Chapter 354: Blood Spirit Pearl Method For Collecting Essence Blood! Formation Puppet Complete!
【Detection has discovered a kind of special metal. This metal seems to be very effective for the refinement and upgrading of puppets, and perhaps it can be used for the upgrade of the Demonic Path Puppet!】
When Chen Han received this game prompt, he subconsciously looked to one side. When he got out of the car, there had already been someone walking toward him, who had originally been standing in front of an escort vehicle.
The other party carried a killing intent on him, something he had sensed before on those warriors back in the capital city.
With such a situation, the other party’s identity was obvious.
That person came up to Chen Han, took out a document in a strictly businesslike manner, and said, “Chen Family Head, we are ordered to escort 1-r41 metal to you. Please sign for it.”
Chen Han had long guessed the other party’s identity and followed him over to the escort vehicle.
Minister Ma’s speed was truly impressive. This special metal had actually arrived by the time he reached the Chen Clan.
This also showed that Minister Ma had put care into this.
The key was that when the escort vehicle was opened, the quantity of 1-R41 metal inside was considerable, definitely enough to meet the upgrade requirements of the Demonic Path Puppet.
Perhaps because this metal was really very expensive, there were actually four fully armed warriors in the escort vehicle.
Chen Han had no intention of exposing the game warehouse in front of these outsiders, so he took out his mobile phone and called Uncle Dagou, asking him to bring people from the Demon Subduing Hall over to transport this metal.
Chen Dagou soon arrived with people from the Demon Subduing Hall and asked, “Xiao Han, what needs to be moved?”
Chen Han directly instructed, “Uncle Dagou, move this metal to the third floor of the Affairs Hall.”
Chen Dagou understood that this metal should be moved into the Family Cave Mansion and did not ask more, simply ordering people to start carrying it.
The truckload of i-r41 metal was quickly moved.
Chen Han also signed on the document and handed it back.
The other party did not say much, nodded to him, and got back into the escort vehicle.
Soon after, the escort vehicle started up and left the Chen Clan.
Some tourists were attracted by this escort vehicle, but no one knew what it was transporting.
After entering the Chen Clan, Chen Han first went back to his own room and took a good shower. After all, he had taken airplane, high-speed train, and taxi along the way, and needed to refresh himself.
Only then did he head to the Affairs Hall.
Reaching the third floor, he did not see the i-r41 metal, so Uncle Dagou had obviously moved it into the Family Cave Mansion.
Sure enough, once inside the cave mansion, he could see at a glance that small pile of i-r41 metal, but Uncle Dagou was no longer there and was likely busy with other matters.
Chen Han walked to that pile of i-r41 metal and then checked the Demonic Path Puppet’s panel information:
Demonic Path Puppet: level
Low-level skill infused: 《Tai Xu Chasing Wind Leg》.
Upgrade conditions: 100,000 wish power. Sufficient special metal. Condense Blood Spirit Pearl. （The heart of the Demonic Path Puppet is formed from grievance energy condensation. To stimulate its power, it is necessary to absorb the essence blood of ten thousand people to condense a Blood Spirit Pearl and fuse it into it. The Blood Spirit Pearl has not yet been condensed!）
He looked at the Demonic Path Puppet standing on the stone platform. With a thought, he controlled it to walk over to that pile of i-r41 metal.
He tried it and received a game prompt:
【The current Demonic Path Puppet does not meet the upgrade conditions. Please condense the Blood Spirit Pearl as soon as possible in order to raise the Demonic Path Puppet’s level!】
Seeing this prompt, Chen Han’s brows furrowed slightly.
When playing a game to create a treasure, and that treasure requires collecting materials, what situation is the most infuriating after you have worked hard to gather them?
It is when only the last material is missing and you simply cannot get it.
His mood now was exactly like this. The conditions of 100,000 wish power and sufficient special metal had been met; only the Blood Spirit Pearl was lacking.
But that required the essence blood of ten thousand people. He could not really go and kill ten thousand people to get their essence blood, could he?
If only this condition could be like Honor of Kings before, where killing in the game could collect grievance energy.
“Give it a try?” Chen Han muttered to himself, exited the Family Cave Mansion, returned to the courtyard, took out his mobile phone, and searched online for a relatively bloody game, then logged in and started playing.
