1006: Puppet Master

"You're simply unreasonable! You were bought off by mere worldly possessions!" Sun Yingying said bitterly.

Liangcai Sword: "Then later, whatever you want to buy, don't let Yi Qing pay for you."

"Joke! I am the Miss of the Saint Healing Sect. Do I need someone else to pay for my purchases?!" Sun Yingying coldly snorted, full of arrogance.

...

A moment later.

"Little girl, are you buying or not? If not, I'll sell this to someone else?" In the pavilion, Sun Yingying looked eagerly at a scepter in the Boss's hand.

That was a scepter crafted from the core of a fifty-thousand-year-old Ancient Tuo Tree King!

It contained the power to communicate with the Martial Soul. Once a Soul Card Master possessed it, their strength would rise by a level. This was truly something that could only be encountered by chance!

Among everything in the entire VIP building, it was one of the most top-tier items!

"Of course I'm buying! But your price is too high, can you make it a little cheaper?" Sun Yingying's tone carried a hint of negotiation.

As she spoke, her face flushed slightly.

Bargaining, she never expected that one day she would have to bargain when buying an item!

"I can't lower the price. I've already lowered the requirement considering your Saint Healing Sect is a large Sect," the shop owner replied calmly, leaving little room for discussion.

"Then I'll discuss it with my Gaopeng Family."

"Discuss? We're only open for one night, where do we have time to wait for you to slowly discuss? If you're not buying, I'll just give this to someone else. This item is selling very well, others are waiting," the shop owner said, appearing eager to sell.

Of course, this situation was normal during the first few hours of Taobao City's opening.

Because everyone had quotas and trading items at the beginning, and they were generous when making deals, they naturally traded as early as possible to get high prices.

Basically, they wouldn't hold onto something for a certain customer and wait for that customer to discuss.

Unless it was a major power like the Divine Hall, as for other forces, they were all treated the same.

"I'll buy this scepter for her," Zhongsun Yiqing walked over and placed a identity card on the table.

"You're buying it for her?" Hearing this, the Boss raised his eyes and casually glanced at the identity card on the counter.

And in the next moment, the Boss's nonchalant attitude immediately disappeared. When he picked up the identity card from the table with both hands, his face became fawning: "Elder position in the Linshan Country Huainan City branch of the Divine Hall?!"

"Good, good, good! Sell, sell, sell!" The Boss beamed with joy. This was something good he had been waiting for all night!

In Taobao City.

The best trading currency was actually the various positions in the Divine Hall!

Because the positions in the Divine Hall were the easiest to profit from and the easiest to sell at a high price!

All forces under Heaven secretly coveted the Divine Hall.

Countless people secretly wanted to plant spies inside the Divine Hall.

And these identity tokens that could serve in various positions in the Divine Hall were the best stepping stones!

Naturally, there were also some exchange identities that were not well-received.

For example, Sun Yingying's Saint Healing Sect belonged to this category.

Due to the Saint Healing Sect's highly centralized Gaopeng Family control system, the possibility of profiting from its positions was very small, and it was even more difficult to plant spies.

Those positions could only provide some knowledge and seemingly glamorous identities.

Because of this, although the Saint Healing Sect was a well-known top force on the continent, it was not popular in Taobao City itself.

This was also the main reason why Sun Yingying felt so aggrieved while browsing Taobao City.

She had looked for a long time and finally found something she truly liked, but couldn't afford the price.

"Here, little girl, this is for you!" The shop owner's attitude did a complete 180-degree turn. He carefully packaged the scepter and gave it to Sun Yingying.

"Why are you paying for me? Are you showing off that you're richer than me?" Sun Yingying felt insulted.

"Didn't I say? I brought you here, and I'll pay for all your expenses," Zhongsun Yiqing was also restraining her emotions.

For the Nirvana Pill, she endured the negative emotions these guys conveyed to her.

"You're paying?" Sun Yingying coldly snorted: "Alright, I want these, this, this, and also this, wrap them all up for me!"

Randomly pointing at a pile of things, Sun Yingying vowed to let the woman next to her know the consequences of pretending to be rich in front of her.

The shop owner hesitated for a moment when he heard this: "Wrap them all up?"

