Chapter 376: Chapter 220: The Origin of the Puppet Immortal Technique, Seize the Moment for Love

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the valley was swept by wild winds.

"This Law Enforcement Hall is actually underground?

"Is it an underground multi-story structure?

"Is that what Eighteen Layers of Hell means?"

Bai Mo stood beside the giant pit, seeing the outline of the first underground layer already revealed. There were rooms, numerous stone slabs, copper plates, and documentation, along with writings and murals on the walls.

Fiery figures wielded small shovels, digging away the settled soil, uncovering more murals, documentation, and walls.

Big Flower Arm swung its tail, shoveling away the soil at the edge of a broken wall.

Next to it, White Earrings loaded the excess soil into a small cart, preparing to transport it outside the pit.

Both foxes were covered in dirt, looking dusty and grimy, but they were very excited.

"Ying ying ying!"

Big Flower Arm dug while chatting; this time they uncovered relics that must be very important!

"Ow ow ow!"

White Earrings was also beaming, agreeing with Big Flower Arm’s view because Master was beside the pit with a solemn expression!

Thinking of the value of these relics, the two foxes became more energetic, swinging their small shovels like windmills.

...

Bai Mo jumped into the pit, observing the inscriptions and murals on the walls.

He saw that this first underground layer recorded measures for protecting slaves.

[Celestial Immortals should frequently inspect to ensure slaves eat at least one dry meal a day...]

Celestial Immortals?

Law enforcers?

Does someone specialize in this duty?

[Celestial Immortals should frequently inspect to ensure slaves don’t produce offspring from close relatives...]

"Ah?"

Bai Mo furrowed his brow.

Does the Ancient Immortal Dynasty even care about this?

Unexpected, but makes sense.

Bai Mo continued to walk, his eyes fixed on the broken walls and ruins.

Seeing the broken wall that Big Flower Arm had just dug out, he approached.

"Hey? This line is interesting."

[Prohibit using slaves for beast fights, violators will be beheaded]

Slaves?

Beast fights?

Similar to human death matches in the Ancient Roman Colosseum?

This was explicitly banned even in the Ancient Immortal Dynasty.

...

While Bai Mo was standing on the first layer reading the documents, exploration-style digging was also taking place on the second underground layer below his feet.

"Ying ying ying!"

In the pitch-black underground cave, Quanquan Hu was wielding a small shovel, tirelessly digging deeper into the cave.

"Ow ow ow!"

White Ears’ small shovel touched the wall!

"Ying ying ying!"

Black Ears joined in, along with White Ears, Quanquan Hu, Bai Taiyang, and White Moon, cautiously using their shovels to clear the wall. They looked, touched, knocked, and smelled, carefully examining it. Judging the architectural path of the underground building based on this wall’s thickness and form, they selected a new excavation direction.

Behind them, the Big Mushroom Ship, like a snake exploring a cave, closely followed.

Bai Xingxing sat in the cockpit, controlling the Big Mushroom, swallowing the small mound of dug-up soil.

While operating, Bai Xingxing kept his ears perked, constantly observing the Purple Bellflowers beside the driver’s seat, always on guard for any pollution.

Master had said that if the bellflowers rang, he shouldn’t hesitate, he should immediately control the Big Mushroom and swallow everyone up, then escape at lightning speed!

...

Night fell.

In the dormitory hall, the foxes touched their full bellies, gathered in circles, and began bragging and chatting, boasting about their day’s work.

Quanquan Hu tilted his head, stroked his whiskers, and proudly recounted his progress in the exploration of the second underground layer.

The surrounding disciples listened with admiration, their hearts full of longing.

In the center of the dormitory hall, on the bed, Bai Mo was clutching several copper plates that had just been excavated from the second layer, carefully reading them.

These copper plates recorded typical criminal behaviors.

At this moment, Bai Mo held one of them, a look of realization on his face.

[Prohibit transforming Medicine People into Puppets for puppet battles, violators will be beheaded]

"The origin is actually here?

"Even during the Ancient Immortal Dynasty’s most prosperous era, Immortals were already doing such things?"

This is a serious crime, and there’s plenty of related documentation.

Bai Mo sifted through the documents, slowly unraveling the sequence of events...

Originally, bored Immortals held slave gladiatorial matches, watching the fights and betting on the outcomes, enriching their dull lives amidst cultivation.

Of course, this form of entertainment violated Celestial Law, and was always explicitly prohibited and severely punished.

But unexpectedly, even with Celestial Law’s interventions, "slave gladiator matches" didn’t disappear; instead, they continued to thrive in darkness.

Theatres sprung up in secret valleys or deep forests!

During countless sleepless nights, the upper-echelon Immortals filled the audience seats, reveling like a tidal wave!

Defying Celestial Law, intoxicated and dreamlike Immortals even secretly captured Medicine People and Soup Men, using them as battle slaves, forcing them into more advanced gladiatorial matches for greater excitement, louder cheers, and more pleasure.

Later, the upper-echelon Immortals invented new gameplay... They were dissatisfied with the poor fighting skills of Medicine People and Soup Men, so they altered their bodies, transforming them into Puppets with excellent combat performance and manipulability, maximizing their physical potential to deliver the most intense combat, the bloodiest, most spectacular battles!

The upper-echelon Immortals could then, amidst laughter and cheers, stand at the puppet arena’s control decks, each controlling their own Puppet, fighting and entertaining!

Puppet transformation was extremely brutal. Transformed Puppets, once tethered with puppet strings, could be controlled, but whether fighting or not, they were left with only one hour of life.