Chapter 2228: Puppet Gains Fame, Guests Arrive

The colossal body of the blue flood dragon collapsed onto the island, crushing several mountain peaks and sending up clouds of dust and smoke.

"Your grandson, Wang Lihe, pays his respects to the Ancestor."

Wang Lihe bowed respectfully, his expression reverent.

"Greetings, Senior Wang."

The red-robed elder and others bowed in unison, their faces filled with awe.

The sea surface churned violently as over a dozen gigantic sea beasts emerged, one after another, including sea lions, sharks, whales, sea crabs, and sea shrimp.

Upon closer inspection, these sea beasts shimmered with a metallic luster under the sunlight.

These were sea beast puppets crafted by Wang Changsheng and Wang Qingfeng, specifically designed for underwater activities.

Coralline stone is highly resistant to pressure and is typically used to forge water-repelling treasures. Many factions purchased coralline stone to craft artifacts for diving into the seabed to hunt demonic beasts or explore mineral veins. However, this sea area had too many demonic beasts, making it difficult to escape once detected.

The Wang family's sea beast puppets showed no discernible abnormalities in appearance, possessing significant deceptive capabilities, making it easy to fool real demonic beasts.

The Wang family created a batch of sea beast puppets specifically for underwater operations. Their primary uses included patrols, mineral vein exploration, and searching for spiritual herbs, serving a wide range of purposes.

Not only were the sea beast puppets highly deceptive, but their divine abilities were also considerable, making them very popular. However, the Wang family rarely sold them externally, mainly because the family had too few high-level artificers to keep up with demand.

In this sea area, there were quite a few cultivators capable of crafting puppet beasts. High-level cultivators who could craft fifth-tier puppet beasts were rare, and those capable of crafting sea beast puppets at a high level were even rarer.

The Wang family also gained considerable renown through their sea beast puppets. They also discovered two small spirit stone mines located on the seabed. The undeveloped territories were still vast; the only concern was whether the Wang family had enough personnel. There were plenty of deserted islands for the Wang family to develop.

Developing deserted islands required high-level cultivators, especially in terms of formation arrays. Without a powerful defensive formation array, it would be easily breached by demonic beasts.

Over the years, the Wang family had been actively recruiting. The Wang family provided islands, helped eliminate demonic beasts and set up formation arrays, bringing one deserted island after another under their jurisdiction. The Wang family controlled over 600 islands, a number that was increasing annually.

If it weren't for the excessive number of demonic beasts and frequent beast tides, the number of islands controlled by the Wang family could have increased severalfold.

Wang Qingfeng nodded and conjured a small, glowing red pagoda to collect the flood dragon's spirit. Crafting puppet beasts required a large quantity of demonic beast spirits; fortunately, this sea area was rich in demonic beast resources, so there was no shortage.

After putting away the flood dragon's corpse, Wang Qingfeng said, "Don't linger here. Return soon, and we can discuss further once the formation array is set up."

After saying this, Wang Qingfeng and Dong Xueli transformed into two streaks of light and vanished into the sky. Over a dozen sea beast puppets submerged into the seabed, and soon, they disappeared from sight beyond the horizon.

Wang Lihe performed an incantation, and the gigantic blue sword transformed into five shimmering blue flying swords, returning to his sword scabbard.

He put away the corpse of the hedgehog-eagle beast and departed.

Green Lotus Island, the Wang family.

At Green Lotus Peak, the door to the secret chamber suddenly opened, and Wang Changsheng emerged, a smile gracing his face.

He had successfully crafted another fifth-tier puppet beast, significantly enhancing the family's combat strength.

So many years had passed, and he wondered if Wang Ruyan's injuries had healed.

He went outside and saw Wang Ruyan crafting talismans in a stone pavilion.

Wang Ruyan's complexion was rosy. After consuming a bottle of Nine-Bend Jade Void Pills and a jar of Cloud Ganoderma Brew, she had mostly recovered, and engaging in combat was no longer an issue.

She also knew that a beast tide would erupt within five hundred years and had been continuously studying the "Heavenly Talisman Tome," hoping to craft several sixth-tier talismans.

To craft a sixth-tier talisman, the first challenge was the talisman paper. The hides of sixth-tier demonic beasts could be refined into talisman paper. Different talismans required vastly different materials.

Fortunately, this sea area was rich in cultivation resources, so acquiring sixth-tier materials to craft talisman paper was not a major problem.

Wang Changsheng stood still, afraid of disturbing Wang Ruyan as she crafted the talismans.

After a while, Wang Ruyan threw out a glowing red beast hide.

The beast hide was only about a foot long, covered with profound red runes, and emanated a violent aura.

Nearby, specks of blue light suddenly emerged in the void, forming a gigantic blue water curtain, which enveloped the beast hide.

With a loud bang, the beast hide self-detonated, transforming into a dazzling crimson fireball, but it was contained within the blue water curtain.

After a moment, the blue water curtain dissipated into specks of blue light, and the crimson fireball vanished with it.

Wang Changsheng's figure flickered, suddenly appearing before Wang Ruyan, and he asked with a face full of concern, "How are you? Are you feeling better?"

"It's nothing serious. I'll fully recover after a period of rest. Fighting is no problem. Sixth-tier talismans are truly difficult to craft; I failed again."

As Wang Ruyan finished speaking, she let out a soft sigh.

"Success comes from effort; take your time. If it's too difficult, just craft a few more fifth-tier talismanic artifacts instead."

Wang Changsheng comforted her, explaining that sixth-tier talismans were highly sought after and not easily crafted. Wang Ruyan had not been in the Void Refinement stage for long, so she had ample time to comprehend and study.

Wang Ruyan nodded, just as she was about to say something, a ten-foot-tall green paper crane flew in. The surface of the green paper crane was covered with countless profound runes.

It was a communication talismanic artifact, similar to a communication disc, but superior.

She cast an incantation, and Sun Yuejiao's voice promptly sounded: "Mother, Senior Uncle Chen, Senior Uncle Lu, and Junior Aunt Liu have arrived. They are here to attend your celebration."

"Since they've arrived, let's go out and greet them!"

Wang Changsheng said in a deep voice. They were extensively preparing and holding this celebration not only to showcase their strength but also to expand their social circle and incidentally, guide the family's alchemists and formation masters.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan left Green Lotus Peak to greet them personally, demonstrating their respect towards the visiting cultivators.

Outside Green Lotus Island, a dragon boat, constantly shimmering with blue light, floated high in the sky. Over a hundred cultivators from Zhenhai Palace stood upon it, with two men and one woman standing at the forefront.

Besides Liu Yumei, the other two were Chen Yihang and Lu Guangpeng.

Chen Yihang was a sixth-tier formation master, and Lu Guangpeng's descendant had married into the Sun family.

In addition to the three Void Refinement cultivators, there were over twenty Nascent Soul cultivators, and eight fifth-tier alchemists and formation masters combined.

Their purpose in attending the Wang family's celebration this time was, first, to support the Wang family, and second, to help the Wang family cultivate skilled talents. They weren't acting purely out of kindness, but rather because Sun Yuejiao's generous gifts had played a role, and it was closely tied to the Wang family's potential.

If the Wang family grew stronger, collecting cultivation resources would become easier, and they too would benefit.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan flew out from the island and stopped.

"Senior Brother Chen, Senior Brother Lu, Senior Sister Liu, for you to travel thousands of miles to attend our family's celebration brings immense glory to our Green Lotus Island. Let's go inside to talk."

Wang Changsheng made a welcoming gesture and personally escorted them to the main hall.