Wang Baole sighed as he watched Xie Haiyang leave confidently. He lowered his head and rubbed his tummy with a troubled expression.
"Why didn't it work this time …?" His previous experiences had made him confident, but now he had been beaten black and blue by reality. He felt immense pressure, especially when he thought about his future path of weight loss.
Sitting dejectedly on the balcony of his cave abode, Wang Baole looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance. He vaguely saw many figures of Grandpa Fatty, and his mood became even worse. He could only take out his handsome photo and stare blankly.
"Could it be that the heavens are jealous of talents …? The heavens don't want to see such a handsome person like me, so they want to beat me down and stop me from losing weight!" The more Wang Baole thought about it, the angrier he became. Finally, he gritted his teeth and took out a bag of snacks. However, after looking at it, he hesitated and threw it aside.
"I'll bear with it!" Wang Baole was fuming. He resisted the urge to look at the snacks and waited for Xie Haiyang's arrival. This torment lasted for three days, and finally … Xie Haiyang returned.
The moment he saw Xie Haiyang, Wang Baole became excited.
"Brother Xie, have you thought of a solution?"
Xie Haiyang walked into Wang Baole's cave abode. He first touched his hair that was fixed with hair gel, and there was a hint of arrogance in his expression. After hearing Wang Baole's words, he coughed dryly.
"Your problem is too simple. Isn't it just losing weight? Even if the Death Pill doesn't work, I, Xie Haiyang, am a weight-loss expert. Once I take action, you will definitely lose weight successfully!"
Hearing Xie Haiyang's confident and proud words, Wang Baole's eyes lit up. He quickly invited Xie Haiyang to sit down, handed him the Ice Spirit Water, and looked over eagerly.
"Brother Xie, as long as you can help me lose weight, Spirit Stones and whatnot are negotiable!"
Xie Haiyang drank the Ice Spirit Water and whispered.
"Let me tell you, there is a Dharma artifact in Ethereal Dao College … This Dharma artifact is priceless and extremely valuable. I can get it for you and lend it to you for seven days! I guarantee that after using this Dharma artifact, you will definitely lose weight successfully within seven days! " Xie Haiyang's voice was very low and carried a sense of mystery. When Wang Baole heard this, his eyes lit up and he moved his head closer.
"What magic weapon? So powerful! " As a double Head Prefect of the Dharmic Armament faculty, Wang Baole was very sensitive to Dharma artifacts. When he heard Xie Haiyang say that, he could not help but feel curious.
"Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, there was an ancient way to lose weight called the Brain Deceiving Method. To put it simply, it deceives your brain. For example, if you deceive your brain and make it think that you have been exercising for a long time, it will increase its metabolism and draw energy from your body to lose weight." When Xie Haiyang said this, he was very pleased. He felt that this method was very suitable for losing weight.
"The priceless magical artifact I mentioned was refined according to this principle. It's not an exaggeration to call it a forbidden artifact. After you use it, you'll definitely lose weight!"
Hearing this, Wang Baole's eyes lit up with hope.
"There's such a Dharma artifact? What a talent. Did you bring this Dharma artifact?"
"If this Dharma artifact was so easy to borrow, it wouldn't be priceless. The owner of this treasure is not from the Lower Academy Island. It's a big shot at the True Breath realm from the Upper Academy Island!" Xie Haiyang coughed and pointed out the other party's cultivation level to show off his ability.
"Upper Academy Island?" Wang Baole's eyes widened. Ethereal Dao College's Upper Academy Island was the dream of countless students. Only by entering the Upper Academy Island could one be considered a fish that had made the leap and become a cultivator instead of a mortal!
"This person's identity involves privacy, so I can't tell you. He also doesn't want too many people to know that he has such a forbidden artifact. Under normal circumstances, this person wouldn't lend out this Dharma artifact.
