67: Thousand Threads Leading to the Power

Qin Yue wanted all three Cultivation Techniques, but because his authority only allowed him to choose one, he only chose the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill.

Yes, he did not choose the Azure Nether Soul Capturing Spell, which was more suitable for him, nor did he choose the Dragon Qi Binding Scripture, which offered the strongest restraint. Instead, he chose the most mediocre Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill.

The reason was that Qin Yue valued its excellent controllability.

In Qin Yue's opinion, this Cultivation Technique was not merely a Cultivation Technique for controlling enemies. Using Qi Gang to condense into threads and control objects—wasn't this the Puppetry he had seen in Naruto, one of the three major shonen anime from his previous life?

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After choosing the Cultivation Technique, Qin Yue returned to Chaoyang Cave and reported his experiences during his outing to his Master.

Yan Zhongyi had experienced all these things, so he just nodded and took out a small booklet from his sleeve.

"This is the entire process of the three Small World missions I experienced in the Ninggang Realm. Each Small World is different, so this booklet can only serve as a reference for you. I have only one piece of advice for your future missions: adapt to circumstances and protect yourself."

Qin Yue gratefully accepted the booklet filled with his Master's experiences.

Indeed, apart from his Master, who else would risk exposing all their information to tell others their battle experiences?

Seeing Qin Yue accept the booklet, Yan Zhongyi continued to ask,

"You still have half a year of preparation time. Do you have any plans? Is there anything you need my help with?"

Qin Yue's plan for the next half-year was to thoroughly research his Puppetry, and for now, he didn't need his Master's help.

However, he knew that if he said he didn't need his Master's help, his Master would surely be unhappy. On the contrary, his Master would be pleased if he troubled him.

So he said, "Of course I need Master's help! Your disciple has recently obtained a Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill from the Martial Repository. This technique requires many types of Yao Beast Materials to Cultivate. Your disciple doesn't have that many contribution points, so I hope Master can help me exchange for some. After I complete the mission, your disciple will return them to Master."

Cultivation Techniques obtained from the Martial Repository were explicitly forbidden from being taught to anyone, including one's Master.

Yan Zhongyi, of course, knew this, so he didn't ask about the specific Cultivation method of the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill.

He merely told Qin Yue that any Materials he needed could be directly obtained from Senior Brother Jiang Shang. He would inform Jiang Shang, and all of Qin Yue's expenses for the next half-year would be charged to his account.

Qin Yue was delighted to have such a good Master. After bidding farewell to his Master and returning to his small courtyard, Qin Yue immediately began Cultivating the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill.

Opening the Secret Manual, Qin Yue read the Cultivation Technique from beginning to end.

Qin Yue discovered that although the creator of the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill had considered using Protective Aura threads to manipulate Puppets, his thinking was still limited to manipulating wooden and iron Puppets.

While these Puppets had some scouting or auxiliary functions, they were utterly useless in a Martial Artist's combat.

Leaving aside the issue of control sensitivity, the crucial point was that the physical bodies of most Yao Race members were extremely powerful, and these wooden and iron Puppets would basically be defeated by the Yao Race with one punch each.

Therefore, the focus of the entire Secret Manual was still on how to condense Protective Aura into threads, how to strengthen the threads, how to better restrain enemies, and a small section on Puppet manufacturing techniques.

Qin Yue, of course, would not manufacture metal or wooden Puppets like the Seniors before him.

His goal from the beginning was to create Yao Race Puppets, and even Human Puppets.

Next, Qin Yue's Puppet research proceeded on two fronts: Cultivating the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill and researching Puppet manufacturing.

There was nothing much to say about the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill; just let the System grind it out.

Puppet manufacturing was different; he had no foundation whatsoever, and it would indeed be difficult to research Demon Puppets on his own.

Blindly fumbling around wouldn't lead anywhere, so he decided to consult his Master. Although the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill couldn't be revealed, Puppet manufacturing was, after all, just a technique, not exclusive to the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill.

His Master, of course, readily granted Qin Yue's request, and on the second day, brought him two Secret Manuals on Puppet manufacturing.

One was "Fundamentals of Puppet Manufacturing," and the other was "Demon Puppet."

"This 'Fundamentals of Puppet Manufacturing' is not precious; it can be bought with contribution points. But this 'Demon Puppet' is different; it is a Legacy left by one of your deceased Divine Intent Realm Senior Martial Uncles. I spent a great deal of effort to acquire it.

The contents of 'Fundamentals of Puppet Manufacturing' can be passed down later, but 'Demon Puppet' cannot. This Secret Manual can only be Cultivated by you alone; even I, your Master, have not read it."

Qin Yue solemnly accepted the two Secret Manuals. He knew that his Master must have used some particularly precious item or Legacy to acquire this Secret Manual.

The repeated gifts made him truly unsure how to repay him.

With these two Secret Manuals, Qin Yue's progress in Puppetry was incredibly rapid.

Before long, the first Puppet, made from a wolf Yao, appeared in Qin Yue's courtyard.

The Protective Aura threads activated, wrapping around the wolf Yao Puppet's limbs. Little by little, the wolf Yao Puppet began to move.

First the left leg, then the right leg.

With a "plop," the entire Puppet fell to the ground.

It seemed that Puppet control was still a big problem; merely being able to control the Qi Gang threads wasn't enough to properly control the Puppet.

Starting today, Qin Yue's tasks became threefold.

In addition to researching Puppet manufacturing and Cultivating the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill, he now had Puppet control as well.

With less than half a year remaining, Qin Yue's time was very tight.

Fortunately, Qin Yue discovered that threads condensed from Qi Gang were indeed very suitable for Puppet control.

Due to the strong permeability of Qi Gang, Qin Yue's Puppet threads could penetrate inside the Puppet.

From this, he discovered a better way to control Puppets for him at this stage.

Instead of following the descriptions in the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill, which involved wrapping Qi Gang threads around the Puppet's limbs.

He allowed the Qi Gang threads to infiltrate the interior of the Demon Puppet's body, controlling the decomposition of the Qi Gang threads and reconstructing the Demon Puppet's body's control System along its preserved meridians.

Of course, this placed very high demands on Puppet manufacturing.

The Demon raw Materials had to be newly deceased Demons, and their bodies had to be complete, especially their meridian System, which could not be damaged.

After spending a lot of time and effort, Qin Yue manufactured a new Demon Puppet according to his own ideas.

For this Demon Puppet, Qin Yue chose a bear Yao.

Qin Yue looked at the completed bear Yao Puppet in front of him, and the Protective Aura threads were emitted again.

The Protective Aura threads began to decompose according to Qin Yue's concept, transforming from a single thread into hundreds of thousands of fine threads along the meridians.

Fortunately, after such a long time, Qin Yue's Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill had already reached the expert Realm, allowing him to perform this thread decomposition operation.

These fine threads infiltrated the meridian structures, and slowly, the Protective Aura threads spread throughout the bear Yao Puppet's entire body.

"Get up!"

The bear Yao Puppet immediately stood upright.

This time, Qin Yue didn't even need to control each Puppet thread; with just a thought, the bear Yao Puppet moved according to his will.