Chapter 577 Thirteen Dragon Guards (Part 1)
After the meeting, the staff dispersed. However, before Li Mu walked out of the Contribution Hall, he was surrounded by the clan leaders and clan leaders. They were either respectful or expectant, and they all expressed their respect and various commissions to him.
"Elder Li, you not only have profound attainments in formations, but also your weapon-making skills are well-known. If we can get the Taoist weapon you made by hand, we will definitely be full of confidence and will be more confident in fighting against the forces of the Demon Abyss!" Sun Yuankun, the clan leader of Lingxiao Sect, who was wearing a gorgeous robe, smiled brightly and looked at Li Mu with eager light in his eyes.
"Yes, Master Li, I would like to entrust you to refine a Taoist weapon that can resist the demon cultivators to increase combat power. I wonder if you can..."
Before he finished speaking, another clan leader interrupted.
"Master Li, our sect wants to set up another sect-protecting formation. Please help. The reward will be extremely generous. Master Li will never be disappointed!" Yun Feiyang looked at Li Mu, fearing that he would be preempted by others, and hurriedly followed up.
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Seeing that Li Mu was surrounded by the crowd with great enthusiasm and could hardly get away, Qiu Yuanhong, who was watching from the side, stepped forward and said with a majestic but warm smile: "Masters and clan leaders, please be patient. Elder Li is the supreme elder of our sect and has many duties. His time is precious. Please come in order if you have any needs!"
"Everyone, why don't you first record your needs and the list of materials provided in detail and let me sort them out. Elder Li will consider them one by one based on this information and formulate the most reasonable refining and array plan. This way, no one's needs will be missed and Elder Li's refining efficiency can be ensured." Qiu Yuanhong stood in front of Li Mu and helped him out.
"Indeed, Elder Li is still busy with the Lingtong Tiangang Array. Please put your requests aside for the time being and don't delay the important matter." Qi Xuanming then appeared beside Li Mu, looked at everyone with a smile, and said.
"Qi Daojun is right. We are too rude!"
Everyone nodded, with some helplessness in their expressions. Qi Daojun said so, so they naturally dared not force it. After all, the Lingtong Tiangang Formation was related to the safety of the entire cultivation world, and the plan to fight against the Demon Abyss was more important.
Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, said goodbye to everyone, and hurried back to the Seven Gods Mountain.
The spiritual materials for the formation have not been collected yet. It will take some time to set up the Lingtong Tiangang Formation for the seven extreme sealed places. Li Mu plans to refine the dragon armor and dragon bones into a set of Taoist soldiers first.
If a batch of seventh-level combat puppets can be refined and equipped with them, it will surely form a powerful combat force and serve as a foundation.
After returning to the Qixuan Sect, Li Mu showed up in the Painting World Treasure House as soon as possible.
"Master, I have done what you asked me to do."
Seeing Li Mu, Xiao Mingyue jumped in front of him and said pleasingly.
"Well, you did a good job. Now, I have a new task for you." Li Mu nodded with a smile and gestured.
Mingyue blinked her big eyes and asked curiously: "What is the task? Mingyue will definitely work hard to complete it!"
"Next, I am going to refine a batch of high-level combat puppets. You are the spirit of the puppet, and I need you to assist me!" Li Mu smiled and gestured.
As the spirit of the puppet, Mingyue not only has the talent to control the puppet, but also can provide puppet power during the refining process, efficiently assist, and improve the quality of the refined puppets.
Hearing this, Mingyue's eyes lit up and said excitedly: "Refine high-level combat puppets? Great! Mingyue will definitely go all out to assist the master!"
In Mingyue's heart, Li Mu's puppet refining skills are superb and magical. She was created by him. Unfortunately, the master said that she is a puppet with self-awareness, one in a million, and difficult to replicate. Otherwise, she longs to have more companions.
Refining more high-level puppets may also give birth to true spirit-level puppets like her.
"Look, this batch of puppets is mainly for close combat. Which of these puppet spiritual materials is suitable for making puppet source cores?"
After saying that, Li Mu waved his hand and took out more than a dozen high-level spiritual materials suitable for refining puppet source cores from the Tianxuan Spirit Ring.
The most important thing for refining a high-level puppet is the puppet source core.
The puppet source core is the soul of the puppet. The most sophisticated puppet formation needs to be engraved on the source core. It determines the intelligence, strength, speed and various special abilities of the puppet.
The first one is a black, two-meter-long, seventh-level spiritual wood with a faint light on the surface - Huiyin Wutan. This Huiyin Wutan grows in an extremely yin place. After thousands of years, it has absorbed the Yin Sha Qi and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth deep in the earth, forming a unique faint light and texture.
