Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 158

Chapter 158: The Puppet with Intelligence

The first battle concluded with Yun Fan’s victory over Tiger Bone using his spiritual treasure, demonstrating the superiority of spiritual treasures that generate intelligence and causing some die-hard conservatives to consider whether to accept the new spiritual treasures.

The subsequent battles were similar to Yun Fan’s. It was clear that the better the coordination with the spiritual treasure, the greater the power. Even a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with a good relationship with the spiritual treasure could defeat a late-stage cultivator with a poor one.

Ji Zhi smiled and nodded. This was a good start.

After the Foundation Establishment cultivators had been screened, half of the cultivators were eliminated, and then the Golden Core cultivators’ competition began.

“Next up is a match between a disciple of the Wei family from the Great Zhou Dynasty and a disciple of the Luban sect from the Tianyuan Dynasty,”

explained Taoist Tianming. “We can see a Wei disciple taking out a spear, wiping the ground, and placing it. I wonder if it’s an illusion, but it seems this Wei family member takes great care of the spear.”

“…The Wei disciple takes out an incense burner and three incense sticks, places them before the spear, bows three times, inserts the incense sticks into the burner, and kneels on the ground.”

The Wei disciple kneels, unperturbed by anything, and instead shouts, “This unworthy disciple of the Wei family respectfully invites the Spear Master to come!”

The spear moves, seemingly pleased with the Wei disciple’s attitude.

Before the battle even begins, a Luban disciple is bewildered by his opponent’s maneuvering: “Fellow Daoist, what are you doing?”

The Wei family is also a millennia-old family. While they lack a fusion-stage ancestor, they have produced several Spiritual Transformation-stage masters, with four currently extant. Naturally, their spiritual treasures are not inferior.

This spear is a top-grade magical weapon, sufficient for use until the Spiritual Transformation stage.

Of course, the spear couldn’t be used at full strength; it was only allowed to unleash the power of a Jindan stage.

A Wei family disciple explained, “Fellow Daoist, you may not know this. Years ago, the Spear was my grandfather’s weapon. After it gained intelligence, it entered into a gentleman’s agreement with my Wei family: upon my grandfather’s death, it would choose a suitable successor within the Wei family and would never betray them. The Wei family was to treat the Spear with the utmost respect and care.”

The Wei family disciple proudly declared, “The Spear is a special spiritual treasure of our Wei family.”

The Luban Sect disciple clasped his fists. While he didn’t understand the Wei family’s worship of spiritual treasures as if they were ancestors, he still owed them the most basic respect.

“We saw a Luban Sect disciple also bring out his spiritual treasure—a puppet. The Luban Sect’s puppetry is unparalleled, capable of convincing the real thing. Even with divine sense, it’s not always possible to distinguish the real from the fake.”

It was an exquisite puppet, a young woman with black hair and a purple dress. Her features were delicate, and her expression was icy. From the outside, anyone would mistake her for an icy beauty.

“Madam, let’s attack together!” the Luban Sect disciple encouraged the puppet.

The Iceberg Beauty puppet nodded, surprisingly understanding what the Lu Ban Sect disciple had said.

Now it was the Wei Clan disciple’s turn to be confused: “Fellow Daoist, is this your wife?”

The Lu Ban Sect disciple proudly said, “Of course. Ever since my wife gained spiritual intelligence four years ago, she has shared life and fought alongside me. We’ve obtained the consent of our elders to hold our wedding and even enter the bridal chamber. This speaks volumes about our deep bond and how we couldn’t live without each other, right, my lady?”

The Iceberg Beauty puppet’s cheeks were slightly tipsy, a touch shy.

The Wei Clan disciple also clasped his fists. While he didn’t understand the Lu Ban Sect disciple’s idea of treating a spiritual treasure like his wife, he still owed her the most basic respect.

“…” Tianming Daoist was at a loss for words.

In the stands, everyone looked at the Lu Ban Sect leader.

