Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 221 Nascent Soul Level Puppet

In the far north, the overall outline presents an irregular trapezoidal shape.

Below the trapezoid are the Western Wilderness, the Vast Sea, and the Great Zhou Dynasty, while the left and right sides of the trapezoid, as well as the top of the trapezoid, are a vast body of water known as the Ice Sea.

It is called this because this ocean is frozen year-round.

Just as Li Ping was teasing Xiao Yunzhi.

Hundreds of thousands of miles away, near the center of the icy sea, a strange dragon's roar suddenly rang out, followed by a deafening boom as the ice within a radius of tens of miles shattered violently.

A snow dragon, its body as white as jade and covered with hard scales, nearly a thousand feet long, surged out of the shattered ice cave.

Clearly, the noise of the ice cracking just now was caused by it going out to sea.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the ice dragon is also holding a huge water demon with three ferocious heads in its right claw. The water demon's aura has also reached the third level.

If this water demon were placed in the outside world, it would be considered a demon king.

But now, held in the claws of the ice dragon, it trembled all over and dared not even struggle.

Because what stood before it was the overlord of the Ice Sea, a fourth-tier Ice Dragon!

"Ugh~"

The ice dragon leaped into the sky, letting out a low growl to proclaim its dominion over the icy sea.

Then, it carried its captured food to a huge iceberg and began to eat.

Its movements were incredibly elegant and noble, completely devoid of any hint of bloodshed, as its icy, jade-like claws pierced deeply into the water demon's body.

But soon, a hint of confusion appeared in its eyes.

Because the feel is wrong.

"What happened?"

Puzzled, the ice dragon looked at the water demon in front of it, and with a slight exertion of its claws, dismembered the water demon.

Then it saw that the water demon's split body was not the flesh and bones it had expected, but a large amount of refined spiritual materials and spiritual path structures.

"puppet."

Upon seeing this scene, the Ice Dragon immediately recalled the human sect it had destroyed over a thousand years ago; that sect seemed to be skilled in crafting puppets.

Moreover, in order to create the puppets, those humans hunted down many of the animals that originally belonged to them.

It was because of this incident that it was severely injured by a powerful human cultivator and took nearly a thousand years to recover!

It was puzzled as to why the food it had caught had turned into a puppet.

With a forceful tug, the dragon claw easily tore through the outer layer of refining materials, and then—

boom!

Endless lightning and fire erupted from the water demon puppet's body, causing a deafening roar. The glacier, tens of thousands of feet high, collapsed instantly, and the rising lightning and fire covered an area of ​​several thousand feet, directly engulfing the ice dragon.

"Ugh~"

An angry dragon roar shook the heavens, and a nearly thousand-foot-long ice dragon burst out from the thunder and fire. A bloody gash several feet long was blasted into its front belly, from which pale blue blood gushed out like a fountain.

However, this injury is not enough to endanger the Ice Dragon's life, and it is not even considered a serious injury.

"Ugh~" "Ugh~"...

The ice dragon roared incessantly, transforming into a blur as it patrolled back and forth within a radius of nearly a thousand miles. Its icy demonic senses constantly swept across the area below, trying to find the human who intended to deal with it.

It knew very well that if a human wanted to control a puppet, they couldn't be too far away from it.

Humans are nearby!

It must find this human and make him know the price of offending the Lord of the Ice Sea!

Unfortunately—

Most of the day passed, and it still hadn't found any human figures.

Normally, cultivators who come to hunt demons stay in the edge areas of the Ice Sea and dare not come to its core area.

"Roar... Damn humans!"

The ice dragon, having searched in vain, roared in fury, wishing it could immediately rush to the far north and wreak havoc on the humans!

But the injury it sustained over a thousand years ago prevents it from doing so.

The pain of losing its tail is something it will never forget!

It will never set foot in the far north again.

"Go! Go! Leave the Ice Sea and tear every living thing you see to shreds!" The Ice Dragon roared angrily, driving the massive number of monsters in the Ice Sea into the far north.

It dares not go to the far north itself, but it has no problem driving those low-level demonic beasts to land.

After driving away the low-level demonic beasts, the ice dragon also left angrily, and the place quickly returned to tranquility.

Several months later, on the surface of a nearby glacier, the ice dragon twisted and revealed its form.

"Roar~"

After revealing its form, it pounded the ice surface in a fit of rage, creating towering waves.

It turns out that it hadn't left before, but had been hiding nearby, waiting for the human who was suspected of lurking to show up!

After causing widespread destruction, the Ice Dragon plunged into the deep sea, seemingly having truly departed.

One year, two years, three years... the ice dragon never appeared again, and the surroundings remained silent.

After three years of waiting without any results, the ice dragon, lurking in the shadows of the water, finally confirmed that the human was not there, and that he was not the one who had been controlling the demonic beast puppet.

"hateful,

"Cunning humans, I will surely slaughter you all!"

The ice dragon roared angrily, and this time it truly left.

After it left, a gray rock on the seabed was suddenly pushed aside, revealing a figure inside.

