As Song Yan faced the multitude of magic techniques, he was not flustered.

Regarding cultivation, he felt it was like a seasoned farmer tending to his fields.

Meticulously and diligently, he sowed sweat, and though it seemed monotonous, he would be delighted to see the crops grow taller and more lush.

Now that he was the Puppet Sect Leader, he had to gain the benefits of being in such a position, acquiring all advantages and enhancing all potential power. He couldn't just wander aimlessly, causing trouble everywhere without reaping the real benefits.

The knowledge Gu Huangzi and the other three Peak Masters possessed, he picked out the essence and fully mastered it all.

A thought flashed through his mind,

as he continued to comprehend the magic techniques he had deduced.

"Paper Manipulation Skill", threshold: Refining Profound Level 4, 5 years to achieve perfection; 27 years to deduce a single mutation technique "Paper Thunder Skill".

Normally, the number of paper figures a disciple practicing "Paper Manipulation Skill" can control is related to the strength of their divine soul; the stronger the soul, the more paper persons they can control. "Paper Thunder Skill" is a "magical" magic technique, for which the use of paper created with "Evil Spirit Technique" is necessary; it works by using the devouring nature of Evil Qi and paper's capacity to absorb, quickly drawing in surrounding Profound Qi or even the enemy's spells' Profound Qi during the charge towards the enemy, and then it...explodes upon arrival.

Simply put, it's like "piloting a mecha to self-destruct."

The power of this self-destruct is very strong, one might say "invincible at the same level," but it comes with a small price; that is, the tiny soul fragment within the paper figure will die too, causing extremely slight damage to your divine soul, but it's not permanent damage.

This skill sounds powerful, seemingly promising, but every attack comes at the cost of depleting the divine soul and the paper figures. It's a desperate, all-or-nothing skill.

No matter how extravagant Song Yan might be, he couldn't possibly treat paper figures made from the blood of someone like Red Granny or Grand Elder as disposable items, right?

'Yet from another angle, it could be considered an unexpected trump card.'

Song Yan pondered for a moment and decided to develop "Paper Manipulation Skill" into a secondary perfect mutation, as "Paper Thunder Skill" seemed to have some utility.

Thus, he spent another 550 years to deduce the secondary perfect mutation magic technique "Paper Lock Thunder Shock Technique".

The so-called "Paper Lock Thunder Shock Technique" enabled the paper figures to perfectly display certain Illusion Techniques, causing the target to be slightly stunned, and then to entangle the opponent at the moment of contact, followed by self-destruction.

...

"Yin Yang Paper-cutting Skill", threshold: Refining Profound Level 4; 81 years to achieve perfection; 383 years to deduce a single mutation secret technique "Yin Yang Paper Technique"; 8320 to deduce a secondary perfect mutation secret technique "Paper-cut Celestial Palace".

This magic was truly formidable, absolutely not inferior to "Hundred Forms Demon Body" evolved from "Hundred Forms Divine Control".

The "Yin Yang Paper-cutting Skill" Gu Huangzi cultivated only cut colorful, size-adjustable engraved paper figures, and it was already inscrutable and unpredictable, but it could only cut paper figures and could not cut out other things.

However, "Yin Yang Scissors Technique" allows Song Yan to freely cut paper lanterns and paper weapons. If cut with Yin, everything drifts like a ghost; if cut with Yang, everything becomes harder than iron. Of course, the quality of the objects is entirely influenced by the quality of the paper.

"Paper-cut Celestial Palace" is the secret technique he has spent the most time comprehending so far, even more than the "Hundred Forms Demon Body", and the benefits it brings are terrifying.

Firstly, you can cut out paper buildings that integrate completely with the surrounding environment, and no matter the environment, as long as it is within the bearing capacity of the paper initially, the paper construction can be integrated into it, forming a space where people can live.

Secondly, these paper constructions make it extremely difficult for outsiders to discern that they are paper houses. For instance, if Song Yan uses blood from Granny Fox to make a paper-cut house, he just needs to place it somewhere, and it will grow in the wind, then anchor itself. And if a late-stage Crimson Palace cultivator comes, even careful observation would not reveal it to be a paper house.

Lastly, all paper figures within this paper house will have their power enhanced to a certain extent, the fewer paper figures, the greater the enhancement. In some cases, the power reaches its peak, far exceeding the paper figure's original power, even surpassing the original power of the owner of the essence blood when they were alive.

...

Song Yan paused slightly and glanced at the panel.

His lifespan had directly changed from tens of thousands to "[Lifespan: 34/1833]," and this figure also factored in the skin he made from that ancient general.

It seemed overly ambitious to think he could absorb and elevate the entire inheritance of the Puppet Sect to a secondary perfect level purely through his long lifespan.

So, he spent 28 years, 35 years, and 392 years respectively to cultivate "Corpse Nourishing Technique", "Corpse-Driving Skill", and "Corpse Burial and Refining Skill" to a single mutation and then paused.

His lifespan also changed to "[Lifespan: 34/1378]."

It was already sparse.

Song Yan couldn't help but sigh slightly, lifespan seemed plentiful, but cultivation was truly a bottomless pit.

Magic techniques were divided into normal magic and secret techniques, with the rank of secret techniques clearly higher than ordinary magic. "Hundred Forms Divine Control", "Yin Yang Paper-cutting Skill", and "Corpse Burial and Refining Skill" clearly were. The time required to thoroughly understand these secret techniques at the Refining Profound Realm even surpassed the magic of the Crimson Palace Realm. And these were merely secret techniques of the Refining Profound level; if it were for the Crimson Palace level or Purple Mansion level, who knows how much more time it would take.

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