Mortals cultivate immortality, and their IQ is playing with their heartbeats

Du Hai was also beaming with joy. Of the two people he brought, Ma Zhen was just an ordinary demonic cultivator who practiced scattered demonic arts.

However, Li Chengfeng was different. He could obtain one hundred low-grade spirit stones just for introducing Li Chengfeng alone.

Ma Zhen would also receive fifty. Naturally, he was happy to share these benefits with Deacon Duan Cong as a tribute.

Deacon Duan Cong was also happy to accept this "tribute," as it was a kind of unspoken rule within the sect.

Seeing Li Chengfeng being valued in the Puppet Sect, Du Hai was naturally very pleased.

However, Li Chengfeng himself didn't care about these superficial honors. His goal was very clear: to enter the Ghost Valley Secret Realm in a year and find the Nine Desires Celestial Bloom.

The drop of essence blood in his bloodline, which was the connection to the Blood Demon Sect's natal token, had long been severed by him using the Soul Severing Technique.

This secret method came from the Nine Heavens Soul Refining Art, powerful and mysterious, which could not only sever the connection with the natal token but also sever the opponent's soul.

Therefore, when the Puppet Sect requested his essence blood, Li Chengfeng did so without hesitation.

Subsequently, he was assigned to the Formation Hall, because he had his eye on the opportunity to directly study the core puppet technology.

In the cultivation world, survival and combat both required strong power, and puppetry was one of the skills he wanted to learn and improve.

In the Formation Hall, Li Chengfeng met Lin Chou, a gaunt, stern-faced deacon.

He immediately offered two middle-grade spirit stones as a sign of respect. Although this wasn't much, it was already rare for a rogue cultivator.

Deacon Lin Chou's attitude towards him also changed accordingly, giving him some formation books to study and draw the mechanisms and formations on the puppets.

In return, Li Chengfeng could receive 100 low-grade spirit stones per month, or corresponding puppet materials and Qi replenishing pills.

Although the Puppet Sect refined living souls to create puppets, they walked a path that was half righteous and half evil.

Here, Li Chengfeng didn't need blood replenishing pills, only Qi replenishing pills to enhance his own strength.

He planned to use these resources and time to mass-produce substitute puppets from special materials, and combine them with his own power to create a brand new puppet system.

He knew that in the cultivation world, only strong strength and a discreet, low-profile approach could allow him to survive.

Li Chengfeng gratefully cupped his fist towards the deacon and said, "Thank you, Deacon. I will definitely continue to work hard. The reason I chose this place is not to curry favor, but because I truly love it.

I have a deep interest in talismans and formations, and coupled with puppetry, these elements make me feel that the Puppet Sect is my home. Hahahaha, in short, I am very happy to be able to join here."

Deacon Lin Chou smiled and said, "Very good, then go to work first.

Your first task is just to draw the formations for 10 basic puppets. The workload will gradually increase after three days.

The Puppet Sect is currently facing some crises, and we will give some good treatment to rogue cultivators who have real talent, are sensible, and understand the ways of the world."

"Thank you for your kindness, Deacon. I will definitely work harder and will never let you down or tarnish your name," Li Chengfeng said excitedly.

Deacon Lin Chou simply waved his hand and went to busy himself with his own work, too lazy to pay attention to a small rogue cultivator.

Li Chengfeng immediately immersed himself in his work. After entering the Formation Hall, the various materials were a feast for his eyes, and he also saw some discarded puppets thrown in the corner.

At this time, Li Jiao, the captain in charge of Team 3, came over. He was responsible for the drawing work and saw the newcomer Li Chengfeng.

Captain Li Jiao was very happy. Although he was a red-faced man with protruding fangs and an ugly appearance, he spoke very kindly.

However, Li Chengfeng was not deceived by this kind voice. He knew that people in the demonic sects often had their hands stained with blood.

Therefore, he immediately flattered the captain and offered a few Qi replenishing pills as a gift.

Captain Li Jiao was happy to see the gift, although it wasn't much, because rogue cultivators were usually very poor.

Captain Li Jiao nodded and pointed to the 10 puppets not far away, saying, "Your task today is to draw the formations for these 10 puppets.

But be careful, the scrap rate quota is 20%, which means that if you scrap 20% of the puppets, you will have to pay out of your own pocket.

These materials are very valuable, each one worth hundreds of low-grade spirit stones, so you have to be careful."

After hearing this, Li Chengfeng nodded solemnly and said, "Captain, don't worry, I will definitely act carefully."

Li Chengfeng immediately nodded in agreement, walked towards the puppets, and after observing them carefully one by one, he had a plan in his mind.

His formation skills were indeed more than enough for these simple puppets.

But he didn't show his strength, but instead started working step by step.

Just as he was immersed in the drawing of the puppets, a fat man walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

He laughed in a loud voice, "Hahahaha, finally a newcomer has arrived! My surname is Han, and my name is Han Gu. Besides the captain, I am the boss here!"

He pointed to his nose with a self-important look.

Li Chengfeng immediately cupped his fist and said, "Hello, Boss Han, may I ask if there is anything I can do for you?"

How clever he was, he immediately realized that the other party might be here to make trouble.

Sure enough, Han Gu pointed to a pile of discarded materials in the corner and said, "See those? These materials are all waste. You need to throw them away.

Throw them into the Puppet Corpse Refining Valley. By the way, I'll also have you dispose of all the discarded puppets from the other teams."

Li Chengfeng was happy in his heart, because he knew that although these discarded puppets could no longer be used, as long as they were thrown into the blood pool in the Underworld and properly processed, the materials in them could be used again.

This was simply a pie in the sky for him. But he didn't immediately show joy, but instead showed an embarrassed expression, and said timidly, "Boss, I'm afraid this is not very appropriate, right?"

Seeing this, Han Gu threatened, "What's not appropriate? If you don't agree, your future days will probably not be easy.

Not only will I have to train you well, but the other team leaders will also give you a little color to see, you should think carefully before answering."

Li Chengfeng had no choice but to nod in agreement, but he secretly calculated in his heart.

He knew that this was an opportunity to throw these discarded puppets into the blood pool for decomposition and obtain valuable materials.

But he also knew that he couldn't be too greedy, so as not to arouse the Puppet Sect's vigilance.

He planned to only process a portion of the discarded puppets each time, and he wouldn't refine them in the blood pool for too long. This would not arouse suspicion and would allow him to obtain the materials he wanted.

He already had a plan in his mind and was ready to take action.

Fatty Han was overjoyed to see Li Chengfeng agreeing so readily.

He thought that this newcomer was an easy target, to be manipulated at will. But he didn't know that Li Chengfeng was actually an extremely clever person who had already seen through his thoughts.

Li Chengfeng's arrival did solve a big problem for Fatty Han.

He used his position and threats to successfully transfer some tedious and time-consuming tasks to the newly arrived Li Chengfeng.

And because of his identity as a rogue cultivator, Li Chengfeng was very cautious about the sect's environment and interpersonal relationships, so he chose to act in a low-key manner and did not resist Fatty Han's arrangements.

In a month of painstaking research, Li Chengfeng had gained a deep understanding of puppetry.