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Chapter 283 - 249 【Puppetry Technique】

Chapter 283: Chapter 249 【Puppetry Technique】

The night was ink-dark, and a breath of autumn wind swept through, restoring calm to Ao Xiang Villa.

In the small courtyard of the middle villa, Ye Fan tossed the Shi Feng and Shi Ling brothers next to a jade stone.

Under the cloak of night, the two stared wide-eyed at the starry sky, their faces dull and motionless, with only their gently heaving chests proving they were still breathing, not dead, but had become mindless living corpses.

"Senior sister, you take them inside first. I need to restore my consciousness and replenish my Mind Power."

As Chu Ji walked out of the villa with Su Yuxin, Su Liuli, and Situ Ruoshui, Ye Fan spoke with visible fatigue. He had just forcefully attacked the Shi brothers twice using his Mind Power, which had severely depleted it, leaving his consciousness listless.

"Okay."

Chu Ji nodded, grabbed the Shi brothers like they were little chicks, and turned back towards the main building.

"Are you alright?"

"Big brother, are you injured?"

Meanwhile, Su Yuxin and Situ Ruoshui asked simultaneously, their voices filled with concern and worry.

"I’m fine."

Ye Fan smiled and shook his head while catching a glimpse of Su Liuli looking hesitant to speak.

"Thank you for everything you’ve done for me."

Originally wanting to voice her concern for Ye Fan, Su Liuli, upon seeing her cousin and Situ Ruoshui speak first, swallowed her words and opted to switch to expressing gratitude when Ye Fan turned his gaze towards her.

"Su Liuli, that’s not quite your style," Ye Fan said with a chuckle.

No response.

Listening to Ye Fan’s jesting words and seeing his relaxed smile, Su Liuli’s heart trembled slightly.

She knew that though Ye Fan’s acts of revenge seemed effortless, they were far from easy — every step needed precise calculation and carried risks to his life.

Ye Fan purposely maintained a calm demeanor just to prevent the three of them from worrying!

Soon, to avoid disturbing Ye Fan as he restored his consciousness, Su Yuxin, Su Liuli, and Situ Ruoshui returned to the main building.

As the three left, Ye Fan sat cross-legged on the jade stone, placing the Ghostly Gourd in front of him, replacing the jade stone as the main Array Eye of the Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array.

Having accomplished this, Ye Fan swiftly formed handprints without pause, reactivating the Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array.

As the handprints were formed, the Array was activated!

In an instant, Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi within a five-kilometer radius madly surged towards the sky above Ao Xiang Villa, gathering much faster than before when using the jade stone as the main Array Eye.

Moments later, the concentration of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi above Ao Xiang Villa increased by more than tenfold!

If the Shi brothers had encountered Ye Fan activating the Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array with the Ghostly Gourd as the main Array Eye when they infiltrated the villa, they would certainly not have underestimated him.

But—

There are no ifs in this world.

Previously, Ye Fan had not used the Ghostly Gourd to activate the Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array to catch the Shi brothers off guard and launch a sudden combined attack of Magic and Martial Arts, completely shattering Shi Ling’s Spirit.

Had it not been for that, given the strength of the Shi brothers and the power of their "Shadowless Yin Demon Slash," even if they had not used their unexecuted ’Combined Skill,’ it would have been nearly impossible for Ye Fan to gain the upper hand under their joint attack.

Above the jade stone, Ye Fan felt the high concentration of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi above him; he immediately focussed his consciousness, eyes on nose, nose on heart, quickly entering Meditation State.

Sigh—

The next moment, Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, invisible to the naked eye, cascaded down like a waterfall from above, entering Ye Fan through the Tong Tian Point on his head.

As the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi entered his body, The Crimson Golden Crown outside Ye Fan’s spirit promptly appeared, resembling a bottomless golden black hole, quickly absorbing the Primordial Qi entering his body and rapidly converting it into Mind Power to feed back to Ye Fan, aiding him in restoring his consciousness and replenishing his depleted Mind Power.

"The speed of purely replenishing Mind Power is truly astounding!"

At this moment, noticing the rapid restoration of his Mind Power, even Ye Fan, who had experienced the marvels of the Crimson Golden Crown before, could not help but marvel secretly.

Over the past five days, although he had also used the Ghostly Gourd as the main Array Eye to activate the Nine Star Gathering Spirit Array for cultivation, he had not fully converted Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into Mind Power like tonight, but had replenished both Mind Power and Power simultaneously. Both the speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and the speed of converting it into Mind Power were far less than now.

So fast!

Compared to Ye Fan himself, inside the main building of the villa, Chu Ji, realizing that Ye Fan had absorbed a large amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in a short time, enabling the Mind Power Seed between her brows to rapidly restore, was directly dumbfounded— even she could not catch up with Ye Fan in terms of restoring Mind Power speed!

Quickly, the originally dim bead between Ye Fan’s brows gradually brightened, sparking with Crimson Gold light, dazzling to the eye.

Swish!

Moments later, when Ye Fan’s Mind Power Seed shone bright as a Gold Star, his consumed Mind Power was fully restored. He suddenly opened his eyes, which flickered with a faint Crimson Gold light, eerily beautiful.

"How come you can absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and restore Mind Power so quickly?"

Later, after Ye Fan put away the Ghostly Gourd and entered the main building, Chu Ji curiously asked, "Also, I remember you clashed with his ’Shadowless Yin Demon Slash’ before, there should have been Evil Yin Qi entering your body. With the strength of your Power, it’s impossible to neutralize it in such a short time—how did you manage that?"

