Qincheng City faces north and south, divided into four city gates, southeast, west and north. Two huge stone statues above two feet high are placed in front of each city gate, flying lions, hideous giant snakes, etc. These stone statues are not just decorations, but eight top-grade puppet monsters with cultivation ranging from the first to third levels of Qihai Period!

During a wild turmoil three hundred years ago, Qincheng was surrounded by beast tides, and the situation was critical. Eight top-grade puppets showed their power and used their destiny to protect Qincheng. It is said that countless human cultivators and monsters were killed and injured back then, and their bodies were almost flat with the Qincheng walls. Only eight puppets fought in blood. The puppet giant beasts only followed the orders of their masters, and were not afraid and would not retreat. Even if only half of their bodies were left, they would fight to the death.

At that time, these eight puppets were all in the mid-stage Qi Hai cultivation level, and were seriously damaged during the war, and their strength decreased to varying degrees after repair. However, these eight puppets were like eight guardian gods. As long as they were in Qincheng for a day, they would bring endless deterrence to those with ulterior motives. It is said that until today, some monsters would tremble even if they smelled the beast blood aura contaminated on the puppets.

The strange man named Tianji Shangren, who made these puppets, had a close relationship with the city lord of Qincheng, and he became a hundred years ago. The sloppy old man was the only personal disciple of Tianji Shangren, named Li Zhuo. The puppet mechanism technique is well-known in the wild immortal cultivation world. Li Zhuo and the eldest son Qin Huang were sworn brothers and have been serving as chief instructors in the academy.

Puppet mechanism technique is the same as talisman making technique, and the requirements for the cultivator's immortal talent are so high that it is a bit perverted. Everyone cultivates immortality for immortality, and almost no one will waste precious time for such boring things. In addition, Li Zhuo is lazy in nature and rarely appears in the academy. If it weren't for the fact that Yang Xiu let the giant eagle fly and happened to be seen by Li Zhuo on that day, the two sides would not have had a chance to meet.

Yang Xiu suddenly realized it. He thought to himself that it was. No wonder the puppet made by the old man was extremely powerful. The little black bird could bring out a wound when he caught his arm. The giant puppet eagle was even more abused and was a master's apprentice after a long time.

As a result, Yang Xiu's heart immediately became open. He was suppressed by the other party during the past few days. Yang Xiu felt a little dissatisfied. Now it seems that it is normal. It is good that he has not destroyed his puppet.

As for Monk Jingyuan, he was indeed Li Zhuo's personal disciple, and he entered Miaoshan Temple only because he was interested in Buddhism. However, Monk Jingyuan only learned the method of cultivation under Li Zhuo. It did not involve the art of puppets in mechanisms.

Li Zhuo's cave is located in the top area of ​​Lingshan Mountain. It is sunny but cool and pleasant, and it is a blessed place for a beautiful cave. A small Taoist temple covering an area of ​​only three acres is Li Zhuo's cave. There are several weeping willows planted in the Taoist temple. The small lake is clear and beautiful, which is very pleasing to the eye.

"Your master looks unkempt, but this house is very beautiful~" Meng Lu said while watching this small Taoist temple.

"I made all the grass and trees here. This old ghost is too lazy to bubbling, so he won't clean it up by himself." Monk Jingyuan said with a resentful look on his face, and Meng Lu and Yang Xiu couldn't help laughing. It seemed that the sloppy old Taoist used the monks a lot.

"Can you guess why I saved you?" Several people entered the Taoist temple and sat on the cushion. The old man Li Zhuo looked at Yang Xiu quietly for a moment and asked with a smile.

Yang Xiu had thought about it countless times along the way, looking at Li Zhuo, who looked calm and had a very different image from his usual cynical figure. He thought for a while and said, "Because of my talent in puppet art?"

Li Zhuo sat cross-legged on the cushion, his eyes flashing with light, and he slowly said, "That's just one of the reasons. More importantly, I have learned about you in Luanshi Village before, and you are considered a kind and kind young man."

After hearing this, Yang Xiu looked at Meng Lu, thinking that his old deeds had been discovered by others. Qin Emperor was a brother who was a disciple, so it was not easy to find out about this matter? But when he thought of this, Yang Xiu's heart moved and looked at Li Zhuo widened his eyes and said, "I said, "Old man, let me leave Luanshi Village and teach in Qincheng Academy. Could it be your idea?"

"It's not too stupid." Li Zhuo grinned.

It turned out that when Yang Xiu taught talisman making techniques in Luanshi Village and exchanged the classics of Elder Guo for the mechanical puppets, Li Zhuo, who was in Qincheng, had noticed Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu was young and his talent in talisman making techniques surprised Li Zhuo. After all, in some aspects, talisman making techniques and puppet techniques were similar. Later, a conflict between Tieshan Village and Luanshi Village occurred, and Li Zhuo also understood Yang Xiu's character, so he suggested that Qin Emperor bring Yang Xiu back to Qincheng.

"At that time, the eldest son considered that the hatred you had with Tieshan Village was too great. If the eldest son had not gone there personally, a war would have broken out between the two villages. Whether it was against the Twelve Villages of Qincheng or considering your safety, you should be brought back." Li Zhuo said lightly.

