BXBX NOVEL Chapter 184 - 184: Underground Base
Tool puppets coming out of the teleportation array started to take out various drilling artifacts and extend them underground.
Meanwhile, specialized drilling puppets and detection puppets began to emerge from the teleportation array.
“Expanding underground, Pu Tao, our ideas are so consistent,” Xu Fan said with a smile.
“After going 5,000 meters underground, according to the existing information about the Demon World, the concealment is the best and can also deceive high-level Demon Clan members. When it becomes stable, we will expand even deeper underground.”
“Moreover, puppets only need spiritual power to drive them, so if we dig into the corresponding spiritual mine, the puppet corps in the Demon World can quickly become independently supplied, and even feed back its master,” Pu Tao said.
“It feels like playing a building game,” Xu Fan said.
As more and more puppets were teleported to the Demon World, a puppet base appeared in the Ten-Thousand Fold Mountain Range.
A concealment array with a diameter of ten li firmly protected the mountain cave where the heavily-armored puppets were hidden.
Pu Tao’s True Spirit avatar appeared in the mountain cave with an unremarkable Nascent Soul Stage battle puppet.
Xu Fan looked at the construction speed of the tool puppets and nodded in satisfaction.
“At this speed, call me a construction maniac.”
At this moment, the entire mountain peak had been hollowed out by the tool puppets, and countless heavy cannon artifacts were hidden within the mountain.
The drilling tool puppets had already gone 1,000 meters underground.
“Master, a small Purple Demon Iron vein and a small Spirit Stone vein have been detected underground. After excavation and refining, they are enough to support the initial consumption of the puppet corps in the Demon World.” Not long after, Xu Fan received good news from Pu Tao.
“Not bad, a good start.” Xu Fan’s mouth revealed a smile. Although Hidden Spirit Island now has tens of millions of puppets, all their actions require spirit stones to support them, just like a car needs fuel.
Many times, when the large-scale puppets on Hidden Spirit Island were mobilized, the consumption of spirit stones made Xu Fan’s heart shudder.
“Keep digging, and when you encounter high-value spiritual mines and exotic treasures, send them all back to the sect.” Xu Fan licked his lips and said, knowing that many ordinary special spiritual mines in the Demon World could be sold for high prices in the Cultivation World.
“Yes, sir.”
In Linsen Immortal City, Xu Gang welcomed his good friend, Ji Muhua.
“Brother Ji, long time no see,” said Xu Gang, smiling and clasping his hands.
“Haha, it hasn’t been that long, but for some reason, I really miss Zhang Daoyou.” Ji Muhua looked at Xu Gang eagerly, as all the people in Thousand Dao Sect who could compete and learn from him had gone on missions.
Because of itching for a fight, he sought out Zhang Han, who had not yet determined the winner or loser with him.
“Dao-friend Ji, Zhang Han is just the pseudonym I used while traveling in the Cultivation World. My real name is Xu Gang,” said Xu Gang.
“You can call me Fellow Daoist Xu,” Xu Gang said sheepishly. After all, even though he considered them as a brother in arms, revealing his real name only now felt somewhat dishonest.
“l understand,” Ji Muhua nodded, as he had also used a pseudonym when traveling in the Cultivation World before.
“Thank you for understanding, Brother Ji.”
Above the Hundred-Thousand-Li Giant Lake, a spirit boat controlled by Pu Tao flew towards the Hidden Spirit Sect.
On the spirit boat, Ji Muhua looked at the boundless lake in the distance and thought of the task assigned by the elder before he left the sect, instructing him to secretly observe the combat level of the Hidden Spirit Sect disciples.
“Daoist Xu, does your Hidden Spirit Sect have challenge puppets?” Ji Muhua asked, as he had recently been abused by challenge puppets.
Unknowingly, Xu Gang glanced at his own leg.
“Yes, all of our sect disciples, including myself, must face the challenge puppets when we want to advance,” Xu Gang said sadly, recalling the days he was abused by challenge puppets.
“That’s amazing,” Ji Muhua said in surprise. He could now hold his own against challenge puppets of the same level for an hour.
He was not so naive as to think that his strength had increased.
“I’ll show you when you come to my sect,” Xu Gang said with a meaningful smile.
In the Hidden Spirit Sect, Ji Muhua looked around in amazement.
“The atmosphere of the Immortal World, this is truly a treasure land suitable for cultivation,” Ji Muhua said, looking at the distant spiritual liquid waterfall that resembled the Nine Heavens Milky Way.
He had seen lakes formed by spiritual liquid before, but rarely had he seen such large spiritual liquid waterfalls integrated into the entire sect.
“It was all designed by my Fourth Junior Brother,” Xu Gang said proudly.
“Oh, I’d like to meet Daoist Xu’s Fourth Junior Brother when I have the chance,” said Ji Muhua, looking at the beautiful scenery of the Immortal World.
“I’ll introduce you when there’s an opportunity, my Fourth Junior Brother is in closed-door cultivation now.”
“Alright.”
“Let’s go visit my Master first, and then go to a remote place to compare notes,” said Xu Gang.
“Of course, when my elder heard that I was going to the Hidden Spirit Sect, he especially asked me to send some gifts to your Great Master,” said Ji Muhua. He was curious about the person who had taught a celestial favorite like Xu Gang.
The two crossed Main Peak and came to Xu Fan’s small courtyard.
