Chapter 404 The Puppet Master
Li Qing, who was holding the jade box in his hands, couldn't help but feel excited.
Zi Mansion Spiritual Liquid!
The elixir-forming spiritual object that countless monks in the foundation-building stage dream about day and night is now in his hands.
Although there are only ten drops, which can barely increase the success rate of forming a pill, it is also a great gain.
You must know that this is the first day that the black market has opened. As long as it can continue for a long time, there may be a chance to find more pill-forming spiritual objects!
Thinking of this, Li Qing slightly opened the jade box and peered into it with his spiritual consciousness to observe.
There is a layer of gold foil-like brocade in the jade box, and on top of this golden brocade, ten drops of purple liquid about the size of watermelon seeds lie quietly inside.
Although it is in a liquid state, it has not penetrated into the golden brocade. This state is more like mercury or liquid metal.
As soon as the lid of the box is opened, wisps of purple air escape, clear and transparent.
After seeing this, Li Qing immediately closed the lid again, not letting the purple energy escape.
Yes, this is the real Zifu spiritual liquid!
Even though Li Qing has never seen such heaven-defying spiritual objects before, he can clearly identify them now.
Forcibly suppressing his excitement, Li Qing put away the jade box and the spirit stone, and said to the two people wearing bamboo hats in front of him:
"Yes, it is indeed Zi. House Spiritual Liquid.”
Li Qing originally wanted to ask the other party if there was more Zifu spirit fluid, but after thinking about it, he finally decided not to ask.
Purple Mansion Spiritual Liquid is an absolutely precious thing for any monk in the foundation-building stage. The other party who was able to come up with ten drops today must have made great determination.
If you ask again, you will be somewhat ignorant.
Li Qing really wanted to make friends with these two mysterious men in bamboo hats, but this was a black market and not a suitable place to make friends with Taoists.
Everyone comes here hiding their identities, so it’s best to be careful.
Li Qing, who has lived a long life, knows best the meaning of the four words "the future will be long".
"Fellow Taoist, would you like to ask if red crystal like this will be sold here in the future?!" the young man in a bamboo hat asked.
Hearing this, Li Qing answered ambiguously: "Maybe, maybe not. This red crystal is not made by me. It all depends on the mood of a senior."
Li Qing tried his best to create a false background behind this black market, making the other party fearful.
At this point, the free trading time is coming to an end, because most of the people present are casual cultivators in the Qi refining period, and the level of transactions they are conducting is relatively low, and Li Qing is not interested in them.
But this is already a very good start. As long as the black market continues to open in the future, it will definitely continue to attract more and more monks to enter the market.
When the time comes, he and Shen Ningbing can also use this platform to rise rapidly and gain enough benefits.
"Everyone, as I said before, all fellow Taoists who come here today will be distinguished guests of the black market."
"Next, each of you can receive a token, and you will come in the future. If you do business here, you can waive the handling fee for a month with this token!"
As he said that, Li Qing, who returned to the stand, took out dozens of black iron tokens from his storage bag and put them in his hands. All were distributed.
Everyone received a black iron token, regardless of whether it was really needed or not. In short, everyone put it away properly.
This is a marketing strategy that Li Qing learned from his previous life. Regardless of whether the customer is willing to come and consume, the benefits are given out first. There will always be people who are thinking about this benefit offer and think it is not necessary. It would be a pity.
"Excuse me, how often will transactions like this be opened in the black market in the future?"
Someone raised such a question. Obviously, what everyone is most concerned about is this free transaction. meeting.
If it can be held frequently, it will definitely be the best thing, and it will definitely be convenient for many people!
Li Qing had already expected this.
“Hahaha, the date of the black market trade fair is not fixed!”
“But I assure you that as long as you frequent the black market, you will never miss the trade fair. "
After speaking, Li Qing snapped his fingers, and a cluster of cold white flames surged out from his fingertips.
The next moment, the entire underground square trembled, and several exits suddenly opened on the ground above, all of which were passages leading to the outside.
"I declare that today's trading meeting is officially over. You are free to leave, or you can put out the things you want to sell and continue doing business."
With these words, Li Qing took the lead and jumped in , the figure quickly flew towards an exit.
Many monks present also left towards various exits.
