the origami paper figure stopped in its tracks, using its hand as a knife to slash diagonally at the chair in front of it.

A sharp, invincible glint seemed to flash in Chen Yulou's eyes. When he looked at the chair again, he saw that the upper part of the chair had rolled to the ground, the smooth cut showing just how sharp the origami figure's attack was.

When Jiale saw this, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. He quickly ran to the origami figure, carefully examined the cleaved chair, and stared at the origami figure's palm, becoming more and more surprised.

Chen Yulou was equally shocked. The power of the origami paper figure was indeed astonishing. Wood is much harder than a person. It could cut through a chair back as thick as a baby's arm and could easily split a person in two.

Although he had some skill in martial arts, he could not withstand such a sharp attack. Even if he could deal with one origami figure, he would definitely not be able to withstand two.

He examined the origami figure closely and asked, "Uncle-Master, what level of strength can this origami figure achieve?"

Master Qianhe was secretly delighted to see Chen Yulou's interest.

He was willing to teach Chen Yulou origami for two reasons: firstly, because his four disciples were unable to inherit the art, and secondly, because he could see how much his two senior brothers valued Chen Yulou.

Needless to say, his second senior brother and ninth uncle are also important. Chen Yulou is his disciple. If he doesn't value his disciple, who else would he value?

The fourth senior brother, Daoist Four Eyes, was arrogant and aloof, looking down on his junior fellow disciples. However, he treated Chen Yulou with special regard, which is why Daoist Thousand Cranes also wanted to forge a good relationship with Chen Yulou. In addition to Chen Yulou's hard work and determination, his amazing talent also amazed everyone.

In just one month, he was already able to skillfully draw more than a dozen kinds of talismans, a speed of progress that was simply astonishing.

Master Qianhe pondered to himself, eager to see how Chen Yulou would perform in origami.

If he is equally gifted in this field, he might go further in the path of origami in the future, and might even be able to help himself.

Master Qianhe smiled and said, "It's almost at the late stage of the Soul Nourishing Realm!"

Chen Yulou nodded slightly, understanding in his heart.

"If I want to improve to the level of Yin God, I would have to break through to the Great Completion Realm, or even go further to the level of Yang God."

Master Qianhe's words gave him a clearer goal for the future.

Master Qianhe looked at the origami figures on the table and continued to smile, "Don't underestimate these origami figures. One might not be a problem, but if there are ten or eight of them, even if they encounter a cultivator who has just entered the Yin God Realm, they can make him suffer a lot."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yulou couldn't help but show a look of surprise: "Is it really that amazing?"

Indeed, cultivators in the Soul Nourishing Realm have limited combat methods and relatively weak combat power.

However, once one enters the Yin God Realm, their strength will increase significantly, and the power of various spells will multiply.

A cultivator at the first level of the Soul Nourishing Realm might have a chance to defeat a cultivator at the ninth level, but even if there are many cultivators at the ninth level, it would be difficult for them to fight against cultivators at the Yin God Realm.

"Humph!"

At this moment, the silent Daoist Simu glanced coldly at his junior brother Daoist Qianhe and snorted, "Your words are too exaggerated! With your current rudimentary paper dolls, you think you can deal with Yin God cultivators?"

Unless that Yin Spirit cultivator doesn't practice magic or has no magical artifacts, he could at most deal with a Ming Jin martial artist.

Dealing with Yin Spirit cultivators? That's utterly a pipe dream!

Master Four Eyes turned to Chen Yulou and said earnestly, "Yulou, don't listen to your nonsense, Master Thousand Crane. The art of paper folding and the art of paper dolls are of the same lineage, so their nemesis is water and fire. They will burn when exposed to fire and dissolve when exposed to water. This is an unavoidable flaw in paper-based arts."

When Master Qianhe saw his senior brother undermining him, he showed displeasure on his face: "Senior brother, every magic has its flaws. If paper made of spiritual materials is used, it can overcome the weaknesses of water and fire and completely make up for these shortcomings."

Master Four Eyes glanced at him disdainfully after hearing this: "You've got quite the nerve. We don't even have many spiritual materials in Maoshan. You're planning to use them to make paper?"

Master Simu picked up his teacup and casually splashed the tea onto the origami figure. The origami figure immediately fell to the ground and turned into a palm-sized piece of paper, which was eroded beyond recognition by the tea.

"What are you doing?" Master Qianhe looked at Master Simu with some anger.

“Isn’t this just a good opportunity for Yulou to understand the limitations of origami more directly?” Master Simu replied calmly.

Then, he turned to Chen Yulou and said, "Yulou, although origami has the nemesis of water and fire, as your Uncle Qianhe said, it is indeed very beneficial whether used as a means to understand the world or to assist oneself in battle."

"Moreover, origami is similar to paper doll making and puppet making."

(End of this chapter)