"However, there's nothing in Ethereal Dao College that I, Xie Haiyang, can't do. As long as I cater to his interests, this person is very easy to talk to. Therefore, if you want to borrow this Dharma artifact, you'll need to refine some puppet Dharma artifacts in exchange. This way, it'll be easier for me. This person likes to collect different puppet Dharma artifacts." When Xie Haiyang mentioned puppet Dharma artifacts, he paused and looked at Wang Baole.
"Puppet Dharma artifacts?" Wang Baole hesitated. This type of Dharma artifact was relatively unorthodox in the study of Spirit Kernels. It was divided into defensive puppets and offensive puppets. There were very few secret recipes, and it required an astonishing mastery of Spirit Kernels and Inscriptions before it could be refined. In the entire Lower Academy Island's Dharmic Armament faculty, those who could refine puppets were few and far between.
"This type of Dharma artifact isn't easy to refine, and I can only refine Spirit Kernels at most. I don't have the materials." Wang Baole frowned, finding this a little difficult.
"I have the materials. Just tell me what you need!" Xie Haiyang's eyes lit up as he smiled.
"I'm not done yet. This person has a hobby of collecting puppets, and he doesn't want beast-shaped ones. He only wants human-shaped ones, and they have to be tall, strong, and fierce! You know that in the wilderness outside the city, ferocious beasts run amok. If we have some burly protective puppets by our side when we go out, it'll be safer. "Xie Haiyang coughed, gave a few more instructions, and set a time to collect the goods before leaving.
In the cave abode, Wang Baole sat there with a puzzled expression. He had a vague feeling that something was wrong. However, if he wanted to lose weight, he could only borrow the other party's Dharma artifact. Hence, refining puppets became a necessity.
"Refine!"
For this type of Spirit Kernels, which had never been refined before, Wang Baole studied and deduced the inscriptions. After a while, when he had the results and confidence, he began to inscribe the inscriptions.
"The offensive type of puppet is too difficult and meaningless. I'd better refine a protective type. Since it's a protective type … then what it needs most is sturdiness, so I need to add at least thirty sets of inscriptions with the effect of sturdiness.
"Sturdiness alone isn't enough. Because it's human-shaped, it also needs to have flexibility! At the same time, it needs to have an alarm function. Although it can't speak, there needs to be sound …
"In addition, it's also very important to not let people see that it's a puppet at first glance. That way, it can catch people off guard. Therefore, the degree of simulation is also important. In short, the highest level of puppetry is to create a real Dharma artifact that is no different from a real person! "
In the beginning, Wang Baole didn't put too much effort into it. However, as he inscribed the inscriptions, and because the difficulty of refining a puppet's Spirit Kernels was too high, he gradually immersed all his attention into it. Using all his strength, he slowly perfected it while thinking and deducing.
In order to pursue perfection, Wang Baole simply used the Rainbow Spirit Stone as the core after some consideration, and arranged the other high-grade Spirit Stones around it, thus fusing them together. Finally, after a few days, when the Spirit Kernels were refined, Wang Baole looked at the human-shaped Spirit Kernels in front of him, which he had used more than forty Spirit Stones and gone through many formula calculations to obtain the arrangement of inscriptions. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, his eyes revealed a look of regret.
"It's a pity that time is too short, and it's my first attempt. Otherwise, I would have been able to make it even better!" Wang Baole shook his head and transmitted to Xie Haiyang through voice transmission. He had bought quite a few forging materials.
These materials weren't anything precious. They were ordinary forging materials that Wang Baole had found based on the inscriptions of the Spirit Kernels that he had refined. Most of them were things that he had learned from the jade scrolls that the Dharmic Armament Pavilion Elder had given him.
"It's also my first time using forging materials to refine …" Wang Baole sighed. He felt that it was too difficult for him to lose weight this time. He thought that if the borrowed Dharma artifacts were ineffective, he would definitely get Xie Haiyang to compensate him for the loss of refining the puppet.
