Chapter 274 - 259: Puppet and Spiritual Artifact (Part 2)

Chapter 274: Chapter 259: Puppet and Spiritual Artifact (Part 2)

’But... the Soul Condensing Stone is just the vessel for this intelligent core. It still needs an intelligent core inside...’

In his past life, it might have required countless programmers to write logical code and run endless tests. But in the Cultivation Immortal Realm, it was brutally simple.

After all, what intelligent core could possibly compare to a living creature’s soul?

But... even if it was a soul from a Four-Clawed Demon Beast, to serve as a Puppet’s control core, it would obviously be best to control a corresponding Beast-shaped Puppet.

This was what he had overlooked.

He didn’t have enough complete Cultivator Divine Souls...

A Puppet comparable to the Foundation Establishment Realm naturally needed a Divine Soul comparable to the Foundation Establishment Realm for its control core.

The Artifact Refining inheritance he received specifically recorded several Magic Techniques for this.

There was the "Soul Tying Skill," which specialized in extracting a complete Divine Soul without damaging it.

There was also a specialized Soul Condensation Magic Technique, the "Soul Condensation Skill," which involved refining several Divine Souls into a single, more powerful one.

Finally, there was the "Soul Refining Skill" for tempering and merging the Divine Soul to make it more stable and refined.

The process was clear, but unfortunately, he didn’t have enough Cultivator Divine Souls.

After all, to refine a Divine Soul core capable of controlling a Tier Two Puppet, he would need the Divine Souls of several Cultivators at Qi Cultivation Perfection at the very least.

Of course, if he could just kill a Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator and extract their Divine Soul directly, he wouldn’t need to go through all the trouble of refining and tempering.

But obviously, he had neither.

Although he had killed many Cultivators before and had tried to extract their Divine Souls, his method was too crude and simple. The Divine Souls he extracted were completely unusable for a Puppet.

Besides, back then, he hadn’t received this Artifact Refining inheritance and knew nothing about these techniques.

When he did obtain the Artifact Refining inheritance, he was inside a Secret Realm. At the time, limited by the surveillance system he’d seen, he didn’t want to stir up any more trouble.

He only had time to slaughter a large number of Demon Beasts, extracting their Bloodline Essence and, at the same time, many of their Divine Souls.

This Cyan Wolf Puppet was designed based on those Demon Beast Divine Souls.

Chu Mu gently stroked the Puppet, his gaze deep and thoughtful.

’Divine Souls are a very common type of Spiritual Material.’

’When I get the chance later, I’ll just kill a few Cultivators, extract their souls, and then I can start refining my Second-Generation Fire Cavalry.’

"I’ll call you Cyan Wolf Puppet."

Chu Mu took a deep breath, suppressing the impulse in his heart, and finally focused his attention on the Cyan Wolf Puppet before him.

The Puppet was at the Tier Two Early Stage, equivalent in Combat Power to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Its main forging material was Tier Two Lower Grade Vajra Jade. Although Vajra Jade was Tier Two Lower Grade, its hardness was comparable to that of an ordinary Tier Two Middle Grade Spiritual Material.

Even some Tier Two Upper Grade Spiritual Materials might not possess the texture of Vajra Jade.

With such a primary material, this Cyan Wolf Puppet was naturally positioned as a close-quarters melee Puppet.

The Puppet’s Spiritual Power was supplied by two Fire Attribute Middle Grade Spirit Stones.

As for the self-destruct function of the first-generation Fire Cavalry, he had also added it to this Cyan Wolf Puppet.

Furthermore, he had made many targeted improvements. It wasn’t a simple Spiritual Power self-detonation like before. Instead, he had installed three Spiritual Bombs in the Cyan Wolf Puppet’s abdomen, each one comparable to a full-force strike from an Early Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivator.

These three bombs were connected by an Array Prohibition, forming a single unit. The Mighty Power of their explosion was comparable to a full-force strike from a Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Moreover, this Mighty Power was a wide-area-of-effect attack, not a single-target one.

After observing it for a long time and confirming there were no issues with the Cyan Wolf Puppet, he sat down cross-legged and resumed his refining.

Several more days passed, and the single Cyan Wolf Puppet before him became two.

At this point, Chu Mu finally stopped refining Cyan Wolf Puppets. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to create a whole sea of Puppets; the main issue was that he had run out of Spiritual Materials for them.

A single Cyan Wolf Puppet, though primarily made of Vajra Jade, required dozens of different types of auxiliary materials, none of which were common.

He couldn’t refine any more Cyan Wolf Puppets, but this session of Artifact Refining was not yet over.

