Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master - Chapter 1009 - 366: Snow-Colored Maiden, Xue Shuyu_2
Chapter 1009: Chapter 366: Snow-Colored Maiden, Xue Shuyu_2
“We need to design and create these two puppets.”
“Perhaps we can use them to save Yuan Dasheng from the ice.”
“Even if it doesn’t work…”
Even if it doesn’t work, they can still replenish Ning Zhuo’s mechanical combat power in time.
With Buddhist Doctor Meng Yaoyin, Heavy Blood Ape Dasheng, and Phantom Shadow Blade: Night Tiger all absent, Ning Zhuo needs other mechanical puppets to step up.
Netherworld Envoy Qi Bai won’t work.
Despite his strong mechanical body, equipped with Magic Treasure-level components, and possessing a Golden Core from when he was alive, not to mention his Innate, his Spiritual Nature hasn’t reached tenfold.
Moreover, because Ning Zhuo has been traveling, his Spiritual Nature has decreased somewhat.
Tenfold Spiritual Nature is a qualitative change point.
Until this point is reached, Spiritual Nature will be worn down by time. Once reached, even if damaged, Spiritual Nature can recover on its own.
“Boss, help me!” Ning Zhuo immediately transmitted his thoughts through the Life Hanging Thread to contact Sun Lingtong.
Sun Lingtong was using Luoshu pages to study Array Dao when Ning Zhuo disturbed him, making him feel helpless: “What’s the matter again?”
Ning Zhuo didn’t immediately propose the mechanical puppet plan, but instead brought up another matter first: “Boss, I just inspected my assets and made a surprising discovery.”
“Do you still remember Heavenly Frost Ghost Mask and Miss Rudie?”
“During the fight against Lord of Wangchuan, I actually left their precious combat power behind, completely forgetting them. This is very unusual!”
Netherworld Envoy Qi Bai can be ignored.
His Spiritual Nature is lacking, and even if Ning Zhuo uses him, he would have to control him himself.
Also, his combat power focuses on Soul Path, using him against Lord of Wangchuan or the Forbidden Army risks making a fool of himself.
Sun Lingtong’s expression became serious, eyes flickering: “Little Zhuo, you’re right!”
“A bit scary.”
“I also know about them, but I forgot too! Couldn’t even remind you.”
“Strange, this is too strange.”
“Do you think this might be a confusion caused by Qi Fortune?”
Ning Zhuo nodded slightly, agreeing with Sun Lingtong’s guess, thinking the same thing.
“I am the savior of White Paper Immortal City, arranged by Yangtian.”
“Perhaps those two are more harmful than beneficial to me, so the Qi Fortune made me forget them altogether.”
The two discussed further but found no outcome.
Instead, it intensified their strong desire for mastery of Qi Fortune Divination!
“I really want a legacy like that.”
“But my mother told me, acquiring it is very difficult… sigh.”
Sun Lingtong: “Tell me, why did you come to find me?”
Ning Zhuo brought up his intention.
Sun Lingtong readily agreed without the slightest hesitation. He himself had some proficiency in Mechanical Techniques, though not as skilled as Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo was not as proficient in Array as Sun Lingtong.
Sun Ning duo collaboratively designed, further assisted by Luoshu pages, quickly developed a design draft.
Ning Zhuo followed the plan like a recipe, requested Elder Chef and Gongsun Yan to purchase relevant treasures outside.
Due to insufficient Spirit Stones, Ning Zhuo first took out three Ghost Dao Golden Cores and exchanged them at the Commerce Hall for sufficient budget.
Gongsun Yan saw Ning Zhuo buying many materials and had a suspicion, proactively said to Ning Zhuo: “Young master, are you planning to refine artifacts? I am willing to offer my humble efforts.”
Ning Zhuo saw Gongsun Yan volunteering and thought for a moment, nodded gently: “Alright, I’ll give you some tasks, you can handle the refining.”
Gongsun Yan then received some diagrams, his face showing a peculiar expression, thinking: “The young master intends to refine mechanical components. Does he also study Mechanical Techniques?”
“This cultivation technique is rare and challenging to achieve results in. How did the young master develop an interest in it?”
“But it seems his Lifebound Magical Fan also incorporates some mechanical techniques?”
Gongsun Yan was puzzled. In his view, Ning Zhuo’s prowess in the Five Elements was unfathomable, and this bright future was the Righteous Path.
Mechanical Techniques seemed too niche.
However, this confusion didn’t stop Gongsun Yan from giving it his all.
