In the living room on the first floor of No. 66 Wutong Road, four Erins sat neatly in a row on the coffee table. Erin Pro max 66.6cm was sitting closest to the edge, staring wide-eyed at Yu Sheng and Xuan Che on the opposite sofa.

Beside them, Hu Li was leisurely brushing her tail, looking like she was there to enjoy the show.

"Let me confirm something," after a long silence, Xuan Che finally spoke, pointing at the small puppets on the coffee table, "You just mentioned that this lady... ladies, are the 'Alice's Cottage' puppets?"

"Yeah," Yu Sheng nodded. "There are complex reasons why she turned out like this... what you're seeing now are the 'temporary containers' I made for her, no idea where her original body went."

"Oh, oh," Xuan Che suddenly understood, nodding repeatedly. "I thought she just shattered into pieces, and during the reconstruction, something went wrong, forcing her to split into four parts..."

Yu Sheng and Erin were stunned right on the spot, even the fox brushing her fur perked up her ears. Three pairs of eyes suddenly focused on the handsome young man on the sofa. The next second, Pro Erin jumped up into the air, with birds singing and flowers blooming: "You XX broke into four parts..."

Yu Sheng immediately pressed the small puppet back down and turned to explain to Xuan Che, "Don't mind her, she's just a bit... Let go! Let go! Don't bite!"

"I apologize, I apologize," Xuan Che also realized he misspoke, quickly bowing his head. "I was just curious for a long time why these ladies appear so... petite. After all, I had seen Alice Puppets in my earlier years, and they didn't look like this. After thinking for a while, I came up with this reason... It's my fault, my bad."

"No need to be so polite with her; she'll just take advantage of it," Yu Sheng helplessly said to the young and slightly overly polite man next to him, while still restraining the still-struggling Pro Erin. "Let's talk business instead—For some reason, one of Erin's bodies now needs 'spiritual power' to function, but her usual 'charging' speed is a real problem. I was thinking maybe Qianfeng Ling Mountain has a solution."

Xuan Che listened earnestly but couldn't help but frown: "But living dolls are a race blessed by the ancient Holy Spirit, and their methods of magic are vastly different from the 'cultivation' path of the Taixu Spirit Hub. Mixing them rashly might cause issues, right? By the way... how does this Erin's body come to use 'spiritual power'?"

"That has something to do with the nine-tailed fox beside you," Yu Sheng said embarrassedly, pointing to the fox girl brushing her second tail. "Of course, it also has a bit of my personal research spirit..."

Then he briefly explained Pro's situation to Xuan Che and also mentioned the "Spiritual Fox Mysterious Iron" matter.

Xuan Che basically maintained a look of "What are you talking about? What did you just say?!" throughout the explanation. By the end, that expression on his face really fit his name—distinctly clear.

This big disciple of Qianfeng Ling Mountain, counted among the talented youths in Taixu Spirit Hub, had cultivated for a hundred years and had never heard of anyone daring such reckless antics!

An inexplicable metal from an unknown principle Alternate Dimension, ancient alchemy that no one remembered where it came from, rocks and soil sourced from the Exotic Realm, mixed with the blood of the 'expert' whose biological classification was uncertain to form a human shape daring enough to create a golden body and perform soul entering the body?!

And these brilliant... wise experts before him actually managed it? And looking at the row of puppets on the coffee table, they succeeded in at least four different ways?!

Xuan Che was momentarily stunned. If one could cultivate a physical body like this, then all the scoldings he suffered for misremembering pill recipes during the past century, the times he knelt as punishment for wrong timing, and the beatings he endured for messing up with Pill Fire... what were they for?!

Nonetheless, despite his emotions, he quickly composed himself. After Yu Sheng finished speaking, he seriously considered for a moment, then cautiously said, "May I first inspect this 'Spiritual Fox Mysterious Iron' you mentioned? It would help determine if it clashes with our Taixu Spirit Hub's cultivation dharma method."

"No problem," Yu Sheng promptly patted one of the fox tails by his leg. "Grab a small piece for him to see."

"Got it!" Hu Li nodded happily, then rummaged through her tail and pulled out a small lump of iron leftover from casting Erin's framework and placed it on the coffee table. "This is it."

Xuan Che was visibly taken aback when he saw Hu Li pulling things out of her own tail, but only for a moment, before his gaze was drawn to the unimpressive-looking lump of iron on the table.

"This object..." he squinted his eyes, hesitated, then reached out to pick up the "mysterious iron," holding it up to closely examine for a long time before lightly touching its surface with a finger.

In the next moment, a slight yet pleasant humming sound emerged from the iron block, and translucent ripples began spreading through the air, layer upon layer, persisting for quite a while.

