Deep within the Earth Vein beneath Great Green Mountain.
Luo Chen stood in an underground cavern, a faint look of delight on his face.
Black King had not lied to him. A Spirit Cave had indeed formed here!
As it happened, the fall of Wind Flower Palace had left a gap in the formation that confined the Spirit Vein. The spiritual energy would not escape, but the force restraining it had undeniably weakened.
Together with Black King's innate Spirit Absorption Array, this had forcibly gathered a Fourth-Order Spirit Cave at this Earth Vein node.
If it was nurtured well from here on and supported by a suitable Spirit Gathering Formation, Hundred Mile Green River might give rise to a Fourth-Tier Spirit Vein in a century or so!
In the past, Luo Chen would have been beside himself with joy.
Now, his happiness lasted only an instant.
"Hundred Mile Green River is too small, after all."
"Never mind founding a sect. It can barely support my cultivation alone. Even another Fourth-Order Spirit Cave won't change that."
The smile gradually faded from Luo Chen's face.
He glanced at the puppet behind him, now completely shrouded in a black robe.
"Jin Ling..." Luo Chen shook his head. The name grated on him. "From now on, I'll call you Jin San!"
Once he had settled on a name, a thought sent Jin San leaping into the Spirit Cave, where he sat cross-legged.
Vast amounts of spiritual energy were drawn toward him and began gathering around his body.
A puppet had to be refined, but it also had to be nurtured!
The puppet made from Mi Shuhua's body had been treated the same way.
Tian Xingzi had found a Second-Order Spirit Vein and nurtured it there for years before sending a junior to retrieve it.