74: Human Puppet

Qin Yue's question silenced Zuo Zijian. He pondered for a long time, then frowned.

"I can't be sure, but I really haven't seen any Qi Refining Realm Martial Artists worshiping this demon. Before, there was a head guard in this estate who was in the Qi Refining Realm, but he was killed the day they revealed their true intentions to me. So I'm not sure if it's because of that."

"If there's a possibility, it's worth investigating. You first lead the remaining seven people to live normally in this estate, trying your best to delay the Zuo Family and the Bailing Sect from discovering the abnormality in this estate.

If you do well, I can help you rescue your wife and daughter. If you don't do well, I believe you should know your own fate."

After speaking, Qin Yue threw these eight people out of the threshing ground, then dealt with the nearly five hundred corpses on the threshing ground himself.

Actually, Qin Yue's primary goal when researching Puppetry was human Puppets, but at that time, he was mindful of the Holy Sect's attitude and didn't research the Materials.

Now, with these five hundred corpses, it's enough for his research. Although the time is a bit short, Qin Yue believes that with his level of Puppetry, he will definitely have some Harvest.

First, he activated the Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill, and threads of Qi extended from Qin Yue's hands.

With his Thousand Thread Guiding Qi Skill having reached the Great Master level, he could extend hundreds of Protective Aura threads at once.

Threads of Protective Aura wrapped around the corpses on the ground, and slowly, the corpses closest to Qin Yue stood up.

One after another, they expanded in a fan shape from in front of Qin Yue, and all the corpses stood up.

Qin Yue looked at the magnificent scene before him and felt very satisfied.

It was as if he saw a future where he commanded an army of thousands of Puppets.

Unfortunately, this was just an illusion. With Qin Yue's current level of Puppet manipulation, he could only control a maximum of ten Puppets simultaneously.

This current scene was merely an experiment Qin Yue conducted to test the limits of his Puppetry.

He selected the ten corpses with the best physical condition, had the other corpses walk to the other side of the threshing ground and lie down, then Qin Yue began Puppet modifications on these ten corpses.

The Puppet manufacturing Materials Qin Yue carried were enough for these ten corpses, but Qin Yue didn't want to waste them all in such a place.

Qin Yue only performed simple anti-corrosion and strengthening treatments on the corpses, which counted as completing the basic Puppet modifications.

Even basic modifications took several hours, and by the time these basic modifications were complete, it was already daylight.

The first day passed, and Qin Yue had gained a Great Demon, destroyed a Bailing Sect stronghold, obtained basic data for this Small World, and still had two days left. Qin Yue was looking forward to seeing the surprised expressions of his Senior Brother Shi Qianjun and Bai Jinghong.

Currently, Qin Yue had two main tasks: one was to continue along the Bailing Sect's path to investigate the demon's movements, and the other was how to create more powerful Puppets to enhance his combat ability.

He focused his Super-Sense Mode perception and found Zuo Zijian and the group he had sent out as a cover, surprised to find that all eight of them were having a meeting together.

"Manager Zuo, please let us go. I don't think that scarred man is a good person.

He's trying to use us as bait to find those Bailing Sect members. Once those Bailing Sect members take the bait, we'll be useless, and we'll probably end up like those people on the threshing ground, dying without even knowing how."

"You also know that scarred man isn't a good person. If you leave, what will happen to me? Will he let me off?"

"Manager Zuo, we're not asking you to stay and wait for him. We came to you because we want to leave together. If we scatter and leave, even if that scarred man were an immortal, he wouldn't be able to catch all of us, right? At least some of us would have a chance to escape.

We've all agreed that whoever gets caught should beg for mercy, just to stay alive. The others who escape will report to the authorities. No matter how powerful this person is, can he be more powerful than the government?"

"The government?"

Zuo Zijian gave a bitter smile. These people didn't know how powerful that scarred man was, but Zuo Zijian did. Even if he reported this matter to the government, Zuo Zijian didn't believe the government would be able to do anything about that person.

"You don't need to say anything more. I won't let you go, and I won't go with you either.

I'm telling you, if you stay in this Zuo Family Estate, there's still a chance to survive. If you try to escape and report to the authorities now, none of you will survive. Go back and stay put!"

The remaining seven people had already discussed it, so they naturally wouldn't be stopped by Zuo Zijian's words.

The leader among them exchanged glances with the others, gave a wink, and then walked up to Zuo Zijian.

He said to Zuo Zijian, "We villagers don't understand anything, so we'll listen to Manager Zuo. Manager Zuo tells us to stay put, so we definitely won't leave. We just ask Manager Zuo not to mention today's events, so that scarred man doesn't make trouble for us."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and excitedly grabbed Zuo Zijian's hand, as if to express how sincere his request was.

But as soon as he grabbed Zuo Zijian's hand, the others all pounced on Zuo Zijian.

Some hugged his arms, some hugged his legs, and some even jumped onto Zuo Zijian's back, trying to pin him down.

Zuo Zijian struggled for a moment but couldn't break free. He was completely pressed to the ground by this group of villagers.

The villagers then tore up bedsheets, used cloth strips to tie Zuo Zijian's hands and feet, and stuffed a cloth ball into Manager Zuo's mouth before finally feeling completely relieved.

"Manager Zuo, don't blame us. We're forced to do this. We're leaving, and once we report to the authorities, we can rescue you!"

After speaking, ignoring Manager Zuo who was still struggling, these villagers each took some money and scattered to escape.

Qin Yue watched the entire farce but did not intervene. He only appeared before Manager Zuo after all the villagers had fled.

Qin Yue kicked Manager Zuo, who was still struggling,

"Stop pretending. Even the weakest Qi Refining Realm Martial Artist cannot be subdued by a group of villagers who haven't even reached the Body Refining Realm.

If you keep struggling like this, you're treating me like a fool!"

After speaking, Qin Yue ignored Zuo Zijian, found a chair in the room, and sat down.

Manager Zuo, hearing Qin Yue's words, indeed stopped struggling. He merely circulated his Qi slightly, and the cloth strips binding his hands snapped.

He took out the cloth ball from his mouth, untied the cloth strips on his feet, and then knelt on the ground before Qin Yue.

"This humble one knows that the Great Hero is benevolent and will not pursue those fleeing villagers.

It's just that this humble one is unwilling to betray the Great Hero who saved his life, and yet dared not make the decision to release them, so he could only resort to this tactic, pretending to be tied up by them.

I beg the Great Hero to forgive this humble one's transgression."

Qin Yue let out a soft chuckle upon hearing this.

"What transgression do you have?

It's just that you ruined my plan to wait for the Bailing Sect here.

It doesn't matter. Without this clue, I can wait for others, but your wife and children are completely beyond saving!

I truly hope they won't blame you when they cry in the demon's belly!"