Transmigration begins with archery training

Ozebu Market.

On his way out, Chen Sanshi's mind was still flashing back to the events of Twilight Valley. Coupled with the recent chaos in Beiyang Road, he felt as if something big was about to happen.

and many more……

Could the fact that the Mountain-Moving Hermit was instructed by someone to kill him also be related to this matter?

Talk about it.

So far, they haven't come knocking on our door.

The calmer things were, the more uneasy Chen Sanshi felt.

He disguised himself and remained vigilant throughout the journey. He arrived at a shop that sold magical artifacts, disassembled the red-winged snake on his body into materials, and sold them. He also asked them to make bowstrings from the snake tendons.

The second-tier mid-grade Purple Thunder Bow has finally been completed. As for the arrows, they were replaced with disposable hidden weapon magic items, Golden Scale Flying Blades.

After that, he purchased a lot of materials on puppetry, preparing to study the "Ten Thousand Weapons Technique" in order to at least create his own puppet and send it back to the capital, Chang'an, so that his later seclusion would not interfere with handling state affairs.

The reason for the long interval and the change of identity was naturally that he did not want people to know that he was related to the death of the Mountain-Moving Hermit.

After doing all this.

Chen Sanshi returned to Xiaozhu Peak to continue practicing the Water Breathing Technique.

[Skill: Water Elemental Power]

【Progress: 78/100】

When his meridians and spirit are on the verge of damage, he will stop and turn to cultivating the "Fire Swallowing Technique". Only when he is tired from practicing will he take out the puppet materials.

The materials used for this set of puppets, needless to say, include spirit wood, and there are more than ten kinds of carving tools and knives alone. In addition, there is specially made spirit ink for engraving runes, which has consumed a lot of spirit stones.

Making a puppet can be roughly divided into several steps.

I. Formation.

II. Inscription.

3. Consecration.

IV. Finishing touch.

The process requires not only magical power but also the use of divine sense to accurately grasp the changes, which is similar to many other skills.

Therefore, it wasn't entirely unfamiliar to Chen Sanshi. In fact, since he was simultaneously cultivating "alchemy," "array formations," and even "talismans," all of which involved the laws of heaven and earth, the difficulty of cultivating puppetry was greatly reduced.

After wasting about five sets of materials, he had roughly figured out the tricks of the first few steps and made rapid progress.

Starting from the sixth time, each time the consecration ceremony was successfully performed.

Starting from the ninth time, you'll always reach the finishing touch.

"The fifteenth time!"

Chen Sanshi silently counted in his mind, looking at the fierce tiger carved in front of him, lifelike and majestic, but its pupils were empty and lifeless.

As the saying goes, "dotting the eyes" is the final and most important step in painting a dragon. Only when the eyes are successfully dotted can the puppet move.

and.

The "finishing touch" of puppetry is not simply drawing with a carving knife or talisman brush, but rather similar to alchemy, requiring the use of divine sense to perceive the changes of the Great Dao.

The reason why the so-called "puppet technique" is considered a magical art is actually quite simple: it could be called...

Creation!

According to the description in "Tianyan Wanbing Jue", the puppets created by puppeteers are not actually completely inanimate objects. As for how "alive" they can be, it depends on the puppeteer's skill.

Chen Sanshi formed hand seals, and the array plate, condensed from pure magic power, rotated continuously in mid-air. Not far away, the complex runes on the surface of the puppet's body lit up one after another in waves, establishing a mysterious connection between the two.

In his vision, the puppet in front of him was no longer wood, but was constructed from the laws of heaven and earth, although some of these laws were missing or chaotic.

What Chen Sanshi needs to do is to bring order back from chaos.

He held his breath and fiddled with the array plate in his hand. His magical power and even his physical strength were draining away at an incredible speed, and cold sweat soon appeared on his forehead.

Until a certain moment, like a key aligned with a lock, or like finding the way to activate a mechanism, everything became perfectly aligned, and the originally chaotic laws became orderly.

"Buzz!"

The puppet tiger's empty pupils shone with a chilling golden light, and its agile movements subtly stirred up a fierce wind.

Successfully done!

A mid-grade Tier 1 puppet!

[Skill: Heavenly Evolution of Ten Thousand Weapons Technique (Level 1)]

【Progress: 0/500】

【Effect: Destiny Puppet】

【Destined Puppet: Create a puppet and bind it to your destiny, connecting it with your blood and controlling it with your divine sense.】

Chen Sanshi extinguished the array seals and let out a long breath.

From this moment on, he was a first-tier puppeteer.

However, to control the puppet, one still needs to form hand seals and issue simple commands, since one is only in the late stage of Qi Refining and has limited spiritual sense.

Only the natal puppet mentioned in this inheritance can move freely, and in the later stages, it can even split its soul into the puppet, achieving an effect similar to a clone.

"It's time to start!"

Creating the puppet tiger was just a practice exercise.

The true purpose is to create a natal puppet.

Chen Sanshi spent seven days and seven nights carving a wooden figure resembling himself from spirit wood in front of a bronze mirror.

Creating a natal puppet requires much higher standards and takes much more effort than creating an ordinary puppet. He also knows that slow and steady wins the race, so he can only work on it slowly.

During this break, you can also take care of other things.

The Fire-Swallowing Technique he practiced was an incomplete cultivation method, only covering the Qi Refining stage up to the Foundation Establishment stage, but lacking the early Foundation Establishment stage and the subsequent stages.

In his heart, Chen Sanshi was not very willing to change his cultivation method, since this method could lead to supernatural powers in the later stages.

With that in mind, Chen Sanshi took advantage of the night to leave Xiaozhu Peak, disguised himself, and went to the black market on the lake island in Dazefang City to find the seller of the "Fire Swallowing Technique".

He always used a different face when he came to the black market, so he didn't have to worry about his identity being exposed.

"Fire-Swallowing Technique?"

Duan Silu clicked his tongue and said, "I don't have any follow-up to this kind of cultivation technique with such an unclean origin. Fellow Daoist, would you like to take a look at other cultivation techniques?"

"I still wish to cultivate the same technique."

Chen Sanshi said bluntly, "The price is negotiable."

"Haha~"

Duan Silu stroked his chin: "This is indeed a troublesome matter. How about this, I'll help you inquire and see if the original channels still have any Tianyan Sect cultivation techniques, and then we'll discuss it further, what do you say?"

"it is good."

Chen Sanshi agreed.

He did not linger and immediately returned to Xiaozhu Peak to attend the banquet at dawn, not letting go of any news about the Foundation Establishment Pill.

“It actually happened a while ago.”

Deng Wuchang raised his eyebrows and said, "Unlike rogue cultivators, the Foundation Establishment Pills of the major families in Beiyang Dao are much easier to obtain."

"They are basically all backed by Golden Core sects."

“Every few years, the sect will give them the opportunity to participate in the sect’s internal assessment, and most of them will be able to get one or two Foundation Establishment Pills.”