The puppet nucleus carved with Huiyin Wutan can exert the power of Yin Sha, giving the combat puppets the power of Yin Sha in close combat, causing both mental and physical oppression on the enemy, and can interfere with the enemy's perception and judgment to a certain extent, making the puppets more elusive in battle.
The second item is a piece of pure seventh-level spiritual ore emitting a faint blue light - Xuanlan Ice Crystal. Xuanlan Ice Crystal comes from an extremely cold place, and contains powerful ice spiritual power and a rare space fluctuation.
If this item is used to carve the puppet nucleus, combined with a suitable puppet body, the combat puppet can exert a powerful ice-sealing power in close combat, delay the opponent, and at a critical moment, it can teleport over a short distance through space fluctuations, causing a fatal blow in battle. This teleportation ability not only enhances the combat capability of the puppet, but also gives it an unexpected means of escape on the battlefield.
The third item is dozens of seventh-level Sky Thunder Fruit Cores that glitter with golden lightning. This fruit grows in a place where thunder and lightning intersect, absorbing the essence of thunder and lightning between heaven and earth. It is an extremely rare thunder attribute material. It can not only provide powerful thunder attribute spiritual power, but also use it to refine puppet source cores and arrange thunder attribute puppet formations, which can give puppets thunder-like attack and defense power, making them shuttle like lightning on the battlefield and invincible.
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More than a dozen high-level spiritual materials for refining puppet protocores are mostly sixth-level and seventh-level. No matter the appearance or attributes, they are all superior, and each one contains unique power and potential.
"So many high-level spiritual materials! Master, how can I choose?"
Mingyue was slightly stunned and asked helplessly.
"Well! I don't know which one to choose!" Li Mu looked at so many high-level spiritual materials in front of him, frowned, and didn't know which one to choose.
Mingyue is the spirit of puppets, and has a unique understanding of puppetry, especially in terms of perceiving the essence and potential of spiritual materials, which is extremely sharp. Therefore, Li Mu gave the decision to Mingyue, hoping that it could pick out the most suitable source core material.
Under the identification of innate magical powers, the properties of more than a dozen high-level spiritual materials were presented to Li Mu one by one.
[Star Core]
[Grade: Seventh-grade Spiritual Material]
[Features: Rich star power, star changes, star gathering power, heavy star field, starlight flow]
[Status: Star core is restrained, waiting for the star to move]
[Produced from broken stars, condensed from the extreme energy of the falling stars and the mysterious power of the universe, it contains endless energy when the stars fall, and hides the most profound secrets and laws in the universe. It looks ordinary, but it is like a miniature starry sky. The star core is restrained, waiting for the destined person to use star power to move it, releasing its great power that can shake the stars. It is an excellent spiritual material for refining high-level spiritual tools and puppets. ]
[Sky Thunder Fruit Core]
[Grade: Seventh-grade Spiritual Fruit Core]
[Features: Thunder roars, the wrath of sky thunder, destroys evil and demons, the source of sky thunder, and the thunder domain is restrained. 】
[Status: Lightning is hidden, Thunder Spirit is restrained]
[The core of the Thunder Fruit, the seventh level - Thunder Wood is produced in the land of thunder and lightning. It is condensed by the purest thunder and lightning power and the wrath of thunder between heaven and earth. It takes a thousand years to grow into wood, five hundred years to bloom, and five hundred years to bear - Thunder Fruit. Its fruit contains the fatal thunder that shakes the heaven and earth and destroys evil and demons. Holding this fruit core, one can control the power of thunder to a certain extent, and it is indestructible. It is the best spiritual material for refining Thunder God Soldiers and Thunder Puppet Source Cores. 】
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Looking at the properties of more than a dozen gorgeous high-level spiritual materials, Li Mu fell into a difficult choice array for a while. These high-level rare spiritual materials are what Li Mu has worked hard to save for so many years, just to have them available and available on this day.
However, in order to choose the best one from so many spiritual materials, Li Mu couldn't help but feel troubled.
Xiao Mingyue stared at the many spiritual materials in front of him for a long time, sensing the properties of many spiritual materials, trying to choose one suitable for refining melee puppets.
"Master, use the Sky Thunder Fruit Core! Its thunder power can undoubtedly give the puppet amazing explosive power and speed, which is suitable for rapid assault or head-on confrontation tactics. But it should be noted that the thunder power is too strong. If the other parts of the puppet are not tough enough, it may be difficult to withstand it. It is best to use spiritual materials that match this source core to refine the puppet torso!" Mingyue pondered for a long time, looked at Li Mu and gestured.