Since he needed to collect essence blood, it definitely had to be a more bloody game; how could he collect essence blood without seeing blood?
But after playing this bloody game for quite a while, he did not gain anything.
Unwilling to accept this, he switched to two more games, both extremely bloody, but even after slaughtering for so long, he still did not get any gains, which made him very disappointed.
It seemed this approach really would not work.
Last time, grievance energy could indeed be explained that way, but collecting essence blood inside a game could not be explained.
Using such a method truly was not viable.
But in that case, this condition was somewhat difficult.
Just then, he suddenly heard a commotion from outside, as if something had happened.
Key point: in the next moment, he froze.
Because a game prompt suddenly appeared in his mind:
【Congratulations, you have collected 1 point of essence blood. Blood Spirit Pearl condensation progress: （1/10000）】
“????” Chen Han was clearly stunned.
Had someone outside just killed a person?
Otherwise, how had 1 point of essence blood suddenly been provided?
He hurriedly got up. If there had been a murder in the Chen Clan, that would be troublesome.
Once outside, he saw a group of Chen Clan members supporting someone as they headed in a sorry state toward the infirmary.
These people seemed to be from the Work Hall.
One of them had an injured hand, the wound clearly not light. Blood was spurting wildly, and as they walked, they left quite a lot of blood on the ground.
Chen Han understood. This was the reason essence blood had been collected.
His expression suddenly turned to joy.
In that case, there was no need to kill people?
Indeed, who had said it must be killing to extract essence blood?
Could the blood flowing from someone’s injury not contain essence blood?
Judging from the amount of blood this clan member had lost, two units of blood bags should be enough to refine 1 unit of essence blood.
In that case, 20,000 blood bags would be enough.
He had come up with a method.
That was to purchase blood bags.
But this involved another problem: the quantity of 20,000 blood bags was too large.
The key point was that purchasing blood bags domestically was illegal and would definitely attract police attention.
He thought of Minister Ma.
If he had that man help and used privilege, it should be solvable.
However, cultivation that used blood would always make people wary and think of the demonic path.
And this was only the level 1 Demonic Path Puppet. The level 2 Demonic Path Puppet might require collecting even more essence blood.
So he still had to find another channel.
Honestly, many of the skills and props he had received were from the demonic path, forcing a dignified righteous family’s patriarch like him to engage in such demonic tricks.
He thought of a place.
The Demon Realm.
If he went there now and talked people into donating blood, he should be able to get 20,000 blood bags easily.
But there was one issue: the people there were all malnourished now, which would allow ill-intentioned individuals to take advantage.
Also, that place was currently too sensitive. As soon as he went, he would definitely be noticed.
Mainly, going there was very troublesome. He might have to go through channels of the higher-ups, and currently no country had transportation routes going there.
Which meant he would still be under the attention of the higher-ups.
So he ruled out going there even though it would be easy to get blood bags.
Next, he thought of another place.
The Star-Spangled Nation.
Because over there, a single blood donation was only about 20 US dollars.
Twenty thousand bags of blood would be just 400,000 US dollars.
Was that not great?
So what should have been the hardest condition to meet seemed to have become the easiest.
Thinking of it this way, the Star-Spangled Nation was truly a holy land for demonic path cultivators. As long as you had money, anything was possible.
For example, in Shu Shan Swordsman, in which the Blood Demon’s cultivation required a blood pool. As long as it was in the Star-Spangled Nation, if you were willing to spend the money, you could set up as many blood pools as you wanted, without needing to kill people, and the righteous path punishing demons would be unnecessary.
As long as the price was high enough, those donating blood might even be grateful to the Blood Demon, and the so-called righteous path that exterminated demons would become the villains.
You had to know that many people there lived by selling blood.
And as for money, was that a problem for cultivators?
The key point was that something solvable with 400,000 US dollars, and in a legal way, did not require troubling Minister Ma or owing that kind of favor.
He could just instruct Mr. Liu directly.
That man would surely have business in the Star-Spangled Nation, so it would be easy to arrange.
All he needed to do was go there once himself. He believed Mr. Liu would be able to manage it.
“Patriarch.” Members of the Chen Clan also saw Chen Han and greeted him one after another.
“What happened to him?” Chen Han asked with concern.
“He accidentally stabbed his hand during construction,” another Chen Clan member answered.
