Truth-Destroying Type One!
Lu Qingfeng called the first miniature puppet he designed and successfully refined Truth-Destroying Type One.
For one, it represented his resolve to destroy Return to Truth Sect.
Secondly, the word "truth-destroying" indicated that Truth-Destroying Type One was an offensive puppet.
"Truth-Destroying Type One is a physical attack puppet. Its legs are engraved with the Stability Formation and Speed Formation, its arms are engraved with the Great Strength Talisman Formation, and its eyes have clarity and Precision Formations. Internal spiritual qi gathers within, empowering all major formations."
"In the future, Truth-Destroying Type One can be equipped with bows and arrows to develop in the direction of long-range physical attacks. Its internal formations can also be fine-tuned to engrave martial arts alongside the Thousand Mechanisms Stone within its body, serving as a close-combat puppet! Or spell formations can be engraved to serve as a long-range spell puppet."
Lu Qingfeng had quite a detailed plan for the path of Truth-Destroying Type One.
In fact.
The vast majority of failures during these years of researching puppet refinement were due to flaws in Lu Qingfeng's design concepts.
Puppets refined according to his designs often suffered from talisman formation matching issues, or their defense was too weak and they broke at the slightest touch. Alternatively, their defense was strong, but they became too clumsy and extremely inflexible.
After several rounds of testing and modification, he finally arrived at a relatively balanced and refined work like Truth-Destroying Type One.
Of course.
Even with Truth-Destroying Type One designed, Lu Qingfeng would still need hundreds if not thousands of failures to master its refinement.
He had to admit that this was yet another massive investment.
However, Truth-Destroying Type One was already successfully designed, completing the hardest step.
The issue of proficiency that followed was of little account.
At least, even if a certain step went wrong and caused the refinement to fail, the previously forged components were always universal, and the extent of waste was greatly reduced.
"Next, I will refine Truth-Destroying Type One while mastering the forging of several talisman artifacts to go with it, such as bows and arrows, longswords, sabers, spears, shields, and so on. Different talisman artifacts require minor adjustments to Truth-Destroying Type One's internal talisman formations, but these adjustments are not troublesome."
"At the same time, the overall structure of Truth-Destroying Type One can also be reinforced!"
Lu Qingfeng's thought stirred, and with a shift in perspective, Truth-Destroying Type One darted over to him in a few bounds with no slow speed.
The miniature puppets researched by Huang Tiangu were mostly stage one (Embryonic Breath Realm level) and stage two (True Qi Realm level). He made slight modifications to the Thousand Mechanisms Stone, enabling short-range control of the puppet through the Thousand Mechanisms Stone.
Until Huang Tiangu vanished without a trace, this "short range" remained at the figure of five zhang.
"I extracted the refinement method of the Thousand Mechanisms Stone from Huang's Puppet Notes on my own, and fused it with three ordinary Thousand Mechanisms Stone refinement methods circulating on the market, taking the best of each to make up for my own shortcomings. After that, I carried out two reinforcements."
"Following the fusion, the control range increased from five zhang to ten zhang."
"The first reinforcement increased it from ten zhang to a hundred zhang."
"The second reinforcement increased it from a hundred zhang to a thousand zhang."
"Yet it still failed to deduce a Thousand Mechanisms Stone capable of autonomous control based on commands."
The Dao of Deduction was flexible and ever-changing.
Just like Huang's Puppet Notes, it could be deduced as a whole—reinforced, fused, or upgraded.
Because of its special nature, it could also be disassembled. For instance, the refinement method of the core Thousand Mechanisms Stone could be reinforced separately, or the Spirit Nexus Formation and Spirit Control Formation could be reinforced, and so on.
After three fusions and two reinforcements of the independently reinforced Thousand Mechanisms Stone refinement method, the quality of the Thousand Mechanisms Stone produced by the resulting technique was vastly improved.
Even without reinforcing the Spirit Control Formation, the control range still increased from five zhang to a thousand zhang, an earth-shaking improvement in practicality.
Yet this still did not reach Lu Qingfeng's psychological expectation.
A person's mental energy was limited.
