"Look for it yourself, it shouldn't be difficult to find." The old Taoist said with a smile.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Tianjing, for your guidance. Let's leave the Gengjing matter here."

"Next, I have a question that has something to do with the Soul Stone. I hope Brother Tianjing can give me some advice."

Yin Mo nodded and said mysteriously.

"Fellow Taoist, what do you mean? I don't quite understand!" The old Taoist's expression changed from kind to serious, and he stared at Yin Mo sharply.

"In fact, I also have some knowledge of the alchemy technique for making puppets."

"I have found the remains of ancient puppet beasts in the caves of some ancient monks, and soul stones were hidden in them."

"According to my guess, the soul stone should be the key to making the puppet."

"I think you collected these soul stones because you got the ancient puppet refining technique and planned to refine some powerful ancient puppets yourself."

"Am I right? If so, I hope you can share some knowledge with me."

Yin Mo stared at the old Taoist and spoke word by word.

But he became more alert, fearing that the Taoist priest might have a violent reaction. Although this possibility was small, he still remained vigilant.

When Master Tianjing heard these words, there was no expression on his face, but his eyes became cold. He stared at Yin Mo closely without saying a word.

Seeing this, Yin Mo became more cautious, but his expression remained calm. He patted the storage bag again and took out a palm-sized jade box.

He opened the lid and pushed the box onto the table in front of the old Taoist priest. Inside were two crystals that were larger than the previous ones.

Tianjing Zhenren's expression finally changed, revealing a look of shock.

"How did you get such a big soul stone? Are there any others?" the old Taoist asked in a deep voice.

Yin Mo looked at Master Tianjing's expression and smiled, but did not answer.

"Hmph! I can answer your questions, but you must also tell me how you obtained these soul stones." The old Taoist tapped the table with his fingers and said in a cold voice.

"No problem!" Yin Mo answered without hesitation.

"In fact, I also found some methods of refining ancient puppetry in the ruins of an ancient monk."

"It is said that these puppet beasts are very powerful, but the materials required are very precious and must be used together with soul stones to be successfully made."

"But soul stones are not easy to find, and I have only obtained a few so far."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have made such a hasty exchange at the trade fair."

"Now it's your turn to answer me, how did you get so many soul stones?" Master Tianjing said coldly.

"These soul stones are actually not rare. I didn't know their value before."

"I got them through a demon beast called Yinming Beast."

"It took me a lot of effort to get some." Yin Mo replied calmly.

"The Dark Beast? How come I have never heard of it? Where can I find this monster?"

The old Taoist's eyes were gleaming with excitement as he asked passionately.

"No matter what kind of ancient puppet you plan to refine, can you lend me some knowledge of refining techniques?" Yin Mo said without changing his expression.

As soon as Yin Mo heard the Taoist's words, the selflessness on the Taoist's face disappeared without a trace, and he calmed down again:
"It seems that Brother Yin intends to use this to threaten me."

"Threat? That's not right, Master."

"So far, I have not asked for anything substantial from you. Instead, I have given you several rare soul stones."

"If you think it's inappropriate, I won't ask a second question."

"I won't take these soul stones back either." Yin Mo said calmly.

Upon hearing these words, Tianjing Zhenren's face changed, and then his expression changed continuously.

Yin Mo was not in a hurry to urge him. He stood opposite him, not in a hurry at all.

"With the puppetry I gave you, you should be able to roughly distinguish the real from the fake."

"But how can I be sure of the authenticity of the Yinming Beast Land you mentioned?"

The old Taoist said this coldly, after some thought.

"To be honest, even if you know the existence of the Yinming Beast Land, you can't enter it."

"That place is extremely dangerous. Even if you enter, your life or death is uncertain."

“I just narrowly escaped death.”

"However, even if you don't believe me, the Soul Stones are still real. You can also use some of the Soul Stones to exchange for the Puppet Refining Technique in your hand. You won't suffer any loss."

"Otherwise, even if you have the puppet refining technique, what's the use without the soul stone?"

Yin Mo said calmly.

After hearing these words, Master Tianjing frowned and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

"Okay! I don't intend to delve into the authenticity of the Soul Stone."

