Chapter: 1272 (1/2)

AST 1272 – The Amazing Puppet Marionettes, Is Three Years Enough

Puppet Marionette Encyclopedia!

Just from the name alone, one would be able to have a vague understanding of what it was about. However, he didn’t know about it in detail and just received it. He saw that the old man looked very ordinary. His body seemed to be considered quite healthy but he wasn’t a powerful cultivator. He wasn’t even a Xiantian cultivator. However, Qing Shui could tell that the old man trained his physique throughout the years.

“Grandpa, grandpa!”

A pair of kids of about five to six years of age stood not far away. The boy looked healthy and good-natured while the girl looked very intelligent and had a good physique. Qing Shui recalled how the old man said that the puppet marionettes were passed down by his ancestors. This showed that their clan were also cultivating it very long ago.

Qing Shui received the things passed from the old man. It could already be considered an affinity for them to have come this far. After all, if it was someone else, no one would think much of the puppets. However, since he knew about it, he couldn’t feign ignorance.

He took out two “Wondrous Fruits” and handed them to the two kids. The old man didn’t stop him either. Seeing that the two kids were eating them happily, Qing Shui quietly placed a copy of the Tiger Form he had written in the old man’s clothes.

Qing Shui had quite a lot of these in the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal. There were also some for the other forms. Therefore, he gave the old man one book. Although he wanted to spread the Tiger Form, he wasn’t planning to give it to everyone he sees. He only gave them to people who required it.

The old man’s eyes flickered and Qing Shui’s voice rang out, “Right now, no one can hear what I’m saying. Listen to what I’m going to say. The book I’ve given you is a cultivation manual. Furthermore, I’ve helped to change the physique for your grandchildren. You can decide if you want to let them cultivate or not. We’re leaving. In order not to attract other people’s attention, you don’t have to do anything.”

Qing Shui and the group left in another direction. The old man saw that the two kids ate up the last bite of the fruits and were still looking in the direction Qing Shui and the others with a look of yearning.

Cultivaton technique… The old man felt very agitated. It was said that their ancestors were also cultivators. However, it was a pity that they had already been in decline for a long time and were considered to have become a most ordinary family. The old man had a son and usually, his son and wife would be busy earning money for a living while the old man helped to take care of the kids. After all, he had a lot of time on his hands while selling puppets.

He was no longer young and he had always been thinking of letting his son or descendants pick up cultivation techniques once again. It was because this was the only way he would be able to make a name for himself. Ordinary people like them could only cultivate simple techniques and would never be able to break through to the Houtian level in their entire lives.

Right now, he didn’t know what kind of martial technique the young man had given him, nor what level one could attain with it. However, he felt that this young man was far from ordinary and thus his heart was filled with anticipation.

In order not to raise suspicions, the old man continued to manage his stall until nightfall then he left!

Qing Shui left and thus didn’t know what the old man thought. He didn’t want to think about them either since they had only met by chance and there were practically zero possibility of them meeting again in the future.

Earlier, Qing Shui didn’t comment on the puppets and he even took them out. It was because there were people around them and when they saw that it was only some old puppets, they lost interest. The colorful puppets on display looked much better.

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“Are those puppets nice?” Di Chen played with the colorful puppet she was holding and asked.

“This puppet is a puppet marionette and can increase the user’s resistance to attacks by a certain degree, including spirit energy attacks. However, how much its resistance is another story altogether. It should be related to one’s mastery.” Qing Shui smiled and said.

“Oh? If it has a high resistance, then it really is something good. Does it always work as long as the person equips it?”

“It should be that there’s a need to channel in Spiritual Qi each time it was used to block. The greater the Spiritual Qi required the greater the attack resisted. When one’s Spiritual Qi is used up, it would have no effect temporarily.”

“Oh? That isn’t bad either. This is normal.” Di Chen gave it some thought and said.

“Let’s study it further after we head back. This place isn’t suitable for this.” Qing Shui tossed the puppets into the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal.

He was also holding onto a small green-colored puppet which was the size of one’s palm. The wood used was an ordinary block of wood with about 100 years of age. In his previous life, wood with an age of 100 years was hard to find but it was very easy to find in this world.

The workmanship was exquisite and there were some areas which were rough but that didn’t affect its beauty. The color was dyed from plant extracts. It was nothing much and was just a toy for kids. Of course, it could also be placed on countertops as a decorative item.

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They then strolled around leisurely, spending half the day and walked very far away. Nothing happened on the way. They merely bought random stuff and ate random food along a food street.

Qing Shui liked the atmosphere of eating along the food street. Street food was different from normal dishes and was quite yummy, especially the spicy ones. Of course, there was also street food which tasted bad. The important parts were in the broth and condiments. The ones they had today were still considered quite good.