With this thought in mind, he took the Spirit Kernels and materials and left the cave abode. He sped all the way to the Spirit Cauldron Cave of the Dharmic Armament faculty. The Spirit Cauldron Cave was similar to the Combat faculty's Lava Room, except that it was less hot. Its main purpose was to allow the students of the Spirit Kernel Hall to familiarize themselves with the forging of Dharma artifacts in advance.
There were many rooms in the Spirit Cauldron Cave with high-temperature spiritual stoves and simple molds. Using these tools, one could melt the forging materials and fuse them with the Spirit Kernels to form simple Dharma artifacts.
As only Spirit Kernel students could attempt to refine simple Dharma artifacts, there weren't many people here. As the Head Prefect, Wang Baole could naturally enter and exit as he pleased. After arriving, he chose a room and familiarized himself with it before beginning his first attempt at refining.
The study of forging materials was very complex. Even though Wang Baole had the jade scrolls that the Dharmic Armament Pavilion Elder had given him, he still stumbled through the process and wasted many materials. Fortunately, his Spirit Kernels were very sturdy, so they weren't damaged too much. After constant repairs and attempts, Wang Baole came out a few days later with dark circles under his eyes and even a little thinner. He had truly expended a lot of energy and stamina over the past few days.
After returning to the Immortal's Cave, Wang Baole transmitted a message to Xie Haiyang. In the process of the latter's arrival, Wang Baole drank a few bottles of Ice Spirit Water and felt his groggy mind clear up a little.
"This refining of artifacts is too difficult," Wang Baole thought as he recalled the process from before. He increasingly felt that he had put in a lot of effort to lose weight this time.
Xie Haiyang soon arrived. As soon as he entered the Immortal's Cave, before he could say anything, Wang Baole raised his right hand and waved it. Immediately, a beam of light flashed from his storage bracelet, and a two meter tall humanoid puppet appeared in front of Xie Haiyang with a bang.
This puppet looked very sturdy and even had a somewhat barbaric aura. Especially since its entire body was covered in hair, it looked very ferocious.
Although it wasn't particularly lifelike, if one didn't look closely, it wouldn't be much different from a real person.
"Are you satisfied or not? Tall, mighty, ferocious, it's all there!" Wang Baole rubbed his forehead tiredly and glanced at the puppet he had refined. Although he wasn't very satisfied, he felt that it was acceptable.
Beside him, Xie Haiyang's eyes were glued to the puppet. After walking around it a few times, he took a deep breath and a strong light shone in his eyes.
"Satisfied, very satisfied!"
"Student Wang, don't worry. With this, I promise that I'll be able to borrow the Dharma treasure for you in a while!" As he spoke, Xie Haiyang immediately took the puppet away. After leaving the Lower Academy Island, he took a boat and arrived at the entrance to the Upper Academy Island.
From afar, the scenery here was spectacular. The lake and the sky were connected, and it had a unique aura. However, as he got closer, the scene changed and became shrouded in fog. Every time he came here, Xie Haiyang would feel nervous. This time, as he neared, he took out a token and shook it a few times. Not long after, a blurry figure appeared in the fog.
"Did you bring the item?" The blurry figure's voice was low and seemed to carry an intimidating aura.
Xie Haiyang hurriedly took out the puppet, but before he could send it over, the figure in the fog seemed to raise his hand and grab at the air. Immediately, the puppet automatically flew into the fog. After a while, a surprised exclamation came from within the fog.
"Only forty spirit stones were used to condense the Spirit Kernel. The number of inscriptions doesn't exceed three thousand, but its effect is actually no less than ten thousand inscriptions inscribed with a hundred spirit stones … Although the crafting is rough, it's interesting in its own way. Not bad, not bad at all!" The figure in the fog praised. In the end, his tone was filled with surprise. After throwing a helmet to Xie Haiyang, he left.
Xie Haiyang heaved a sigh of relief, wiped his sweat, and left. When he returned to Wang Baole's abode, his eyes were filled with excitement.
"Brother, the other side is very satisfied with your puppet!" As he spoke, he handed Wang Baole a red helmet and a jade scroll that introduced its use.
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