Chapter 261

Chapter 260 Puppetry Runes

It was too late, so Xu Changqing didn’t go up to disturb them.

Withdrawing his envious gaze, he continued to ride the large-leafed grass, flying back home at an extremely fast speed.

Before long, you can see a two-story stone house and a one-story earthen house standing there.

And there are poplar trees that are over five meters tall.

During the day, it just appears to be lush and very tall.

At night, especially when observed from a distance, one can see a faint fluorescence seeping through the dark branches and leaves. When the wind blows through the leaves, the rubbing sound is no longer the rustling sound of the daytime. It seems that the trailing sound carries a subtle hum, and it may be an illusion.

It inexplicably exuded a chilling aura.

As we got closer, we saw the fortress standing motionless below.

Its entire body is covered with lush green buds.

It exudes a sense of “new life” inside and out.

Compared to its previous appearance, it looks completely different.

Sensing someone approaching, the fortress’s eyes glowed with an eerie green light.

After discovering it was Xu Changqing, they stopped taking any further action or behavior.

If it is a stranger, it will question the other party according to the previously given instructions, and may even drive them away.

The order was given after Pei Mo had taken the drinks and left.

Although Xu Changqing was very tolerant of those around him.

But I don’t like coming home to find someone already there.

I felt a little uncomfortable.

Of course, except for Sister Fish!

Xu Changqing controlled the large-leafed grass to land, then looked at the fortress in front of him.

In the room of the core management office, I saw many things I had never seen before.

Especially… the Spirit Plant Puppet Technique.

Actually, he had felt something was off about the fortress before.

However, the puppeteers are not well understood, so they remain in a state of suspicion.

Based on the knowledge we have acquired and the information we have collected, there is no evidence to suggest that the puppet could undergo such a significant change due to a poplar tree, so this is an abnormal situation.

Xu Changqing strongly suspected that the puppet that his senior brother Chu gave him was actually a spirit plant puppet.

Given their relationship, the other party would never do anything bad.

That leaves only one possibility: Chu Qiu was also unaware of the situation.

Even Zhao Qianyun, who organized the Thousand Sails Race in Xuanxin City, probably doesn’t understand.

If the fortress is indeed a spirit plant puppet, then whoever sent it out must have had ill intentions.

Xu Changqing released his spiritual sense again to scan it more thoroughly.

Within the fortress, there was also a cluster of wood-elemental energy identical to that of the poplar tree.

There doesn’t seem to be any problem.

Xu Changqing stepped forward and called out, “Fortress!”

“Yes, Master!” it responded quickly.

Xu Changqing then asked, “You follow all my instructions, right?”

The fortress affirmed, “Yes, Master!”

Xu Changqing immediately said, “Very well, then kill yourself!”

If it is a puppet, it will not hesitate or pause at all, but will do so immediately.

It has no thoughts; it only acts according to instructions.

In contrast, spirit plant puppets, because their core stores the souls of humans or demonic beasts, will instinctively resist or even rebel upon hearing such commands.

Sure enough, the fortress hesitated for a moment after hearing the command, and the green light in its eyes turned cold.

The next second, it waved its hands.

It wasn’t resistance, but rather… self-harm.

This surprised Xu Changqing somewhat.

Bang, bang, bang—the sounds rang out one after another.

It woke up the sleeping birds on the other side, including Wangwang, Guinea fowl, and Fire Crow.

After a series of attacks, most of the lush green shoots on the fortress were lost.

Especially around the chest area, there was a very obvious crack.

Xu Changqing’s gaze penetrated, revealing what was hidden behind the green aura.

“It can be confirmed that the fortress is indeed a spirit plant puppet!”

“However, it’s not what I imagined.”

“It didn’t resist?”

Strange as it was, Xu Changqing did not try to stop it.

According to the records in the Spirit Plant Forbidden Records, all spirit plant puppets have puppetry runes inscribed at their core.

This rune is very advanced; if I were to use it, I might be able to create my own puppet.

Thud!

With one of its arms fallen to the ground, the fortress could only continue to “mutilate itself” with its other arm.

Click!

The cracks on his body grew larger and larger, gradually spreading out onto the ground.

One piece in the east, one piece in the west.

It looks disorganized and in disarray.

Only when a large hole appeared in its chest, revealing what was behind the green mist, did Xu Changqing speak again: “Stop.”

Fortress’s voice was much weaker: “Yes, Master!”

Xu Changqing released his spiritual sense, penetrating inch by inch through the hole in its chest, carefully examining its internal structure.

The internal texture is intricate and complex, like a tangled mess.

Suddenly, he felt a sense of crisis.

It seemed that if things continued like this, something very dangerous would happen.

Xu Changqing smiled confidently: “Others may be afraid, but I…”

The accompanying blue lotus is summoned!

The blood-absorbing gourd flew out!

Wood Spirit Homecoming Ring activated!

Mystic Wood Golden Body Technique maxed out!

His left hand was even holding a fully upgraded Fiery Sun Finger!

Without any hesitation, he then probed deeper with his spiritual sense once again.

They quickly discovered a slightly raised “tree burl”.

The burl is dark brown, with fine cracks covering its surface, from which a faint red glow shines through.

Unsurprisingly, it is the core of the fortress’s spiritual plant.

It seems that the person who created this spirit plant puppet chose a tree.

Because of what it looked like before refining, it will retain some of its original appearance after refining.

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This allows us to determine what it looked like before.

The so-called core is more like the human brain.

All its actions, including its thoughts, must first pass through here before it reacts.

Faintly, Xu Changqing sensed a faint fluctuation of negative energy emanating from the tree burl.

Clearly, the soul of someone or some monster is imprisoned inside.

But he doesn’t plan to release him now.

Doing this will damage the burl, causing the puppeteer runes on it to disappear.

Xu Changqing was very interested in this rune and naturally didn’t want to miss it.

However, the Puppetry rune truly lives up to its reputation as a high-level rune.

Its complexity is such that even spiritual consciousness cannot easily imprint it.

It took a while to get it done.

The puppetry runes are extremely mysterious, obscure, complex, and difficult to understand.

Even if it were a high-level talisman master like Bai Xiaotian, the success rate would probably be less than 10%.

After confirming that he had memorized it, Xu Changqing withdrew his spiritual sense and then activated the Azure Lotus Creation Technique, activating the wood elemental power in his dantian to cover the damaged fortress all over his body.

Soon, the damaged parts were repaired one by one.

Once it reformed, he inhaled through the air.

Refine all the green energy inside the fortress.

After losing its energy, it gradually shrinks until it returns to its original small size.

Xu Changqing picked up the fortress from the ground, examining it as he said, “I’ll decide what to do with you after I’ve finished studying the puppetry runes.”

Ultimately, it was about destroying the tree tumor and releasing the divine soul imprisoned within.

Or perhaps the danger should be erased, and the place should be transformed back into an honest and steadfast fortress.

Everything depends on the final research results.

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