Clang! Clang!
From within Li Qing's cave abode on Nanyang Spirit Peak came an unceasing stream of crisp metallic collisions.
A puppet forged entirely from various spirit metals moved under Li Qing's control, making all manner of clumsy, stiff motions.
"It really is like mountains separating different trades. It seems there must be a specialized method for driving this puppet; it is not something that can be done merely by planting a Spiritual Sense Imprint."
Li Qing frowned deeply and gave up controlling the puppet.
Ever since obtaining this Second-tier Puppet, Li Qing had been trying to turn it into part of his own combat power.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard Li Qing tried, he could not make the puppet display the might it had shown when it fought him in Xiangyang City that day.
The puppet's stiff, awkward movements just now were as far removed from its performance in that battle as heaven was from earth!
"Though it is a Second-tier Puppet, its refining methods can only be called ordinary. It was merely smelted together from different spirit metals, and there is hardly any technique worth mentioning."
"The assembly of its various spirit-metal components is somewhat meticulous, but I could have achieved this level back in the Qi Refining stage."
As an Artifact Refiner, Li Qing could not help commenting on the puppet's strengths and weaknesses.
He even wanted to dismantle the puppet and carefully study what subtle and ingenious features it possessed.
"Still, it is a Second-tier Puppet. It would be rather regrettable to simply take it apart. What if there are aspects of it that I do not understand?"
In the end, Li Qing rejected the idea.
Although the puppet's refining methods appeared crude, he had never received a proper inheritance of Puppet Arts. Ultimately, he had