"Young Master, follow me closely!" Uncle Fu said in a deep voice. They had revealed their wealth during this trip, and there was no guarantee that they would not be spotted when they went out.
They even took out ten drops of Zifu’s spiritual liquid. Some people would definitely think that they had more.
Not to mention the other comrades in the foundation building period, he couldn't even trust the mysterious hooded man who just hosted the trade fair.
He believes and affirms that there are not many monks in the foundation-building stage in the world who can resist the temptation of Zifu spiritual liquid, just because it is a pill-forming spiritual object!
After saying that, he flew towards the other exit with the noble young man beside him.
In the process, he unceremoniously released the pressure of his aura!
Boom!
Late stage of foundation building!
This tall and burly man wearing a bamboo hat turned out to be a monk in the late stage of foundation building.
Many monks in the Qi Refining Stage who were close to him felt a suffocating pressure at this moment.
The other colleagues present in the foundation building stage also slowly withdrew their eyes from time to time on the man in the hat, and stopped paying any more attention.
In the later stage of foundation building, this is not a state that ordinary casual cultivators can reach. If one has average cultivation qualifications, it will require a massive amount of cultivation resources to accumulate.
Obviously, this person's identity and background are extremely extraordinary, and it seems that they are not someone they can mess with.
On the other side, Li Qing, who was the first to rush out of the underground square, immediately stopped flying, changed his body shape in the leaky narrow alley, and quickly shuttled.
He got ten drops of Zifu spiritual liquid today, plus a large number of spiritual stones. In addition, many people will definitely be curious about his identity as a black market host.
"No one is following? Are they all so honest?" Li Qing couldn't help but look back, wondering if this was going too smoothly? !
But success is a good thing, and he doesn’t want to be targeted by others for no reason.
However, at the next moment, a violent sound suddenly came from an extremely hidden cave!
Boom!
The soil splashed, and a figure covered in black cloth rushed out. He was extremely fast and had a clear goal. It was Li Qing!
Seeing this scene, Li Qing’s pupils couldn’t help but shrink slightly!
“How could someone ambush me here? Something is wrong!”
He was the first person to rush out of the underground square, and the exit he chose was random. Even if someone was targeting him, they could only follow him from behind. How could he rush out in front of him? !
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The figure wrapped in black cloth walked with heavy steps, but the speed was not slow at all, and the ground shook with every step.
"No, this person's aura is very strange. And his body movements are slightly stiff." Li Qing did not avoid it, but squinted his eyes to look at this strange figure who was striding towards him.
"Puppet!"
Soon, Li Qing came to a conclusion in his mind.
This turned out to be a second-level puppet, not a real living person.
“It seems that there is a second-level puppet master down there who is good at making and controlling puppets.”
“The man arranged the puppets on the ground in advance to deal with various emergencies. This is very thoughtful.”
"It seems that the Zifu spirit liquid in my body has made him attracted. Do you want to use a puppet to test my strength?"
This is Li Qing's first time fighting a puppet master, but he did not Isn't he very panicked, because the other party has a back-up plan, so how can he be defenseless?
The next moment, a large area of ice suddenly condensed on the ground, and then sharp ice spikes emerged from the ice and stabbed directly at the puppet wrapped in black cloth.
Ding ding ding!
A series of crisp collision sounds resounded. These ice spikes did not penetrate the puppet, but only destroyed the black cloth on the surface of the puppet, revealing its bronze body. .
What a tough body!
"Is this a puppet made of pure metal spiritual materials? It is so hard that the junior sister was unable to do anything to him for a while." Li Qing said to himself in his heart.
Facing the second-level puppet rushing towards him, Li Qing pumped up his own energy and blood, and then silently activated the Brahma King's true body.
In terms of physical body alone, he is a late-stage second-level physical practitioner. Even if he is a puppet whose whole body is made of metal spiritual materials, he is not weak.
Not to mention he also has a gilt armor!
Qi and blood burst out, and Li Qing's strength suddenly increased a lot. He continued to activate the spiritual power in his body and completely wrapped his fist in the gilt armor.
The next moment, Li Qing's huge casserole-like fist turned silver, and without flinching, he suddenly punched the puppet that was already a few feet away from him!
Boom!
The silver light flew past, and the air was rubbed to create a sonic boom.
Immediately afterwards, a shocking sound resounded.
Bang!