Chen Han nodded. “Send him to the hospital quickly for treatment. The family will cover the expenses. Count it as a work injury.”
Those Chen Clan members immediately nodded. Even though this was already part of the family’s benefits—that work injuries would be fully covered by the family—hearing the patriarch personally say it still gave people a warm feeling.
After those Chen Clan members left, Chen Han immediately took out his mobile phone and called Liu Ye.
Liu Ye was currently in the Chen Clan’s rented courtyard handling company matters.
It was obvious that the white hairs at his temples had lessened a lot.
He had taken all those Body Tempering Pills given by the Chen Family Head. His health and energy were excellent.
Receiving a call from the Chen Family Head, he answered at once.
Knowing this man had something to discuss, he also went to his courtyard as soon as possible. Upon seeing him, he greeted enthusiastically, “Chen Family Head, I wonder what instructions you have for me?”
Chen Han went straight to the point. “Mr. Liu, I wonder if you have business connections in the Star-Spangled Nation?”
Hearing this, Liu Ye knew he had something to be entrusted with. He immediately nodded. “Chen Family Head, I do have some. Even if I did not, I know quite a few people in that field. As long as it is not something huge, I should be able to help you handle it.”
Hearing this, Chen Han nodded and said, “I need to arrange for 20,000 bags of blood over there. Also, I need to go there once to take delivery of these blood bags. If it can be done quietly, all the better. As for the specifics, it is inconvenient to explain.”
“Chen Family Head, please rest assured and leave this matter to me,” Liu Ye agreed almost without hesitation.
For him, this was indeed not difficult.
And being able to help the Chen Family Head with something easy like this was not an opportunity he could miss; he had to perform well.
Seeing Liu Ye so confident, Chen Han nodded and entrusted the matter to him. Later, he could give him some Body Tempering Pills as payment.
This tycoon was really quite useful at times.
Liu Ye left with joy all over his face and went back to start making arrangements.
For him, being asked by the Chen Family Head to do something was a tremendous honor. Knowing how formidable the Chen Clan was, many people would be eager to help the Chen Family Head with such tasks.
It was just that others simply did not have the opportunity.
After Liu Ye left, Chen Han took out his mobile phone and again scrolled through Douyin videos. The video posted by the Robot Mecha League had actually reached number one on the hot search list.
He did not know whether this popularity could fool people abroad, but most people domestically had been fooled.
“Seriously, when I saw that scene of the mecha piercing the robot with one sword, I really thought our era had suddenly leaped forward. Luckily it was fake.”
“Me too, I got a shock. I thought technology had advanced so fast and I had already fallen behind.”
“I said it before, with how crappy current robots are, how could such a mecha exist?”
“……”
There were not even any relevant refuting comments in this video.
With so many spectators at the Robot Mecha League scene, plus tourists at the Chen Clan who had filmed it, there should have been refutations and comments.
But it was so quiet now that it was likely permissions had been restricted.
In such a situation, even if the Chen Clan built a mecha for tourists to see, the tourists’ videos would probably never gain popularity after being uploaded.
Just like recently, when a tycoon with the surname Chen was exposed. He turned out to be a behind-the-scenes big shot of the Wu Tai Sect and had defrauded countless people.
The titles he had once been awarded were now making the higher-ups awkward.
So, for his videos, many had over a hundred thousand likes but very few comments, also because of permission restrictions.
The power of principles being used to control these things was simply too easy.
Chen Han thought of the four special Formation Puppet Stones he had obtained this time in the capital city.
These four Puppet Stones could modify four formation puppets, and then through the Formation Puppet Technique integrate them into a formation, turning them into Formation Guardian Puppets.
It was just right to test whether the Feng Shui formation would work.
If the Chen Clan’s Conceal Wind Gather Qi Feng Shui formation could work with them, that would be awesome. The puppets could move over a large range, from the Chen Clan to the rapeseed sea of flowers and over all of the back mountain.
You could even see puppets patrolling along the mountain paths.
If the Feng Shui formation would not work, they could only be placed in the illusion array, which would be far less impressive.
Thinking of this, Chen Han put away his mobile phone and headed to the Affairs Hall, entering the Family Cave Mansion.
Among the pile of +1 mecha model components he had previously refined, there were still plenty left, enough to assemble four units without issue.
