Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family

Chapter 797: Thousand Faces Puppet Fox, Challenging the Azure Phoenix Immortal! (2)

Lu Changsheng examined the puppet version of himself and couldn’t help but praise aloud.

He thought to himself, “Indeed, a product of the system must be top-grade!”

Unless the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox took action, it would be very hard to spot any flaws with just such an inspection.

But unless it was someone close, or if the two had fought before, even in a duel, it would be difficult to distinguish the true from the false for a while.

“This is the true path of puppetry.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox before him and couldn’t hold back his sigh.

When compared to this Third-Order Puppet, the Second Rank Puppets he had created before were nothing but crap.

With this Thousand Faces Puppet Fox, in future battles, as long as the fox puppet could charm the opponent through illusion and create a breach in their Mental Spirit, he would be able to punch them out with a single blow.

“However, I still need to be careful when facing enemies, because once this kind of puppet is damaged, there’s no way to repair it…”

Lu Changsheng immediately realized a problem.
As powerful as these puppets were, they were still consumables that required maintenance.

Although the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox possessed some self-repair capabilities,

if it sustained significant damage, it naturally wouldn’t be able to fix itself and would require a Puppet Master’s intervention.

And even though he was a Second-tier Top-Level Puppet Master, he didn’t have the ability to repair such a puppet.

“If I consider maintenance and repairs, it suddenly seems a bit less appealing.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the puppet before him and sighed.

After pondering for a moment, he took a Jade Slip from his Storage Bag and imprinted part of its content with his Divine Sense.

Then he handed it to Su Rongrong and said, “Try to craft a puppet according to the blueprint and let me see.”

Although the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox was a combat puppet, skilled in illusion, charm, and transformation techniques,

Su Rongrong had been a Puppet Master in her previous life and was quite capable of learning puppet-related skills.

So as long as Lu Changsheng trained her slowly, after some time, this Thousand Faces Puppet Fox should have no problem crafting Second Rank Puppets.

Moreover, although the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox needed to embed Spirit Stones to consume Mana, it had a core Puppet Crystal within!

This Puppet Crystal could absorb nature’s spiritual energy on its own and store Mana.

So if this puppet was used for menial labor, the maintenance costs would be almost nil!

“Yes, Master.”

Su Rongrong, though behaving like a real person, was ultimately a puppet.

Lacking genuine human emotion, she could only obey Lu Changsheng’s commands without true feelings.

Of course, if Lu Changsheng continually trained and taught her, she might become somewhat more human-like.

After studying the puppet blueprints given by Lu Changsheng, Su Rongrong began to attempt forging a puppet with the materials provided.

“A puppet of this caliber could already be called a Dao Soldier.”

Lu Changsheng watched Su Rongrong and mused to himself.

He couldn’t help but look forward to the system drawing a puppet-related Legacy Technique.

The puppet skills provided by the system were comprehensive, but none were rare or profound.

Just like the many Talismans he used, they came from the “Ninety-Nine Mystical Talisman Scripture” and not from a Talisman Path inheritance.

“Wait, isn’t there already an extant Third-Order Puppet right before my eyes?”

“If I can understand its principles and skills, perhaps I could advance to be a Third-order Puppet Master.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox before him and had a thought.

Such a puppet held great value for research to a Puppet Master.

“I, Lu Changsheng, have come this far thanks to my own hard work.”

“Today, I shall use my exceptional wisdom, supreme comprehension, and relentless effort to advance to be a Third-order Puppet Master!”

Lu Changsheng, looking at the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox, was emotionally stirred and spoke with inspiration.

He then began to train the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox, studying its underlying principles and craftsmanship,

hoping to gain some insights from it in order to advance to a Third-order Puppet Master.

…

Half a month later.

“Damn it, system, show some spirit and let me see what you’re made of.”

Lu Changsheng cursed as he examined the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox.

Despite being a Second-tier Top-Level Puppet Master, after studying for so long, he still completely failed to understand the principles of this Third-Order Puppet.

Especially the Soul Injection aspect, which left him utterly baffled, without a single lead.

However, it was since he dared not dismantle the puppet for deeper research, merely skimming the surface.

But it must be said, the Thousand Faces Puppet Fox was truly lifelike!

Even if he wanted to dismantle it, Lu Changsheng felt rather at a loss on where to begin.

Immediately after, Lu Changsheng gave up on researching the humanoid figure and went out with his daughter Lu Wangshu to have fun, visiting Xiao Xiyue in the Luoyun Mountain Range.

…

Golden Dragon Ridge, Jin Family.

“Lu Qingshan, disciple of Tianyuan True Immortal from Yu Country’s Jinyang Sect, Nascent Soul Seed of Jinyang Sect, son of Lu Changsheng from Bihu Lake Mountain, grandson of Lu Yuanding from Qingzhu Mountain!”

The Patriarch of Jin Family looked at the message in his hand, shocked to the core.

The Jin Family’s members had perished in the Purple Shadow Secret Realm years ago, so they had been monitoring this information closely.

They wanted to know if there had been any special circumstances in the Purple Shadow Secret Realm back then, to see if other forces were targeting their family.

Unexpectedly, they stumbled upon such news.

“Lu Changsheng of Bihu Lake Mountain…”

The Patriarch of Jin Family had a grave expression.

Although in recent years Bihu Lake Mountain had kept a low profile without much activity,

even the White Tiger Mountain that they took over was left semi-neglected, with only the mining operations being managed and nearly all other matters being nearly abandoned.

Nevertheless, they kept a close watch on the situation of the Lu Family at all times.

But they had never imagined that Lu Changsheng had hidden his depths so well.

That he had such an astonishingly gifted son in Yu Country’s Jinyang Sect!

If in a few decades or a century the son grew up, their family would be utterly insignificant in comparison.