Chapter 182 [Sword Moves at Will] and [Dependence on Danger Avoidance]

"Huh! This second-level middle-grade puppet has finally been repaired!"

In the training room, Zhou Ling exhaled and looked at a second-level middle-grade heavy-armor puppet in front of him with a happy face.

Last semester, he used the points he was rewarded with to exchange for a lower-grade soul source puppet technique at the Taoist Academy.

He usually spends a lot of time practicing.

Since puppetry is mainly controlled by puppet seals, it is quite similar to inscriptions.

He also learned by analogy, and with the help of his talent, he made rapid progress.

Every time he practices, he feels that it is a natural thing!

Now he has mastered the method of drawing the second-level middle-grade puppet seal.

The strength of the puppeteer mainly depends on controlling the puppet, and controlling the puppet requires a strong spiritual consciousness.

So puppets are rarely used by ordinary Qi training cultivators.

After all, there are not many Qi training cultivators with strong spiritual power.

Of course, Zhou Ling is an exception.

And his spiritual consciousness has already reached the first level of foundation building.

There are also two talents, [Soul as Knife] and [Soul Training], which make his soul pure and strong, and even in the early stage of foundation building, it is extremely powerful.

Zhou Ling has collected three second-level puppets.

This time he is going to the Black Valley, and he doesn't know what risks he will encounter, so he should be prepared.

These puppets are definitely the best combat power supplement.

In addition to the Stone Rock Rat and the Golden Fire Crow, they have already advanced to the second level.

This lineup is not weak.

Moreover, compared with the monsters, the puppets have obvious advantages, that is, they are not afraid of life and death. Once they fight, they will not stop without their own orders.

Of course, in addition to the soul control, the second-level puppets also consume spirit stones.

And they are medium-grade spirit stones.

Fortunately, the sect has harvested some medium-grade spirit stones this time, which makes his spirit stones abundant.

As long as he can find Lingyan, consuming some medium-grade spirit stones is not worth mentioning.

And the puppet in front of him was picked up by him in the market through the [Searching Mountains for Treasures] talent.

The puppet mark on its body was originally broken, but Zhou Ling used his talent to help it to cultivate again.

This heavy armor puppet is huge, with a body that is no less than ten feet long. The body and the heavy armor on it are made of second-level medium-grade black iron, and the defense is extremely strong.

Moreover, this heavy armor puppet has two puppet marks inside, "Golden Armor Mark" and "Explosion Mark", one for defense and one for attack and defense, with strong power.

Basically, it will not be at a disadvantage against a second-level mid-stage body cultivator.

It is difficult for ordinary second-level mid-stage body cultivators to break the heavy armor defense of the puppet.

Of course, this heavy armor puppet is so powerful, and the spiritual stones and divine consciousness control consumed are also not low.

A piece of medium-grade spiritual stone can only sustain several attacks.

As for the consumption of soul, for Zhou Ling, with the assistance of [Meticulous], the consumption of divine consciousness is much lower than that of others, so it is not a big problem.

Just like controlling the spirit sword, he can now control three second-level puppets at the same time.

However, Zhou Ling feels that these methods are not safe.

It just so happened that among the second-level ores collected in the sect this time, there were some cold iron essence and black gold ores.

The former has water attributes, and the latter has earth attributes.

In addition, he also has red and black gold and other materials to assist in refining spirit swords.

He thought about it and first put together the five-element sword formation.

The original magic sword in his hand was of a slightly lower grade. If the five five-element spirit swords were all of medium grade.

The power of the sword formation that was stimulated was enough to deal with the second-level late-stage physical cultivators.

Even if he met a second-level peak physical cultivator.

There would not be too much risk.

And now, as the spiritual flames on his body are basically second-level spiritual flames, he also plans to forge his own sword.

The original spiritual flames were of high grade, and it took too much time to forge them.

Like Xu Qiang, it usually takes half a month to forge a second-level low-grade sword.

For him, this is completely not worth the loss.

Fortunately, now that he has the Qianyang True Fire, the time for refining swords will be greatly improved.

After all, each spiritual flame has different properties and completely different effects.

If the Qinglian spiritual flame is used to refine tools, it will be twice as effective with half the effort.

It can be used to heal wounds or refine pills, not only to achieve twice the result with half the effort, but also to purify the purity of spiritual medicines, greatly improving the grade of pills.

Compared with the several spiritual flames in his body, the most suitable one for refining tools is the Qianyang True Fire.

After recovering a little, Zhou Ling officially started to refine the spiritual sword.

Then he flicked his fingers, the crystal spiritual halo flashed, and a ball of crystal jade light flew out and floated in front of him.

It was one of Zhou Ling's other storage rings, which now stored the resources collected by the sect this time, such as ores, spiritual rice, etc.

Then, he pointed his finger at the ring.

There was a light sound, a glow bloomed, and dozens of ores were scattered all over the ground.

