"Who are you?!"
Ye Chen shouted, pointing his spear at the other party.
But the other party showed no intention of answering or dodging, and didn't even look at him. It simply stared ahead with a vacant gaze.
"He doesn't seem human!"
Yi Tianji studied him for a while before speaking. "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a demonic puppet."
"A demonic puppet?!"
Ye Chen froze. "You mean the kind of demonic puppet made from cultivators?!"
"That's right, this is exactly that kind of puppet!"
Yi Tianji nodded and explained, "Artifact Masters are relatively weak, so they make puppet mechanisms and beasts to protect themselves. But the materials needed to craft those constructs are extremely expensive. So some Artifact Masters turned their attention to cultivators, using their bodies to make puppets. Not only is the crafting process easier, but most of the cultivator's strength from when they were alive can also be preserved."
"That powerful?!"
Ye Chen's eyes lit up at once, and he began shouting wildly in his heart.
Heavens above!
Earth below!
Which dear old dad had sent him this gift?!
He had only intended to enter these Ruins to take a break. He hadn't expected to stumble upon such a treasure.
"Don't get excited too soon!"
Yi Tianji seemed to see what Ye Chen was thinking and hurriedly poured cold water on him. "This goes against human morality and the natural order, so the various factions joined forces to crack down on it. They even classified it as a demonic art. If you take this puppet for yourself and it gets exposed, you'll be branded a demonic cultivator."
"A demonic cultivator?!"
After hearing that, Ye Chen scoffed.
Putting aside the fact that a new season had begun in the Immortal Realm and the moral order had