"I just ask you how many soul stones you want to exchange for the puppet refining technique."

"If the quantity is too small, I would rather stay and enjoy it alone."

After weighing the pros and cons, the old Taoist finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"That depends on the value of the ancient puppetry technique provided by fellow Taoist."

"If I can only refine those ordinary puppets, I won't be interested even if you show it to me for free." Yin Mo was happy inside, but his expression remained expressionless.

"Those puppets I exchanged during the day were just remnants I found in the ruins."

"From what you said, it seems that the stronger the puppet is, the more soul stones you will provide."

The old Taoist said with a strange expression.

"Yes, that's what it means."

"If I can create a puppet comparable to that of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, I will give you twenty or thirty soul stones. What's the harm?"

Yin Mo bit his lip lightly and said calmly.

"Are those the soul stones of the original quality given?" asked Tianjing Zhenren seriously.

"Do you think the ancient puppetry technique can really create a puppet that can rival that of a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

Yin Mo was surprised at first, then overjoyed, and said without hesitation:
"Since I have said it, it is definitely not false."

"Okay, these are the jade slips refined by the ancient puppets. No need to borrow them, I will give them to you directly."

The old Taoist quickly took out a white jade slip from his storage bag, threw it directly to Yin Mo, and then revealed a sly smile.

Yin Mo was a little stunned by his actions.

He felt something was wrong, but after some thought, he picked up the jade slip without hesitation and scanned it with his spiritual sense.

After a while, Yin Mo withdrew his consciousness, his face was red and white, and he stared at Tianjing Zhenren without saying a word. "Why? The several puppets provided by these puppetry techniques, the most advanced ones can even rival the attacks of a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, don't they meet your requirements?"

The old Taoist said with a slight smile.

"Humph! How is it not consistent? But the main materials required for these puppets are rare materials such as ten thousand year old ironwood."

"And there are other auxiliary materials. Not only are they rare, but some of them I have never even heard of. How should I find them?" Yin Mo's face was full of anger.

"Hey, hey! I can't help you with this."

“However, there are diagrams of various materials on the jade slips. Perhaps fellow Daoist may have the opportunity to gather the required materials.” Taoist Tianjing said leisurely.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Tianjing has already found all the materials mentioned above? Otherwise, how could he collect soul stones everywhere?"

Yin Mo asked back unexpectedly, the anger on his face quickly subsided and immediately turned into a rhetorical question.

"When did I ever say I wanted to make the puppet myself?"

"I just found two semi-finished high-level puppets in the ancient ruins. I can use them directly by integrating the soul stones into them. There is no need to do it myself."

Master Tianjing explained calmly.

Yin Mo was speechless for a moment. This old Taoist is really hard to deal with!
"Okay, I have handed over the puppet refining technique to Fellow Daoist Yin, so my..."

"Here you go!" Yin Mo waved his hand impatiently without waiting for the old Taoist to finish his words. A green light flashed and a pile of soul stones appeared out of thin air on the table.

Crystal clear and very eye-catching.

Tianjing Zhenren was overjoyed, but also felt a little embarrassed, and hesitated to speak. At this time, Yin Mo interrupted him:
"I've suffered a loss this time, but I won't complain. Now that we've settled our accounts, I'll take my leave."

Yin Mo turned and left, looking depressed, without looking back.

The old Taoist looked at Yin Mo's receding back, first shook his head, then nodded, and finally calmly put away all the soul stones.

This transaction was really unexpected. He used a puppet refining technique that was completely useless in exchange for so many soul stones. Naturally, he was extremely satisfied.

With these soul stones, he can completely complete those half-finished puppets.

However, he was really surprised that Yin Mo took out so many soul stones this time, and he couldn't help but look at Yin Mo twice more.

The old Taoist didn't know that at this moment Yin Mo was walking on the street in the distance, the depressed look on his face had long disappeared, replaced by a weird smile.

For Wannian Ironwood, it might be a problem for others, but for him, it is not a problem at all. It just takes some time.

As for those unknown materials, if he remembered correctly, they could be found in the remains of the puppets of the Xutian Palace.

If he is lucky, he should be able to collect the materials needed for a few puppets.

