After Yang Yuemin, Zhao Yijing, and the other three went into closed-door cultivation, Lin Chen did not idle either.
He and his Second Soul Division directly plunged into the space within the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, choosing to go into seclusion as well.
Lin Chen’s success today was inseparably linked to the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron.
At this moment, inside the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, staring at the countless secret inscriptions on the body of the cauldron, Lin Chen and his Second Soul Division delved into a deep period of research.
Originally, Lin Chen had gained an understanding of the way of Spiritual Formations from the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, benefitting immensely and directly becoming a Formation Master.
Now, Lin Chen wanted to see if he and his Second Soul Division could once again gain some insights and enhance his level of Spiritual Formation mastery.
Although the Second Soul Division shared a mental connection with Lin Chen, it also possessed an independent self-awareness, so perhaps it could perceive aspects that Lin Chen could not.
As the two of them researched the secret inscriptions on the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron, time swiftly passed, and a month had gone by.
Lin Chen opened his eyes, feeling that his level of expertise in Spiritual Formations had improved considerably. Looking at past Talisman Inscriptions and Spiritual Formation arrangements now seemed far too simple.
Therefore, Lin Chen immediately took out countless materials and, along with his Second Soul Division, began refining a Puppet.
With the insights gained from the Descension Ruins, Lin Chen had an idea: to infuse a Puppet with the powers of the five attributes—Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—creating a Puppet similar to the Stone Sculpture Puppets currently housed in the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron’s space.
But not merely a Stone Sculpture Puppet, given the presence of his Second Soul Division, Lin Chen planned to refine a Talisman Puppet that could follow his will, possess self-judgment, and have a semblance of consciousness.
Under the joint efforts of Lin Chen and his Second Soul Division, it took half a month and numerous extremely precious materials to finally craft a Talisman Puppet.
This Talisman Puppet commanded the powers of the five attributes, and could unleash Fire Attribute Power to cause incredible destruction, use Metal Attribute Power to fortify itself against many attacks, including bladed weapons and powerful Martial Arts Skills, and even possessed the Instantaneous Movement Power.
Lin Chen created this Talisman Puppet with abilities mirroring his own, and beyond that, he split a strand of his Divine Sense into the body of the Puppet.
Whatever the Puppet did or saw, as long as it was within the range of Lin Chen’s Perception, he could sense it all and issue commands to the Puppet through his Spiritual Sense.
The Second Soul Division was another way for Lin Chen to exist; even if Lin Chen died, it could still survive, allowing Lin Chen’s primary soul to be reborn in the form of a Soul Split.
However, the Talisman Puppet was different. If anything happened to Lin Chen, it would immediately become paralyzed.
Furthermore, the Second Soul Division could communicate with Lin Chen via Divine Soul, no matter how far it traveled, unlike the Talisman Puppet, which was limited by distance.
Thus, the Talisman Puppet could not compare to the Second Soul Division but was nonetheless much more powerful than a Stone Sculpture Puppet.
Lin Chen crafted the Talisman Puppet because he had a plan: to have the Puppet disguise itself as ’Li Chu’ at the Moon Shadow Pavilion and assume the identity of a hitman, aiding Lin Chen in monitoring every move of the Pavilion’s assassins.
Originally, Lin Chen had infiltrated the Moon Shadow Pavilion, and had already made his way into the inner operations of the Pavilion within the Great Flame Dynasty. However, he had to leave because he went to rescue Zhao Yijing.
But whether Lin Chen’s actions had aroused the suspicion of the pavilion’s hitmen, he was not sure, so he wanted to use this Talisman Puppet to substitute for himself and infiltrate the inner workings of the Pavilion.
By then, if they had already uncovered his true identity, all he would lose was a Talisman Puppet, which to Lin Chen simply meant the loss of some treasures.
The refining of the Talisman Puppet, despite consuming precious Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, did not pain Lin Chen, for what did these amount to when compared to his life?
Moreover, the Talisman Puppet, endowed with the Power of the Five Elements, had its Cultivation piled up by numerous Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to the Ninth Layer of the Melding Earth Realm, ensuring that anyone from the Moon Shadow Pavilion who wanted to kill it would pay a price.
To ensure that the Talisman Puppet had the ability to protect itself and counterkill the Pavilion’s hitmen if its true identity were discovered, Lin Chen and his Second Soul Division refined some Fourth-Grade Talisman Inscriptions and embedded them within the Puppet.
Once all the preparations were concluded, Lin Chen left the Jade Cauldron Sect and sent out the Talisman Puppet, ordering it to go to the site where the Moon Shadow Pavilion people were gathering.
Lin Chen also gave the Talisman Puppet a Spatial Ring, which was not large, because he did not give it to the Puppet to collect Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, but rather it contained some spare parts for repairing the Puppet.
This was the power of the Talisman Puppet with a wisp of Lin Chen’s Divine Sense, as he could remotely operate the Puppet to self-replace those parts and repair itself.
After all the work was ready, the Talisman Puppet immediately set out for the Moon Shadow Pavilion’s meeting point.
Lin Chen also handed over the Token of the Pavilion Helmsman’s identity issued by the Moon Shadow Pavilion to the Talisman Puppet. With this Token, the Puppet could freely move before the Pavilion’s underlings.
However, Lin Chen’s only worry now was whether, after several months, the Moon Shadow Pavilion had already seen through the true identity of the impostor ’Li Chu’.
After dispatching the Talisman Puppet, Lin Chen returned to Jade Bird Peak.
If the Puppet discovered anything, Lin Chen would know immediately, and in the meantime, he did not have to maintain a continuous connection of Divine Sense with the Puppet.
Within ten thousand miles, the contact between the Puppet and Lin Chen would not be lost, and since the gathering place of the Moon Shadow Pavilion was well within this range, otherwise Lin Chen would not have returned to the sect so quickly, but would have found a place closer to the Pavilion’s gathering spot to go into seclusion.
After returning to Jade Bird Peak, Lin Chen went back into seclusion.
His master and senior sisters had entered seclusion and had given no sign of activity, but Lin Chen knew it likely wouldn’t be much longer before they made some breakthroughs.