871: Chapter 234 Puppet Craftsman 871: Chapter 234 Puppet Craftsman “No!
Wait a moment!
Auntie, save the person first!” Su He shouted, chasing behind Phoenix Chao Fei.
He was still an injured party!
Having been scorched by the Red Lotus Fireflow before, and even though he immediately entered the long river of time, the external appearance melted away, and the aura of Houdou opening heaven five times that lingered on the turtle shell, hindered the recovery of his injuries.
Without removing this aura, Su He could not heal.
Phoenix Chao Fei turned her head and glanced at him with distaste, flapped her wings, and a flash of fire passed by, like a ring of fire that swept over Su He.
The persistent Houdou aura on the turtle shell vanished in an instant.
After a burst of intense pain followed by a surge of relief, Su He let out a long moan and saw that Phoenix Chao Fei had already landed on the Kui Yang Star, heading towards the active cave dwelling.
As the water below him churned, Su He hastily followed.
Where the Red Lotus Fireflow passed, the cave dwelling was now a fiery inferno, unbearably hot, with red crystal stones embedded above, looking as though magma hung overhead.
The Red Lotus had disappeared, and in the place where the Red Lotus had been planted, a secret door slowly opened, revealing cool air blowing out from within, providing some relief to the turtle.
Phoenix Chao Fei was a bit more cautious this time, closing her eyes to sense that she was unharmed before stepping into the treasure house.
Su He waited quietly for a moment to make sure that nothing happened to Phoenix Chao Fei, and then followed her in.
Upon entering, it was like a downpour of dice, pitter-pattering as they fell.
I could see Source Stones bubbling like from a spring in the treasure house, multiplying in number with each passing second.
Next to it were various other treasures, some recognizable and some not, that had been duplicated to increase their quality.
Since being awakened by Su He this time, the Toad revealed a smile for the first time, cheering as it leapt into the pile of treasures and began swimming about.
A freestyle swimming frog.
This kind of scene, endearing the first time, loses its novelty upon the second viewing.
Turning to glance at Phoenix Chao Fei, I could see her wings sweep down, dividing the treasures into two piles.
The aunt was quite fair; her pile was large, and Su He’s pile was small.
“I was the one who killed Houdou, so I get a larger share of the treasures!” Phoenix Chao Fei raised her brow, “But since you took on the mission, all the Source Stones belong to you.”
Su He laughed, of no use to him were treasures that he could not use; they were merely to fill his home treasure house.
The relatively common and useless ones could be absorbed by Fu Mountain, used to re-form the external appearance and reinforce the Mountain Divine God Seal.
Su He slashed a paw and divided half of his share of the treasures, “Auntie, if you return, you could take these…
to my mother.”
What Su He allocated were Spirit Plants and Treasure Medicines.
Yun Li had just been resurrected and might find some use for them.
Certainly, with the Phoenix Clan, Yun Li wouldn’t lack for anything, but what belonged to the Phoenix Clan was theirs and what belonged to Su He was his – the nature of the two was different.
Yun Li, newly born, was lacking in many things and needed…
Suddenly, Su He froze, staring blankly for quite a while before his gaze drifted sorrowfully towards Phoenix Chao Fei.
I’ve made a huge loss!
What Worship Granny had promised in the Feng Zhong, both Yun Li’s and Phoenix Chao Fei’s treasuries were supposed to be his.
But now, they were all gone!
Phoenix Chao Fei was glancing at the items Su He had set aside for Yun Li and looked slightly stupefied.
Then, sensing something odd about her, she turned to find Su He’s mournful gaze.
A glance at the corner of Su He’s eye was enough for her to know what he was thinking.
Phoenix Chao Fei’s beak curved into a smirk, “What’s the matter?
Should we go and take down that silly Peacock?”
Su He gave her a look, “Thanks a lot!”
As for killing Yun Li, that was a joke only Phoenix Chao Fei could make.
If anyone else dared to utter such words, they wouldn’t know how they might die.
This Phoenix was very concerned about her own past.
With Yun Li, there were thousands of years of companionship, and no animosity remained.
Although they argued every day, they were now as close as sisters.
But Uncle Lei’s issue was not so easily resolved.
Without moving a finger, the Toad had already started to sort out the treasures.
Su He turned to Phoenix Chao Fei and whispered, “Auntie, could you talk about your situation with Uncle Lei?
Is there anything I should do?”
Phoenix Chao Fei glanced at him, “Not talking about it!
