For He Song, using this bit of time to gain a greater sense of security was an extremely worthwhile bargain.
With that thought in mind, after returning to his own cave abode,
and dealing briefly with a few external matters, He Song quickly entered seclusion once more.
This time, however, the direction of He Song's research was no longer the Dao of formations.
It was the art of puppet refinement.
Puppets
were an important means by which He Song enhanced his own strength.
Whether during the Foundation Establishment Realm, Golden Core, or Nascent Soul Realm, the puppets in He Song's possession had helped him accomplish a great many things.
It could be said that the existence of puppet arts had truly been of immense help to He Song.
It was only after He Song's cultivation had successfully broken through into the Spirit Transformation Realm
that his focus had shifted entirely toward things capable of directly increasing his strength.
Such as Spirit Transformation spells, spirit pills and Spirit Talismans, Dao artifacts, formations, and the like.
All of these could rapidly increase He Song's strength.
And after He Song had thoroughly studied each of these things, reaching a point where he could make no further progress in the short term,
he naturally turned his gaze toward external aids such as puppets.
Formations were also external aids, but in He Song's view, their priority still stood above puppets.
After all, Nascent Soul Puppets of the Spirit Transformation Realm were not so easily acquired.
Spirit Transformation formations, meanwhile, could at least help He Song establish medicinal gardens and even increase his own strength.
However, since He Song now possessed four great Spirit Transformation formations, the art of puppetry naturally had to be put on the agenda as well.
Although He Song now had no