An ordinary person could manage to control one or two puppets with distracted attention, but could not precisely control ten or a hundred puppets simultaneously. Even Lu Qingfeng, who had reached the True Qi Realm, dared not claim he could control three or five puppets as smoothly as his own limbs.
And three or five puppets fell far short of the Puppet Sea requirement in Lu Qingfeng's heart.
"The most exquisite technique for refining the Thousand Mechanisms Stone is hidden within Hundred Crafts Sect, unobtainable by anyone other than True Disciples, and unreachable by true practitioners below the Spirit Void Realm. Yet the technique I obtained after reinforcing it twice, even if inferior to Hundred Crafts Sect, should not lag too far behind."
"Perhaps the crux of puppet self-control does not lie solely in the Thousand Mechanisms Stone, and the Spirit Control Formation engraved within it is the core key."
Having studied puppets for more than a decade, Lu Qingfeng had long since summarized a set of experiences.
First of all.
A puppet was a single entity. If one were to solely reinforce a certain part or a specific group of talisman formations, it would cause an overall imbalance in the puppet, leading to various issues.
Lu Qingfeng had taken a tumble and suffered losses in this regard, so he was exceptionally cautious.
Meanwhile, the refinement method of the Thousand Mechanisms Stone was one of the few parts that had only positive influences and no negative influences on puppet refinement.
The Spirit Control Formation, engraved inside the Thousand Mechanisms Stone, might be reinforced independently, perhaps differing from the Spirit Nexus Formation, Might Formation, Speed Formation, and so on.
"I will first reinforce the Spirit Control Formation alone, then refine Truth-Destroying Type One to see if it matches my expectations. If reinforcing the Spirit Control Formation truly enables Truth-Destroying Type One to achieve autonomous control, that would be for the best."
All conjectures had to be tested to be verified.
Lu Qingfeng spent 10 points of experience to reinforce the Spirit Control Formation once.
Modifying the Spirit Control Formation was the simplest.
There was no need to re-refine the puppet; one only needed to dismantle Truth-Destroying Type One, take out the Thousand Mechanisms Stone, wipe away the original version of the Spirit Control Formation within it, and engrave the reinforced Spirit Control Formation.
The experimental results overjoyed Lu Qingfeng!
First, Truth-Destroying Type One did not exhibit any negative states due to the reinforcement of the Spirit Control Formation.
Secondly, the reaction speed of Truth-Destroying Type One increased greatly.
This was within Lu Qingfeng's anticipation.
After all, the Spirit Control Formation was equivalent to the control hub of the puppet, comparable to a human soul. Once the soul was reinforced, the reaction speed naturally increased substantially.
"The Spirit Control Formation has been upgraded from forty sets of talisman formations to sixty sets, the sensing range has increased from a thousand zhang to two thousand zhang, and it has become more flexible to control!"
"It seems the direction is correct!"
Stepping in and out of the Black Sand Artifact Workshop, Lu Qingfeng tested the sensing range of Truth-Destroying Type One, and the smile on his face grew even broader.
"Continue reinforcing!"
For the second reinforcement, the Spirit Control Formation was upgraded from sixty sets of talisman formations to eighty sets, the sensing range of Truth-Destroying Type One increased from two thousand zhang to three thousand zhang, and its operation became even more flexible!
For the third reinforcement, the Spirit Control Formation was upgraded from eighty sets of talisman formations to one hundred sets, the sensing range of Truth-Destroying Type One increased from three thousand zhang to four thousand zhang, and furthermore--
"It can finally recognize commands and achieve autonomous control!"
Lu Qingfeng's thought stirred as he issued a command--
Spin in circles!
This time Lu Qingfeng did not station his consciousness within it, but merely issued commands through his connection with the Spirit Control Formation. To his surprise, Truth-Destroying Type One actually began spinning in circles on the spot!
Throw punches!
Run!
Jump!
Every single command issued by Lu Qingfeng could be executed swiftly and accurately by Truth-Destroying Type One.
"Attack me!"
Lu Qingfeng tried a complex command.
With a movement of its feet, Truth-Destroying Type One actually charged straight at Lu Qingfeng, swinging its fists in a ferocious smash!
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