Chapter 384 Changes in the Puppet Hall (First update)
But Han Ruyan waved his hand and heard a sound breaking through the air.
A big pestle of white bones was inserted in front of Su Jie and Han Ruyan. There was a flag hanging on the pestle, which was four to five feet high. From a distance, there were thousands of black air and thousands of cold smoke. From a close look, there were strange talismans flowing on the bones.
Su Jie bit his fingertip, and a drop of blood fell on the banner.
In an instant, the banner was like a living thing, with ferocious faces protruding from the banner one by one, and thousands of souls howling and demonic sounds could be heard in the void.
There was an inexplicable connection between Su Jie and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. Su Jie automatically understood how to use the Ten Thousand Souls Banner without having to learn much.
"Ghost Mountain!"
Su Jie let out a low drink, the soul flags made a roaring sound, and black light filled the surface of the flags that covered the sky.
Within this banner, a huge mountain appears like a shadow, covered with bones. Ghost caves and devil caves are scattered among the mountains. The ghostly atmosphere inside seems to lead to the depths of the underworld.
There are many ghosts hiding in the ghost caves, and pairs of cold eyes are like the lake surface illuminated by the moonlight, sparkling, and there are hundreds of thousands of them, which makes people shudder.
And on the top of the mountain, there is a ghost tower standing here.
It is divided into three parts: the archway, the mountain gate and the hall, which are symmetrically arranged on a central axis.
The archway is a wooden and stone structure with three eaves, the mountain gate has a gable-style roof with double eaves, the bell and drum towers on both sides have four-cornered spires, and the hall is a brick-wood structure with a hard gable roof.
In the Netherworld Hall of the Ghost Tower, there are tall demon statues standing majestically inside the hall. These are all enshrined and powerful ghost generals who are several feet tall and hold various weapons.
Su Jie had seen other people's Hundred Thousand Soul Flags, but others did not have such ghost towers and ghost generals. It was obviously the result of Han Ruyan's transformation.
"Use your soul to control the flags, use your heart to drive away the gods. When the flags are completed, the ghosts will come out."
Han Ruyan touched the banner face with her palm, and those ferocious and strange ghosts shrank back into the depths of the banner face ghost cave.
"Such a Hundred Thousand Souls Flag is just right for those righteous elders to use as a sacrificial flag."
Su Jie opened his right hand, and the Ten Thousand Souls Flag continued to shrink. When it finally fell on Su Jie's hand, it had become a small flag of only twenty centimeters.
The power of the Hundred Thousand Soul Flags is much higher than ordinary high-grade magic weapons in terms of grade.
Because if you want to make such a soul flag, you need to sacrifice a million people to make it.
In the Tianyuan world, it is now a world of righteousness. The demonic path is no longer as prosperous as before. It is very difficult to kill such a large population.
"It's time to go back to Tianyuan World."
Putting the Ten Thousand Souls Banner away, Su Jie contacted the ancient mirror in the sea of consciousness and opened the portal to Tianyuan World.
The next moment, Su Jie appeared in Tianyuan World, in the retreat room of his own mansion in Guiling Palace.
He lifted his legs and stepped out of the retreat room. When the servants who were busy in the mansion saw Su Jie, they all bent down and saluted respectfully.
"Congratulations, Master, on your release from confinement."
Su Jie looked at the old housekeeper beside him and asked, "Did anything important happen in the sect while I was in seclusion?"
"Reporting to the master, the recent major events in the sect have not happened. I just heard that the Zhengdao sect has strengthened its blockade. Now the sect has basically no input of supplies, and the black market has completely closed down."
The old housekeeper replied that this was something everyone in Ghost Ridge Palace knew, but he didn't know the real secrets.
Su Jie nodded, walked out of the mansion, summoned the Thousand-Handed Centipede, and flew towards the Puppet Hall with the Thousand-Handed Centipede.
Su Jie's current identity is not only an elder, but also the leader of the Puppet Hall.
Su Jie's public and high-profile appearance also announced to everyone in Ghost Ridge Palace that his retreat was over.
The Thousand-Hand Centipede was extremely fast. Although the Puppet Hall was in a remote location, within a few minutes, Su Jie arrived at the Puppet Hall's location.
When Su Jie arrived, the entire Puppet Hall was in full swing. Compared with when Su Jie first came, the image of the place had changed drastically.
The old gatehouse and eaves of the Puppet Hall were re-decorated, and the dilapidated grounds were also renovated.
In addition, in addition to the dozens of disciples in the Puppet Hall, there are hundreds of disciples in the Puppet Hall, which is far more than the number of disciples in the Puppet Hall itself.
Su Jie took a quick look and found that these disciples were basically young disciples at the first and second levels of Yunling Realm.
