A week later, Jun had created more than 8 puppets, all of these puppets were quite ordinary looking, and had the strength of a middle-stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator.
It cost Jun 800 spiritual stones to gather crafting materials for them, and 10 tokens for their blueprint.
"Master, shouldn't we cover their bodies with human skin? That way, these puppets would be able to play the roles of the servant." Hua Zhenyi suggested.
Jun shook his head in disappointment. "No, these puppets aren't intelligent enough to play the role of a servant or receptionist."
He scratched his chin in contemplation. "Zhenyi, go and buy 4 sets of red coloured clothes suitable for guards and masks too."
"But, aren't there 8 puppets? Why do you need 4 sets of clothes master?"
"Four of them will play the role of guards for the shop and arena, while the other four will be assisting the Forging workshop in doing simple tasks like ore refinement."
"Master is wise." Hua Zhenyi bowed politely and left the shop to complete Jun's order.
At this moment, in a certain pavilion, an elderly was cleaning a sabre with a white cloth.
In front of him, two people were kneeling down with embarrassed expression.
One of them was Liang Kai and the other one was his disciple Mao Li.
"Stand up." The elderly man said with indifference.
Mao Li and Liang Kai glanced at each other and slowly stood up.
"I heard you were defeated. Is it true?"
"I am ashamed of myself, please punish me for my incompetence grandmaster." Mao Li replied with his head lowered.
The elder man who just asked the question was Mao Li's grandmaster, Tian Gang. A legendary independent cultivator who reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm all on his own.
"Who did you lose against?" Tian Gang glanced at Mao Li with his eyes narrowed, making Mao Li tremble in fear.
"It was Chen Yanhong, Manager Chen's daughter."
"Chen family's daughter? It seems like she's quite capable, she won against you and all other disciples of those so-called sects." Tian Gang shook his head in disappointment. "It would have been better if you could have won the competition instead."
"Uhm... grandmaster."
"What?"
"Chen Yanhong didn't win the match, it was Pei Hou from Nine Yin Palace."
Tian Gang's glare intensified and his aura erupted violently. "Disciple of Nine Yin Palace? And you didn't even reach the final match? You brat, get out of my sight."
Looking at Tian Gang's angry expression, Mao Li and Liang Kai immediately ran away.
After coming out of the pavilion, both of them heaved a sigh of relief. "Master, why did grandmaster always flare up whenever we mention Nine Yin Palace?"
"Sigh~ disciple, you should never ask about this again. Your master was once rejected by an elder of Nine Yin Palace."
"How come? Isn't Grandmaster quite a talented person? Why would anyone reject master?" Mao Li was stunned.
Among the independent cultivators of Golden Moon Island, Tian Gang is a well-known cultivator.
Not one could he reach the peak of the Golden Core Realm, but his talent in Saber Dao was also quite outstanding.
"He is a talented cultivator for sure. However, the person your grandmaster was chasing after is even more outstanding, she is the current sect leader of Nine Yin Palace, as well as a cultivator in Nascent Soul Realm."
Liang Kai continued with furrowed brows. "Moreover, she even severely damaged master's soul during a duel. That's why he is unable to advance any further in his cultivation."
Mao Li's eyes were burning with hatred for the Nine Yin Palace's Sect leader. "How dare she do this grandmaster? To think those high and mighty cultivators from Nine Yin Palace are all so arrogant. I will definitely show them their place in the next competition."
Liang Kai patted Mao Li's shoulder to calm him down.
"Fellow Daoist, do you know where Golden Phoenix Pavilion is?" A scholarly man with a simple outfit asked politely.
"It's near the Serene Herbal Lake. Are you going there for the battle arena? If so, then I am afraid you are a bit too late." Liang Kai replied.
"Actually, I am not going there for battle arena. I just heard recently that the shop owner of Golden Phoenix Pavilion has an 'Illusory Space Array' with an array core. That's why, I am just going there to take a look."
Liang Kai nodded and directed the scholarly man toward the Serene Herbal Lake.
Meanwhile, Jun was inspecting the Forging Workshop that has already started production.
"Are there any instructions Shop Owner?" Wong Chou, who was directing other blacksmiths cupped his fist respectfully as soon as he noticed Jun.
"There's no idea to be so polite Elder Wong. I was just passing by, so I thought I should give you these hardworking slav... workers a gift." Jun waved his hands and four of the puppets that Jun had made earlier entered the workshop.
"This... did you make them yourself or did you buy them from somewhere." Wong Chou and others were quite excited after seeing the puppets.
There were only four blacksmiths and one artifact forger in the workshop.
Considering that it takes at least eight hours to make an Inferior grade weapon and three days to forge a mortal grade artifact, it was getting quite difficult for them to keep up with the production requirements.
However, with the assistance of these puppets, production time would be greatly reduced.
"I made them myself, it should be of help to you."
All of the blacksmiths were touched by Jun's generosity, but they were also shocked at the same time.
Jun was a Puppet apprentice, it was something that nobody knew about in Golden Moon Island. It's not like anyone cared about it in the first place though.
"Leaving that aside, where's the mortal grade artifact you crafted Elder Wong?" Jun looked around the workshop, but all he could see was a pile of forging materials and unfinished weapons.
"I will bring it right now." Elder Wong immediately ran towards his private forging room and picked up the sword he had forged.
"This is the sword I have forged." Elder Wong handed over the sword carefully to Jun.
[Artifact: Green Bronze Sword]
[Grade: Mortal grade high-level]
[Durability: 100]
[Recommended Price: 150 spirit stones]
[Description: A fine sword forged by an Artifact Forger of Golden Phoenix Pavilion Pavilion. It has the ability to cut through any kind of material that is made up of five basic elements]
It was mentioned in the description that this sword can cut through any materials made up of five basic elements, which was quite true, however, that doesn't mean that it could cut through Qi.
If it can't cut through Qi, then it will be unable to deal any kind of damage to other artifacts.
"This sword is not bad. However, it isn't worthy of being called Golden Phoenix Pavilion's special artifact at all." Jun shook his head in disappointment.
He only gave this blueprint to Elder Wong, so that Elder Wong could start with an easy type of artifact.
Since Elder Wong has already succeeded in forging the sword, it's about time he should start forging something better.
After searching for a while in the system shop, Jun finally found the thing he was looking for.
[Hidden Blades Shield (Mortal grade high-level): Nine Blades Shield is capable of defence and offence. It consists of a round shield for defence purposes and hidden blades for offensive purposes. Its unique hidden blades can catch the enemy off-guard. (Price: 12 tokens)]