The Great Sun True Flame continued to burn. One by one, Spiritual Materials melted, had their impurities removed, and then underwent corresponding fusion and transformation, eventually forming the main bodies of their respective Spiritual Artifacts.

After that came the process of engraving Artifact Pattern Array Prohibitions, integrating the effects of the main materials to unleash the greatest possible Mighty Power from the Spiritual Materials themselves.

This process continued for nearly a month before the Great Sun True Flame burning in the cave was finally extinguished.

Before Chu Mu now, aside from the two Cyan Wolf Puppets, were a saber, a shield, a suit of Armor, and a Magic Robe.

The saber was an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact, refined from the Red Flame Iron obtained from Chang Hongyi, along with numerous auxiliary materials.

As for the shield, it was named the Crescent Shield, a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact. Its main material was Tier Two Middle Grade Crescent Stone, refined with other Spiritual Materials like Vajra Jade and Ancient Bronze.

And that suit of Armor was protective gear he had specially designed for Wangcai.

Because Wangcai’s body was enormous, but it usually remained in a shrunken state, he couldn’t refine a perfectly form-fitting suit of Armor for it.

After all, making a suit of Armor that could change size at will, whether in terms of the required Spiritual Materials or the relevant Array Prohibition Patterns, was beyond his capabilities as a Tier Two Refiner.

Therefore, this suit of Armor was extremely large, refined to fit Wangcai’s fully unleashed form.

However, the Armor was also extremely crude. After all, a massive suit of Armor meant consuming a greater quantity of Spiritual Materials.

He didn’t have that many Spiritual Materials to squander, so he could only make this suit of Armor protect a few of Wangcai’s vital areas.

’My Cultivation is still too low... Bloodline transplantation...’

He glanced at Wangcai, who was lying in the corner, and a glint flickered in his eyes as his previous idea resurfaced.

After pondering for a moment, he turned his gaze to the last item: a pale cyan Magic Robe.

This Magic Robe was the Spiritual Artifact he had spent the most effort on.

After all, he had been coveting the wondrous Concealing Breath ability of that two-headed giant serpent for a long time.

He had also long coveted the mimicry effect of that strange ribbonfish.

He had long had countless fantastic ideas centered around the half-skull of the two-headed giant serpent and that mysterious ribbonfish.

According to his original plan, he wanted to integrate the ribbonfish’s mimicry effect into the Magic Robe.

But unfortunately, even after studying it for a long time, he couldn’t figure out the principle behind the ribbonfish’s mimicry effect.

He couldn’t even figure out which part of the ribbonfish it originated from.

With only a single ribbonfish carcass, and its effect being so miraculous, he didn’t dare experiment too much, lest he destroy its wondrous ability.

Therefore, he could only settle for the next best thing.

He preserved the ribbonfish carcass and instead took a portion of the Demon Beast Hide from the two-headed giant serpent’s half-skull as the main material, weaving and refining it with Cyan Silkworm Silk and Red Gold Thread.

The final product was only an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact, but this was merely because the Magic Robe also incorporated defensive capabilities.

If he had crafted it purely as a Concealing Breath Spiritual Artifact, there was a very high chance the final product would have been a Top Grade Spiritual Artifact.

After all, with a Concealing Breath effect like this, even a specialized Top Grade Concealing Breath Spiritual Artifact would likely pale in comparison.

With his current Divine Soul strength, if the Magic Robe’s Concealing Breath effect was fully activated, even he wouldn’t be able to sense his own presence.

It was as if he had vanished from the face of the earth!

After observing for a moment and confirming there were no issues, he closed his eyes and began to meditate to regulate his energy.

Once his Magical Power and Divine Soul had been restored through meditation, he finally rose and proceeded to refine and take control of the Puppets and Spiritual Artifacts before him.

Now clad in a cyan Magic Robe, he waved his hand, dispelling the Array Prohibition in the cave.

Without the isolating effect of the Restriction, the Sound Transmission Order in his robe immediately began to vibrate continuously, as if it had regained a signal.

His Divine Sense stirred, and a series of transmissions sounded one after another in his mind.

There was a long-winded message from Xu Yuan, saying he had gone to carry out a hired mission, followed by some words that sounded like he was arranging his affairs in case of death.

Then, a transmission from Xie Hui immediately followed.

Chu Mu’s brow furrowed slightly. After perceiving both messages, he looked out of the cave. Despite the hundred-mile distance, by looking out from his high vantage point, he could faintly see Water Heaven Workshop.

To the naked eye, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

He pondered for a moment, then patted Wangcai beside him. Leaping up, a fiery red light flashed, and man and beast streaked across the sky, disappearing into the clouds.

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