They have a clear division of labor here, each forming a team and making rocket launchers.
There are more than a dozen people responsible for making the barrel of the rocket launcher. They use spiritual energy and tools to polish the crude barrel, apply a special coating, and then temper it with spiritual power to enhance the durability and safety of the barrel.
There are hundreds of people making and loading artillery shells. The refined artillery shells, like an assembly line, pass through the hands of young disciples. They use spiritual energy to add fuses, spiritual stone launching devices, auxiliary control equipment, and various A variety of different venoms are put into the cannonballs, and the aura is used to seal them together, leaving enough detonation patterns.
Some disciples made the frame and wheels of rocket launchers. Many steel materials did not require equipment. The disciples used their own hands to bend the steel into the required shape, and then spliced it together to assemble it. Their hands were as standard as rulers, and there was basically no problem. error.
"Group C, engine team, take this batch of bone-burning glue and process it. The production speed can be brought up. Don't hold everyone back."
Su Jie saw an acquaintance, Zhu Changqi, the chief disciple of the Puppet Hall.
The other party was inspecting back and forth at this time, constantly guiding the disciples in their work.
When Zhu Changqi saw Su Jie, his expression was startled for a moment, and then his face was filled with surprise.
"Hall Master, Hall Master, you are out of seclusion!"
Zhu Changqi's shout immediately alarmed the entire puppet hall.
"Hall Master Su, Hall Master Su is back."
"Master Su, take a look at our results. We have made a lot of rocket launchers and supporting ammunition."
"Hallmaster Su, we have developed a new combat puppet. You must stay and take a look. You will never be disappointed."
Dozens of disciples from the Puppet Hall surrounded them with cheers, and the hall master shouted warmly and enthusiastically.
Their enthusiasm for Su Jie was sincere. Originally, their Hall Master Peng died in the sect war, and the Puppet Hall was on the verge of bankruptcy.
If Su Jie hadn't appeared to save the Puppet Hall, the current Puppet Hall would probably have disbanded.
Because researching puppets is too expensive, no elders are trying to get funding for them. The little money they have is simply not enough to conduct puppet research.
When hundreds of other young disciples saw Su Jie, most of them looked very curious.
They are not disciples of the Puppet Hall, they just come here to work part-time. The youngest elder of the Secret Realm has already heard or seen Su Jie, a famous fairy seedling in the Ghost Ridge Palace.
"Chang Qi, first tell me about the progress of rocket launcher production." Su Jie looked around and asked about this most important matter.
At the beginning, the sect leader Zhang Junwei placed an order for 500 rocket launchers. Together with the supporting ammunition, it was an arms order worth millions of spiritual stones.
Su Jie earned half of it, but he also had to complete the delivery of the rocket launcher.
Otherwise, even if he is a fairy seedling, the pigeons of the sect will not be able to eat it and walk around in circles.
"Master, we did not dare to neglect the production task for a moment. According to the assembly line production method you taught, we recruited more than 500 disciples to do simple repetitive production work, while our own disciples from the Puppet Hall did the precise work. Sure enough, the production speed has been greatly improved. After working overtime, 450 sets of rocket launchers have been completed, with a total of 100,000 pieces of ammunition.”
Zhu Changqi said with emotion, thankful for Su Jie's foresight.
If Su Jie hadn't taught him to recruit other disciples to help him, and the efficient integration rate of single repetitive work in the assembly line, it would have been impossible to complete the production of so many rocket launchers and ammunition by relying solely on the disciples of the Puppet Hall.
Su Jie looked thoughtful, walked up to find a disciple, and showed a kind smile: "What's your name?"
"Ah! Su... Elder Su, my name is Duan Xingxin!"
The disciple who was questioned by Su Jie was only at the first level of Yunling Realm. He did not expect to suddenly communicate with a big shot like Su Jie, and his face showed both nervousness and excitement.
Su Jie nodded and continued to ask: "When you come to work here at the Puppet Hall, how much spiritual stone will be given to you? I am not treating you badly, am I?"
"No, no, absolutely not. The Puppet Hall gave me 10 spiritual stones per month. And the more parts I make, the more extra spiritual stones I can get. After all, the spiritual stones I get every month are There are about 20 stones.”
Duan Xingxin spoke faster and faster, with excitement in his eyes.
It is the most difficult for a young disciple like him who is only at the first level of Yunling Realm to survive in the Ghost Ridge Palace.
Even being a cannon fodder in a sect war is not enough. If you want to find a job that can earn you spiritual stones, most people can only take the risk and work as an insect catcher in the Insect Valley, just like Su Jie used to do.
But this is not only dangerous, but also the income is not much. It only costs 10 spiritual stones a month if you play it full.
