Chapter 415
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Chapter 415: Following Shadows
"What limits are you talking about?" Spirit Cut Elder asked with curiosity.
"The limits of mortals controlling puppets, and also the limits of their thinking," Xu Fan said casually.
"Is that all they can achieve?"
"Not at all. To improve further, they’ll need the help of precious artifacts."
"This talented individual will eventually control Core Formation puppets, and even puppets at the Great Ascension stage," Xu Fan said, his eyes gleaming with a mysterious light. It would be more efficient to leave the Nascent Soul and Transformation Stage puppets under Grapes’ control.
Xu Fan’s initial plan was to pick the best from these mortals to handle the top-tier puppets. Even though there aren’t any Core Formation level puppets yet, that doesn’t mean there won’t be in the future.
With more master craftsmen in the Hidden Spirit Sect, creating a Core Formation puppet is feasible as long as we have the right spirit ores and Spirit Materials.
"Can we really make Great Ascension stage puppets?" Spirit Cut Elder’s eyes lit up. He had only seen an ancient Core Formation puppet once, kept hidden by the old artifact crafters in the Demon Palace.
"If we have the necessary spirit ores, making Great Ascension stage puppets is definitely possible."
"Too bad Spirit Cut Elder’s skills as a Tian Puppet Master might not be up to the task," Xu Fan commented, watching the battle on the light curtain.
"My skills aren’t good enough?"
"Exactly, even if you could manage to control it, you wouldn’t be able to use its full power. It would be better for you to rely on the strength of a celestial tool," Xu Fan explained, referring to the basic combat capabilities.
"Is that so? Haha, maybe I should just buy a Great Ascension stage puppet from the Grand Elder with spirit stones then?"
Hearing about the celestial tool, Spirit Cut Elder felt a surge of joy. It seemed the Grand Elder hadn’t forgotten about making a celestial tool for him.
"When we have extra Great Ascension stage puppets, giving one to Spirit Cut Elder wouldn’t be a problem," Xu Fan said.
At that moment, over a thousand Large Spiritual Boats flew out from the Hidden Spirit Sect towards the Steel Wall, waiting for the signal to collect the beast corpses.
"Grand Elder, why do you value these beast corpses so much? I’ve noticed you always pay a lot of attention to them," Spirit Cut asked. He usually just took the inner pills from the beast race corpses and left the rest.
"They’re very useful. Half of the food for the mortals inside the Steel Wall comes from these beast corpses," Xu Fan explained.
"Are you feeding the mortals beast meat?" Spirit Cut asked, thinking it’s not that they couldn’t eat it, but the occasional poisoning of mortals didn’t seem like a good idea.
"Using them as fertilizer to enrich the land. Feeding mortals beast meat, you’ve got some interesting ideas," Xu Fan said, glancing at Spirit Cut.
On the light curtain, the Swordsman Puppet had killed over ten Transformation Stage Beasts and was now standing there, cleaning its Spiritual Sword with the fur of the dead beasts.
It cherished that Spiritual Sword deeply. Previously, after killing beasts, it would feel a sense of satisfaction, but now it just frowned slightly.
It felt like it had hit some kind of limit.
The Swordsman Puppet called up a light curtain and then sat down to wait for the spiritual boats to come and pick up the beast corpses.
Just then, several hundred Nascent Soul stage beasts appeared, part of the Earth Bear Clan, one of the four major clans.
"Let’s treat this as a light snack after the main meal," the boy said as he controlled the puppet and charged forward with his sword.
From atop the Steel Wall, Xu Fan watched the Swordsman Puppet’s ghostly figure weaving through the hundreds of Earth Bears and finally asked for the boy’s name.
"Grapes, what’s that boy’s name?" Xu Fan asked. He remembered seeing the boy before; he was a handsome youth under eighteen and had been given a Transformation Stage puppet.
"Following Shadows, nineteen years old," Grapes replied.
"Got it."
In just a short while, hundreds of Earth Bears were slaughtered by the Transformation Stage Swordsman Puppet. Following Shadows felt a surge of satisfaction from his revenge; limits were limits, but as long as they didn’t interfere with his killing of the beast race, he was fine with it.
Three days later, Following Shadows returned to the puppet maintenance warehouse inside the Steel Wall and logged off from the virtual game.
In the main city of the virtual game, within a luxurious manor, Following Shadows emerged to be greeted by several beautiful maids dressed in elegant attire, offering warm water and towels to help alleviate his fatigue.
"Young Master, you’re back. Would you like a massage?" asked a particularly sweet and attractive maid.
"I’m planning to log off and get some sleep. You and Wei Wei can log off and give me some therapy," Following Shadows said. Being alone and having an abundance of spirit stones with nowhere to spend them, he once overheard someone talking about what to do after acquiring spirit stones and thought it sounded good, so he decided to try it out.
Whether in the game or in the Giant City of the human race, his house was the largest, with hundreds of people hired to manage his daily needs.
"Alright."
Following Shadows logged off, and his consciousness returned to his body, rising from a bed.
Four women were massaging his muscles to prevent stiffness from prolonged gaming.
As he got up, a butler-like figure entered and respectfully said, "Young Master, a celestial being has sent a strange precious artifact."
"Is the celestial being still here?" Following Shadows asked eagerly.
"He is having tea in the front hall," the butler replied.
"I will go meet the celestial being," Following Shadows said.
Now, thanks to the game, most mortals had learned about celestial beings, so they referred to most cultivators as ‘Cultivator Sir.’ Only cultivators from the Hidden Spirit Sect could be addressed as celestial beings.
In the front hall, Xu Fan was enjoying tea while admiring the luxurious decor. He simply smiled, feeling no discomfort; he earned his spirit stones and spent them as he pleased.
Upon entering the front hall, Following Shadows saw Xu Fan drinking tea and immediately knelt down.
He had met Xu Fan a year ago and knew that Xu Fan was the leader of the Hidden Spirit Sect and their great benefactor who had helped millions of mortals like them.
Seeing the young master kneel, the butler quickly followed suit.
"I greet the Grand Elder," Following Shadows said excitedly.
"Get up; there’s no need for such formalities here," Xu Fan replied, sipping his tea.
A gentle force lifted both of them up.
After Following Shadows took his seat, the butler served tea and then quietly left.
"How have you felt during recent battles?" Xu Fan asked warmly. The young man before him was likely to become the first generation’s chief Tian Puppet Master of the Hidden Spirit Sect.
"Due to my Mortal Body, I feel I have reached my limits. My fighting strength while controlling the Tian Puppet has already peaked," Following Shadows expressed his feelings candidly.
"Indeed, given your mortal form, achieving this level is extraordinarily rare, so I’ve come to help you break through that limit," Xu Fan said with a smile.
Then, a strange precious artifact, resembling a coffin, appeared in the hall.
