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Chapter 714: Chapter 428: The Art of Longevity Puppetry (8k)_4

Further up, naturally, Everlife Wood would be used as material. Puppets refined with it were called “Everlife Wood Dragons”.

During the Five Elements Sect era, the Hun Yuan Elder had once refined a complete wood dragon that was known as the “Little Azure Dragon” in the Eastern Wilderness. It could suppress all Gold Cores below the Nascent Soul level.

Regrettably, it was demolished during a battle against a powerful enemy, leaving only the remnants to be collected.

[As the Master said, during the ancient peak period of the Longevity Sect, there were forty-nine wood dragons protecting under the seat of the Sect Hierarch. When these forty-nine wood dragons combined, they could form a Rank-5 Everlife Azure Dragon, which was the peak of puppetry. Unfortunately, I have no chance to see the layout of the Rank-5 Azure Dragon, which is a great pity]

Chen Mobai found this remark at the end of the book on The Art of Longevity Puppetry, signed by Hun Yuan.

This founder of the Five Elements Sect was a genius in Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Puppetry, and Talisman Crafting. If it weren’t for the excessive complexity in refining the Everlife Wood Dragon and the inability to procure the rarest of materials, the Five Elements Sect could still reign over the Eastern Wilderness with the wood dragon, even after Hun Yuan’s passing.

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As for the Master referred to by Elder Hun Yuan, it should be the last Ascended Monk of the Tianhe Realm, True Monarch Yi Yuan.

Chen Mobai, who wasn’t initially interested in The Art of Longevity Puppetry, suddenly felt that he had been a bit too arrogant after reading it.

The puppetry of the Tianhe Realm could be a source of learning, even if it was rough compared to the Immortal Sects because they had reached the peak in their own right.

Thus, he sought out Lu Yi, the head of the Cultivation Technique Division, hoping to view the full version of “The Art of Longevity Puppetry,” especially the layout of the “Everlife Wood Dragon”.

“I can grant you the layout and inheritance of the Rank-3 Golden Sun Puppet, but all inheritances related to the Rank-4 Everlife Wood Dragon are with Elder Fu Zongjue. If you want to see them, you may need to find him.”

Lu Yi had a good relationship with Chen Mobai. As he wrote the notes, he spoke honestly.

Only the two elders are qualified to grasp the Everlife Wood Dragon, for it requires Everlife Wood as a material. The Divine Wood Sect only possesses three of them.

And Fu Zongjue, who achieved Dao through puppetry, had naturally taken all the inheritances in this field.

“Don’t you keep a backup in your Cultivation Technique Division?”

Chen Mobai asked curiously, thinking about what if Elder Fu were lost in a magic duel and his storage bag was broken, wouldn’t the Divine Wood Sect lose the Rank-4 inheritance of The Art of Longevity Puppetry!

“Now that you mention it, I remember there should be a backup in the Puppetry Division. You can go find An Jinghui.”

After listening to Lu Yi’s words, Chen Mobai headed to the Puppetry Division.

An Jinghui was not there, but his disciple, Li Yixian, was. Thinking that Chen Mobai had come again to request puppet crafting, Li ran towards Chen to welcome him.

“I’m looking for your master…”

After Chen Mobai explained his purpose, Li Yixian looked a bit disappointed, but promptly went out to notify his master.

“Chen Junior, what a rare guest.”

In a short while, An Jinghui arrived. After several interactions with Chen Mobai, they had become friends.

After a brief conversation, Chen Mobai narrated his purpose.

“About this matter, as you know, the Rank-4 inheritances are very much the foundation and extremely precious to our sect. It is not that I don’t trust you, but it would be prudent to inform Elder Fu and obtain his consent. Only then can I rightfully let you see it.”

Upon hearing this, An Jinghui looked uneasy.

It was only then that Chen Mobai realized that the Eastern Wilderness was not an Immortal Sect, which paid utmost importance to cultivation technique inheritances, and sometimes would rather let them fade into obscurity than risk imparting them rashly.

Initially, he had thought that as a Golden Core Cultivator, Fu Zongjue shouldn’t be disturbed over minor matters. Now it seemed that without the nod of the two elders, he really couldn’t get access to Divine Wood Sect’s inheritances above Rank-3.

“I was overbearing in this matter.”

Once Chen Mobai realized this, he apologized to An Jinghui. Seeing that Chen understood the situation, An felt relieved, no longer needing to be stuck in a dilemma.

After leaving the Puppetry Division, Chen didn’t directly approach Fu Zongjue.

Within the Divine Wood Sect, only the Sect Hierarch and Quan Shanlin from the Penalty Evil Hall could freely meet Fu Zongjue. He certainly wouldn’t bother either of them over this matter.

His curiosity about the layout of the Everlife Wood Dragon was merely roused after reading The Art of Longevity Puppetry, and it wasn’t a must-have.

Also, once he reached the Gold Core stage, all Divine Wood Sect inheritances would be revealed to him. There was no need to rush at this point.

After returning to his courtyard, Chen Mobai called over Liu Wenbo.

“Go to Snow Country and arrange a time with Lan Lingping. Have our meeting in the White Moon Market. I would like to see her.”

“Yes, master!”

Liu Wenbo had no hesitation and immediately left via the sect’s Teleportation Array to carry out the task.

This year, in the Grand Sect Competition, Zhuo Ming made rapid progress and entered the top one hundred. Unfortunately, due to a lack of experience in magic duels, he lost to a Qi practitioner of the same realm during the top 96 to 48 round.

“Good, progress is what matters. It shows that the direction of your hard work is correct.”

Chen Mobai always praised and educated his disciples. His teaching style was totally different from the generally strict teachers in the Eastern Wilderness—this little difference made Zhuo Ming and the other two feel comfortable in Xiao Nanshan.