The shock wave formed by pure force spread instantly, and the surrounding dilapidated courtyard walls collapsed directly.
The extremely solid metal puppet was unable to move in place at this moment. Its entire solid body was constantly shaking, and it looked like it was about to fall apart and explode at any time.
"Sure enough, there is a mark of divine consciousness!"
Li Qing was keenly aware of some fluctuations in the soul in the puppet. Without even thinking about it, he headed towards the place where the fluctuation of the soul came from again. A punch was thrown.
It's just that this punch is still wrapped in strong cold white flames.
Netherworld Cold Fire!
Boom!
This kind of heaven and earth spiritual fire can not only burn the physical body, but is also extremely lethal to spiritual bodies.
When Li Qing refined this original fire, his soul was greatly traumatized.
Now faced with this brand of divine consciousness that controlled the puppet, he naturally used Netherworld Cold Fire immediately.
The tongues of fire were instantly involved in the gaps in the puppet's body like maggots on the tarsus, and quickly burned towards the brand of divine consciousness.
Chichi!
The cold fire of the netherworld began to scorch the mark of the soul, and it quickly melted away like spring snow touching a red-hot iron!
After a while, the puppet completely stopped all movements and collapsed on the ground like a puppet with broken strings.
At this point, this puppet is ownerless.
Without thinking, Li Qing put the puppet directly into the storage bag, and then said in a different direction:
“Let’s go!”
Tight Then, a figure also wearing a black hood flew out and quickly left the city with Li Qing.
"Brother, the puppet master is probably still in the black market. Why don't you go back, find him and kill him?" Shen Ningbing asked via voice transmission.
In response, Li Qing responded quickly:
“First, the black market has just opened and requires a certain reputation and credibility. If you rashly kill people there, it will have a bad impact.”
"Second, I suspect that this puppet master may not even be in the black market himself. Maybe he sent another puppet to enter the black market instead of him?"
After these two judgments came out, Shen Ningbing was slightly stunned. , the light in his eyes flickered.
The second possibility is indeed very high, and there is even a high probability that it is the truth, but she did not expect this.
Sure enough, I was still far behind Senior Brother Li.
Shen Ningbing couldn't help but sigh in her heart, once again impressed by her senior brother Li's meticulous thinking.
In Xiangyang City, in a shabby tiled house in Beicheng District, a figure sitting cross-legged inside the house trembled violently.
“Poof!”
The figure couldn’t help spitting out a mouthful of bright red blood, and his face instantly became extremely pale.
"What a ghost! He turned out to be an individual cultivator, and he also mastered the cold fire of the underworld!"
"I wouldn't have done it if I had known this. I lost a second-level puppet for nothing. This time it is really a big loss."
This man's voice was weak and full of regret, and his eyes showed bursts of physical pain.
He never expected that the person he attacked today would actually have a physical body that was not inferior to the powerful physique of his second-level puppet!
In addition, that man actually possesses such heaven-defying things as the Netherworld Cold Fire, which specializes in divine souls!
The combination of the two is simply the nemesis of puppet masters like them!
The biggest advantage of a puppet is that it is not afraid of death. As long as there are enough materials, it can be made into a puppet with extremely strong strength, which can even ignore most spell attacks.
Just like the ice spike that Shen Ningbing sent out just now, it didn't have much impact on his second-level puppet at all, it just broke a layer of black cloth.
Once an ordinary monk in the foundation building stage encounters such a puppet, he will really feel a headache, and there is nothing he can do with his puppet.
With the puppet just now, he defeated many of his colleagues in the foundation building stage.
However, today the boat finally capsized in the gutter. Not only was there no harvest, but an extremely precious puppet was also damaged, and even his soul was severely traumatized.
“What the hell, this black market can’t mess around anymore. There are actually two powerful foundation-building monks sitting in charge, and their backgrounds are extremely mysterious, as if they appeared out of thin air.”
"It's a pity, Zifu Spiritual Liquid, a pill-forming spiritual creature that you may never encounter in your lifetime, just missed it."
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After saying this , the man slowly stood up and walked towards the outside of the shabby tile house.
And in the tiled house, a cold and thin corpse was lying quietly on the ground, showing an expression of death.
Today is just one chapter. The cold is not over yet, so I have to rest early tonight. I will make up for it when the cold is over!
(End of this chapter)