bestfiction Chapter 428
Chapter 428
Entering the merit point redemption area is not difficult, but it is troublesome because Miss Yao does not have identification.
Fortunately, to outsiders, Zhong Ming, a mere ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator, was carefully pushing someone who was wearing a precious mid-grade spiritual artifact, the scale armor, indicating that he must be a powerful Foundation Establishment cultivator. Therefore, no one came to cause trouble.
Zhong Ming stood at the door and looked around. He immediately took a liking to someone.
Redeeming military merit points is a troublesome process, especially when you're short on them. These points are non-transferable, so the most common people you see at the gate are people buying military merit points on your behalf.
You give him spirit stones, and he uses his military merit points to buy you things or connect with his network of contacts.
Zhong Ming leaned over, and the two hit it off immediately, shaking hands warmly.
The man's wide-sleeved robe completely covered both of their hands.
He held up three fingers. (30% commission)
Zhong Ming frowned, held up two fingers, and looked to the other side. (No, 20% is too much. That's the rule of the underworld. If it doesn't work, I'll go ask the people over there.)
He grabbed Zhong Ming's fingers and shook them vigorously up and down, a broad smile on his face. (Deal made)
They quickly found a small teahouse, booked a private room, and began discussing the specifics.
"Young man, do you have a target in mind, or are you going to investigate on-site?"
"Inspect on site."
"Okay, boss, bring me a pot of Jianchun tea."
The owner was prepared and brought out a pot of expensive tea.
According to the unwritten rules of the underworld, this teahouse is run by them, and Zhong Ming pays the bill. If Zhong Ming already has a target and wants someone to go in and buy it, then a few bowls of the cheapest barley tea will suffice. If he wants to hire someone to pick out something, then it will be more expensive.
"Hey sir, what do you want?" He seemed to be asking Zhong Ming, but his eyes kept glancing at "her" in the wheelchair out of the corner of his eye.
"It's obvious," Zhong Ming was just a mouthpiece; the person in the wheelchair was the real person.
"I need to create a clone, buy a cultivation technique, and find one that's expensive for the Qi Refining stage, or one that I can start cultivating right after entering the Foundation Establishment stage. Ideally, the clone's rank should be at the same level as my original body."
"Oh, guest, that's quite a handful." His eyes darted around as he considered several keywords: "cloning technique" and "same level of cultivation."
Looking at Zhong Ming again, his eyes seemed a little off.
'This ugly man isn't a clone, is he? So many knife scars on his face; looks like he's taken a lot of hits for his master. Cultivation level... cultivation level... oh~~ it's the main body that broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage and is starting to find the Qi Refining stage clone useless, so he's here to find a way to help the clone break through.'
He looked at it more closely, and the more he looked, the more it resembled it.
'This clone probably isn't from a legitimate background. Did it kill a comrade? Unlikely. More likely, it stole a body cultivator's corpse and came looking for a proxy. Good people are few and far between.'
Because the salary issued by the dynasty is military merit points, which can be exchanged for spirit stones at any time. In other words, normally you can exchange as many spirit stones as you need for cultivation. If a person has a large number of spirit stones, there is only one possibility, except that an extra zero was entered when exchanging them.
A horse won't get fat without night grass; this means they've made a fortune, most likely by searching for a corpse.
“Okay, I’ll inform my people right away.” He was also straightforward, showing off a red maple leaf-shaped jade pendant to prove that he was an agent of a large store, then wrote a letter, casually tossed it aside, and the letter burned on the spot.
This is a very rare method of information transmission because the transmission distance is extremely short.
In another small corner near the merit point exchange area, a thin man, looking utterly bored, was idly drawing circles on the ground with his foot when suddenly he jolted and bounced back.
He quickly pulled a piece of scalding hot paper from his sleeve; the burning writing on it was clear and neat.
"Come and live."
Time passed slowly, and after a few cups of spring tea, Zhong Ming received a message. Unlike the previous message which had been sent with a few strong and powerful characters, the reply was written in dense, tiny characters, which hurt the eyes at first glance.
"Come and take a look."
Several different clone spells were written on the paper.
"Copper Ball Soldiers" is derived from the top-tier spell "Scattering Beans to Form Soldiers." Compared to the original emphasis on puppetry, "Copper Ball Soldiers" places more emphasis on the control of a single entity, focusing on the concept of refining metal clones. Copper balls can be large or small, and clones can range from tiny figures to giants over ten meters tall. They can be refined a second time to improve their level, requiring the use of divine sense for control. Note: Large copper ball soldiers are extremely expensive to produce, and storage stones are required during the refining process.
"The Three Shadows" is derived from the top-tier spell "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones." The clones can disguise themselves as shadows, hiding in small, shadowy areas. However, it consumes excessive spiritual energy and requires constant maintenance, resulting in limited combat power. It is not recommended for cultivators who haven't practiced techniques to expand their dantian. Note: Spiritual energy is directly controlled; the combat range is within several hundred feet.
The "Corpse-Raising Technique" is a fragment from the Corpse-Driving lineage. It has been proven feasible through numerous experiments. It requires soaking the corpse in various precious medicinal liquids, followed by having a separate spirit enter the body. It is recommended to use a body cultivator, as the technique is incomplete and the use of the clone's supernatural powers is not smooth.
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The man confidently recommended the "Method of Reviving the Corpse" to Zhong Ming, but Zhong Ming didn't even flinch.
The "Divine Weapon Mastery" technique is derived from multiple war puppets. It uses the method of splitting the spirit to control the armor-type puppets more smoothly. However, a physical body is still needed inside the armor to support the split spirit. The location of the physical body and the split spirit can be freely chosen. Injuries or deaths of the physical body inside the armor will reduce the split spirit's control over the armor.
“That’s good.” Zhong Ming pointed to it.
For him, the point of "free accommodation" is very important. When a normal person encounters a heavily armored warrior, if he shoots through his head and pierces his heart, he will probably think that the warrior is dead and leave. If I put the control center of my distraction on my butt, wouldn't I be able to take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack?
"What are the requirements for being distracted?"
"Of course, it starts with Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. Brother, don't joke around. Qi Refining stage cultivators can't separate their souls, they don't even have divine sense. They should just stick to using paper doll clones, which are called clones but are actually puppet-like techniques."
He took a sip of tea. Sometimes this was torture. It was a shop run by his colleague, and every time he discussed business, he had to drink this extremely poor quality tea. Even though the majority of his profits came from my transactions, couldn't you at least use something better?
Zhong Ming added, "What I mean is, are techniques for distracting the mind also included in this puppetry technique?"
"Of course, over a thousand military merit points, how could it not be a good thing?"
Zhong Ming almost spat out a mouthful of tea in his face at those words.
"How much? More than a thousand military merit points? That's worth a spiritual weapon."
"Yes, that's the price for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators."
He saw Zhong Ming, the "puppet," silently turn his head to look at his "master," while the gray-white scaled man simply picked up his pipe and tapped it on the armrest of his wheelchair.
"Ok?"
No spirit stones were produced?
Zhong Ming thought she had refused.
Unexpectedly, in the next instant, a spirit stone rolled out, radiating a terrifying aura of spiritual power.
Top-grade spirit stone!