Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 1272

Chapter 1272

AST 1272 – The Amazing Puppet Marionettes, Is Three Years Enough

Puppet Marionette Encyclopedia!

Just from the name alone, one would be able to have a vague understanding of what it was about . However, he didn’t know about it in detail and just received it . He saw that the old man looked very ordinary . His body seemed to be considered quite healthy but he wasn’t a powerful cultivator . He wasn’t even a Xiantian cultivator . However, Qing Shui could tell that the old man trained his physique throughout the years .

“Grandpa, grandpa!”

A pair of kids of about five to six years of age stood not far away . The boy looked healthy and good-natured while the girl looked very intelligent and had a good physique . Qing Shui recalled how the old man said that the puppet marionettes were passed down by his ancestors . This showed that their clan were also cultivating it very long ago .

Qing Shui received the things passed from the old man . It could already be considered an affinity for them to have come this far . After all, if it was someone else, no one would think much of the puppets . However, since he knew about it, he couldn’t feign ignorance .

He took out two “Wondrous Fruits” and handed them to the two kids . The old man didn’t stop him either . Seeing that the two kids were eating them happily, Qing Shui quietly placed a copy of the Tiger Form he had written in the old man’s clothes .

Qing Shui had quite a lot of these in the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal . There were also some for the other forms . Therefore, he gave the old man one book . Although he wanted to spread the Tiger Form, he wasn’t planning to give it to everyone he sees . He only gave them to people who required it .

The old man’s eyes flickered and Qing Shui’s voice rang out, “Right now, no one can hear what I’m saying . Listen to what I’m going to say . The book I’ve given you is a cultivation manual . Furthermore, I’ve helped to change the physique for your grandchildren . You can decide if you want to let them cultivate or not . We’re leaving . In order not to attract other people’s attention, you don’t have to do anything . ”

Qing Shui and the group left in another direction . The old man saw that the two kids ate up the last bite of the fruits and were still looking in the direction Qing Shui and the others with a look of yearning .

Cultivaton technique… The old man felt very agitated . It was said that their ancestors were also cultivators . However, it was a pity that they had already been in decline for a long time and were considered to have become a most ordinary family . The old man had a son and usually, his son and wife would be busy earning money for a living while the old man helped to take care of the kids . After all, he had a lot of time on his hands while selling puppets .

He was no longer young and he had always been thinking of letting his son or descendants pick up cultivation techniques once again . It was because this was the only way he would be able to make a name for himself . Ordinary people like them could only cultivate simple techniques and would never be able to break through to the Houtian level in their entire lives .

Right now, he didn’t know what kind of martial technique the young man had given him, nor what level one could attain with it . However, he felt that this young man was far from ordinary and thus his heart was filled with anticipation .

In order not to raise suspicions, the old man continued to manage his stall until nightfall then he left!

Qing Shui left and thus didn’t know what the old man thought . He didn’t want to think about them either since they had only met by chance and there were practically zero possibility of them meeting again in the future .

Earlier, Qing Shui didn’t comment on the puppets and he even took them out . It was because there were people around them and when they saw that it was only some old puppets, they lost interest . The colorful puppets on display looked much better .

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“Are those puppets nice?” Di Chen played with the colorful puppet she was holding and asked .

“This puppet is a puppet marionette and can increase the user’s resistance to attacks by a certain degree, including spirit energy attacks . However, how much its resistance is another story altogether . It should be related to one’s mastery . ” Qing Shui smiled and said .

“Oh? If it has a high resistance, then it really is something good . Does it always work as long as the person equips it?”

“It should be that there’s a need to channel in Spiritual Qi each time it was used to block . The greater the Spiritual Qi required the greater the attack resisted . When one’s Spiritual Qi is used up, it would have no effect temporarily . ”

“Oh? That isn’t bad either . This is normal . ” Di Chen gave it some thought and said .

“Let’s study it further after we head back . This place isn’t suitable for this . ” Qing Shui tossed the puppets into the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal .

He was also holding onto a small green-colored puppet which was the size of one’s palm . The wood used was an ordinary block of wood with about 100 years of age . In his previous life, wood with an age of 100 years was hard to find but it was very easy to find in this world .

The workmanship was exquisite and there were some areas which were rough but that didn’t affect its beauty . The color was dyed from plant extracts . It was nothing much and was just a toy for kids . Of course, it could also be placed on countertops as a decorative item .

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They then strolled around leisurely, spending half the day and walked very far away . Nothing happened on the way . They merely bought random stuff and ate random food along a food street .

Qing Shui liked the atmosphere of eating along the food street . Street food was different from normal dishes and was quite yummy, especially the spicy ones . Of course, there was also street food which tasted bad . The important parts were in the broth and condiments . The ones they had today were still considered quite good .

Right now, Qing Shui thought that he could actually make snacks himself . There was this segment in his culinary techniques . In the future, he could make them himself since he had his own spices for all different flavors .

Back when he was in Qing Clan, he had made some of the simplest ones for the kids . Those could be considered snacks as well .

If he wasn’t a cultivator, he could consider opening a food stall or eatery . However, right now, it was merely just a thought . He only cooked for the people around him .

When it was about time, the group headed back to the Heaven Secrets Academy again . It was already dark and fireworks would be launched very soon . A firework rose up, followed by even more .