"By this."

Facing Chu Ji’s inquiry, Ye Fan paused for a moment and pointed to the dark ghostly gourd, but he still didn’t reveal the secret of the crimson golden crown to Chu Ji.

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Chu Ji, but rather he was worried she might be concerned!

After all, that crimson golden crown was truly miraculous, and who knew if it would cause negative effects on him in the future?

"Magic artifacts are indeed miraculous," Chu Ji said, first startled, then she sighed, "What a pity..."

"What’s a pity?" Ye Fan asked.

"Nothing... nothing much," Chu Ji said, her expression slightly strange as she shook her head.

Seeing this, Ye Fan vaguely felt that Chu Ji might be hiding something from him, but since Chu Ji was unwilling to say more, he didn’t press on. Instead, he walked straight to the Shi Feng and Shi Ling brothers.

"Puppetry technique is one of the most mysterious skills, I’ve heard that only a magician who has reached the ’Gang Qi Realm’ can use it. Are you really confident?" Seeing Ye Fan’s actions, Chu Ji, momentarily distracted, asked somewhat worriedly.

The one who knew Ye Fan’s plan was aware that Ye Fan was going to control the bodies of Shi Feng and Shi Ling using the mysterious ’Puppetry Technique’ next, in order to fabricate solid evidence of Bai Luo collaborating with foreign underground forces and hiring murderers.

Although she had not practiced magic, being a disciple of Chu Xuanji, she was not unfamiliar with magic. She knew that an Innate Mage could only manipulate the thoughts of living beings, control lifeless objects, and directly manipulate some weak-minded living beings by using ’Mind Power’ after reaching the Gang Qi Realm. They could also control strong-minded living beings through the mysterious ’Puppetry Technique’.

Although the consciousness of the Shi Feng and Shi Ling brothers was shattered and they had lost awareness, their bodies still retained soul marks.

Soul marks not only contain a person’s lifelong memories and thoughts but also harbor the resentment felt at the moment of death.

That resentment was far more terrifying than regular Evil Yin Qi!

This meant that Ye Fan, trying to control the bodies of Shi Feng and Shi Ling, could not guarantee whether he would be repelled by the soul marks within their bodies. If repelled, it could not only harm Ye Fan’s consciousness but also leave an indelible mark deep within his consciousness, affecting his future cultivation and even possibly consuming or seizing Ye Fan’s consciousness when it was most vulnerable.

"Don’t worry, I’m one hundred percent confident," Ye Fan said confidently. His body harbored that mysterious crimson golden crown, which could absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi as well as Evil Yin Qi. Even if the soul marks of Shi Feng and Shi Ling tried to repulse him, they could not harm him in the slightest.

Seeing Ye Fan’s confidence, Chu Ji didn’t say anything further, while Ye Fan took Shi Feng and Shi Ling to the study.

Chu Ji thought for a moment and then followed them.

Entering the study, Ye Fan didn’t rush to use the ’Puppetry Technique’ on Shi Feng and Shi Ling. Instead, he took out a camera and directed it at the two. He said to Chu Ji, "After you see them kneel, turn on the camera and start recording."

"Okay," Chu Ji nodded and moved toward the camera.

"Phew~"

Seeing that, Ye Fan took a deep breath, regained his focus, and then positioned his hands in front of him, moving them swiftly.

Being one of the most mysterious skills in the world, the handprints of the ’Puppetry Technique’ were much more complex and intricate than those of the ’Yin Yang Absolute Killing Array’ or the ’Nine Stars Spiritual Communication Formation’. It took Ye Fan a full two minutes to complete all the handprints.

"Go!"

Upon finishing the handprints, a crimson golden bead emerged at Ye Fan’s brow. He shouted loudly, and two invisible forces of Mind Power shot out from the crimson golden ’Mind Power Seed,’ entering the Yintang points between the brows of Shi Feng and Shi Ling.

As the Mind Power entered their bodies, Shi Feng and Shi Ling shook violently!

Suddenly, their soul marks seemed to detect someone trying to control their bodies aggressively and instinctively retaliated!

In Ye Fan’s perception, the shattered spirit fragments of Shi Feng and Shi Ling gathered together under a terrifying resentment, and then each turned into a fearsome force of Mind, rushing towards Ye Fan’s Mind Power!

In an instant, the Mind Power that entered the two bodies was devoured and destroyed, then, the two terrifying forces born from the soul marks of Shi Feng and Shi Ling didn’t stop; they burst out of their bodies and shot directly into the Yintang point of Ye Fan, attacking his consciousness!

Soul mark repulsion!

Chu Ji’s worries had become reality.

In the moment of crisis, Ye Fan remained unmoved, simply stabilizing his consciousness, while waiting for the crimson golden crown to appear.

Whoosh—

Just as Ye Fan had anticipated, sensing that his consciousness was under severe attack, the crimson golden crown suddenly appeared. A flash of golden light directly absorbed the soul marks of Shi Feng and Shi Ling!

This time, the crimson golden crown did not feed any Mind Power back to Ye Fan, as if it had absorbed it itself.

After the crimson golden crown had completely absorbed the two forces of Mind Power generated by the soul marks, Ye Fan suddenly noticed that the color of the crimson golden crown had deepened a bit.

Hm?

This discovery made Ye Fan pause slightly.

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