Cultivation through Skin Making

The Evil Land of Puppet Sect was in chaos, yet the Cold Pool Valley Market remained bustling with activity.

Many cultivators from the Three Kingdoms gathered here, and those few Crimson Palace level experts who received the news had no intention of disturbing the atmosphere.

Because to both the Puppet Sect and the Nanwu Sword Sect, the Cold Pool Valley Market was not only a symbol of "alliance" but held unprecedented deep significance.

That significance was unification.

The opportunity to unite all cultivators of the Three Kingdoms lay in this Cold Pool Valley Market.

If this market were to continue for long, would not those who control the market hold all cultivators in their grasp and bring them under their door?

The most difficult thing in the world is "from zero to one."

The Cold Pool Valley Market is this "one."

Therefore, neither Gu Huangzi nor the Grand Elder wished for any accidents during this market opening.

Besides, how could Granny Fox's appearance in the Evil Land have anything to do with this side of the Cold Pool Valley Market?

Thus, elite experts were dispatched to assist Puppet Sect's Evil Land secretly.

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Almost everyone was kept in the dark, except for a very few who received the news.

Yin Wutai was one of them.

At this moment, he had already taken Song Yan to lodge in an inn at the market. Although there were two adjacent rooms, outside the inn, his trusted followers kept watch to prevent Song Yan from fleeing.

Song Yan tested a few times, and whenever he wanted to go out, Yin Wutai would inevitably find an excuse to join him.

But if he sent Cao Yuzhuang out, no one would care.

Song Yan couldn't help but become curious.

However, no matter how quick-witted he was, he never imagined that "Granny Fox had also played a trick, sneaking back home while others were out."

So he focused his probing on "whether the Puppet Sect and the Nanwu Sword Sect have fallen out."

After all, he was a spy for the Nanwu Sword Sect, and his presence here was to act as a "public lubricant between the righteous and evil paths." But if the two sects had fallen out, the Puppet Sect would inevitably worry about his escape.

Yin Wutai, being sharp, naturally guessed Song Yan's thoughts, and thus, with a smirk, cooperated with the junior brother's mind, coldly saying a few words: "Remember, you are my junior brother now. Even if you return to the Sword Sect, can you compare to the prestige in my Puppet Sect?"

With that, he even patted Song Yan's shoulder with a "from the heart" stance, his slightly nervous blood-reddened pupils slightly lowered, saying in a low voice: "I must admit, there are indeed some righteous fools in the Nanwu Sword Sect, but most are hypocrites... You should make plans for yourself, don't foolishly take the wrong side."

Upon seeing Senior Brother Yin so concerned for him, Song Yan immediately understood that they hadn't "fallen out."

Then... what was it?

For a moment, he couldn't guess.

At this time, he was in the room of the inn, but the Deformed Soul's tail of the Shadow Puppet was still active outside.

In the evening, the puppet finally found a "swap meeting."

This "swap meeting" was temporarily organized, and its members seemed to be cultivators interested in the "Crimson Palace Realm," including loose cultivators, as well as disciples from the Nanwu Sword Sect and the Puppet Sect.

In total, there were 7 people in the swap meeting.

Two were disciples from the Sword Sect.

Two were disciples from the Puppet Sect.

One was from the Blood Corpse Peak, followed by a bulkily wrapped figure, with a glimpse of rigid purple visible through the cloth strips. This was a Purple Corpse with power comparable to about the Eighth Layer of Refining Profound.

Another was clad in heavy armor, which exuded a peculiar aura that Song Yan immediately recognized as a talented disciple personally taught by an Elder from Paperman Peak, already in the Ninth Layer of Refining Profound.

The other two, like him, were wearing "anonymous suits."

The Cold Pool Valley Market opening was under the banner of "do not ask where you come from, do not ask for identity, as long as you are of the human race, then welcome," so... as long as you pass the entry-level test, no matter how you hide your identity in the market, no one will care.

The Sword Sect disciples glanced at the Puppet Sect disciples, the two sides snorted coldly and standoffish as they separated.

Then, the seven each brought up their own issues, and if anyone could accept them, they would exchange and trade in pairs privately.

The concerns of the Sword Sect and Puppet Sect disciples were basically about "which advanced demon beast blood would be suitable as Foundation Establishment Blood for the entry-level to the Crimson Palace Realm, and what are its effects," "where there are some high-level demon beasts' nests," and "are there any other Crimson Palace Realm demon beasts or demons besides Granny Fox."

The other two with hidden identities were asking about "how to break through to the Crimson Palace Realm" and "are there Crimson Palace Realm Techniques or Magic available for exchange," etc.

Clearly, these two, like Song Yan, were at a "dead-end with no further path."

Thus, Song Yan also posed the same question with these two.

After posing the question, it led to private two-person discussions and transactions.

To Song Yan's surprise, those two loose cultivators seemed to have unique encounters, bringing many treasures.

And a Blood Corpse Peak disciple, after trading with a loose cultivator, looked towards Song Yan, exchanged a glance, and moved to the side.

The Blood Corpse Peak disciple straightforwardly said: "I have a fragment of a Crimson Palace Realm Cultivation, guaranteed to at least get started, but it's not from my Puppet Sect. What do you have to exchange?"

Song Yan replied: "Profound Jade."

"Nothing else?" The Blood Corpse Peak disciple frowned slightly.

Song Yan said: "You wouldn't find anything else useful."

The Blood Corpse Peak disciple thought about it; after all, it's just a copy, giving it to one more person and one less person makes no difference, and it could only be sold among these unascribed loose cultivators. So he said: "One-time price, two hundred small Profound Jade, or two pieces of Profound Crystal."