The figure was expressionless and stiff, clearly a humanoid puppet. Gazing towards the deep sea, the puppet suddenly muttered to itself, its voice harsh: "It seems that killing this ice dragon with a sufficient number of third-tier lightning-fire beads is simply impossible. If I want revenge, the only hope is to refine this puppet body to the fourth tier!"

"I'm going to forge a fourth-tier puppet!"

艘！

The humanoid puppet moved slowly along the seabed without making a sound, and soon disappeared from sight.

The puppet was an inanimate object, and its surface was reinforced with materials that isolated divine sense, so even a fourth-order ice dragon could not detect it.

……

Three years ago, in Flying Snow City.

Li Ping met Xu Guike and Lin Yue, who had come to visit him, in the cave.

Xu Guike returned from hunting monsters in the icy sea and learned from Ji Shuxuan that Li Ping had also come to the far north.

Overjoyed, after a short rest, he and Lin Yue personally paid a visit.

After decades apart, Xu Guike had already reached the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment in his cultivation.

Compared to the dashing young man he was in the Immortal City, Xu Guike is now nearly fifty years old. Not only does he look much more mature, but his eyes also show a touch of vicissitude.

Upon seeing Li Ping, Xu Guike burst into laughter: "Haha... Fellow Daoist Li, I never expected to meet you again in this far north. I owe my escape from danger to the talisman you gave me."

"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence either," Li Ping said with a smile, leading the two into the courtyard.

Upon arriving at the pavilion, the three sat down. Li Ping's gaze fell on Lin Yue, who was standing next to Xu Guike. This woman's cultivation had also reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, similar to Xu Guike's.

Lin Yue spoke softly, her voice somewhat timid: "Fellow Daoist Li."

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Lin." Li Ping smiled and nodded. He had heard of Lin Yue's name back in Fenglan Immortal City.

Inside the pavilion.

Lin Yue sat to the side, smiling occasionally, but without saying a word.

Only Xu Guike chatted with Li Ping. Xu Guike had been away from the Western Wilderness for decades and was quite concerned about the current situation there.

He inquired about the situation in Fenglan Immortal City in particular with great care.

However, Li Ping had been hiding in the secret realm like a shut-in, and all he knew about the aftermath of the conflict between the righteous and demonic forces in the Western Wilderness came from Xiao Yunzhi. At this moment, he could only tell Xu Guike a general outline.

As for Xiao Yunzhi, she was at home diligently cultivating, and Li Ping didn't want to disturb her for such a small matter.

Upon hearing that the Turks had been repelled and that the righteous and demonic factions had reconciled, Lin Yue visibly breathed a sigh of relief. Her reaction piqued Li Ping's curiosity, but he didn't ask any further questions.

"Is that so..." Xu Guike nodded after learning about the course of the war in the Western Wilderness cultivation world, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

Li Ping asked with a smile, "By the way, Fellow Daoist Xu, how did your trip to hunt demons in the Ice Sea go?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guike shook his head: "To be honest, Fellow Daoist Li, everything was going quite smoothly, and we both made quite a bit of progress. But not long ago, the monsters in the Ice Sea suddenly and inexplicably started to riot, with a large number of monsters surging towards the edge of the Ice Sea. We were worried about encountering danger, so we dared not stay any longer and had to return."

"Oh? A sudden riot?" As a member of the Gou Dao sect, Li Ping was naturally sensitive to anything unusual.

In particular, the presence of a fourth-tier ice dragon in the icy sea was a major focus of his attention.

Therefore, upon hearing Xu Guike's description, he immediately became interested.

After thinking for a moment, he asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Xu, do you know the reason for the riotous attack of the Ice Sea monsters?"

Xu Guike shook his head: "I don't know. When I came back, I met some familiar fellow Daoists, and they didn't know about this either."

"Is it because of the beast tide?" Li Ping asked.

Xu Guike had once held an important position in Fenglan Immortal City, so he naturally knew that beast tides would occasionally break out there. At this moment, he understood the meaning behind Li Ping's words.

He shook his head slightly: "It shouldn't be. The icy sea is vast, the living conditions are harsh, and the number of demonic beasts is scarce, not enough for cultivators to hunt. There has never been a beast tide in history."

"I see." Li Ping nodded thoughtfully, deciding to find out more from Shi Yutong later, and then dropped the topic.

"By the way, I learned from Shuxuan that you, Fellow Daoist Li, have been collecting various materials," Xu Guike said with a smile. "My senior sister and I collected quite a few materials on our trip to the Ice Sea to hunt demons. Fellow Daoist Li, do you need any of them?"

After saying that, he took out a list of materials, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Li Ping.

"Oh? I do indeed have a considerable need for high-grade materials. Fellow Daoist Xu, you have solved my urgent problem." As he spoke, Li Ping smiled and picked up the materials list, examining it carefully.

Before long, he discovered that the list of materials that Xu Guike had produced actually contained quite a few of the materials he needed.

With these spiritual materials, plus those he had collected before, he could refine a fourth second-tier high-grade puppet.

This time, he still intends to create an offensive puppet.

Simultaneously controlling three attack puppets, the rudimentary three-stage firing tactic of queuing up and shooting is beginning to take shape.