"Yes, I'm paying," the Goddess took over, nodding, and casually threw out an identity card.

"Alright, please wait a moment, ladies!" The shop owner beamed with joy and turned to pack the items.

"You!" Seeing the Goddess's reaction, Sun Yingying was furious: "You're really paying? You can't use money like this! Don't you know how wasteful this is?!"

Sun Yingying said bitterly, and in the shop owner's hesitant expression, she snatched back the identity card on the table and stuffed it back to the Goddess: "I'll take the scepter, forget about the other things."

In her words, the tone of rejection had significantly weakened.

Zhongsun Yiqing found it inexplicably amusing, pursed her lips and smiled, and as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, she looked towards another shopping area in the pavilion.

Wen Xiucheng was standing there in a daze, seemingly having taken a liking to something.

...

Tianmu Great Forest, deep within.

"Tap, tap, tap ~"

The drizzling rain filled the tranquility here.

On a weed-covered ground, a rodent-like exotic beast was licking the blood that had been washed away by the rain.

In the dark grass not far away, a poisonous Snake was flicking its black tongue, slowly crawling towards its prey like a locked target.

This natural struggle of living creatures indicated the ordinary nature of this place.

And if a strong person were to come here, they would surely sense the rich spatial rule aura constantly emanating in the air above this place!

Within the Secret Realm space, under a dim orange-red sky, everything was covered in a strange color!

Du Xingchen stood on a lifeless old tree, his gaze calmly looking towards Yuan Lei in the distance.

At this moment, Yuan Lei was sitting cross-legged on an open space covered with complex patterns.

Streams of black airflow visible to the naked eye, as if gathering a strange anomaly, were continuously converging towards Yuan Lei's body!

"This God is an ominous God," Du Xingchen said, raising his head to look at the sky as if he had sensed something.

He saw a striking blood-red pupil in the grand sky above Yuan Lei's head!

Threads like strings manipulating a Puppet were constantly extending, connecting towards Yuan Lei!

At a certain moment.

When those threads landed on Yuan Lei's body, he also began to move.

However, this was entirely like a soulless shell. Yuan Lei himself was like a Puppet, being pulled and controlled, dancing a Puppet dance.

During this process, his Martial Soul also began to emerge.

Yuan Lei's Martial Soul was relatively special; it was an irregular, hazy shadow.

The transformation continued.

After a full half an hour.

The huge pupil in the sky gradually disappeared.

"Buzz ~"

The entire space trembled abruptly, and Yuan Lei also opened his eyes!

At this moment, the shadow Martial Soul behind him also shattered!

Like a gift box slowly opening, accompanied by pieces of black shadow being lifted, a being exactly like Yuan Lei himself, without any thought or consciousness, like a Puppet, appeared behind him!

Puppet, this was Yuan Lei's true Martial Soul!

He had accepted the Legacy of the Puppet God and unleashed all his potential!

The Puppet Spider King that Yuan Lei encountered before, in the original work, at the moment it was about to kill Yuan Lei, also discovered the Bloodline within the other party's body!

The relationship between the Puppet God, Yuan Lei, and the Puppet Spider King was like that of a Heavenly God Father, a designated successor, and a Child who was demoted to a demon.

When the Puppet Spider King sensed the Bloodline within Yuan Lei's body, its instinct as a member of that group was to absorb his Bloodline to evolve itself and become the true successor!

This was also the reason why the Puppet Spider King did not immediately kill Yuan Lei, but instead bound him with spider silk, imprisoned him, and slowly savored him.

This led to Yuan Lei's escape later, and his storyline continued to unfold.

On the Legacy space, around the Martial Soul behind Yuan Lei, a patch of light points slowly emerged.

Blue, purple, and black, five resplendent cards emerged from the Darkness!

As they swayed scattered, it was as if invisible threads were hanging from a corner of each card, revealing a strange rhythm in their irregular movements!

"Captain, my strength has all returned!" When Yuan Lei sensed all his power returning, and even his overall strength had experienced a huge increase, a strong excitement and gratitude surged in his eyes.

"What specific improvements are there?" Seeing the other party's state, Du Xingchen also asked with relative curiosity.

