Chapter 703: Chapter 331: Upgrading the Puppet Array; News of Hongyi

“With the current state of the Wood Spirit Avatar, I’m afraid even an ordinary Mid-Stage Nascent Soul giant would find it difficult to distinguish it from the real one!”

Since the Wood Spirit Avatar’s mastery reached a breakthrough and became adept, it has become increasingly beneficial to Xu Ping.

Not only can it independently refine Third-rank Top-grade Puppets, but it also no longer needs to stay in the Spiritual Spring Eye for a long time.

As usual, Xu Ping focused his mind and opened the proficiency panel.

[Wood Spirit Avatar Adept: 917/1600]

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“Still more than six hundred points of proficiency to go; at the current rate, it’ll likely take decades to reach Perfection.”

Staring at the numbers on the panel, Xu Ping couldn’t help but ponder silently.

Although reaching Perfection will take quite a while, he is not anxious.

After all, once the Wood Spirit Avatar reaches Perfection, it will become a perfect stand-in, possessing one hundred percent of Xu Ping’s mana.

By then, the Wood Spirit Avatar will truly realize its greatest value and power.

It will no longer just be a support tool or substitute, but a true avatar of Xu Ping.

“However, to wield its utmost combat power, it naturally cannot be left barehanded.” Xu Ping’s eyes were deep as he contemplated future plans.

Though the Wood Spirit Avatar is powerful, it still requires suitable Spirit Treasures or other artifacts to unleash its full potential.

According to Xu Ping, the most suited for the Wood Spirit Avatar is indeed a Sword Array.

After all, no matter how much the Wood Spirit Avatar and the main body resemble each other, it ultimately has no flesh and blood body, unable to be driven by the blood force like the Puppet Array.

The Wood Spirit Avatar is more suited to controlling those artifact systems guided by Spiritual Power, and the Sword Array perfectly fits this trait.

But the current power of the Sword Array falls short of Xu Ping’s expectations.

At present, the Sword Array, composed of seventy-two top-grade magical treasures, is far too weak, only reaching the threshold of the Nascent Soul, which is far from his expectations.

According to Xu Ping’s plan, this Sword Array must reach at least the power of Peak Early-stage Nascent Soul to be considered qualified.

In this way, the main body and the avatar can cooperate; one controlling the Puppet Array, the other leading the Sword Array. Two completely different combat systems working in tandem will undoubtedly exert unimaginable combat power.

“It’s just that all the spell swords are already top-grade magical treasures, and the materials needed for further upgrades are too rare.”

Thinking of this, Xu Ping’s brow slightly furrowed, feeling a bit of a headache.

Advancing from top-grade magical treasures to semi-spirit treasures or even true spirit treasures is nearly a fantasy, almost impossible to achieve.

Even the top sects that have been around for thousands of years would struggle to produce so many semi-spirit treasure-level materials, let alone Xu Ping alone.

“Perhaps… I could reforge the Sword Array!”

This thought suddenly flashed across Xu Ping’s mind.

His gaze instinctively fell on the Flame Prison Purple Wood, absorbing Spiritual Qi and growing.

This purple wood is crystal clear, with circulating hot fire energy, showing extraordinary spirituality.

“If used to refine spell swords, the power of the Sword Array is likely to be astonishing,” Xu Ping couldn’t help but feel excited.

Moreover, he could slightly modify the Sword Array and incorporate his Lifebound Magical Treasure into it.

After all, his Lifebound Magical Treasure was also refined from the same Flame Prison Purple Wood, naturally sharing the same source with these newly forged spell swords, guaranteeing perfect compatibility.

Given Xu Ping’s current insight, cultivation level, and the assistance of the proficiency panel, the difficulty of improving the Sword Array is not great.

“However, I must not rashly attempt it now; everything should wait until I achieve the Nascent Soul first.”

Xu Ping eventually restrained his inner anticipation, with a hint of rational restraint appearing on his face.

Ripening the Flame Prison Purple Wood to a millennium state consumes a lot of lifespan, and attempting it now would undoubtedly adversely affect his impending Nascent Soul breakthrough.

For the sake of caution, this matter should be reconsidered once he steps into the Nascent Soul Realm.

Besides, a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s Divine Sense and mana are significantly stronger, thus enhancing the success rate and quality of refining magical treasures, which is more conducive to forging a high-quality Sword Array.

…

Time flowed like water. In the blink of an eye, half a year quietly passed by.

On this day, Xu Ping sat cross-legged in his secret chamber, surrounded by swirling spiritual light, immersed in cultivation.

At this moment, a stream of light suddenly flew in from outside the cave, heading straight for Xu Ping, interrupting his cultivation.

Xu Ping slowly opened his eyes, a flash of brightness flickering within them.

He reached out, and a trace of gentle Spiritual Power emitted from his fingertips, effortlessly catching the stream of light.

The stream of light faded, revealing a delicate Sound Transmission Talisman, accompanied by a letter tightly sealed with a Secret Technique.

“Elder Yan, this is a secret message delivered to you from the Dan Yun City station!” Xie Lu’s crisp voice transmitted from the Sound Transmission Talisman.

“Hongyi?”

Upon hearing this, Xu Ping’s eyes immediately lit up, instantly connecting to Hongyi.

This was the message he had been waiting for years!

Has Hongyi finally emerged from that mysterious ancient realm?

Immediately, he employed a Secret Technique to open the letter.

Indeed, it was a secret message from Hongyi!

The letter mentioned that he had exited the ancient secret realm, gaining immense benefits.

However, he still needed to address a few matters and would arrive at the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons in two years.

“Two years, huh!”

Xu Ping nodded slightly.

This amount of time was nothing to him.

So he shall patiently wait.

…

Two years flew by like sand through fingers.

Deep in the underground secret chamber of Celestial Cyan Peak, faint blue spiritual light gently turned, as Xu Ping sat cross-legged on a jade lotus platform, the elusive patterns of the Dao slowly gathering around him.

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