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After a while, the puppet ran to the entrance of Wind Cloud Court and was still linked to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen directly said to the guard at the entrance, "Tell Qin Yushan to go to the study, I need to see him."

The female guard, seeing the puppet speaking to her, was momentarily stunned, but she quickly realized it was the voice of the North Prince and promptly replied, "Yes, Prince."

At that moment, Lu Chen stood up and said to Mu Zixuan and Wu Junwan, "My love, you and Junwan discuss the management of the Prince's Mansion's properties. I have other matters."

Mu Zixuan immediately replied, "This concubine understands, Prince, take your time."

Lu Chen then proceeded to the study, waiting for the arrival of Qin Yushan.

It wasn't long before Qin Yushan appeared in the study.

"Greetings, Prince."

After finishing the salute, Qin Yushan looked up at Lu Chen and noticed that Lu Chen's gaze was fixed on the wooden puppet on the desk, which seemed to have come to life, jumping around on the desk.

Seeing this scene, Qin Yushan was completely taken aback.

Regaining his focus, Lu Chen looked up at Qin Yushan and said, "Commander Qin, take this puppet and leave Yan County. After a while, I will speak to you through the puppet. If there is no sound from the puppet, ask actively. If I do not reply, return to North Prince Mansion immediately. I want to test and see how far I can control this puppet."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Qin Yushan instantly understood his intent and quickly replied, "Yes, I will leave Yan County at once."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yushan went to the desk, picked up the puppet, and then left North Prince Mansion directly.

Meanwhile, Lu Chen sat in the study, closed his eyes, and concentrated all his thoughts on the puppet.

Qin Yushan quickly rode out of Yan County on a horse. However, at this point, he noticed that the puppet had not made any sounds, and he wondered if perhaps the puppet had lost the Prince's control?

He took the puppet out of his hands, looked at it, was about to ask a question, when suddenly the puppet spoke, "Commander Qin, keep moving forward."

Hearing the puppet actually speak, and in Lu Chen's voice, Qin Yushan hurriedly replied, "Yes, Prince!"

Qin Yushan then continued southward along the straight roads constructed by the North Country, puppet in tow.

When Qin Yushan reached a military camp in the south, he once again stopped, took out the puppet, and Lu Chen again spoke through the puppet, "Continue forward."

Qin Yushan was astounded; he never imagined that, despite the distance, the North Prince could still control the puppet. With this means, couldn't the North Prince now inspect the entire North Country through the puppet?

Without further thought, Qin Yushan set off again, continuing south. After half a day, he reached another city in the North Country with the puppet, but Lu Chen was still able to speak through it.

Not only that, but Lu Chen could still control the puppet's movements, although he now felt noticeably more strained in his control, and even the puppet's vision was beginning to blur, not as clear as before.

Even though his control over the puppet wasn't as strong as before, as long as the link between them wasn't broken, Lu Chen decided to continue testing.

Then, Lu Chen spoke through the puppet to Qin Yushan, "Commander Qin, find a trustworthy subordinate, let him continue with the puppet southward; you need not proceed any further."

After all, Qin Yushan was the Commander of the Brocade Guard and there were many affairs waiting for him in Yan County. Considering it was unlikely to discover the upper limit of his control over the puppet that day, Lu Chen thought it better to switch people, specifically assigning someone to continue southward with the puppet.

Qin Yushan immediately entered the nearby city, found a Brocade Guard Commander, and briefed him on the matter with the puppet, instructing him to continue south with it.

When the Commander heard Lu Chen's voice coming from the puppet, he too was startled, but remembering that the North Prince was the Son of Destiny, a disciple of an Immortal, he soon accepted the fact.

Subsequently, the Brocade Guard Commander took Lu Chen's puppet and continued southward.

Over the next two days, Lu Chen could still speak through the puppet. Even when they reached Anping City, at the border of Qi Country, the puppet continued to emit faint sounds intermittently.

This truly shocked Lu Chen; he had not expected that mere Primary Puppetry Skill could allow him to control the puppet from such a distance.

Of course, he also realized that although he could currently control the puppet as far as Anping City, doing so greatly consumed his Spiritual Power. Just saying one sentence through the puppet left him feeling as though his energy had been drained.

With no other choice, Lu Chen had to ask the Brocade Guard Commander to stop moving south and directly send the puppet back.

Several days later, the Commander of the Brocade Guard delivered the puppet to the North Prince Mansion, and the carpenters had also created bigger wooden figures.

Morning.

After climbing off Wu Junwan's body, Lu Chen returned to the Wind Cloud Court, ready to refine new puppets.

Seeing several wooden puppets as tall as himself in front of him, Lu Chen revealed a slight smile.

At this moment, Lu Chen's wives and concubines, having heard about the puppets, all ran to the Wind Cloud Court to observe.

Then, Lu Chen bit his fingertip and drew some spell runes on the puppet. After a while, he closed his eyes and controlled the puppet, as tall as himself, to start walking.

However, no sooner had he begun to control it than Lu Chen distinctly felt the spiritual power within his body rapidly depleting.

Lu Chen instantly understood that the larger the puppet he created, the more spiritual power it consumed to control.

The previous puppet he had made was only the size of a palm, so it was very easy to manipulate and consumed hardly any spiritual power, allowing for a much greater controlling distance.

The controlling distance for this puppet certainly could not compare with the previous, smaller one.

Seeing Lu Chen's puppet come to life, Xiao Wenyao exclaimed in surprise, "It's moving, it's really started moving!"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The rest of the women were also stunned by the scene before them.

At that moment, Lu Chen tried to have the puppet throw a punch into the air, but as it did, he suddenly felt completely exhausted.

Lu Chen took a deep breath and then said to himself, "I hadn't expected controlling a life-sized puppet to consume so much spiritual power. It seems my strength is still insufficient."

Subsequently, Lu Chen gave up controlling the life-sized puppet and picked up the few thumb-sized puppets, quickly refining them.

Although he was currently unable to use life-sized puppets for combat, they still served some purpose. He could leave these puppets with the Brocade Guard and then have the Brocade Guard patrol the North Country with them.

If anything happened within the North Country's territory, the Brocade Guard could inform him immediately.

...

Afternoon.

Yun Xianxian was enjoying the Prince's Mansion's afternoon tea and pastries in the pavilion of the Yunrong Courtyard when Lin Wanyun entered the pavilion.

Yun Xianxian asked, "It seemed rather lively this morning at the Wind Cloud Court; what were you all doing there?"

Lin Wanyun immediately told Yun Xianxian about Lu Chen refining puppets.

Upon hearing that Lu Chen could refine puppets, Yun Xianxian's hand holding the teacup paused mid-air.

"Refining puppets?"

"This guy knows how to refine puppets too?"

Yun Xianxian fell into thought. The Dragon-Phoenix Yin-Yang Spell that Lu Chen had revealed was already a Heaven Rank cultivation technique, and now he had demonstrated the ability to refine puppets.

As far as she knew, puppetry was something only the high-ranking worlds possessed. Did Lu Chen actually have the art of puppetry?

If this guy was like her, hailing from a high-ranking cultivation world, how could it be possible for him to know about things from a lower world—those trains, electric lights, and such, those were clearly the products of a lower-level technological world.

Most people from the cultivation realm would not be familiar with such common knowledge, as those things did not exist in the usual cultivation worlds.

After thinking it over, Yun Xianxian still did not pay it much mind. So what if this guy came from a high-ranking world? After all, his current strength was lower than hers, and, besides, he had taken her as his mentor.

In her heart, Yun Xianxian still did not take Lu Chen seriously. She just wanted to recover her strength as soon as possible.