Chapter 260: Ink Sect (1/2)

”Ink Sect? Alliance Leader Jiang also wants to find them?”

The Medicine King Pavilion's shopkeeper used the word ”also” very cleverly.

It seemed that the information Mu Chunyang gave Jiang Li was actually known by many forces.

Furthermore, they all coveted the Ink Sect.

As for his goal, it was probably not much different from Jiang Li's.

”Our Great Mountain Alliance naturally has the intention to join the Divine Judgment Hall, so Shopkeeper Jiang is also an understanding person, right?”

Jiang Li did not say it too clearly, but the Medicine King Pavilion's shopkeeper already nodded in understanding.

”I understand. However, although the Ink Sect is already an arrow at the end of its flight, their personality is very unyielding.”

”To be honest, my Medicine King Pavilion once wanted to recruit them, but we were rejected by them.”

”It won't be easy for Alliance Leader Jiang Li to succeed.”

”However, although no one has found the Ink Sect headquarters, it's not difficult to contact them. Look, that's the people from Ink Sect.”

The Medicine King Pavilion's manager pointed at a corner of the exchange venue. Sure enough, Jiang Li saw a few black clothed figures standing there silently.

They were as silent as wood. Not a trace of aura leaked out from their bodies, nor did they attract any attention.

After Jiang Li approached, he realized that they were really made of wood.

It seemed that they had put in a lot of effort to guard against the harassment of the other sects. They only used puppets to participate in such a grand event.

This Ink Sect was also a medium-sized sect in the Eastern Region. With its outstanding defense methods, it was quite famous in the cultivation world.

At their peak, they naturally applied for the procedures to join the Divine Judgment Hall like most of the capable Eastern Region sects.

There was no problem.

The reason why this sect had become the goal of many sects to annex was that this Ink Sect was already on the verge of destruction.

Previously, he had also said that if he wanted to join the Divine Judgment Hall, if he did not have the recommendation of a high-grade force and was unable to contribute to the cultivation world of the Eastern Region in other aspects, he could only prove himself through the war with the Armored Trolls.

But in war, how could there be no deaths?

Due to the heavy casualties, there were definitely many sects that had been eliminated from the cultivation world.

As for Ink Sect, because they had not properly estimated their strength, they had fallen into such a terrible situation.

In the long battle, relying on the defense of the mechanisms and the secret puppet techniques, Ink Sect successfully killed more than 600,000 armored Trolls.

This result had already surpassed more than 80% of the forces in the Eastern Region.

However, in this process, they also suffered continuous losses. In the end, because of insufficient manpower, the Armored Trolls broke through the defense fortress in a large-scale attack.

In that battle, the Ink Sect lost the last batch of combatants and could no longer participate in the war against the Trolls.

However, the 600,000 battle merits they had won were not invalidated. As a result, it attracted the attention of many other forces.

This was because the Divine Judgment Hall had a rule that a faction could accumulate the battle merits of two subordinate factions. In other words, a total of three forces could reach a million battle merits, and that was considered fulfilling the conditions.

If the Great Mountain Alliance absorbed the Ink Sect to become their subordinate force, the 600,000 battle merits would be directly placed on their heads.

As long as they reached an agreement, it would save them too much trouble. It could also prevent unnecessary casualties among the cultivators of the Great Mountain Alliance.

This was the information Mu Chunyang had given Jiang Li, and it was also the reason why the Ink Sect had become the target of many sects.

However, during this period of time, the various powers had also proposed many conditions and promises. However, Ink Sect had some considerations and did not agree to any of them.

Their Ink Sect headquarters had always been hidden very well, and their defense was extremely outstanding.

Coupled with the factions that targeted them, they were all small factions that had yet to join the Divine Judgment Hall. Their abilities were relatively limited.

They had only lasted for so long and were not forced to submit by other factions.

This gave the Great Mountain Alliance a chance to compete.

Jiang Li walked around and walked towards the direction of the Ink Sect under the bargaining voices of the other cultivators.

He walked over to Ink Sect's table and did not say why he was here. He just looked at their goods like ordinary customers.

Just as he had expected, various mechanisms and creations were placed on the table.

”What's this?”

Jiang Li picked up a wooden puppet bird on the other party's table and revealed an interested expression.

This wooden bird was originally standing on a slender wooden stick, looking lively. Its movements and expression were almost no different from a real bird. It would even comb its feathers and peck at the wood shavings.

With Jiang Li's vision, he was naturally able to easily distinguish that a special method had stuffed the soul of a real bird into this wooden bird, causing its movements to become so real.

The soul of a bird was fragile and small to begin with. Typically, it would even dissipate right after death.

Now, the other party could completely take it out and stuff it into the body of a puppet.

This method of dealing with souls was exquisite and brilliant.

Jiang Li felt that perhaps this method was quite useful to him.

He did not expect to find something good after taking a casual look.

He stretched out a finger, and the bird flapped its wooden wings and actually flew up to land on Jiang Li's finger as it sized him up curiously.

This bird probably did not know that it was already dead.

”What exquisite technology. How much does this wooden bird cost?” Jiang Li smiled and asked.

With this praise, a shorter puppet behind the wooden table immediately beamed.

”Hehehe, Elder Sister Yaoyao, Aunt Mei, I won! The first to be sold is my puppet.”

”Hey, you have good taste. If you want it, I'll sell this Wood Sparrow to you for a hundred spirit stones.”

The little puppet's expression was vivid and lifelike. As it smiled, it was beaming with joy. It was almost no different from a real person. It could be seen that the techniques of the Ink Sect were indeed much stronger than the Mystic Gate Hall of the Scripture Storage Valley.

However, this bird-shaped puppet was almost no different from an ordinary bird. It was indeed a little expensive to sell for a hundred spirit stones.

”Xiaomi, be polite and don't speak nonsense.”

”Sir, I'm sorry. This is just a child's play. This thing is useless. If you like it, I can give you three to five spirit stones.”

At this moment, a gentle female voice sounded from the side. It was another puppet.

This puppet was indeed formidable. Jiang Li saw a delicate beauty on this cold and stiff puppet wooden face.

Without any artistic talent, there was no way to survive in Ink Sect.

Jiang Li took out a medium-grade spirit stone and placed it on the table.

”No, I feel that it's worth the price.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Li blew at the wooden bird.

Immediately, a magical thing happened. Under the power of the Demon Awakening Technique, the Ink Sect puppet quickly transformed into a bird-shaped wood demon that truly possessed its own life.

Moreover, it was a Wood Demon that was not weak and had reached the Foundation Establishment realm.

The newly born wooden sparrow flapped its wings, and its small body began to spin around the few people again. Finally, it turned around and stopped on the short puppet.