Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master - Chapter 1261 - 488: Blood Village

Chapter 1261: Chapter 488: Blood Village

“World Smoke and Clouds…” A glint of brilliance flashed in Ning Zhuo’s eyes.

He knew: This is a special kind of cloud formation that requires a specific celestial phenomenon, forming a connection between heaven and earth, causing the Red Dust Qi of a region to surge upwards and shoot straight into the sky, thereby forming this smoke cloud.

Because it can evolve worldly phenomena, this smoke cloud is often used for setting up Illusion Arrays, or collected and used to create Illusion Realms, allowing sect disciples to temper their mental states.

Yun Niaoniao stood beside Ning Zhuo, gazing at the Cloud Ball with emotion: “In the past, while Evil Slaying Hall would use World Smoke and Clouds, never has it been of such scale as this time. As I see it, Evil Slaying Hall’s great elevation is largely thanks to Daoist Fellow Ning Zhuo.”

Yun Niaoniao, known as “Little Bodhisattva”, was also an outstanding newcomer who emerged from the first test of Evil Slaying Hall, catching the Dharma Eye of Zhong Dao.

Upon seeing Ning Zhuo, she took the initiative to engage in conversation.

Ning Zhuo also knew Yun Niaoniao.

This time, he swore to seize the top position in the second test of Evil Slaying Hall, although he was full of confidence, he would never underestimate his opponents. Therefore, he had gathered intelligence on key opponents.

Among these key opponents, Yun Niaoniao was one of them.

Ning Zhuo’s thoughts drifted, chatting idly: “There’s a rumor that if a cultivator can gather the smoke clouds of ’Seven Emotions Form’, ’Six Desires Form’, ’Life and Death Form’ among the thirty-six fundamental worldly phenomena, they can refine a peculiar ’Red Dust Creation Furnace’. I wonder if Daoist Fellow Yun Niaoniao is aware?”

Yun Niaoniao smiled faintly, her bright eyes gazing at Ning Zhuo. Due to Ning Zhuo’s display of Vast Energy, which soared straight into the heavens, she held a lot of goodwill towards him.

Yun Niaoniao candidly said: “Daoist Fellow Ning need not call me by my full name, I am confident I can join Evil Slaying Hall. So in the future, we should be fellow disciples.”

“Daoist Fellow Ning may use my name directly, just call me Niaoniao.”

She paused momentarily and continued: “I have also heard of this rumor. It’s said that within the ’Red Dust Creation Furnace’, a small world can be crafted, with life flourishing and civilizations rising and falling, nearing creation. However, the amount of smoke clouds required is far beyond what a single sect or region can gather, and heaven is unlikely to permit such defiant objects.”

“Thus, throughout history, there are almost no clear records indicating that any great cultivator has refined a ’Red Dust Creation Furnace’.”

“Compared to this, I rather believe another viewpoint.”

“A Nascent Soul True Monarch proposed that World Smoke and Clouds might be a form of celestial record-keeping. The myriad things of the world are but scenes in a play to heaven, and the smoke clouds are ’backup of the drama’.”

Yun Niaoniao hailed from an extraordinary background, a medical family with deep foundations.

She was also of a first-rate genius, albeit slightly inferior to people like Situ Xing, belonging to the second tier.

This doesn’t mean she isn’t excellent. Quite the contrary, to ascend to the second tier in the Feiyun Conference of the Myriad Images Sect is sufficient proof of her nationally ranked cultivation talent!

Except, those more excellent than her are almost all gathered here.

Such as Ning Zhuo beside her.

“He’s a genius beyond me!” Yun Niaoniao approached Ning Zhuo with this recognition.

“Evil Extermination Two Tests, commence.”

“Participants—enter the marsh—!”

At this moment, the cultivator of the main array called out loudly. Accompanied by this voice, the entrance to the Great Array opened.

“Let’s go together, Daoist Fellow Niaoniao.” Ning Zhuo responded willingly, decisively changing his address.

Yun Niaoniao smiled and walked alongside Ning Zhuo, joining the flow of people to enter the Great Array.

Their joint action naturally drew many gazes.

Of course, the vast majority of attention was focused on Ning Zhuo.

“So he is Ning Zhuo!”

“Indeed, a man of talent.”

“To exude such astonishing Vast Energy, as long as he matures, he will certainly be a pillar of the Righteous Path.”

“This time, the top title for Evil Slaying Hall’s second test will likely be his!”

Unlike before, the anticipation for Ning Zhuo from others had clearly increased. As soon as Ning Zhuo appeared, despite having only Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage cultivation level, he was widely favored by the public, expected to win.

Ning Zhuo had long expected this situation, feeling both pressure and motivation.

Following the flow of people, he entered the Great Array, stepping upon the smoke clouds.

A sensation of floating wafted up from beneath his feet.

Ning Zhuo and Yun Niaoniao walked side by side, pacing a dozen steps together, as the surrounding smoke clouds grew denser, a sheet of white obscuring their vision.

Ning Zhuo was slightly astonished, losing his sense of Yun Niaoniao in a daze.

Taking a few more steps forward, his stride suddenly became steady, and all the smoke clouds before him abruptly vanished, clearing his view.

The sky wasn’t its normal color, but shrouded in a layer of dark red mist, thick like blood plasma, rolling and writhing, concealing the sun, moon, and stars.

Within the blood mist, there lay a village, silent as death.

Ning Zhuo surveyed his surroundings, introspected himself, and finally focused his gaze on the village ahead, admiringly thinking: “Entering a dream with the flesh is indeed the situation of Yunmeng Marsh, interesting.”

Yunmeng Marsh is a special type of terrain.

Creatures stepping into it can personally enter dream landscapes. Sometimes the dreams are simple, other times they are complex and changeable.

The scale of Evil Slaying Hall’s second test is enormous, consuming massive quantities of World Smoke and Clouds to artificially create a Yunmeng Marsh for cultivator trials.

This Yunmeng Marsh is astonishingly expensive, yet it’s only temporary. The wealth of the Myriad Images Sect is clearly evident.

Ning Zhuo didn’t find Yun Niaoniao, but wasn’t surprised.

“It seems the people of the main array intend to test each cultivator individually.”

The setup of the scene before him was naturally with the intentions of Evil Slaying Hall.

Ning Zhuo employed his Divine Sense and mana, extracting a wisp of blood mist and investigating.

“This blood mist can provoke a frenzy in one’s vital energy, unsettling the mind, leading living beings into a state of mania and loss of reason. Surely it’s caused by some Demon Skill.”

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