Seeking immortality in a deceitful way starts by making oneself into a puppet

"Fighting alone, I don't think I have a chance of winning. If the two of us join forces, maybe the situation will be different..."

Chi Xinzi was very calm. Judging from his remarks, the subtext was probably that even if the two of them joined forces, the outcome against the third person would be unknown.

"Yeah?"

He Ping didn't believe it. He thought it was just Chi Xinzi playing tricks.

"But there is one thing I'm curious about. Senior brother, you have never tried to cooperate with a third person in the past."

"If there is such a possibility, I would be willing to do it."

Chi Xinzi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Could it be that that guy thinks he's strong and doesn't bother to cooperate with his senior brother?"

He Ping asked calmly.

"That's not true."

Chi Xinzi frowned and shook his head again.

"That 'person'... I can't describe, nor can I deduce what the other person is thinking... Moreover, the most important point is: the reason why I don't cooperate with him is because I didn't intend to cooperate with him in the first place... Junior Brother He , I can cooperate with you because I know that there is a possibility of cooperation with you. There is always a chance for me and you to reach an agreement on our interests and our thoughts are the same. However, if it is replaced by that 'third person', Hehe, things are different."

He Ping felt a little inexplicable, doubts surged in his heart, and he didn't understand why Chi Xinzi said such things.

(The person who cannot cooperate with him? According to him, it is not that the person relies on his advanced cultivation and cannot even listen to the words of Chi Xinzi... but there is another reason?)

The call on both sides seemed to have been cut off, and Chi Xinzi on the other side seemed to be deep in thought. However, the silence lasted only a moment before Chi Xinzi spoke again.

"Junior brother, we are all human beings. Of course there is the possibility of cooperation. However, what if the other party is not a human being? Then how do you cooperate with something that is not like a 'human'?"

He Ping was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and his quiet heart was disturbed by Chi Xinzi's words.

"not human?"

"Yes, that 'thing' can indeed be regarded as a disciple of the Immortal Puppet Sect. However, it is not a living person, but a puppet. Its appearance is undoubtedly that of a human being, but on the inside it is composed of machines and gears. A puppet made of things spliced ​​together.”

There was an unusually fearful atmosphere in Chi Xinzi's words.

"I can't imagine where Wuyousheng found such a thing. Junior brother, you also know that the puppets refined by our Immortal Puppet Sect are just puppets after all, just like the juggling puppets in the hands of puppeteers in the market. If There is no wire to pull, it is just a dead thing..."

When he said this, he paused for a moment, coughed slightly, and said: "Of course, the Immortal Puppet Sect's puppet refining skills are far beyond ordinary people. Our puppets are driven by spells and souls, and they are ever-changing and powerful. The method, if performed using secret techniques, can also give the puppet a certain 'mind'."

"However, this kind of 'mind' is only a change given by magic. It is not like the human heart, which has seven emotions and six desires, and has deep thoughts and feelings. In addition, even if it is given spirituality through soul refining techniques, it is not the human heart. Knowledge is just a clever means."

"However, that thing, that puppet, is obviously just a puppet, but it is no different from a living person. It does not need anyone to control it and can act according to its own will... It's just that what it thinks, thinks, and does... It is very different from ordinary people and cannot be measured by common sense. Therefore, I cannot cooperate with it. After all, it is not a human being at all."

When He Ping heard this, his brows furrowed and his eyes became darker.

"In other words, the 'third person' is not a living person, but a puppet... Senior brother, how do you want me to believe that there really is such a puppet in this world, and that the other person is also an immortal puppet? The descendant of the door."

Chi Xinzi was silent for a moment and sighed: "Your doubts are reasonable. Even I find it unbelievable. However, when I was serving the old ghost Wuyousheng at the back of the saddle, I heard a story from him. This story is Regarding the origin of our Immortal Puppet Sect, I wonder if you, junior brother, have heard of it?"

"The origin of the Immortal Puppet Sect?"

He Ping's face was filled with questions.

"I met Wuyousheng more than thirty years ago, and was accepted as his disciple. I served him closely. Counting the time, I am almost ten years older... Wuyousheng had an extremely irritable character. He often beats, scolds and scolds me, but occasionally when he is in a good mood and loses his temper, he will patiently teach me some techniques of the Immortal Puppet Sect."

Chi Xinzi narrowed his eyes, as if falling into memories.

"One time, he was in a good mood and chatted with me while drinking. Halfway through the chat, he told me that the first founder of the Immortal Puppet Sect was not a human being, but a doll."

"You said that the first ancestor of our Immortal Puppet Sect is not a human being, but a doll?"

He Ping was shocked.

"At least, that's what Wuyousheng said at the time."

Chi Xinzi paused, and his voice became a little more solemn.

"This first-generation ancestor is an extremely perfect doll. No one knows who made her. The only thing that is known is that she has been a flawless existence from the beginning of her birth. For this reason, the Immortal Puppet Sect's The second generation ancestor fell in love with her and wanted to follow her and become a perfect doll like her.

For this reason, he frantically studied the magic of the Immortal Puppet Sect, and in order to obtain the same body as the first ancestor, he began to capture living people, dismember them and study them, in order to refine himself into an immortal body as perfect as the first ancestor. . "

He Ping also felt a little curious when he heard this.

"Then did he succeed?"

"No one knows this..."

Chi Xinzi shook his head slightly.

"Besides, no one can prove that the story Wuyousheng told is true. However, the Immortal Puppet Sect may have a secret method that we don't know about, and it may be able to turn the puppets into real people."

"Listen to my senior brother, I have been following Wuyousheng for a while. Who is Wuyousheng? What is his cultivation level?"

He Ping thought of this and asked quickly. He remembered that Chi Xinzi said that he had served Wuyousheng for a long time, so he should know the information about Wuyousheng himself.

"I have served that old man for a long time, but I don't know much about him. Wuyousheng is lonely, weird, and moody. As for this man's cultivation, it can only be described as profound and unpredictable, and I can't even detect it..."

Chi Xinzi didn't seem to want to talk more about this, and was extremely afraid of Wuyousheng in his words. Seeing that He Ping could not get more information from him, he turned to ask about the information about the ruins of the Three Yuan Demon Palace. The two talked for a while and decided on cooperation matters.

"Then, in two months, junior brother will go to Niutou Ridge in the West Wilderness Road. When we get there, senior brother, I will meet up with junior brother Li. What do you think?"

"Well, it just so happens that I still have to deal with some chores in Longhe County, so I can make some preparations in two months. Just as you told me, senior brother, I will go to Niutouling for an appointment in two months. "

He Ping replied calmly, and the two of them had officially reached a consensus and decided to explore the ruins of the Water Mansion in the Sanyuan Demon Palace in two months.

After cutting off the contact with the clay doll, he thought for a moment and felt a little strange about the "worry-free students" described by Chi Xinzi. At least the worry-free students he met seemed to have some differences in personality.

"Chixinzi said that Wuyousheng had a violent and changeable personality, and was withdrawn and weird. The Wuyousheng I met was completely different from him. Chixinzi had been in contact with him for ten years, and I got to know him through the dream We have been in contact with Wuyousheng who taught the Dharma for about six years. Could the Wushousheng we two have been in contact with really be the same 'person'?"

A trace of doubt flashed across He Ping's eyes. The news brought to him by Chi Xinzi did not eliminate the mystery of the Immortal Puppet Sect itself, but instead added more puzzling haze to the practice sect.