"Heh heh. There are indeed some hidden intricacies here. When refining a Nascent Soul-stage puppet, conventional methods rely on extremely powerful soul-control arts, yet they are already barely sufficient to control a Nascent Soul-stage soul. Only an even more profound Puppet Technique will do."
Seeing the young man's sudden change of expression, Zhuang Daoqin could not help smiling faintly. It seemed that this little disciple of his was truly obsessed with the Puppet Technique. He had only just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, yet he was already thinking of refining a puppet of the same stage.
"Master, this disciple has a question. Back when I was in your cave abode, none of those classics mentioned that refining a Nascent Soul-stage puppet required a different method. Those classics contain the refining insights left behind by mighty beings from the upper realm. Could it be that the great experts of the upper realm could succeed using conventional methods?"
Qin Fengming's heart stirred suddenly, as though he had thought of something. He could not help asking in puzzlement.
Although he had not read through every classic in Zhuang Daoqin's cave abode back then, Qin Fengming had already copied down most of them. Over the past several decades, he had carefully studied them. Among those classics were even refining insights recorded by mighty beings from the upper realm.
Yet they had never mentioned that refining puppets above the Nascent Soul stage required another method.
"Mm. Your question is perfectly normal. The special refining method I mentioned does not concern how to refine a puppet, nor is it about the incantations and arts that must be imbued during refinement. Rather, it is an art that uses a special secret method to bind the soul within the puppet's body.
"The soul-binding art used for refining