“This is the first task the young master has assigned me; I must give my utmost to ensure perfection!”
He reviewed the mechanical diagrams multiple times and decided to start with the Warm Jade Wheel.
Gongsun Yan’s refining steps differed from others.
He first crafted a rough body, then placed it in the smelting furnace.
Pressing his palm against the furnace wall, he activated Mana and Innate to transform into a heart flame, gently enveloping the jade wheel rough body.
The heart flame excelled at intricate work; under Gongsun Yan’s skillful manipulation, the rough body of the Warm Jade Wheel was finely carved.
Gongsun Yan selected Cold Steel, placing it into the furnace. Then, he used finger gestures like a sword to swiftly point in the air.
Cold Steel melted and embedded onto the Warm Jade Wheel, forming a honeycomb-like grid.
The heart flame continuously enveloped the Warm Jade Wheel, and any slightly out-of-place Cold Steel would be precisely melted away.
Gongsun Yan successively added three types of treasure materials.
The materials dissolved in the furnace, merging into a unified color. These mixed colors settled onto the grid, forming tricolored enamel.
Gongsun Yan activated the heart flame again, penetrating the Warm Jade Wheel, burning out three hundred sixty tiny holes within.
Reaching this step, he infused Divine Sense, forcefully drawing, channeling the enamel through the tiny holes into the depth of the jade wheel.
Finally, the Warm Jade Wheel emerged from the furnace.
It floated in mid-air, slowly rotated. The outer ring’s enamel flowed with three colors, leaving frost marks, while the inner ring’s three hundred sixty apertures emitted warm smoke.
Gongsun Yan looked exhausted after refining.
“This is the finest work I’ve ever crafted.”
“I wonder what kind of mechanism the young master plans to assemble using it?”
Gongsun Yan, with his abundant artifact refining experience, even lacking knowledge in mechanical techniques, has some insight. He is aware: such precision mechanical components are rare, incorporating two Golden Core-level treasures as primary materials.
This means the assembled mechanical artifact should be Golden Core-level!
“Both the young master and I are Foundation Establishment Cultivators, aiming to form a Golden Core-level mechanism… can this truly succeed?”
“Success or failure, this gesture is truly significant!”
Gongsun Yan took over two hours to restore his condition to its peak.
He commenced crafting the next mechanical component, named Cold Sun Pillar.
Three days later, Gongsun Yan returned with five mechanical components to report to Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo inspected them, showing a satisfied smile.
He looked up at the extremely tired Gongsun Yan, speaking warmly: “Heart flames are perfect for delicately refining artifacts. Thank you very much; you’ve saved me quite a bit of effort.”
Gongsun Yan promptly replied that it was nothing, feeling delighted to contribute.
Ning Zhuo nodded, encouraging him to rest well.
Gongsun Yan withdrew, seemingly disappointed for not seeing Ning Zhuo assemble the mechanism.
In these three days, Ning Zhuo used three mechanical platforms to create the remaining mechanical components.
Within the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon, two puppet prototypes already existed. They only needed the assembly of key components.
Soon, assembly completed, Ning Zhuo used the Life Hanging Thread to extract two clusters of Spiritual Nature and inserted them into each mechanical body.
In that moment, the mechanical components activated successively, and the two mechanical puppets… came alive.
The puppet on the left stood six feet three inches tall, slender with graceful posture, in female form.
Her body was covered with a layer of tricolor enamel armor; her face was adorned with a snow porcelain mask, with her hair woven primarily from Ice Silkworm Silk.
Below her primary arms were two additional pairs of secondary hands.
Snow-Colored Lady Hui!
The mechanical puppet on the right was also six feet tall but slightly shorter than Snow-Colored Lady Hui.
She too was in female form, wearing an Ice Mirror Helmet with reconnaissance capabilities and donning hexagonal black ice armor, with plates interlocking like honeycomb.
Her shoulder devoured beast head was an enraged ice dragon, with eyes embedded with Aurora Glaze; upon attack, it could emit cold light.
Six mechanical balls continuously floated around her, steely gray in color, covered in the Ice Crystal Spiderweb Array, capable of spewing cold streams to generate blizzards.
Snow Pivot Guard Xie!
Snow-Colored Lady Hui looked down at her hands, switching between her primary and two pairs of secondary hands, alternating movements.
Snow Pivot Guard Xie gazed around, ultimately fixing her gaze on Ning Zhuo.
She slowly bowed, speaking in an elder woman’s voice: “Greetings… Clan Leader.”
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