Chapter 238: Chapter 169: Special Intelligence_2

During travel time or leisure moments, Li Mu refined all the Tier Four Soul Wood Hearts into Puppet Source Cores, numbering over a thousand. Next, he just needs to refine a thousand Tier Five Star Wood Puppet bodies to assemble the puppet army.

Thinking of this, Li Mu’s heart stirred excitedly, eager to start.

Carving a Star Wood Combat Puppet body takes about half an hour, and refining a thousand Star Wood Puppet bodies won’t take too much time.

After refining the combat puppet bodies, the leftover scraps can be used to refine many self-destructive spider puppets. Ordinary second or third-tier spirit talismans pose no threat to Nascent Soul Cultivators, so when the time comes, the tier of self-destructive talismans needs to be raised, equipping the self-destructive spider puppets with some high-tier Thunder Talismans and Fire Talismans.

Tsk, tsk, tsk! Once this batch of combat puppet army is refined, there’s another ace up the sleeve.

Li Mu gets excited and quickly begins action, diving into the refining of Star Wood Combat Puppet bodies, obsessively carving puppet patterns on pieces of Star Wood in the secret room of the Li Family Courtyard.

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Time flies, and seven days passed in a blink.

Li Mu, with a face full of fatigue, leaves the Li Family Courtyard, heading to Celestial Secret Pavilion to purchase a batch of supplies.

In these days, Li Mu worked tirelessly, refining a large batch of Star Wood Combat Puppets, while also ensuring the refinement of self-destructive spider puppets.

Next, Li Mu plans to draw a batch of high-tier spirit talismans for the self-destructive spider puppets, however, he lacks the talisman paper for drawing fourth and fifth-tier Thunder Talismans, and Fire Talismans.

Li Mu has no choice but to head out, going to Celestial Secret Pavilion to procure a batch of high-tier talisman paper, or the corpses of high-tier Thunder Element or Fire Element Demon Beasts to produce talisman paper himself.

To prevent revealing the identity of ’Master Ye’ at Celestial Secret Pavilion, Li Mu dons a black magic robe and intentionally changes the appearance of the Spirit Fox Mask to adopt the guise of ’Old Man Zhang’, using Reversing Breath and Changing Era to recover his Junior Nascent Soul Cultivation.

Soon, Li Mu, in disguise, arrives at the entrance of Celestial Secret Pavilion.

Inside Celestial Secret Pavilion, the tea salon hall is bustling with noise, with dozens of tea tables filled with tea guests, almost none absent.

Behind a redwood lecture desk in the center of the hall, the Tea Master, as usual, talks fervently, narrating the current hot topics.

“Next, this piece of news, I believe all of you here will be interested in. Have you heard of the Ancient Abyss Battlefield?”

“Some friends here might be too young to have heard of the Ancient Abyss Battlefield, so I’ll give a brief introduction. The Ancient Abyss Battlefield is located at the center of the Ten Thousand Beasts Wilderness Mountain, where there’s an Ancient Abyssal Plain. Ten thousand years ago, a great war occurred between our Human Race and the Demon Race, with the Ancient Abyssal Plain being the most brutal battlefield. The victory in that war is what allowed our Human Race to establish a foothold in the Southern Spirit Realm, ….. .”

“Nowadays, the Ancient Abyss Battlefield has been reclaimed by the Demon Race. However, it remains the fiercest battleground where our Human Race and the Demon Race clash continuously, costing the lives of countless outstanding cultivators from our Human Race, while also making many sects vanish from this place, ….. . Under the leadership of Celestial Profound Sword Sect, the Five Sects united in pioneering to seize the Ancient Abyss Battlefield….. .”

“…”

The Tea Master continued narrating the conquests occurring at the Ancient Abyss Battlefield, drawing the attention of countless tea guests, keen to catch every exciting detail.

Li Mu was not particularly interested in these sect wars, and instead, walked straight to the reception maid, who led him towards the Celestial Secret Room on the second floor where intelligence was sold.

“Venerable, please have a cup of Spirit Tea and wait a moment. The Celestial Secret Master you wish to meet is currently attending someone!” The maid led Li Mu to a side hall to wait, then returned with a steaming cup of Spirit Tea, handing it to Li Mu with respect and explaining.

Li Mu nodded, accepted the Spirit Tea from the maid, brought it to his lips to taste, and waited patiently.

Li Mu was meeting with the Celestial Secret Master – Shi Hongyao, but unfortunately, she was entertaining guests and it was uncertain how long the wait would be.

Inside the Celestial Secret Chamber.

Shi Hongyao, with eyes slightly closed, was communicating with the Celestial Secret Pavilion’s treasured Celestial Secret Mirror, retrieving the intelligence that the opposite party purchased.

Venerable Lin Hai was sitting opposite Shi Hongyao, patiently waiting for her response.

