Chapter 289: The Treasures of Puppet Master Mo

Su Qingchan is actually a Grandmaster?

Chu Liang was astonished.

“She is about my age. How can she be a Grandmaster at such a young age?”

“You already possess Grandmaster-level strength, why can’t she?” The puppet glanced at him. “You are not the son of the heavens, you can’t possibly have all the fortuitous encounters, can you?”

“That’s true.”

Hearing the puppet’s words, Chu Liang understood.

It’s just a pity.

Su Qingchan has a congenital defect, and she only has one chance to use her full strength in this lifetime.

Even if she became a Grandmaster, she could only use her power cautiously.

Chu Liang couldn’t help but sigh, glancing at the small courtyard where Su Qingchan resided, then turning back to gaze at the evening glow in the sky.

Early the next morning, the Azure Netherworld Eagle began to slowly descend.

Ahead was the location of Puppet Master Mo’s treasure.

“Master, we have arrived.”

“Good.”

Chu Liang leaped down and landed steadily.

According to the map’s instructions, he came to a small hill and then fiercely threw a punch.

Boom!

The mountain cracked.

The fist imprint was deeply embedded, and cracks spread in all directions.

Chu Liang took a deep breath and delivered another punch.

With a loud rumble, the entire hill completely collapsed, and countless rocks rolled down, finally revealing a black stone staircase leading underground.

“This is the entrance to the treasure palace.”

With a thought, Chu Liang transformed his Qi into a barrier and stepped inside.

The depths of the stone steps were dark and silent, as if leading to a desolate hell, where one could not see their own fingers.

Jiao Da perched on Chu Liang’s shoulder, his golden pupils shining brightly, illuminating the steps ahead for Chu Liang.

Just then, a strange, gentle breeze blew past.

“Whoosh…”

Then, on the stone walls on both sides of the steps, bronze lamps suddenly lit up.

It seemed that some kind of mechanism had been triggered.

Chu Liang remained calm and continued deeper, descending several hundred feet.

Finally, he reached the end of the steps.

An ancient and imposing bronze gate appeared, ninety-nine feet high, engraved with complex and unusual patterns, with a depression on its surface.

Chu Liang took out the assembled key and placed it into the depression.

Soon, a “buzz” was heard, the earth trembled, and countless mechanical gears sounded around them. The patterns on the bronze gate changed several times before slowly rising.

The treasure palace of Puppet Master Mo, sealed for a thousand years, was finally revealed!

Behind the gate was a long passage.

On both sides of the passage stood countless bronze puppets, holding weapons and wearing armor.

Their expressions were solemn, as if they possessed intelligence. Their bronze eyes slowly moved, looking at Chu Liang at the entrance, each emanating a powerful aura.

At the end of the passage, there was actually a huge bronze city!

The dome above was inlaid with countless sparkling and smooth luminous pearls, their soft light illuminating the entire underground world.

“That is…”

Behind him, Hong Wu and Xue Jiaojiao were both shocked, seeing the bronze city clearly in the light of the luminous pearls.

Who could have imagined that there would be a city beneath these towering mountains?

Inside, there were sounds of children playing, vendors hawking their wares, and pedestrians arguing. All kinds of sounds blended together, full of the hustle and bustle of life, making one feel as if they were in an ordinary human city.

“Why are there sounds?”

“Could there be living people inside?”

The two exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock.

It had been sealed for a thousand years, how could there still be living people?

Chu Liang’s expression remained calm. He shifted his gaze, examining the bronze guards on both sides of the passage, then slowly took a step forward.

After a moment, seeing that the bronze guards did not move, he took a second step.

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The bronze guards on both sides of the passage merely watched him, tightly gripping their weapons, but they did not move.

Chu Liang continued to walk, step by step, towards the city gate at the end of the passage.

The others followed closely behind.

Crossing the moat, passing through the city gate, and entering the city, the scene inside was astonishing.

The city was bustling with activity, with people coming and going, and the sounds of hawkers’ cries rising and falling. There were merchants, and children playing in the streets.

All walks of life were present.

What was both eerie and shocking was that all the creatures in the city were puppets!

The entire city was a city of puppets!

Each puppet had its own life trajectory, as if they were completely unaware that they were puppets. Tens of thousands of puppets lived in this city.

A vendor even hurried forward, his bronze mouth opening and closing, trying to sell his goods to Chu Liang.

“Sir, look, this is Dragon Well tea from Hangzhou, even the Emperor likes to drink it…”

Chu Liang glanced at it. The leaves the vendor was selling did indeed look like tea leaves, but they were all made of bronze.

He ignored him and continued forward with the others.

Logically, opening the palace gate should have led to the inheritance.

Could the inheritance be this city of puppets?

But what use would such a city be?

Chu Liang remained silent, walking along the central street of the city towards the City Lord’s Mansion at the very center.

“Knock knock knock—”

He knocked on the door of the City Lord’s Mansion.

After a moment, the door slowly opened, revealing an empty and dark interior.

Chu Liang walked inside, into the depths, and finally arrived at the main hall of the City Lord’s Mansion.

“Whoosh…”

An invisible wind blew past, and the bronze lamps in the hall lit up one by one.

A skeleton sat cross-legged, its head slightly lowered.

In front of the skeleton were three inheritance items, clearly three storage bracelets.

“This should be the true inheritance.”

Chu Liang’s expression was solemn. He approached the skeleton and bowed.

“Junior Chu Liang greets Senior Mo Kui!” His voice was steady. After speaking, he did not immediately take the inheritance items but waited for a while.

The others knew what he was waiting for.

Since Puppet Master Mo could create so many lifelike puppets, he could naturally create a puppet similar to himself to guard his inheritance.

But after waiting for a long time, no other sound appeared.

So, Chu Liang bowed again.

He stepped forward and picked up the first storage bracelet.

As expected, inside the bracelet were the four puppet beasts that countless martial artists outside coveted—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, each possessing the strength of a Peak Grandmaster!

Each one was no weaker than the Undying Old Monster and the Fire Dragon King.

There was a spiritual imprint method in the storage space. As long as one successfully cultivated it, they could subdue the four puppets.

In addition, there was a map.

“Huh…”

Chu Liang picked up the map, examined it closely, and was surprised.

This map was exactly the same as the Immortal Ascension Opportunity Map he had obtained in the Flood Dragon’s Water Palace!

Below, there were words left by Puppet Master Mo:

【I entered the Land of Immortal Ascension and obtained Divine Blood Crystals. Using the Divine Blood Crystals as energy, I created countless puppets.】

【Descendant who inherits this, if you have Grandmaster strength, you may go to the Western Regions Land of Immortal Ascension, perhaps you will have the chance to become an immortal.】

Divine Blood Crystals!

Chu Liang suddenly understood. No wonder this city of puppets could operate for thousands of years.

Divine Blood Crystals are a type of dark red crystal, said to be formed from the blood of ancient deities after they fell. Each piece contains unimaginable essence.