Puppet Technique

Although Zhuang Daoqin knew Qin Fengming was extraordinarily gifted in other skills, he could not tell whether the young man would also excel at crafting puppets. That skill, too, demanded exceptional talent.

Puppet Technique was unlike other skills. It had its own system of incantations and hand seals, and even its methods of creation had little to do with artifact refining.

"I once swore never to take a disciple. I never expected to meet you. Now that I have accepted you, I will teach you with all my heart. How much you grasp will depend on your talent. This is the token for the Restrictive Spells in my cave residence. You may move about freely inside. Three of the chambers contain things needed to craft puppets, and you may examine them as you please. If there is anything you do not understand, send me a voice transmission."

Zhuang Daoqin looked at the young cultivator before him. After a brief pause, he moved his hand, and a token appeared on the stone table in front of Qin Fengming. Then he turned and entered one of the chambers. Light flashed, and a barrier of Restrictive Spells appeared.

Qin Fengming naturally did not need someone to guide him through Puppet Technique step by step. Nor would Zhuang Daoqin, as a Great Cultivator, teach him that way.

Zhuang Daoqin merely gave Qin Fengming his cultivation insights, methods, incantations, and crafting materials. He would not concern himself with whether Qin Fengming succeeded in mastering Puppet Technique.

Qin Fengming was already deeply grateful that Zhuang Daoqin had shared his centuries of cultivation insights and his many texts. Even the Nascent Soul stage elders of Manghuang Mountain seldom had a chance to see a Great Cultivator's hard-won insights.

After bowing as Zhuang Daoqin departed, Qin Fengming turned