Of course, in addition to these materials, there are also some other rare auxiliary materials that require some time to collect.

The full-strength attack of these puppets is almost comparable to that of Golden Infant monks. Once they are successfully refined, they will be extremely powerful.

It can make the puppetry that he had originally given up become one of his killer weapons again.

Unfortunately, although the jade slips recorded several methods of refining puppets equivalent to those of Jindan cultivators.

However, the materials needed for these so-called low-level puppets are not easily available in the cultivation world. Some of the materials have been lost for many years.

If one could have five or six such puppets at a time, although they would not pose a threat to Nascent Soul cultivators, if one could create hundreds of them at a time like before, Nascent Soul cultivators would have to retreat.

However, Yin Mo could only think about this idea in his mind.

It goes without saying that even if there are materials to refine this kind of Jindan stage puppet, its cost will definitely be equivalent to the price of an ordinary magic weapon.

Let alone more than a hundred, even dozens of them would be too much for Yin Mo to afford.

In the past, refining hundreds of level three puppets for the Qianzhu Sect almost bankrupted him, and he even sold out many of the monster materials at the time to barely raise the required expenses.

But compared with these puppets now, the puppets at that time were nothing but dwarfs.

Yin Mo smiled bitterly in his heart, then after confirming the direction, he headed straight for the west gate of Tiancheng.

Although it was late, to him, there was no difference between day and night. He would go find the Gengjing master first.

Compared to making puppets, the most urgent task is to enhance the power of one's own magic weapon.

After all, the improvement of one's innate magic weapon is where unlimited potential lies.

I hope the Gengjing master's conditions are not too harsh. It would be best if I could exchange them for some demon pills.

Yin Mo could only hope for the best.

……

Half a month later, the annual trade fair was officially held. Monks from all over Tiannan poured into this city of monks.

The auction houses in the city began auctioning various treasures the next day.

The auction lasted for several days and attracted many wealthy monks. Many high-ranking monks flocked to the auction house.

On the last day of the auction, several items were particularly favored by high-level monks, and some monks even participated in the bidding with the help of the power of their sects.

"Seven hundred and sixty thousand spirit stones, this piece of Geng essence was obtained by this fellow Taoist."

A middle-aged monk standing at the front of the auction hall announced with a smile on his face.

On the sandalwood table in front of him was an emerald green tray, on which was a walnut-sized pale golden ore, which looked inconspicuous.

A monk in a silver robe with a blurred face walked out of the crowd excitedly, handed over the spirit stone, and took the Geng Jing away.

Yin Mo, who was sitting in the audience, sighed lightly, stood up and walked out of the auction hall.

No matter how precious the items to be auctioned next are, they have nothing to do with him.

That night, he easily found the master of Geng Jing using his spiritual sense.

But what the other party wanted was actually a level seven beast egg or the legendary treasure refining material "Hua Yi Shen Ni", and he had none of these things.

After the conversation failed, he could only return home disappointed.

However, from the other party, Yin Mo learned that the piece of Geng essence was not big. It was only enough to mix into seven or eight flying swords, which was far from enough.

Despite this, when the auction for Gengjing Ginseng started today, Yin Mo still participated. However, once the price exceeded 500,000 spirit stones, he gave up completely.

It seems that his Da Geng Sword Formation cannot be used in a short period of time.

After walking out of the auction house, Yin Mo did not look back, but went to several markets and took the opportunity to collect some materials for refining ancient puppets.

Although there are still many materials missing, and the cultivation of the thousand-year-old ironwood also requires a lot of time and green liquid.

It is still too early to refine an ancient puppet of the Nascent Soul stage, but if he is given enough time, his strength will be greatly enhanced once the refining is completed in the future.

Then, Yin Mo walked straight to a corner of Tiantian City.

Today is the fourth day of the trade fair.

He remembered some things that Nanlong Hou had told him, so curiosity drove him to walk a distance according to the location described in the jade slip and finally found his destination.

Yin Mo used his spiritual sense to scan the surrounding situation, and then walked to a seemingly ordinary stone house.

The stone house looks like two ordinary connected houses, which attracts no attention. (End of this chapter)