The sun was shining brightly, the flowers were laughing happily.
The Silver Sword Peak welcomed another beautiful morning, with clear mountains and rivers, and the fragrance of birds and flowers.
Chu Liang walked out of the wooden house, stretched lazily, and flexed his muscles.
With his master away for the past two days, he was the peak master of the Silver Sword Peak, feeling quite powerful. Of course, even if Princess Feng came back, he would still be the vice peak master.
After sunbathing for a while, he returned to the room and carefully closed the door.
There's still something to do.
After returning from the Zhennan territory last night, it was already late. He bid farewell to the disciples of the Yujian Peak and returned alone to the Yinjian Peak, going directly to rest.
Now is the time to reward himself.
As his divine sense sank, he arrived inside the White Tower, where the large golden virtual image of the face of a demonic figure was suspended in an iron cell. Chu Liang approached and pressed down the word "Refine".
Boom!
A red light flashed.
Chu Liang caught the emerging brilliance with his hand and immediately received the thoughts in his mind.
[Talisman Puppet]:
This is a puppet used to assist in cultivating the circuit throughout the day. It consumes one Qi-Gathering Pill during the day and two Qi-Gathering Pills at night, enabling uninterrupted cultivation throughout the day. Any increase in cultivation obtained will be given to the host in full. Note that this puppet can only be used to assist in cultivation, and there is a risk of damage if used for other improper behavior.
"Huh?"
Chu Liang, holding this three-foot-tall doll in his hand, suddenly felt a wave of excitement.
It looked very similar to the demonic figure, with a small, white jade-like body and a featureless large head.
Perhaps due to its lack of expression, it looked kind of cute.
But Chu Liang's excitement was certainly not because of its cuteness.
Instead, it was...an assistant for cultivating without rest for three hundred and sixty-five days, where all the gain in cultivation becomes his own. Doesn't this mean that his cultivation speed could double?
No, it's more than just double.
Among the three realms of the Heavenly Realm, the Earthly Realm, and the Human Realm, one's understanding plays a crucial role in the Heavenly Realm, surpassing years of rigorous practice. In the Earthly Realm, resources are the main focus, and personal cultivation comes second. However, in the initial stage of the Human Realm, personal cultivation remains the most important.
The Body-Refining Realm hones the physical body, the Qi-Condensation Realm expands the sea of energy in the elixir field, and the Mind-Spirit Realm refines the divine sense... At this stage, cultivation relies on meditation, visualization, and Qi operation, which is known as cultivating the circuit.
However, everyone's time for cultivation is limited, excluding regular activities such as eating, drinking, and bodily functions, one can practice for a maximum of eight hours a day. Yet, one cannot focus solely on cultivating true energy; there must also be time dedicated to practicing divine abilities, and for Shushan disciples, there is also the time to perform tasks in exchange for magical treasures and elixirs, and so on...
So, under normal circumstances, a practitioner who can maintain four to five hours of Qi operation practice every day is already considered very diligent. For someone like Chu Liang, who frequently goes on missions, he might only have two to three hours on average each day.
It's important to note that the time for cultivation must be genuine, sitting there and slacking off won't count.
However...
With this large doll, he can now cultivate for an additional twelve hours every day.
The speed of his cultivation increase might be four to five times faster!
This also means that he can dedicate more time and energy to vanquishing demons, which is exactly what he needs right now.
Thinking this, Chu Liang couldn't wait to place the doll on the ground, sit facing it, and feed it a Qi-Gathering Pill.
Then place your palm on the big head.
Run the week.
The practice practiced by Chu Liang is the most orthodox Shu Mountain's "Nine Heaven Profound Heart Technique - Divine Intention".
The Shu Mountain's practice is famous in the cultivation world for having no special features, but being stable and solid. As long as disciples of Shu Mountain practice to the same realm, their overall strength often surpasses others.
When Chu Liang operated the week, the body of the big-headed doll became transparent, with only white lines moving along a complex path, shining as they moved.
When Chu Liang finished running the week and removed his palm, he was surprised to see that the facial features of the big-headed doll had turned into his own! There was still a radiance flashing on the body, indicating that it had entered a state of cultivation.
Chu Liang realized that the doll had completely taken on his form, inside and out.
One Gather Qi Pill a day, although the consumption was not small, it was not significant. Compared to the output from a day of hard cultivation, it was definitely profitable.
Chu Liang secretly resolved that he absolutely could not let the big-headed doll stop.
No big deal, I'll go kill some Lantern Monsters to feed you.
However, it was a little strange that this week puppet clearly had no intelligence, just an emotionless cultivation machine, yet the consumption of Gather Qi Pills was different day and night.
One pill during the day and two at night... It's like getting double salary for working overtime.
Sigh, it really is too much.
Thinking like this, he suddenly felt that it would be better if the big-headed doll was a real person...
In that case, he could set an impossible performance target for it, such as reaching the Golden Pill Realm within three days, or else deducting Gather Qi Pills. If it couldn't complete it, it would have to work overtime voluntarily, so all its overtime behavior would be self-initiated and unrelated to him.
Not only would he not have to pay double, he wouldn't even have to pay once, just one Gather Qi Pill to make it work a full twelve hours.
If it didn't meet the target, he could deduct a bit more.
In the end, after working so hard for himself for so long, it might even end up owing him Gather Qi Pills.
Chu Liang did not take out the big-headed doll, but let it continue to work in the space of the White Tower.
This thing looks a bit strange, and it's not good to be seen, so it's better to just leave it there.
The space where the White Tower is located is quite mysterious, and Chu Liang has not fully explored it yet. He only knows that it can be used similar to a storage tool, but only items obtained from the White Tower can enter and exit it.
After that, he set off for the Peak of the Sky.
After completing the task in the Southern Region, the few people at the Jade Sword Peak thought that Chu Liang had lost out, when in fact he had won big.
The consumption of the Lingcat Leaping Talisman, although precious, was ultimately costless. In exchange for a few portions of the Hundred Flowers Powder that can counteract a hundred poisons, and such a useful week puppet, it was definitely a huge gain.
In addition, he also received a reward of fifty sword coins.
The reward for a single task is only about ten sword coins, so he wouldn't have this much if the others hadn't given him their rewards. Chu Liang had never had this much money before.
When a poor person becomes rich, they naturally want to spend some money.
He first went to Dan Ding Hall and bought a gourd of Gathering Qi Pills, enough to support Big Head for a while. Then he turned left and arrived at Sword Transmission Hall.
The Sword Transmission Hall manages the flying swords of the Shu Mountain artifacts. Upon entering, Chu Liang went directly to the place in the hall dedicated to selling swords.