“Junior Ji Muhua pays his respects to Elder Xu,” said Ji Muhua, as befitting a junior.
He did not look down upon Xu Fan because of his Golden Core Stage, but respected him even more, knowing another identity of Xu Fan, that of a Refining Master.
In the Cultivation World, all cultivators considered a Refining Master equal to the Esteemed Ones who had crossed the Tribulation or reached the Mahayana Stage.
“There’s no need to stand on ceremony, get up.” Xu Fan said warmly, and he took out a fourth-tier Treasure Artifact, the Heavenly Tree Pearl, and gave it to Ji Muhua.
“Please accept it, this is a small token of my goodwill.” said Xu Fan. As Xu Gangs Master, he had to show some respect to his disciple’s friend.
Ji Muhua looked at the Heavenly Tree Pearl in her hand, feeling the strong Wood Attribute spiritual power within, and was somewhat surprised.
Although she had no shortage of treasure artifacts, the Heavenly Tree Pearl felt like it was tailor-made for her. It was much better than the one she was currently using.
With the Heavenly Tree Pearl in her hand, it felt as though the surrounding Wood Attribute spiritual qi became even more lively.
“Thank you, senior.” Ji Muhua bowed again as a junior.
She then took out the gift from Elder Xu on behalf of the Thousand Spirit Sect
and gave it to Xu Fan before ending the visit.
Xu Fan looked at the gift from the Elder of the Thousand Spirit Sect and laughed, “Two more sets of challenge puppets need to be arranged. Not bad!”
“Pu Tao.” Xu Fan called.
“I’m here~”
“Send a God Transformation puppet with wound-healing elixir to keep an eye on the two of them. If they start fighting and can’t stop, intervene.”
“Understood! ”
After all the arrangements were made, Xu Fan opened the live broadcast of the Demon World Puppet Base and started watching.
Now, Xu Fan’s hobby slowly shifted from fishing to watching the live broadcast of the Demon World construction.
“Not bad, the production line for basic tool puppets has been set up. I just wonder what the difference is between puppets made from this Purple Demon Iron Mine and the ones made from Spirit Iron Mine.” Xu Fan said while looking at the just- started production line in the live broadcast light curtain.
“Compared to the puppets made from Spirit Iron Mine, the ones made from Purple Demon Iron Mine adapt better to the Demon World environment and are more conducive to hiding underground.” said Pu Tao.
“That sounds pretty good.” Xu Fan said.
Xu Fan was about to control a group of tool puppets and go deep underground to see if there were other ore veins, but another live broadcast light curtain opened.
“These two stupid kids are fighting now. How long have they been holding back?” Xu Fan said, looking at another live broadcast light curtain.
Three thousand miles north of Hidden Spirit Island.
Xu Gang and Ji Muhua stood in the void, a hundred meters apart.
“Daoist Xu, now that no one is bothering us, we can have a good fight.” Ji Muhua said with a smile, her eyes full of the desire for battle that could not be hidden.
“No, unless there’s an accident, my Master is currently watching us.” Xu Gang said.
“Really?” Ji Muhua started to look around.
“The entire Hundred-Thousand-Li Giant Lake area is under my Master’s surveillance, but that doesn’t affect our battle.’
“As long as it doesn’t reach a point of crisis for our lives, my Master won’t intervene.” Xu Gang said.
Xu Fan, who was waiting for the two to start fighting, cursed at the little brats for a moment before casually closing their live broadcast light curtain.
“What’s so good about watching two big cannons fighting? Better to play the detection game a bit more.”
Xu Fan said as he controlled the puppets and set off towards the depths of the earth’s crust.
At this moment, Xu Gang received a notification from Pu Tao and said, “Now no one is watching us.”
An illusory giant tree emerged behind Ji Muhua.
“Brother Xu, witness my true strength.”
The illusory giant tree plunged directly into the void, and countless branches and whips swayed in the wind.
The water below started to churn, and soon a large piece of land floated up.
Ji Muhua swung her hands, and numerous wooden spears flew towards Xu
Gang.
“Then I won’t hold back either.’
Behind Xu Gang, a Thousand Hands Dharma Aspect appeared, surrounded by a large amount of lake water that changed shape continuously.
As Xu Gang formed seals, the surrounding lake water turned into a huge hand covering the sky, slapping towards Ji Muhua.
The wooden spears collided with the giant hand, making a startling explosion.
Boom!!
At this time, a disciple nearby who was catching Demonic Beasts turned to look at the direction of the explosion.
Soon, the message reached all the disciples in the sect. “Leader Xu Feng is sparring with an outsider. Hurry up and watch.”
“This cannon-style duel won’t happen again if you miss it.”
So, more than a hundred first- generation Hidden Spirit Sect disciples turned into a torrent and flew in the direction of the explosion.
Xu Fan, who was playing the game, received the news and instructed Pu Tao: “Send some Mountain Guard Puppets to protect those disciples from being injured by the aftermath.”
“Compliance.”
A Spirit Boat carried one hundred mountain guard puppets and flew in the direction of Xu Gangs duel.
“It seems that in the future we need to let the disciples go out more and see the world. Otherwise, when they encounter other cultivators fighting outside, they might stupidly flock to watch the battle.”
“We need to think of a way to let them know the dangers of society.” Xu Fan said, stroking his chin..