Chapter 636 Master of Puppets


    "So this is the design for the demon ying swords?" I aske Y.


    "Yes, it is. This is what Master Rain created me for. The swords themselves were artifacts that were used by giants that lived a long time ago in the Vast Expanse, that''s why they were obscenelyrge. And no man could wield them, so he created me to control all four of them. However, it is far below my current ability to use them right now."


    "I see, however, your design itself matches the four sword style. So I''ll make new swords for you. My version of demon ying swords was a bit brutish," I said.


    "I enjoyed the chainsaw swords, my lord."


    I smiled at Y''s statement. Although it was basically just ttery. The swords I made for him were not of a great quality. And they only worked due to them absorbing the excess heat that Y generated when he moved and acted. But now using new material, that side effect is gone. And I''ll need actual weapons.


    Studying about weapon making isn''t something that would take small amounts of time. For a normal person that is. Using my own poisons, Doping, I was able to absorb knowledge like never before, fully integrating it with my own experience and allowing it to be a part of me.


    Although it came at a great cost of mental fatigue, nothing a short one day rest couldn''t fix.


    I''m not a person who likes to brag. Still, I''m pretty confident in my ability to craft things that I''ve seen once. And if I had the tools and methods to replicate a smelting technique then that makes crafting even easier.


    With the vast sea of knowledge that is the Lord of Lord''s library, I was able to learn of many forging techniques. However, most of these techniques required an incredible control over fire. Though my own Veridian Heart me is powerful. It is nowhere near enough to act as a source of forge fire.


    But the bottle of Veridian Soul me that I obtained from the general is enough for the job. The only issue is, that he said that I needed to be at least at the Void stage to be able to consume it.


    Yet, I''ve read records of smiths that had this level of me at the Emperor level and even at the King level.


    Reading through the books of the Lord of Lords, I understood many things about Soul mes. First off, all the people who have this me and that are below the Void level are all prodigies or the core disciples of a sect or an heir to one of the renowned ns of the beyond, past or present that is.


    The record states that the ns and sects who cultivated these disciples would give them insane amounts of soul nourishing pills so that they can obtain the blessing of the Soul me before they even reach the Void Stage.


    Another thing about this specific me is that they are basically an upgraded version of Heart mes. They possess the same abilities as their lower counterpart with an additional boon to them.


    For example, the Veridian Heart me is the best for alchemy and poison making. The heat level it reaches is enough to process any spiritual herb. However, it is not intense enough to be used in forging weapons. You would need a more specialized heart me for that.


    Yet, the Veridian Soul me does not have that problem. Since at the void level, there exist some herbs that have properties that areparable to the sturdiest metals, and without enough heat, one cannot process them.


    The Soul mes, unlike the Heart mes are powered by one''s own soul energy. And if there is anything I''m proud of, it''s the obscenely powerful soul I have.


    So, if someone at the Emperor level had absorbed and tamed the Veridian Heart me due to the power of their souls, why can''t I? They were powered by powerful ns and mighty sects. Yet I had this potently powerful soul since I could ever remember.


    I pulled up the bottle that contained the Soul me and spoke addressing the automaton, "I''ll be leaving to absorb this. If Old Fu requests my presence, inform him if what I''m doing."


    "What if someonees looking for you in the guest room you''re in?"


    "Ignore them, unless it''s urgent no one shoulde looking for us," I replied.


    "As youmand," the Automaton replied.


    I then teleported out of the white zone of the pagoda, and headed up, to one of the newly opened spaces.


    The whole pagoda had nine floors. And so far, I only have ess to five of them. The fifth being where the Primordial Dragon Serpent''s body is stored at. I wanted to head to the furnace area since it is the only ce that can withstand heat without damaging anything else. However, I couldn''t since the puppets I ordered to make X''s body were still using it.


    I had given them the temte that they need to work on, so by the time I''m done absorbing this me they should be done with making X''s body.


    I headed to the open fields, and directly to the volcano area where mes and ruin was all one could see for endless miles ahead. Once I found a rtively remote and isted ind in the middle of a movingva current. I sat cross legged in it and began absorbing the Soul me.


    The method was simple. Basically, one needs to opened their mouth, drink the liquid me essence, and subdued it using their own energy.