Yu Sheng didn't grasp what he was seeing, but he thought it looked very cool.

"Amazing, truly amazing! Despite being unrefined and unenlightened, merely a rough form, it still exudes such clarity!? I've never seen anything like this; it certainly seems like an ordinary item, but what's the structure of its finer details?"

Xuan Che suddenly raised his head, eyes shining as he looked at Hu Li and Yu Sheng.

"The main component is just iron. As for why it has some peculiar properties, even the Special Service Bureau hasn't figured it out," Yu Sheng shook his head. "Hu Li herself doesn't know either."

He paused for a moment when he saw Xuan Che's expression, then added, "If you want, you can have this small piece—if Hu Li doesn't mind. But if you want more, you'll have to queue up; the Special Service Bureau has placed an order."

Xuan Che looked a bit embarrassed, and he quickly put the iron lump back on the table: "You're joking; I don't mean to be impolite... Let's look at Erin's situation first."

While speaking, he retrieved a small jade plaque from his person and handed it to the small puppet sitting at the edge of the coffee table, as he explained: "Based on my test earlier, this 'mysterious iron' doesn't clash with the Taixu Spirit Hub's cultivation method but is quite adaptable. However, whether this puppet lady can use our cultivation technique... will depend on her own capability. This jade plaque is a basic spiritual treasure, capable of channeling spiritual energy and nourishing the mind. Hold it in your hand."

The small puppet took the jade plaque with some curiosity, holding it fully in her hands: "Ah, and then?"

"Then you should feel a slight warmth spreading from your palm to your heart..."

Erin: "I don't have a heart."

Xuan Che: "...Then let it spread towards your torso. This warmth will follow your mind, try to guide it..."

Erin blinked her eyes, "I didn't feel any heat either."

Xuan Che was instantly stunned.

He was even more dumbstruck than when he heard how Yu Sheng used a bunch of strange materials and messy 'techniques' to create a shell.

"The feeling might be very faint," he was dazed for several seconds before he continued with a slightly peculiar expression, "You should try feeling it carefully, it has to be there."

"Nope," Erin said with an air of confidence, "My senses are very sharp! I just don't feel it!"

"Really not even a little bit?!"

"Nope, why are you so nitpicky?"

Yu Sheng noticed the expression on Xuan Che's face.

"Does this mean Erin's talent in this area is rather lacking?" he asked as tactfully as possible, "Unable to use your cultivation techniques?"

Xuan Che's expression wavered almost to the point of bewilderment, "No, it's not lacking."

"Then there's absolutely no talent at all?"

"No, no, it's already beyond talent," Xuan Che suddenly took a gentle breath, took back the jade plaque from Erin's hand, and organized his thoughts before speaking again, "Even people without talent can feel it; talent only affects the strength of the sensation and the ease of guidance. The worst... wouldn't be like this."

Yu Sheng opened his mouth, hesitating, "Could it be because she's a puppet with a special condition?"

"Theoretically... it shouldn't be," Xuan Che shook his head, "Puppets are also living beings, and living beings have the blessing of spirituality. This item isn't only effective on flesh and blood bodies."

Yu Sheng furrowed his brows.

"Let me try."

He reached out and took the jade plaque from Xuan Che's hand and, as directed by him, carefully sensed it.

A moment later, he tossed the jade plaque to Hu Li who was standing nearby, "You try it too."

A few minutes later, Xuan Che was met with six bewildered faces.

Erin was the first to break the silence, "Isn't your plaque broken?"

"It shouldn't be," this time, even Xuan Che himself began doubting, holding the jade plaque in his hand for a long time, examining it closely, knocking on it a few times, "It isn't broken."

"It is broken, none of us could feel it," Hu Li said resolutely, "I also understand Immortal Techniques, I can tell just by touching it..."

Yu Sheng glanced at Hu Li, wondering where this Nine-Tailed Fox from the Alternate Dimension, whose cultivation system differed from the local one, got so much confidence.

But he too leaned towards the belief that the plaque in Xuan Che's hand was broken.

Seeing this, Xuan Che had no choice but to put away the jade plaque reluctantly and pull out a piece of talisman paper from his pocket, "Then use this. When ignited, the smoke does not disperse; inhaling it can stir your vital energy and blood, enabling communication with the spiritual world..."

Erin interrupted before he could finish, "I don't have blood."

"Then use this Spirit Storage Pill, directly..."

Erin: "I don't have a stomach."

"I also have a golden hairpin, a bit of a shortcut, but it can directly stimulate the brain, unlocking..."

"I don't have a brain either."

"...You don't have any internal organs?"

"None at all. You didn't know Alice Puppets don't have those?"

"I... am ashamed."

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