However, before that, Chen Han needed to inscribe runes on the four puppets and make wires and circuit boards to guide spiritual energy.
This time he did not need to use the AR glasses terminal to control instruments.
Because with the special Formation Puppet Stones, once they were fused into the formation, they would become Formation Guardian Puppets that would act within the formation’s range according to his will.
There were still many wires made from spirit stones whose spiritual energy had been used up. He only needed to prepare some more circuit boards.
But the cinnabar he had refined before, used to contain the spiritual energy attribute, was not enough.
He began refining again, and after spending some effort to refine enough cinnabar, he started refining beginner puppets anew.
With his previous experience making beginner puppets, this time he quickly completed four beginner puppets, each fitted with five Primary Spirit Stones.
Those 20 Primary Spirit Stones almost exhausted the spirit stones he had obtained from repeatedly clearing Demon Extermination Instances.
In the real world, these spirit stones were non-renewable resources.
He did not know when spirit stones might have a stable source like demonic beast meat.
Relying on dungeon refreshes and killing monsters inside was too unreliable.
This time he specifically made four puppet plaques to control the puppets.
He activated his true qi and input operations into the runes on the four puppet plaques. In an instant, the four beginner puppets began to move under his control.
They were still very agile, moving with his will.
Once he finished refining the four beginner puppets, he took out the four special Formation Puppet Modification Stones.
A game prompt sounded at the same time:
【Do you want to use the special Formation Guardian Puppet Stones to modify the four beginner puppets in front of you?】
Chen Han did not hesitate and directly chose yes.
In an instant, the four special Formation Guardian Puppet Modification Stones in his hands flew out, emitting a silver-white light, then softening into silver-white liquid that drilled onto the four beginner puppets, flowing over them like mercury.
Then the softened liquid spread along the entire beginner puppet, and in a short time covered its entire body, finally completely fusing with the puppet.
Furthermore, a character meaning “formation” condensed on the chests of the four beginner puppets, a clear mark that identified them as formation puppets that could merge into a formation.
【Congratulations, the current four formation puppets have completed modification. Through a special secret technique, they can be fused into a formation and become Formation Guardian Puppets.】
Chen Han had not expected that modifying these formation puppets would be so quick; he had thought he would have to wait quite some time.
But it made sense. After checking these puppets, he found that the special Formation Puppet Modification Stones had not added new attributes. They had only given them a new layer of skin, so now they were silver-white all over.
Their main new function should be the added effect of being able to merge into a formation.
After checking, Chen Han took the four formation puppets out of the Family Cave Mansion, eager to test whether the Chen Clan’s “Conceal Wind Gather Qi” Feng Shui formation would work.
There were currently five members of the Demon Subduing Hall guarding the Affairs Hall every day, five to a team, with one captain in charge.
Chen Ke was the captain of today’s guard team. He was just about to have a cup of tea in the courtyard when he suddenly heard some movement and looked up toward the upper floor.
The other four Demon Subduing Hall members also heard it and all looked up together.
A moment later, when they saw what was coming down, their faces showed surprise.
They saw the patriarch walking downstairs, with four silver-white mecha following behind him. Their steps were steady, and every step produced a distinctive metallic sound.
Seeing the four silver-white mecha, Chen Ke and the others could not quite process it.
Earlier, the patriarch had gone up to the third floor; they had not dared to disturb him, so they did not know what he had been doing.
But they were sure he had not gone up with four mecha, yet now he had come down with four mecha that had appeared from nowhere.
Could there be some secret hidden on the third floor of the Affairs Hall?
It seemed that Brother Dagou and the others also often went up there.
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
But he was not from the main family nor the main bloodline, and had no right to know these things.
“Patriarch.”
When they saw Chen Han coming down, they all respectfully greeted him.
“Go stand guard outside, and don’t let anyone come in.” Chen Han, bringing the four formation puppets into the courtyard, also gave instructions to Chen Ke and the others.
“Yes, Patriarch.” Chen Ke nodded and led the four Demon Subduing Hall members out of the Affairs Hall to stand guard.
Though they did not know what the patriarch was in a hurry for, they simply followed orders.
But they had not been standing outside long when all five of them were suddenly stunned, having sensed something unusual, and turned their eyes toward the courtyard.
A special gust of force suddenly burst out from within the courtyard.
And they heard the patriarch’s excited voice: “It really works!”
