84: A sculpture?

"System, there is a bag of beads here. What are they?"

【Host, these are Thunder Court Beads. They are single-use items. The power generated by the explosion of one Thunder Court Bead is equivalent to the full-strength strike of a Void Refining expert!】

"Oh, I see. That's still useless to me."

Even a casual strike from me has the power of Undergoing Tribulation; what would I need these for? I might as well leave them all for the members of the Sect.

"System, are all these wooden figures Puppets?"

Lu Hao held a massive sack in his hands, filled with tens of thousands of wooden figures.

【Yes, these are all Puppets. Host, there is also one Puppet in here that can Cultivate on its own.】

"Oh? A Puppet that can Cultivate on its own? Let me take a look."

Lu Hao rummaged through the package for a while and found a unique wooden figure.

It was pitch black all over, faintly emitting a cold aura.

However, Lu Hao detected a nimble aura from it. Is this the Puppet that can Cultivate on its own?

Lu Hao channeled a trace of Origin Qi into it, activating the Puppet.

Upon receiving the Origin Qi, the Puppet slowly grew larger, eventually turning into a burly man standing naked before Lu Hao.

Lu Hao was speechless. He waved his hand to change it into a set of clothes, then examined it carefully.

The Puppet's muscles were incredibly developed, its facial features were very rigid, its eyebrows were exceptionally thick, and its skin was rather dark, giving it the appearance of a tough guy.

As soon as the Puppet took form, it knelt and said to Lu Hao, "Greetings, Master!"

Seeing this, Lu Hao hurriedly told him to get up, then planned to give him a name.

He really loved giving names to others.

"Looking at your skin color and these massive muscles, I'll call you Black Soil from now on!"

"Thank you, Master, for the name!"

"Haha, it seems this is a good name. You are quite satisfied, aren't you? Hahaha."

Lu Hao looked at the Black Soil before him and felt that it was indeed different from the other Puppets; there was clearly an extra touch of intelligence in those eyes!

"System, how does this Puppet Cultivate?"

【Host, this Puppet is like a Cultivator; it can Cultivate by absorbing Origin Qi, and no matter what Realm it grows to, it will absolutely obey the Host's commands.】

Lu Hao found it novel, so he took out a pile of Cultivation Techniques. "Can you practice these?"

Hearing Lu Hao's voice, Black Soil looked at those Cultivation Techniques somewhat mechanically, pondering for a good while. Only then did it slowly say, word by word:

"Master, I would like to Cultivate these Cultivation Techniques. Is that allowed?"

"Come, pick a few for yourself to Cultivate! Then go to that Gathering Qi Tower to Cultivate."

After Black Soil selected a few, it slowly flew into the Gathering Qi Tower to Cultivate.

Lu Hao wanted to nurture this Puppet. The loyalty of Puppets is the highest; having them guard his own Qingxuan Sect is what makes him feel most at ease.

However, ordinary Puppets are rather dull and rigid; having a Puppet with intelligence is quite good too.

In a little while, he should be setting off for other provinces.

It just so happens that last time, Rong Yuanliang gave him a spot for the Eastern Region Relic.

He might as well go and take a look.

There is no other way; the System already said that slacking off in the Sect won't trigger any tasks, so he has no choice but to go out.

But before leaving, he must solve the Cultivation problems of the Qingxuan Sect Disciples; the Spiritual Qi in the Gathering Qi Tower is no longer sufficient.

...

It took a full two days for Lu Hao to figure out all those strange and peculiar items.

Most of the items didn't have any particularly great use, just like the piles of Cultivation Techniques and Magic Treasures that were stacked up like small hills.

They were useless to keep, but it would be a pity to throw them away.

However, there were a few items that made Lu Hao's eyes light up! These items were of great use to him at this stage!

First was the Pure Origin Divine Beast Pill; this pill can stimulate the Divine Beast Bloodline and greatly promote the growth of one's natal Divine Beast.

It would come in handy after Lu Hao's natal Divine Beast egg hatched. He had never raised a pet before, and now he was very much looking forward to what his natal Spirit Beast would look like.

The second was a dilapidated thatched cottage named the 'World's Number One House'. Lu Hao was stunned for a moment when he heard its name.

What kind of thing is so awesome? It even had the five characters 'World's Number One House' made into a plaque hanging in front of the door.

But it wasn't until Lu Hao walked into this thatched cottage that he was stunned.

The exterior of the thatched cottage was tattered, but the space inside was surprisingly large!

When he first went inside, the interior looked exactly like the Qingxuan Sect.

This thatched cottage could transform into various scenes entirely according to Lu Hao's own thoughts.

With it, Lu Hao could be blowing in the wind on a grassland one moment and lying on a beach sunbathing the next!

He could see the beautiful scenery of the world without stepping out of his door!

For someone like Lu Hao who likes to lie flat, this was simply perfect!

The last one was the most unexpected for Lu Hao.

It was a very strangely shaped sculpture.

On its skull, which shimmered with a ghostly light, one could not see a trace of flesh or facial features.

Instead, there was a flickering green ghostly light shining in the eye sockets and mouth.

This green light was like ghost fire; at times it was so bright that it made one unable to open their eyes, and at other times it was so faint it was almost extinguished, bringing a sense of eeriness and terror.

Above this bald skull, three strange, scorpion-like braids wound down and extended all the way to the waist.

Below the head was its body. The eerie part was that the head was not connected to the body but hung alone above it, as if supported by some mysterious force.

Its entire body was hidden under a wide black robe, with only two strangely shaped hands, like those of a monster, exposed.

One hand tightly grasped a lantern emitting an eerie light; the green light inside the lantern flickered on and off, uncertain.

When Lu Hao leaned in to look closely, he could vaguely see countless ghosts seemingly imprisoned inside the lantern.

They struggled painfully in the narrow space, seemingly letting out bursts of shrill wails, yet no sound could be heard.

This scene made Lu Hao feel horrified, and he hurriedly looked away.

In the other hand, it held a massive black scythe.

Although this scythe had not yet been sharpened, just by staring at it, Lu Hao could clearly feel the endless sharpness emanating from it.

That chill went straight to the bone marrow, as if with a light swing, it could sever all things in the world and turn everything into powder.

Lu Hao held the sculpture; without asking, he knew this thing was extraordinary.

After asking the System, Lu Hao finally knew just how Heaven-Defying this item was!

It was actually one of the top ten items among all the System's rewards!

It was an item that Lu Hao could only draw when his luck was off the charts.

According to the current Level 1 System drop rate, the probability of drawing this item was one in one hundred million.

After Lu Hao dripped a drop of his natal blood essence onto it, the sculpture slowly awakened.