It turned out that Shuang Qingqing had passed on the core formation of the "Canheng Douzhuan" and the lost Wood Flow Sect cultivation method, the "Wood Flowing Star Art," to Bai Rou. This solved many of the problems in the Wood Flow Sect's puppet arts that Bai Rou had been pondering for years, and her cultivation also advanced by leaps and bounds unexpectedly.
Originally, the Wood Flow Sect's strongest cultivation method, the "Wood Flowing Star Art," was complementary to various mechanical arts. After losing the "Wood Flowing Star Art," although the Wood Flow Sect still had other cultivation methods, many immortal arts and puppet refining methods could no longer be used, let alone improved upon.
This time, after Bai Rou returned to the Wood Flow Sect and solved the problem, she simply abandoned the cultivation method given to her by Elder Chigong of the Malevolent Spirit Sect. Unexpectedly, in this situation, her cultivation improved even more.
This was not to say that the cultivation method given by Elder Chigong was bad. In fact, it was the opposite. Elder Chigong had taken out the cultivation method he believed would be most beneficial to Bai Rou. It was just that Bai Rou had been practicing the Wood Flow Sect's path since she was a child.
But because the Wood Flow Sect only had low-level cultivation methods at that time, Bai Rou was unable to establish her foundation for a long time after reaching the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation.
After repeated consideration, Elder Chigong still had Bai Rou abandon her original Wood Flow Sect cultivation method and switch to a cultivation method he had carefully selected.
Although this would make Bai Rou take some repetitive paths, it would definitely be of great benefit to her future cultivation.
The final result was also as Elder Chigong had expected. After Bai Rou changed her cultivation method, coupled with her diligent practice, she succeeded in establishing her foundation in one go.
After meeting Bai Rou, Shuang Qingqing immediately had her abandon the Malevolent Spirit Sect cultivation method again and re-cultivate the Wood Flow Sect's method. This was of course not to prevent Bai Rou from forgetting her sect's classics.
For a person with a free-spirited personality like Shuang Qingqing, as long as the sect was in your heart, you could use any means to make yourself stronger.
Shuang Qingqing's insight was much higher than Elder Chigong's. She could tell at a glance that the Malevolent Spirit Sect cultivation method Bai Rou was practicing was a mid-level one, which would also allow Bai Rou to reach a relatively high realm in the future.
This point made Shuang Qingqing's attitude towards Elder Chigong change a little. A mid-level cultivation method was not something that could be easily taken out even in the Malevolent Spirit Sect.
Her "Wood Flowing Star Art" was actually only a little stronger than the cultivation method Bai Rou was currently practicing, but it was the inherited treasure of the Wood Flow Sect.
Shuang Qingqing knew that Bai Rou's most solid foundation was the Wood Flow Sect's cultivation method. These most basic traces of Spirit Power circulation could not be fundamentally removed. Even if she changed to another cultivation method, there would always be some traces in the circulation of her Spirit Power.
If she wanted to completely remove these traces, unless Bai Rou's physical body was reforged, or she had a way to forcibly erase them after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, but that was too far-fetched for a cultivator. Condensing a Golden Core was already a luxury.
And what was Bai Rou's strongest point? It was her talent for mechanisms and puppets. Abandoning these skills of the Wood Flow Sect would have a great impact on Bai Rou in the future, and she might even come to a complete standstill.
Shuang Qingqing decisively had Bai Rou re-cultivate the Wood Flow Sect's top-level cultivation method, the "Wood Flowing Star Art."
Bai Rou did not raise any objection to Shuang Qingqing's decision. Whether you called her personality weak or cowardly, she listened to the words of her two masters and grandmaster.
It was her nature to be obedient to those she trusted. Especially with Shuang Qingqing's glib tongue, that wisp of divine will incarnation was like a sister to Bai Rou on a daily basis, coaxing her into a daze.
However, it was obvious that Shuang Qingqing's decision was correct. The benefits it brought to Bai Rou were immeasurable. At the same time, under Shuang Qingqing's guidance, Bai Rou not only progressed rapidly in the "Canheng Douzhuan" but her cultivation also advanced by leaps and bounds.
With the help of Shuang Qingqing's medicinal pills, the drawbacks of changing her cultivation method did not show much. Her cultivation only regressed for a short period of time at the beginning.
Then it suddenly began to explode, breaking through to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment in one fell swoop. This made Bai Rou even more obedient to this enchanting ancestor.
After her cultivation broke through, coupled with learning the core "Canheng Douzhuan" formation of the Wood Flow Sect, Bai Rou had the idea of refining her own Natal Puppet.
Although she had thought about it before, she had always felt that her puppet skills were too weak. So, even though others said the puppets she made were not bad, none of them satisfied her, so the matter had been put on hold.
Bai Rou was the type of person who would quietly do something once she thought of it. In the following days at the Wood Flow Sect, she devoted herself to refining her Natal Puppet.
As for the materials for refining her Natal Magical Treasure, Bai Rou had been preparing them for many years, but she had never had the determination to refine it.
When Bai Rou devoted herself to refining her Natal Magical Treasure, she failed on the first attempt, and all the puppet components were destroyed.
Bai Rou just sat quietly next to the destroyed puppet components for a day and a night, then took out another set of materials and began to refine them carefully again. It was just that every step was even slower this time.
Everyone who refined a magical treasure would usually prepare multiple sets of materials, and Bai Rou was no exception.
But after more than ten days, another explosion sounded from the artifact refining room where Bai Rou was, but it immediately fell silent.
This time, Bai Rou had made a mistake at a critical moment in refining the puppet's head component. But fortunately, she controlled her technique in time. Although she made a mistake, the puppet's head was successfully refined.
