197: Chapter 197 Xuanjizi Entrusts His Son to Someone: What is a [Puppet Expert]?

Inside the room filled with starlight, Xuan Jizi's expression was somewhat agitated.

As soon as the Reception Envoy arrived, he couldn't wait to toss a glowing seal over to him.

"Take this thing; you are in charge of the Academy for the time being!"

The Reception Envoy was startled.

He recognized what was in his hand at a single glance.

This was not only a Rank 90 mythical level special item, but also the seal representing the authority of the Galaxy Academy Dean, capable of signing various documents.

By holding it, he could exercise the Dean's authority on behalf of Xuan Jizi.

Although he had fantasized about this day, the Reception Envoy still found it hard to believe.

Even in his dreams, for him to have this opportunity, he would at least need to reach Rank 99, possess the strength to become one of the Peak powerhouses of Water Blue Planet, and have sufficient prestige.

Certainly not now.

The Dean suddenly did this; could something have happened?

He was instantly filled with panic.

"Dean, you wouldn't be..."

Xuan Jizi was stunned, then flew into a rage.

"You little brat, are you cursing me?"

The Reception Envoy felt somewhat aggrieved.

"You didn't say a word and just wanted to pass on your position; how could I not think in that direction?"

Xuan Jizi rolled his eyes.

"Look at how cowardly you are!"

"Let me be clear with you, news just came from Tianji Pavilion that a Dungeon exceeding Rank 99 has appeared there."

"I happen to lack enough experience to Breakthrough, so I'm planning to pull a few people together to go explore."

A trace of longing flashed in his eyes.

"Although I have various methods, I am confident that I won't easily run into any major problems."

"But this kind of Dungeon might have significant trouble that needs to be carefully figured out."

"Once I go, I might not be back for a short while. If you can't reach me later and you all think something happened, I'm giving you a heads-up now to avoid trouble!"

The Reception Envoy finally let out a sigh of relief.

"So that's it!"

Although he understood the reason, his gaze became even more worried.

"I naturally don't doubt your strength, but can the other teammates keep up with your pace?"

Xuan Jizi stroked his long beard, his eyes filled with arrogance.

"You've hit the nail on the head."

"I have now Breakthrough 8 times in a row, with a combat power index as high as 295 points, an increase of nearly half compared to before."

Speaking of this, he snorted coldly.

"Back when I focused on basic attributes and constantly perfected myself, there were many powerhouses of the same Rank who made sarcastic remarks, saying I was doing useless work!"

"And now?"

A trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.

"My current strength is fully three times that of an ordinary Rank 99 powerhouse."

"Even those who have Breakthrough to my level have at most half my combat power."

"Who is qualified to tell me now that basics are not important?"

The Reception Envoy was all smiles, hurriedly putting on an expression of worship and admiration.

"That's true, your vision is far-reaching!"

"I'm afraid that those who were once at your level have already fallen far behind!"

"Finding a suitable teammate for you is truly not easy."

Xuan Jizi first wore an expression that said, 'You brat have a good eye, I am very satisfied.'

Then he sighed and shook his head.

Wearing a look of regret that no one could accompany him.

After the Reception Envoy accompanied him in his regret for a while, he seemed to think of something, and his eyes suddenly changed.

"Dean, that's not necessarily true!"

"It is said that Hai Mengen and Yun Haiyi, following Zhang Jian, gained quite a few benefits in the last siege class-change mission and reached Rank 99 in one go."

Xuan Jizi's eyes lit up.

"When I saw them last time, they seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep and appeared to still have the capacity to continue improving,"

"Perhaps these two really have the chance to be qualified to accompany me!"

"Let's go, come with me to their residence and see to what extent they have improved."

"If they are indeed qualified, then I can leave with peace of mind!"

The two left immediately, instantly turning into a ball of starlight and disappearing.

...

Zhang Jian hurriedly brought people back to the Materials warehouse and immediately started taking action.

With the previous experience, the others were becoming more and more proficient in their operations.

In just over three hours.

Zhang Jian had refined four Fearless Sword Puppets and four Guardian Sword Puppets again, totaling eight Sword Puppets with special attributes.

Among them, it was naturally inevitable that ordinary types of Sword Puppets would appear.

They were all thrown by Zhang Jian into the furnace and directly decomposed into the corresponding Materials.

Finally, after decomposing all the useless Sword Puppets, Zhang Jian discovered with surprise.

The Materials obtained were actually more than what was consumed during the crafting before.

He flipped through the System prompts and finally understood what was going on.

It turned out.

It was because refining Sword Puppets with special attributes multiple times had caused the corresponding affixes to upgrade.

[Puppet Expert 2] (epic-grade)

When crafting Puppet-type items, the consumption of Materials is reduced by 50%

(To upgrade the affix quality, still need: craft 356 / 1000 Puppet-type items)

After the affix was upgraded to epic-grade, the crafting Materials required were fewer than before.

But when decomposing and returning, it was based on the normal required quantity.

This was what caused this magical situation to occur.

And the other two affixes also upgraded at the same time.

[Puppet Expert 1] (epic-grade)

When crafting Puppet-type items, the probability of obtaining rare type effects increases by 200%

(To upgrade the affix quality, still need: craft 352 / 1000 Puppet-type items)

[Puppet Expert 3] (epic-grade)

After successfully crafting a Puppet-type item, binding it as one's own exclusive item increases base attributes by 100%; after binding it to someone else as non-exclusive, base attributes increase by 20%.

(To upgrade the affix quality, still need: craft 358 / 1000 Puppet-type items)

The improvement of [Puppet Expert 1] was the main reason Zhang Jian was able to continuously refine rare special type Sword Puppets.

And the other affix also had a significant improvement.

Not only did the attribute increase when bound as one's own exclusive item go from 50% to 100%.

It also added an effect where binding it for someone else to use could also increase attributes.

This made Zhang Jian somewhat surprised and also somewhat pleasantly surprised.

He immediately cast his mind into the refined Sword Puppets, establishing a connection with them.

But when he wanted to bind one of the Fearless Sword Puppets in front of him to Wang Fei.

"Consume 50% Mana, 10% Stamina, binding failed."

Zhang Jian was stunned.

This isn't guaranteed to succeed?

He continued to try.

"Consume 50% Mana, 10% Stamina, binding failed."

His Mana was instantly emptied, his overall Stamina also dropped slightly, and Zhang Jian felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him.

Fortunately, relying on his full-body equipment bonuses and affix effects, his Mana and Stamina recovery speeds were extremely fast.

In just a few minutes, he was back at full status and started again.

"Consume... binding failed."

"Consume... binding failed."

But this binding probability was much lower than Zhang Jian had imagined.

After several more attempts, he still failed.

He didn't know if it was because it was inherently difficult for Sword Puppets to bind to others, or if it was because the probability for this special type was even lower.

And just when he had tried repeatedly and failed, feeling somewhat discouraged.

A ray of light flashed.

"You have failed to bind crafted Puppet items to others more than 10 consecutive times; [King of Affixes] effect triggered, you have obtained the special affix [I Am A Soldier]."

Zhang Jian's eyes lit up with joy.

An affix actually appeared; he immediately started to study the effects of the new affix.