Zhou Ling's eyes swept over, and these ores were the materials he was going to refine the spiritual sword.

Cold iron essence, black gold ore, red black gold, etc.

Then Zhou Ling moved his mind, and a furnace tripod fell in front of him.

The furnace tripod was purple, with inscriptions carved on the surface, looking simple and heavy.

This was a second-grade purple gold tripod, which Zhou Ling received from the Tiangong Division.

Concentrating on the materials in front of him, Zhou Ling exhaled lightly, and swept his spiritual sense, rolling several pieces of ore into the purple gold tripod.

The first step in refining tools is to purify the impurities in the materials.

Then, the Five Elements Qianyang True Art in his body started to work, and a red-gold fireball flew out at a high speed.

After a slight pause in the air, the Qianyang True Fire immediately transformed into a flaming bird, fluttered, and rushed into the furnace, wrapping up the ore inside and burning it fiercely.

As the true fire rose, wisps of black smoke came out of the furnace from time to time.

These black smokes were produced after the impurities contained in the ore were refined.

In addition, there were some impurities that were more difficult to refine, and Zhou Ling's consciousness was required to control and remove them from them.

Half a day passed unknowingly, and when the ore was gradually melted under the burning of the true fire, Zhou Ling cast a spell.

This is a condensation spell that can shape the material of the melted ore in the furnace to form a sword embryo.

Originally, the second-level material was extremely difficult to refine. If it was just an ordinary second-level earth fire, it might take several days.

But under the burning of Zhou Ling's Qianyang True Fire, it all melted in less than half a day.

"It's done!"

A few days later, in the training room, Zhou Ling looked at the three-foot cold sword in front of him with a slightly tired look.

This is a spiritual sword of earth attribute.

There is a second-level middle-grade inscription engraved inside, Mountain Heavy Edge.

There is also an earth-attributed soul-sealing ban, which makes the power of this spiritual sword very close to that of a top-grade spiritual sword.

Of course, Zhou Ling's earth-attributed sword intent cannot be imprinted on the sword stone at present, so this spiritual sword has not been integrated into the sword stone.

But the power now is enough for Zhou Ling.

After all, he is only at the ninth level of Qi training.

If it weren't for the [Sword Control] talent and a powerful soul, he would not be able to control the spiritual sword at all.

With the thought, the spiritual sword in front of him whistled and flew up, condensing a mountain-shaped sword light.

[You are controlling the spiritual sword, Sword Control +1, Five Elements Sword Art Proficiency +4]

[Effect: The number of sword control reaches 10,000, the sword control reaches the fourth level, and the sword moves at will]

[Note: The sword moves at will, and the sword can be easily controlled for hundreds of feet. 】

[Cumulative number of sword control: 10,000/100,000]

"The [Sword Control] talent has reached the fourth level, and the [Sword Moves at Will] has been achieved. The sword control range has directly reached a hundred feet."

Zhou Ling was very happy. He did not expect that the [Sword Control] talent would break through at this critical moment, and the effect would be so good.

You know, his original sword control range was only about thirty feet.

If he controlled two spirit swords at the same time, the attack range would be only ten feet.

"But over the years, it is normal for the [Sword Control] talent to reach the fourth level."

Zhou Ling carefully felt the difference of the advanced [Sword Moves at Will].

As his mind moved, there was a rustling sound.

Instantly, four rays of light shot out from the storage ring on his finger, which were the other four spirit swords with different attributes.

The five spirit swords swam around Zhou Ling like five spirit fish, and they were very fast and smooth.

Zhou Ling felt carefully that the soul consumed at this moment was not great.

He was extremely satisfied with the powerful sword control talent displayed by the [Sword Moves at Will] talent.

In this way, it becomes easier for him to perform the Five Elements Sword Formation, and the consumption is also less.

"As long as the mind moves, it can easily control the spirit sword, and there is almost no consumption of the soul."

Zhou Ling murmured with joy.

Originally, he could only launch one or two attacks by controlling the Five Elements Sword Formation, but now he feels that he can easily perform it.

Of course, he feels that he can launch four or five sword formation attacks.

This is already a great improvement for him.

After all, he is only at the ninth level of Qi training.

"Now the Five Elements Sword Formation can fight against the second-level body training late cultivator!"

Zhou Ling put away the five spirit swords with satisfaction, and then left the training room.

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The next day, Zhou Ling got up early in the morning and asked Liu Yue'er about the route to the Black Valley.

When Liu Yue'er heard that Zhou Ling was going to the Black Flame Valley, she couldn't help showing a worried look on her face and wanted to go with Zhou Ling.

But she was rejected by Zhou Ling.

The situation of going to the Black Valley to find the spirit flame this time is unknown.

He didn't want Liu Yue'er to take risks with him.

