Strongest Scammer: Scamming The World, One Death At A Time-Chapter 574: Mind Modifying Doll Seal

The record stated that the seal was created by one of the most terrifying Patriarchs in the entire history of the sect. This man had been a prodigy unlike any other, feared and respected in equal measure. He had been a Grandmaster in formations, a master of curses, a master of puppetry, and a Blood Master as well.

Han Yu raised a brow when he read that final part.

’Blood Master... Just like Ju Fan’s clan.’

He continued reading.

The Patriarch had taken his mastery of four different fields and fused them together into a single abomination of control. A seal so potent that it could break the will of even a Dao Shell realm cultivator. A seal that could turn the proudest genius into a lifeless puppet who would obey any command given by its owner.

Han Yu’s jaw clenched.

The book stated that when the Patriarch first unveiled the seal, even the elders of the time were stunned.

The ability to convert high level prisoners into obedient slaves changed the power structure of the sect overnight. Their enemies could no longer rely on strong cultivators to resist or escape. The Slaughtered Moon Divine Blood Sect turned their prisoners into assets, not casualties.

The book continued describing the effect of the seal in glowing praise, which made Han Yu’s stomach turn.

It described how the seal shut down the conscious mind and replaced it with a perfectly obedient structure. It described how emotions could be quietly extinguished or even replaced with artificial ones. It described how the seal could simulate reactions and expressions if the owner desired them.

Han Yu felt sick.

It was exactly what he had seen in Xuan Qing.

Her blank face. Her empty eyes. Her perfect obedience. The mechanical tone of her voice.

The seal had taken away everything that made her herself.

The book also mentioned that the seal could be used on most cultivators below the Dao Treading realm. It could be used on mortals, Qi refining realm, Core Condensation realm, Nascent Soul realm, and even Dao Shell realm.

No wonder the sect valued it.

A Jiangshi soldier took massive resources to create depending on its level. But a Doll Seal was far cheaper and produced a slave who could use tools, speak, cook, write, perform delicate work, and even participate in combat with proper instructions.

The book described the seal as a brilliant creation that changed the fate of the sect.

To Han Yu, it was nothing short of monstrous.

But then came the part that truly mattered.

The section about breaking the seal.

He scanned the page eagerly only for his hope to collapse.

There was no method written.

The book openly stated that the creation of the seal was a divine secret, passed only to the Patriarch and a select few high elders. The knowledge of how to form or break it was withheld from the public. Even Outer Court elders would not know it.

The book only described the basic requirement to even begin learning the seal.

Anyone qualified to study the Mind Modifying Doll Seal needed:

Proficiency in Formation TheorySkill in CursesCompletion of the first seven Puppetry ManualsA foundation in Blood Mastery techniques

Han Yu exhaled sharply.

He understood what this meant.

Even if he wanted to break the seal, he first needed to learn all four fields. He would have to study formations, curses, puppetry, and blood mastery. He would need to enter divisions he had not even approached yet.

If he wanted to save Xuan Qing, he had to walk the same path as the Patriarch who created the Doll Seal.

Han Yu closed the book and leaned back in the alcove. His mind was spinning.

Saving Xuan Qing was not as simple as lifting a normal slave seal.

He would need knowledge.

He would need power.

He would need access to forbidden arts.

This was not a goal of months. It was a mission of years.

But he did not hesitate for even a breath.

He whispered quietly to himself.

"I will not accept this. I will save you. No matter how long it takes."

His eyes were filled with determination that burned hotter than any alchemical flame.

He closed the book carefully, placed it back on the shelf, and left the library with a new purpose.

He would learn formations. He would learn curses. He would learn puppetry. He would learn blood mastery.

Even if those paths were dangerous or forbidden, he would find a way to gain access to them.

Because Xuan Qing’s mind was still trapped inside her own body.

And he would bring her back.

A while later Han Yu sat in the corner of his cave, the faint glow of an illumination talisman reflecting off the smooth stone walls he had painstakingly cleaned months earlier. His thoughts churned like a storm.

The requirements to learn anything remotely connected to the Mind Modifying Doll Seal floated in his head, each one like a mountain he needed to climb.

Formations.Curses.Puppetry.Blood mastery.

Four paths. Four arts. Four completely different fields that only the most deranged or most talented cultivators would attempt to study at the same time.

Han Yu closed his eyes and exhaled deeply.

He needed to choose where to begin.

Formations were the easiest.

He already had some experience there. In the Twin Leaf Peak Sect he had been praised more than once for his ability to understand basic arrays quickly. While he had never been formally trained as a formation master, he had studied enough manuals and practiced enough talisman crafting that he knew the fundamentals well.

He knew spirit patterns.He knew how to create simple barriers.He knew how to adjust spirit flow.He could even make intermediate talismans on a good day.

But formations were only one fourth of what he needed. And while he was confident he could expand this knowledge quickly, formations alone would do nothing to help Xuan Qing. Not unless he learned the other components of the Doll Seal.

Curses.