Generally speaking, the appearance of a puppet could be divided into human form, beast form, and strange form.
Human form and beast form were easy to understand. They looked like a human or a beast, while strange form was more general. Any non-human or beast form was called strange form.
Different appearances of puppets had different structures, and the proportions of each component were different.
Puppets could not be imagined out of thin air. They needed a certain physical reference as a basis, and then extended according to this proportion. The length, width, thickness, hardness, toughness, and other aspects of each component had to be precisely measured. Even a fraction less or more would be considered a failure.
Those who cultivated the path of puppetry were called puppeteers. The types of puppets were divided into human form, beast form, and strange form puppeteers.
Each type of puppet was a complete path, and was enough for many puppeteers to spend their entire lives researching.
The Ancient Puppet Sect was a super sect that mainly cultivated the path of puppetry, and involved all puppets. The Tian Hou Secret Manual also had the inheritance of three types of puppets. However, at present, Chu Mu only planned to cultivate the path of human form puppets. As for beast form and strange form, he would think about it when he had more time.
The eighteen one star Saint level human form puppets were all dismantled by Chu Mu into components. Chu Mu then carefully studied each component.
Human form puppets were constructed according to the proportions of a real person. Therefore, to become an excellent human form puppeteer, not only did one have to have extraordinary knowledge of puppetry, one also had to have a deep and detailed understanding of the human body.
Chu Mu never lacked understanding of the human body. As a swordsman, the first thing he had to do was to understand his own body, the structure of every part, every bone, every muscle, how to move, how to exert force, and so on. This laid a solid foundation for his research on the path of human form puppetry.
He studied each component one by one, combined with the theoretical knowledge of the Tian Hou Secret Manual, familiarity, and memory.
After that, Chu Mu disrupted all the components and mixed them into a large pile. From among them, he identified the components needed to construct a puppet. This was another challenge, but not too difficult.
The real difficulty had appeared.
After selecting the components, he began to construct the puppet.
There was a saying that it was easier to destroy than to build. The current situation was more or less the same.
When dismantling the puppet, Chu Mu had used his Spiritual Energy to envelop the entire puppet, allowing him to see everything inside and out. However, when it came to fully constructed puppets, Spiritual Energy didn't have much of an effect.
Staring at the pile of components in front of him, Chu Mu began to think and simulate in his mind.
In fact, based on his memory of the previous dismantling, it was not difficult to reconstruct the puppet. However, that was not what Chu Mu wanted. That was just a rigid method. What he wanted was to understand and research the components, know their use, and know where they should be located, so that he could construct a complete puppet.
With the combination of theoretical knowledge, the simulation in his mind became clearer and clearer.
An hour later, Chu Mu's hands moved. He picked up a component and began to construct the puppet.
The process of constructing was much slower than the dismantling process, but it was not difficult for Chu Mu. About an hour later, a complete puppet appeared in front of Chu Mu.
After a careful inspection, he found that the puppet was very complete. There was not the slightest flaw, and it was exactly the same as before. Chu Mu revealed a smile.
Once again, he began to select the remaining components and construct the puppet. Not long after, seventeen one-star Saint level puppets were constructed. This process allowed Chu Mu to become more familiar with the construction of puppets.
Next, Chu Mu dismantled the puppet and constructed it again, constantly familiarizing himself with the process.
Dismantling the construct, dismantling the construct, and repeating the process over and over again, constantly familiarizing himself with the process. At the same time, his understanding of the Path of Humanoid Puppets in the Tian Hou Secret Manual also deepened.
A few days later, Chu Mu could not remember how many times he had dismantled and constructed a puppet. This was because he did not deliberately memorize it. He only knew that now, he could dismantle an intact puppet in a short span of ten breaths, and he only needed thirty breaths to construct a complete puppet.
"It's time to move on to the next step," Chu Mu said to himself.
The next step was not to take out other puppets for research. That was just a deepening of the previous steps, and not a new step.
The next step should be to study the core.
To a puppet, the core was like a human's heart. The heart supplied blood to every part of the body, providing power. The core dictated the puppet's actions, operation, and so on.
The core of these puppets was a regular octagonal prism about the size of a fist. It was quite heavy and had a texture to it. Inside the core, there were lines that resembled blood vessels and meridians, which ensured the transmission of energy.
In a complete puppet, the core was the most important and also the most complex.
Chu Mu focused all his attention on the core. The shape of the core could not be arbitrarily chosen. There were strict rules about the most suitable shape. After all, it was related to the transmission of energy. If the shape was suitable, the transmission of energy would be smooth, and if the shape was not suitable, the transmission of energy would be blocked.
