CHAPTER 438: CHAPTER 284: WHO IS WHOSE HEART DEMON_2

"If you want to say something, just say it."

Taoist Baixi, true to his roots in performing arts in the Jianghu, wasn’t embarrassed after being seen through and rubbed his hands as he spoke.

"I’m here pretending to be weak to surprise everyone later. I’m thinking that the lower status of a servant can result in a more stunning effect, and it might also benefit my disciples in some way."

"I have something that the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion needs now."

Putting away his playful expression, Taoist Baixi spoke seriously.

"It’s not really a complaint, but it’s true that wasting the sect’s property was indeed related to your Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

"Last year when the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion rose to prominence, I wanted to follow the trend, since we learn a lot of miscellaneous stuff in our sect. I have some understanding of Artifact Refining Techniques. So, I bought many Thousand Mechanism Magical Artifacts, intending to dismantle and replicate them.

"I made some discoveries but ended up exhausting my family fortune. I even sold the mountain my master passed to me."

"What did you discover?" Lily asked.

"I discovered that my Puppetry Skill coincidentally complements your Thousand Mechanism Puppets."

As he spoke, he shook his sleeve, and a Thousand Mechanism Puppet from the outfit of the Hundred Plays Sect fell out.

Without Taoist Baixi showing any obvious methods, the puppet began to move under his control, with agility comparable to Lily’s own hands.

"This method was devised by me last year; it should still have room for optimization. I’m wondering if this method is sufficient as a gesture of intent."

"It’s not really anything profound; if given time, I’m sure you would also devise a similar method. I just took a shortcut," Taoist Baixi admitted frankly.

The Hundred Plays Sect had been researching these flashy things unrelated to Immortal Cultivation for hundreds of years and did come up with some things.

If it weren’t for the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, this Puppetry Skill might have disappeared from the history of the Four Continents after Taoist Baixi’s remaining nine disciples ran away.

Zhang Ze also discovered another interesting thing, which was that the Cultivation Techniques recorded in his broken system were not updated in real-time.

In the system’s Hundred Plays Sect Cultivation Techniques available for exchange, there wasn’t this new Puppetry Skill that Taoist Baixi had researched last year.

So where did the system get these Cultivation Techniques?

"No problem, but the specifics of this matter will have to wait until after the Qinghe Association. Until then, I ask that you keep it confidential."

Zhang Ze put aside the matter of his system and gave Taoist Baixi a response.

"Naturally, I understand, I won’t make it difficult for the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion," Taoist Baixi thought it through and understood Zhang Ze’s meaning.

No matter how the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion viewed it, other sects saw the Hundred Plays Sect as a joke. If the Hundred Plays Sect could easily find such support, I certainly couldn’t enjoy meat lavishly.

For the sake of peace and the minor interests with the Hundred Plays Sect, confidentiality was necessary.

Perhaps as a parting gift, Taoist Baixi, when leaving, didn’t leave behind the specific Dharma Method of the Puppetry Skill, but did leave the puppet purchased from the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion as well as the land deed.

"This Taoist Baixi is quite a talent."

"Indeed," Lily absent-mindedly replied, as she was squatting on the ground studying the puppet left by Taoist Baixi at that moment.

"I’m not talking about the Puppetry Skill; I mean this."

Zhang Ze turned over the land deed and showed its back to Lily.

[One of my disciples is behaving suspiciously]

...

After Taoist Baixi returned to his residence with his nine disciples, he didn’t make any extra moves but arranged for his disciples’ rest as if he knew nothing.

Although he was a small figure and his Dharma Methods were laughable, he had his unique insights.

Taoist Baixi glanced at the back of one of the disciples, then turned and left.

When that person returned to his room, a wisp of purple air floated out from his mouth.

The Hundred Plays Sect disciple blinked, not noticing anything unusual. He suddenly felt sleepy, yawned, and fell into a deep slumber.

The wisp of purple air disappeared into the ground.

Several blocks away, Xiao Teng opened his eyes and absorbed the purple air with a sniff.

As someone who considered himself a smart guy, Xiao Teng, the Heavenly Destiny Person of the Demon Sect, was used to having everything within his control.

Initially, he thought of Zhang Ze as just a nonchalant move by his father, but after witnessing his skills today, he reconsidered.

He planned to embarrass him severely at the Qinghe Association.

This time, he came to crush the world’s talents, as there was a particular pleasure in dealing with such unique geniuses.

Lately, for some reason, he felt as if he was at the center of the stage, with everyone watching him.

This feeling of having all eyes on him intoxicated him.

"I wonder what Miss Li is doing now?" Xiao Teng thought of his ’female confidante’ again.

In Xiao Teng’s villa courtyard.

Shi Xiu, transformed into Miss Li, was squatting on the ground, staring at a small grass in a daze.

Or rather, exchanging information.

Shi Xiu’s mouth didn’t move, and he made no sound, with eyes blankly staring at the small grass, exchanging with Xiaoxue, who had turned into the grass, using Divine Sense.

"Tell me, Xiaoxue, do you find it amusing to threaten me? When will you delete those photos for me?"

"What photos? I don’t know,"

The small grass on the ground started shaking.

"Forget it, let’s not talk about the photos. Did you say Xiao Teng just personally probed the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion?" Shi Xiu asked.

"Yes, although he got discovered. That Taoist Baixi is quite interesting; Master was right, never underestimate anyone."