First Trial of the Puppet Technique

Yi Xuan knew that the questions he had asked were indeed inappropriate, so he could only smile apologetically at the three elders before taking the old elder's puppet bird back to No. 1 Base.

Zhuo Ning and Liang Shi also noticed that Yi Xuan had returned. The two did not go up to ask him anything, but they were a little surprised that Yi Xuan, who had been idle for half a month, had actually entered the research and development center.

Zhuo Ning arrived late and was unaware of the reason, but Liang Shi knew Yi Xuan very well and knew that this situation meant that the technical problem his master had encountered had been solved.

This wasn't the first time Yi Xuan had acted this way, so Liang Shi didn't say anything when he saw his master doing nothing for half a month.

Having gone through the training at No. 01, Liang Shi's knowledge and experience were now vastly different from before, and he naturally understood the meaning of balancing work and rest.

Yi Xuan did not immediately begin his research on Puppet Technique. Instead, he went to a quiet room, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes.

Liang Shi and Zhuo Ning, looking through the transparent glass from the outside, could hardly believe it; they hadn't expected Yi Xuan to actually start cultivating on his own initiative.

It's worth noting that even though Liang Shi and Yi Xuan had known each other for almost a year, Liang Shi had never seen Yi Xuan cultivate, let alone Zhuo Ning, whom he had only known for less than a month.

The two people outside stared at each other, somewhat dumbfounded.

"Isn't he Rootless Person? Why is he cultivating?" Zhuo Ning asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Who told you that Rootless Person can't cultivate?" Liang Shi looked at Zhuo Ning, just like a good student looking at a bad student in his past life. His eyes were saying, "How come you can't even do such a simple question?"

"But if he can't improve his strength, what's the point of cultivating?" Zhuo Ning hated the way Liang Shi looked at him at this moment, so he asked back.

Liang Shi, adopting the air of a model student, explained, "Those Rootless Person aren't incapable of increasing their strength, but rather they can't transform quantitative change into qualitative change! In other words, no matter how much Master cultivates, no matter how much their True Qi increases, they can't convert True Qi into True Essence!"

Then, Liang Shi gave Zhuo Ning a thorough explanation of the matter of the Rootless Person.

Looking at Yi Xuan in the quiet room, the two reached the same conclusion: Yi Xuan must have been stimulated in some way, causing someone who never cultivated to start cultivating on his own initiative.

If Yi Xuan knew what the two were thinking, he would definitely cry foul, saying that he was clearly comprehending the Puppet Technique he had inherited, so how did they see it as cultivation?

Another point is, when did Yi Xuan stop cultivating? He has cultivated more than five times in the past six months.

Even his minor cultivation level has improved by several levels. Such achievements are unparalleled, not only in the Azure Cloud Sect but also in the entire Southern Frontier.

It's a pity that if it were another cultivator, with this speed, he might have already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. But Yi Xuan is still just a Qi Refining Realm cultivator. It's truly a cruel twist of fate.

Yi Xuan originally thought that Puppet Technique was just a cultivation technique, and no matter how complex it was, it could not be compared with any discipline in modern science.

However, as Yi Xuan absorbed the inheritance, he realized that he might have underestimated the Puppet Technique. In a whole day, Yi Xuan had not even absorbed one-tenth of the inheritance.

It should be noted that not long ago, Yi Xuan extracted all the relevant information about fixed-wing aircraft from the Book of Technology in his mind. It only took Yi Xuan a little over a day to read through all that information.

This demonstrates just how profound and complex the Puppet Technique truly is.

With their journey about to reach the treasure mountain near, Yi Xuan had no intention of giving up. Yi Xuan took out a Grain Avoidance Pill from his Storage Bag and swallowed it, then closed his eyes again to diligently absorb the inheritance in his mind.

Ten days later, as Yi Xuan absorbed the last bit of knowledge, Yi Xuan finally mastered the complete set of High Antiquity Puppet Technique.

Of course, this statement is not entirely accurate. It should be said that Yi Xuan's mastery of Puppet Technique at this moment is as if he has compressed all the contents of Puppet Technique into a book, and this book is now in Yi Xuan's mind.

Yi Xuan could acquire the knowledge contained in this book by searching it in his mind, but that didn't mean Yi Xuan could actually use that knowledge.

In layman's terms, this kind of absorption of knowledge is rote memorization. If this knowledge is not verified, used, and mastered as soon as possible, even if Yi Xuan is a cultivator, the knowledge in his mind will gradually fade away over time.

Fortunately, the power of technology can make up for the shortcomings of mankind. Yi Xuan arrived at a wall in the main control room of No. 1 Base.

"No. 01, access the database hard drive and prepare to receive data."

As Yi Xuan finished speaking, a metal drawer slid out from the wall, inside which was a Jade Slip.

Placing his hand on the Jade Slip, Yi Xuan began to transfer his knowledge of Puppet Technique to the Jade Slip for backup. Even if Yi Xuan forgot a part of it later, he could still retrieve it through the backup data in the database, making it much more convenient.

Having completed all his tasks, Yi Xuan began his research into Puppet Technique. This research was extraordinary; Yi Xuan immediately discovered the remarkable Puppet Technique.

On the surface, this cultivation technique appears to be a new technique created by combining and summarizing various skills of cultivators.

Besides utilizing the techniques of cultivators such as weapon crafting, formations, Divine Sense, Technique Method, it even includes elixirs, poisons, and souls. It can be said that Puppet Technique is a skill that combines the methods of cultivators.

However, Yi Xuan, who possessed modern scientific knowledge, discovered that this Puppet Technique appeared to be a cultivation art.

But its core is more like modern science.

"Could this land have once been home to technology?" Yi Xuan wondered, somewhat incredulously.

At the same time, command No. 01 begins to read and absorb the Puppet Technique transmitted to the database.

During this time, Yi Xuan did not sit idle, but instead processed the parts needed by the old lady for the puppet bird at No. 1 Base.

Yi Xuan's attitude towards science has always been to combine theory with practice.

The Puppet Technique before them presented a perfect opportunity to test it out, so they decided to put it into practice immediately.

Yi Xuan's hands weren't very fast; in fact, they were even slower than when he first assembled a grenade.

Yi Xuan began assembling the puppet bird piece by piece, feeling the coordination between the parts as he did so.

Fortunately, the puppet bird's structure was not complicated. In no time, a puppet bird exactly like the one the old lady had before appeared in Yi Xuan's hands. Because the arrays in the puppet bird were very simple, Yi Xuan used an array engraving machine to imprint them on during the processing.

He stretched out his arm, and the puppet bird in his palm seemed to come alive, flapping its wings twice before taking off and circling above Yi Xuan's head.