This regular gem-like octagonal prism was the most regular shape of the core in the Tian Hou Secret Manual. It could be perfectly embedded in the puppet without any gaps, allowing the transmission of energy in many directions smoothly. It was fast, had little resistance, and had low consumption.
Unless Chu Mu's attainments in the Path of Puppetry surpassed the founder of the Tian Hou Secret Manual, he would not be able to research a better core structure than the one he had now.
For the time being, he did not have such thoughts.
Chu Mu was immersed in the shape of the core, its proportions, and the internal energy circuits.
The cores of these eighteen one-star Saint level puppets had been damaged by his sword. When Chu Mu was almost done with his research, he also wondered if he could repair the cores. However, his current attainments were not enough. It would be very, very difficult to repair them.
He continued his research and combined it with the theoretical knowledge of the Tian Hou Secret Manual. However, he soon got stuck. There was no other way. Chu Mu did not hesitate and directly destroyed one of the cores. After destroying it, he broke it into pieces so that he could better study the internal structure.
Destroying one core after another, Chu Mu destroyed a total of ten cores. Only then did he have a deeper understanding of the core.
"It's time to try to create a puppet myself," he muttered to himself. He took out some materials that he did not think were very precious and began to create them.
He melted the materials, purified them, and fused them together. Then, using his powerful Spiritual power and the method of creating puppet components, he created components from these purified and fused materials.
This was his first time creating a puppet. Chu Mu did not bite off more than he could chew. Instead, he first created the components according to the proportions of the puppets that he had disassembled countless times.
One by one, the components appeared under his nimble hands.
Half a day later, a pile of brand new components appeared in front of him.
The next step was the most difficult one, which was to create the core.
Usually, one core per puppet was very important. Chu Mu's attainments in the core were still relatively shallow.
He took out a piece of pure yang stone and used it as the center to construct the outer shape of the core. This was relatively easy and was done very quickly. The difficult part was the structure of the energy circuit inside the core. In order to completely come into contact with the pure yang stone, he needed to use his Spiritual power and Sword Origin.
The combination of Spiritual power and Sword Origin was not a problem for Chu Mu. However, the energy circuit was very complicated and could not be constructed casually. There were many factors that had to be considered.
Not long after, Chu Mu constructed a core. As for whether it would work, he did not know. It still needed to be tested.
He constructed the components and finally embedded the core.
In terms of appearance, this puppet's proportions were similar to a normal person's. Its appearance was ordinary and there was nothing special about it. This was Chu Mu's first puppet creation.
After carefully studying the outer shape, Chu Mu nodded. For him to be able to do this for the first time, it was very good.
He activated the pure yang stone's power in the core. The pure yang stone's power immediately passed through the energy circuit and spread out of the core. The puppet's dim eyes suddenly lit up. Just as the red light was about to shoot out, it suddenly trembled. It seemed that there was some obscure sound, and the bright eyes dimmed once more.
He had failed.
Chu Mu wasn't discouraged. For someone like him, who was a beginner in the path of puppets, to be able to reach this stage on his first attempt was unprecedented. Even in the ancient Puppet Sect, those extremely outstanding genius disciples couldn't do it.
After taking down the core and studying it, he found that a dozen or so of the energy circuits inside had been destroyed. After carefully studying it, Chu Mu knew that the reason those energy circuits were destroyed was because of the pure yang stone's power. The main reason was that the structure of the energy circuits was not perfect enough, so they could not withstand the power of the impact.
If he knew the reason, he would know how to improve it.
Chu Mu once again took out the materials to create the core.
No matter what path one cultivated, one needed to have the spirit of research and a peaceful attitude. There was no need to fear problems, only problems that could not be discovered.
The first time he constructed the core, he failed because the strength of the energy circuits was not enough. They could not withstand the impact of the pure yang stone's power. Of course, if he used a weaker energy stone, things would be better, but Chu Mu planned to do even better.
The second time he constructed the core, he also failed because of the energy circuit's problem. The strength was improved, barely enough, but it was not stable enough.
The third time he constructed the core, he also failed because the energy transmission could not last for a long time.
He failed five times in a row, all because of the energy circuits. Failure after failure didn't affect Chu Mu. Instead, it allowed him to delve deeper into his research.
After the sixth time he constructed the core, Chu Mu embedded it into the puppet's body. It was located in a place similar to a human's heart. Then, he used a component to seal it and protect it.
There was anticipation in his heart because he had a feeling that this time, he would not fail again.
The pure yang stone's power was stimulated. As it circulated through the energy circuits, it immediately spread throughout the puppet's body. The puppet's eyes lit up, emitting a sharp light.
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