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"I thought you would be quick, but it seems I still had to wait a long time." As soon as the person spoke, Xu Feng immediately understood and felt relieved. If this person wanted to kill him, they wouldn't have waited until now.
The visitor was A Si, the bodyguard of Shen Gongzi.
"Senior, you are too polite," Xu Feng said as he respectfully bowed.
A Si's expression was calm as he got straight to the point. "Shen Gongzi knows that you are not short on money, so he prepared another gift for you and asked me to bring it."
Xu Feng was overjoyed but replied, "Senior is too kind; I dare not accept such generosity."
A Si could see through Xu Feng's thoughts, but he did not expose them. Instead, he said, "You have indeed helped Shen Gongzi a great deal this time. Shen Gongzi never mistreats those who do good for him, so it is only natural for him to send you this gift." With that, he tossed a black storage bag over.
Xu Feng hurriedly caught it. "Thank you, Shen Gongzi."
Seeing that Xu Feng accepted the storage bag, A Si considered his task complete and turned to leave.
Suddenly, a surge of azure spiritual energy shot up from a nearby courtyard, soaring over a hundred meters into the sky. The area within ten zhang around the courtyard was shaken by the powerful spiritual energy, causing the White Mist to ripple.
"Someone has actually advanced to the Golden Core stage," A Si remarked with slight surprise as he glanced at the source of the spiritual energy. There were not many Golden Core Cultivators in Liuxiang Kingdom, so encountering someone advancing on-site was quite rare.
Xu Feng's heart blossomed with joy. From the color and origin of the spiritual energy, it was clear that Gao Jingsong from the Lin family had successfully broken through and advanced to Golden Core. Originally planning to break through in three months, he unexpectedly succeeded in just two months with the full support of the Lin family—there was no way he couldn't be happy about that.
Xu Feng tried to suppress his laughter, but A Si's keen insight did not miss it. "Is it your friend who has advanced?" A Si asked.
Xu Feng grinned foolishly and replied, "Yes, he has worked hard for decades and finally took this step."
A Si's expression remained indifferent; an advancement to Golden Core held little allure for someone at his level as a Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator. He nodded symbolically and said, "Congratulations." Without lingering any longer, he turned and walked toward the city. He arrived quickly but left slowly.
Watching A Si walk away, Xu Feng eagerly unleashed his Wings of the Strange Dragon. With a flap or two, he flew into the Lin family compound, retracted his wings, and headed straight for the Elder Council.
The Elder Council had gathered more than a dozen people—elites from the Lin family. Upon seeing Xu Feng enter, they all greeted him warmly. Lin Shaocong paced back and forth in the hall with excitement evident on his flushed face. He naturally knew this was not Lin Fangxin's advancement; however, since Gao Jingsong had advanced while they were all in seclusion together and their progress was similar, it meant that Lin Fangxin's breakthrough must also be imminent.
Interestingly enough, Yi Jiuzhou reached the peak of Foundation Establishment first but was not the first to advance.
Before long, a revitalized Gao Jingsong emerged from the secret chamber accompanied by several elders to meet everyone in the hall.
Gao Jingsong's promotion to Golden Core was indeed remarkable. Dressed in a new green robe, his eyes sparkled with brilliance, making the Foundation Disciples envious.
Everyone congratulated him, and Gao Jingsong smiled as he returned their greetings.
Amidst his excitement, Gao Jingsong made a concluding speech: "Thank you all. I am very happy to have been promoted to Golden Core today. First, I want to thank Xu Daoyou; without his strong support, I wouldn't have come this far. Next, I want to thank Lin Shaocong and all the elders; without the Lin family's full support, I wouldn't have succeeded in my promotion so quickly. Once again, thank you all!" Gao Jingsong deeply bowed to everyone, showing no airs of a Golden Core Cultivator, which earned him further praise.
Since the Koukou Group had not yet been made public, Gao Jingsong could not refer to Xu Feng as Group Leader in public. Xu Feng had intended to present a magical artifact as a congratulatory gift, but since Gao Jingsong had just been promoted and needed to stabilize his cultivation, he decided not to rush it. Xu Feng offered some encouraging words and sent Gao Jingsong back to the secret chamber.
That night was destined for good fortune. A surge of gray spiritual energy rose into the sky as Lin Fangxin, the Sixth Young Master of the Lin family, successfully advanced to Golden Core. Lin Shaocong, who had been waiting outside the secret chamber, was overjoyed, dancing with excitement and nearly cramping his face from smiling.
Remembering those who helped him, Lin Shaocong personally visited Xu Feng to express his gratitude and presented him with a specially crafted Expansion Talisman from the Lin family. This talisman allowed Gao Jingsong and his companions to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy in a short time without risking injury.
As the name suggests, the Expansion Talisman expands the Meridians to increase capacity and flow speed. It is similar to Xu Feng's Control Vein Technique; however, one reduces meridians while the other increases them. One is a long-term reusable cultivation method while the other is a temporary measure.
Xu Feng naturally accepted it with a smile and reciprocated by taking out two bottles of Sixth-Level Concentration Pills for Lin Shaocong to arrange for the newly promoted individuals to consume for faster stabilization of their cultivation.
Lin Fangxin was deeply moved; these were Sixth-Level Elixirs. As the family head, he had very few on hand—not due to lack of funds but because they were rare and hard to obtain.
A single Sixth-Level Elixir could sell for between two hundred thousand and three hundred thousand spirit stones in the Fairy Market—an item of great value that was hard to come by. Generally, cultivators would consider themselves lucky if they could acquire even one; someone like Lin Shaocong might only have three or five at most in stock. Now Xu Feng casually tossed over two bottles containing twenty pills—how could Lin Fangxin not be touched?
