Jiang Ping An sat in the room, soft light spilling through the window onto the table. In his hand, he held a piece of Black Jade.
This piece of Black Jade had been worn smooth and rounded by constant handling and the erosion of time. Its once-distinct edges had softened, the runes engraved upon it had become blurred beyond recognition, and one corner was even missing.
This Black Jade was a special Information Jade Slip. The runes on it had originally been capable of storing information, but they had become indistinct from wear, leaving the contents within incomplete.
Jiang Ping An closed his eyes and slowly released his Divine Sense into the jade slip, examining the blueprint inside.
The once-complete puppet blueprint now had only one-tenth remaining.
If only half the information had been lost, then with his extensive knowledge and experience, he might still have had a chance to deduce it anew.
But now that ninety percent was missing, even experienced God-level Refining Masters would find such a severely damaged blueprint troublesome and would have great difficulty restoring it in full.
In the memory inheritance of the Yun Family, puppet-type artifacts were the rarest among all artifact categories.
Although puppets were classified as artifacts, they had already departed from the definition of conventional weapons. They were more like unique creations born from the fusion of forging, runes, and formations.
Some people used puppets to assist them in battle, sending them charging into the fray. Others used puppets to guard family tombs and other important places.
Yet puppets were an extremely niche type of artifact.
Very few people used them, and even fewer were proficient in crafting them.
On one hand, puppets were exceedingly difficult to make. From material selection to forging, from rune inscription to formation embedding, every step