Counting the monthly bills handed over to the elders, I didn't have much money left, and the Gu Clan who was raising me was basically from the Moonlight Clan.
Moreover, you can’t just go to Bug Valley to catch bugs if you want to. Many areas are occupied by other powerful demon cultivator disciples.
Some young disciples went in, and it was normal to drive them away, pump out water, and even rob them.
Sometimes not only can't you make money, but you can also lose money.
But these young disciples work part-time at the Puppet Hall to help make rocket launchers. Not to mention safety, their income is quite good.
At least it's much better than them venturing to Worm Valley every day, just to earn more spiritual stones, so they often have to work overtime on their own initiative.
That is to say, although these young disciples have low cultivation level, they are not ordinary people at least, and there is no need to worry about sudden death.
It can be said that the work of the Puppet Hall provides many low-level disciples with a new way to make money, and there are no technical barriers.
Like the Weapon Refining Hall and the Alchemy Pavilion, if you don’t have skills or talent, you won’t want to go to someone else’s place.
Therefore, as soon as the recruitment of the Puppet Hall appeared, many young disciples were eager to come and work here, and the jobs were very popular.
"It seems that you did a good job and did not deduct the spiritual stones from these young disciples!"
When Su Jie heard Duan Xingxin's words, he was convinced that Zhu Changqi was not acting against the will.
Su Jie needs these young disciples to work actively. If they deduct spiritual stones and their enthusiasm is frustrated, which will also slow down the progress of rocket launcher production, Su Jie will also have to be punished by the sect. He takes this issue very seriously.
"How dare we, Hall Master? The monthly salary you gave us is already very high. We are too late to be grateful. How could we covet the money of these young disciples? We have also come from their realm and understand their difficulties."
Zhu Changqi repeatedly said that he did not dare. According to Su Jie's regulations, they, the disciples of the Puppet Hall, would receive spiritual stone rewards for each rocket launcher they successfully made based on the type of work and labor intensity they were responsible for.
Therefore, the spiritual stone income of each of them is much higher than that of those young disciples.
In the past, they, the disciples of the Puppet Hall, not to mention making money, all paid for puppet research. This was the first time they could make money, and they were all grateful to Su Jie.
"Don't do it now, and don't do it in the future. If anyone stretches out his hand randomly, it's not as simple as chopping his hand off."
Su Jie was noncommittal. He knew human nature. Sometimes, simply wining over someone wouldn't work. Relying on feelings to maintain something for a long time would deteriorate. Only a combination of kindness and power is the right way.
Dozens of nearby Puppet Hall disciples shuddered, and a few thoughtful disciples immediately put out the idea.
Although the spirit stones that were stolen from those young disciples were indeed very delicious, they knew better that if they were caught by Su Jie, an elder of the Secret Realm, no one would stand up for them if they were punished.
"Let's go, take me to see your newly developed puppet."
Su Jie signaled the other disciples to continue working, and then took Zhu Changqi to the backyard of the Puppet Hall.
After several protective formations, Su Jie saw the research results of these Puppet Hall disciples within several months.
What caught Su Jie's eyes was a four-meter-tall, blue-black textured, slender body made of various precious spiritual materials. It looked very beautiful and graceful.
"Lord, look, this is the latest fifth-grade battle puppet that we have gathered together to create, Cang Lei's Wrath."
Zhu Changqi's face was filled with pride as he pointed at the combat puppet and couldn't wait to demonstrate it to Su Jie.
As Zhu Changqi controlled it, the four-meter-tall combat puppet floated on the spot.
Normally, flying is an ability only available in the Secret Realm, but this fifth-grade combat puppet can also possess it, which at least proves that the puppet studied by Zhu Changqi and the others does have two brushes.
boom!
Circles of miniature magic circles light up on the surface of Cang Lei's Wrath, giving the puppet powerful power.
With a flash of lightning, Cang Lei's Wrath flew across the ground like a super electromagnetic gun, smashing several hard steel plates into the air. The steel plates in contact were melted by the high temperature the moment they came into contact with the thunder on Cang Lei's Wrath's body. into molten steel.
The next moment, the Wrath of Cang Lei went straight into the sky for thousands of meters, turning itself into a huge spherical lightning. Countless thick thunders continuously hit the ground, blasting out huge pits.
After passing the simple demonstration, Zhu Changqi controlled Cang Lei's Wrath to fly back to the ground, landed in front of Su Jie, and looked at Su Jie expectantly.
"Hall Master, what do you think of our Cang Lei Wrath? Can it compete with the Secret Realm?"
Obviously, disciples like Zhu Changqi are very ambitious and actually want to research combat puppets that can compete with the secret realm.
Su Jie did not answer this question immediately, but asked a more critical question.
"How much does this thing cost?"
(End of chapter)