If both Mo Feng and his sister were dead, there would be no witnesses.
Mo Hong’s plan to set things right would also co to nothing.
The previous night, the Foundation Establishnt Cultivators from the old patriarch’s faction had set out, intending to join forces and kill Mo Feng and his sister.
Mo Hong learned of this.
He imdiately led the nurous Foundation Establishnt Cultivators of his own faction in pursuit.
The two groups, one in front of the other, advanced with intimidating montum, but Mo Feng and his sister detected them ahead of ti.
The siblings assud everyone was there to kill them, so to save themselves, they lured them all into this underground Puppet chanism City.
"Daoist Li, this Puppet chanism City is a ruin that my sister and I discovered."
Mo Feng’s voice rang out.
He knew the man as Li Fan but was not acquainted with Li Chang’an.
"These ruins weren’t made for Cultivators. Any Cultivator who enters will be trapped, unable to escape until they eventually die. Only Puppets or other chanical creations can get in."
At this, Mo Feng’s voice filled with helplessness.
If they hadn’t been forced, they never would have fled inside.
After all, he and his sister were trapped too.
The other two parties, regardless of whether they had co to kill or to save them, were likewise trapped sowhere in the chanical City.
The city was fraught with danger, with deadly traps at every turn.
None of them dared to make another rash move.
"Daoist Li, we’ve all tested it already."
"Puppets are indeed attacked far less inside these ruins."
"It’s just that many of the traps require a large number of High Tier Puppets working in coordination to be disabled."
The others all chid in.
Regardless of which faction they belonged to, they all began telling Li Chang’an what they had experienced.
Mo Hong said gravely, "If I’m not mistaken, those chanical traps are all trials. Pass enough of them, and we should be able to gain the approval of these ruins and obtain the inheritance of that Ancient Cultivator."
The others suspected the sa.
However, they didn’t have enough High Tier Puppets with them.
For that very reason, they had all used various thods to call for outside help.
Once other Mo Family disciples arrived, everything would beco much easier. After all, the Mo Family Treasure Vault held plenty of High Tier Puppets.
After hearing their accounts, Li Chang’an was sowhat puzzled.
"Daoist Mo, what Tier of Puppets do you need, exactly?"
Since everyone present was surnad Mo, his question imdiately drew more than a dozen replies.
"Tier Two Top Grade!"
"We need a large number of Tier Two Top Grade Puppets."
"There are plenty of Puppet Materials within these ruins, but our Skills are insufficient to craft them."
Upon hearing this, Li Chang’an was even more baffled.
"My fellow Daoists of the Mo Family, you an to say not a single one of you has mastered the Tier Two Top Grade Puppetry Skill?"
His slightly astonished voice rang out, echoing through the vast chanical City.
At his words, the mbers of both factions looked sowhat ashad.
They imdiately explained that among the Mo Family disciples present, the most proficient in the Puppetry Technique had only reached the Tier Two Middle Grade.
Not a single Tier Two High Grade Puppet Master!
Upon hearing that, Li Chang’an had an inkling as to why Mo Qingxue was in such a rush to break through to the Core Formation stage.
"Daoist Mo Hong, as Patriarch of the Mo Family, has your Puppetry Technique also not reached the Tier Two Top Grade?"
"Alas, I am truly ashad."
Mo Hong’s voice was aged, and he let out another sigh.
He explained that his progress in the art of puppetry had been slow because he was always preoccupied with trivial family matters, distracted by all sorts of affairs.
He barely had enough ti for his own cultivation, so how could he possibly have ti to practice his Puppetry Skills?
As for the others, they were all so busy with infighting and political maneuvering that they had no desire to practice their Puppetry Skills.
The Mo Family’s mastery of puppetry was being held up entirely by a few elders.
But in recent years, those elders had either passed away after reaching the end of their lifespans,
or been assassinated by enemy Cultivators during the Sect wars.
Now, in the entire, great Mo Family, they couldn’t even find a few Tier Two High Grade Puppet Masters.
As for Tier Three Puppet Masters...
Mo Hong didn’t elaborate, as that was a family secret.
But Li Chang’an suspected that the Mo Family probably didn’t have any Tier Three Puppet Masters left.
With their two Tier Three Puppets damaged, there was no one who could repair them.
Before long, the Mo Family would lose its Tier Three Power.
This was precisely why the Mo Family desperately needed a Tier Three Puppet Master or a Golden Core Cultivator.
’In the end, Mo Qingxue is just being weighed down by her family.’
Li Chang’an mused.
The situation only strengthened his resolve: he absolutely could not let family matters drag him down.
Having understood the details of the situation, he took out one Puppet after another and began to tackle the chanical City.
"Go!"
With a flicker of Li Chang’an’s will, the Puppets imdiately set out, stepping into the dark, trap-filled passageway.
They had barely taken a few steps before a trap was triggered.
BOOM!
Two Puppets were instantly blown to smithereens.
But by coordinating with one another, the remaining Puppets quickly passed through the trap.
Hearing the commotion, the many mbers of the Mo Family understood what was happening.
"Daoist Li, you mustn’t try to brute-force your way through the chanical City!"
"Rest assured, everyone. I’m just testing things out."
Li Chang’an was very confident. After all, his Divination had indicated he would succeed.
He sat down cross-legged, brought out more Puppets, and patiently continued to experint.
After sacrificing dozens of Tier One Puppets, he finally made it through the entire passageway and entered an inner area where the traps were even more dense.
The mbers of the Mo Family had been right.
The deeper he went, the higher the Tier of the required Puppets beca.
In so areas, Tier One Puppets couldn’t get through at all; they were destroyed the mont they set foot inside. Only Tier Two Puppets could barely manage to pass.
Gradually, even Tier Two Low Grade Puppets beca useless.
Only Tier Two Middle Grade and Top Grade Puppets could enter the subsequent zones.
As the Puppets under Li Chang’an’s control advanced deeper, the entire chanical City began to whir and shift, transforming and releasing an increasingly dangerous aura.
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