"Liu Bo, we've struck it rich."
Qian Duoduo kept a calm expression, softly saying to Liu Boli in his heart.
"Mm." Liu Boli in the Golden Toad lightly responded.
How to get the river water out? Qian Duoduo thought for a moment, "Pang Yunhan, activate the shielding Formation."
"Alright!" Pang Yunhan looked at Qian Duoduo's expression and knew that what they were about to do needed to be hidden from others. Besides getting the Evil River's water out, what else needed to be hidden even from his elder brother?
If the Evil River's water was extracted and soul liquid was refined, he would also get more New Corpse Puppets.
Pang Yunhan, beaming with joy, activated all the Formations in the Artifact Refining Room. Qian Duoduo was still not at ease and added a few more on top. Several subtle Spiritual Awarenesses were shielded one by one by the Formations.
Qian Duoduo took out a Spirit Snake Puppet, had it hold a jade bottle in its mouth, and sent it into the deep hole.
The Spirit Snake Puppet crawled for over a quarter of an hour, reaching the bank of the Evil River.
As soon as it touched the river water, the Spirit Snake Puppet's eyes immediately showed a savage glint.
Qian Duoduo quickly suppressed it with the Golden Winged Bird's Purple Eyes in his Spiritual Awareness, controlling the Spirit Snake Puppet to fill a bottle with river water and swim back to the Artifact Refining Room.
Taking the jade bottle from the Spirit Snake Puppet's mouth, Qian Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief.
The Evil River water in the bottle was indeed soul liquid, and after purification, it could yield half a bottle.
Qian Duoduo purified the Spirit Snake Puppet, placed four jade bottles in its mouth, and sent it into the deep hole again.
The Spirit Snake Puppet transported the Evil River water trip after trip. After about two hours, there was a knock on the Artifact Refining Room door.
"Senior Brother Qian, Yunhan, do you need any help?"
Pang Yunxiao, unable to sense the situation inside the Artifact Refining Room, was a little worried.
"No need. You go do what you need to do." Pang Yunhan shouted with a smile.
Recalling the Spirit Snake Puppet, Qian Duoduo quietly waved his hand at Pang Yunhan, signaling that they would stop here for today.
"Bring out the New Corpse Puppets."
Pang Yunhan understood and took out the New Corpse Puppets.
"With your current ability, you can command a maximum of three. And these three can, in turn, control three old Corpse Puppets. This way, with your full power, you can lead twelve Foundation Establishment Middle Stage..."
Qian Duoduo had spoken for less than a quarter of an hour when another knock sounded at the door.
"Senior Brother Qian, I have a problem with Artifact Refining that I'd like to ask you about."
It was still Pang Yunxiao.
Qian Duoduo smiled and had Pang Yunhan open the door.
Pang Yunxiao walked into the Artifact Refining Room, carefully scanned it, but found nothing, including the deep hole; his Spiritual Awareness couldn't even reach the river bottom.
The entrance of the deep hole had been sprinkled with dust by Qian Duoduo, so no traces of the Spirit Snake Puppet crawling in and out could be seen.
Finally, Pang Yunxiao's eyes fell on the New Corpse Puppet.
From the surface, the New Corpse Puppet was no different from the old Corpse Puppet Pang Yunhan used during the day, equipped with a Soul Locking Chain, Bronze Puppet Armor, and Zombie Blood Claw.
Pang Yunhan was even happier when he saw that his elder brother didn't discern the mystery within.
Glaring at him, Pang Yunxiao cupped his hands towards Qian Duoduo.
"I just thought of a question: if I fuse with the Corpse Puppet, can I use a low-grade Dan artifact, or a Middle Stage, or even a Senior Dan Artifact?"
He looked nervously at Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo thought carefully, "Currently, with your Body Integration, your body is integrated but your arms are not. If your arms could also be integrated, then using Senior Dan Artifacts would not be a problem. If your arms are not integrated, using Middle Stage Dan artifacts is the peak of your ability."
Pang Yunxiao bowed to Qian Duoduo, "Thank you, Senior Brother Qian, for clarifying. Oh, by the way, since Junior Brother is a Protector of this peak, you can have your own burial mound on Left Ear Peak. I'll help Junior Brother pick one, and the daily upkeep will be handled by Yunhan."
Qian Duoduo was overjoyed upon hearing this.
