Of course!
Cheng Buzheng's bottom line was not entirely impossible to cross. It was merely that, at his current realm, there was no treasure in this world worthy of catching his Dharma Eye.
And this seemingly living puppet before them had actually originated from one of several secret arts Cheng Buzheng had researched in his early years to preserve his life...
An advanced form of the Paper Doll Technique!
Though the paper doll art of old had been inexpensive to produce, its strength had been pitifully weak. Worse, it could not imitate the life force field of a living person, making it as good as useless when faced with a true crisis.
During those difficult years, he had no choice but to use the puppet path as his foundation, pouring out painstaking effort to deduce and create the one-of-a-kind art of "Soul Puppets."
However.
Times had changed, and seas had turned to mulberry fields!
He was no longer that little cultivator from back then, struggling bitterly in the Qi Refining Realm and gazing up at the Immortal Path!
With cultivation reaching the heavens, his horizons were naturally no longer the same.
Although the fundamental limitations of the paper doll art remained—
It could not unleash divine abilities or wondrous arts, nor could it perfectly replicate a true life force field...
After repeated improvements by him, these special paper doll avatars, built from mountains of rare materials, had long undergone a qualitative leap!
They were enough to contend with ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators!
They were more than sufficient to handle the vast majority of unexpected situations!
Naturally, their cost had risen accordingly—enough to bankrupt an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.
But to Cheng Buzheng as he was now, such a price was but one hair from nine oxen, not worth mentioning.
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