A second-tier upper-grade puppet.
Its strength matched that of a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator. The puppets in Li Ping's possession had fought alongside him in many battles, earning distinguished merits and slaying numerous powerful foes.
But now that his golden core had fully formed, his strength had taken a tremendous leap.
Second-tier puppets could no longer take part in his battles.
Even several second-tier upper-grade puppets working together would crumble before a Core Formation cultivator's treasure, chopped into scrap as easily as melons and vegetables.
It was easy to foresee that, aside from one or two left to watch over his cave abode, the rest would probably only gather dust in the depths of his storage bag.
Giving one of these second-tier upper-grade puppets he no longer needed to the Ji Lineage was a way for Li Ping to put discarded things to use.
"A second-tier upper-grade puppet!" Hearing Li Ping's casual words, Ji Nianyuan was utterly stunned.
A puppet of this grade was indeed of little use to a Core Formation true person.
But for Foundation Establishment cultivators-a second-tier upper-grade puppet could rival a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator, and could outright kill an early stage cultivator like Ji Nianyuan in single combat!
Moreover, a puppet was not a cultivator. With proper care and maintenance, it could be used and passed down for thousands of years.
Even if a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator's combat strength matched a second-tier upper-grade puppet's, they could live for only two hundred and forty years at most. In that respect, they fell far short of the puppet.
So in a certain sense, a second-tier upper-grade puppet was actually more useful to a lineage than a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator.
Of course, if the person controlling the puppet was weak, they could