The leader of the Lu Ban Sect explained: “As you all know, our Lu Ban Sect originated from the Tianyuan Dynasty, where intrigues were everywhere, and even parents and wives could not be fully trusted. It happened that the Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal enlightened the spiritual treasure, allowing our puppets to have spiritual intelligence.”

“Our puppets are all trained since childhood and are very emotional. After they have developed spiritual intelligence, they feel even more i*imate. So someone suggested that it would be better to get married so that they would not be afraid of betrayal. As soon as this was said, everyone agreed, so our disciples have all started families, and some people have married many puppets and opened harems.” “

This is actually very good. You can make your wife look like whatever you want. If you like older ones, you can change their style and make their eyes more charming. If you like younger ones, you can change their height. If you like heroic ones, then…”

The Dragon King of the East China Sea became interested: “Do you have any extra puppets? I want to buy one and learn the art of puppetry.”

“I’m also somewhat interested in puppetry,”

Tianming Daoist interjected. “Here’s a free tip for everyone: it was he who suggested getting married.”

The Luban Sect leader ignored him, saying, “We Luban Sect don’t even have enough intelligent puppets for ourselves. I was hoping to meet with Sect Leader Bai Hongtu and ask the Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal to enlighten more puppets. Why isn’t Sect Leader Bai here?”

Everyone then realized that while the six major sects and nine dynasties had all sent representatives to observe the conference, only the Dao Sect, the Fashen Sect, and the Tianyuan Dynasty hadn’t come.

Ji Zhi pondered, these factions seemed to have one thing in common: they all underwent tribulation…

“Ah, Ji Zhi, could it be that you forgot to invite them?” Jiang Li asked first.

Ji Zhi frowned. “How could that be? I definitely sent out invitations.”

“That’s strange. Why didn’t they send anyone?” Jiang Li lowered his head in thought.

Ji Zhi’s thoughts were interrupted, and he stopped thinking.

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Look at you, the Tianyuan Dynasty! How cruel! There’s no trust between people! You’ve even forced the Luban Sect to marry a puppet.” Below the stage, Nascent Soul cultivator Bai Hongtu rebuked another Nascent Soul cultivator, Yu Yin.

“Can you blame me for this?”

The Sword Lord pondered, “The thinking of cultivators in this era truly is different from ours.”

“No, no, no, times haven’t changed. The Luban Sect is a special case,” Li Er quickly denied.

The Sword Lord was also very interested in Li Er. He had survived the immortal tribulation. If the Immortal Ladder hadn’t disappeared, he would have achieved immortality too.

“Daoist Li Er, I wonder what it felt like to have survived the Immortal Ladder?”

Seeing the Sword Lord ask this, Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin stopped arguing.

“It’s difficult, too difficult. I was lucky to get through it.” Li Er sighed, “And the second calamity of becoming an immortal is even stronger than the first one. I definitely can’t make it through. Probably only ruthless people like Commander Liu and Xumi Buddha can make it through. I don’t know how Emperor Jiang Renhuang made it through fifteen times.”

The first calamity of becoming an immortal is a test for cultivators. After passing it, they can become immortals.

If you don’t go to the Immortal Realm, a second Immortal Tribulation will befall you. It won’t be a test, but a urging to get you to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible.

Commander Liu has gone through two Immortal Tribulations, and Old Buddha Xumi has gone through three, which shows how powerful they are.

But what surprised Li Er was that the Immortal Tribulations were separated by a long period of time. Old Buddha Xumi lived for more than nine thousand years and only encountered them three times. He didn’t know how Emperor Jiang Ren could attract so many.

…

“In the name of my grandfather, Master Spear, go ahead!”

“My wife, our friendship is stronger than gold, and its sharpness can cut through gold!”

A Hundred Battles spear and a puppet fought in a group. The cultivators of both sides waved flags to cheer, while their golden elixirs were circulating, and spiritual energy continued. Various mysterious magical powers emerged one after another, which was eye-opening.

“…” Taoist Tianming didn’t speak for a long time.

Before the conference started, Taoist Tianming thought that commentating on the competition between low- and middle-level cultivators was easy, and he had seen all kinds of scenes.

He really had never seen this scene.

(End of this chapter)