Chapter Thirty-Five: Ancient Puppetry

  After that, Gu Yanrou and Wu You and others all talked about their own experiences of climbing the hundred steps. Among them, there were various methods for resisting yin cold energy and fire attribute energy, each different from one another. The people in the conference hall also occasionally raised some doubts and suggestions, so that several people gained a lot.

  At least, the crowd at that time, the on-site performance, there are good places, and there are also wrong places. With the guidance of the elders and the managers, if they encounter similar situations in the future or on the path of cultivation, they can avoid many detours.

  Especially those two outer disciples who were eliminated on the hundred-step stairs gained a lot.

  It's just Fang Tian Nan's interpretation, which is quite strange.

  Fang Tian Nan didn't say that he had fully absorbed the fire attribute energy that was transmitted to him. He only said that the yang attribute energy in his body seemed to be able to counteract the invasion of yin cold energy. And when facing fire attribute energy, he could only rely on his own willpower and yang attribute energy to counteract it.

  In short, the yang attribute energy has a great advantage when facing yin cold energy. And when facing fire attribute energy, it can also directly resist with Gu Yan Rao and Wu You like air transport.

  Many elders and deacons in the sect frowned upon hearing this, but because people with yang attribute energy were too rare, no one dared to say anything for a while. Among them, a deacon who was himself an ice-attribute energy user specially came to Fang Tian's side and conducted an on-the-spot test.

  The result was indeed as Fang Tiannan said, Fang Tiannan resisted the invasion of ice attribute energy with ease, much more easily than other warriors of the same rank.

  "It seems that Fang Tian Nan's ability to climb the hundred-step staircase has a great deal to do with the energy attributes in his body." Many people in the conference hall were speculating similarly.

  Fang Tiannan also clearly learned at this time that his own yang attribute energy was indeed the nemesis of yin-cold attribute energy. This time, it was only a resistance on the energy level, but what about in actual combat in the future? Would there still be such special effects?

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  The management of Qingyun Sect did not give Fang Tian Nan a chance to verify.

  What happened next on the path was unclear even to Fang Zhanglao. Because Deng Baichuan had never explained any of this.

  Especially when everyone heard that on every small path, there was a human-shaped wooden puppet blocking the way. In the conference hall, an old man with white beard kept his eyes slightly closed, but suddenly opened them wide and exclaimed: "Ancient Puppetry?"

  "Cloud Elder, what is Ancient Puppetry?" Fang Elder asked in surprise.

  It wasn't just Fang Lao, but everyone in the conference hall was now looking at Yun Lao with curious eyes. Either it was due to their lack of understanding of the three words "Puppet Technique", or their curiosity towards the two words "Ancient". Whatever it was, anything related to the Ancient would always make people feel a few strands of desire to explore.

  "Puppetry is a field I've always been studying." Yun Lao muttered.

  In response, the elders and stewards in the hall all nodded. Mo Zhi, who was close to Fang Tian Nan and had interacted with him in the You Ming Mountains, was afraid that Fang Tian Nan and his companions would not understand the situation, so he quietly explained: "This Yun Chang Lao is not only highly accomplished in cultivation, but also likes to hunt for strange things. He has spent his whole life studying some unconventional things, such as formation methods, factors of innate talent, and so on."

  "Unfortunately, I've never been able to grasp it." Yun Lao sighed and looked at the curious gazes of the crowd, saying, "It's said that in ancient times, the use of puppetry was very common. Many people who had some knowledge of this skill weren't just limited to making wooden puppets; they could also use stone, metal, and other materials. The strength or weakness of a puppet depended on the quality of the material used as well as the creator's own level of expertise..."

  "Then according to your understanding, Cloud Elder, how would you rate the strength of these human-shaped wooden puppets in this Transmission Cave?" a steward asked casually.

  Yun Lao looked at the other party with a strange glance and said, "A human-shaped wooden puppet that can exert its peak strength in the Yuan boundary, although it appears alone, most of us present will not be afraid. But what if ten or twenty appear at the same time?"

  "Uh,......" The interrogating officer was stunned for a moment.

