Wood Ghoul, Refining a Wood Element Puppet

Early that morning, Su Shi'er looked at the Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet standing before him and did not even pause to wipe the sweat from his brow.

With a light pat on the Storage Pouch at his waist, a fifth-grade Golden Core Pill marked by five patterns appeared in his hand.

This Golden Core Pill was precisely the one left behind by Sect member Duan.

Sect member Duan's soul had been utterly destroyed. This Golden Core Pill was now merely a treasure containing pure spiritual essence.

If a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator had reached the peak of the late stage yet had no hope of forming a Golden Core, they could use such a blank Golden Core Pill to skip the core-forming process entirely and become a Golden Core stage powerhouse.

However... doing so meant there would be no possibility of further advancement in the future. It was no different from cutting off one's own retreat.

In the Cultivation World, only cultivators whose lifespan was nearly exhausted and who were unwilling to simply die and fall would go to great lengths to seek out such blank Golden Core Pills.

Holding the Golden Core Pill in his hand, Su Shi'er did not hesitate. He decisively flung it toward the Grade 3 Top-tier Puppet before him.

A streak of golden light flashed past. The Golden Core Pill entered through the puppet's mouth and sped toward its abdomen, the location corresponding to a human's dantian.

That was also the most vital location of the energy formation within the puppet's body. ??

Su Shi'er narrowed his eyes. Almost at the same moment the Golden Core Pill flew out, he split off a strand of his spiritual sense and sent it into the puppet's body as well.

The next instant, under Su Shi'er's control, the