Just wave the flag when he comes for revenge, and be ready to collect the bodies of either of us afterward!”
Su He: “…”
The topic seemed to have touched upon one of Phoenix Chao Fei’s taboos, and Su He could sense that she nearly struck him.
If it weren’t for the pity of having been recently struck by heavenly punishment, Phoenix Chao Fei would have attacked already!
“Dividing the spoils and act our separate ways.
Don’t come looking for me anytime soon!
I need to go and get rid of the bad luck!” Phoenix Chao Fei took her treasures and, with a glance at Su He, her form vanished instantly from the Houdou Treasure House.
This Turtle couldn’t be dealt with.
She decided that unless the Wutong Tree wasn’t repaired and her Boundary Status hadn’t improved, she would not leave the Mystery Yellow Cave, much less see Su He!
She disappeared in an instant.
Su He was startled for a moment before he finally reacted.
“Hold on!
Take me with you!” he called out loud, hurling himself towards the afterimage of Phoenix Chao Fei, only to feel the sensation of the space fluctuation.
That Phoenix said she would leave and did immediately, without any hesitation.
Su He was stunned at the pool’s bottom.
Was she so heartless?
From here to the Mystery Huang World was more than just a little distance!
Without spatial abilities, flying back would take many years!
Even if he took a ride on the Flowing Light River, it would be long enough for a cultivation retreat.
Su He was dazed, turning to see the Toad, who had finished sorting the treasures, blinking at him unsure what to do next.
“Find Uncle Lei?” Toad asked softly.
Su He shrugged his turtle shell.
As if that would be useful!
Uncle Lei had long since stopped concerning himself with these minor matters of travel.
“Let’s go!” Su He grunted and started to crawl out.
As the water lifted him away from the cave dwelling, a Flying Sword Messaging from the Toad shot towards him, with Elder Tian Nu’s voice coming from it.
“Rest assured, my friend, this old one is aware, and a little stabilization is all that is needed within the Undamaged Realm, I will come personally.
Our clan does not need materials to repair the world, you can depart in peace.”
Su He licked his lips.
The old man’s words sounded like kind words, but they didn’t quite sound right.
It felt as if he was being rushed off!
Su He smiled, his claw swiped and he dashed out of Kui Yang Star, straight into the starry sky.
Glancing at the depths of the Undamaged Realm, he identified the direction and headed towards the Nanli Zone.
The Undamaged Realm was too closed off, it didn’t even have a Flowing Light River.
The closest place with a Flowing Light River was the Nanli Zone.
Taking advantage of the Flowing Light River to change “vehicles” twice, returning to Mystery Huang World might coincide with the closing of the Mystery Yellow Cave Sky.
It should be just right for Su Huanian and the others to be transported back by the Mystery Yellow Order.
The Mystery Yellow Order could both receive and send people; when the Mystery Yellow Cave Sky opened, it would transport people in, and at the end, it would send them back to their original locations without the slightest error!
It was a pity that Su He had already left the Mystery Yellow Cave Sky and could no longer enjoy this treatment.
The Toad sat on the Turtle Shell, its little claws grasping the ointment to apply it on Su He’s wounds.
The damaged Turtle Shell would need to recover on its own and might take a year or two to fully heal.
To cultivators, such time was not even considered a serious injury, and for a Divine God Beast, it was even less significant.
But then again, the Dragon Turtle was not short of Treasure Medicine, and there was no point in keeping it without using it—it wouldn’t result in birthing offspring, anyway.
At Su He’s speed, it would take about four or five days to fly to the Nanli Zone, so there was no hurry.
Su He thought about another matter.
The Four Spirits Divine God Beast was the only divine beast in All Heavens and Myriad Realms that could teleport long distances.
Any major world was accessible freely, something even the Bai Ze, who could also open the heaven seven-fold, couldn’t achieve.
This was the privilege of the Four Spirits.
However, this privilege was not a Divine Skill, it needed the initiative of the Four Spirits Divine God Beast itself to comprehend and grasp it.
As for spatial understanding, Su He’s was actually not weak anymore!
With the Barbarian King Refining World Technique, the Divine God Machine, and the experiences of multiple space teleportations at hand, he could shatter space with a casual strike.
Theoretically, with Su He’s Boundary Status, long-distance teleportation was impossible, but stepping out one step and traversing the distance of two or three days’ flight should be no large issue.
He couldn’t pre-refine a space channel like Baiyin and pull it out when needed.
But shattering space and condensing a channel…
it should be worth a try!
