After entering the second two-month period of the puppet hall, Senior Brother Wu was still the first in the number of thirty-five pieces. Bao Yungui and Zhou Licai are clearly one piece higher than the first time. As for Lin Quan, he unceremoniously handed over thirty-four pieces of black iron, still forcing them to sit firmly in the second place.

After the third two months, Lin Quan still steadily suppressed Bao Yungui and Zhou Licai.

Four or two months later, when everyone watched Lin Quan take out thirty-five pieces of black iron at one time, Bao Yungui and Zhou Licai's faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.

At this point, it has been eight months since Lin Quan entered the puppet hall. In view of Lin Quan's excellent performance, Li Shibo did not break his promise. He immediately announced that Wu Huaiyuan and Lin Quan could no longer carry out the task of refining black iron ore from now on, and began to follow him to learn the art of puppet refining.

After the goal was achieved, Lin Quan was in a good mood, and this time he took the initiative to invite Senior Brother Wu and Senior Brother Hou to have tea and chat together. I didn't take Senior Brother Bao and Senior Brother Zhou's resentful gaze to heart at all.

From the ninth month, Lin Quan and Wu Huaiyuan officially began to contact the puppet alchemy technique.

In the entire "Four Elephants Continent", the strongest puppet technique is the "Thousand Machine Pavilion" of Da Zheng Guo. The Purple Void Gate's attainments in puppetry are only average. For example, the puppet hall where Master Li is located is the best at refining five kinds of puppets, which are apes, leopards, lions, turtles, and eagles. In the end, under the advice of Li Shibo, they unanimously chose to learn the refining method of the leopard-type puppet.

There are three main reasons why Lin Quan chose the puppet leopard:

The first is that the performance of the puppet leopard is relatively balanced, it can not only rely on speed and flexibility for melee combat, but also release the powerful aura cannon for long-range attack assistance, which is a very commonly used puppet.

The second is that the refining method of the puppet leopard is the simplest of all the five types of puppets, and it is the most suitable for him who is just getting started.

The third is that the materials required for the puppet leopard are the most ordinary, and ordinary Qi Condensation Stage disciples can afford them.

Combining the above three points, Lin Quan of course chose to learn the refining of the puppet leopard without hesitation. Anyway, the main reason why he came to the puppet hall was to learn the most basic knowledge of puppetry, as long as he could master these basics, what kind of puppet he wanted in the future, he couldn't refine it himself? Not to mention anything else, there were more than ten kinds of puppet refining methods in the volume of "Unmysterious Puppetry" that he got from the Huangshi monk alone.

Unknowingly, it had been a year since Lin Quan entered the puppet hall.

Now he and Wu Huaiyuan's task is to complete a certain number of puppet leopard torsos every month according to the regulations. The main material is ironwood about 50 years old, and the requirement is to refine each part in strict accordance with the standards handed down by Master Li. For such a task, Lin Quan was completely unwanted. Because refining a puppet torso seems to be very simple, but there are still quite a lot of skills and keys involved. If there was no master's guidance, even if Lin Quan had the puppet classics handed down by the Huangshi monks, it would be quite hard to comprehend.

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Just when Lin Quan was carefully learning the puppet technique, in an independent cave mansion in the mountain behind the Purple Void Gate, two condensate monks were talking about Lin Quan's affairs.

"Senior Brother Yu Leng, judging from the news from the puppet hall, that Lin Quan is really an ascetic who doesn't care about the world. He hadn't been out in a whole year since he entered the puppet hall. And it is said that in the first eight months, in order to complete the tasks assigned by Li Lao'er, Lin Quan basically stayed in the earth fire room. Now that he had successfully subdued two twelve-layer disciples, he was learning the refining techniques of puppetry. Ma Zhiyuan quickly said a rough idea of the news he had gotten.

"Well, that's right. This time it's really hard for Senior Brother Ma, and for a little thing about me, I have to bother Senior Brother Ma to come over in person, and I'm really a little upset. Leng Wanli had a smile on his face.

"Don't dare, don't dare. Being able to do something trivial for Senior Brother Leng is nothing at all. Ma Zhiyuan hurriedly took a humility, and then asked, "Senior Brother Leng, I don't know what we should do next?"

"Hmm...... Since that Lin Quan is so knowledgeable, we can't afford to pay any more attention. From today, you can unmonitor that kid. According to the report of my disciples, Suna's little girl had never seen Lin Quan in the past year, and she was all about retreating in her master's cave and condensing the condensate period. I guess it will take a while to get results. After thinking about it, Leng Wanli made a decision.

"Yes, little brother understands. ”

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More than eight months have passed, and Lin Quan is now in his living room, reading the puppet classics and inscribed the magic circle for an assembled puppet leopard.

Under the strict requirements of Li Shibo, the tasks of Lin Quan and Wu Huaiyuan are constantly changing. The first eight months were devoted to the refining of black iron ore. The next two months were spent refining refined black iron into the claws and fangs of the puppet leopard, as well as all sorts of strange discs and knick-knacks. Then the last two months of the first year were spent refining the body and limbs of the puppet leopard using ironwood. After the year was over, Li Shibo began to teach Lin Quan and Wu Huaiyuan how to assemble the puppet leopard completely. Until now, they have been inscribed in the circle.

