The isolation between the wind and sand and the spiritual consciousness made it impossible for the ancient city lord to find out.

Whoosh!

The vision was distorted, and the dust storm scene disappeared.

It was replaced by a blue-black ancient palace.

Deep in the palace, there is a throne with the head of a blue dragon, but there is no one on it.

The wandering Taoist Taoist and the phantom female cultivator stand under the blue dragon throne.

"Lord of the ancient city, people in the Ming Dynasty do not speak secretly. We are organizing a branch to trade you for the core inheritance of the Thousand Machine Sect, including the supernatural puppets and puppet array skills."

The phantom female cultivator's voice is sometimes cold, sometimes gentle, sometimes distant and sometimes near.

"The core puppet inheritance of Xuanji Tower is not for sale."

The ancient city master calmly looked at the fantasy scene in front of him. The blue dragon throne at the deep end of the hall gave people a sense of ancient times and mystery.

The empty Azure Dragon Throne made his imagination wander, wondering if it was a scene in reality.

"There is nothing in this world that is not for sale, and there is no loyalty that cannot be betrayed."

There was an old laughter coming from the traveling Taoist in a bamboo hat.

The Ancient City Lord's expression darkened. The Xuanji Building on the Outer Sect Alliance's side was the identity of a defector to the Qianji Sect.

"It's not impossible to trade! Unless your organization can come up with the Infant Transformation Pill, the fourth-level soul-nurturing wood, and the lost... soul-growing puppet technique."

The ancient city lord's tone was arrogant, and the lion opened his mouth.

"Gee, the inheritance stolen by the traitor can be used as a treasure. You are not the only monk in the Outer Sect Alliance and Xuanji Pavilion who has the core inheritance."

The phantom female cultivator's laughter echoed through the dark and strange Qinglong Hall.

What else did the ancient city lord want to say? The illusory scene in the main hall in front of him disappeared.

Whoosh!

In reality, the thicker yellow sand storm has already covered up the traces of the traveling Taoist priest and the phantom female cultivator.

The ancient city lord was afraid and did not dare to follow him again.

The Traveling Merchant Taoist and the Female Cultivator Phantom both have late-stage methods for forming pills, and there is a mysterious organization behind them.

Xuanjilou's situation in the outer sect alliance is not as good as imagined.

In the past, there was rejection from the locals of Feng Yuan Kingdom, and in the back, the boundary between the two religions could not go back.

…

The ancient city lord put away the puppets and returned to Gutian Fairy City.

Due to the cover of natural disasters such as wind and sand, the scene of the confrontation did not alarm the outside monks.

The ancient city lord didn't stop for a moment and entered the underground castle below the fairy city.

Finally, we arrived at one of the restricted palaces.

The ancient city lord opened a green wood and copper coffin, made seals with his hands, chanted incantations, and performed the secret technique of puppetry.

After counting the interest.

Inside the green wood and copper coffin, sat a man in green armor who looked like a zombie. His body was mostly made of puppet material.

"How long has it been?"

The blue-armored puppet man had two green ghost flames dancing in his eyes, which was eerie and strange.

"Lord, it has been seventy or eighty years since you last woke up."

The puppet-armed ancient city lord spoke with respect.

"It's been so long? This ghost-infused consciousness is getting weaker and weaker. We must find the soul treasure as soon as possible. If we succeed, within a few hundred years, this building is expected to give birth to an autonomous fourth-level puppet that can completely rival the Nascent Soul.

True Lord."

"Yes, Master." The ancient city master's dull face rarely showed excitement.

The puppet in front of me, neither human nor ghost, was a fourth-level puppet master during his lifetime.

Creating a fourth-level puppet is also his lifelong goal.

"Wake me up, what do you want?"

"Back to the original poster...I have my suspicions that the traveling Taoist priest is from the mysterious 'Qinglong Society'."

The ancient city lord stated his previous experiences and his own guesses.

"Blue Dragon Club?"

"That is top-secret information obtained by Huangsha Intelligence. Only Scale Claw is known, and few people in the world know about it."

The ancient city lord replied.

"I have never heard of the Qinglong Society. However, the image of the traveling merchant Taoist is a bit like the legendary [Taoist Tianshu]."

The blue-armored puppet man said thoughtfully.

"Taoist Tianshu? You refer to the mysterious figure in Tianyan Continent's "Yunei Qiren Series"."

The ancient city lord recalled the records in ancient books and said in surprise.

Taoist Tianshu is a traveling merchant who is absolutely neutral. He travels across the continent and trades goods with those who are destined to do so.

If you meet him, you will definitely be able to trade the items you need, which is a big chance.

According to the ancient records of Qianji Sect, Taoist Tianshu may be the originator of puppets in this world.

It may be a puppet in a special form, and its intelligence exceeds that of most human monks.

…

Fragrant grass oasis, Xuanyin Pavilion cave.

"It was a bad start, and we almost lost our only third-level late-stage puppet!"

Lu Changan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xuanji Pavilion's puppet methods exceeded his expectations, and the puppet clone's actions were actually exposed.

Having already alerted the enemy, in order to keep the late third-level puppet, he could only confuse the public and bring out the non-existent Blue Dragon Society.

Fortunately, this time I managed to alert the enemy, negotiated with the ancient city lord, and obtained enough intelligence information, so I could avoid many detours.

These information media will help Lu Changan calculate and find a breaking point in the future.

"Gutian Fairy City is already on alert and it is not appropriate to take any further action in the short term."

Lu Changan decided to hibernate for another ten years and cultivate to the late stage of Golden Elixir in one go.

At the same time, the quality of late-stage third-level puppets will be improved.

…

Five years later, Lu Changan's age reached 296, approaching the 300-year-old mark.

On this day, while he was meditating in seclusion, he felt a faint feeling.

Lu Changan opened his eyes, counted with his fingers, and sighed softly.

He looked back at Liang Guo in the distance, in the direction of Wuye Town.

Over there, Master Shixianzi has reached the end of his life and spent the last day of his life.

Lu Changan did not go back to see Master Xianzi for the last time.

Through the information known in the past few years and even calculations, Lu Changan learned that Master Shixianzi was accompanied by someone during the last ten or twenty years of his life.

Jiang Yechen, Shi Xiaochuan, and Shi Manrong are a family of three who are enjoying themselves and are very warm.

Perhaps Shi Xianzi made a trade-off in order to have a good entrustment for her adopted son.

Or perhaps, he was really moved by Jiang Yechen and was sincerely moved.

With her appearance aging, Shi Xianzi was indeed together with Jiang Yechen in the last twenty years of her life.

This is the reason why Lu Changan didn't go back.

Looking back on Shi Xianzi's life, Lu Changan felt strange.

Meeting unkind people when you were young, having romantic relationships after divorce, and indulging yourself.

Finally, I got older, tired of playing, and tired of my heart, so I found an "honest person" to finally belong to.

If Master Shixianzi is alone all his life, Lu Changan will feel a little bit psychologically unlucky.

Even though both parties have known for a long time that it was just a casual relationship, they were honest and clear about it.

The happy and heartwarming ending made Lu Changan feel gratified.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang..."

Lu Changan was very impressed and secretly thanked him.
To be continued...