Even the Earth Demon Old Ghost's treasure vault couldn't escape Mo Tang's eyes, and the outer barrier was forcibly broken open by Lei Zunzhe using spatial power.
Among all of the Earth Demon Old Ghost's collection, what truly caught the eye of Mo Tang and Lei Zunzhe wasn't the mid-level Earth-rank lightning attribute cultivation techniques and fighting skills, but rather the crafting method of the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which made both Mo Tang and his disciple's eyes light up.
"High-level puppet secret technique discovered. Do you wish to spend 100 mid-level energy points to inscribe it?"
"Yes/No"
"Yes!"
"Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Technique successfully inscribed, consuming 100 mid-level energy points."
The system's inscription doesn't make the original cultivation technique scroll disappear, so in a sense, any cultivation technique or fighting skill, as long as it comes into close contact with Mo Tang, can be instantly copied by him...
Therefore, Mo Tang didn't need to keep those two Earth-rank cultivation techniques and fighting skills for himself; he simply spent 100 points to inscribe the Awakening Thunder Technique.
"Seriously, my eyes are practically glowing with envy!
But as for crafting puppets…
although Mo Tang isn't fire-attribute, nor does he possess a different kind of fire like Xiao Yan in the original story, that doesn't mean he can't craft one himself.
The strength of the Heavenly Demon Puppet depends on the crafting materials and the fire used.
As for materials, that's not a problem for Mo Tang right now. Wasn't that old Earth Demon Ghost, frozen solid, a perfect example?
He was a half-step Dou Zun level expert; if Xiao Yan had that, he could probably craft a Heavenly Demon Puppet directly…
'I'm not greedy, just give me an Earth Demon Puppet first…'
Mo Tang chuckled to himself.
Earth Demon Puppets can absorb lightning energy to advance, and in the Wind and Thunder Mountains, the least lacking element is wind and thunder power!"
As for how to refine them… as one of the four pavilions, how could the Wind and Thunder Pavilion not have its own alchemy facilities?
Mo Tang had heard that the high-grade pills in the pavilion were all refined by a seventh-grade alchemist elder.
Furthermore, the furnaces and flames used by this elder were personally carved by Venerable Lei from ten-thousand-year-old blazing stone inside a volcano, and he personally broke through the rock layers of a previously dormant volcano to draw upon the earth's vein fire for flames; their power was not much weaker than that of a different kind of fire.
Mo Tang could simply use the earth's vein fire to refine puppets, wouldn't he?
After scouring all the resources of Demon Flame Valley, Mo Tang only selectively converted a few thousand units of intermediate-grade energy, setting his intermediate-grade energy reserves at around five thousand points for improving his combat skills. The rest was left entirely to the Wind and Thunder Alliance.
After all, why were these people so devoted to him? Wasn't it because following him meant there was something to eat?
Mo Tang now wanted to cultivate a wolf-like nature in them!
Once the team grows larger and stronger, I won't need to lead them anymore; they can proactively hunt for food on their own…
This method of sustaining themselves through war allows me to cultivate a powerful wolf army in the shortest time.
As for whether their actions will cause trouble…
please, this is the Black Corner Region, a place where people eat people. As long as they can grow quickly, what's wrong with slaughtering millions here?
Besides, these guys are all shrewd. They know better than Mo Tang who to mess with, who to avoid!
"Hopefully, some qualified cannon fodder will emerge from among them in the future…"
In the later stages of the Doupo world, Dou Zun are everywhere, and Dou Zong are less than dogs.
Even if you want to be cannon fodder, you don't qualify unless you become a Dou Zong!
As for the true main force around me, the three women who have been enhanced by Origin Qi will definitely grow into absolute powerhouses and be the most trustworthy and powerful main force around me.
As for Qinglin with the Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil, that was just a casual move he made back then. The outcome depends on her own actions, so for now, she can be considered half a threat…
As for the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, these will be his main fighting forces in the future, so he needs to seize these powers as quickly as possible!
"Perhaps the upcoming Four Pavilions Conference will be a good start…"
From the beginning, Mo Tang's goal wasn't just the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, but the entire Four Pavilions!
If he could forge a Four Pavilions Alliance, his power would begin to take shape, giving him a little confidence to establish himself in the Central Region of the Central Continent.
However, all of this required his own strength!
Thinking of this, Mo Tang began to consider whether he should slightly reveal his astonishing "cultivation" speed.
However, he needed a suitable reason.
…
…
Just as Mo Tang was looking for a reason to break through quickly, unexpectedly, this reason came knocking on his door…
Canaan Academy, Inner Court.
In the vast mountains, in an extremely large sunken basin.
Viewed from above, the basin appears as if it were carved out by a massive meteorite.
And indeed, it was created by a meteorite...
In the heart of the academy, an enormous black tower lies buried deep underground, with only its spire and a dark entrance visible above ground.
This is the core of the inner courtyard—the Heavenly Flame Chain Tower!
Whenever the tower opens, countless students from the inner courtyard flock to it to cultivate.
A major reason why Canaan Academy is considered the continent's premier academy, attracting even people from the Central Plains, is precisely because of this Heavenly Flame Chain Tower!
However, these students are unaware of the terrifying place hidden at the very bottom of this tower... At
the very bottom of the Heavenly Flame Chain Tower, scorching heat rises in the vast space, blurring even visibility.
Fiery red light seeps out from nowhere, illuminating the entire space.
In the center of this space was an extremely spacious deep cave, filled with a faint dark red color, like congealed blood.
Outside this cave, a visible cylindrical energy shield firmly sealed it off, clearly a powerful seal laid down by a strong expert.
Not only was there a seal, but not far from the energy shield, the Inner Court's Grand Elder, Su Qian, sat cross-legged, his eyes half-closed, using his immense battle qi to completely envelop the lowest level of the Heavenly Burning Chain Qi Tower. No slightest fluctuation could escape his senses.
Such multiple layers of defense were naturally for the sake of the ferocious flame trapped at the bottom of the tower—the Fallen Heart Flame—which had already developed sentience!
Suddenly, the sound of flowing water rang out, like fish emerging from the water and skimming the surface.
This subtle sound caused Su Qian, who had been keeping his eyes closed, to instantly change his expression!
(End of Chapter)