  What Wu You and others said was only the situation of the human-shaped wooden puppets they encountered. From the perspective of combat power, since Wu You and others can pass the test of the human-shaped wooden puppets smoothly, at least, the actual combat experience of these human-shaped wooden puppets is not as good as that of the inner disciples of Qingyun Sect.

  So, although everyone is quite curious about the ancient puppet technique, they don't pay much attention to it. However, Wu You and others have said that in the entire Transmission Heaven, there are fifteen small paths, which means that at least fifteen human-shaped wooden puppets will appear. If all these wooden puppets were to appear in front of a single cultivator at the same time, not to mention this executive, even any elder of the sect would feel unable to move for a while.

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  "Hmm!" Yun Lao lightly rebuked, opening his mouth to say, "If I'm not mistaken, these human-shaped wooden puppets, when facing Wu and the others, didn't fully exert their strongest combat strength."

  "I think so too." Gu Yanrou, who had been quiet among the six people, suddenly spoke up at this time and said, "The human-shaped wooden puppet I encountered initially showed combat power that was absolutely comparable to a true person of the Earth Origin Realm. However, after discovering my actual strength was only in the Human Origin Realm, it controlled its own strength throughout the entire battle, limiting itself to the Human Origin Realm."

  "Right... " Wu You chimed in from the side, "If I hadn't taken another dose of Dan medicine at that time, I'm afraid someone like me with initial stage Yuan Jing would have been eliminated."

  Deng Baichuan and Fang Tiannan, who also had experience fighting human-shaped wooden puppets, nodded in agreement.

  Especially when Fang Tiannan faced the human-shaped wooden puppets, he only felt that the opponent was at the level of the dark energy realm, which further explained that these wooden puppets would exert different strengths against different examinees.

  "And also, when I took the elixir for the third time, it was during my encounter with the giant stone warriors. According to Yun Changlao's words, those giant stone warriors should also be ancient puppets, right? Their combat strength is much stronger than that of human-shaped wooden puppet puppets."

  "Is there still a giant stone warrior?" Yun Lao asked curiously, reining in his horse.

  Wu You nodded affirmatively at first, then recounted how he had passed through the human-shaped wooden puppet stage and traversed the winding mountain cave tunnels to arrive at the palace of the inherited heavenly realm. He also mentioned a sudden battle with a giant boulder, after which he was forced to retreat to the main hall.

  Although Wu You seemed to be desperately covering up her own embarrassment at the time, just from her words alone, Fang Tian Nan could clearly sense that Wu You's breathing was rapid and her heart was secretly uneasy, not to mention the high-ranking members of the sects in the great hall.

  Fortunately, everyone didn't notice Wu You's little thoughts, but instead were extremely curious about the newly appeared giant stone warrior. For a moment, many people's gazes once again focused on Yun Changlao.

  Who would have thought that at this moment, Yun Lao would suddenly smile and say: "Hehe, this is the true elegance of ancient puppetry."

  "Cloud Elder, then how should we correctly counter these ancient puppets?" Mo Zhixi, who was beside Fang Tiannan, asked.

  "Puppetry, the fact that it's called puppetry explains that these manufactured things are operated according to the master's will," Yun Lao explained. "According to legend, in ancient times, the use of puppetry was relatively widespread, and the puppets created also had many uses. Some were used for combat, while others were used to assist with daily life..."

  "Assisted living?" Mo Ze muttered in confusion.

  "That's right, it's to assist with daily life." Yun Lao smiled and continued to explain, "It's like a servant, taking care of the sect's hygiene, or helping you cook and prepare meals. Isn't that just assisting with daily life? Additionally, some puppets are used to assist with cultivation. As long as human cultivators can do it, basically, puppets can also do it."

  "Can we also refine the elixir into a pill?" asked the manager of the previous dan medicine house.

  "It's naturally possible." Yun Lao nodded, and then added, "However, it can only be used to refine the most basic dan medicines. Setting up some regular refining programs for puppets is fine, but if you want the puppet to independently research and improve, that's impossible."

  "Oh......" The manager of Dan Medicine House couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

  If the emergence of ancient puppetry is really enough to replace any human practitioner, then for this world, convenience is convenient, and there will undoubtedly be many more crises.

  The ancient puppet technique has the two words "puppet" because it doesn't have its own independent thoughts.