Lin Shaocong left joyfully. In the secret chamber, Xu Feng opened the storage bag sent by A Si.
Inside stood a middle-aged cultivator with a cold expression.
Xu Feng immediately withdrew from the storage bag; Cracked Sword flew out, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
How could there be a person inside the storage bag? When did storage bags start containing living beings? There are spirit beast bags that can hold living creatures; could this be one of those bags? Was that person actually not human but some kind of beast?
Xu Feng gripped Cracked Sword and scanned his surroundings—the secret chamber was empty except for himself—before finally relaxing.
After a moment's thought, he realized that the cultivator's expression was blank and devoid of life; he likely wasn't real. With this deduction in mind, Xu Feng adjusted his mindset and re-entered the storage bag.
Inside the space, the middle-aged cultivator remained standing there in plain gray clothing—so ordinary that he seemed unremarkable; he belonged to that type of person who would be lost in a crowd.
"Hello," Xu Feng greeted the Middle-Aged Cultivator. Seeing no response, he thought the Middle-Aged Cultivator did not understand, so he tried again, "Hello." This time he used English, but the Middle-Aged Cultivator still did not react.
This was a Puppet. Xu Feng finally got his answer.
Indeed, on the Shelf beside the Middle-Aged Cultivator, there was a booklet titled "Puppet Technique."
The Puppet Technique was a secret art of the Modern Clerk, originating from Refining Tool techniques, later integrating talisman-making and soul-capturing arts, ultimately forming a method capable of refining humanoid magical treasures.
The Liuxiang Kingdom also had sects dedicated to refining Puppets, but their power was extremely limited. The strongest Puppet could not even defeat a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, leading to the complete decline of Puppet Technique in the Liuxiang Kingdom, gradually fading from the mainstream market and becoming a relic of Xian Dao.
Sending me a Puppet at the Refining Qi Stage as a toy? Well, this could indeed be given to He Jingying as a gift.
Xu Feng certainly did not believe that a powerful figure like Shen Gongzi would send him a mere toy. He opened the thin booklet titled "Puppet Technique."
The booklet was indeed very thin, containing only one page. The first line on the right side read: Key Points for Refining a Seventh-Level Puppet.
A Seventh-Level Puppet! This was a Puppet of the Nascent Soul Stage! Xu Feng quickly supported his chin, fearing it might drop.
Like elixirs, Puppets were also classified into ten levels. The first four levels were for Refining Qi Stage practitioners, level five corresponded to Foundation Establishment Practitioners, level six equated to Golden Core Cultivators, and level seven had the attacking power of Nascent Soul Period Cultivators.
Shen Gongzi actually gifted Xu Feng a Nascent Soul Stage Puppet; this was indeed generous. Once he refined this Seventh-Level Puppet, wouldn't the Liuxiang Kingdom be unstoppable?
The original Alchemy plan was postponed as Xu Feng resolutely decided to refine this Seventh-Level Puppet first.
Refining a Puppet followed the same principles as refining magical treasures; however, refining a Puppet was somewhat more complex. Without guidance from a Cultivation Method, it could take ten days or more. Xu Feng no longer needed a Cultivation Method for refining magical treasures, but this was his first time refining a Puppet.
After thoroughly studying the refining techniques, Xu Feng began to refine this Seventh-Level Puppet with determination.
In the blink of an eye during the seventh phase, Xu Feng finally completely refined this Seventh-Level Puppet. Activating the Puppet required High-Quality Spirit Stones, similar to using a Teleportation Array. There was a slot in the center of the Puppet's back where a High-Quality Spirit Stone could be placed.
Shen Gongzi only provided Xu Feng with three High-Quality Spirit Stones. According to the booklet, one High-Quality Spirit Stone could allow the Puppet to act three times. It seemed Shen Gongzi intended for Xu Feng to use the Puppet for life-saving purposes rather than for indiscriminate killing.
As for whether Xu Feng had any additional High-Quality Spirit Stones, that was none of Shen Gongzi's concern.
Inserting the spirit stone, Puppet's eyes immediately brightened, and Xu Feng's consciousness also gained a connection with Puppet. With a slight movement of Xu Feng's mind, the middle-aged cultivator-like Puppet expressionlessly crouched down and gently pressed against the ground, leaving a handprint silently.
Indeed impressive, this secret chamber was specially designed by the Lin family for closed-door cultivation, with the walls and floor made of fine iron that even the Superior Spirit Sword could not penetrate. Yet this Puppet left a handprint with just a light press, and that was under Xu Feng's intentional control. If it were to strike with full force, it would certainly be much stronger than Zhu Dada, even if not as powerful as Xiang Ge in his prime.
Xu Feng took out the Crack Sword and handed it to Puppet. As Puppet wielded the Crack Sword, the sword light flickered ominously with tremendous power. With their minds connected, the Crack Sword in Puppet's hands felt just like it was in Xu Feng's hands.
Xu Feng's powerful mental strength allowed him to multitask effectively. With a sword in hand, Puppet was equivalent to an additional Yuan Ying Cultivator wielding a Medium-Grade Magical Artifact.
"Hehe, hehe." Xu Feng couldn't help but chuckle foolishly. With such equipment, it was hard to keep a low profile.
Shen Gongzi, oh Shen Gongzi, as an honest person, you gifted me such a sharp weapon; aren't you just trying to lead an honest person astray?
Puppet's impressive performance delighted Xu Feng, prompting him to decide on a name for this Puppet. After circling the secret chamber twice, he finally thought of one.
Xu Feng patted Puppet on the shoulder and said, "Ultraman, from now on you will be with me."
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