But such a puppet was not of the grade she had in mind, and the remaining materials Bai Rou had could not support her third refining attempt.
She had to make two choices. One was to immediately drip blood to claim ownership of the puppet she had just refined. The other was to re-melt the existing refined puppet and add the remaining materials to re-refine it.
The first choice would give her a slightly inferior Natal Magical Treasure. The second choice was extremely risky. If she failed, she would have nothing, and it would be who knows how many years before she could gather the refining materials again. At this moment, the usually timid Bai Rou was gone, replaced by a look of seriousness and stubbornness in her eyes.
That wisp of Shuang Qingqing's divine will had been watching Bai Rou in secret. She watched Bai Rou refine every component of the puppet, from melting, to imprinting the seals, to assembly, and then to failure.
Even when Bai Rou made a mistake, Shuang Qingqing would not appear or speak. She just watched quietly.
Bai Rou's red, somewhat moist eyes, her shoulders shaking slightly as she leaned on the table, crying silently. Shuang Qingqing still watched everything before her with indifference, with no intention of helping at all.
Until, the third time, when Bai Rou wiped away the tears in her eyes and unhesitatingly disassembled the newly assembled puppet components and threw them into the refining furnace, Shuang Qingqing quietly appeared behind her.
She stretched out her gentle hand and gently patted Bai Rou's back. "The heart of a puppet, though without life, is alive. Though without blood, it is warm!" Bai Rou's body trembled slightly...
In the following time, Shuang Qingqing watched Bai Rou refine every component. At certain key points, she would say a word or two. Often, just these few words would be a moment of enlightenment for Bai Rou.
Shuang Qingqing even took out two precious materials from her Storage Pouch and replaced the raw materials for the key parts of Bai Rou's puppet, greatly increasing its power.
Just like that, after another month, Bai Rou finally succeeded in refining her first Natal Magical Treasure.
By this time, the news of the demonic invasion had spread throughout the Desolate Moon Continent. Subsequently, Bai Rou returned with two of Shuang Qingqing's Jade Slips and, according to Shuang Qingqing's wishes, presented them to Elder Chigong.
The moment Elder Chigong received the Jade Slips, his face changed dramatically. In the end, he only opened one of them and then immediately left the cave. As for why he didn't look at the other Jade Slip, Bai Rou didn't know either.
But the subsequent events began to alarm Bai Rou.
As time went on, the Four Great Sects began to conscript cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage and above from all over their territories. By this count, the Wood Flow Sect still had four Foundation Establishment cultivators.
But Bai Rou knew that her master and the few elders of the Wood Flow Sect, although their cultivation had improved far beyond what it was a year ago, had rarely fought with others before. They had been working hard to maintain the sect's heritage, spending all day with puppets.
If they were conscripted, the four from the Wood Flow Sect would probably soon perish outside. In her anxiety, Bai Rou found Elder Chigong. After explaining her intentions, she earnestly begged this Malevolent Spirit Sect master to help and mediate.
Looking at Bai Rou's panicked appearance, unexpectedly, Elder Chigong just smiled faintly.
"Bai Rou, rest assured, not a single person from the Wood Flow Sect will be conscripted. Except for you, of course. You are also a Malevolent Spirit Sect cultivator now. As a disciple of our sect, no one can shirk their responsibility."
Bai Rou hadn't expected her master to agree so easily after she just mentioned it. This was a conscription order issued by the Nascent Soul ancestors. This made Bai Rou disbelieving. As for herself, she hadn't thought of shirking. Which of the geniuses of the various peaks would dare to go against the ancestors' wishes now?
But Bai Rou's face was full of disbelief. With her lack of city, everything was written on her face and in her clear, dark-pool-like eyes.
Seeing Bai Rou's disbelieving look, Elder Chigong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "Bai Rou, I've really promised you, and yet you still have this look. Do you have to have me say to you, 'This is impossible, the Wood Flow Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators must be conscripted for battle,' for you to find it credible?"
After hearing this, Bai Rou first nodded, then immediately realized it was inappropriate, and her pretty face couldn't help but turn crimson.
Seeing this, Elder Chigong knew that this disciple of his was too simple-minded when it came to things. She couldn't easily accept some changes.
After some thought, Elder Chigong suddenly said, "Bai Rou, your success in refining your Natal Puppet was probably not achieved by your strength alone..."
At this point, Elder Chigong stopped and looked at Bai Rou quietly. In an instant, Bai Rou understood. She was not cunning, but she was as sharp as ice and snow.
After listening to Bai Rou tell him everything without reservation, Li Yan touched his nose. He hadn't expected Bai Rou to tell him everything. This was unexpected.
"Oh, if I'm not mistaken, one of the two Jade Slips you gave to Elder Chigong should have been given directly to a Nascent Soul ancestor of the sect by Senior Shuang.
There must have been some conditions proposed for the Wood Flow Sect. This means that Senior Shuang has already recovered her cultivation to a level where she can fight a Nascent Soul."
Li Yan said after some thought. Bai Rou also nodded lightly after hearing this. She thought so too, but she was worried that with Ancestor Shuang Qingqing's personality, she might really fall out with the Malevolent Spirit Sect and start a fight. That would not be good.
At that time, whichever side she sided with would be wrong. But fortunately, so far, the news from the Wood Flow Sect was that all was well. Her master and the few martial uncles were all safe and sound.
"I've heard that the puppet Senior Sister refined is a Parent-Child Puppet set of two large and one small. Even a Golden Core stage cultivator has to be careful with it. I must have a chance to witness your skills."
Li Yan chuckled, his words slightly exaggerated.
Unexpectedly, after hearing Li Yan's words, the blush that had long since faded from Bai Rou's face rushed back to her jade-like cheeks. And her eyes, which had been quietly looking at Li Yan, suddenly became flustered.