Outside, the winds and clouds surged, but Chen Lin shut himself inside his house once again.
The sun rose and set.
No cooking smoke rose, only a succession of low thuds sounded.
Three days later, Chen Lin emerged from the house looking utterly bedraggled.
Though he looked haggard, his eyes gleamed, and he could not hide his smile.
For those three days, he had done nothing but drink water and refine puppets without sleep or rest. He had not even eaten.
But the results were astonishing.
Through his tireless efforts, he had finally created this Qi Condensation late stage Snake Puppet!
The hardships involved were not something he could adequately describe to outsiders, but the process had gone smoothly, without any mishaps.
Now it was time to witness a miracle!
Chen Lin walked to a flat patch in the courtyard and tapped his Storage Bag. A large gray snake about three feet long appeared in his hand.
The workmanship was somewhat crude, its surface rough and uneven. His carving skills were lacking, but that did not affect its power.
There was a concealed compartment in the snake's belly. He opened it and placed a medium-grade spirit stone inside.
A Qi Condensation late stage puppet required medium-grade spirit stones to function.
"Go!"
Chen Lin placed the Snake Puppet on the ground and gave a quiet command.
In truth, puppets did not need spoken commands. They relied on the connection between spiritual sense and the Puppet Seal. Once a cultivator left his unique imprint on the Puppet Seal, others could neither interfere with it using their spiritual sense nor seize control.
That was the beauty of the Puppet Seal.
Unfortunately, puppet refinement was far too complicated. Without his talent ability, he would probably have needed to toil for years to make a