After getting the map to the Black Valley from Liu Yue'er, Zhou Ling prepared to leave Ziyun Mountain.

[A late-stage second-level physical cultivator is spying on the periphery of the sect, crisis response +1]

[Effect: crisis prompts reach 1,000, crisis response reaches the third level, and crisis avoidance deduction]

[Note: Crisis avoidance deduction, crisis deduction prompts can be performed. ]

[Cumulative crisis prompts: 1,000/10,000]

"Someone is spying on the periphery!"

Zhou Ling was shocked.

And it's a late-stage second-level physical cultivator!

This is something Zhou Ling never expected.

In addition, this [Crisis Response] has been upgraded to [Crisis Avoidance Deduction].

[Crisis Avoidance Deduction: Travel far west, crises are hidden. ]

[You set out at this time and traveled to the Black Valley in the west. You were spotted by the hidden leader of the Blood Beast Sect. Your life and death are unpredictable. Please do not go!]

At this time, a prompt appeared on the panel.

"It turns out to be the leader of the Blood Beast Sect. Does this guy know that the master is not in Ziyun Mountain!"

Looking at the prompt on the panel, Zhou Ling frowned.

I originally thought that this person was afraid of the master and did not dare to come to Ziyun Mountain easily.

I didn't expect that he was lurking nearby, waiting for me to go out.

Fortunately, [Crisis Response] has been improved, otherwise it would be dangerous.

"Let's not go out today for the time being, and wait until tomorrow to see if this person has left?"

"But this person lurking around the sect is also a big hidden danger!"

Zhou Ling decisively chose not to go to the Black Valley for the time being.

Although he had the means to deal with the second-stage late-stage physical cultivator, he did not have enough chances of winning.

Moreover, he did not know what risks would come with going to the Black Valley this time, so he decided to avoid this person for the time being.

After returning to the courtyard, he told Liu Yue'er and the others not to leave Ziyun Mountain during these days.

Although Liu Yue'er and the others were a little confused, they naturally did not dare to disobey Zhou Ling's orders.

[Avoid danger deduction: There is a hidden danger outside the sect. ]

[The third elder of the Black Water Sect is coming towards the Ziyun Sect, preparing to work with the leader of the Blood Beast Sect to spy on the Ziyun Sect and find out whether the Ziyun Fairy is still in the sect. ]

[Once the two meet and join forces, you will be in danger. Please evacuate as soon as possible. ]

In the afternoon, Zhou Ling was finishing lunch when [Avoid danger deduction] appeared again.

In an instant, Zhou Ling's heart jumped suddenly and his face sank.

It seems that the two families have joined forces to dare to come to Ziyun Mountain.

This was Zhou Ling's first thought.

Otherwise, how could they dare to go up the mountain easily alone.

But the problem now is how to deal with it?

According to the information given by Liu Yue'er, the third elder of the Black Water Sect is a second-stage late-stage puppeteer.

This strength is no less than that of the leader of the Blood Beast Sect.

If the two of them join forces, I am definitely not a match.

According to [Escape Deduction], it is obviously the safest to give up Ziyun Mountain and leave this place.

However, now that we finally have the resources of Ziyun Mountain and have discovered the news of Lingyan, we will leave now.

"Wouldn't that be a big loss!"

Zhou Ling quickly weighed it in his heart.

It seems that if we want to avoid it now, we will lose Ziyun Mountain.

"If Ziyun Mountain is lost, it is lost. After all, resources will be found slowly in the future."

"But if Ziyun Mountain is breached, how can they let Yue'er and the others go?"

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling frowned.

From the first time he came to the Ancient Cloud Realm last year to now, Liu Yue'er and the others have been respectful to him, and they have taken care of him in every aspect of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

After spending so much time together, they have developed some feelings for each other.

He naturally couldn't just watch the two of them being killed.

"Five Elements Sword Formation, Puppet, Spiritual Flame, Soul Secret Method, True Yang Golden Body."

"If I really want to fight to the death, I may not be able to kill the Blood Beast Sect Master!"

"In that case, then we have to do it!"

Zhou Ling gritted his teeth, his face showing a decisive look.

The base camp of Ziyun Mountain cannot be lost, and the lives of Liu Yue'er and the others must be saved, so he has to take action first.

Let's see if we can kill the Blood Beast Sect Master.

As for the third elder of the Black Water Sect.

I can think of a way to deal with him, after all, I also have puppets and other means.

He immediately sent orders to the Golden Fire Crow and the Stone Rock Rat, asking them to go out and search for the hiding place of the Blood Beast Sect Master.

"Hey!"

The Golden Fire Crow screamed, flapped its wings first, and flew into the air.

The Stone Rock Rat made two sizzling sounds, came to Zhou Ling, and waited for orders.

"Let's go!"

Zhou Ling waved his hand and left the courtyard, heading down the mountain.

The rock rat flew ahead and cleared the way.