Yang Xiu nodded when he heard this. Leaving Luanshi Village was indeed the best choice, but Yang Xiu would never leave alone and leave the villagers to bear the danger alone. Qin Huang's trip to Luanshi Village can be said to have perfectly solved the dilemma. Thinking of this, Yang Xiu bowed to Li Zhuo from the bottom of his heart. Whether the other party was interested in his immortal talent or his character, this kindness deserves Yang Xiu's solemn thanks.

But immediately afterwards, Yang Xiu raised his head and stared at the old man Li Zhuo with a bad expression and said, "When you talk about this, did you deliberately come to the door in the academy to destroy my puppet giant eagle, and then find an excuse to meet me?"

"Haha, who knows that you have a puppet so hard to help but fight."

Li Zhuo laughed happily when he heard this, and didn't care about Yang Xiu's contemptuous eyes and said lightly: "But you didn't disappoint me. You can learn from me and make continuous improvements. You can think about yourself and learn to improve so quickly. I'm not wrong with you."

Yang Xiu was speechless. The whole process was in the other party's plan. Now it seems that he has gained benefits, but it always makes people feel less comfortable. In the eyes of a superior like Qin Huang, he is probably a pawn. If he hadn't quickly broken through the bottleneck and entered the fourth level of body quenching and was suspected of "Yang Xiu", would he still be so valued?

The old man Li Zhuo didn't know that Yang Xiu kept thinking and continued, "I took an apprentice in my life. Ke Jingyuan, a disgraceful thing, had no interest in puppet technology, and his talent was average, so he could not inherit my mantle at all. His family master Tianji had a great cultivation level, and his puppet mechanism technique was even more outstanding in the world. I'm afraid he would be cut off from my generation."

Yang Xiu was stunned when he heard this, thinking that it sounded like he wanted to accept a disciple? He glanced at the old man and found that the other party was looking at him with a serious look. Yang Xiu scratched his eyebrows and said hesitantly: "Senior, I already have the inheritance of the master, and I will definitely return to Ningguo in the future..."

"You don't have to worry. Teaching you puppet technique is just my personal intention, not to trap you in Qincheng."

Li Zhuo sighed, his face full of old age, and said, "I have been waiting for a hundred years to wait for you as a talented person, so I don't want to miss it."

Hearing this, Monk Jingyuan frowned slightly, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes when he looked at the old man, and hesitated for a moment and said nothing.

Yang Xiu felt quite strange in his heart. He always felt that a big pie fell from the sky and fell on his head, which made him dizzy. But he couldn't help but worry that the pie was poisonous, so he frowned and thought carefully.

"Don't worry, as long as you make some achievements in puppet technology and create puppets above the mid-stage body tempering stage, I promise that the eldest son will let you go." The old man Li Zhuo said with a smile.

"Okay." Yang Xiu agreed decisively. No matter what the truth behind it, learn the puppet technique first, otherwise everything will be a nonsense.

Li Zhuo seemed to have expected Yang Xiuhui to agree, so he reached out to take out a slightly worn but very neat ancient book on thread and handed it to Yang Xiudao: "This is an ancient book I got a hundred years ago. The puppet mechanism technique inside is quite unique. You can go back and understand it thoroughly, and come to me."

Yang Xiu solemnly took the ancient book with both hands and saw four light and elegant ancient seal characters written on the off-white cover, "Tomb Raiders' Chronicles". He frowned slightly and looked up at Li Zhuo inquiring.

Li Zhuo coughed, with a strange look on his face, and said, "This senior who wrote the book likes to see famous mountains and rivers, and is quite interested in the ancient relics of his predecessors..."

Yang Xiu looked suddenly, thinking that he was an old tomb robber, and his hobby was really unique... But after careful consideration, it was reasonable. Many relics in ancient times were either left in secret caves or buried deep in the loess with his predecessors. If you want to learn some real skills, you really have to use some unconventional means.

Finally, he found a person in Qin City who was called a senior and was not hostile to him. Yang Xiu simply asked Li Zhuo for advice and told the biggest doubts in his heart over the past period of time - why are monsters in the wilderness so persistent about capturing the human territory outside?

Throughout the ages, there will be a war between the shemale and the demon every once in a while. Looking at the past and present, wars of this scale must not be explained by simple racial hatred, and there will inevitably be deeper interests entanglements.

"You are not old and you think a lot."

Li Zhuo glanced at Yang Xiu squintedly, and said to the monk Jingyuan beside him, "Xiaojing, come and talk to him."

"How many times have you said, don't call me Xiaojing!"

Monk Jingyuan roared with a groan, and saw Li Zhuofeng wave his hand lightly, and snorted twice, turning his head to Yang Xiu, "To talk about this, we have to start with the division of monsters and human races in ancient times."

Ten thousand years ago, the human race and the monsters began to cultivate immortals almost at the same time. However, the monsters were naturally much slower in cultivation than the human race. Thousands of years later, the human race monks suppressed the monsters and rushed back to the wilderness, forming the current distribution of power.
Chapter completed!