novelraw Chapter 756 - 228: [The Pinnacle Sect of the Righteous Path??]
Chapter 756 - 228: [The Pinnacle Sect of the Righteous Path??]
People told Chen Yan: This kind of Substitute Puppet, after using it once, even if you survive, it will cause your luck and fate to worsen, at best you’ll be plagued by misfortune, at worst disaster and illness will follow.
If you use it several times, it might directly trigger the Heavenly Dao’s backlash!
You’ve stolen one life already, that’s excessive enough, but you’re stealing several more?
Even if you are just an ant, you will inevitably draw the attention of the Heavenly Dao.
When the Heavenly Dao notices, oh dear, the books don’t balance on this ant, what to do?
Well, no apologies, the Heavenly Dao acts!
In the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, if the books don’t balance, then it has no choice but to balance them.
According to the official legends of the Domain Realm, there is a saying among Artifact Refiners that from ancient times to the present, throughout the Domain Realm, the highest recorded use of Substitute Puppets was by a cultivator over six hundred years ago.
That person used a total of six Substitute Puppets.
After the sixth time, the person barely escaped with their life, but did not live to savor their luck as the Heavenly Dao immediately struck down a lightning calamity, obliterating that person to dust!
Thus, this thing...
High-level cultivators can’t use it, low-level cultivators will die if they use it too much.
Unless absolutely necessary, it can occasionally be used once or twice for survival, but using it too much is the equivalent of suicide.
Therefore, despite its formidable effect, its audience isn’t very large.
Low-level cultivators storing up eighty thousand money is really difficult.
Unless some noble families with very poor talents, who are wealthy but with weak cultivation, might occasionally buy one for backup - one is enough, they dare not use more.
So, this kind of Substitute Puppet has a special name in the Domain Realm:
Exclusive to the foolish sons of landlords.
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Chen Yan picked up this Puppet, but his eyes shone as he looked it over, having some attachment to it.
These two flaws, for me, however... aren’t critical!
As for cultivation, beneath the Celestial Human Realm, it’s suitable for me!
As for the Heavenly Dao’s backlash on fortune...
What a joke.
I’ll just use it in one world, then escape to another world!
By using the Substitute Puppet in the Domain Realm, it means Domain Realm’s loose cultivator Zhao Shanhe owes the Domain Realm’s Heavenly Dao a life!
The debt Domain Realm Zhao Shanhe owes the Domain Realm’s Heavenly Dao has nothing to do with Chen Yan in the real world Dragon Country!
The Domain Realm’s Heavenly Dao can’t possibly chase to the real world to settle accounts with me!
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"The main materials are Ebony wood, Shadow wood, and... um, that’s the smell from Li Fire roasting. Um, and for these few runes, they should relate to life numbers and life charts..."
Chen Yan held this item carefully for a moment, only feeling it very complex, within which a large portion of the array patterns he couldn’t understand.
He thought for a bit, then simply stored this item in his Storage Jade Pendant, to study it thoroughly after returning.
This thing is just damaged; if I can research and understand it, most of the main materials can still be used.
Even if I can’t understand it, I recall asking the storekeeper at Snow Cliff Pass.
Damaged used Substitute Puppets can have their main materials recycled, and depending on the degree of damage, they can sell for several thousand to tens of thousands of money.
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"However... this East Sea guy is indeed quite wealthy! Even the eighty thousand money Substitute Puppet is something he can use!
Hmm? But that’s not right!
This guy, from last night until now, has already used two Substitute Puppets!
Once on the ship, and once just now!
Two of them amount to sixteen thousand - good gracious, indeed a fat sheep!"
Chen Yan squinted his eyes and looked around.
After using the Substitute Puppet for escape, the body would be teleported elsewhere - because Substitute Puppets often include a talisman similar to the "Divine Movement Technique," which transfers the body a distance away at the moment of substitute death.
This, Chen Yan had no way of tracking.
Chen Yan thought for a moment but didn’t intend to pursue East Sea tirelessly - that guy was too dangerous.
Who knows what secrets he’s hiding, to actually provoke such daring people to hijack a Gu Family ship, such troubles, which Chen Yan with only Second Realm cultivation can ill afford now.
Steady priority, it’s better to first focus on his own objectives for this journey.
Chen Yan then stood up, swept through his sleeves, and immediately a gust of wind blew away the traces left on the ground from the recent scuffle.
He looked with satisfaction at the removed traces, then turned and continued northward.
Crossing the creek, entering the forest north of the creek, walking forward for about another hour or so.
Suddenly, ahead in the forest, appeared a large area of scorched marks.
Many trees clearly retained burnt traces from flames, some of which had already broken and collapsed, seemingly swept through by some force.
Broken trunks and branches scattered on the forest floor, with many areas already charred black.
Even the air in the forest retained some burnt scent.
Chen Yan’s heart moved, quickening his steps forward until after several hundred steps, he saw ahead in the woods a cleared open space!
Within several hundred meters, trees were broken and toppled, in the distance a massive shadow lay in the forest!
The spindle-shaped hull, its middle part near the bottom was torn open forming a giant hole, nearly splitting the hull in two.
And the hull also showed severe distortion and displacement!
At this moment, it was wedged among several already broken tree remnants, bow down, stern up.
Most of the hull and deck remained charred from fire, while most of the large deck area had shattered.