Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 72 - 67: Spider Puppet

Seeing that Daoist Miao Yin remained silent, Lu Qingfeng didn't beat around the bush and nodded, "With a future filled with unpredictable dangers, I couldn't ask for a better companion than the City Lord herself."

Upon hearing this, a radiantly enchanting smile finally appeared on Daoist Miao Yin's face.

Lu Qingshan took one look at her and felt his heart pounding; he quickly lowered his head.

After chatting with Daoist Miao Yin for a while.

With a shared goal, their relationship undoubtedly took a step further.

Through these interactions, Lu Qingfeng confirmed without doubt that Daoist Miao Yin came from the land of Three Mountains and Nine Waters, very likely having crossed the Crying Swamp to arrive here.

Sooner in five years or later in ten, Lu Qingfeng would definitely journey to the Cultivation World.

Being unfamiliar with the land, having Daoist Miao Yin to offer pointers would allow him, Qing Peak, and Qingyu to integrate faster.

For Daoist Miao Yin.

She came to Upper Sun Country by luck and was not confident in traversing Crying Swamp back to Three Mountains and Nine Waters again; thus, she pinned her hopes on Lu Qingfeng.

Each with their own needs, their interactions were extremely pleasant.

Even setting aside the future, it was greatly beneficial for Lu Qingfeng to be on good terms with Daoist Miao Yin at present. The reputation of Miao Yin City, established over many years in Upper Sun Country, was very influential.

Utilizing her connections, Lu Qingfeng found it convenient to collect various materials for Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

Otherwise, relying only on himself, not to mention the waste of energy darting about, there wouldn't necessarily be such effective results.

Especially the ingredients for refining high-level and top-level elixir that are hard to come by in the market. Only with the clout of Miao Yin City and when Lu Qingfeng offered talismans and Elixir Pills as exchange, he was able to acquire them.

Times had changed.

Having destroyed Returning to Truth Sect and War God Society, Lu Qingfeng now had enough confidence to reveal his abilities in Alchemy and Artifact Refining. He no longer needed to weaken low-level elixir like Spirit Clearing Powder and Nourishing Essence Pills before daring to sell them, unlike when he first arrived in Miao Yin City.

Finally, he could gather the various resources needed for cultivation without restraint.

However, although Destroying Truth Type 1 was a Second Rank Puppet, the materials for its creation were merely those used for refining a Level 1 Puppet. They were plentiful and not difficult to gather.

But as Returning to Truth Sect and War God Society were successively eradicated, Lu Qingfeng's focus in puppet refinement shifted from the Second Rank Destroying Truth Type 1 to higher-level Puppets.

The Fourth Life.

While delving into the mysteries of the Divine Dao, he spent considerable time researching the refinement of new types of Puppets.

Before the process of his last reincarnation, Lu Qingfeng made a point of obtaining the Puppet True Scripture as well as the Refining Method for sixteen kinds of puppets from the Spirit Mechanism Institute. During the reincarnation process, he also advanced to the Second Layer of the Yellow Court Scripture, making his thought processes even clearer and sharper.

In other words.

His understanding had improved.

Whether grasping Cultivation Techniques or mastering Alchemy and Artifact Refining, he was much faster than in the Third Life. Not needing to redesign, merely crafting according to the Refining Method, the difficulty was undoubtedly much reduced.

In his previous life of eighty-four years, Lu Qingfeng focused on the Second Rank Puppet, Destroying Truth Type 1.

In this life, right from the beginning, he simultaneously researched four types of Puppets and had already proficiently mastered three of them. This included two Second Rank Puppets and one Third Level Puppet. The fourth type was also a Third Level Puppet; though he had successfully refined it in the games, he was still practicing.

He had already strengthened these Puppets, each undergoing five enhancements.

Just like the Destroying Truth Type 1.

After enhancement, a Second Rank Puppet became a Third Level Puppet, and a Third-level Puppet became a Level 4 Puppet, yet the materials for their creation remained unchanged.

Even so, gathering these materials in reality was difficult.

First-level materials were mostly things that could be found in the mortal world, such as iron, copper, ordinary beast tendons, etc. Those considered valuable only stretched to silver, gold, and other such precious metals.

While precious, they were the easiest to obtain.

But it was much harder to collect Second Rank Materials.