“Elder Lin, the intelligence you sought has been obtained, but this person is skilled in disguises with multiple identities, so the intelligence is not entirely precise.” Shi Hongyao opened her eyes, ending her communication with Celestial Secret Mirror, and indicated to Venerable Lin Hai.

“Hmm! As long as the target is found, quickly give me his intelligence!” Venerable Lin Hai said with joy, urging.

To obtain this intelligence, Venerable Lin Hai had expended a large portion of his wealth, but the Celestial Secret Pavilion truly excelled in intelligence gathering, indeed having tracked down the cultivator who killed Venerable Tianyun.

“Alright!” Shi Hongyao nodded gladly and picked up a pen to write on the xuan paper on the table.

“The person’s characteristics: Five Elements gathered, possessing Nascent Soul Cultivation, skilled in using the Five Elements Sword Array, with formidable combat prowess, capable of transcending tiers to defeat Divinity Transformation Cultivators. During battle with Venerable Tianyun, he used the One Mountain Seal Magical Treasure and a Thunder Element Magical Treasure, exhibiting decisive slaughter and cautious character. Currently, his whereabouts are unknown.”

“The person who most closely matches these characteristics is: Qing Xuan Sect’s Artifact Refining Elder – Li Mu, simultaneously he is also the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s Artifact Refining Honored Guest Elder; moreover, another identity: Jianchen, and what other identities he has cannot be determined.”

“This individual’s actions are extremely cautious and low-key, hidden within Qing Xuan Sect for nearly a hundred years; none within the sect know his true cultivation level. He is skilled in Artifact Refining, arranging sword arrays, and the Dao of Puppetry. Only upon the Nine Demons Sect’s attack on Qing Xuan Sect did this person, with the talent of bone age of a hundred years, advance to Nascent Soul, successfully crossing the nine times nine Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation.”

“After crossing the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation, this person alone engaged fiercely with Tian Jue Demon Venerable, with strength almost equally matched, battling for nearly a quarter-hour, preventing Venerable Qingyun from intervening to assist. With one Thousand Swords Array Decision, he successfully annihilated Tian Jue Demon Venerable’s Dharma Body, thwarting the Nine Demons Sect’s attempt to invade Qing Xuan Sect.”

“At Golden Core Cultivation, this person allegedly assumed the identity ’Jianchen’ to battle against nine, eradicating several Nascent Soul Demon Monarchs from Nine Demons Sect, including Blood Shadow Demon Monarch, White Bone Demon Monarch, Tian Si Demon Monarch, ….. , among nine Demon Monarchs, rescuing five Nascent Soul True Monarchs from Qing Xuan Sect.”

“During Golden Core Cultivation before crossing the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation, this person reportedly stole something from Mountain and River Sect’s Venerable Huo Tian and was pursued for decades by Venerable Huo Tian. However, due to his cautious nature and his expertise in disguising and hiding, he was never discovered by Venerable Huo Tian, ….. .”

“After advancing to Nascent Soul, defeating Tian Jue Demon Venerable, his true cultivation was revealed, then decisively left Qing Xuan Sect, heading straight to Huanlang Spirit Mountain. From the time, combat strength, and characteristics, this person is the one who engaged in battle with Venerable Tianyun and successfully killed Venerable Tianyun.”

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Shi Hongyao wrote down Li Mu’s intelligence while explaining it in detail to Venerable Lin Hai.

A sheet of xuan paper filled with intelligence information detailed with examples, estimates, analyses, projections, …, collecting intelligence across various aspects, practically analyzing the target’s intelligence information thoroughly and clearly.

If Li Mu waiting outside in the resting room saw this intelligence, he would certainly be terrified, as Celestial Secret Pavilion almost stripped him bare, exposing his carefully hidden abilities and information on the intelligence paper.

Shi Hongyao handed the densely written intelligence paper to Venerable Lin Hai with a smile, indicating: “Elder Lin, this is indeed the culprit responsible for Venerable Tianyun’s death. Please take a look.”

Venerable Lin Hai received the intelligence paper with a somber expression as if handing a hot potato.

Previously, it was thought that Venerable Tianyun underestimated his opponent, being negligent and killed by a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, little knowing that this Nascent Soul cultivator is simply a monster! Able to single-handedly confront nine Nascent Soul True Monarchs at Golden Core Cultivation.

Even with a hundred-year bone age, he crossed the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation and, after successfully crossing, could equally match the strength of the seasoned Divinity Transformation Cultivator – Tian Jue Demon Venerable.

Venerable Tianyun died at this guy’s hand, not from carelessness, but from fighting valiantly, resulting in his demise.

Tianyan Divine Monarch’s Grotto Heaven Spiritual Treasure was obtained by this monster; can they reclaim it?

Thinking of this, Venerable Lin Hai’s face became as dark as the bottom of a pot, feeling an unprecedented sense of powerlessness facing such a monster.

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