Licking his lips, Su He stopped flying.
There were many ways to shatter space, but actually, the Mountain Divine God Seal was the most convenient as it shattered everything thoroughly.
Su He closed his eyes and carefully sensed the space in front of him.
Disregarding the starry sky and the surroundings, he felt the underlying space.
First, he employed the Barbarian King Refining World Technique to carefully understand it.
Then, the Mountain Divine God Seal slammed down mightily.
The starry sky in front of him collapsed in an instant as a space hole was forcibly smashed open.
Licking his lips again, Su He plunged in.
The space shattered by the Mountain Divine God Seal was just a piece of broken space without forming a channel.
He needed to refine it using the Barbarian King Refining World Technique.
For Uncle Lei and the others, this was naturally not so troublesome.
Adult Dragon Turtles could simply tear open space and arrive directly at a specific location, emerge and then heal the space—a very simple process.
Using the Barbarian King Refining World Technique, Su He tried to organize the broken space, turning space fragments into a channel and probing forward.
No need for perfection, success alone would suffice.
With a flip of his paws, he controlled the space.
Pieces of space fragments were forcibly gathered by him, but before a channel could form, it burst apart with a bang.
Su He was ejected from the space.
Looking around, he was no longer in his original position.
Although a space channel had not formed, this method was indeed effective and could achieve spatial transfer.
Su He tried again, a seal shattering space, diving into the broken space, and once more concentrating to form a space channel.
As expected, the space channel burst again.
Su He tumbled out.
Shaking his body and ready to try again, he saw a bright carriage running through the starry sky.
It was pulled by a motley-colored mustang, strutting with a pace that showed no kinship, matching its own hoofbeats with sound effects.
Gah-gah~ Gah-gah~
There was no sound in the starry sky, but the mustang not only created sound effects, it also transmitted the noise to all directions with its divine sense, each sound perfectly timed with the fall of its hooves, utterly joyful.
Taken aback, Su He saw that the mustang had also noticed him, rearing up to add its own sound: “Neigh!”
Clip-clop~ Clip-clop!
It stopped, its big eyes staring at Su He, while Su He stared back.
The carriage behind it rattled, and though it didn’t completely fall apart, it seemed to momentarily expand with the door face opening.
It was just an ordinary puppet-selling carriage, with its stall shaken open.
Inside the carriage was a dirty old man mumbling in his sleep, sound asleep.
In a corner of the carriage, a young man was carving a puppet with a knife.
Noticing the abnormality in the carriage, he looked up at Su He.
They looked at each other.
This horse, this young man, this old man.
Su He recognized them!
It was not long ago when Su He confirmed his relationship with Su Huanian and took her and her mother to Taiyue City for a stroll.
This carriage was there, selling puppets and telling stories that would bring the puppets to life.
This craft was particularly popular with talented men and beautiful women.
Ya Ya bought a set, but only brought two puppets to life; one turned into the Little Barbarian King, the other into the Savage King’s mount.
This was the second time Su He had encountered this carriage.
However…
The young man carving the puppet still emitted the aura of the Transcendence Realm, Feng Lao Tou still couldn’t be identified as a cultivator or ordinary mortal, and the horse…
he hadn’t noticed last time; was it always this lively?
The old man was asleep, and the man, the horse, the turtle, and the frog stared at each other with eight pairs of eyes.
A moment later, the mustang shook itself, and the young man on the carriage immediately smiled and said, “Sir, we meet again, would you like to buy another puppet?”
Su He laughed, “I was indeed shortsighted last time, I didn’t realize a Greater Power was before me!”
In fact, he had not recognized it this time either.
No matter how Su He tried to observe, the young man in front of him was a cultivator in the Transcendence Realm.
The old man was still indiscernible between mortal and immortal, and the mustang seemed to be an ordinary horse.
Such a combination, situated in a cultivator’s marketplace, Su He would only glance at it and not think more, but this was the starry sky!!
Cultivators above the third rank of Demonic could survive in the starry sky.
The oddity of these individuals was almost blatantly obvious.
Hearing Su He’s words, the mustang shook again, and the young man immediately had an epiphany: “Sir, you don’t want a newly carved puppet?
That’s easy; I have some second-hand puppets that were returned.
Would you like to pick one?”
The young man immediately rummaged through a storage box, “Kylin…
too poor, Phoenix…
you are one yourself, Azure Dragon…
you already have one.”
“Ah!
Found it!” He suddenly smiled,