    But the moment I drank the liquid, it felt as if I had opened my mouth to the gates of hell itself. The liquid came down in like molten lead down my throat, but I could resist nor should I have done so in the first ce.


    My Dantian felt as if it was being burnt as a massive wave of green energy was washing over it. Burning the entire sea of Qi into smoke as it was moving toward my mental fortress.


    My own Veridian Heart me came in tobat the Soul me, however it was as if a candle me was trying to fight against the burning sun. The oue was obvious as my own Veridian Heart me was instantly absorbed into the powerful iing wave of Soul me.


    Yet I didn''t feel any anxiety or worry at the iing tidal wave of burning death. In fact, it was quite the opposite. The existence which was my condensed dragon like soul shot forward into the iing wave. And soon, a powerful soul energy was released from within the wave.


    Instantly subduing it and forcing it to merge with the endless seawater.


    The whole thing took less than few seconds. And the Soul me was mine.


    Having already subdued the me I opened my eyes to see how powerful this me was.


    Yet something felt wrong. The entire area I was in had froze over. The majority of it, and it was slowly melting back into magma once again.


    Unable to understand what happened, I called the automaton.


    Soon, he appeared in front of me.


    "What happened here?" I asked.


    "You finally woke up, Master," he said.


    I frowned unable to understand what he meant.


    "You''ve been meditating for a year my lord, that''s how long it took you to absorb the Soul me. The fire energy that you absorbed allowed your body to take in more from the Yang Qi that is in this fire region. You almost exhausted all the Yang Qi that the Lord of Lords had ced here."


    "What do you mean almost?" I questioned.


    "You already consumed the equivalent power of a Heart by yourself just to stabilize the Soul me. Which is impressive in its own way."


    I stood up, frowning at how I lost an entire year here, which is pretty damn long… well kind of. But something caught my eyes.


    "There is a mountain missing…" I said. "I didn''t destroy that while I was meditating, right?" I asked quite worried that I might have.


    "Oh, no, that was the work of the puppets... well, the new line of them that is…"


    "Why the hell would puppets destroy a mountain, and I''m sure that even with all the weapons they have they should be able to…"


    "Oh, no, they didn''t destroy it with weapons, they actually dug through the entire thing… it would be better if you see for yourself."


    I flew up to see what was going on and was awestruck to see thousands of puppets that looked like a miniature version of Y holding pickaxes and carving mountains. They were digging for mineral reserves within the mountain.


    "What the hell happened in a year?!"


    "When you left you forgot to give them themand to stop after finishing up X''s body… And I didn''t stop them since they were pretty proficient at creating other puppets. When the materials that were needed to make X''s body were done, they began digging minerals through thendscape, they processed them, and repurposed them. Although the version of puppets they made is of a lesser quality than Y and X, they are still all at the emperor level…"


    "…"


    "They also have the same Reactor that Y and X have…"


    "Don''t tell me…"


    "No, they couldn''t make the Law Core and the inscription cube. Those required understanding ofw. Even Y tried to replicate it and failed,"


    "Thank god…" I said.


    "I thought you''d be happier with the result…" he said.


    "Frankly speaking, this is a good thing, however I''ve seen too many movies where stuff like this went really, really wrong. Anyway, I suppose they''re going to keep working on creating other puppets…"


    "They will unlessmanded otherwise." n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "What''s the total number of produced puppets?"


    "Forty-two thousand and sixty-nine puppet,"


    "Nice…How many of them are capable ofbat?" I asked.


    "Not many, about a thousand at most, they''recking Saint Qi crystals. As for the rest, they''re using spiritual stones to supply themselves with power. Although the reserves are diminishing greatly. We''ll need more Saint Qi to supply the whole army…"


    "Army… I suppose," I sighed as I didn''t expect this.


    "Where is Old Fu?" I asked.


    He left a while ago, he already sessfully reached the Origin Realm. He''s also outside taking care of the elders that had insistently requested your presence."


    "Give the order for the puppets to stand down. If they keep this up they''ll probably raze the entire pagoda to the ground. I''ll be backter…"


    I shook my head as I left the area… an actual army of Y… that''s a lot of power… I should keep this on the low end. Having too much power at my current level will only get more eyes on me… although it is impressive in its own right, it''s not something I should expose right now…