The area around the Heaven Secrets Academy was where the earliest fireworks were set off . Only after the Heaven Secrets Academy had launched the fireworks did the surroundings start to launch theirs . They stood in the courtyard, watching as the skies become increasingly brilliant . The world appeared to be very, very beautiful .

It was a pity that Yu Ruyan wasn’t around . This made Qing Shui feel a little regretful . Right now, she should be thinking about him too . Qing Clan must also be setting off fireworks… Have they been doing well…

Qing Shui also thought of the children . He was really not a good father and had done wrong to many people . However, they held no grievances toward him . The effort he was putting in today was also in preparation for them to be able to be reunited .

“Come, let’s take a look at these puppets . There’ll be more fireworks later and it’ll be more beautiful . ” Qing Shui smiled and took out the puppet marionettes, handing each of them one .

These puppets weren’t dirty, just a rustic color .

Qing Shui poked himself with a gold needle and then allowed a drop of his blood to drip on the puppet marionette . In that instant, he sensed a mysterious feeling and the puppet suddenly appeared to be a lot more spirited . If it wasn’t because Qing Shui had powerful senses, he would have thought that these were illusions .

Qing Shui then tried to temper and channel in spiritual Qi but there was still no mastery level . He didn’t try to test out how much attack it could fend off either . The ladies did the same to let the puppets recognize them as owners before continuing to temper .

These things could only be tempered after they had recognized their owners . Even those which had reached a very high level of mastery would lose their state after they had become ownerless . They would return to their original state .

Qing Shui knew that for such things, it was already considered good to be able to fend off 10% of attacks . 10% was already considered to be very monstrous . However, it was probably hard to cultivate it to that level as well .

Even with how powerful the Golden Scaled Dragon Elephant was, it was only able to weaken 10% of the opponent’s’ attacks . If the puppet marionette could fend off 10% of the attacking prowess received, it would be in a way, equivalent to the Golden Scaled Dragon Elephant’s Vajra Subdues Demons . Therefore, Qing Shui felt that it wasn’t that easy to raise the level of mastery of the puppet marionettes . Right now, Qing Shui’s goal was only for it to fend off 5% of the attacks .

The more powerful and the more heaven-defying an item was, the harder it would be to raise its level . That was how the world worked . Therefore, there wasn’t a need to guess to know that it was impossible for it to have monstrous abilities . Even the Arhat Rosary Beads, a sacred object amongst all sacred objects, would only be able to fend off half of the spirit energy attacks and it couldn’t be leveled up .

However, the Arhat Rosary Beads were already considered an absolute heaven-defying existence . It was a pity that they could only be used against spirit energy .

The puppet marionette could be applied against both spirit energy and physical attacks . Therefore, just 10% was already considered a very terrifying existence . However, the realm it was cultivated to must definitely be very high . However, compared to the Spirit Gathering Lamp and other objects, it would probably be very hard to increase its state .

He had plenty of time and it made no difference to him whether it was to cultivate one thing or 100 things . The more the merrier .

The sky had turned completely dark and the fireworks were brilliant and colorful in the sky . There were sounds of firecrackers everywhere and the sky was dyed in a myriad of colors . Qing Shui and the ladies sat around a stone table in a pavilion, enjoying tea . It was a wonderful feeling .

This was the second year since he had arrived at the Western Oxhe Continent . There were three years to go . For these three years, he felt that he could only be at the Western Oxhe Continent . He hoped that he would be able to unite the Western Oxhe Continent within these three years and thereafter, fight his way to the other three continents .

Qing Shui didn’t know if he could achieve this nor did he know if three years was enough . For Qing Shui, three years was already considered very long . His abilities should be able to soar tremendously . Furthermore, he had his demonic beasts and the Heaven Secrets Academy to back him up, these should be enough .

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Time passed by very quickly and it was already three days after the new year . For the past few days, the Puppet Marionette had reached the first grade, having magic powers . After testing it out, it was able to fend off about 1% of attacks .

1% wasn’t a lot and to be honest, it was very little . However, in the future, when its grade was increased, would it be able to reach 5%? If it could reach 10%, then he would be satisfied . 10% would be quite an unneglectable existence no matter where it was at .

What made Qing Shui the happiest was that after reading the Puppet Marionette Encyclopedia, he discovered the way to create puppet marionettes . Qing Shui was astonished that the materials required to make the puppet marionettes included the 1,000-year Gloomy Wood .

Another thing was that Qing Shui realized that the puppet marionettes could be used beyond fending off attacks . These were just low quality puppet marionettes . There were higher quality ones, some of which could increase one’s attacking prowess, speed or even those which could be used as a substitute in order to save one’s own life .

It was a pity that Qing Shui wasn’t able to create these puppet marionettes for now . He didn’t have the confidence to do so . He felt very pleased . The puppet marionettes could be used together with the Heavenly Talismans . He was going to pick up everything in the Puppet Marionette Encyclopedia and bring up its grade .

There was no harm in learning more things, with the prerequisite that there was enough time . He might be able to unknowingly attain a breakthrough to the 8th Heavenly Layer . After reaching the 8th grade of the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, he saw the door to reaching the 8th Heavenly Layer but it was a pity that the door was too far away . It was like the clouds in the sky which were very hard to reach .