Underestimated!
They had underestimated Senior Brother Yun Tianping too much!
Everyone had underestimated Senior Brother Yun Tianping in the past!
Senior Brother Yun Tianping was usually low-key, not revealing his true strength, which led to a serious misjudgment of his abilities by everyone.
They had thought that Senior Brother Yun Tianping was no match for Wang Xiaohu, who possessed the "Tiger Fiend Demonic Blade."
But now, it seemed that was not the case at all.
With his "Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet," Senior Brother Yun Tianping was fully qualified to contend with Wang Xiaohu.
Who would win was still unknown!
Moreover, everyone had a strong intuition that Senior Brother Yun Tianping had not used his full strength yet; he still had trump cards.
Senior Brother Yun Tianping was unfathomably deep!
...
The layman watches the fun, while the expert sees the craft.
The "Foundation Establishment disciples" merely felt that the "Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet" was awesome and impressive, but they didn't really know why it was so powerful.
On the judges' bench, the judges were all shocked.
"Heavens, how can a Foundation Establishment cultivator control a Golden Core puppet?"
"Upgrading a peak Foundation Establishment puppet to a late Golden Core puppet is too outrageous! Zhen Buxu Hall Master, is your Heavenly Secret Holy Land's Heavenly Secret Core this powerful?"
...
If it were an ordinary "Heavenly Secret Core," it would certainly not have such immense power.
But the problem was, the "Heavenly Secret Core" that Yun Tianping brought out was anything but ordinary!
At this moment, Ye Qiye, who was usually arrogant and full of airs, couldn't help but be slightly moved.
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he looked with great interest at the "Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet."
"Interesting, increasingly interesting! Fang Tianping, it seems I have underestimated you. You can actually upgrade a metal puppet to the late Golden Core stage, and what's more amazing is that you can control it so freely!"
After all, when it came to "puppets," stronger wasn't always better.
No matter how powerful a "puppet" was, if it far surpassed one's own strength, was mismatched, and couldn't be controlled, it was useless!
Having it was the same as not having it!
Normally, a cultivator could control a "puppet" that was one level lower than themselves.
For example, Fang Tianping was at the "Great Perfection stage of Foundation Establishment." Normally, the "puppet" he could control freely would be at the "late Foundation Establishment" level, and certainly not at the current "late Golden Core" level.
"Oh, I understand!"
Ye Qiye carefully observed the "Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet" for a moment and made his final conclusion.
"Your Heavenly Secret Core is extraordinary. It's refined entirely from Stardust Sand, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Tianping nodded faintly, acknowledging Ye Qiye's words.
Whoa!
This is too much!
The crowd erupted in amazement, staring at Yun Tianping in disbelief.
You rich guy, you're too rich! Let's be friends!
Many people even wanted to latch onto Yun Tianping's coattails right then and there and never let go.
He was outrageously wealthy!
"Stardust Sand" was a good thing, it was the highest-grade material for refining artifacts.
The greatest benefit of "Stardust Sand" was that it could greatly reduce the difficulty of refining high-level treasures.
Just like Li Xiaoyao and the others refining the "Azure Origin Immortal Sword."
The "Azure Origin Immortal Sword" was a Houtian Lingbao, immensely powerful.
With Li Xiaoyao and the others' cultivation levels, even a thousand years wouldn't be enough for them to refine it.
However, with a large amount of "Stardust Sand," even if Li Xiaoyao and the others were only at the "Golden Core stage," they could easily and quickly refine the "Azure Origin Immortal Sword."
It was that magical!
But as good as "Stardust Sand" was, it was incredibly expensive and extremely rare, virtually priceless.
If the "Heavenly Secret Core" that Yun Tianping took out earlier was entirely refined from "Stardust Sand," it would have consumed at least over ten catties of "Stardust Sand."
One liang of "Stardust Sand" would cost at least 100,000 low-grade spirit stones on the market.
Over ten catties of "Stardust Sand" would cost over ten million low-grade spirit stones.
A fortune!
An astronomical fortune!
Tsk tsk tsk...
The most crucial point was that "Stardust Sand" was incredibly rare and priceless; even with money, you couldn't buy it.
Over ten catties of "Stardust Sand" simply couldn't be found on the market.
Even Ye Qiye, the "pretentious fellow," couldn't help but show a look of shock.
"Fang Tianping, where did you obtain so much Stardust Sand? You know, the total amount of Stardust Sand circulating on the market isn't even this much!"
Hearing this question, Yun Tianping showed sincere respect.
With a face full of reverence and adoration, he bowed respectfully in a certain direction.
"This Stardust Sand was naturally gifted to me by a senior. Thank you, senior!"
Oh, so it was a senior!
Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood!
This explained everything!
In this world, if anyone possessed the most "Stardust Sand," it would undoubtedly be a senior!
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiye's shock deepened.
He had heard of this "mysterious senior" more than once or twice.
Since he joined the "Yun Family Immortal Manor," he heard the most about the "mysterious senior" every day.
Things like "The senior single-handedly killed seven Nascent Soul ancestors with one sword!"
"The senior possesses a Primordial Chaos Spiritual Treasure!"
"The senior's cultivation is unfathomable, already at the Immortal Emperor realm!"
...
In fact, the reason Ye Qiye joined the "Yun Family Immortal Manor" was precisely because of the "mysterious senior." He wanted to get close to the "mysterious senior" and investigate their background.
A sharp glint flashed in Ye Qiye's eyes.
It seems it's time to show my true skills!
"Yun Tianping, your Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet is good. It can fight me now!"
Arrogant, so f***ing arrogant!
Hearing Ye Qiye "showing off" again, the "Foundation Establishment disciples" below the stage couldn't stand it anymore and shouted angrily.
"Ye Qiye, will you die if you don't show off!"
"Ye Qiye, open your eyes and see clearly! The Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet has reached the late Golden Core stage, it can beat you into tears with one move!"
"Ye Qiye, hurry up and kneel and surrender!"
...
Facing the crowd's "ridicule," Ye Qiye remained unconcerned, still wearing a devilishly charming smile.
"A bunch of insignificant ants, of course, wouldn't understand my peerless talent!"
Yun Tianping frowned.
While the "Foundation Establishment disciples'" "ridicule" was wrong,
Ye Qiye's "pretentiousness" was even more displeasing.
Forget it, no need to waste time with this kind of person. Let's defeat him and get him off the stage quickly!
Yun Tianping activated his true essence and cast a series of mysterious hand seals.
The "puppet runes" all over the "Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet" began to flow like mercury, shining with divine light.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
In the next instant, the "Six-Armed, Six-Sword Metal Puppet" launched a fierce attack.
Its speed was incredible, rotating like a top, its six "great swords" slashing rapidly, charging towards Ye Qiye with formidable momentum.