"Still too few trump cards!"
In the dead of night, Li Jizhou sat quietly in the training room, sighing silently.
Eighteen precious Talismans and a set of Arrays were crucial life-saving cards, not to be given to puppets,
Bai Yi needed to be nurtured within the Dantian and was the last resort.
The ten Immortal-Slaying Flying Sabers were not sufficiently nurtured and were not yet fit for combat.
So currently, the only things available for the puppets were the Ghost Shadow Puppet and less than twenty high-tier Tier Three Talismans, along with three sets of chessboard killing arrays.
With this ager strength, it was still far from enough to seek the Longevity Fruit within the Wuji Immortal Palace.
His Divine Sense barely managed to connect with the Swift Puppet, now only sustaining a fleeting glance of vision.
Fortunately, the Swift Puppet had long sunk beneath the swamp’s black waters and had not been taken by others, thanks to the Shielding effect of the Ghost Shadow Cold Gold.
As for Guagua, it was completely beyond the sensing of the Divine Soul.
This made Li Jizhou vaguely worried.
"Celestial Secret City..." After a mont of contemplation, Li Jizhou temporarily abandoned the idea of sending puppets to find the Swift Puppet.
A few days ago, through the Swift Puppet’s vision, he had observed cultivators passing by in the vicinity, often accompanied by puppets, and the tier of these puppets was generally not low.
Based on his preliminary understanding over the past three years of the swamp’s power zones, he judged that this area was most likely near Celestial Secret City.
Those were true experts in puppetry, and he feared that sending the substitute puppet would be walking into a trap.
If he couldn’t retrieve the Swift Puppet and lost both the puppet and the Ghost Shadow, it would be too damaging.
The western part of the swamp, especially closer to Nanling and Central State, was teeming with strong figures, places he could not venture into for now.
"I must forge another high-tier puppet for the substitute!"
He glanced over the great gift sent by the Liu family.
The highest treasure they had was only a Tier Three Middle Level material, but this was considered a significant gift coming from the Liu family, who only had Early Stage of True Core cultivators.
Moreover, with the Blood Oath from the Earth Spirit Master Liu Hongling, the gift itself was unnecessary.
That day, after Master Huang seized the Gilded Earth Dragon Beast’s Demon Pill, he gave it to the Liu family, not caring whether Liu Hongling could succeed or not.
If she succeeded, it would be excellent,
having a treasure-hunting tool-shaped person who could attune with the grand trends of the world, blending their spirit with the earth, and sensing divine materials across the region, would greatly aid Li Jizhou in finding the Longevity Fruit.
If she failed, Li Jizhou wasn’t too concerned, it was just a simple act.
In the following period, Master Huangshi frequently appeared in the trading district of the outer city.
Looking for suitable quasi-fourth tier materials and demon pills that caught his fancy.
But unfortunately, materials above Tier Three Middle Level were scarce.
As for puppet materials, they were nearly nonexistent.
Everyone in the swamp knew Celestial Secret City was the land of puppets, where the most advanced and high-quality puppets were, along with countless masters of puppet craft,
making the demand for puppet materials very high.
Therefore, if anyone found puppet materials, most cultivators would take them to Celestial Secret City to trade.
In an attempt to gather a set of quasi-fourth tier puppet materials, Master Huangshi tried to trade using a Fetus Nourishing Pill.
But he was disappointed again.
The Fetus Nourishing Pill was attractive to cultivators aspiring to Nascent Soul and who had been preparing for it throughout the Core Formation stage and had a long-term allure,
but most Core Formation cultivators took life a step at a ti and didn’t start preparing things for Nascent Soul transformation early.
Especially swamp-dwelling Core Formation cultivators, amidst abundant opportunities and dangers, the possibility of surviving the next day was uncertain, let alone taking Fetus Nourishing Pills for a century prematurely.
They preferred pills or secret techniques or Spiritual Artifacts for short-term enhancents of cultivation and power.
"Friend Huang, I’ve told you before, this is the swamp, not the cultivation realm you used to dwell in. Here, if you want sothing, you fight for it, and few people trade high-tier materials." Master Tongshan, learning of Master Huangshi’s quest for puppet materials, ca again to persuade.
Especially having heard that the Liu family invited Master Huangshi, resulting in the capture of a Tier Three Mid Stage Demon Beast, which further assured him of Master Huangshi’s power.
In swamp expeditions, most threats ca from Demon Beasts, and Master Huangshi’s ability to capture a Tier Three Mid Stage Demon Beast equaled that of a Late Stage Core Formation team leader.
"Join us, and maybe in just a few ventures, you’ll collect enough puppet materials!"
This ti, Master Huangshi did not refuse, nodding in agreent.
Not only for puppet materials but also for the Longevity Fruit that might appear anyti within the century in the Wuji Immortal Palace.
The Immortal Seeking Team of Hongtian appealed most to Li Jizhou for the Tier Three treasure-hunting Spirit Rat the captain raised.
Under the swamp’s black water cover, the Divine Sense of ordinary cultivators could hardly penetrate.
"Haha, Friend Huang, it won’t be long before you realize that today’s decision was right!" Master Tongshan rejoiced greatly.
That sa day, Master Tongshan led Master Huangshan to a luxurious mansion in the inner city near the City Lord’s Mansion.
This residence was not only the dojo of the Hongtian team’s captain but also the headquarters of the entire Hongtian team. Team mbers could cultivate here, with access to the occasionally activated Spirit Gathering Array, which was applied for at great expense from the City Lord’s Mansion every year.
Most of Guzhu City’s sizable Immortal Seeking Teams were based around here.
Most sought the protection of the City Lord’s Mansion.
After all, while treasure-hunting, enmities are too common.
This is also why every well-established Immortal Seeking Team actively recruits new mbers,
though the greatest danger in wild treasure-hunting cos from Demon Beasts, the biggest threat is the cultivators of other Immortal Seeking Teams.
It’s common in the wilds to see two or more Immortal Seeking Teams vying for the sa treasure.
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