"My Martial Soul has transformed and upgraded! And my cards, the skills of each card have been upgraded based on their original foundation, along with the evolution of the Martial Soul!"

"My previous injuries have also been completely healed by the power of the Legacy."

"Besides that, my fifth card... has also derived an incredible skill!"

Du Xingchen: "What skill?"

"Substitute Doll! This skill can not only be used for myself but also for teammates!"

"However, the limitation is that it can only be used once a day."

Listening to Yuan Lei's report, Du Xingchen nodded inwardly.

Just like in the original work, Yuan Lei obtained this Heaven-Defying skill after receiving the Legacy.

It's no exaggeration to say that the reason Du Xingchen was so wholeheartedly determined to recruit the other party into the team was because he valued this skill of the other party!

Although it could only be used once a day, the miraculous effect this skill could bring was irreplaceable!

"Roar!"

While the two were discussing, the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger that had followed and intruded into this lifeless Secret Realm finally arrived here, following the unusual aura fluctuations.

"A ten-thousand-year-level Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger. Ghost Tattooed Demon Tigers are like cannon fodder among exotic beasts of the same level, but at ten thousand years, it's equivalent to a six-star Peak Soul Card Master," Du Xingchen said, looking at Yuan Lei: "How about we practice?"

"I'll try," Yuan Lei took a deep breath, also eager to show off his skills.

After being suppressed by his injuries for so many days, now that he had finally recovered, he was also impatient to display his abilities!

"Roar!" The Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger attacked first. At the ten-thousand-year level, as it ran, its four tiger legs were wrapped in a rich aura of blood and qi!

The moment it moved, it was like a yellow lightning bolt, rapidly approaching!

"Second Card," Yuan Lei said inwardly, and a blue card hanging in front of the Puppet Martial Soul behind him flashed for a moment.

Immediately after, the Martial Soul itself turned into a Black Shadow, merged into The Black Night, and then suddenly appeared directly in front of the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger!

Facing the obstacle in front of it, the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger roared, and its tiger claws, carrying a thousand Jun of gravity, slammed towards the opposite side!

In response, the blocking Martial Soul seemed to have its bones instantly emptied, its entire body lowered by a section, and its body slumped down completely.

In a state that seemed like it would shatter with a touch, the Puppet stiffly extended an arm.

"Dong!"

A violent shockwave spread wildly towards the surroundings!

The moment the thick dust rose, the scene within was a fleeting glimpse.

The Puppet figure that seemed like it would shatter with a touch, blocked the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger's tiger claw with one arm, not retreating a single step!

Of course, the impact of the tiger claw, which contained terrifying power, also caused some cracks to appear on the Puppet's arm!

Amidst the thick dust, the Puppet retracted its arm, and then launched a clean and decisive attack on the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger in front of it with a punch and a palm!

Now it was fighting head-on with the Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger, like a machine that felt no pain at all, every move of the Puppet was so clean and direct!

After receiving the Legacy, Yuan Lei's foundation had been solidified several times over.

Colliding head-on with this Ghost Tattooed Demon Tiger, he showed no signs of weakness!

Du Xingchen turned his head to look at Yuan Lei in the distance.

He was currently closing his eyes, manipulating invisible threads in his hands, appearing calm and composed.

"Puppet Master, this is also a powerful sub-profession," Du Xingchen nodded inwardly.

Although Yuan Lei was currently fighting in his Martial Soul state and was a pure Soul Card Master at the moment, he already possessed the foundation to become a Puppet Master!

Puppet Masters are like Beastmasters.

They are one of the unpopular Cultivation systems on the entire continent.

The reason it's unpopular is similar to that of Beastmasters; it's simply because the threshold for Puppet Masters is too high. Cultivators require extremely high mental strength, and ordinary people cannot even get started!

However, it seems that Yuan Lei, who has received the Legacy of the God, is very suitable to add a Puppet Master profession under the Cultivation system of a Soul Card Master!

Of course, this was also the main direction Yuan Lei took in the original work.

And the direction of a Puppet Master, for him, was a correct direction!

Once he becomes a Puppet Master, his strength will surely usher in another considerable improvement!