Lu Qingfeng, through Daoist Miao Yin, had been gathering since the end of the Third Life, and after more than seven months, he had barely put together two portions of Second Rank Materials.

At most, enough to refine two 'Spider Puppets'.

[Puppet: Spider Puppet]

[Type: Autonomous]

[Grade: Level 3]

[Sensing Range: 7,300 miles]

[Combat Power: Foundation Establishment Qi Introduction Realm]

[Function: Capable of searching for and mining gold, silver, copper, iron, and other first-level materials within a 20-mile radius; capable of searching for and mining Purple Stone, Mithril, Primordial Magnetic Heart Iron, and other second-level materials within a 20-mile radius; capable of searching for and mining Cloud Essence Stone, thousand-year-old rubber, and other third-level materials within a 20-mile radius… capable of searching for and mining Spirit Stones within a 20-mile radius…]

Spider Puppet!

A spider-shaped puppet, originally a second rank, through Derivation Enhancement, has become a third-level puppet. Its combat power has been elevated to the Foundation Establishment Qi Introduction Realm, far surpassing the Destroying Truth Type 1.

However, compared to its functions, combat power is merely incidental.

This Spider Puppet, specially designed by the Hundred Skill Sect for searching for various minerals and refining materials in the deep mountains.

The spider shape is to adapt to complicated mountain terrains and also to mine various ores and materials more efficiently. Its chelicerae and pedipalps have special designs, whether for digging or cutting, they are much more adept than human hands.

Within the core talisman array of the Spider Puppet, the majority are various sensing and identifying talisman arrays.

Through these talisman arrays, it's possible to search and mine one hundred and thirty-two kinds of first-level materials, seventy-one kinds of second-level materials, twenty-nine kinds of third-level materials, as well as seven kinds of fourth-level materials, three kinds of fifth-level materials, and two kinds of sixth-level materials.

Regarding the categorization of material grades, it's just the classification made by the Hundred Skill Sect and not universal in the Cultivation World.

The Hundred Skill Sect defined materials necessary for refining first rank puppets as first-level materials.

Materials necessary for refining second rank puppets are defined as second-level materials.

Materials necessary for refining third-level puppets are defined as third-level materials.

And so on.

Materials necessary for refining a sixth-level puppet are sixth-level materials. For example, if certain material is essential for both third-level and fourth-level puppets, then it's categorized as third-level material.

This straightforward and brute-force method of classification has become quite popular in the East Victory Continent of the Bingling Realm. Many artifact refining sects and sects that refine puppets have followed the Hundred Skill Sect's classification.

The original second rank spider puppet had the combat power of the True Qi Ninth Layer, and the range for exploring materials of various grades was five hundred meters.

After being enhanced by Lu Qingfeng, it became a third-level puppet, with a search range reaching twenty miles, which is twenty times the original. Considering just the radius, when translated into area, it's an increase by a whopping four hundred times.

Lu Qingfeng aimed to refine high-level puppets for self-defense, and materials are of primary importance.

Thus the first choice he mastered was the Spider Puppet.

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After practicing in the game, he found real-life refining to go quite smoothly.

The first Spider Puppet had been nearly a month in the making by Lu Qingfeng and only needed the final few sets of talisman arrays to be inscribed today, then it would be a grand success.

…

Seeing off Daoist Miao Yin.

Lu Qingfeng dived into his Artifact Refining Cave Mansion.

About half an hour later, a large Spider Puppet about three meters tall crawled out from the Artifact Refining Cave Mansion. Its body was huge, but it moved swiftly, with its eight legs displaying exceptional agility on mountainous terrain.

"Still too bulky."

Lu Qingfeng stepped out of the cave mansion, looking at the Spider Puppet, and shook his head inwardly.

But there was no helping it.

Firstly, Lu Qingfeng didn't have the energy to modify it.

Secondly, the Spider Puppet had a multitude of talisman arrays inscribed for searching more materials. More talisman arrays naturally meant increased volume. To reduce the size of the Spider Puppet would require cutting down on these talisman arrays, which would then decrease the variety of materials it could search for.

It would be loss-making.

Furthermore.

When the Spider Puppet detected the presence of ores or other materials, it needs to mine them on-site. The large size was also to carry and contain more of the materials mined.

All things considered, it was a case of gains and losses.