It's Chinese New Year's Eve again.

Somehow, it snowed heavily all winter and stopped early.

So much so that this year's Chinese New Year's Eve had a bit of rare warmth.

This year's Great Chu, the four seas were peaceful, the national strength was strong, and the new policy implemented by Emperor Xiaozhuang also achieved initial results, and was deeply loved by the people.

The country is rich and the people are strong, so naturally it should be celebrated.

So on Chinese New Year's Eve, inside and outside the palace, there were lights everywhere and joyful.

Su Chen still has no habit of celebrating the New Year.

It's mainly by myself, and there is no atmosphere for the New Year's festival at all, at this time, except for reminding myself that another year has passed, there seems to be nothing special about it.

Ordinary people will sigh a few words when they are a year old, summarize the past, and look forward to the future.

But for Su Chen, this didn't mean much.

If you have this time, you might as well practice or read a book to enrich yourself.

However, this year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been particularly generous.

actually prepared a New Year's gift for the eunuchs and maids in the palace, although most of them were gadgets such as food dolls, but this was also an unprecedented treatment.

I heard that this was all requested by Lin Fan, the chief eunuch of the celebrant and eunuch, to His Majesty.

For a time, the eunuchs and maids in the palace all had a good impression of this eunuch from a humble background.

Lin Fan's prestige and authority also reached an unprecedented peak in this year, and there was a faint illusion that there were a few points below one person and above ten thousand people.

Su Chen faintly felt a hint of crisis from these clues.

Sometimes, standing too tall isn't necessarily a good thing.

Tree is the simplest truth.

Especially Lin Fan's sensitive identity, now he is incompatible with the scholar clan, if it is not reined in, sooner or later it will be true, once the emperor has the intention to liquidate, the end can be imagined.

Su Chen also thought about persuading him.

But now Lin Fan is in a high position, either by the emperor's side or in Dongchang, and it is not easy to see him.

Moreover, time has passed, and the identities of the two are now very different.

Lin Fan is now at his peak, and he may not be able to listen to what he says, so why bother to be bored.

"Individuals have their own fate, so bear their own blessings and misfortunes."

In the courtyard, Su Chen was lazily lying on a chair, basking in the sun, and his hand was flipping through the "Legend of the Ghost Fox" that he had bought from Crazy Xiucai before.

There are many strange anecdotes in the book, some of which have been passed down from generation to generation, and some of which are folk folk tales.

It seems bizarre, but it's not entirely made up.

For example, there are several bizarre stories in it, all of which mention a place called "Tianmai Mountain".

A lot of details can also coincide.

Perhaps, there are really some spirits haunted in this Tianmai Mountain.

Of course.

Su Chen just looked at it, and used it as a novel to relieve boredom, so that he would not really ask for immortals based on the things in it.

He also found the legend about the Taizu of Chu State when he searched for immortals, as for the truth or falsehood, it is unknown.

After reading and resting for a while, Su Chen stood up and moved his hands and feet.

Then he returned to his room and continued to study the sigil.

Ever since he drew the dragon talisman, he had found the trick and his skills in drawing talismans had become more and more proficient, but in just over a month, he had successfully mastered the second type of talisman.

Soul Control Talisman.

Attaching this charm to an item will cause it to be channeled for a short period of time, and the caster can easily manipulate it with some special spells and mudras.

The faction of chasing corpses is to first use the Yin Suppression Charm to suppress the Yin Qi of the corpse, and then wrap it with a bandage, which is painted with this kind of spirit control talisman.

In order to achieve the effect of manipulating the corpse puppet.

Of course, Su Chen didn't have a habit of refining corpses.

But he has created a lot of puppets, which have been used as ornaments because there is no suitable drive control method before.

Now that you have this soul control talisman, you can give it a try.

Maybe it will work wonders.

Between thoughts.

Su Chen lifted the quilt on the bed, and on it lay a wooden puppet that was almost exactly the same size as him.

Activate the Essence and Blood Qi to activate the Soul Control Talisman, then attach it to the puppet.

Su Chen immediately took out the soul bell.

The name of this thing is to conjure spirits, but in fact, its fundamental function is to convey the command to control the spirit rune through the ringtone.

Because the Liu family has been refining corpses for generations, and they also control corpse puppets, they took the name Soul Bell.

Of course, the puppet has no soul, but in the brass bell, it also reacts.

Squeak –

The joints of the mechanism twisted, and the puppet of the mechanism, under the command of Su Chen, got up, stood, walked, and could even simply perform some attack actions.

It's just that the body is still very stiff, so it seems to be very sluggish.

However, Su Chen was already very satisfied with this.

This proves that the idea of a spirit control talisman being used to manipulate a puppet is viable.

A puppet that can be manipulated freely can be used as a stand-in to help you explore some dangerous places.

Of course.

The effect of a soul control talisman is too weak.

It only lasts for a while, and after the rune seal is consumed, it has no effect, and this puppet is too cumbersome, far from flexible, and the materials used to make the puppet are too ordinary.

If you want to truly create a spirit golem that can be controlled freely, you have to start over with the materials and the way you make it.

This is a big project, which needs to involve many aspects such as organs, seals, and craftsmen's skills.

Many, many hours to study and research.

If you are an ordinary person, your energy and time are limited, and you can't even cultivate enough, of course you won't waste too much energy on this.

But for Su Chen, the most important thing is time.

After practicing every day, research and tinkering, sooner or later, you can create a mechanism spirit puppet with real practical value.

I'm thinking about it.

Suddenly, there was a muffled noise in the courtyard outside the door.

Then came the familiar shrill scream.

"Tick-"

It's Hai Dongqing!

When Su Chen heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he was a little surprised.

The beast had been gone for almost a year, and he, like the Emperor, thought it might have died of old age.

For this reason, Su Chen was sad for several days.

Unexpectedly, this guy is still alive.

"You guy, you're finally willing to come and see me. Where have you been running these days? ”

Su Chen said and pushed the door out.

But I saw a blinding scarlet in the courtyard.

Hai Dongqing was lying on the ground, his wings were dripping with blood, and he seemed to be injured a lot.

Its eyes were full of exhaustion and sadness, and there was something in front of it.

"How could you be so badly injured?"

Su Chen's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to check the injury for it.

Hai Dongqing tilted his head, slapped his hand away gently, and then gently rubbed his head against the thing under him, and let out a low cry like pleading in his mouth.

Su Chen looked down and saw that under the blood-drenched feathers, a young bird the size of a palm was covered in blood and was already dying......