After such a long period of unreserved teaching by Master Li, Lin Quan had basically mastered all the refining methods of the first-order primary puppet leopard. After his meticulous comparison, Lin Quan found that the current mainstream puppet refining method in the Immortal Cultivation Realm was roughly the same as the unmysterious humanoid puppet refining technique he obtained.

Basically, refining a complete puppet, whether it is a human type or a beast type, is divided into four major steps. Take the first-level puppet leopard that Lin Quan is learning now:

The first step is called "shaping". This step is relatively the easiest, and refers to the creation of the puppet master's torso. Just like the beast-type puppet like the puppet leopard, its appearance is almost made of imitation of the appearance of the leopard demon beast in the immortal cultivation world. The step of "shaping" is not only simple to make, but the main material is also quite common in the world of cultivating immortals. As long as there is a certain foundation in alchemy, a monk can refine it according to the prescribed process with a little exercise. Of course, the level of the golems produced varies depending on the year of the ironwood. At present, the ironwood used by Lin Quan and Wu Huaiyuan is fifty years old, and this kind of ironwood can only make a first-order primary puppet leopard, and its strength is equivalent to that of a monk in the early stage of condensation.

The second step is called "casting bones". To put it simply, it is to refine a certain amount of refined black iron first. The black iron is then further refined into small parts of various shapes, which are then used to piece together the puppet's body into a complete whole. In addition, the puppet leopard's sharpest claws, teeth, and tail, as well as the array disc that is emitted as a spiritual power wave in its mouth, must also be made of these refined refined irons. Of course, the refining of golems is not limited to black iron. The puppeteer can use different iron ore and copper ore to forge bones according to his own needs and the different effects of the golems he refines. Similarly, the refined iron that Lin Quan and the others used was only the worst "Three Refining" refined iron, and the "Ten Refining" refined iron that they had managed to refine earlier was specially supplied to the elite disciples of the Puppet Hall, because those good things were the materials needed to refine the first-order top-level puppets.

The third step is called "Mingluo". That's exactly what Lin Quan is doing right now. Puppets are all powered by spirit stones, how can the spiritual power generated in the spirit stones be smoothly transmitted to every part of the puppet's body? Of course, this must be done by relying on a magic circle called "Spirit Vein Array". After completing the "shaping" and "bone casting", the puppeteer must carefully engrave the complete "Spirit Vein Circle" on each part of the puppet's body, so that the puppet leopard can truly move. In fact, the puppet after completing the third step "Mingluo" has already been successfully refined. However, the puppet-like puppets are extremely cumbersome to control, and it takes a lot of effort for the monk to perform every movement with precision. Otherwise, it's just a useless pile of wood and iron.

The fourth step is called "Soul Melting". The goal is to make the puppet control easier and more convenient. The method is to choose a living soul that matches the level of the puppet, and after a special secret method of refining, the living soul is completely integrated into the puppet's body. In this way, the monk only needs to give some simple and vague orders to the puppet, such as "forward, backward, attack......", etc., and the rest will be done by the soul that has been integrated into the puppet. In this way, the problem of difficult puppet control can be better solved, and anyone can do it with it as long as they are simply familiar with it a few times. In this way, some monks with strong spiritual sense can even control dozens or hundreds of puppets of the same type at the same time, truly giving full play to the numerical advantage of the puppet army.

Among all the hundred arts of cultivating immortals, Lin Quan's best skill is naturally none other than the formation technique. Therefore, Lin Quan quickly grasped the key to the "Mingluo", and engraved the "Spirit Vein Array" for the puppet leopard in front of him. After doing all this, Lin Quan carefully put the puppet leopard into a storage bag.

With the puppet leopard he had just made, he already had three in his storage bag. In this way, his task for the month is complete.

After completing the task assigned by Master Li, Lin Quan quickly took out a large number of various materials from the Taiji space, and took a closer look at all of them used to refine the puppet leopard. However, these ironwood and refined iron are not the junk goods used to refine first-order first-order puppets, these are all materials for refining first-order top-level puppets. The iron and wood are all two hundred years old, and the refined iron is all "ten refining", looking at so many sufficient materials, Lin Quan smiled slightly and began to assemble them quickly.

If Master Li could see Lin Quan's process of making a puppet at this time, he was afraid that he would be so shocked that his jaw would fall.

I saw Lin Quan's hands operating like flying, and after a while, he assembled a large pile of scattered materials in front of him into three leopard-shaped puppets. Then he kept "inscribed" for the puppet. More than an hour later, Lin Quan had already carved four formations on these three leopard-shaped puppets. The first formation is, of course, the most basic "Spirit Vein Array". As for the other three formations, he learned them from the "Unmysterious Puppet Technique", which are the "Spiritual Light Cannon Array" depicted in the puppet's mouth as a spiritual power wave, and the "Solid Array" and "Agility Array" on the puppet's body to strengthen the puppet's defense and speed.

After doing this, Lin Quan rested for a while. Then he stared at the three puppet leopards that belonged entirely to him. Until now, Uncle Li has only taught the first three steps of the puppet alchemy technique, but the most critical fourth step, "Soul Melting", has not been taught at all.

According to Master Li's words, it was already rare for a person without any puppet skills to learn the first three steps of puppet alchemy in just two years. The most difficult "soul melting" secret technique is not to be exercised for a long time, so don't even think about it. What's more, this "soul melting" technique is the secret of the puppet hall. Even the disciples of the puppet hall have to go through the tests of Master Li before they are qualified to learn.