"The source of thunder contained in the core of the Thunder Fruit is undoubtedly the best choice for turning puppets into powerful melee or long-range output types. Its speed and destructive power should not be underestimated; however, the puppets refined with them may not be suitable for the Taoist instruments and Taoist soldiers equipped with them.
Li Mu frowned and rejected Mingyue's proposal.
For this batch of seventh-level puppets, Li Mu plans to prepare a set of Taoist soldiers and defensive Taoist armor for them to greatly improve their combat effectiveness. If the puppets cannot perfectly adapt to these equipment, then the overall combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Although the core of the Thunder Fruit is strong, its characteristics are too distinct and extreme. If you can't find suitable equipment to match it, the actual combat effectiveness of the puppets will be severely limited.
"I don't know what Taoist soldiers are you going to refine for them?" After hearing Li Mu's plan, Mingyue was slightly stunned and asked with concern.
Li Mu immediately told Mingyue his plan in detail.
"Master, you can make a decision based on the characteristics of these spiritual materials and the type of puppets you want to create. "Mingyue suggested, "For example, if you want the puppet to have strong melee ability and certain mental interference, then Huiyin Wutan is undoubtedly the first choice, and its Yinsha power can meet this demand well. If you value the puppet's flexibility and battlefield adaptability more, the spatial fluctuation characteristics of Xuanlan Ice Crystal can allow the puppet to be unexpected at a critical moment. "
Li Mu heard this, his eyes flickered, as if thinking about Mingyue's suggestion.
After a moment, Li Mu hesitated and said: "What you said makes sense, but it seems a bit lacking to only focus on the strength of a single attribute. What if we can comprehensively consider the overall balance and combat style of the puppet and create a group of all-round puppet teams?"
Hearing this, Mingyue's eyes flashed with a glimmer, and he hurriedly said: "Master, you want an all-round puppet team! This is not simple, but it is not impossible. Perhaps, we can try an innovative method-composite source core. "
"Composite source core?" Li Mu was slightly stunned, and then showed an interested look.
"Yes, Master. We can try to fuse the essence of several spiritual materials with different attributes to create a brand new source core material. In this way, the puppet can have the abilities of these attributes at the same time, and through fine control of the puppet array, It can also achieve flexible switching and cooperation between different capabilities," Mingyue explained.
After hearing this, Li Mu gradually relaxed his brows and praised with interest: "This idea is bold and novel, and it is worth a try. However, the refining of the composite source core is extremely difficult, and the design of the puppet array will also be much more difficult."
"Yes, Master. But it is more challenging just because it is difficult, isn't it?" Mingyue reminded with a smile.
This plan sounded bold and challenging. Li Mu was moved. He was deeply moved by Mingyue's courage and creativity and couldn't help but feel excited.
In his previous life, Li Mu worked on the research and development of intelligent projects in a large factory and was proficient in various mechanical designs and automation technologies. These experiences also benefited him a lot in the process of refining puppets.
Puppetry, one of the hundred arts of cultivation, has similarities with modern intelligent machinery. If you combine modern scientific and technological knowledge with puppetry in the world of cultivation, you will be able to create powerful and efficient puppets.
Puppet array, one of the key elements of puppetry, is the basis for puppet formation. It is the key to giving life and strength to puppets. It is similar to electronic circuits. Various combinations and arrangements can stimulate different functions and effects.
Li Mu knew this well and gradually had a preliminary idea in his mind.
"Mingyue, you, this composite source core, can give it a try!"
Li Mu's eyes shone with joy. He had mastered the art of refining weapons, and refining multi-core source nuclear materials was not a problem.
The multi-core source core is newly carved into the puppet array on this basis, and the puppet array is designed into multiple independent functional modules. Each module is responsible for a specific ability of the puppet, such as movement, attack, defense, perception,... ..., and many other functions, and then by adjusting the combination and arrangement of different modules, it is possible to quickly switch and adapt the puppet's fighting style. "
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However, in this way, it is not that difficult to refine a seventh-level Dao realm puppet.
As soon as he thought of it, Li Mu took out a piece of parchment and started to draw the design of the puppet using his spiritual thoughts. He designed multiple functional modules such as defense module and perception module to ensure that the puppet could cope with various complex situations in battle. , boldly try out the design of a new type of puppet array.
"Master, your idea is really great! Designing the puppet array like this, and then reviewing and combining it, this is simply a revolutionary innovation!" Mingyue looked at the design drawings drawn by Li Mu, her eyes shining with excitement. , knowing that once this idea is realized, it will have a profound impact on puppetry. (End of chapter)