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A few words of praise made Master Wan overjoyed, and he almost jumped out of his chair.

"That's right! That's right! It's a pity you're not from our Qian Dong Village, little girl. I promised my dead father I wouldn't pass on the puppetry technique, otherwise I really wanted to take you as my apprentice. However, although my family's skills can't be passed on to outsiders, it's fine to give this to you."

[Obtained "The Way of the Puppet" (Excellent) x1]

Nie Wan glanced at it and saw that it was an introductory book on puppet making. After using it, all the original secondary professions would be replaced by puppeteer.

Nie Wan certainly wouldn't study it. Whether it's pharmacist or sewing, both are closely related to her future career development. Although puppeteer is a powerful secondary profession, it's not very useful to her.

Lan Xiangyuan could use it as a reward; whoever performs well and shows promise can have this professional skill book given to them.

Thinking it over, Nie Wan smiled and accepted the gift, thanked the man, then carefully examined the excellent armored puppet that was walking towards her, picked up the golden token on the table and put it away, and thanked Master Wan Xian again.

"I am deeply grateful for your kindness, senior. How can I possibly accept such a favor?"

Master Wanxian said, "It's just a small trinket I carved casually. It's nothing to show my respect, young friend. You don't need to take it to heart."

After exchanging pleasantries, we got down to business.

"The items in your shop, young friend, must have been brought back from the Yaksha Village in the Nine Netherworld. The Yaksha Village is in the Volcanic Hell, which is very close to the Frozen Hell, where Yin Soul Jade is produced. Since you have a way to go to the Volcanic Hell, you must have a way to go to the Frozen Hell. Since you know my desire for Yin Soul Jade, I hope you can find four different qualities of Yin Soul Jade for me within three years. I will reward you handsomely."

Four different qualities of Yin Soul Jade?

Nie Wan raised an eyebrow slightly.

The lowest grade of Yin Soul Jade is exquisite, and you need four different qualities. Does that mean you need one of each of the four grades: exquisite, spiritual treasure, demonic treasure, and legendary?

Spiritual treasures and demonic treasures are relatively easy to find, although they are hard to come by. The Nine Hells Ghost King can definitely provide them; we just need to find a way to contact them.

Where can I get a legendary level Yin Soul Jade?

Now that we've brought him here, what kind of reward can this old man, who's just a skilled puppeteer, possibly give?

"Please explain more clearly, senior. I don't quite understand your deeper meaning."

She directly asked the thread maker to translate the meaning of the four different qualities for her.

Master Wanxian's Maitreya Buddha-like smiling face twitched slightly: "It's exactly what you understand, young friend. If a low-grade Yin Soul Jade can't fulfill my wish, then I'll use a mid-grade Yin Soul Jade. If that doesn't work, I'll use a high-grade Yin Soul Jade. If even a high-grade Yin Soul Jade doesn't work, then... I'll have the legendary supreme Yin Soul Jade formed from the entanglement of countless souls!"

As he spoke, his tone became somewhat fervent.

Nie Wan began to think that this old man had really developed some unorthodox ideas.

Master Wan seemed to realize his lapse in decorum, coughed a few times, and lowered his voice again.

"Young friend, you need not worry that I cannot afford the price. As a descendant of the Qingxi Bai tribe, although I have declined, I still possess several treasure troves. If you can fulfill my wish, I am willing to offer up all of these treasure troves!"

The words "treasure trove" made Nie Wan's eyes flicker slightly.

The world is set more than ten thousand years after the immortals and demons withdrew and humanity multiplied. Dynasties rose and fell, and territories changed. Before their deaths and the fall of their kingdoms, many members of the royal family buried royal wealth and cultivation methods, waiting for their successors.

Master Wan claimed to be a descendant of the Qingxi Bai tribe, a fact that Nie Wan knew, and he was certain that what he said was true.

According to local records, the Qingxi Bai tribe was one of the fifteen tribes during the height of the Miao region. The tribe members were skilled in metallurgy and forging. The sixth chieftain of the Bai tribe, Ya Yun, went to the Central Plains to infiltrate and learn mechanical arts. He then improved upon these techniques and created a unique puppetry technique.

With these invincible puppets, the Bai tribe became powerful and influential, almost dominating the Miao region.

However, even the most powerful puppetry cannot withstand the deceit and treachery of human nature. After Ya Yun's death, another Miao overlord, the Black Water Tribe, took the opportunity to sow discord between the tribe chief's two sons, Mingjiang and Qinghe, causing the White Tribe to split directly. In the ensuing internal strife, the White Tribe declined, both sons died, and the White Tribe was eventually annexed by the Black Water Tribe.

The Blackwater Tribe didn't fare much better either. Half of their puppetry secrets were burned during the internal strife, and no one could replicate those powerful puppets that could move mountains and fill seas with ease.

Without the protection of these powerful puppets, the Blackwater Tribe suffered repeated defeats in the face of the encirclement and suppression by the Central Plains cultivators, and eventually perished.

Some of the Miao people from the Bai tribe who were incorporated into the Heishui tribe died in wars, and some died in internal strife. Only a small number of them managed to escape with the Bai tribe's legacy.

Wanxianshi is a descendant of this group of Bai Miao people.

When Nie Wan assigned Dapeng Zhanchi to come, besides the puppet upgrade mission, he also wanted to inquire about these legacies.

The current stance of Master Wanxian is that he will exchange the White Army's legacy for the materials necessary for advancement, which is roughly in line with what Nie Wan originally expected.

But what he wanted was too precious. Could the treasures of ordinary royalty be exchanged for legendary items?

Nie Wan said directly, "Senior, I did some research before coming to see you. I know you are a descendant of the Bai clan, of noble status, and must have a lot of wealth. I heard that when the Bai clan was at its peak, they even created puppets with power comparable to immortals and demons, which impressed me greatly. However, after careful analysis, times have changed, and those powerful puppets must no longer exist. I'm afraid ordinary treasures are not enough to exchange for top-grade Yin Soul Jade."

Master Wanxian's Maitreya Buddha mask trembled again, letting out a sigh.

"These days, young people are really not easy to fool."

He paused for a moment, then suddenly took something out of his sleeve and handed it to Nie Wan.

"Little girl, you must first swear that you will never tell anyone anything I have told you today. Moreover, if the conditions I offer are right, you must definitely help me find the Yin Soul Jade!"

Nie Wan took the object; it was a small statue with four legs and eight arms, a lotus crown, two black snakes coiled on its shoulders, and the word "long sound" in the Miao language engraved on the back.

Nie Wan knew that this was a minor deity, whose abilities were somewhat similar to Guanyin's, observing all the suffering in the world, but also had a rather special use: to witness oaths, and to bring down divine punishment upon the traitor if there was any betrayal.

Even in Miao areas, only about five percent of the population worships this little-known deity, and most of them are elderly people.

When players form alliances, the system naturally oversees them; when people from the Central Plains form alliances, they mostly swear blood oaths; however, those who believe in the God of Long Sound will hold the God of Long Sound in their hands and make a sincere oath when forming an alliance.

The fact that the thread master would use this method to make Nie Wan swear an oath is surprisingly fitting for his age.

Following the rules, Nie Wan held the statue in her hand and took the oath as instructed by the Wanxian Master. Without needing to ask how to do it, she performed every tiny detail of the worship without any deviation and with utmost perfection.

Master Wanxian's Maitreya Buddha mask twitched again.

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