Purple Eyes; True Dragon [Monthly Votes, Please]

...Could this little Corpse Puppet really develop a consciousness?

As Ji Yuan watched Tu Yue, whose lively eyes made her look almost human, he could not help wondering.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Tu Yue's eyes had grown far more expressive, and even her body moved with new agility. She arched backward, sprang out of the coffin, and landed steadily before Ji Yuan, as though awaiting orders.

And the entire breakthrough had taken less than half the time it took an incense stick to burn.

Ji Yuan could not help recalling his own breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. Counting the time he had spent refining Foundation Establishment pills beforehand, it had taken him nearly a year from start to finish.

"Damn it. Watching her makes me want to turn myself into a Corpse Puppet. At that speed, breaking through is a lot faster than cultivating on my own."

But that was only a thought. To be made into a Corpse Puppet, he would first have to die and leave his fate in someone else's hands.

Ji Yuan looked at the obedient Tu Yue, thought for a moment, then took one item after another from his Storage Bag.

"Here, this is yours. This too. And this..."

He gave Tu Yue the Sky-Skimming Flying Boat, bone claws, spirit robe, and other things he had used before.

In the past, he would have considered selling them for money.

But now... Boss Ji had no shortage of a few Spirit Stones.

He might as well use them to equip Tu Yue.

She was a Corpse Puppet in the Foundation Establishment Realm now. Her gear could not be too shabby, could it?

Tu Yue accepted and refined each item, though her face remained expressionless, without the slightest hint of delight.

"Tidy up the house. Leave the Spirit