Chapter 300: Dou Device! Dark Gold Xuanjia Puppet!
"Ah, what the... Lin Ge, are you really playing with something this terrifying???"
Inside the Gamma Refining Room, Xiao Yan's eyes widened as he stared at the figure beside Jiang Lin, a shadow fully clad in dark gold, with its face covered by a bronze armor mask resembling a mecha. His throat involuntarily twitched, and he cursed in his mind.
He originally thought Jiang Lin was just refining some traditional Dou Devices, but it wasn't until today, when he saw Jiang Lin taking out the Xuanjia Puppet, that he realized—Jiang Lin was actually using dead bodies to refine puppets!
"Hm? Why haven't you left yet? Didn't you say you were going to attend the alchemist competition at the Alchemist Association?" After taking out the second-generation Xuanjia Puppet from the Qingxuan Cauldron, Jiang Lin turned back and glanced at Xiao Yan who had entered, then casually said, "You've seen it before, right? That Pei Xuan is a puppet. In the beginning, it was also made using a human body. But now, my technique has improved, and I've started to shift from human-based puppets to pure Dou Device creations. Using human bodies to make puppets is still a necessary shortcut, though."
Jiang Lin casually glanced at Xiao Yan, then refocused on the second-generation Xuanjia Puppet in front of him.
The dark gold Xuanjia Puppet's body was no longer made of human skin, but instead was covered with armor-like plating that tightly adhered to the puppet's surface. Beneath the bronze faceplate, there were diamond-shaped hollow spots revealing dim, but still fierce, eyes. Under the armor plates, metal lines were crisscrossing the body, showing a sense of order and beauty. The puppet's arms especially were clearly different, with a lot of mechanical armor plates and metal lines. One arm, in particular, was sturdier, with its meridians replaced by beautiful, clean metallic lines!
Standing at 2 meters tall and completely bare, the Xuanjia Puppet exuded a strong mechanical aura, far more impactful than the first-generation puppet's flesh-like body. The first-generation puppet's defense mostly relied on external armor, but the second-generation Xuanjia Puppet, now silent, gave off a feeling of being extremely solid without needing any extra armor!
Jiang Lin didn't mind Xiao Yan's shocked expression and instead summoned the long-lost heavy armor Pei Xuan from his Storage Ring.
The moment Pei Xuan was summoned, his eyes behind the faceplate flashed briefly, quickly scanning the surroundings. His gaze lingered slightly on the dark gold Xuanjia Puppet before kneeling on one knee in front of Jiang Lin, removing his faceplate, revealing his disfigured face and a soul-imbued skin paper with mysterious symbols on his forehead.
"Ah, so this is what it looks like..." The action of Pei Xuan removing his faceplate naturally caught Xiao Yan's eye. When he saw Pei Xuan's face, his eyelids involuntarily twitched.
It was hard for Xiao Yan to imagine that this face, despite being from a puppet, once belonged to a living person. He still couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart when he thought of how this puppet had once been a living human.
"Can't be helped. At that time, conditions were rudimentary, and we had to forcibly burn it. But anyway, it's just a dead body. It's fine—just consider it a way to help the soul move on," Jiang Lin shook his head, directly removing the soul-imbued skin paper from Pei Xuan's forehead. The moment it was removed, the light in Pei Xuan's murky eyes slowly faded, and his puppet body instantly lost its vitality, becoming as still as a statue, half-kneeling in front of Jiang Lin.
The core control part of the Xuanjia Puppet was the soul-imbued skin paper in Jiang Lin's hand. Now, Jiang Lin had a new option: to use Soul Gold to forge a "Bright Core" to replace it. Previously, Jiang Lin hadn't understood soul techniques well and didn't have materials that could match his soul power. But now, with the Soul Refining Secret Technique, Soul Gold, and the Beast Spirit Formation, which introduced how the soul core works in formations, Jiang Lin now had the ability to abandon the soul-imbued skin paper and find a new core for the second-generation Xuanjia Puppet.
However...
"The techniques to create a soul control core are somewhat cruel, and no one has really offended me enough for me to use it. So, I'll stick with the soul-imbued skin paper for now. After all, it's fate, isn't it?" Jiang Lin picked up the soul-imbued skin paper inscribed with mysterious soul symbols and placed it back on the forehead of the second-generation Xuanjia Puppet, covering it with the bronze faceplate once again.
Click!
When the bronze faceplate was placed on the second-generation Xuanjia Puppet's face, it made a crisp metallic sound. Jiang Lin took a few steps back, and in his soul perception, the lifeless body in front of him slowly began to come to life again.
The soul-imbued skin paper on the puppet's forehead started to emit small soul threads that slowly penetrated the puppet's head, torso, and limbs. After the soul power covered the entire body, energy began flowing through the puppet's internal meridians. The flowing energy shimmered on the puppet's exterior metal lines, creating a faint glow.
Then...
Buzz!
The dim eyes behind the dark gold bronze mask suddenly burst with bright golden light! The body of the dark gold Xuanjia Puppet shook stiffly a few times, and then, under Xiao Yan's astonished gaze, it stepped forward awkwardly. It then lowered its head to examine its own Dou Qi body and the Dou Qi arm before looking up at Jiang Lin, hesitating slightly before preparing to kneel on one knee in submission.
However, Jiang Lin quickly stretched out his hand to stop him: "No need for that, Pei Xuan. Go change into a new set of clothes. The armor from the first-generation Xuanjia Puppet should fit."
"..." The dark gold Pei Xuan remained silent, merely nodding lightly. He then controlled the new Dou Qi body to walk aside and started removing the armor and black cloak from the first-generation Xuanjia Puppet.
"Remember, don't break the first-generation Xuanjia Puppet's armor. It can still be used. I have Soul Gold if needed," Jiang Lin added, seemingly worried that the dark gold Pei Xuan would damage the first-generation puppet.
"..." It was clear that when Pei Xuan heard the term "Soul Gold," his movements halted for a moment. After nodding, he carefully began removing the armor. Soon, after putting on the new outfit, the familiar image of the heavy-armored Pei Xuan returned.
"Aren't you supposed to be going to the Alchemist competition? Take Pei Xuan with you, let him act as your bodyguard for a while to familiarize yourself with the process," Jiang Lin casually threw the new five-tier Dou Device body of Pei Xuan to Xiao Yan.
"I need to refine some Exotic Fire weapons for you. It's about time to get into practical work."
(END CHAPTER)
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