"Star Puppet Show starting?"
Li Tianming had still been resting with his eyes closed. Hearing Aurora's reminder, he rose, stretched lazily, and prepared to enter and compete.
"Are you sure they'll take us for star puppets?" Sui Shen Yao asked, still somewhat uncertain.
"If not star puppets, then what could we be? Do they have the imagination to guess that the Chaos Sword Princess is a creation of the Ancestor God?" Li Tianming smiled faintly.
Aurora, beside them, answered as well, "Don't worry, Yaoyao. Silver Dust has investigated the details thoroughly. In every respect, we are indeed extraordinarily similar to what they consider star puppets. You could even say that we are the endpoint of this divine path of star puppets. Compared to ordinary Tai Yu star puppets, our only difference may be that we're too advanced. So if we need to make an appearance later, we should rein in our intelligence a little."
"Got it. We're just playing idiots!" Sui Shen Yao said helplessly.
Aurora did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Not quite that extreme. We'll first observe how the other star puppets perform. We only need to be slightly superior in intelligence, combat strength, and 'obedience.'"
"What do you mean by obedience?" Sui Shen Yao asked.
"Put simply, it means obeying every command—how well you carry out my orders." As Li Tianming spoke, he flicked the black sword-ring earring on his ear, making Sui Shen Yao sway continuously as she cursed, "You want to die, you bastard!"
As she cursed, Li Tianming was already staring toward the main building of the Winding Stream Floating Goblet Pavilion. The exquisite stage before that main building should be the venue for the star puppet competition.
There had always been performances of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, and dancing upon